The Fourth Financial Crisis

Seeing Ming Zhu leave calmly, Yang Lu already realized that the devil just now might have been eliminated by the other party.

For the Nascent Soul masters of the Wuliang Sword Sect, killing the foundation-building demon is like searching for something. This is not surprising. However, Yang Lu still took a deep look at the direction Ming Zhu left, and a complicated expression flashed across his face. .

Yang Lu dared to talk to Ming Zhu with his mid-stage cultivation of Qi. The supreme sword intention left by Ma Tianyi was only one of the reasons. More importantly, Ming Zhu was always on the verge of going crazy. dangerous state.

Although he has Nascent Soul-level combat power, let alone killing people casually, even if he accidentally hurts someone intentionally, he may go crazy and die on the spot. This is why Ming Zhu must act with Yang Lu.

If he acted alone and was caught by the patrolling monk responsible for checking household registration, he would not dare to resist unless he was desperate, otherwise his merit would be harmed.

In other words, Ming Zhukong has the paper combat power of the Nascent Soul stage, but he doesn't dare to take action at all. He is just a show-off.

However, after killing the demon just now, Mingzhu Ancestor has much more freedom of action. After all, the merit obtained by killing demons is extremely high. It can even be said to be the fastest way to gain merit in the world of cultivation. If that demon If he was indeed eliminated by Mingzhu, then his current merit is at least to the level of "killing several people in a row without going crazy". In other words, Mingzhu's ancestor has much more room for action than he just left Qishan It's time for prison.

As Yang Lu's ally, Mingzhu Ancestor's restoration of merit will allow Yang Lu to use more methods, but it will also make Mingzhu gradually escape from his control. After all, when Yang Lu faces Mingzhu, in addition to the contract of heaven, He really doesn't have much leverage with Ma Tianyi's sword intent.

Although Ma Tianyi has an unparalleled record of killing Yuanying with one move, he has left the world of cultivation for more than four hundred years. Even Yang Lu has no idea whether the sword intention he left behind can kill Ming Zhu instantly...

But he quickly put the thought out of his mind.

After all, no one expected that they would encounter the legendary demon in the downtown area of ​​Haiya City. Yang Lu had no ability to stop Mingzhu from slaying demons, so he could only accept this reality for the time being.

Moreover, the death of the devil did not stop the riots in Sea Cliff City.

Just like what the law enforcement disciples of the Haiya Sect said, the huge fluctuations in the financial market have had a huge impact on the trading town of Haiya City. If the retail investors on the earth go bankrupt, at most they will be Tiantai flying people, but if the cultivators go bankrupt, He could even attract countless people to be buried with him. Sure enough, not long after, another block of Haiya City once again erupted with abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations.

Compared to the time when gamblers in the Qi Refining Period besieged the boss of the Capital Market in the Foundation Establishment Period, the momentum of this second explosion was even more terrifying.

After all, the main goal of cultivators in fighting is to defeat the opponent. If you want to increase the destructive power of your moves as much as possible, you must concentrate the destructive power to a point, so even if it causes collateral damage, it will not be too serious.

But the second explosion was different. This explosion seemed to be specifically aimed at retaliating against society. It occurred in the downtown area of ​​Pinghai Avenue. The indiscriminate shock wave even completely razed a small half of the block to the ground, leaving a large amount of broken building materials. The mortals who couldn't dodge were blown into the air, and the scene was quite tragic.

Seeing the explosion scene of the Harbins in the distance, the disciples of the Ocean Trading Department murmured to themselves: "Here we go again! This is probably another cultivator who has committed suicide because of the thought! It's like these crazy people have made an appointment to specifically pick out Ping. Making big news in a densely populated place like Hai Avenue, if this continues, no matter how much the city lord's palace tries to appease him, all the mortals in Haiya City will probably run away!"

Before he finished speaking, he saw several more rays of light shooting towards the location of the incident.

These monks who rushed to the scene of the incident should also be disciples of the Haiya Sect who were deployed to maintain order in Haiya City. While they were flying in the Dunguang, they also used lion roars to soothe people's hearts. It can be seen from their proficiency in doing two things. It can be seen that this kind of vicious incident of revenge against society is definitely not the first time!

Silently assessing the scale of the explosion on Pinghai Avenue, Yang Lu estimated that it was at most a middle-stage Qi-refining monk who couldn't think of committing suicide. When he was on the battlefield outside the territory, he had seen several scenes of cultivators self-destructing. This kind of self-destruction would The damage caused by the instant detonation of power is more powerful than any killing move.

The destructive effect caused by the self-destruction of many monks in the late stage of Qi refining is even comparable to the most powerful conventional tactical missiles on earth. Even monks in the foundation building stage cannot perform such a powerful killing move.

