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

Now all the top sects have their eyes on the Immortal Inquiry Machine, and the sale of the Immortal Inquiry Machine is not strictly controlled.

Basically, all the top sects have acquired a batch of Immortal Inquiry Machines and have begun to study them on their own.

Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the future market!

Just as Wang Longhai and Yuan Jun were chatting, Tian Cong's disciple arrived and took Tian Cong away.

Sixiang City Blood Corpse Hall...

After Cao Meng and Blood Cloud Ancestor had drunk several rounds of wine, Blood Cloud Ancestor waved his hand, signaling the singing girls and dancing girls to leave.

"Kid, you've had enough to drink now!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor reminded Cao Meng that it was time to get down to business.

"Old man Xueyun, you should have guessed the first thing by now, it's the materials for the Supreme Yang Pearl, bubble tea, and the Immortal Inquiry!"

Although Cao Meng did not know the details of the Corpse Yin Sect, or how many resources it had.

However, with Chi Liyu, who is at the Tribulation Transcending stage, the Corpse Yin Sect must have absorbed a lot of resources from the Eastern Region Dao Continent, so it has plenty of resources!

Cao Meng simply didn't believe that he was lacking materials to cooperate with the Corpse Yin Sect.

If they are still short, they will send Chi Liyu to destroy a few top sects and take some back.

"Boy, my Corpse Yin Sect has these materials, but let me remind you, my Corpse Yin Sect is not short of spirit stones, nor is it short of cultivation resources!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor felt that the materials were a minor issue; the key question was whether the other party could offer the necessary leverage!

It's important to understand that the Corpse Yin Sect is different from ordinary top-tier sects. The Corpse Yin Sect has been nurturing the various top-tier sects of the Eastern Region Dao Continent for countless millennia.

The resources of the Corpse Yin Sect are beyond the imagination of those top sects!
"Old man Xueyun, tell Chi Liyu that I will use the Immortal Inquiry Machine to settle the account!"

Cao Meng knew that the currency the Corpse Yin Sect wanted was the corpses of cultivators.

But Cao Meng hasn't killed anyone recently, nor has he dug up any graves. Where are there many cultivator corpses he can sell?

Moreover, Cao Meng also planned to use Yu Rui's abilities to build a corpse demon army, so even if there were cultivator corpses, he would not sell them to the cunning merchant, Blood Cloud Ancestor!
"Using the 'Immortal Inquiry Machine' as currency for settlement is acceptable!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor agreed to Cao Meng's request, since the main reason the Corpse Yin Sect had set up a branch here was to seek divine guidance.

As a hall master of the Corpse Yin Sect, Blood Cloud Ancestor was considered a high-ranking member. He knew very well that the Corpse Yin Sect had sold these Immortal Inquiry Secrets to the other four continents.

Moreover, the price it fetched far exceeded the expectations of the people of the Eastern Continent.

"Kid, don't say I didn't take care of you. I'll give you 950 low-grade spirit stones for this Immortal Inquiry Machine!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor plans to lower the price for Cao Meng by half a percent!

After all, he's been working so hard, he should at least earn some money, right?

"Old man Xueyun, my Immortal Inquiry Machine sells for 1,300 low-grade spirit stones each to sects outside the Hehuan Sect, but you're charging me 950 low-grade spirit stones each? That's outrageous!"

Cao Meng was very dissatisfied with the Blood Cloud Ancestor's price-cutting behavior. This old swindler really thought he was an innocent victim!
"Boy, do you really want me to expose your secrets?"

"The cost price of one of your Immortal Inquiry Machines is only one hundred low-grade spirit stones."

"I'll give you 950 low-grade spirit stones per unit, that's already quite generous!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor ruthlessly exposed the cost price of the Immortal Inquiry Machine, and then said:
"Kid, I'll just resell it. No need to waste time or incur costs. What's wrong with me making a little profit?"

Blood Cloud Ancestor couldn't understand how much of a discount should be applied when settling a debt with goods. It was something even mortals knew, so why couldn't Cao Meng, a cultivator, understand it?

