Immortality begins with becoming a master weapon refiner

Chapter 259 The Life of Saving Money
The Demon Court's response was much slower than Gu Qing had imagined. Its bloated system and corrupt practices greatly hampered its progress, and internal strife and power struggles were also major contributing factors.

Gu Qing finally understood what the end of a dynasty in history was like. As a teammate, he might be furious, like the Thousand Feather Eagle clan, who wished they could tear Mo Xuan apart, but the higher-ups were discussing whether to offer him amnesty. How could they not be furious?!
A worthy opponent, even if they're as bad as pigs...

Cool! So cool!
Gu Qing never expected things to go so smoothly. He spent half a year cleaning up the mess and getting things back on track, and another half a year establishing connections with the human race.

Huiji Pingdingshan was originally a very prosperous place.

Four clans and nine lineages, two transcendent powers, Baiyue Mountain and Dihong Jiang Clan, fifteen mountain strongholds, and numerous second-rate forces, small alliances composed of independent cultivators... and so on.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Huiji Mountain is a miniature version of the Southern Yue cultivation kingdom.

His identity as a half-demon, coupled with his act of slaughtering the Thousand Feather Eagle Clan, is tantamount to rebellion.

From the perspective of the human race, this would be considered a rogue cultivator genius killing the patriarch of Baiyue Mountain, which is far too outrageous.

The human race would have been wiped out long ago, but the demon race is different. They are not of one mind, and there are several powerful races that are qualified to replace the Demon Emperor.

Furthermore, the Skyhawk Clan is facing a generational gap, with no definite successor yet. If they feel that this would damage their reputation and threaten the imperial succession, they might provoke the Demon Xuan.

The other demons won't think you're ruthless; they'll see you as all bark and no bite, unable to even subdue a low-ranking half-demon.

However, if they don't deal with it, or even try to appease it, they will think that the Demon Emperor is weak and easy to bully, and then he will naturally take advantage of them.

This is a difficult problem; neither option works.

Ultimately, it's because the Ten Eagle Kings are incompetent. As the representatives of the Demon Emperor's face and power, no matter how arrogant they were in the past, their significance has become increasingly weak since the emergence of beings like Mo Xuan.

Not only did they fail to help the Demon Emperor consolidate his position, but they also left him to clean up all sorts of messes. The Demon Clan's current state is inextricably linked to these Eagle Kings.

That's utterly useless.

Gu Qing was able to learn some details and accurate information about the Southern Wilderness Demon Court through the communication channels between the Demon Phoenix City and the Chenxing Crocodile Clan.

Therefore, they became increasingly arrogant in Huiji and Pingdingshan.

They completely disregarded the other overlord, the Purple Extreme Demon Eagle, and even arranged for lesser demons to deliberately humiliate them, wanting to break ties with them and fight another battle.

It has a hint of a petty person getting their way.

But what could the other side do? The Southern Wilderness Demon Court pretended to be mute until it could no longer tolerate the situation, at which point it came up with a compromise: the Phoenix Feather Eagle clan, ranked first among the ten Eagle King clans, sent an envoy to the Xuantian Black Market to offer them amnesty.

This compromise is best resolved with Mo Xuan's approval.

Otherwise, the consequences would be even harder to accept.

After receiving the news from the Chenxing Crocodile Clan, Gu Qing was somewhat envious of the Phoenix Feather Eagle's bloodline. Just from the name, one could tell that this bird had some phoenix blood.

It is very suitable for him to cultivate the Phoenix Blood Secret Technique, using the effects of the Phoenix Blood Pool to nourish his body and advance to the top physique of the Cangwu Immortal Cultivation World, the [Fire Ancestor Dao Body].

However, the Phoenix Feather Eagle clan has a strong bloodline.

There are five demon kings in the clan, the strongest of whom is even at the upper level of the sixth rank. Whether it is Gu Qing or Mo Xuan, they are really not to be trifled with.

However, there is a gap period when they are sent here.

This was the perfect opportunity for him to grow and expand.

On the human side, they contacted the four clans and nine tribes, hoping to use their names to open up the market among humans and make the Xuantian Black Market the first market for human-demon trade in Huiji Mountain.

