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Chapter 332 Purchasing Information
After three rounds of drinking.

Han Yuan and the other two said goodbye to Qin Ming, "Friend Lu, we three have to go back to the Wandao Merchant Alliance headquarters to report, so we can't stay here for long. We'll stop here today and leave first."

"To make a living, I am always on the road. I really have no choice!"

"Okay, since the three of you have important tasks to attend to, I will not try to keep you any longer. Next time you have a chance, you can come to Jingxue Pavilion to meet me." Qin Ming stood up and bowed.

"If Fellow Daoist Lu has time, he can also come to visit the Zhongzhou Wandao Merchant Alliance. The three of us will welcome him warmly." Liu Ye said with a smile as beautiful as a flower.

"Please stay, Brother Lu. There's no need to see me off." Gao Feng also said goodbye to Qin Ming.

"In this southern region, the three of us often have to go on missions. I believe we will see each other again soon, hehe!"

"So, Brother Lu, you don't have to be polite."

"Then I wish all fellow Taoists a safe journey."

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After Qin Ming parted with Han Yuan and the other two, he did not go directly to the Jingxue Pavilion branch in the market town.

Instead, he followed the intricate streets of Lingxu Market, turning several turns, and finally arrived in front of the largest building.

This pavilion is decorated in an extremely luxurious style, with golden and magnificent decorations, and carved dragons and phoenixes. On the central plaque, three large characters are engraved in a flamboyant manner - "Qianji Pavilion".

This shop is one of the largest forces here. It is a branch of Qianji Trading Company founded by Master Hua Tianxiong, whom Qin Ming happened to meet when he first arrived at Qilin Island.

The information Qin Ming needs can only be obtained from such a large and native force with complete and detailed information.

When he came, he had already learned from Gu Qingzhao that Jingxue Pavilion's foundation here was still shallow and many things were yet to be perfected.

In Qianji Pavilion, several graceful maids were receiving guests in the front hall.

One of the young maids in a gauze skirt saw a customer coming into the store, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up, and she put on a professional smile and was about to go forward to greet him.

However, the middle-aged shopkeeper who was calmly drinking tea behind the counter quickly put down the teacup in his hand, then stood up and said, "Mo He, please step aside. I will personally receive this guest."

"Yes!"

The maid's heart moved, and she couldn't help but glance at Qin Ming a few more times. There were not many people who could be favored by their boss and received.

He must be a high-class customer.

She had no choice but to obey the shopkeeper's orders. She bit her lip indignantly and reluctantly looked away from Qin Ming.

Moreover, their shopkeeper is in the late stage of foundation building. Anyone who can be called a fellow Taoist must have a cultivation level of at least the middle stage of foundation building.

"This fellow Taoist looks unfamiliar. Is this your first time in Lingxu Market?"

"My name is Wei Hong, the shopkeeper here, please come to the second floor!"

Shopkeeper Wei said with a smile on his face.

Qin Ming nodded and couldn't help but sigh. He didn't expect that here, even someone in the late foundation building stage was only qualified to be a receptionist on the second floor.

After going upstairs.

Shopkeeper Wei casually ordered someone to serve a pot of ordinary tea. After pouring the water for Qin Ming, he asked, "What do you need? Or do you want to sell something?"

"I heard that your company is known for being well-informed, so I want to get the latest intelligence on the major forces in Dajin." Qin Ming said as he took a sip of tea.

"Intelligence on the major forces in Dajin?"

Shopkeeper Wei showed a hint of surprise on his face, which made him even more certain that the other party was an outsider cultivator.

However, he had extremely high professional ethics and did not ask about the client's identity information. Instead, he ordered his subordinates to fetch several jade slips and place them in front of Qin Ming.

"My fellow Daoist, this is the latest intelligence about the major forces in the Great Jin Dynasty, and it was updated only within the last ten days."

"Since you have come to me, you should know that the president of this company is Master Hua, and the backer is the Lihuo Palace. Therefore, the authenticity of all the information is absolutely reliable. If it is false, I will compensate you tenfold."

"The intelligence here is divided into four levels, and the A-level intelligence is worth one thousand middle-grade spirit stones."

"Eight hundred middle-grade spirit stones for B-grade intelligence."

"Five hundred middle-grade spirit stones for Class C intelligence."

"300 middle-grade spirit stones for information."

Qin Ming nodded after hearing this, and then he picked up a Grade A intelligence jade slip from the tray and started to check it:
"The Great Jin Cultivation World is vast and boundless. Now, the actual Nascent Soul-level forces are no longer dominated by one, but have increased to three. The old Lihuo Palace dominates Zhongzhou and has an extremely deep foundation."

"The second is the Wandao Merchant Alliance. The influence of this merchant alliance spans several large-scale immortal cultivation worlds in the surrounding area. Although the leader of the merchant alliance is a perfect golden elixir cultivator on the surface, such a large-scale merchant alliance has hundreds of large and small businesses under its umbrella. Such a huge business empire must be controlled by a Yuanying Zhenjun. However, the Yuanying worshiper of the merchant alliance is quite mysterious and has never been revealed so far."

