Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 462 - 468: Easing

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”Alas,” Li Dayuan sighed helplessly.

Despite the vast marketplace being right before his eyes, he was powerless to develop it due to various reasons, leaving him in deep frustration.

Now, the Li family was faced with two potential solutions.

The first was to agree to let other merchant guilds set up shop and compete with them while trying to retain a portion of the market share.

If they chose this path, it could satisfy the needs of the Loose Cultivators, but the Li family didnʼt have much of an advantage.

After all, the Li familyʼs current ventures were too expansive, and their actual strengths couldnʼt keep up.

The alternative was to support the various minor forces under their control, allowing them to open stores in the Immortal City and sell various Spiritual Objects.

By doing so, the Li familyʼs pressure would be greatly relieved, and they could easily control the high-end market and gain more profit.

”Which do you all think is more suited to our familyʼs current situation?” Each method had its pros and cons, and Li Dayuan was undecided.

The external affairs elder spoke up first: ”The latter is more appropriate, and once the family develops further, it will be easier to claw back more market share.”

”Thatʼs right!” the other elders echoed one after another.

”In that case, letʼs proceed with the second plan.”

The Li family then began to summon their various affiliated forces, both large and small, and announced that they would open the market of five Loose Cultivator Immortal Cities to them, allowing them to rent shops and sell various Spiritual Objects.

”Is this for real?”

Most of the cultivators present at the meeting felt an incredible sense of absurdity.

It was well known that the Li family was ʼdomineering,ʼ with many marketplaces and Immortal Cities forbidding others from joining and preferring to operate alone.

But now, they were willing to open the vast market of five Loose Cultivator Immortal Cities to them, which was simply unimaginable!

However, gradually, some began to realize that the Li family must be short-handed, unable to satisfy the Loose Cultivators, and thus allowing them to enter.

After all, Loose Cultivators were very pragmatic. If their needs werenʼt met here, theyʼd simply move on to other Immortal Cities or marketplaces.

Regardless, this rare act of generosity by the Li family was not something they would pass up. Maybe their clans or sects could take this opportunity to advance a step further!

In truth, the Li family, as the main clan, treated these affiliated forces quite well, at least not forcing cultivators to go to their deaths, only symbolically demanding tributes annually, and even auctioning off several Foundation Establishment Pills each year.

Before long, the news of the Li family opening the market spread to the ears of various sized merchant guilds, with many sending representatives to discuss this matter with the Li family.

Unfortunately for them, they were bound to be disappointed, for the Li family always saw these markets as their bowl of rice, and how could they possibly allow other forces to share?

However, faced with the dominion of the Li family, they couldnʼt do much about it, especially with Li Zhirui, a Nascent Soul True Lord and fourth-tier Alchemy Master, at the helm.

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At Myriad Thunder Mountain, within the Sectʼs grand hall.

”The Secret Realm of the Great Void Province will open in half a year. What are your thoughts on this?” Lei Tian, still firmly occupying the position of Sect Leader, spoke with a calm voice.

In the past, Shen Leishan was severely outplayed by the Profound Ice Sect in this matter, committing their full force against the Taixu Devil Race, only to have the Profound Ice Sect take advantage of the situation to slip into the Secret Realm and seize a treasure.

Afterward, Shen Leishan learned that the Profound Ice Sect had done it for a Spiritual Medicine called the Six Yang Flower, which could help Nascent Soul Cultivators with Sun Transformation Divine Soul!

And such Soul Sunification is the most notable characteristic of a Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator!

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This means that Six Yang Flowers can help Nascent Soul Cultivators break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm!

Luckily, the Profound Ice Sect didnʼt get a complete Six Yang Flower, and after so many years, there hasnʼt been news of a Divine Transformation elder being born in their sect.

Otherwise, Shen Leishan wouldnʼt be able to hold onto its current territory.

”We certainly canʼt miss this opportunity of the Secret Realmʼs opening! Who knows if there are still treasures like the Six Yang Flower inside?!” an Elder exclaimed loudly.

What if there are, and they were obtained by the Taixu Devil Race or the Profound Ice Sect, allowing them to greatly increase their strength, then what would Shen Leishan do?

”But the problem is, the Secret Realm is deep within the Great Void Province, and the Devil Race must have already been on guard; we simply wonʼt be able to get close.”

”Please ask Masters Yun Lei and Qing Lei to lead a team, I think the Devil Race will give us this much face,” another Elder quickly came up with a solution, ”After all, the Devil Race definitely doesnʼt want to give the Profound Ice Sect another opportunity to take advantage while they are vulnerable.”

”Perhaps we could also call on that Li family at the eastern side, to share the pressure.”

”Ha! With Shen Leishanʼs strength, why would we need help from anyone else?” An Elder who looked down on the Li family immediately objected.

”Do you think if we donʼt tell them, the Li family wonʼt know about this?”

An Elder rolled his eyes and said, ”Itʼs better to sell the favor and also ease the relationship between our two families for the time being, joining forces to jointly resist the pressure from the Devil Race.”

Ever since Li Zhirui had his breakthrough to Nascent Soul, the Li family has been very resistant to Shen Leishan, with almost no interaction.

The fundamental reason was that it was due to the impetus of Shen Leishan that led to the tragic death of more than a dozen members of the Li family with heavy financial losses.

Apart from that reason, it was also because the two families were too close to each other!

Both being Nascent Soul powers with similarly ambitious aspirations to become the dominant force in the region, there are innate contradictions between them.

”Letʼs ask for the opinions of Masters Yun Lei and Qing Lei first,” Lei Tian frowned.

If possible, he would also prefer not to cooperate with the Li family, especially since it was because of them that he almost lost his position as Sect Leader.

But reason told Lei Tian that cooperating with the Li family was more in the interests of Shen Leishan.

”Please bother the Great Elder to report this matter to the two Masters.”

Among many elders, only the Great Elder had the right to directly contact the two True Lords of Nascent Soul.

The purpose of this arrangement is to support an existence that could oppose the Sect Leader to prevent excessive concentration of power.

However, this approach has a significant downside, which is that if the Great Elder is a person with a strong desire for power, it may lead to factional opposition, dragging down the efficiency of handling affairs.

Fortunately, this Great Elder was not such a person; his presence seemed only to prevent the council of elders from becoming a one-man show of the Sect Leader.

”Alright.”

The next day, everyone gathered here again.

”Master Yun Leiʼs opinion is that we can cooperate with the Li family on this matter,” said the Great Elder before closing his eyes to rest once again.

With both elders having spoken, what objections could they have? They had to obediently follow instructions.

”In that case, Iʼll trouble the Fifth Elder to make a trip to Wanxian Island and discuss this matter with the Li family,” Lei Tian said in a calm voice.

”Alright.” The Fifth Elder stood and left.

This meeting was also concluded, after all, the other matters had been settled the day before.