Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

In fact, Xia Yulan estimated that even the Hehuan Sect would take action at that time.

For Cao Meng's safety, his activities will be restricted, forcing him to focus on synthesizing mid-grade spirit stones—essentially, house arrest!
That's how cruel the cultivation world is!
Cao Meng naturally knew these things, so to this day, he has only told the Great Demon one person.

She wouldn't tell him unless the female demon and Shen Aoxue asked.

Xia Yulan thought about Cao Meng's method of synthesizing mid-grade spirit stones and felt that she was going to be rich.

Couldn't this little rascal help me turn all the low-grade spirit stones in my possession into mid-grade spirit stones?

Hehe, I'll never have to worry about not having enough mid-grade spirit stones again. I'll find a way to get more mid-grade spirit stones.

Just then, Xia Yulan suddenly thought of a very serious question and quickly asked it:

"Cao Meng, I'm afraid Han Sijing and her group won't be willing to suffer such a big loss. They'll probably want the foundation back!"

Based on Xia Yulan's understanding of Han Sijing and the others, those people were definitely up to something and didn't want to suffer such a big loss!

Those few people might even contact other hall masters who suffered losses!

"The land sold to them belongs to Nie Xuan, to Chunfeng City. What does it have to do with me, Cao Meng, and Sixiang City?"

"If they dare to cause trouble, don't blame me for hanging them up and beating them!"

Why did Cao Meng rename the city of Qiancheng to Sixiangcheng?

One of the reasons is this!

Nie Xuan was the one who sold the land. He wanted to bleed Cao Meng dry? That's impossible!
We can only eat their flesh and drink their blood!

"You little rascal, when they join forces, there are quite a few Nascent Soul stage cultivators among them!"

Xia Yulan estimated that if Han Sijing and her group colluded with those who had suffered losses, there would be at least dozens of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

"Below the Void Refinement stage, I am invincible. No matter how many come, I will fight them all!"

Cao Meng no longer considered the mere Nascent Soul stage cultivator a threat.

His physical body is already comparable to a sixth-order weapon refinement; even a Nascent Soul cultivator without a sixth-order spiritual weapon cannot break through his defenses.

His powerful punch was comparable to a strike from a sixth-tier spiritual weapon; even a weak Nascent Soul stage cultivator couldn't withstand it.

Even if someone manages to catch it, they probably won't have an easy time.

"If they were to unleash the power of their Void Refinement stage ancestor, how would you respond?"

Xia Yulan knew that Cao Meng was powerful, but Han Sijing and the others all had powerful backers, including Void Refinement stage elders who supported them.

"Is my Venerable Refinement stage ancestor from Suqin Peak some kind of decoration?"

Cao Meng gave Xia Yulan a mysterious confidence that came from being handsome; everyone has connections, and Cao Meng had one too.

"Moreover, I have Shishi. After what happened last time, Shishi's strength has recovered considerably, and her strength is no weaker than that of the Void Refinement stage!"

Although Cao Meng hadn't deliberately inquired about Shi Shi's strength during this time, his intuition told him that Shi Shi's strength had increased considerably since Wen Bing's revival.

Shishi's current strength is at least no weaker than that of an average Void Refinement stage cultivator.

"Moreover, Shishi also has the Dead Sword Man, who claims to have killed someone in the Integration Stage. Even if that sword man is exaggerating his achievements, killing someone in the Void Refinement Stage shouldn't be a big problem!"

"If those patriarchs try to bully the weak, don't blame me, Cavalry Master Cao Meng, for destroying their ancestors!"

Ever since Cao Meng learned about the Qingyu Divine Sword's background and discovered that it was the most powerful figure in the Wenjian Sect, capable of defeating cultivators at the Integration Stage, he was no longer afraid of those Void Refinement Stage elders.

If they provoke me too much, I'll have Shishi take the Azure Rain Divine Sword and kill them!