"Finally, the newly rising Shinto Mountain"

"Shendao Mountain is located in the southern border area. Its western part borders another large Xiuxian Realm, called 'Da Li Xiuxian Realm'."

"Unlike Dajin, Dali's cultivation world is a real demonic cultivation world with chaotic order."

"The jade slip also specifically states that Shendao Mountain is suspected to have been secretly funded and supported by the Nascent Soul-level force 'Yinmo Sect' in the Dali Immortal Cultivation World."

When Qin Ming saw this, all the thoughts in his mind suddenly connected into one line.

"It's right, it's right!" "Everything is right!"

Qin Ming was very familiar with the Dali Yinmo Sect mentioned in the jade slip. When he was traveling in Wu Kingdom, the three middle-stage Jindan magic envoys he killed were from the Yinmo Sect. Isn't this a coincidence?
"In that case, it's no wonder that Shendao Mountain, which has just become a new Nascent Soul force, can compete with Lihuo Palace and not lose. It turns out that there is a big demon sect behind it to help fuel the situation."

"It seems that the water in Dajin is very deep!"

"I'll have to be extra careful next time."

After Qin Ming finished reading the information on the jade slip in his hand, although he felt that the price was a little expensive, it was still worth the money as he got the information he wanted to know.

Besides, he is now wealthy, so this amount of spirit stones is nothing.

Seeing Qin Ming's solemn expression and deep thoughts, Master Wei couldn't help but reveal a smug smile and said to Qin Ming: "How is it? The contents inside... did not disappoint you, did they?"

"Yeah!" Qin Ming nodded and responded lightly.

Afterwards, he picked up another Grade A intelligence jade slip and began to look at it.

What caught Qin Ming's eye on this jade slip was a very complete and detailed map of the Great Jin Immortal Cultivation World. It covered every aspect and introduced the geographical environment and cultural customs of various places.

It is completely different from the one Gao Feng gave him.

"I didn't expect that this map also has detailed markings of the branches of the major forces."

In the Dajin immortal cultivation world, apart from the three Nascent Soul overlord-level forces, there are more than two hundred Golden Core forces, which really opened Qin Ming's eyes.

"There are so many Jindan forces, compared with the four major Jindan forces in the Southern Wilderness's immortal cultivation world, I wonder how many times more there are." Qin Ming was secretly amazed.

However, even though Dajin is rich in resources for cultivating immortals and has abundant spiritual energy, it has not reached the point where Nascent Souls are as numerous as dogs and Golden Cores are everywhere.

Most of the Jindan cultivators in Dajin are still in the early stage of Jindan.

After all, when one reaches the Golden Elixir stage, every breakthrough into a small realm is extremely difficult.

This bottleneck at the middle stage of the Golden Core has blocked 80% of the Golden Core practitioners.

Not to mention, breaking through to the late Jindan stage.

Here, there are only a few great monks in the late Jindan stage, and finally there are Yuanying Zhenjun, who can be counted on three fingers.

"So this is the Five Elements Mountain."

Qin Ming's attention was attracted by a super mountain range.

"This place is located on the dividing line of the southern region of Dajin. A large-scale fourth-order low-grade spiritual vein was mined here, which triggered a fight between Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain."

Seeing this, Qin Ming now understood what was the fuse that led to the war between the two sides.

The fourth-level spiritual vein is a rare strategic resource that is powerful enough to give birth to a Nascent Soul.

“When it comes to competing for resources, interests are eternal.”

"It seems that this is the naked side of the world of immortal cultivation, and it is also the unchanging melody throughout the ages."

This made Qin Ming recall the days when he was in the Yunze Wilderness.

The chaos in Qingyang Market was caused by the discovery of a third-level spiritual vein by Lingyu Sect.
The same is true in the large-scale cultivation world today.

Qin Ming put aside these distracting thoughts and continued reading.

"The Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain have been fighting for decades, and countless monks from both sides have been killed and wounded. They are already seriously injured."

"If the fight continues, both sides will realize it. There are many forces that are eager to see both sides suffer losses and are watching covetously, ready to strike at the right time."

"So, the two major forces started negotiations in Wuxing Mountain, introducing a third force, the Wandao Merchant Alliance, to intervene. According to the agreement, the spiritual vein resources in Wuxing Mountain would be jointly developed by Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain."

"As the mediator, the Wandao Merchant Alliance will be given the right to establish ownership in all the towns along the Five Elements Mountain."

"Even the Lingxu Market where I am now, the biggest backstage background is the Wandao Merchant Alliance."

The Wandao Business Alliance got a huge bargain for nothing without any effort, and all it needs to do is act as a peacemaker, so why not?
After reading it, Qin Ming understood all the ins and outs of the upper-level game in the Dajin world of immortal cultivation, and couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

Besides.

Qin Ming also learned an extremely unexpected and explosive piece of information.

That is, Su Yuqing's background.

"Brother Su has been hiding things from me. No matter how I try to get at him, he refuses to reveal any information about his background."

“I didn’t expect that the Su family of Longting Lake in Dajin Zhongzhou was actually one of the four great Jindan families that separated from Lihuo Palace.”

"hey-hey!"

"The Su family is the greatest alchemy family in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty. This is interesting."

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(End of this chapter)