However, this kind of self-destruction is not very useful in a battle between cultivators, because the power of a cultivator's self-destruction is not under his control. When the power of the explosion spreads in all directions, there is not much power that can really act on the enemy.

Even though Yang Lu's team is very capable of killing people on the battlefield outside the territory, it is rare that someone chooses to self-destruct, a method that looks very effective, but is flashy and difficult to cause actual harm to enemy cultivators.

On the contrary, when Yang Lu just entered the battlefield outside the territory, the White Crane Tower monk who was controlled by Dongshanju's formation master really showed the maximum power of self-destruction. He blasted the Dongshanju monk's carefully arranged formation to pieces on the spot, although it did not destroy it. The Dongshan Ju monk stood and killed him on the spot, but the Dongshan Ju monk who lost the protection of the formation also became a dead soul under the sword of others.

But now it seems that using this useless self-destruction method to retaliate against society and kill mortals is simply extremely effective!

Even the self-destruction of a monk in the early stage of Qi refining can almost make no grass grow within a radius of more than ten meters. If such an explosion occurs in a densely populated place like Pinghai Avenue, it will be even more annoying. Yang Lu doesn't even need to be careful. You can tell by looking at it that this wave of explosions took away at least dozens of innocent mortal lives!

And this is because there are fewer people on Pinghai Avenue recently!

Through the observation of eagle eye, Yang Lu found that the flow of people in Haiya City was obviously less than what he remembered. Even in the usually busiest port area, there were only a few workers responsible for loading and unloading. Outside the port area, There were also a large number of cargo ships filled with merchandise that simply dropped anchor and stopped, with not a few sailors on board.

Obviously, the recent riots in Sea Cliff City have made normal business activities impossible.

Not only are cultivators unwilling to do business, but even ordinary mortals have begun to take refuge outside the city because of the continuous cultivator riots in Haiya City. Even the Lord's Palace of Haiya City is powerless to stop it. If the chaos in the market cannot be calmed down. , I am afraid it is only a matter of time before Haiya City is completely paralyzed!

Thinking of this, Yang Lu had no intention of continuing to watch the Haiya Sect monks enforcing the law. He handed over to the Haiya Sect law enforcement disciple who was responsible for explaining to him. He directly controlled the escape light and flew towards the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce.

It wasn't until Yang Lu's figure disappeared that the law enforcement disciples of the Ocean Trading Department finally recovered.

This person originally wanted to make a strong presence in front of Yang Lu so that the big boss could help him. However, he was frightened by the terrifying aura when Mingzhu took action, and then another earth-shattering incident occurred on Pinghai Avenue. The explosion, when he wanted to ask Yang Lu for any other instructions, Yang Lu had already disappeared.

The disciple of the Haiya Sect suddenly slapped his thigh hard and said angrily: "Fuck, I didn't even have time to say my name just now!"

Just when the Haiya Sect disciple regretted so much that he broke his thigh, Yang Lu and Mingzhu had already arrived at the reception room of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters. He Mingyuan, the chief steward of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, received the news and came over in advance to report to him. Already working.

Yang Lu originally thought that Li Qingning would also be waiting for him, but after questioning, he found out that Miss Li had already gone into seclusion to practice when he went to Arctic State, and she has not yet come out of seclusion.

Yang Lu felt a little surprised at first.

Although Miss Li is the boss of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, she is the most idle person in the entire Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Even when Murong was still in the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Li Qingning was always the one clamoring for everyone to come and play cards.

But thinking of Li Qingning's current cultivation level, Yang Lu felt relieved.

Li Qingning gave people the impression of being idle in the past, mainly because she had already reached the Great Perfection state of Qi refining. Before completing the external battlefield trial, even practicing in seclusion was useless. However, when the external battlefield trial was over, Miss Li took the medicine After Kidan successfully broke through the bottleneck, she also had to rely on retreat to quickly improve her level.

The difficulty of training in the foundation building stage is more than one level higher than that in the Qi refining stage. Even if Li Qingning is a top-level spiritual root monk, after practicing to the foundation building stage, it is impossible to practice by fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, that is, Yang Lu Only with plug-ins on your body can you have the time to travel around the world.

Of course, Yang Lu would definitely not go around saying that he had a practice cheat.

Yang Lu's external explanation was that in order to balance his practice and work, he only slept for one hour a day, worked during the day and practiced in seclusion at night. This statement also moved the simple-minded Miss Li to tears.

However, it is not that no one has questioned Yang Lu's statement.