Xia Yulan broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this. She was just reminding Cao Meng to be wary of those Void Refinement stage elders, but she didn't mean for Cao Meng to prepare to betray his master and ancestors!

If the Azure Rain Divine Sword truly has the power to kill cultivators at the Integration Stage, then Cao Meng would indeed have the ability to betray his master and destroy his ancestors!
"You little rascal, your Four Symbols City is all empty. Do you want me to lend you a hand?"

Xia Yulan suddenly remembered Cao Meng's business empire plan, so she decided to get involved.

She plans to open several shops in Four Symbols City, but she doesn't want to spend spirit stones to buy them!

"Uncle Xia, you can choose the shop yourself. Just let Min Xue and the others know when you've chosen one!"

Cao Meng knew that the great demon wanted to get something for nothing, but since the other party was one of his own, he could only indulge him!
"I'm going to help Shishi refine the Snow Maiden!"

Cao Meng, now in a state of sagehood, thought of Shi Shi, who was still working.

Just as Cao Meng was about to leave, the great demon Xia Yulan called him back:
"You little rascal, Han Sijing and her friends have created a food delivery group and started imitating us, stealing some of our business!"

Xia Yulan had always known that Han Sijing and the others were copying homework, and she created a takeout group.

Previously, Han Sijing and her group didn't have much business, so Xia Yulan didn't pay much attention to it.

But recently she received news that the food delivery group created by Han Sijing and her friends was doing well, which made her pay attention to it.

After all, she and Cao Meng created the food delivery group, so they couldn't let those people reap the benefits.

"Ignore them and let them help us promote the food delivery industry first. When the time is right, I will shut down their food delivery groups."

"Then we'll swallow up their entire food delivery business!"

Cao Meng was aware of this matter, but he chose to let it grow freely.

It's just that the time isn't right yet; the sheep hasn't grown up. Once it's grown up, it'll come at you and cut you down.

With absolute authority, they banned their food delivery group, which infuriated them.

"You little rascal, as expected, you have the means to control the Immortal Inquiry Machine. It seems everyone has fallen into the trap you've woven!"

Xia Yulan had long suspected that Cao Meng possessed the means to control the Wenxianji (a magical machine), and seeing Cao Meng's confidence today only confirmed this.

"Uncle-Master Xia, what are you saying!"

Cao Meng was speechless. What was a trap?

This is called "willing people take the bait." Did you force those people to buy the fortune-telling machine? No, right?

The wronged: Cao, you didn't force us to buy the Immortal Inquiry Machine, but you didn't tell us that you could manipulate it!

……

Cao Meng returned to the room where Shi Shi and Yu Rui were, and saw that Shi Shi was still working hard to refine Tang Yao.

Although Tang Yao has not yet been successfully refined into a Snow Woman, she has already undergone initial changes and begun to show some characteristics of a Snow Woman!

It seems only a matter of time before Tang Yao is transformed into a snow maiden!
"Shishi, you've worked so hard!"

Seeing Shishi working so hard, Cao Meng said something.

"Humph!"

Shishi snorted coldly, gave Cao Meng a cold look, and didn't pay him any more attention.

???

Cao Meng was stunned. He couldn't understand why Shishi, who was usually the most obedient among them, had suddenly become rebellious and was giving him attitude.

Was it that pink-furred fox Hongqi who corrupted Shishi?
Or is it that dead swordsman Qingyu who is sowing discord?

After noticing the reason, the observant Yu Rui reminded Cao Meng:
"Master, you smell like another woman!" That's right, the reason Shishi was unhappy was because she smelled Xia Yulan's scent and a lewd smell on Cao Meng!
She was working hard here for Cao Meng, refining the Snow Maiden at the Nascent Soul stage, while Cao Meng was out there fooling around with other wicked women.

The main problem is that they were fooling around, and they didn't even bother to clean up the mess. There was a strong odor, which made me very angry.

It's gotten to the point where I want to go on strike and quit!

