Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

Crescent Island.

Unnamed mountain.

Zheng Yueran's eyebrows were lowered, standing next to a humanoid puppet, without the majesty of the guardian immortal of Crescent Island.

He looked respectful, but his eyes were secretly glancing at the human puppet beside him.

The humanoid puppet is seven feet tall, and its body shape is similar to that of an ordinary human man. Under the sunlight, the lines on the puppet are looming, simple and mysterious.

‘Another first-grade high-level puppet, this senior who lives in seclusion on Crescent Island must be a top puppet master. ’

Zheng Yueran thought to himself.

He originally did not want to serve this monk who suddenly came to his door.

But the other party is so powerful that just a puppet is enough to kill him.

In addition, the reward given by the other party was extremely generous, so he had no choice but to accept the other party's drive, collect information for the other party, and collect various materials for refining the puppet.

As for reporting the other party's information to Lihua Island, he had never thought about it.

He has never even seen what the other party looks like, let alone where the other party is cultivating, and how to report it?

The other party also left a magic mark on him, how could he dare to betray the other party?

Chu Chen controlled the human puppet, held the jade slip, and penetrated the jade slip with his spiritual mind, reading the contents of the jade slip.

The puppet is attached with his divine will. As long as it does not exceed the range of his divine will, he can use the divine will on the puppet to control the puppet, and he can also read the contents on the jade slips.

"This gambling battle ended in a draw?"

Chu Chen was a little surprised. This result was far beyond his expectation.

Not only him, but probably not even the Chiyue Royal Family and the Hundred Islands Alliance expected this outcome.

How should Heishuifang City deal with it?

"The gambling battle is over. The top management of the Chiyue Wang Family and the top management of the Hundred Islands Alliance once again had friendly discussions. In the end, both parties decided to jointly operate Heishuifang City."

This was a situation Chu Chen had never imagined.

"Has the Hundred Islands Alliance agreed to such a request?"

Chu Chen looked at Zheng Yueran and questioned, his voice getting colder: "Are you trying to trick me?"

Heishuifang City was established by the Hundred Islands Alliance. The Chiyue Wang family wanted to take away part of the operating rights of Heishuifang City for free. How could the Hundred Islands Alliance agree?

Even if this fight ends in a draw, it is impossible.

"The juniors dare not deceive the seniors. The Hundred Islands Alliance did agree to run Heishuifang City together with the Chiyue Wang family. It is said that the Chiyue Wang family paid a high price for this."

Zheng Yueran did not dare to neglect and explained quickly.

"interesting."

Seeing that Zheng Yueran's expression didn't seem to be fake, Chu Chen just believed it and became more and more curious.

What kind of price did the Chiyue Wang family offer? It was difficult for the Hundred Islands Alliance to refuse, and they agreed to run Heishuifang City together with the Chiyue Wang family.

"There are rumors that the Chiyue Wang family took out a high-grade magic weapon and bribed the three beasts of the Hundred Islands Alliance to make them speak. Please ask Master Qingfeng to comply with the Chiyue Wang family's request."

Zheng Yueran hesitated for a moment before telling a specious rumor.

"Three beasts and scattered people?"

Chu Chen's expression changed.

This Three Beasts Sanren is one of the only two foundation-building masters in the Hundred Islands Alliance. With his early foundation-building cultivation, his status in the Hundred Islands Alliance is second only to Qingfeng Zhenren.

If Sanju Sanren opens his mouth, Master Qingfeng will have to consider his opinion.

"With the three beasts speaking out, and the Chiyue Wang family paying some price as compensation, it's no wonder that the top leaders of the Hundred Islands Alliance will agree."

Chu Chen understood clearly.

The Chiyue Wang family's methods were not unscrupulous. Taking advantage of the internal conflicts of the Hundred Islands Alliance, the Hundred Islands Alliance had to agree to their request and jointly control Heishuifang City.

When facing a strong fortress, the best way to break it is to start from within.

After all, the Hundred Islands Alliance is a force jointly formed by many casual cultivators, small families, and small sects. There are many factions. Some things cannot be decided by Master Qingfeng, and the opinions of other people must be considered.

certainly.