Although cultivators can theoretically not sleep, their spirits need to be relaxed, not to mention that chanting sutras and meditating require a high level of mental concentration. When meditating in seclusion, they can also use various calming and concentrating hypnotic arrays to assist their practice, but usually Reciting sutras requires one's own perseverance. How can anyone struggle with small things 24/7?

However, Yang Lu's unusual cultivation speed is there, and every time a subordinate of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce asks Yang Lu why he can work 23 hours a day without having a nervous breakdown, Yang Lu will say something very pretentious. "Have you ever seen Haiya City at four o'clock in the morning?" The Qingning Chamber of Commerce employee who asked the question instantly felt ashamed.

He Mingyuan even made a banner "Have you seen Haiya City at four o'clock in the morning" and hung it at the gate of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to let everyone know that the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is what it is today, and it is all because of Consultant Yang's hard work!

Since Consultant Face Yang has worked so hard, do you employees have the nerve to take advantage of it?

After learning that Li Qingning had gone into seclusion, Yang Lu did not disturb her practice. After all, cultivators still have realms that are king. What's more, with Yang Lu's current prestige, he no longer needs to borrow his wife's prestige!

So he waved to He Mingyuan and told him to report on the work alone.

Speaking of which, it has been more than three years since He Mingyuan joined the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Although for a cultivator, more than three years is just a blink of an eye, but for a mortal manager like He Mingyuan, it is already a long time. I don't know whether it's because of the recent events or because he's older, but He Mingyuan's originally upright and dignified face has a little more gray hair on his temples.

However, when facing Yang Lu, He Mingyuan's respectful expression did not change much.

Today's Qingning Chamber of Commerce is similar to a branch of the Haiya Clan, and its status is no lower than that of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce and Haiya Bank. Even if you look at the entire Zhongzhou Continent, it can be regarded as a local overlord-level cultivation force. As a Qingning As the most important management talent of the Ning Chamber of Commerce, He Mingyuan's status is naturally different.

In order to better expand business, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce already has dozens of formal cultivators working part-time.

In addition to the old team trained by Yang Lu and Jin Daomen, after being jointly recognized by the three giants of the Haiya Sect, there are also many low-level disciples of the Haiya Sect who are providing services to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. In addition to those with transcendent status such as Housekeeper Zhou and Lin Musen Except for special existences, most low-level cultivators currently have to obey He Mingyuan's direct orders. This is why He Mingyuan, as a mortal who cannot receive communication spells, can know the news of Yang Lu's return in advance, because he already has several people under his command. A full-time cultivator assistant!

Now He Mingyuan's status in the mortal world of Haiya City is probably second only to Han Fulai. Now that he has to go to the main residence of Haiya City to handle affairs, ordinary cultivators of the Haiya Sect will respectfully call him "He Da Guanshi", and even his The daughter of the inferior spiritual root enjoys the treatment of the second generation immortal in the Haiya Sect, no less than the descendants of the Haiya elders.

However, the higher He Mingyuan's status, the more he felt that Yang Lu was unfathomable. After all, he was just the accountant of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Consultant Yang had conquered the country. The cultivators who were talking and laughing with Consultant Yang now had at least started in the foundation building period. There are also many monks in the alchemy stage. In the face of these big figures, there is not much difference in status between mortals and Qi-refining stage monks. He Mingyuan asked himself that even with Consultant Yang's cultivation, it would be impossible to accomplish what Consultant Yang did.

Especially after Consultant Yang visited the Arctic State, Yin Huaiyuan, the master of the Arctic Cold Palace, sent a special envoy to Haiya City to express that the Arctic Cold Palace and the Qingning Chamber of Commerce should strengthen cooperation. Two years ago, He Mingyuan would never have imagined that the Qingning Chamber of Commerce would have the opportunity to "cooperate" with a dominant sect!

This time, seeing Yang Lu come to inspect his work after a long absence, He Mingyuan moved a chair for Yang Lu very diligently, and then said as if he had met a great savior: "Consultant Yang, you are finally back! Something like this has happened recently. It’s a big matter, if you don’t take charge of the overall situation, those of us who are doing things won’t know what to do!”

Seeing that He Mingyuan's flattery skills were still as good as before, Yang Lu smiled and waved his hands and said: "The Wuliang Sword Sect is responsible for big things. Now it is Lin Jianxing who has a headache, not us. The depreciation of Lingshi coins is a big problem for those who hoard Lingshi coins. The Xiu Zhen family is undoubtedly in catastrophe, but for a highly indebted chamber of commerce like ours, it should be a boon!"

Hearing what Yang Lu said, He Mingyuan, who was originally serious, couldn't help but laugh. Our Qingning Chamber of Commerce is not only highly in debt, it's almost nothing but debt!