Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 120 Future Impact
Jinhuang Xiancheng is the most stable, most profitable and longest-lasting industry of Biyun Sect. It should not be abandoned unless the sect is in danger of being destroyed or the profits are many times higher than Jinhuang Xiancheng.

After all, the Immortal City is not only a profitable industry for the Biyun Sect, but also an effective means to control the trade of the entire Cangyun Province and control the economic networks of major forces in the province.

Now that it is able to openly bid, and the control rights are only for a hundred years, it means that it is not in danger of extinction, and it is likely that there is an opportunity to gain multiple profits over a hundred years.

Combined with the previous Bu Ling Dan and Grandma You, especially since subscribing to the official newspaper, he has been able to unravel a lot of information about the Biyun Sect from time to time... Li Ji'an can now almost be sure that they must have discovered some super ancient ruins or extremely valuable secret realms in the Daze Mountains, and a large amount of material and manpower is needed to break through the ruins or secret realms.

Calculating the time, perhaps it had already started secretly ten years ago, and now should be the most urgent moment.

In this way... Li Ji'an figured out many things.

No wonder we didn’t send anyone to pursue the bandits even though we knew they had gone to the wilderness a few years ago.

No wonder Xiao Changfeng said that resources are becoming increasingly scarce.

No wonder a technician census is needed to recruit formation masters.

……

Throwing aside all thoughts of watching the fun, Li Jijing focused his mind and gave priority to deducing the adverse effects on his own safety.

If a person does not plan for the future, he will have immediate worries. Being able to anticipate crises in advance and nip them in the bud is more stable and more in line with Li Ji'an's temperament than launching a counterattack every time a crisis occurs.

If predictions are correct, once the Biyun Sect sells control of the Immortal City, it will definitely no longer be responsible for the safety of the Immortal City. After all, its problem of insufficient manpower has been exposed before.

In addition, it has been publicly sold anyway. Even if the reputation of the fairy city is bad in the next hundred years, it has nothing to do with the Biyun Sect. Once it is taken back after a hundred years, it will still prosper quickly.

This first point alone made Li Ji'an frown slightly.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. If the fairy city cannot even guarantee its safety in the end, he will have to consider a retreat in advance.

However, a force that can afford to buy the control of the Immortal City for a hundred years is naturally not a small force, and is even not much inferior to the Biyun Sect.

In order to ensure the profitability of the Immortal City, it must prioritize the safety and stability of the Immortal City.

But... I'm afraid it will be out of my reach.

Apart from the Biyun Sect's main gate nearby and its tens of thousands of disciples ready for support at any time, no other force can guarantee the safety of the Immortal City under the control of the Biyun Sect.

And considering that Tong Xiangyu revealed this situation a month ago, perhaps...

The actual ownership of the Immortal City over the next hundred years will eventually belong to the foreign chamber of commerce.

After all, the more something is emphasized in an external announcement, the more likely it is to be true.

The announcement emphasized that it must be a local force in Tiancang Domain. This point should not be a concern for Biyun Sect, which is in urgent need of resources. It is very likely that the pressure from Wanfa Palace, the real co-lord of Tiancang Domain, forced Biyun Sect to make such an announcement.

However, compared to the neighboring Wanshang Territory, which has trade connections in all directions, is mainly based on chambers of commerce, and conducts business in various regions, the local forces in Tiancang Territory either cannot provide the massive resources required by Biyun Sect, or look down on the Immortal City.

In the end, it is very likely that some chambers of commerce in the Wanshang Domain will use the shell of the forces in the Tiancang Domain to control the Jinhuang Immortal City, the number one in Cangyun Province.

Once this happens, the number of people that foreign forces can bring in will be limited, and as a chamber of commerce in the Wanshang Domain, profit must be the primary consideration. In order to save costs, it will definitely not be able to achieve the same safety and stability as the Biyun Sect in charge of the Immortal City!
"The outside of the Immortal City will probably no longer be as safe as before... The safety inside the Immortal City should be guaranteed... The prestige of the Biyun Sect will not fade away so quickly... The chaos will be gradual, but there should be no worries for at least the next ten years."

After analyzing all the situations, Li Ji'an had a clear idea of the most important security needs.

It will definitely get worse, but it won't have a big impact on me, and with my current strength, I can avoid it in advance.

Next is the impact on your own finances.