Just as Cao Meng was about to argue with the Blood Cloud Ancestor, his Immortal Inquiry Machine kept vibrating. Helpless, he could only deal with the Immortal Inquiry Machine first.

When Cao Meng opened the Inquiry Machine, he saw that the person who sent the audio communication was Gongsun Meng, the head of the warehouse hall, so he connected via video.

"Isn't this Uncle Gongsun?"

In the video, Cao Meng greeted Gongsun Meng warmly, showing no signs of the previous argument with Gongsun Meng.

Gongsun Meng, seeing Cao Meng's carefree and jovial demeanor, suppressed her anger despite her displeasure.

"Cao Meng, Han Sijing has already announced the cost price of the Zhiyang Pearl Immortal Inquiry Machine, and many people in the group have already condemned you!"
If you cooperate and accept our previous conditions, our warehouse can help you clarify the situation.

Gongsun Meng hoped that Cao Meng would be sensible, since the Hehuan Sect's large group was already in an uproar over the cost price of the Zhiyang Pearl and the Wenxianji.

Now, the only thing that can save Cao Meng's business is their warehouse.
As long as their warehouse staff are willing to testify for Cao Meng and deny the evidence provided by Han Sijing, Cao Meng's business can still be saved!

"Uncle Gongsun, I choose to refuse!"

Cao Meng directly rejected Gongsun Meng's idea. After all, with the costs of items like the Supreme Yang Pearl and the Immortal Inquiry Technique revealed, he had long anticipated this day would come.

At the time, he wasn't afraid at all because the materials provided by these people had a very important flaw: they were just theoretical!
"Cao Meng, you don't want your business with the Supreme Yang Pearl anymore, right?"

Gongsun Meng felt that Cao Meng was being ungrateful. In this situation, he was still acting out of spite and making a scene with the warehouse, which was tantamount to courting death!
Cao Meng adjusted the direction of the Inquiry Machine so that the other party could see both himself and Blood Cloud Ancestor at the same time.

"Uncle Gongsun, I'm currently at the Blood Corpse Hall discussing the purchase of materials with Elder Xueyun. Don't bother me unless it's absolutely necessary!"

After Cao Meng finished speaking, he immediately hung up the video call with Gongsun Meng.

Are you kidding me? Who's begging whom here?

You dare to act tough in front of me? I won't tolerate that!
……

"That damned Cao traitor, how dare he end the video call without my permission!"

In the warehouse lobby, Gongsun Meng, whose video conference had been cut off by Cao Meng, was furious.

Cao Meng, a junior, dared to address her, an elder, with such disrespect!
If I weren't outmatched by Cao Cao, I would definitely have given him a good beating!
"Cao Meng just said that he was negotiating a deal with the Corpse Yin Sect to buy materials for the Supreme Yang Pearl and the Immortal Inquiry Technique!"

Mei Wen then spoke up to remind him, as she hadn't been blinded by anger and had heard the key points!

"not good!"

After being reminded by Mei Wen, Le Yao and Zi Mo immediately sensed that something was seriously wrong.

"Cao Meng, if you really cooperate with the Corpse Yin Sect, I'm afraid they won't buy materials from my warehouse anymore!"

Zi Mo became somewhat worried, after all, the Corpse Yin Sect was truly wealthy; one Corpse Yin Sect was enough to feed Cao Meng.

Now that things have turned out this way between the warehouse and Cao Meng, the latter will certainly not buy materials from the warehouse in the future.

"Gongsun Meng, what promises did you three make to us back then, and what has become of you now?"

Enraged, Yue Yao sternly rebuked Gongsun Meng, Baili Qin, and Helian Qi, saying that these three were more trouble than they were worth!
Why did I have to be so impulsive and listen to the advice of those three idiots?!
“If Cao Meng stops purchasing materials from the warehouse in the future, the three of you will be fully responsible!”

Under Le Yao's reprimand, Gongsun Meng and the other two could only nod like chickens pecking at rice!

