Trouble?

Supreme Sword Sect.

One of the peaks inside the Sect, there are tens or maybe a hundred gates adorned by gold and jewelry, a majestic aura can be felt surging out of the peak. display might and pressure.

A youth is walking towards one of the gates.

"Master, I've returned." The youth spoke, kneeling on the ground as he bowed his head in respect.

"You may rise." A voice of an old man sounded, with a grainy tone.

The youth stood up as he looked at the gate and spoke: "Thank you, Master."

After he spoke, there is a period of silence until the gate slowly opened; "How was your tempering with the outside World?"

The old man is wearing the same robe as the youth, but it has greater designs, signifying his own status within the Supreme Sword Sect, an Elder ranked within the top 10 of their power.

"Master, it has been doing great, I even went to the borders of the Northern Star Sect, I've faced with many Spiritual Beasts, taking at least a hundred Beast Cores of gold ranked demon beast." The youth replied.

If Mo Xie this young man, he can clearly remember it, maybe, it is Zuo Tian, the one that barged in the Auction weeks ago.

"It has been?" The old man asked, touching his beard, he continued: "Had there been any accidents that occurred?"

Hearing the old man asked, Zuo Tian smiled, but it immediately vanished as he spoke: "Yes Master, I visited one of the Cities under the Northern Star Sect, I went to an auction."

"What happened then?" The old man asked.

"It when a low-ranked Earth Grade skill appeared, they do not know of Demon Beast Core's uses, hence I tried to explain, but then..."

"Then?"

"Then, the esteemed guest from that auction house became enraged, pressuring us with his might, the aura he releases is also on par with Master's, hence I made the decision, to apologize immediately." Zuo Tian 'explained'.

The old man frowned, clearly feeling enraged; 'his disciple was being kind enough to explain them the uses of the demon spirit core yet that man dare to insult this man's disciple! Unforgivable!'

Zuo Tian smirked, but it immediately vanished and added: "That senior also told me to leave the most precious thing in my possession before I leave, I have no other choice Master, I left Master's precious gift when I was accepted, the grade 1 soup weapon 'Ten Fragments of Heavens' to appease that senior's anger."

The old man frowned: "Hmmp! is there anything else that he had said? His background, his name."

Zuo Tian nodded his head and replied: "Master, He said that he came from the Heavenly Samsara Sect, his name is Duan Tian."

The old man nodded; 'Heavenly Samsara Sect? I have not heard of such a sect before, maybe it is a top sect from another Kingdom, Duan Tian... Duan... DUAN!?'

The old man opened his eyes widely. 'Surnamed Duan, I just wish that it is not that Clan, a famous clan from the far south, the Vermillion Flame Empire's Duan Clan, but I have not heard of a sect that's called the Heavenly Samsara Sect before.'

Zuo Tian smiled, he looked at his Master, seemingly happy at his Master's expression.

The old man looked at Zuo Tian and spoke: "I will have to talk about it with the Patriarch, go and train, Once I confirm something, I will head there immediately."

"Yes Master." Zuo Tian replied as he started to walk out of the Peak.

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Alchemy Association, Mu Ye's courtyard.

"Grandmaster Mo, is there anything you need of this old bag of bones?" Mu Ye asked as he massaged his hands.

Mo Xie smiled as he directly went to the point; "I would like to know if there is a way that I can gain a lot of Spirit Stones."

"Oh of course, as long as... as long..." Mu Ye's voice stuttered, his brain waves still processing the question.

"Spirit Stones?!"

Mo Xie smiled as he nodded: "Yes, I will need at least 100 pieces of it."

"100... 100..." Mu Ye kept stuttering.

A single piece of Spirit Stone would cost at least 1,000 gold taels, and that would be the low quality one, there are three kinds of Spirit Stones, low-quality, mid-quality, and high-quality ones.

A Spirit Stone is filled with Spiritual Energy, uses, of course, is for cultivators, the World is filled with Spiritual Energy, and that is the medium of all Cultivators to possess the power to wield elemental powers.

Spiritual Stones are stones that have an attrition with Spiritual Energy, and for millions of years, these stones are gathering this energy, making them a treasure for Cultivators.

Surroundings with Spiritual Energy and an addition of Spiritual Stones, they will be able to take two times the amount, they will have two sources to gather Spiritual Energy.

"I know that there aren't any Spiritual Stones in this City, all of the people here are trading them to the Sects or the Royal Kingdom in exchange for some resources or treasures, right?" Mo Xie said.

