40,000 Years of Cultivation

"This is... the gods descended to the earth to save the suffering!"

"God, it's really a god, a god!"

Departing again, before heading to the jumping point, everyone in this small caravan, from passengers to crew, knelt down and worshipped the vast stars outside, thanking the gods who lived on the stars for helping them through their misery. , Escape to life.

The weird things that happened on the merchant ship and the two "Star Shark"-class hunting ships really seemed to be done by gods.

On more than a dozen merchant ships, the sudden intruders suffered fatal attacks almost at the same time. The wounds were only on the eyebrows or chest or a small hole in the pubic area, but they seemed to have drained all their blood and souls. The expressions of the dead ghosts at the moment before they died were all unspeakable astonishment and horror. After examination by experienced doctors in merchant ships, they said that these people did not die of physical damage, but died of mental breakdown, annihilation, as if by someone. This kind of... an endless vortex of fear swallows life completely!

In the vernacular, they were even "frightened to death".

The disasters that occurred on the two "star shark"-class hunting ships were even more bizarre. The first star shark exploded inexplicably, and the shell of the second star shark was torn apart by a few irreparable holes, and it was quickly lost. The loss of temperature and pressure actually "sucked" all the crew out, and the damage management system on the battleship, which automatically repaired magic weapons and even the alarm device that controlled the crystal brain, did not even react at all, causing an incredible tragedy.

Except for gods or demons, who has such magical powers?

Of course, most of the merchants who dared to go out to the pier at this time were bold and venomous old rivers and lakes. They were never superstitious about ghosts and gods. After investigating the traces, they naturally understood what was going on.

However, the "fairies save lives" is false, but the "fairies fight" is true. As the saying goes, "the gods fight, the little ghosts suffer." He has the ability to kill so many immortal cultivators in one breath, and quietly suppressed two "star sharks". Class killer ship, this kind of strength has far exceeded their imagination, and it is not something they can explore.

When you go out, eat more, talk less, especially don't ask questions you shouldn't ask, and don't care about things you shouldn't care about. Such ordinary people can often live longer in the star sea of ​​the empire.

Since the shooter is unwilling to show up, they will get to the bottom of the question only when they live impatiently, and it is most convenient for them to give the illusory "fairies" no matter how good or bad they are.

Believe that if the "fairies" who have just shot are still hiding in their caravan, they will continue to bless them in peace and have a safe journey, right?

Sure enough, after paying homage to the "Fairy", he went on the road again without encountering any troubles, and reached the jumping point smoothly.

After two or three hours of preparation, they completed a very accurate and stable star sea jump and appeared at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Realms Business League, on the edge of the Seven Seas Star Region.

"Wow!"

When everyone recovered from the dizziness and nausea of ​​the Xinghai jump and looked at the outside scene through the virtual porthole, they all exclaimed in unison.

It's really...it's so lively!

Compared with the activities of human beings, the star sea is too vast. In the ordinary star field, even the most busy and endless waterway is actually a dead vacuum, and it is extremely difficult to encounter travelers passing by.

But in the Seven Seas Star Region, just by looking at it with the naked eye, you can see dozens of mighty and shining "Rivers of Light", condensed from the tail flames of countless fleets going from north to south, and there are hundreds of them. Thousands of patrol boats and barges cruised around the "River of Light", directing these "rivers" carrying large amounts of money, commodities and resources to flow in different directions. After winding around, they were all in a magnificent asteroid-like magnificent. Gathered around the star city, that is the trade, logistics and financial center of the periphery of the empire, which has risen rapidly in the past 100 years, and can faintly compete with the extreme heavens and the celestial stars!

With the successive fall of various free markets in the periphery or voluntary withdrawal, the Wanjie Commercial Alliance has shrunk a large number of **** fleets back to its nest, preparing to fight to the death with the combined fleet of the four major families.

At this moment, the defense density of the Seven Seas Market has increased unprecedentedly. Their unremarkable small caravan just jumped over for half a minute, and immediately there was a patrol boat coming forward to check and guide it.

They belong to the imperial army system. Many of the warships in the **** fleet of the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance are second-hand goods eliminated by the four major families, or new and even trial-model warships smuggled over. Their appearance and painting are very similar, even the capital of the ship. The same is sprayed with a three-star blitz emblem representing the real human empire.

It’s just that the battleships of the four major families will be sprayed with their own family badges next to the Samsung Blitz emblem, even the main veins, branches, and the unique marks of each house. There are three, five, seventy or eighty badges. The more badges you poke on, the more prominent the status of the owner of the battleship, and the stronger the combat effectiveness on paper.

The battleship paintings of the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance are relatively simple. They are only surrounded by a circle of shining stars outside the empire’s three-star blitz emblem. No, not stars, but eighteen shiny gold coins—— The Eighteenth Money Lightning Emblem, this is the latest symbol of the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance, and it also represents the "Dao Xin" of the Ten Thousand Worlds Business Alliance, to change the empire with money!