In this regard, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for the entire Cangyun Province.

At least the most important point is that many resources that were previously strictly controlled by the Biyun Sect and that may affect the situation in the state and its ruling position will be released.

Even the Foundation Establishment Pill will not be as scarce as before.

Whether it's medicinal materials or talisman materials, even formations and puppets, there will be more freedom. In a word, the economy will most likely gradually transform from the previous planned economy to a free economy.

This is definitely beneficial for cultivators like Li Ji'an who have superb skills and need high-level resources.

The third possible impact on oneself is the issue of future development.

Li Ji'an came to the Immortal City to plan the construction of the foundation. Originally, the planned economy under the rule of Biyun Sect had a great impact on this. Now, things will get better.

However, the subsequent practice may become more difficult. After all, after the Chamber of Commerce takes over, the competition in the limited spiritual veins and training grounds will become more intense.

As for this point, as long as your skills become more sophisticated and your income increases, you can ignore it.

For a whole half day, Li Ji'an repeatedly deduced the possible situations, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, believing that all factors were favorable.

That afternoon, Manager Wu summoned Tong Xiangyu and said she wanted to see Yan Kongyi.

This time Li Ji'an did not accompany Yan Kongyi.

In the end, Tong Xiangyu agreed to Yan Kongyi's request and even nodded directly to several of his strategic-level products.

“It will arrive in March.”

Upon learning the result, Li Ji'an became more certain of his guess. It was obvious that the so-called public auction was just a formality, and the news should have been announced only after the buyer was confirmed.

"Unfortunately, my business sense is still not sharp enough. If I had predicted this result earlier, I could have made a small profit." After running around some shops in the outer city in the afternoon, Li Ji'an laughed at himself when he saw the acquisition information that was posted three months in advance.

This year, I earned income from talismans, which increased by more than a thousand spirit stones compared to last year. Now my spirit stone savings exceed five thousand.

I had thought that I could take advantage of the information gap to purchase some raw materials unique to Cangyun Province, and sell them after the change of leadership in Xiancheng, which should give me a 50% profit. However, the information gap I thought I had was already an open secret in the eyes of the upper echelons.

Three days later, the Biyun Sect issued another announcement, announcing that the one who would gain control of the Jinhuang Immortal City for a hundred years was the Wanjianqi family, a famous weapon-refining family from Daoyuan Prefecture in the Tiancang Domain, with a Jindan Zhenren as the leader of the clan.

It was obvious that a Jindan family could not provide the massive amount of resources required by the Biyun Sect at one time, but they offered a very high price.

This is another good news for Li Ji'an. Since the Qi family can be used as a shell company for the Chamber of Commerce, Jinhuang Xiancheng will not be short of magical tools in the future. Maybe they will have a second-level alchemy furnace soon.

When the matter of the Immortal City was settled, Li Ji'an no longer spent any more energy on it.

While quietly waiting for the first grand market after the Xiancheng changed its owner, he also prepared to go to the Biyun Sect to congratulate Old Xiao.

In order to achieve the ultimate goal of eternal immortality and to ensure his rejuvenation, he needs to make many good friends. However, this must be based on sincerity, and he must let nature take its course and not force anything.

Li Ji'an was more impressed with Xiao Changfeng's character.

It was also because they had tasted the sweetness of the previous trip to Flaming Mountain and were willing to have a sincere relationship with them.

I would also like to ask for some of his experience in building a foundation.

On this day, Li Ji'an spent 280 spirit stones at a magic weapon shop in Xiancheng and bought a fine magic weapon - Qingyan Shield.

The magic weapon here is closely related to the user. The middle and low-grade ones are mainly used in the Qi training period. In the late stage of Qi training, it may not be possible to bring out the power of the high-grade magic weapon.

Generally speaking, in the early stages of foundation building, most people rely on fine magic tools.

Only after the middle stage of foundation building will the second-level magic weapon be used.

Li Ji'an chose this magic weapon. Although it was not a valuable gift, it was not bad either. Most importantly, it was very suitable for Xiao Changfeng's earth-based martial arts.

An hour later, Li Ji'an arrived at the gate of Biyun Sect, where he had not been for twenty-one years.

The towering mountain gate formed by the continuous mountains, the misty forests, and the peaks connected to the blue clouds in the sky... still made Li Ji'an feel that this was the fairyland.

(End of this chapter)