Chapter 217: The Heavenly Lord Draws a Gap
"Fellow Daoist Jiao, I wonder what the origin of the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce is? Wanfa, what a big tone! Could it be that this chamber of commerce really has tens of thousands of martial arts techniques?" Li Fan asked immediately.
"Speaking of the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce, it can be traced back to the period after the great battle ended and before the new order was established." Jiao Xiuyuan explained to Li Fan.
“This period is usually called the Wasteland Era.”
"At that time, the number of monks dropped to the lowest point. The monks who survived the disaster were all true lone rangers. They lived alone and would not trust anyone except themselves."
"The monks live and hide in the wilderness, exploring and traveling in the ruins, looking for opportunities."
"A person's energy is limited, and sometimes they cannot practice even if they find extra skills. At this time, they will naturally think of using their skills to exchange for other useful things with other cultivators."
"But in that era, the trust between monks was close to zero. If you want to successfully conduct a transaction, a middleman that everyone can trust is naturally indispensable."
"The Wanfa Chamber of Commerce is one of these former middlemen. It is also the only organization that can still exist after the establishment of the Wanxian League and the Five Elders Association."
"In the Wasteland Era, there were very few cultivators. But there was no shortage of techniques. Often, a cultivator would carry several techniques that he had either robbed or obtained through chance encounters."
"It was at that time that the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce collected an unimaginable number of skills. This is also the reason why it has been able to stand for a thousand years and still exists today."
Jiao Xiuyuan slowly explained the origins of the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce.
Hearing this, Li Fan couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that behind this Wanfa Chamber of Commerce is a powerful person in the realm of immortality? I'm afraid that an ordinary Hedao cultivator can't protect so many techniques."
Jiao Xiuyuan nodded: "Most of the cultivators think so. Now the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association have acquiesced to the existence of the Ten Thousand Laws Chamber of Commerce. The cultivators behind these two giants who can make some concessions must be strong. However, the true identity of such a strong man is far beyond the knowledge of small people like us."
Li Fan flattered calmly: "Daoyou Qianlitang's business is spread all over the world of immortal cultivation. You are definitely not a small figure."
Then he asked with some doubt: "According to what you said, the business of Wanfa Merchants has been recognized by the Wanxian League. But why have I never seen them in the Wanxian League's headquarters? Even for the Wanhua Chamber of Commerce, which is involved in mortal business, I have only seen the Chamber of Commerce walking around, but I have never seen their store."
“Haha, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association both have their own independent and sound trading systems. How could they let the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce come in and steal their business? Although the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce has been recognized by the two giants, its scale is not as large as before, and it can only survive in the cracks.” Jiao Xiuyuan smiled.
"The Wanfa Chamber of Commerce is now only active in the border area between the Wanxian League and the Five Elders Association. These places are full of good and bad people, and the control of both sides is relatively weak. There are also a large number of independent cultivators entrenched there. It is more reassuring to do business with a neutral organization like the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce."
"Furthermore, the territories of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association each have a wide variety of specialty products. Although there is official trade between the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association in non-war years, those more important strategic materials are generally not included in the exchange list."
"And there is indeed a considerable demand for these materials. Therefore, it is a solution to "transfer" them through the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce."
"Of course, the price will naturally be much higher. Sometimes it is normal to increase several times."
"For example, in the Five Elders Association, there is a kind of elixir called the Enlightenment Pill. It is said to be a secret of the ancient Dao Sect. After swallowing it, it can increase the affinity of the Dao Law to oneself, thereby greatly reducing the difficulty of enlightenment and increasing the speed of cultivation."
Li Fan was stunned: "Isn't that similar to the awakening effect of the Tianxuan Mirror?"
"Yes. What's even more amazing is that the effect of the Enlightenment Pill can be perfectly superimposed with the Awakening of the Spirit. Awakening of the Spirit is to improve one's own understanding, while the Enlightenment Pill is to reduce the difficulty of enlightenment. The combination of the two, the internal and external support each other, the speed of cultivation is simply frighteningly fast." Jiao Xiuyuan praised.
"The Enlightenment Pill Alliance has been eyeing this for a long time. But after trying various methods, they just can't crack it. So every year they can only import a limited number of them through the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce."
"It is said that this enlightenment pill only costs fifty low-grade spirit stones at the Five Elders Association, which is equivalent to our fifty contribution points. It is almost like giving it away for free. But at the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce, because there are too many people and too little porridge, the price has skyrocketed tenfold, and basically one pill costs 500 contribution points."
"Even so, there are countless monks willing to buy it. There's nothing we can do about it, because this thing is so useful!" Jiao Xiuyuan exclaimed.
Li Fan's clone pondered for a moment and asked tentatively: "I once heard a Jindan cultivator accidentally mention the existence of the Falling Immortal Realm and the Pioneer Realm. In the Pioneer Realm, it seems that anonymous transactions can be carried out. Can't the cultivators between the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association do the same?"
Jiao Xiuyuan was a little surprised: "You even know about the existence of the Pioneer Realm?"
After thinking for a while, he explained in a low voice: "It was okay to do this before."
"But later, such a convenient and secretive means of transaction gave rise to a large number of bad behaviors such as speculation and back-selling, causing the prices of goods in the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association to be out of control. Some spies even took the opportunity to cause trouble and stole and transmitted a large amount of confidential information."
"Later, the two great powers from both sides attacked at the same time, creating two [Great Chasms] respectively."
"From now on, the cultivators of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association can no longer communicate with each other through the Advancement Realm."
"Whenever a cultivator from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance wants to enter the Advance Realm whose spatial coordinates are located in the territory of the Five Elders, his consciousness will be blocked by two [Great Chasms]. The same is true for the Five Elders."
Li Fan nodded slowly.
"I understand. So, if I want to buy a technique through the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce, I have to go there in person?"
"Yes. The nearest base of the Wanfa Chamber of Commerce is located in Jiushan Prefecture, close to Yongliang Prefecture." Jiao Xiuyuan added, "Jiushan Prefecture is not very peaceful. If you really want to go, you can make an appointment with other monks from the Wanxian League."
"We can take care of each other on the road."
"Thank you for your advice, fellow Taoist. The journey is long and the risk is a bit high. I'll think about it again!" Li Fan responded.
Here, Li Fan himself searched the Tianxuan Mirror for information about Cong Yunhai's trip to Jiushan Prefecture.
Sure enough, there were quite a few monks recruiting teammates.
(End of this chapter)
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