Mu Ye nodded as he replied: "Yes, that is the case, whenever we find some spirit stones, we would hoard them and trade them with the Sects or the Royal Kingdom."

"Then, I would also like to buy Spiritual Stones, is there any way I can?" Mo Xie replied.

"Oh, that would depend on the Clans or the people that wish to trade them."

Mo Xie pondered for a bit: "Then, I would also like to open up a trade for Spiritual Stones, whether its Gold Taels or items."

Mu Ye smiled as he nodded: "Then, Grandmaster Mo, we will spread the news ourselves, The Mo Family will wish to have traded with Spiritual Stones."

"Then, if it would not be a hindrance, I would also like it if other cities go to trade with me, everyone is welcome."

Mu Ye became shocked, his eyes looking at Mo Xie in hesitation.

"Gr...Grandmaster Mo! Are you sure?! that will be challenging the authority of the Sects that are controlling the Cities!"

Mo Xie looked at Mu Ye; 'That will really be hard to deal with if I want to face with them... how should I act... with a low-level place like this, I have not yet gained any background to mention...'

"Well, I would like to open up for them then." Mo Xie replied with a smile.

Mu Ye heaved a sigh of relief hearing this; "That's a great choice, Grandmaster Mo."

Mo Xie nodded as he continued: "Then, that settles it, extend my invitation to the Kingdom and all of the Sects nearby, they are welcome to trade with our Mo Family."

Mu Ye's eyes widened in shock, speechless of what he just heard from Mo Xie.

Mo Xie stood up as he looked at Mu Ye and spoke: "I will leave spreading the news to you, Mu Ye."

After he spoke, Mo Xie left immediately.

Mu Ye's eyes followed Mo Xie as he exited the courtyard; 'What... they are... they are open to trading with the great sects and the Royal Kingdom?'

Mu Ye panicked, that would just enrage the Kingdom and the Sects altogether!

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Somewhere within the Gangting City.

"Father, please avenge me!" Lu Shi, the one that was thrashed earlier is kneeling on the floor.

Opposite to his direction, an old man that seemed to be in his 50s is sitting on a high seat.

"Hmmp!" That old man snorted.

"Daring to humiliate this seat's son just because he is a mere tier 3 Alchemist?

Threatening to cut all ties with my Lu Clan? Preposterous!"

The old man is enraged, but he would usually crawl on the ground to beg for mercy to the Alchemy Association, that is the reason that his Lu Clan actually reached the 8th rank of the great Clan list.

But there is a guest in their Clan right now, the old man looked at that guest and spoke.

"Brother-in-law, will you accompany this old man to the Alchemy Association?"

The so-called 'Brother-in-law' looked back at the old man and spoke: "A mere Alchemy Association branch is causing you trouble? I really don't know what my Sister liked about you."

The patriarch, Lu Bong bowed his head in shame, being ridiculed by his own brother-in-law actually hurts.

"Never the less, this Clan is my Sister's residence now, I will help you."

"Brother, thank you." A voice of the Patriarch's wife sounded.

The Patriarch's wife is from one of the Clan's inside the Zhi Huan Royal Kingdom, Meng Meitong, although it is not that big, it is still at the ranks within the middle, boasting great power and many experts.

The Meng Clan can easily handle a low city like the Gangting City, but such bullying will clearly catch the ire and ridicule of other Clans.

Meng Meitong's brother, Meng Zhuo is one of the top ten elders within the Meng Clan, although he is powerful, he couldn't be rash.

Meng Zuo then looked at Lu Bong as he spoke: "I will aid you and getting your face back, but be sure not to push them too far, if it goes to that point, I will leave you be."

"The Alchemy Association within royal capital is not to be triffled with, if we only come here to do some minor talks, it might pass by them but if we do something that will offend the main branch of the Alchemy Association, I will take no part in it."

Lu Bong nodded, he didn't know that he is not the only one with ties in the Royal Capital.

"I understand."

"Good, let's go."

The Alchemy Association in Gangting City is a small branch from the Alchemy Association within the capital, the strength that the Alchemy Association possess there can be equal to that of the Royal Family, even the Sects like Northern Star Sect and Supreme Sword Sect had to be polite to them.

If they offended such a huge business tycoon for pills and potions, where will they get their batch of resources after?

With this thought in mind, nobody wishes to fight against it, but a branch of the Alchemy Association can still be dealt with, so long as they don't go over the bottom line.