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

Not only Nangong Yan guessed these things, but several Void Refinement stage elders also guessed them.

However, due to certain circumstances, they did not cause trouble for Cao Meng.

Now that this matter is completely settled, the Hehuan Sect will immediately take action and catch those people off guard.

"Grandmaster, what you're saying shows my filial piety!"

Cao Meng would naturally not admit that he had ill intentions.

He only wanted to help Nangong Yan increase her strength, help the Hehuan Sect grow stronger, and seize more territory.

This is clearly my filial piety towards Nangong Yan, and my loyalty to the sect!
"You bastard, you still dare to argue with me, your grandmaster!"

Nangong Yan then gave Cao Meng a few more whacks on the head with roasted chestnuts.

……

After Nangong Yan left, Cao Meng felt that he should speed up the game with the warehouse.

Cao Meng took out the Inquiry-Based Scripture and posted a message in the Hehuan Sect's large group chat:

"Fellow disciples, recently, the raw material costs for Zhiyang Pearls, bubble tea, and Wenxianji have doubled, which has forced Zhiyang Pearls to increase in price as well. I, Cao Meng, am very sorry for this!"

"Fellow disciples, rest assured, once we find a stable supply of raw materials, the price of the Yang Pearl will return to its original level!"

"Fellow disciples, please wait patiently. Respectfully yours, Cao Meng!"

This is Cao Meng's east wind, a wind that will blow the anger of these leeks towards the warehouse.

Cao Meng wanted to teach Gongsun Meng and his group a lesson. The anger of a single leek is not much, but the anger of a cartload of leeks is a different story.

……

As soon as Cao Meng posted the message in the Hehuan Sect's group chat, the group exploded.

Recently, many people in the group have been subtly criticizing Cao Meng for his greedy behavior in raising the price of Zhiyang Pearl.

Now that Cao Meng, the person involved, has spoken out in the group, things are naturally getting interesting.

"I knew it! Why would Lord Cao Meng raise the price of the Supreme Yang Pearl for no reason? He was forced into it!"

"It's all the fault of those material suppliers. They suddenly raised the price for Lord Cao Meng's materials."

"If it weren't for those despicable material suppliers, we wouldn't be without the Supreme Yang Pearl!"

"..."

As Cao Meng explained the whole story, the Hehuan Sect's group chat erupted in curses. However, this time, it wasn't Cao Meng who was being cursed, but the material supplier.

"Speaking of which, who are the material suppliers for the Supreme Yang Pearl, bubble tea, and the Immortal Questioning Machine? They're incredibly despicable!"

Amidst the barrage of criticism, someone asked the crucial question.

"The sect's daily consumption of Supreme Yang Pearls alone is no small amount. Who can afford to supply it besides the treasury?"

Soon someone exposed the true identity of the material supplier for the Zhiyang Pearl: it was an evil warehouse.

"Back then, City Lord Cao Meng reported many of the hall masters for tax evasion, and the six hall masters in the treasury all had properties within the city of the sect's protection!"

Immediately, enthusiastic members of the group shared this little bit of information.

The meaning of this enthusiastic citizen is self-evident.

They were practically saying that the six hall masters of the warehouse were reported for tax evasion, and thus harbored resentment and took revenge on Cao Meng by raising the price of raw materials like the Zhiyang Pearl.

The disciples of the sect also felt that the six hall masters of the warehouse had gone too far. They had been reported for tax evasion, so who could they blame?

Now that he's been reported, he can't swallow his anger, so he's raised the price of the materials he supplies to Cao Meng.

Who are the ones suffering? Aren't they the disciples of the Supreme Yang Pearl Sect who rely on it?

The six hall masters of the warehouse have prevented their group from buying any Supreme Yang Pearls for more than half a month. Their crimes are truly heinous!
Then someone else revealed some other things, exposing that the warehouse was buying materials from downstream suppliers and reselling them at high prices.

Furthermore, it has been revealed that the warehouse frequently substitutes inferior materials for superior ones, selling substandard materials to others.

It's also common for warehouses to raise prices on the spot, but it's just that it didn't cause such a big fuss as Cao Meng did this time!

……

The fire that Cao Meng started first, combined with this east wind, turned into a raging inferno that burned down on the warehouse.

The warehouse was in a terrible state for the next few days!
Many sect disciples followed Cao Meng's example and began to protest against the tyranny of the warehouse, and stopped buying cultivation resources from the warehouse.

"That traitor Cao has gone too far in bullying us!"

In the main hall of the warehouse, Gongsun Meng was furious. She really didn't expect Cao Meng to dare to pull this trick on her.

Does Cao Meng still want to do business with their warehouse in the future?
"That young man Cao Meng is truly ungrateful!"

Le Yao and Zi Mo both felt that Cao Meng was too arrogant and went too far, actually using such public opinion tactics against them.

