Chapter 525: Three-Party Cooperation

Hearing Zhang Rong say this, Song Qingming also immediately understood their thoughts and nodded slightly:

"I can take action to help you once, but the matter of Tuoyun Mountain is still somewhat difficult to handle for now. I am afraid that I alone am somewhat powerless. To guard Tuoyun Mountain, we must still find a way to get the sect's help."

"How about this! I will go to Guyang Mountain with you again to discuss with Sect Master Senior Brother and see if the sect is willing to help you rebuild the Tuoyun Mountain market. I can come forward to protect your Tuoyun Mountain for ten years first. What do you think of this?"

"That would be great. Many thanks to Senior for taking action to help!" Seeing that Song Qingming was already willing to help, Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang hurriedly bowed and thanked Song Qingming.

Although Song Qingming only said he was willing to protect them for ten years, as long as there was enough time for Tuoyun Mountain to slowly recover and let the Xiaoyao Sect see their value, Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang would have the opportunity to rely on the Xiaoyao Sect's power to firmly guard Tuoyun Mountain.

Even if the Xiaoyao Sect is unwilling, ten years is enough time for many things to happen. Zhang Rong's cultivation has now reached the peak of Foundation Establishment and he may succeed in forming his Jin Dan at any time. As long as he can successfully form his Jin Dan, then guarding Tuoyun Mountain in the future will naturally not be a big problem.

If it really doesn't work, Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang can also find another way out in the future, finding other Jin Dan loose cultivators or forces to take over the Tuoyun Mountain spiritual vein. No matter what, as long as Song Qingming can temporarily protect them for ten years and get through the crisis in front of them, Tuoyun Mountain will definitely have hope of revival in the future.

This third-grade low-quality spiritual vein of Tuoyun Mountain was snatched by Chen Jinliang from the hands of demonic beasts hundreds of years ago at the cost of his life. Besides the disciples of Chen Jinliang, there are also many of their relatives and mortals on the mountain. Unless it is a last resort, Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang will absolutely not give up this spiritual vein and take these people away from their homeland.

After reaching an agreement with the two, Song Qingming took them to Guyang Mountain in a flying boat and personally explained the matter to Sect Master Yao Ganshu face to face.

Learning that Song Qingming was willing to take action to protect Tuoyun Mountain, Yao Ganshu did not show much surprise. He originally thought that Song Qingming's promise to Zhang Rong and the others was aimed at this spiritual vein of Tuoyun Mountain.

To cultivate a third-grade spiritual vein, it takes at least nearly one hundred thousand spirit stones. It is a very normal thing for Song Qingming to covet this third-grade low-quality spiritual vein of Tuoyun Mountain. It is just that if the Song family wants to manage this spiritual vein well in the future, it will not be so easy.

After hearing Zhang and Lin talk for a long time about their intentions and demands, Yao Ganshu shook his head with a somewhat difficult face:

However, Yao Ganshu did not directly ask about this matter. After all, this is a personal transaction between Tuoyun Mountain and Song Qingming. As the Sect Master of the Xiaoyao Sect, it is not easy for him to directly interfere and ask about this matter.

"However, rebuilding the Tuoyun Mountain market now requires such a large sum of spirit stones, but you can only come up with this little spirit stone here. Just wanting to let the sect pay the bulk of it, I am also somewhat unable to agree directly. As the Sect Master, I have to be fair in doing things, and everything must be considered for the sect. I hope the two of you can understand."

Song Qingming nodded slightly: "Sect Master Senior Brother is also right. The two of you might as well go back and think of ways first to see if you can raise more spirit stones. What I promised you here will still count. You do not need to worry about this point."

Hearing Lin Yutang say this, Song Qingming was not completely wanting to take over Tuoyun Mountain, only promising to protect them for ten years.

Regarding this, Yao Ganshu also guessed a little. Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang must have used something to move Song Qingming, which is why they exchanged for his action to help.

Yao Ganshu's face showed a trace of disappointment, and he also immediately understood somewhat. Song Qingming's heart seemed to still not want to get involved in Tuoyun Mountain's affairs, but because of some reason, he promised Zhang and Lin to temporarily protect them for a period of time.

"Sect Master Yao, the Tuoyun Mountain market was established by you and my master back then. You have seen the profits of the market every year over the years. I hope you can help us again. You can rest assured that after the market is rebuilt, the profits on our side can be reduced by another ten percent and handed over to you every year."

"I have already understood what you mean just now. I did promise you before that I am willing to rebuild the Tuoyun Mountain market with you."

"Junior Brother Song, I have an idea here that can help them solve this problem, but this matter still needs Junior Brother to nod and agree to be useful. I hope Junior Brother can listen to my opinion first."

Just when Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang were planning to leave and find ways to raise spirit stones, Yao Ganshu suddenly said something that surprised both them and Song Qingming.

Song Qingming smiled softly upon hearing this: "Sect Master Senior Brother has any insights, please feel free to say it. I brought them here together today, and as long as I can agree here, I will definitely not refuse."

Yao Ganshu paused and opened his mouth again: "Every investment of spirit stones by the sect must be absolutely certain. Relying on their empty words, it is indeed difficult for us to believe whether the Tuoyun Mountain market is worth such a large investment by the sect."