The actual situation may be more complicated, and there may be other hidden reasons.

"This is well done."

Chu Chen threw a middle-grade spiritual stone to Zheng Yueran as a reward for collecting information, and immediately controlled the human puppet to return to the cave.

After thinking about it, he left the cave and went to find out the news himself.

Zheng Yueran was a smart man and did not dare to deceive him, but he was just the guardian monk of Crescent Island. His level was not too high and he could not know more inside information.

A few hours later, Chu Chen returned to the cave again, holding the information about Tiantong Jinzhuang in his hand.

Canglanhai also has a branch of Tiantong Jinzhuang, but there is only one, in Dazefang City controlled by the Chiyue Wang family.

Osawafang City is extremely far away from Crescent Island, thousands of miles away, so it is extremely time-consuming to purchase information.

Therefore, Chu Chen rarely went there.

"After leaving Qingzhou and entering the Canglan Sea, the Thousand Mile Talisman is beyond the range of use and cannot be contacted by Jin Kexing. Otherwise, we can obtain information directly through Jin Kexing, so why bother."

If the distance exceeds a thousand miles, the Thousand Mile Talisman cannot be used to send messages.

Previously, Chu Chen was in Canglanfang City and Jin Kexing was in Chiyanfang City. They were both in Hanbei Kingdom and could use the Thousand Mile Talisman to convey messages.

However, Canglanhai exceeded the communication limit of the Thousand Mile Talisman, and could no longer use the Thousand Mile Talisman to transmit messages.

"The information on Tiantong Jinzhuang is very different from Zheng Yueran's information, but it is more detailed."

Through the information from Tiantong Jinzhuang, Chu Chen learned more about the inside story.

"The incident in Heishuifang City is led by Miao Hongyuan and He Cheng, two twelfth-level monks from the Hundred Islands Alliance, as well as Lu Yi. Their purpose is to gather spiritual stones and collect foundation-building spiritual objects."

In the past Red Leaf Island auction, Lu Yi took out a cold marrow Ganoderma to sell, and he had reached an agreement with Miao Hongyuan to sell the cold marrow Ganoderma to Miao Hongyuan.

However, Chu Chen intercepted it, and the matter was left unresolved.

Unexpectedly, after several years, Lu Yi was involved with Miao Hongyuan again.

"Miao Hongyuan and He Cheng are Qingfeng Zhenren's people, and their relationship with that Sanshou Sanren is not harmonious. Sanshou Sanren does not want to see Miao Hongyuan or He Cheng build a foundation, so he blocked it."

Seeing this, Chu Chen realized that this was the main reason why Sanshou Sanren agreed to the Red Moon Royal Family.

That top-grade magic weapon was only secondary.

There are only two foundation-building Zhenren in the Hundred Islands Alliance. Sanshou Sanren's cultivation is weaker than Qingfeng Zhenren, so he can only be inferior to Qingfeng Zhenren.

Qingfeng Zhenren's cultivation broke through, and Sanshou Sanren's status had already declined.

Once Miao Hongyuan or He Cheng breaks through the foundation-building stage, Sanshou Sanren's status in the Hundred Islands Alliance will probably decline again and again. After all, Miao Hongyuan and He Cheng are Qingfeng Zhenren's people.

Compared with Sanshou Sanren, an "outsider", Qingfeng Zhenren must be more inclined to Miao Hongyuan and He Cheng.

Sanshou Sanren did not want to see such a situation, so he took some high-level people from the Hundred Islands Alliance to force Qingfeng Zhenren to agree to the request of the Red Moon Royal Family.

The reason is simple. It is not worth going to war with the Red Moon Royal Family for the right to operate a market.

Qingfeng Zhenren had no choice but to agree.

In the end, the current peculiar situation was formed, and the Black Water Market was jointly operated by the Hundred Islands Alliance and the Red Moon Royal Family.

Seventy percent of the annual income of the market went to the Hundred Islands Alliance, and thirty percent went to the Red Moon Royal Family.

It can be said that the Red Moon Royal Family made a fortune.