Chapter 227: Merchant Union (1)

Translator: Daoist6fubtiW

Chen Daoxuan’s sea of consciousness. It was just a light in the darkness. The sea of consciousness in front of him was the boundless starry sky. Moreover… Under the starry sky was an endless sea. This endless sea was too vast, as if it extended to the end of the starry sky. “Sea of Divine Light!” Chen Daoxuan instantly recognized it. This was the Sea of Divine Light cultivated from the Soul Setting Divine Light. However, unlike the description of the Divine Light, the sea of Divine Light lacked vitality and was now deathly still. It was like a dead sea. He knew that this was a phenomenon caused by the death of an immortal. “Such a vast sea of divine light, such a boundless sea of consciousness. How could such an expert die?” Chen Daoxuan muttered. After all. Using his sea of consciousness to calculate the strength of the other party’s consciousness and divine soul, Chen Daoxuan simply could not use words to describe how strong the other party was. Or rather, the other party’s strength had already exceeded the limits of Chen Daoxuan’s imagination. However, such an expert had actually died. Thinking of this, the bit of complacency in Chen Daoxuan’s heart instantly disappeared without a trace. Compared to this person who had become an immortal, he was not even an ant. Even such an existence could die, let alone him? No matter how good his luck was, if he made a mistake on the path of cultivation, he would still die, just like this immortal in front of him. He reflected on himself. Chen Daoxuan’s consciousness flew toward the center of the sea of divine light. He knew that was where the source of the divine light was. Back then, Daoist Shenjue had obtained the source of divine light from this immortal corpse, which was how he had cultivated the Soul Setting Divine Light, a divine power with infinite power. Now… It was Chen Daoxuan’s turn. During the flight. Countless stars flickered in front of Chen Daoxuan. These stars carried nothing else. Instead, it was the various cultivation techniques, spells, and other legacies that this immortal had learned in his life. However, Chen Daoxuan abandoned these temptations and focused on flying in the direction of the origin of the divine light. Because he knew. Although his spirit sense was very strong, if he wanted to accept the inheritance in the immortal corpse’s sea of consciousness, his spirit sense would be exhausted. At that time. Once the consciousness was exhausted, it was possible that it would completely sink into the other party’s sea of consciousness and never be able to leave. His body would also become a walking corpse. The Sea-calming Palace Lord had already warned him of the dangers here. However, what the Sea Calming Temple Master didn’t know was that Chen Daoxuan’s trip was not to find the inheritance, but to obtain a little bit of the Source of Divine Light and open up his own Sea of Divine Light. In the sea of consciousness. Time and space lost their meaning. He didn’t know how far he had flown or how much time had passed. Chen Daoxuan finally arrived at the core of the Sea of Divine Light. “Origin of Divine Light!” Looking at the sea of light that looked like a galaxy, Chen Daoxuan was extremely excited. He desperately fished out a speck of light from the sea of light to support it. “So heavy!” Chen Daoxuan’s face darkened. He hadn’t expected that his divine sense was comparable to a Zifu Disciple’s, but he wasn’t able to hold up a mere bit of the origin of the divine light. Just how powerful was the complete sea of divine light? Thinking of this, Chen Daoxuan could not help but feel his soul tremble. “It’s so heavy. How can 1 carry it out?” Chen Daoxuan’s mood was heavy. He tried to fly for a while, but he felt that his spiritual sense had been greatly consumed, so he stopped again. “Flying from here to the edge of the sea of consciousness, with the strength of my spiritual sense, 1 can’t hold on!” Chen Daoxuan quickly judged. He looked at the Origin of Divine Light that was wrapped in his Soul Consciousness and floating in front of him, but he was unwilling to throw it away. After all, without the Origin of Divine Light, it was almost impossible for him to open up the Sea of Divine Light. With this time, he would have become a Mahayana True Immortal and ascended to the Immortal World. “Oh right, the Primordial Dao Enlightenment Scripture!” Chen Daoxuan’s eyes lit up. But then, he frowned and said,” But when 1 recite the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture, my consciousness will be in a chaotic state. Will 1 sink into it?” Chen Daoxuan’s heart was pounding. However, he immediately steeled his will and chose to take the risk. How could Chen Daoxuan be willing to give up this extremely powerful divine power without trying it? Thinking of this, he silently recited the Primordial Enlightenment Scripture in the immortal corpse’s consciousness. In the outside world. The Sea-suppressing Palace Lord looked at Chen Daoxuan sitting cross-legged in front of him. The immortal corpse floated between the two of them and remained silent. Cultivators wanted to go further on the path of cultivation. One had to have a Dao heart that could cut through thorns. He saw this quality in Chen Daoxuan. Even though Chen Daoxuan’s cultivation was still weak, Qin Zhan had only seen this Dao heart on a few people. Using Foundation Establishment cultivation to explore an Immortal’s sea of consciousness. To a certain extent, it was a narrow escape. If it wasn’t for the fact that this immortal had died countless years ago and his sea of consciousness had long been damaged, Chen Daoxuan would definitely have been lost in the other party’s sea of consciousness. In the immortal corpse’s sea of consciousness. Chen Daoxuan finally recovered his consciousness. He grabbed the source of the divine light and flew toward the edge of the sea of consciousness again. Along the way, Chen Daoxuan would stop to recover every time he used 6o% of his consciousness. This repeated countless times. Finally, he withdrew from the other party’s sea of consciousness. “Phew!” Chen Daoxuan, who was sitting cross-legged in the hall, suddenly opened his eyes. The Sea-suppressing Hall Master only saw a speck of light following Chen Daoxuan’s divine sense into the other party’s sea of consciousness, but he didn’t probe further. This was the reward he had promised Chen Daoxuan, so he naturally wouldn’t go back on his word. “Thank you, Hall Master!” Chen Daoxuan stood up and cupped his hands gratefully. “No need to thank me. You deserve it.” After the Sea-suppressing Hall Master finished speaking, his body gradually turned illusory. Together with the immortal corpse, he finally disappeared in front of Chen Daoxuan. Magic Power Incarnation! Chen Daoxuan looked at the scene in front of him in shock. He did not expect that the Sea-suppressing Hall Master would also use his Dharmic powers to participate in the hall meeting. “Hiss!” Chen Daoxuan couldn’t help but gasp. He remembered that the Sea-suppressing Palace Lord had only pointed at Ye Wudao from afar, and the other party was suppressed outside the Cloud Sky Palace without any resistance. Ye Wudao was not a Qi Condensation or Foundation Establishment cultivator. He was a Golden Core cultivator! A mere incarnation was able to suppress a Golden Core cultivator with a single finger. Just how strong was this Sea Suppressing Palace Hall Master? … He walked out of the Cloud Sky Palace. Glancing at Ye Wudao who was kneeling outside the palace, Chen Daoxuan flew away. He returned to his residence. The Cangzhou cultivators who had come together to participate in the reward had long been waiting in the palace where Chen Daoxuan temporarily lived. “Brother Zhou, Brother Zhang, Brother Zhao…” Chen Daoxuan cupped his hands at everyone and smiled.” Are you guys waiting for me?” “What do you think? If I don’t wait for you, who should I wait for?” “Haha, Brother Chen, you’ve avenged the Azure Continent cultivators today!” Zhang Xuanling cupped his hands and said solemnly,””Brother Chen, from now on, your matters are my matters. When you come to Shuo ‘an Prefecture in the future, just tell me if you need anything!” “Me too!” Daoist Fire Spirit said, unwilling to fall behind. “Fellow Daoists, you’re too polite. The cultivators of our Azure Continent are one, so there’s no need to thank me!” He paused for a moment.” However, we have completely fallen out with Ye Wudao in the Cloud Sky Palace today. 1 wonder what plans everyone has in the future?” Hearing this. Zhou Mubai pondered for a while and said,” My Zhou family has just discussed with everyone. Compared to the previous decision to build an immortal city together, we can even go one step further and form a merchant alliance together!” “Merchant Union?” Chen Daoxuan’s eyes lit up.” Brother Zhou, what do you mean?” “What 1 mean is to use the influence of the various immortal clans in our prefecture to form a business alliance that unites the various prefectures of Cang Prefecture. Its role is to open up trade between all the immortal cities in Cang Prefecture. Let all the residences in Cang Province realize free trade!” Hearing these words, Chen Daoxuan was extremely excited in his heart. Not to mention Cangzhou, even the interior of Guang ‘an Prefecture was very sealed off. In the past, cultivators would only trade in Guang ‘an City. After that, the Yang family created the Guang ‘an Prefecture Immortal Alliance and established the Ling Zhou Immortal City. The two immortal cities almost never interacted with each other. Currently, Guang ‘an Prefecture had three immortal cities, namely the Chen Family’s Seaview Immortal City, the Zhou Family’s Guang’ an Prefecture Immortal City, and the Yang Family’s Ling Zhou Immortal City. However, there was very little trade between these three immortal cities. Most of them were doing business in their respective immortal cities. This undoubtedly greatly hindered the circulation of goods and economic development. For example, the cultivators in Guanhai Immortal City lacked a type of spirit herb, and this spirit herb was only available in Ling Zhou Immortal City. If the cultivators of Guanhai Immortal City wanted to obtain this spiritual medicine, they would have to spend a lot of time going to Ling Zhou Immortal City to buy it. This was the drawback of the impassability of trade between immortal cities. Think about it. Once the merchant alliance that

