Strange mountains and rivers

However, Chen Huaisheng was still very grateful to Wu Tianen for his kindness.

The post of head of the lower courtyard of the White Pagoda is a fat one, and countless people are coveting it. Not just anyone can take it, and even Wu Tianen himself is not qualified.

It’s not that Wu Tianen is not qualified enough, the main reason is that his spiritual strength is a bit lacking. If he can further advance to the fourth level of foundation building, then it will be safe for Wu Tianen to take over the lower courtyard of the White Tower.

The Cultivation Sect must ultimately rely on hard power to speak for itself.

Because of this, Wu Tianen wanted to recommend Chen Huaisheng.

In the old Chonghua sect, although they are all brothers, there are still some close friends.

For example, Wu Tianen has a closer relationship with Shang Jiuling and Li Yu, while You Shaoyou and Ma Daochun have a closer relationship with Zhu Fengbi.

Of course, this is also relative.

As the Chonghua Sect expanded, disciples from the Ding family and the Lingyun Sect joined in. Compared with these newcomers, the old Chonghua Sect was considered a whole again.

After the Ding family and Lingyun Sect entered, they also became close.

The Ding family is obviously closer to Shang Jiuling and Li Yu, and only Ding Xizhen became a disciple of Shang Jiuling, while Qi Hongkui from the Lingyun Sect is closer to Zhu Fengbi.

When Yuhan Sect was included, Yuanhe Sect, Guipeng Sect and even other disciples of Jiulian Sect also joined in, the situation became a bit chaotic, and it was difficult to judge who was closer to whom.

After the Jiulian Sect branch entered, there were some faint signs of clumping together, but from the perspective of the Lao Chonghua Sect, they definitely did not want to see such a situation.

Shang Jiuling, Zhu Fengbi, Li Yu and even Ding Zongshou all took action and used various means to actively win over their disciples.

Everyone tacitly agrees that it is okay to compete with each other, but the attitude towards the Nine Lotus Sect is the same. The Nine Lotus Sect must not be allowed to form a tight group within the Chonghua Sect. It will be divided and disintegrated and become a piece of loose sand, completely integrated into the Chonghua Sect. It was a tacit understanding among everyone that we were sent here.

Chen Huaisheng also realized this, and perhaps even the disciples of the Nine Lotus Sect also understood it.

But if you understand, you can only understand that the sect does not allow suppression of this kind of grouping, and there is nothing shameful about it. Otherwise, if you, the Jiulian Sect, dominates the grouping, wouldn’t it be like a magpie’s nest? It would be a waste for the Chonghua Sect to accept you. The farmer and the snake died.

From the bottom of his heart, Chen Huaisheng still felt a little regretful that he could not take over as the head of the White Tower House of Commons.

The income from Baitapu alone is considerable, and the friendship with the Sun family is still there. As long as Haosheng operates, the income that falls into his hands every year, excluding the income turned over to the sect, is definitely not a small amount. At least Yunzhongshan Bailu The expenses of the cave are no longer a problem.

If there is no chance of being the head of the White Pagoda House, then we have to go back to the old ways and get a fortune of spiritual stones to fund our expenses in the next year or two.

When he appeared in front of Gou Yiwei, he was inevitably the same as Wu Tianen. He was shocked, sighing, and a little unbelievable, but in the end he accepted the reality and became more confident in his next move.

After all, the strength in the middle stage of foundation building is much stronger than that in the early stage of foundation building, which means greater control in action.

"You are finally out of seclusion. It has been two years. You started to talk about being out of seclusion in half a year. I went down the mountain hard to inquire about news and looked for a suitable target. I found it. It's good for you. There is no news. I have been waiting since the beginning of the year. At the end of the year, if you wait until the end of the year, a lot of the information will be invalid and you have to look for it again.”

Gou Yiwei was filled with resentment.

"I can't come out of seclusion, so you can practice hard and improve. Are you satisfied with one foundation and one level?" Chen Huaisheng said casually.

"Can I compete with you? How old are you? How old am I?" Gou Yiwei rolled his eyes, "I am already lucky enough to be able to build a foundation. It is a bit unsatisfactory to expect anything else. If I have that kind of thought, I might as well focus on practicing magic, refining elixirs and making magic weapons."

Chen Huaisheng was unable to judge Gou Yiwei's choice. Only each person has the best say in his or her own situation.

Maybe Gou Yiwei feels that no matter how hard he works, it will be difficult to advance to the middle stage of foundation building. In this case, it is better to base himself on reality and make some breakthroughs in other aspects.

"Uncle Gou, you still have fifty or sixty years of life, don't you dare to give it a try?" Chen Huaisheng didn't explain much, "Of course, you have to make your own decision about this kind of thing. Let's get back to the topic. You still have it in your heart." Do you have a suitable goal? Dahebei, Ju Buyi, I also feel how difficult it is to have no spiritual stone."

"The Yue'an Mountain you mentioned to me. I went down to Tangshui a few days ago to learn more about it. Although Yue'an Mountain is not big, it does still have some things. But now it is said that the Great Crow Falcon Village has the upper hand. , basically controlling Yue'an Mountain, it will be difficult for the Wei family to reverse the situation..."

Gou Yiwei still put some thought into it, "Even if we are together, we are no match for the Great Crow Falcon Village, unless you can contact your friend to take action."

"It will take some time to get in touch with my friend, but that's no problem, but is it worth it to go over the mountain? Is it worth it for us to fight a tough battle with the Great Crow Falcon Village?"