"Shishi, don't be angry, this is for you!"

Seeing that Shishi was jealous, Cao Meng took out a jade bottle and handed it to her.

Shishi took the jade bottle. Although she didn't open it, she already knew what was inside!
It smells so good, it must be Cao Meng's essence and blood!

Cao Meng saves a little bit of his essence every day. Don't be fooled by the small size of this jade bottle; it contains more than a hundred catties of essence, and he has been saving it for a long time!
Cao Meng had originally planned to occasionally give some to Shishi as a reward, but today, in order to make Shishi happy, he had no choice but to give it all to her!
"Humph!"

Shishi accepted the essence blood given by Cao Meng, but still did not speak to Cao Meng. However, this time her humming was not as resentful.

It is clear that Shishi has forgiven Cao Meng to some extent.

……

Before they knew it, it was noon the next day, the time when Cao Meng agreed to exchange for mid-grade spirit stones.

The fact that Wanqing, the peak master of Qiongjiu Peak, personally appeared shows how much she values ​​this matter.

On Qinshu Peak, although Xue Tang, the childlike loli, didn't come, the puppet avatar she used at Yaochi Qiongtai appeared.

Because of her height, Xue Tang is somewhat socially awkward and doesn't like to show her true form to people, which is why she sent out a puppet avatar!
"Nephew Cao Meng, do you stand by what you said yesterday? If you're lying, your uncle will be very angry!"

Wanqing was warning Cao Meng that she had come to Sixiang City from Qiongjiu Peak today.

If Cao Meng dares to tell her now that it's fake, a joke, then don't blame Wanqing for turning on him and letting this little thief know her name as the Wine Sword Immortal of the Hehuan Sect!

"Uncle-Master Wanqing, my word is my bond!"

As Cao Meng smiled apologetically, he thought to himself, "I haven't lost anything, so why don't I exchange?"

Although Wanqing made a small profit, she never lost out!

With a wave of her hand, Wanqing summoned Tang Lu, the person in charge of her businesses, who then presented her with the deeds to twelve properties and a large quantity of low-grade spirit stones.

Cao Mengchao nodded to Min Xue and readily exchanged 120,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Cao Meng watched as Wan Qing pocketed all 120,000 mid-grade spirit stones, and then offered a reminder:
"Uncle-Master Wanqing, these 120,000 mid-grade spirit stones are meant to help Four Symbols City reduce its reliance on low-grade spirit stones, not for your cultivation!"

Although Cao Meng can synthesize an unlimited number of mid-grade spirit stones and exchange them, if they were all like Wan Qing, simply stuffed into a storage ring and not used for trade...

Even if a lot of mid-grade spirit stones are exchanged, it is still impossible to completely eliminate low-grade spirit stones in Four Symbols City!
How will I accomplish my grand plan to transform low-grade spirit stones then?

If the grand plan to convert low-grade spirit stones cannot be completed, how can we attract a large number of users?
Cao Meng's plan was meticulously planned, step by step; if any one step went wrong, it would affect the rest of the plan!
“Nephew Cao Meng, we are all intelligent people. You don’t need to say these things. Your uncle knows what to do!”

While dealing with Cao Meng, Wanqing also figured out a solution.

Combined with removing spirit stones to reduce their quality, it's that simple!

As long as she doesn't spend money at Sixiang City, it's fine. If she needs to spend money, she can go somewhere else, right?
As long as one's own people do not use low-grade spirit stones within the Four Symbols City, it can be considered as cooperating with Cao Meng's rule of using spirit stones to transform into low-grade ones.

"Junior Nephew Cao Meng, hurry up and exchange it for Junior Sister Xue Tang and the others!"
"Then, I, your uncle, can raise a glass with you and discuss business!"

Wanqing gestured for Cao Meng to quickly exchange mid-grade spirit stones for the others. She wasn't just saying this to brush Cao Meng off; she genuinely had business to discuss with him!
This deal needs to be discussed as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late!

