Xiuxian: I have an inventory

"What? One third of the Song family's assets were taken over by the Jiang family? Is this... true?"

Hong Jiantao stood up suddenly, his face full of disbelief.

Sitting next to him was a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage, who was a manager of the City Lord's Mansion.

The manager of the City Lord's Mansion is definitely a big shot in Liyang Fairy City, with a status much higher than that of a guest official. Even the core senior members of the ten major families have to be respectful when they meet him. For a family at the bottom of the ranking like the Jiang family, it is even more difficult to even meet him on a normal day.

Today, the other party took the initiative to visit me and brought me such great news.

It was so good that Hong Jiantao was unable to react and felt it was unrealistic.

"Of course it's true. Manager Hong, do you think I would come here specifically to joke with you and tease your Jiang family?" The steward said with a smile, his tone very kind.

"Don't dare, don't dare..."

Hong Jiantao quickly shook his head, suppressing his inner surprise and excitement. "It's just that... many families are eyeing the Song family's assets, and even the Lei family wants to get a piece of the pie but can't. Why would the City Lord's Mansion give so much profit to the Jiang family?"

The huge pie that suddenly fell from the sky really made Hong Jiantao a little dazed.

I even feel that it is a little unreal and subconsciously suspect that there is some trick or trap.

After all, there is no free lunch in this world.

There is absolutely no way that the City Lord's Mansion would give such a huge gift to the Jiang family for no reason.

The steward smiled and said, "It seems that your Jiang family is really confused. Of course, there must be a master who personally ordered that the Song family's assets should be taken over by your Jiang family..."

As he spoke, the steward pointed upwards.

What he meant was obviously a senior executive whose status was far higher than his and who could decide the ownership of the Song family's assets.

"Manager Hong, don't you know who is behind the Jiang family? Or, even if you don't know, didn't your head Jiang Canghai give you any information before he left?" The manager asked curiously.

It was also the first time for him to see that after such a huge amount of benefits were distributed, there were still people who didn't know what to do.

It's like he's a lucky guy who has been hit by a godsend opportunity.

"I...I understand!"

Upon hearing this, Hong Jiantao widened his eyes and suddenly came to his senses.

It turned out that it was Master Guangqin who took action!
The person who is regarded as a master by the managers of the City Lord's Mansion must be the direct disciple of Master Li Yang, and most likely one of the Seven Heroes of Li Yang.

In addition to the instructions given by Jiang Canghai before he left, as well as his experience of visiting the cave of Master Guangqin a few days ago.

The one who shared the huge profits of the Song family with the Jiang family today must be Master Guangqin!

He had previously speculated that Master Guangqin looked down on the Jiang family and had no interest in helping them solve their problems, so he was just being perfunctory.

Unexpectedly, although Master Guangqin did not meet him, he really did get the job done!
Not only do we accomplish what we promised, we also double it!
What does it mean to help the Jiang family solve their current problems? What does it mean to stop other families from coveting the Jiang family's talisman market? This time, one-third of the Song family's assets were directly given to the Jiang family. In this way, who would dare to cause trouble for the Jiang family?
Several families at the top of the top ten wanted to snatch the Song family's assets but failed. The bulk of them were firmly controlled by the City Lord's Mansion, leaving only some leftovers for everyone to grab.

Now the local government is giving the industry to the Jiang family, which undoubtedly sends a clear signal that the City Lord's Mansion supports the Jiang family to become bigger and stronger and is willing to support the Jiang family!

Who would dare to get into trouble at this time?

After taking over one-third of the Jiang family's industrial chain, the Jiang family will not only be able to gain a firm foothold, but will also rush into the top five of the top ten families in one fell swoop, and will no longer be the last one in the list!

"I understand..." The steward nodded and said, "When Manager Hong arranges someone to take over the Song family's assets, don't forget to thank them."

"Of course. I also have to thank the steward..." Hong Jiantao said very tactfully.

Not only did the Jiang family resolve the crisis, but they also gained such huge benefits. Naturally, they couldn't just take in without giving out, and they still had to pay tribute.

In the next few days, with the help of the City Lord's Mansion, the Jiang family began to arrange people to connect with part of the Song family's industries.

This move was not hidden, the Jiang family made it public for everyone in Liyang Immortal City to see, and there was a lot of discussion for a while. The several major families that had been secretly digging into the Jiang family were all shocked and couldn't figure out what was going on. Why did the head of the Jiang family and the backer Zuo Zhenren leave, and why did the Jiang family still have such a strong background in the City Lord's Mansion?

Among the top ten families, the Lei family, which is undisputedly ranked first, wanted to share the Song family's assets, but the City Lord's Mansion refused to say anything.

This actually allowed the small Jiang family to get a great bargain.

In this way, other family forces would no longer dare to target the Jiang family or cause trouble for them.

About a week later.