Gongsun Meng and the other two felt wronged. It was the three of them who made the suggestion in the first place, that's right!
The problem is that Yueyao and Zimo, as her senior uncles, have agreed.

Now that a problem has arisen, not only do Le Yao and Zi Mo, as their senior uncles, not help to find a solution, but they also try to shift the responsibility onto the three of them.

This is a classic case of wanting to reap the benefits without wanting to take any risks; it's really going too far!
Mei Wen, watching Gongsun Meng and the other two being scolded, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Luckily, she hadn't sided with them.

Otherwise, the trio being scolded would become a quadrilateral.

...Cao Meng looked at the large group of Hehuan Sect members, and after the cost price of the Supreme Yang Pearl was exposed, he was being cursed as a profiteer!

Faced with these people's insults, he was fully capable of activating the absolute authority of the Inquiry Machine to block the Inquiry Machine that was insulting him.

However, Cao Meng did not do that, because if he had, it would have had a huge impact on Wenxianji's business.

"Fellow disciples, everything stated above is a fabrication!"

"If the materials used in the Supreme Yang Pearl and the Questioning Immortal Machine are truly as they claim, with such low costs and such high profits!"
Why don't they use the materials described above to refine some Supreme Yang Pearls and obtain the secrets of immortality!

"I believe that the eyes of my fellow disciples are discerning!"

After Cao Meng sent out his message, he stopped talking in the group.

As for whether the cost price of the Supreme Yang Pearl and the Immortal Inquiry Machine was announced by the Eight-Foot Master Han Sijing or by the warehouse, Cao Meng didn't care at all.

They said they have their own material list with low cost, so let's see if they can refine some Supreme Yang Pearls and Immortal Inquiry Machines.
If the other party cannot refine the Supreme Yang Pearl or obtain the Immortal Secret, then everything they say is a rumor and completely untrue!
Han Sijing and Gongsun Meng: Cao traitor, you are utterly shameless! You actually dared to bully us because we don't know how to refine the Supreme Yang Pearl or ask about the Immortal Secrets!

The news of Cao Meng, this big swindler, caused a huge uproar in the Hehuan Sect group as soon as it was released.

The sect disciples, deacons, and elders in the group were all filled with remorse!

Yeah, why do they believe whatever others say?
Lord Cao Meng is a good man. How could we, his group, listen to the words of evil forces and wrongly accuse him?

That wretched warehouse! First, the price of materials went up, leaving Lord Cao Meng without the materials to refine the Supreme Yang Pearl and the Inquiry of Immortals.

Now they are using such despicable means to threaten Lord Cao Meng and force him to submit. It is truly despicable and shameless!

In an instant, the winds of change swept through the Hehuan Sect's large group chat.

However, Han Sijing did a very clever job. The fools in the Hehuan Sect group all thought that the 'slander' of Cao Meng was done by the warehouse.

At this moment, Han Sijing and Song Yafei were staring at the messages in the group chat. Although Cao Meng had found a way to break the deadlock, it made them a little unhappy.

Fortunately, the blame was shifted to the warehouse, making them take the blame for the two of them.

This will inevitably exacerbate the feud between the warehouse and Cao Meng's side, making it difficult for these two groups to put aside their differences and cooperate again!
……

"Damn Cao Cao!"

"Damn Han Sijing!"

Gongsun Meng and her six companions were furious as they watched all the members in the group chat cursing their warehouse.

Han Sijing clearly disclosed the cost price and profit of items like the Yang Pearl and the Immortal Inquiry Machine, so why should she take the blame for her own warehouse?

Furthermore, Gongsun Meng herself told Cao Cao that it was made by the giantess Han Sijing, so why doesn't Cao Cao explain this to the warehouse keeper?

The most despicable one is that traitor Cao, who actually spouted nonsense. The cost price and profit of the Supreme Yang Pearl and the Immortal Inquiry Machine are clearly just that.

Cao Cao actually refused to admit it and even turned around and accused his own group of spreading rumors!

