Chapter 752

The Nine Heavens Five Regions Great Merchant Association, this huge force that has always been bound to the Heavenly Spirit Realm, after Yan Buji killed Yun Hua in front of Dong Shouzi, also could not hold back.

They secretly launched the Hunter Owl Plan, targeting Yan Buji at the Luohuang Zhou mine.

At the senior meeting of the Great Merchant Association, Dong Shouzi coldly said: 'The foundation of the Great Sinful Sect lies in the Youming Jie Spiritual Material; as long as we cut off their financial source, they will naturally collapse.'

"The first step of the plan is to cause a mining disaster. Dispatch an elite team to infiltrate the Luohuang Zhou mine. These people are versed in earth vein techniques, using a special Accumulation Device to create underground cavities deep in the mine, triggering a collapse. This way, the mining disaster not only causes many casualties among the miners, but also paralyzes the mine's Spiritual Material extraction."

"If we do it that way, those few from the Great Sinful Sect may not let things go smoothly." The surrounding stewards looked at Dong Shouzi strangely.

"Could he think Yuan Zhen is a vegetarian?"

Yuan Zhen is certainly no ordinary person; he is a top expert whose cultivation has reached the Unity Dao stage. Know that the Unity Dao stage in the cultivation world is as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, countless cultivators spend their whole lives unable to reach such a height.

Moreover, Yuan Zhen is one of the oldest and most senior cultivators of the Great Sinful Sect. When the Great Sinful Sect was first founded, Yuan Zhen joined it; he can be said to have witnessed the sect's entire history from nothing to strength, from weak to strong.

However, what truly made Yuan Zhen famous throughout the world was that shocking battle. At that time, facing three opponents equally strong and renowned, Yuan Zhen showed no fear, resolutely stepping forward. He alone charged into the enemy formation and engaged in a life-and-death struggle with those three.

This fierce battle lasted several days, during which both sides displayed their divine abilities, magical lights intertwining and colliding, causing heaven and earth to change color. In the end, relying on his profound and inscrutable cultivation method and extraordinary, otherworldly combat skills, Yuan Zhen single-handedly defeated those three powerful foes, thereby establishing his reputation in the cultivation world in one fell swoop! From then on, Yuan Zhen's name thundered in the ears of countless people, making them tremble at the mere mention of it.

Dong Shouzi naturally knew this, so he laughed and said: 'But our purpose is to deal with Yan Buji, not to really go to war with the Great Sinful Sect!'

Upon hearing this, the surrounding stewards all nodded: 'After all, the one we have a grudge against is Yan Buji; if the Great Sinful Sect gets involved, it will only bring more trouble.'

"So at the beginning, we don't need to rush to attack the Great Sinful Sect's mining area; instead, we should strike at their Youming Jie market!"

"Huh?"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding stewards were stunned.

Nowadays, the Great Sinful Sect's Youming Jie Spiritual Material market occupies eighty to ninety percent of the Zhong Tian Zhi Yu share; this was actually the foundation laid by Yan Buji earlier, binding the Great Sinful Sect's fame to Youming Jie Spiritual Material, thereby making them the dominant player in the entire market in one fell swoop.

To move this piece of cake would be no different from going to war with the Great Sinful Sect.

"As for this business, never mind where to get the supplies; getting involved in this matter clearly means a life-and-death commercial showdown with the Great Sinful Sect, which is almost the same as openly opposing them."

"Yeah, unless we can find an agent...."

The stewards chatted and suddenly understood Dong Shouzi's meaning.

Dong Shouzi smiled and said: 'Not bad, everyone, have you forgotten who once controlled this business?'

"Long Xu Dong and the Central Heaven United Merchant Association?"

"But the Youming Jie Spiritual Material they hold is pitiful; without goods, how can we compete with the Great Sinful Sect?"

Dong Shouzi calmly said: 'As far as I know, the Great Sinful Sect trades with the netherworld cultivators of Youming Jie, but now you all should also know that the Youming Jie Star Void Sect has allied with two ancient Youming Jie great clans to hunt down the netherworld cultivators; if we inform the people of the Star Void Sect about this, naturally someone will go cause trouble for the Great Sinful Sect!'

"The plan is not bad, but the Great Sinful Sect's Blood Dao Ancestor is not a vegetarian either."

"Yeah, that person surely couldn't just watch their sect's business be destroyed, could they?"

"But even so, the Youming Jie Star Void Sect and the netherworld are contending for supremacy; even if the Blood Dao person takes action, they cannot force them! Even if the Star Void Sect doesn't go looking for trouble with the Great Sinful Sect's people, just inquire where the netherworld cultivators trading with them are, then leak that info to the Star Void Sect. When the Star Void Sect goes to hunt down the netherworld cultivators, could the Great Sinful Sect still control it?" Dong Shouzi gave a cold chuckle.

"Hiss.... That is actually a method!"

"Cutting off the source!"

"Good, this way we can cut off the Great Sinful Sect's Youming Jie Spiritual Material business!"

Afterward, these stewards discussed for a long time, gradually completing the Hunter Owl Plan!

Without a doubt, the huge and powerful Great Merchant Association will not be satisfied with its current achievements and stagnate. They have sharp vision, fully utilizing the Heavenly Spirit Realm's unique and significant advantage, and have begun tirelessly searching extensively across the lands for precious spiritual materials from Youming Jie.

One must know that the relationship between the Heavenly Spirit Realm and this Great Merchant Association is as close as fish and water, inseparable. The Heavenly Spirit Realm itself not only possesses extremely powerful resources of all kinds, but has also constructed an information network covering an extremely wide range with no gaps. Precisely because of this, the Great Merchant Association is able to rely on the Heavenly Spirit Realm's provided exceptional conveniences to swiftly and firmly grasp the key information of Youming Jie Spiritual Materials.

In this fierce contest for Youming Jie Spiritual Materials, they unhesitatingly offered astonishingly high prices to purchase those rarely seen spiritual materials, not sparing any cost even if it meant a huge price. Moreover, when encountering competitors, especially when facing the Great Sinful Sect which also eyes Youming Jie Spiritual Materials covetously, the Great Merchant Association does not hesitate to directly deploy military force, forcibly seizing the opponent's precious cargo, displaying a mighty momentum of being determined to win and sweeping away all obstacles.

At the same time, the Great Merchant Association also spread rumors, claiming that the Great Sinful Sect's spiritual material quality had declined and was even adulterated with impure substances. These rumors spread quickly in the market, causing many firms that originally cooperated with the Great Sinful Sect to turn to the Great Merchant Association. The Great Sinful Sect's spiritual material business plummeted, and its income sharply dropped.

Upon realizing that the Youming Jie Spiritual Material market had undergone a huge change, the elders of the Great Sinful Sect also reacted, immediately beginning to clarify the rumors, responding according to Yan Buji's previous methods.

However, just as these elders had extinguished the spark of the rumors, they received an even more painful piece of news!

"What? The netherworld cultivators have disappeared?"

"What does that mean? They ran away?"

"They said they were being hunted down, now they are unable to deal with us and have only left a letter!"

"It's over, a major incident has occurred!"

The elders reacted and immediately went to see the Sect Master.