Chen Huaisheng was not willing to get involved. He was more willing to do something with huge profits like the raid on Hanzhou Taoist Temple. Of course, this kind of thing is rare.

"Yue'an Mountain has mountains and rivers, and it produces several valuable spiritual materials. Whether it is worth it or not depends on your own opinion." Gou Yiwei also knew what Chen Huaisheng was thinking, "If you don't want to touch Yue'an Mountain, "There are still two targets, one in Huozhou and one in Tianjing Road."

"Huozhou and Tianjing Road? Baishimen and Yuelu Sect?" Chen Huaisheng knew without thinking that this must be aimed at these two families.

It makes sense. Although you don’t have to stick to one company when choosing a target, if you can attack the enemy and benefit yourself at the same time, why not do it?

"Well, Huozhou Fenghebao Dan Gold Mine is a major source of wealth for Baishimen..., Donghe Fish Market on Tianjing Road is the largest fish market in Jinzhou and the most important spiritual fish market on the Yellow River. Trading all kinds of spiritual fish, people from Zhao Weijun and even Sijun on the other side of the river come to purchase..."

Although he didn't explicitly say which goal he preferred, it was clear from the introduction which goal Gou Yiwei was more optimistic about.

"Can't the Fenghe Baodan Gold Mine work?" Chen Huaisheng still used the elimination method, "What are the unfavorable factors and what are the favorable factors?"

"The favorable factor is that the geographical location is somewhat remote. Now as the center of Baishimen moves westward, more energy has been transferred to Songzhou and Dangguo Mansion. Although Huozhou is the home base of Baishimen, its status is now weakening, so Fenghe Fort The Danjin Mine used to be a major source of wealth for Baishimen, but now its status has declined sharply.”

Gou Yiwei introduced it in detail, "As the status declines, the defensive power will naturally weaken. At first, there was a peak-level Foundation Establishment person in charge, and now there is a seventh-level Foundation Establishment person in charge. There is also a fourth-level Foundation Establishment person, and a second-level Foundation Establishment person. Heavy, and a batch of high-level Qi refining..."

"What about the downside?"

"There are many unfavorable factors. Now the output of Fenghe Baodan gold mine has passed its peak period and the output has declined. We have limited opportunities to choose and can only wait until they deliver monthly. This is one of them; the realization of Dan gold is more troublesome. , if you make a large-scale move, the price will be lowered, and you have to worry about leaks. This is the second one;..."

"Liquidation is not a problem, right? If you really can't bring it back to Hebei to cash it out, it will take longer, so that's not a problem, right?" Chen Huaisheng disagreed, "If you don't go further, go to Luoyi or Wuyue to cash out, you're not afraid, right?"

Gou Yiwei nodded: "This is not the main thing. The main thing is that the value of the elixir delivered every month is only worth about 50,000 to 60,000 spiritual stones. I think..."

Chen Huaisheng understood immediately.

Fifty thousand or sixty thousand spirit stones are a lot, but it might not be cost-effective to invite Chen Huaisheng's friend who is at least a "foundation builder".

They took away the bulk, leaving not much left for Chen Huaisheng and Gou Yiwei.

That event at Hanzhou Taoist Temple also yielded 100,000 spirit stones. It has been a few years, but the business has become smaller and smaller. This does not make sense.

The income of 50,000 to 60,000 yuan is not bad. Gou Yiwei will get 20,000 yuan, and he will get 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. The 30,000 to 40,000 spirit stones are enough to support his White Deer Taoist Temple for a year.

But it is indeed a little less. One vote is enough for one year. It would be best if it can last two or three years.

Can be left as an option.

"What about the Donghe Fish Market? Shall we go grab fish?" Chen Huaisheng found it a bit funny. The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish?

"Haha, don't underestimate the Donghe Fish Market. The various spiritual fish traded every day are at least tens of thousands of kilograms. Some rare spiritual fish, weighing hundreds of kilograms each, are normal for selling two to three thousand spiritual stones. There are also some that are even more special. The price of these fish species is extremely expensive, not as good as that of red crucian carp, but not much different.” When talking about the Donghe Fish Market, Gou Yiwei became very excited.

"Oh?" Chen Huaisheng felt that he had underestimated the trading volume of a fish market, "Then the daily trading volume must be more than 100,000 spiritual stones? Are we really going to grab fish? But even if we grab fish, But how to sell it? It’s not cost-effective.”

"Not necessarily." Gou Yiwei muttered: "The variables in the Donghe Fish Market are even greater. If you want to choose this place, you have to plan carefully. You have to wait until there are big customers trading precious fish species. Sometimes it's just a few barrels. The fish may be worth tens of thousands, and we don’t have to be limited to fish. As long as someone has enough spiritual stones, they can also be used as targets.”

Based on this alone, Chen Huaisheng knew that Gou Yiwei was a qualified veteran, and his ideas were much broader than those of a layman like himself.

"If we attack the Donghe Fish Market, it will be equivalent to hitting the Yuelu Sect's financial resources. A lot of transaction fees are paid to the Yuelu Sect here every year." Gou Yiwei continued: "In addition, people like Tianyun Sect, Huaxi Sword Sect, Taiyuan Sect, etc." Huadao and other big Zhao sects also often go to Donghe Fish Market to purchase.”

"Since you said that, the defense of Donghe Fish Market may not be simple." Chen Huaisheng rubbed his chin, "You must have some special ideas, tell me."

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