The Jiang family has taken over all the industries that they should take over.

Hong Jiantao brought a storage bag full of treasures and came to Guangqin Zhenren's cave again, handing over a visiting card to express his desire to meet him.

Compared with last time, Hong Jiantao felt much more confident. He was not as nervous as before, only grateful.

So even after arriving at the cave, Master Guangqin still did not meet him, and even the servants did not show a very good expression when they received him, and Hong Jiantao was also very sincere.

The more this happened, the more he felt that Master Guangqin was a true master. He was worthy of being the only disciple of Master Liyang who had formed a golden elixir. His pattern and style of doing things were completely different.

He may be very polite in person and seem unattainable, but he will do what he promises!
Not only does it mean doing your best, but it also brings unexpected benefits to others.

Warm-hearted!
Cold face and warm heart!

As for why Master Guangqin did not meet him in person, he naturally had his reasons.

Maybe he is really too busy? In seclusion? Or maybe he doesn't like being thanked in person and doesn't want to be polite?
The reason was not important. Master Guangqin did not want to see him, but Hong Jiantao could not lose his manners. He respectfully handed the storage bag to the attendant and asked him to pass it to Master Guangqin. He said that it was a gift from the Jiang family and thanked Master Guangqin for his help and begged Master Guangqin to accept it.

The servant frowned upon seeing this, somewhat confused.

When did the master help the Jiang family?
I never asked at all!
What does the Jiang family want to do with this? Are they trying to put their master in a difficult position?
You accept gifts without doing anything, hoping that the host will do you a favor, right?
Correct!
It must be like this.

"Manager Hong, put away your little tricks!"

The attendant shouted coldly and scolded: "The master is very busy now, and has many important matters to deal with. He has no time to care about the trivial matters of your Jiang family! Shopkeeper Hong, I advise you to put away your little thoughts! To tell you the truth, let alone you, even if the head of your Jiang family comes, the master may not receive him!"

Hong Jiantao was stunned when he heard this and was completely confused.

This……

what happened?

It seemed that the servant was not telling lies or being polite.

Master Guangqin, did you really not help the Jiang family?

Wasn't it Master Guangqin who gave one-third of the Song family's assets as a reward to the Jiang family?
But the words spoken by the City Lord's Mansion manager that day...

It clearly said that it was an order from the top leaders of the City Lord’s Mansion.

"Isn't it really the Jiang family that Master Guangqin is helping?" Hong Jiantao asked again uncertainly.

"You don't know what you're talking about!" The attendant snorted coldly and ordered him to leave: "Go back to where you came from! Don't come here again!" Hong Jiantao didn't dare to stay any longer and had to leave with a heavy heart.

He was totally confused.

I can’t figure it out, apart from Master Guangqin, which other senior officials in the City Lord’s Mansion would be so generous to help the Jiang family?
"Could it be... Xiao Changqing?"

This thought appeared in Hong Jiantao's mind again.

"Probably...no?"

It is true that Xiao Changqing's status and strength are fully capable of helping the Jiang family.

But Xiao Changqing is not from the City Lord’s Mansion!

He is just the captain of the Liyang Guard and has a good relationship with Commander Gu. He should not be qualified to handle the Song family's assets, right?
He is not qualified to make the manager of the City Lord's Mansion so taboo.

This is also the reason why Hong Jiantao did not think of Xiao Changqing when he heard the news, but thought it was Master Guangqin.

But if it wasn’t Master Guangqin, the only person Hong Jiantao could think of was Xiao Changqing.

"This matter must be clarified. We cannot be confused about it."

Hong Jiantao held the storage bag and looked at the cave of Master Guangqin behind him with a solemn expression.

"It seems that I still have to go to Jinxiufang to meet Xiao Changqing."

This not only involves a huge amount of interests, it is a good thing for the Jiang family at the moment, but if it is handled improperly or even randomly, it may become a major crisis or a disaster for the Jiang family!
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The cave of Zhenren Guangqin.

Ever since Li Yang Zhenren left temporarily, Gu Zongyuan 'discovered' that the two major Nascent Soul sects had ill intentions and were plotting against Li Yang Fairy City. It was natural for Zhenren Guangqin, the only Jindan cultivator among the Seven Heroes of Li Yang, to temporarily take over the position of 'city lord'.

So every day, a steady stream of information would be sent to him from all directions.

There are reports about the changes in the major families and forces in Liyang Immortal City, the actions of the sects nearby the Immortal City, the battle situation in the southwest, and major events that have occurred recently in many first-class sects in Dayu's immortal cultivation world.

There is also some 'unspeakable' information that is transmitted secretly.

among them.

What Master Guangqin is more concerned about is the war situation in the southwest.

Although Liyangxian City is far away from the southwest border, it is almost impossible for the war to spread there unless the entire cultivation world of Dayu is completely destroyed.