"Junior Brother Song, you are already one of our own, so I will not beat around the bush with you. Since you have already promised them to protect Tuoyun Mountain for ten years, if you can also participate in the Tuoyun Mountain market, I can represent the sect and agree to help them pay this spirit stone first. After the market is in operation in the future, it will be returned to the sect slowly."

"If the Tuoyun Mountain market can be operated with heart as before, there can also be many profits every year. If Junior Brother Song, you can represent the Song family and occupy a portion of the market's shares, I think this matter can be done."

"This... Sect Master Senior Brother also knows that my Song family still owes the sect many spirit stones for the Yinfeng Ridge mine a few years ago. Now where do I have extra spirit stones to participate in rebuilding the Tuoyun Mountain market? Sect Master Senior Brother, you are willing to give me this opportunity, but I am afraid the Song family has no blessing to enjoy it." Song Qingming sighed with a somewhat surprised face.

Yao Ganshu said with a smiling face: "Junior Brother Song, rest assured, you only need to occupy a small portion of the market shares and don't need to pay many spirit stones. Didn't Uncle Li just reward you with ten thousand merit points not long ago? You can directly exchange these for some spirit stones in the Merit Pavilion, which will be enough for the investment needed."

After the Xiaoyao Sect and Chen Jinliang established the Tuoyun Mountain market back then, they also earned many spirit stones from the loose cultivators of Tuoyun Mountain in just a few decades. If Tuoyun Mountain can be sure to stably return to the previous situation, Yao Ganshu is naturally willing to invest this spirit stone.

It is just that now, in just a few months, Tuoyun Mountain has already lost a large number of loose cultivators and has long been far inferior to before.

Rebuilding the Tuoyun Mountain market at this time, relying solely on Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang, it is definitely difficult to hold the scene. It is not enough to make Tuoyun Mountain return to the prosperous scene of the past. When the spirit stones invested by the Xiaoyao Sect in the Tuoyun Mountain market can be earned back, it is hard to say.

Yao Ganshu intentionally wants to pull Song Qingming to get involved in the Tuoyun Mountain market, nothing more than not trusting Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang. The situation without a Jin Dan cultivator in Tuoyun Mountain is indeed somewhat unstable. But as long as Song Qingming is willing to buy shares in the Tuoyun Mountain market, the Xiaoyao Sect's investment will definitely be more entrusted.

As long as the Song family buys shares, even if ten years later, Song Qingming's agreement with Tuoyun Mountain ends, as long as the Song family still has shares in the Tuoyun Mountain market, Song Qingming will definitely not easily sit idly by and ignore the Tuoyun Mountain market. This point is also the result that Yao Ganshu wants most in this proposal.

Seeing that Yao Ganshu had made up his mind to pull him into the water, Song Qingming was also helpless in his heart. Originally, he was somewhat unwilling to get involved in too many affairs of Tuoyun Mountain, and it was also his own greed that made him promise Zhang and Lin, which led to being targeted by Yao Ganshu.

Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang on the side, hearing Yao Ganshu's words, also immediately stepped forward and agreed to his proposal. Nowadays, for them, as long as they can stabilize the situation of Tuoyun Mountain, they are also very willing to accept giving up some benefits.

Since both the Xiaoyao Sect and Tuoyun Mountain are willing to have the Song family buy shares in the Tuoyun Mountain market, at this time, even if Song Qingming wants to refuse, it is somewhat difficult to find an excuse. Seeing this, he could only nod and agree.

Under Yao Ganshu's proposal, after the Tuoyun Mountain market is built, the Xiaoyao Sect occupies 50% of the market's shares, Tuoyun Mountain's Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang occupy 30%, and the Song family occupies at least 20% of the shares.

For this, Song Qingming also needs to invest an additional approximately ten thousand spirit stones to rebuild and repair the Tuoyun Mountain market. The ten thousand sect merit points just obtained from Iron Immortal Fortress had not stayed on Song Qingming's sect token for long before they were quickly exchanged for spirit stones and invested in the construction of the Tuoyun Mountain market.

Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang, whose needs had been perfectly solved, were also very happy. Nowadays, both the Xiaoyao Sect and the Song family have cooperative relations with Tuoyun Mountain. With these two major helpers, Tuoyun Mountain's return to the prosperity of the past is a matter of days.

After reaching an agreement with the Xiaoyao Sect, Song Qingming directly took Zhang Rong and Lin Yutang to Tuoyun Mountain, gathered the remaining loose cultivators on Tuoyun Mountain, and announced the news that he, a Jin Dan cultivator, would sit in Tuoyun Mountain for the next ten years, as well as the matter of rebuilding the mountain market with the Xiaoyao Sect next.

After learning this news, the loose cultivators of Tuoyun Mountain, who had already been somewhat panicked by the harassment of demonic beasts, were immediately excited and ran to tell each other. Soon, the entire north of Wei Guo learned of this important news.

On the second day after Song Qingming arrived at Tuoyun Mountain, Zhang Rong found Song Qingming with the copied cultivation technique of Chen Jinliang and the alchemy insights he had written for many years, and voluntarily handed these two precious things to him.

Song Qingming, who obtained these two important inheritance items of Chen Jinliang, did not make too many excessive demands on Zhang Rong, only asking him to make a vow not to sell these two things to outsiders again.

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