This destroyed the reputation and goodwill that their warehouse had built up over many years, severely impacting the warehouse's business.

"Since Cao Meng is unrighteous, don't blame us for being unjust!"

With gritted teeth, Gongsun Meng turned her gaze to Le Yao and Zi Mo, and said:
"My two senior uncles, I want to reveal the cost prices of the Supreme Yang Pearl, bubble tea, and the Immortal Inquiry Machine, so that everyone in the sect will know the true face of that traitor Cao!"

Gongsun Meng originally didn't want to reveal the cost price of the Zhiyang Pearl, but Cao Cao was too arrogant and didn't know what was good for him.

She wanted to teach Cao Cao a lesson and show him the consequences of offending their warehouse.

Le Yao and Zi Mo hesitated. Although they were angry, they were still thinking.

They knew very well that if the cost price of things like the Zhiyang Pearl were made public, it would inevitably affect Cao Meng's business in the future.

When everyone continues to cooperate in the future, if Cao Meng's business is bad, they will earn less!

Therefore, the disclosure of the cost price of Zhiyang Pearls must be carefully considered.

Little did they know that while they were considering this issue, someone had already made the choice for them.

"what happened?"

Mei Wen, who was playing the game of "Asking the Divine Oracle," was suddenly startled and immediately questioned Gongsun Meng:
"Gongsun Meng, your two senior uncles are still considering this matter. Why did you act first and then release this information?"

Mei Wen's question left Gongsun Meng completely bewildered!
"Gongsun Meng, look at the large group chat of the Hehuan Sect for yourself!"

Under Mei Wen's reprimand, Gongsun Meng and the others quickly took out their Immortal Inquiry Machines to check the messages in the Hehuan Sect's group chat.

As Gongsun Meng and the other four opened the Inquiry Machine, they were immediately startled.

This was all because a message was posted in the Hehuan Sect's large group chat, revealing the cost prices of items like the Supreme Yang Pearl, bubble tea, and the Immortal Inquiry Machine.

In addition, for the sake of authenticity, a monthly transaction list of materials supplied by the warehouse to the canteen, as well as the monthly sales of Zhiyang Pearls, were also included.

In conclusion, the raw material cost of Zhiyangzhu (a type of pearl), bubble tea, and Zhiyangzhu itself only accounts for 10% of the selling price.

After deducting all costs, Cao Meng's net profit is more than 70% of the selling price.

...After seeing the message posted in the group, Le Yao and Zi Mo turned pale and glared at Gongsun Meng.

"Gongsun Meng, how dare you play us like this!"

"Gongsun Meng, you did this without permission, you had better give us a proper explanation!"

Le Yao and Zi Mo both attacked Gongsun Meng at the same time, which shows how angry they were!
Gongsun Meng noticed that Le Yao and Zi Mo were upset, and quickly explained:
"My two senior uncles, this matter has nothing to do with me. I didn't post this message in the group!"

Gongsun Meng felt truly wronged; she had only had this idea, but hadn't had a chance to put it into practice yet!
Which despicable person posted this and is trying to get themselves into trouble?

Gongsun Meng's explanation did not gain the trust of Le Yao and Zi Mo, after all, the other party was too suspicious!
"I swear I didn't do this..."

Gongsun dreamt that Le Yao and Zi Mo still didn't believe him, so he had no choice but to swear an oath to prove his innocence.

After Gongsun Meng swore an oath, she was cleared of suspicion, and the suspicion naturally fell on Baili Qin, Helian Qi, and Mei Wen.

Left with no other choice, the three also swore to prove their innocence.

Those suspected all swore to prove their innocence, and for a moment the atmosphere in the warehouse hall became very heavy.

Just as they were wondering who the other person was, Gongsun Meng, Baili Qin, and Helian Qi suddenly had a thought and came up with a suspect!
"Han Sijing!"

"This was made by Han Sijing!"

Gongsun Meng, Baili Qin, and Helian Qi all spoke in unison, revealing their suspected candidates.

The three of them were surprisingly unanimous in their suspicions: Han Sijing.

"My two senior uncles, it must have been Han Sijing who released this information. She wanted the three of us to release it before, but we didn't agree!"

"Now that they've released this information, they must be trying to escalate the feud between our warehouse and Cao Meng, making us fight like the snipe and the clam, so that they can reap the benefits!"

At this moment, Gongsun Meng also analyzed everything. She had really been careless. She had been thinking about dealing with Cao Cao, that vicious tiger, but she had forgotten about Han Sijing, that hungry wolf who was waiting for an opportunity to strike!
"Gongsun Meng, some of the data here is only known to our warehouse's senior management. Why would Han Sijing know it?"

Mei Wen has seen the data above, and it is exactly the same as the data inside the warehouse.

Han Sijing, being an outsider, shouldn't know the warehouse's transaction data with Cao Meng.