But the eldest senior brother Zuo Zichun led a team to provide support at the front line. Not long ago, his master Li Yang Zhenren suddenly went out, which was also related to the evil cultivators of the Demon Cult.

The battle situation in the southwest is now very bad. More than half of the disciples of the two major southwestern Jindan sects, Luoxia Sect and Baihua Valley, have been killed or injured. In particular, the base camp of Luoxia Sect has been breached and occupied by the evil cultivators of the Demon Cult.

Although Baihua Valley is still struggling, it seems that it will not be able to hold on for too long.

Now, under the discussion and decision of Xingyue Palace and Qixing Sword Sect, there are voices in Dayu's immortal cultivation world calling for "abandoning the southwest border and retreating to the north of Yunling Mountains."

In other words, the immortal cultivation world of Dayu withdrew completely, leaving the vast southwestern territory to be occupied by the evil cultivators of the Demon Cult.

It is worth mentioning that Jiang Canghai, the head of the Jiang family, is a third-level talisman master who has completed the foundation building. He is the second most important person in the Liyang Immortal City team, second only to Zuo Zhenren. He disappeared while performing a mission not long ago and most likely died at the hands of the evil cultivators of the Demon Cult.

This news has not been announced yet.

Firstly, Jiang Canghai was still missing and the cause of his death had not been determined; secondly, they did not want to affect morale, because they might recruit monks from Liyang Immortal City to go to the battlefield later.

If the battlefield situation is described as too dangerous, it will be difficult to gather cultivators, especially those above the Foundation Establishment Stage or even the False Pill Stage.

However, when Master Guangqin learned the news, he simply refused to meet Hong Jiantao when he came to ask for help.

Before leaving, his senior brother Zuo Zichun did say hello to him and asked him to take care of the Jiang family if they were in trouble.

But now the head of the Jiang family has died on the battlefield. Once the news is announced, the Jiang family will definitely be removed from the top ten families, so he naturally doesn't bother to take care of it.

In addition to the two pieces of information about the southwest war situation and some secret channels, Master Guangqin was also more concerned about the intelligence within Liyang Immortal City.

In other words, he was more concerned about his junior fellow apprentice Gu Zongyuan and Bai Wuji, a cultivator with a mysterious origin.

Master Guangqin had already thoroughly found out the details of the battle outside the city when Gu Zongyuan and Bai Wuji teamed up to kill the Puppet Evil King and Master Blood Crow.

He had no way of figuring out how strong these two men were and how much effort each of them put into killing True Man Blood Crow, who was in the middle stage of the Jindan realm.

But he could roughly judge that this Bai Wuji, whose origin was mysterious, was more threatening than his junior brother Gu Zongyuan!
This person played a major role in killing True Man Blood Crow!
Therefore, these days, Master Guangqin has been trying every means to find out Bai Wuji's identity and to find out his origins and background.

Just not much to gain.

This day.

Zhenren Guangqin suddenly saw a piece of information, which recorded that the City Lord's Mansion would destroy one-third of the Song family's assets and hand them over to the Jiang family!
After a little inquiry, he found out that the order was issued by Gu Zongyuan.

But Master Guangqin keenly discovered something amiss from this news.

According to the intelligence, his junior fellow apprentice Master Guangqin has no connections with the Jiang family, and the relationship between his senior fellow apprentice Master Zuo and Gu Zongyuan is not very good either.

Therefore, before leaving, it is unlikely that the eldest senior brother would ask his junior brother Gu Zongyuan to help take care of the Jiang family.

And now that Gu Zongyuan is suddenly so friendly to the Jiang family and has given them such huge benefits, it is likely that someone else has asked him to do so!

So Master Guangqin immediately activated his intelligence network and retrieved information about Gu Zongyuan's movements in the past few days.

It was discovered that before Gu Zongyuan ordered the handing over of one-third of the Song family's assets to the Jiang family, he had been to Jinxiufang and visited Bai Wuji!
"Bai Wuji has a history with the Jiang family!"

Combining various pieces of information, Master Guangqin quickly deduced the truth of the matter.

"Jiang Family, Jiang Canghai, Luoxia Sect, Southwestern Territory..."

Master Guangqin narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes flickered, and murmured: "Could this Bai Wuji be from the southwest border?"

"If it's the southwest..."

Soon, Master Guangqin searched around and found out a piece of recent intelligence about the southwest border.

About two years ago, two elders from Luoxia Sect and Baihua Valley who were in the Fake Dan Realm suffered a serious setback at the hands of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and nearly lost their lives.

One of them had his life magic weapon stolen; the other had his commonly used set of magic swords stolen...

The soul of this foundation-building cultivator was extremely powerful, and his spiritual secret technique was even more incredible. He almost instantly made the two fake Dan Zhenren lose their combat effectiveness.

"Bai Wuji... Xiao Changqing?" (End of this chapter)