Gongsun Meng felt that the current cultivation methods were too complex and beyond her ability to handle.

Sixiang City Blood Corpse Hall...

"Kid, that's a pretty shameless move of yours!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor was right next to Cao Meng, and he saw Cao Meng's actions clearly.

This kid is shameless; he just spouts nonsense.

"Old man Xueyun, I actually have a business deal with you. I wonder if you'd be interested?"

For Cao Meng, the next business deal was the one he really wanted to discuss.

"Oh!"

"Tell me, kid!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor was quite surprised when he arrived, wondering what big business Cao Meng still wanted to discuss with him.

"I remember when the Golden Buddha Temple was divided up, your Corpse Yin Sect captured Gu Teng, the Great Abyss Peak Master of the Xuan Tian Sect, as well as three Xuan Tian Sect Nascent Soul Hall Masters and several other cultivators!"

Cao Meng couldn't help but laugh whenever he thought about it; back then, the Xuantian Sect wanted to carve up the territory of the Golden Buddha Temple.

As a result, he was beaten up by the Corpse Yin Sect, and then he beat himself up as well.

The Corpse Yin Sect captured one peak master and three hall masters of the Xuan Tian Sect, and captured Gu Qingfeng for themselves.

The capture of the Xuantian Sect's peak master is quite interesting.

"really!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor nodded in acknowledgment, since it wasn't exactly a big secret!

"Are those people still in your hands?"

Cao Meng planned to buy these hostages from the Xuantian Sect, as they would be of great use in attacking the sect later.

However, Cao Meng could not determine whether these people had been redeemed by the Xuantian Sect or turned into corpse puppets by the Corpse Yin Sect!
They're still alive!

After explaining the situation of Gu Teng and the others, the Blood Cloud Ancestor revealed a sly smile and asked in return:
"What, you're interested, kid?"

"If you can afford the price, I can arrange to sell them to you!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor didn't care that Gu Teng was the peak master of the Xuan Tian Sect. To their Corpse Yin Sect, he was just a sheep. As long as the other party could afford the price, they would sell him.

As for the Xuantian Sect coming to cause trouble for the Corpse Yin Sect, even if they had a lot of guts, they wouldn't dare!
"Kind of!"

"Perfect for using them as hostages!"

"Old man Blood Cloud, name your price, and settle it using the Immortal Inquiry Machine!"

Cao Meng has already decided to buy these hostages and give them a surprise when he makes his move against the Xuantian Sect.

"Kid, there's no rush for the price. After all, the person isn't in my hands yet. Let's talk about it slowly after I transfer him from another branch!"

Blood Cloud Ancestor also wanted to negotiate a price with Cao Meng, but the problem was that Gu Teng and his group were not in his hands, but in the hands of other branches of his Corpse Yin Sect.

He can only transfer people over if he reaches an agreement with those people first!
Blood Cloud Ancestor regretted it. Why didn't he take action and capture a few peak masters of Xuantian Sect when he took over the territory of Golden Buddha Temple?
"Old man Xueyun, be more efficient and get the people here as soon as possible, I'm in a hurry!"

Cao Meng urged the Blood Cloud Ancestor, as he didn't want to wait until the time came to start a war with the Xuan Tian Sect, with his army already on its way and the hostages still en route.

"Don't worry, kid, the person will be delivered to you in three days at most!"

Old Ancestor Blood Cloud patted his chest and assured him that he had noticed something unusual about the Joyful Union Sect these past few days, and guessed that they were about to do something big.

He just saw through it but didn't say anything. Anyway, the Hehuan Sect's troubles would benefit him, allowing him to make more money!
"Old man Blood Cloud, this is the material list for the Supreme Yang Pearl, Pearl Milk Tea, Questioning Immortals, and Spirit Wine: A Dream of Life!"

"Hurry up and get someone to prepare a batch of materials for me; I need them urgently!"

With war imminent, Cao Meng wanted to take the opportunity to acquire as much as possible and earn more spirit stones. (End of Chapter)