Zhou Mubai mentioned was established, the spirit jades produced by Jin ‘an Prefecture would appear in the various immortal cities. The various spirit ores and spirit herbs produced in Guang ‘an Prefecture could also be circulated in the other prefectures. The situation was the same for the other manors. In this way. It was a win-win situation for all parties. And the most important thing was that the various prefectures of Azure Continent could join forces to exclude the Ye family’s Azure Continent Immortal City. If this continued… In at most ten years, the Azure Continent Immortal City would become a ghost city. All the itinerant cultivators would escape from this immortal city. Because in this immortal city, rogue cultivators couldn’t buy any useful resources. Even if they could, the price would be extremely high. This was an economic blockade. After hearing Zhou Mubai’s explanation, everyone became interested in the Merchant Alliance. In the past, they didn’t have the strength to establish a business alliance. But now, with the large transport ship of the Qianyuan Sword Sect, they were fully capable of establishing a business alliance that covered the entire Cangzhou. “Brother Zhou’s suggestion is very good, but…Who would lead the establishment of the Cangzhou Business Alliance?” Zhang Xuanling’s words instantly calmed the excited crowd down. Seeing that everyone was silent. Zhou Mubai smiled.” My suggestion is that the Merchant Union will temporarily adopt a voting system. We will calculate the voting rights of each family based on the number of spirit stones they invest after joining the Merchant Union. In the future, the Merchant Union will also follow the principle of the minority obeying the majority. What do you think?” Hearing this. Those families who were not short of money nodded. In terms of raw strength, they might not be able to beat the Zhou family, but in terms of spirit stones, it was hard to say. For example, the Zhao Clan of Jin ‘an Prefecture was no match for the Zhou Clan in terms of raw power. However, because the Zhao Family controlled a medium-sized spirit stone mine and a large-scale spirit jade mine, the Ye Family might not be a match for the Zhao Family in terms of wealth..