Once bitten by a snake, I was afraid of well ropes for ten years. Only half a day ago, I was almost "killed" by the hunting ships of the four major families. At this moment, I saw the patrol boats of the Ten Thousand Realms Commercial Alliance flying up, especially patrols. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little hairy in the turret of the boats and swords.

Especially on the Little Bear, the crew from the distant South Spirit Star came to the Seven Seas Market for the first time. They didn’t know what kind of behemoth they were facing, each with a fast heartbeat, dry mouth and palms. It's all sweat.

However, in the next second, the huge light curtain shot by the two patrol boats at them made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, and finally showed a smile after the disaster.

Two lines of words are written right on the huge light curtain: "Welcome to the Seven Seas Market, the most free place in the universe!"

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From the edge of the Seven Seas Star Territory to the Seven Seas Big Market, a whole day of inspection, guidance, and diversion are required.

After all, it is a state of war, and a **** battle is coming. It is already very open and efficient to be able to enter the Seven Seas Big Market and free trade in just one day.

"The freest place in the universe..."

Li Yao and Li Jialing Zhuo stood in the aft deck of the Little Bear. Huo Dongling specially cleaned them up and gave them to them. They were surrounded by black ore, which was the most convenient for the two of them to gossip.

Li Yao holding a glass of iced juice, looking at the ocean of light made up of thousands of merchant ships outside the porthole, smiled slightly, "Isn’t it the “freest”, but this is definitely one of the richest places in the empire. In terms of the degree of activity of money, it even surpasses the imperial capital and the capitals of the four major families!"

"I've heard that the Seven Seas Market also has a name called'The City That Never Sleeps'. It doesn't mean that people don't sleep, but the meaning of money never sleeps here.'Money never sleeps' is the slogan here."

Li Jialing also exclaimed, "The name Li Lingfeng told me. He once described to me that the prosperous businessmen here used all kinds of money-gathering methods, which left me an extremely deep impression-but really came here. Only here did I know that Li Lingfeng’s description back then was far less than one-tenth of the real prosperity here. I really don’t know what kind of tricks the profiteers of the Ten Thousand Realms Merchant League had changed to move this piece away from the center of the Xinghai Sea. The outer star regions of the land have been built to such a prosperous and developed appearance!"

Li Yao said, "Oh, did Li Lingfeng mention this too?"

"Yes, Li Lingfeng once told me that if he becomes the head of the Li family, the first thing he does is to attack the Seven Seas Market and take this market as his own!"

Li Jialing used depilatory cream and a razor to shed and shave the whole body hair, and then dye all the short hairs black. It was no longer the majestic and magnificent of a golden lion, but it was a bit more sly and ferocious as a black panther. He swallowed. Saliva, a touch of greed and vigilance flashed across his eyes, and he muttered, "At that time, I didn't understand how Li Lingfeng's dignified'future emperor elect' would **** food from a merchant's bowl. Today I see the mighty and mighty place here. The caravan tide of the city, but even I am a little tempted."

"Li Lingfeng was able to realize the importance of the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance and the Seven Seas Big Market before the reformists surfaced, and his eyes were so bright that he deserved to be the first candidate of the Li family of the'future emperor', and he died so unclearly. It's not white, it's a pity."

Li Yao's eyes gradually sharpened, and said, "It's just that he still hasn't told you all the truth, or that, with his status and natural position, he can't understand the true source of power of the Ten Thousand Realms Commercial League. ——Money never sleeps. These five words are really brilliant. The rise of the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance is the rise of the power of money. Can the mere two words of'profite business' explain it?"

Li Jialing squinted his eyes, looked at his fist lingering Jin Yan, and asked: "I don't understand, no matter how powerful money is, don't you still have to surrender to absolute violence, Brother Yao, just rich and rich? What's the use, it is worthy of Li Lingfeng, you and everyone in the four major families are paying so much attention to it, even regardless of the ownership of the imperial capital, do you have to fight for the Seven Seas Market first?"

"Money is of course not everything, but no money is absolutely impossible!"

Li Yao looked at Li Jialing's fist and said, "Of course absolute violence is very powerful, but it's so poor that you can't afford half a steamed bun, so where can you get'absolute violence'?"

"In the remote areas of the ancient world, if you use brute force or luck to dig out the secret treasures of the ancient times from a certain ancient tomb, you may be able to master'absolute violence', but with the development of human civilization, the so-called ' Violence is becoming more and more organized, systematized, and large-scale industrialization. It must be supported by a steady stream of resources. For individuals, it is no longer possible for an individual to jump off a cliff to achieve great success, and to pick up an ancient treasure. A good thing in the world.

"Whether violence brings money or money nurtures violence? This is the question of whether the chicken comes first or the egg comes first. It has no practical meaning. Money and violence are two sides of the same coin. They complement each other and support each other.

"It's a pity that if one of the big trees grows side by side, if one is too lush, it will also take away the nutrients of the other. If the violence is too strong, it will ignore and even despise the importance of money, causing irreversible decline— -This is what happened in the empire in the past hundreds of years, and it is also the root of the Ten Thousand Realms Business League."