The prospects are very promising, and its potential is even greater than that of the Demon Phoenix City.

Humans are quite cautious in this regard. They have made contact, but they have never loosened their grip on the matter, which is something Gu Qing did to himself.

Given the tragic example of the Bai clan of Cangshan, who would dare to rashly associate with the demon race? Would they have a death wish?
Left with no other choice, Gu Qing sent the Guhuoniao back to the mountain.

After exchanging pleasantries with Lian Chutian, those forces with the courage and connections who had probed Baiyue Mountain's attitude began conducting clandestine transactions. Such matters were generally acceptable as long as the sale of strategic materials wasn't excessive; turning a blind eye was usually enough.

Trade between humans and demons would benefit humans more.

After all, the demon race occupies more territory!
With an unspoken understanding, the Xuan Tian Black Market got on the right track, and the identity of Mo Xuan gained a certain degree of fame among the human race, with monthly revenue doubling every month.

One year and three months after the war with the Demon King.

The Xuan Tian Black Market's monthly profit reached two thousand spirit stones, and this was just the beginning. It was doubling every month. Once the human forces tasted the benefits, they would be even more frantic than Gu Qing, because they were poor.

I've done a rough estimate, assuming everything goes smoothly.

The first ten years are the development period, during which you can earn around 300,000 to 500,000 spirit stones. Once you reach your peak, it is very likely that the net profit every ten years will exceed one million spirit stones.

This is still profit; if we calculate the turnover of transactions, it's normal for it to exceed ten million.

The future looks bright.

Gu Qing plans to complete the consolidation of the two souls of heaven and earth at Huiji Mountain. Breaking through to the sixth rank requires a certain opportunity. The initial integration of the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit, and the condensation of the [Minor Dao Fruit], is not an easy task.

Furthermore, they also need to face the tribulation lightning that even sixth-rank cultivators must confront!

Heavenly thunder represents the majesty of the heavens.

It is also the most common and mainstream tribulation; a sixth-rank cultivator needs to undergo four lightning tribulations.

[First Nine Thunder Tribulation], [Second Nine Thunder Tribulation], [Third Nine Thunder Tribulation], [Fourth Nine Thunder Tribulation].

These correspond to the four stages of a sixth-rank cultivator.

This thing is not easy to overcome, especially the final tribulation, which shares the same name as the Four-Nine Immortal Path. Due to the [Ascension Path], once you reach this realm, the Heavenly Dao is already looking to harvest your resources.

The perils grew more severe with each attack, and the trials became increasingly difficult.

For ordinary geniuses, reaching this level is the limit; without any extraordinary abilities, they must rely on a treasure for overcoming tribulations to complete it.

The sixth-grade Thunder Lotus Platform can actually be considered a tribulation-crossing magic weapon.

Gu Qing is preparing for the future. He will be in the Earth Fire Chamber of Jishan Mountain for another five or six years. Two magical treasures will be born one after another, and he will continue to stay here for another twenty or thirty years, or even a hundred years.

It mainly depends on the progress of gathering the two souls of heaven and earth, and the situation on the side of the ancestor of Baiyue Mountain.

This day.

Just as Gu Qing finished his daily cultivation and was preparing to delve into supernatural powers and techniques, Hu Meiniang came to report.

The envoy sent by the Phoenix Feather Eagle clan has arrived.

The Xuantian Black Market, which has expanded more than tenfold and boasts over a hundred streets, is the largest trading market for the demon race of Huiji Mountain, and it is still expanding rapidly.

The Phoenix Feather Eagle Envoy, Hino looked at the market with some surprise. He was quite sensitive to this area and could estimate the situation for the next five years with just a cursory glance.

They were truly captivated by the spiritual stones and flowing water here.

Gu Qing didn't deliberately leave him hanging; she quickly summoned him to meet at the Xuantian Tower in the center of the Black Market.

Along the way, we encountered markets that resembled those of the human race.

Hino fell into deep thought until he actually met Mogen, at which point his heart trembled.

(End of this chapter)