Le Yao and Zi Mo turned their attention back to Gongsun Meng and her two companions. These three were able to guess immediately that the message was sent by Han Sijing.

If you say that Gongsun Meng and the other two have no connection with Han Sijing, Le Yao and Zi Mo would never believe it even if you beat them to death!
"We gave it to them a few months ago, when Han Sijing and Song Yafei asked us for it."

We didn't want to offend those two, so we gave it to them!

"We never expected things to escalate to this point!"

When Gongsun Meng and the other two said this, their tone was much softer, clearly indicating that they knew they had made a mistake!
Le Yao and Zi Mo glared at Gongsun Meng and the other two. When the three of them said they wanted to fight Cao Meng, the two of them felt that it was a bit inappropriate.

As a result of Gongsun Meng and the other two's suggestion, things actually turned out like this!

Young people these days are just not mature enough!
Mei Wen, this younger generation, is so composed!

Gongsun Meng, Baili Qin, and Helian Qi: The three of us are over four hundred years old. Aren't we mature enough?

Moreover, you, as our senior uncles, agreed to our proposal.

Now that problems have arisen, is it appropriate to shift all the responsibility onto us?

"Gongsun Meng, the three of you have been used as pawns by Han Sijing."

"You all need to contact Cao Meng right now and tell him that he is willing to submit if he is willing."

My warehouse can prove those data are false, help him dispel the rumors, and save his business!

Le Yao felt that Gongsun Meng and the other younger generation were really useless. At this time, it was up to her, the elder, to turn the tide.

"Gongsun Meng obeys!"

What else could Gongsun Meng say but to use the divination tool to contact Cao Meng?

……

At Huanhua Peak, Han Sijing and Song Yafei watched as a group of people from the Hehuan Sect cursed the warehouse manager and Cao Meng, the unscrupulous merchants. The two were so engrossed in their conversation that they forgot all about home!
At that moment, Cao Meng brought an east wind, which blew the raging fire toward the warehouse. Han Sijing and Song Yafei, the two bystanders, sensed something was wrong.

So they arranged for a gust of wind to blow half the fire back to Cao Meng.

Now, Cao Meng and the warehouse are surrounded by this fire and will be burned down, which is exactly what Han Sijing and Song Yafei wanted.

Since they didn't have any trade cooperation with Cao Meng anyway, the two of them didn't mind destroying Cao Meng's business empire!
"If only those two old folks, Yueyao and Zimo, could take action against that traitor Cao!"

Han Sijing had a slight hope that these two older generation Nascent Soul stage seventh level cultivators would take action against Cao Meng.

"Senior Sister Han, aren't our actions a bit too obvious this time?"

Song Yafei estimated that if she and her partner published the profit data for the Zhiyang Pearls, it wouldn't be long before Cao Meng and the warehouse staff became suspicious.

"It's not just a little obvious, it's extremely obvious!"

Han Sijing estimated that by this moment, she had probably been exposed and was now under suspicion.

"But even if Cao Meng and the warehouse staff know that you did it, so what? That's not the point!"

"The key question is, who provided us with the transaction ledgers?"

"It was given by the three warehouse masters: Gongsun Meng, Baili Qin, and Helian Qi!"

"It doesn't matter who released this information anymore; what matters is that the warehouse can't be cleaned properly!"

Han Sijing is not afraid of being bothered by the warehouse and Cao Meng at all. These two groups should be too busy to bother her!
If these two groups dare to cause me trouble, they shouldn't blame me for making them suffer even more!
At this moment, Song Yafei couldn't help but admire Han Sijing; she truly deserved to be the one who almost became the sect leader.

However, Song Yafei also felt that Han Sijing lost unfairly, as her talent was about the same as Duanmu Fei's.

Han Sijing was more hardworking and diligent than Duanmu Fei, and her cultivation level was even higher than Duanmu Fei's.

Han Sijing was originally supposed to become the sect leader, but she missed the position because of her appearance!

Han Sijing's body was much taller than that of an average man, and the group of Void Refinement stage elders felt that Han Sijing's appearance might affect the sect's image.

Therefore, those Void Refinement stage elders ultimately chose Duanmu Fei as a second choice.

……

The Blood Corpse Hall's headquarters had already been built in Four Symbols City, and the plaque directly used the name "Blood Corpse Hall".

As for the name not sounding good?
No, no, no, the Blood Corpse Hall doesn't care at all about whether the name sounds good or not.

Because the name "Blood Corpse Hall" is itself a brand name.

No one in the entire Eastern Dao Continent dared to use it recklessly.

At this moment, Cao Meng was in the Blood Corpse Hall. He found a comfortable spot to sit down and didn't even call for a maid to serve him. He acted like a complete lord!

Cao Meng actually came to have a drink with Blood Cloud Ancestor, and to discuss some business over drinks.

However, the other party seems to be dealing with something and hasn't shown up yet! (End of Chapter)