"Uncle-Master Wanqing, I'm a little afraid of being taken advantage of when we do business together!"

Cao Meng probably already knew what kind of business Wanqing wanted to discuss with him. To be honest, he really wanted to know which blind guy had given Wanqing the nickname "drunkard".

Judging from the other party's shrewdness, Cao Meng estimated that the other party was even more troublesome than Han Sijing, that eight-foot-tall adult.

Of course I'm afraid of being taken advantage of, but that's just a joke!
Cao Meng has the initiative, how could he possibly suffer a loss?

If you want to suffer a loss, there's only one possibility: you'll end up taking advantage of her!

The puppet form of Snow Sugar stared at Cao Meng and said irritably:
"You spendthrift, this is mine!"

The nickname "spendthrift" was given to Cao Meng by Xue Tang, who believed that Cao Meng was not only the number one spendthrift in the Hehuan Sect.

Furthermore, it ranks among the top in the entire Eastern Region Dao Continent.

After all, other people squander money for enjoyment, but this guy squanders money purely for the sake of squandering!

It's just a pity for my senior sister Duanmu; all the wealth she's accumulated over the years is about to be squandered by this spendthrift.

All I can do now is try to preserve some of Duanmu Fei's family property using this method, so that I can return it to her when she comes out of seclusion!

"Uncle Xue Tang, your puppet is quite impressive!"

Looking at Xue Tang, a puppet with perfectly proportioned curves and an almost perfect appearance, Cao Meng couldn't help but sigh.

At the same time, Cao Meng felt a little regretful. Such a good physical body was actually turned into a puppet by Xue Tang. If only it were still alive!
"Humph!"

Xue Tang snorted coldly, then urged them to discuss exchanging the spirit stones.

Once she got her hands on 180,000 mid-grade spirit stones, Xue Tang immediately left with her people, showing Cao Meng no respect whatsoever.

Xue Tang felt that she had already been generous enough by not beating up Cao Meng, that spendthrift son.

Cao Meng turned his gaze to the other Nascent Soul stage hall masters and said, "I understand."
"My fellow martial uncles, it's your turn!"

These hall masters are all from Duanmu Fei's faction and Wanqing's neutral faction.

The businesses controlled by these hall masters are not as extensive as those of peak masters like Wanqing and Xuetang.

Each of them owns only two or three properties in Sixiang City, and they are not very large in scale!

However, Cao Meng still calculated for them that the exchange limit for each business was 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones.

Finally, Cao Meng gave Chi Mengxun, the person in charge of the female demon's property, a mid-grade spirit stone in exchange.

Since they were all his own businesses, Cao Meng was just going through the motions and directly approved an exchange quota of 500,000 mid-grade spirit stones!
With the exchange of mid-grade spirit stones completed, some observant people calculated that Cao Meng had exchanged nearly a million mid-grade spirit stones in this round.

This made the little mice hiding in the shadows, watching with envy!
That's a million mid-grade spirit stones!

What Cao Meng wanted was for those little mice to see it clearly.

If he told those little mice that he, Cao Meng, had no shortage of mid-grade spirit stones.

As long as they are willing to submit and embrace him, he and the Four Symbols City will also embrace them!

Cao Meng turned his gaze to Wan Qing and asked:
"Uncle-Master Wanqing, where shall we go next to discuss business?"

They're going to be discussing a big deal later, and Cao Meng is going to rip Wan Qing off badly.

Since we're going to rip people off, we should let Wanqing decide where to hold the business meeting.

Otherwise, it would be too unfair to rip people off in business and at banquets, and it would damage one's reputation.

“Nephew Cao Meng, I am the elder, so I should naturally defer to you, the junior!”

Wanqing simply passed the choice to the customer; after all, how many spirit stones would a meal cost? As long as the deal went through, it wouldn't be a loss! (End of Chapter)