Family Cultivation: Rise of the Wilderness

Chapter 160 Family Message
"Xiangfeng, how is the market situation in Puyin Mountain?"

At the animal trapping camp, Li Xiangming finished circulating his energy throughout the body, opened his eyes, and asked Li Xiangfeng, who was waiting silently to the side.

"Uh...it's quite a scene. Zhao Jindou went all out and purchased a large number of Burning Fiend Pills from the Soul Suppressing Sect."

"Hmph, this guy dares to tell me that he has no connection with the Soul Suppressing Sect."

Li Xiangming scoffed, thinking about when to give Zhao Jindou a warning.

This fellow may look obedient, but he is not honest at all. He has an unusually strong mind. For example, his plan to use the Puyin Mountain Guild to suppress Zhang Mazi is driven by his own selfish motives.

However, this selfish motive was beneficial to Li Xiangming and other traveling merchants, which is why it gained everyone's recognition and support.

What was Zhang Mazi's reaction?

Li Xiangming continued to ask.

"They were in a great hurry, and even led the demon-hunting team to find Zhao Jindou!"

Li Xiangfeng said with a hint of helplessness.

"A fight started?"

"No, Zhao Jindou anticipated this and hired a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator from Daishan to stay by his side. Zhang Mazi and the others knew better and gave up."

Li Xiangming was speechless. He had to admit that Zhao Jindou was shrewd and capable of handling things on his own, so the Li family didn't need to worry about him too much.

What do other demon-hunting groups think about the price reduction of the Burning Fiend Pill?

Li Xiangfeng scratched his head and replied, "Anyway, they were very excited. Many people expressed their willingness to cooperate with Zhao Jindou. Zhao Jindou couldn't handle so many customers, so he distributed some of them to other traveling merchants."

"Ah."

Li Xiangming nodded. Zhao Jindou was sensible; cake is only fun when shared. If one person is missing, there's a risk of flipping the table.

People like Zhang Zhi'ang and Feng Niangzi have put in a lot of effort to help Zhao Jindou. If Zhao Jindou tries to take all the benefits for himself, then the so-called sincere cooperation of the Puyinshan Guild Hall will be nothing but empty talk.

"Now Zhang Mazi is searching everywhere for people to find out who is supporting Zhao Jindou."

Zhang Mazi wasn't stupid; he knew that Zhao Jindou alone couldn't possibly fight him to the death.

Zhao Jindou must have had the support of many people to dare to launch such a sudden attack.

"Oh? So, Madam Feng and the others have been exposed?"

The Puyinshan Association has not yet been publicly announced. All members were personally selected by Li Xiangming, who instructed everyone not to reveal the existence of the association or the list of its members.

But secrets, if you're determined to dig them out, will always find their way out.

The itinerant merchants acted collectively and made no attempt to conceal their activities, so it's not surprising that a few of them were found.

But knowing these people only made Zhang Mazi more tormented.

Because he will realize that he is facing a huge group, while he himself is fighting alone.

"I don't know, but I'm sure I've noticed that Zhang Mazi has already raised the price of the Longevity Tiger Bone to compete with Old Man Wu and his group."

"As for the Burning Fiend Pill, Zhang Mazi seems to think that the pills in the hands of Zhao Jindou and others are not enough to support the market in Puyin Mountain, so he did not lower the price and seemed to be fearless."

"Zhang Mazi is indeed clever."

Li Xiangming smiled. Zhang Mazi was being besieged by Zhao Jindou and other traveling merchants, and seemed to be in great danger. Not only could he not collect the Longevity Tiger Bone, but he also could not sell the Burning Fiend Pill.

However, this period of time is still short. With his many old customers, Zhang Mazi can still buy the Longevity Tiger Bone. Even if he raises the price and buys the Longevity Tiger Bone first, he can still gain a competitive advantage over Old Man Wu and others.

As long as he completes an order with a powerful figure and obtains a large amount of working capital, Zhang Mazi will still be a force to be reckoned with.

Temporarily suspending the market for the Burning Evil Pill at this time is also a way to sacrifice a pawn to save the king.

They couldn't even say they were giving up, because, as Zhang Mazi was certain, Zhao Jindou and his group were indeed unable to meet the needs of all the demon-hunting groups outside Puyin Mountain.

Even if the pills they have are cheap, it's useless if they don't have enough.

At that time, the demon-hunting team will still buy the Burning Demon Pill from Zhang Mazi.

Thinking of this, Li Xiangfeng couldn't help but ask, "When will the Burning Fiend Pill we have be released?"

The Li family's support for the Puyinshan Guild Hall was not just empty talk. In addition to Zhao Jindou's three strategies, Li Xiangming also formulated a publicity strategy.

By setting up a notice board at Taibai Restaurant, they heavily promoted the advantages of itinerant merchants like Zhao Jindou, comparing them to Zhang Mazi, thereby influencing public opinion and squeezing out Zhang Mazi. To prevent Zhang Mazi from also using the notice board, Taibai Restaurant even raised the price of each notice to 10 spirit stones.

10 spirit stones!

Zhang Mazi would rather die than be a sucker.

What Zhang Mazi didn't know was that Zhao Jindou and others could use the notice board area for free, posting new advertisements every day to lure the independent cultivators of Puyin Mountain.

Imagine you normally sell a bag of monster materials to Zhang Mazi for 3 spirit stones, and suddenly you see someone at Taibai Restaurant offering to buy them for 5 spirit stones. What would you think?
The appearance of the notice area made the prices of monster materials in the Puyin Mountain market more transparent. At least the purchase prices of Zhao Jindou and others were transparent, and many independent cultivators and monster hunting groups naturally re-examined their cooperation.

In just half a month, Zhang Mazi lost many old customers and was in great distress.

The rest are basically in a state of flux.

In addition to setting up a notice area, Li Xiangming also applied to his family to purchase a batch of "Burning Evil Pills" from the Liu family in Jimuyan.

The Liu family is a family of alchemists, so they naturally have many alchemists.

Liu Shidao, the head of the Liu family, attached great importance to the first cooperation with the Li family, and in just half a month, he refined fifty bottles of Burning Evil Pills for the Li family.

But the Li family's orders didn't stop there. According to the agreement, the Liu family was to deliver another 150 bottles of Burning Evil Pills to the Li family within the remaining two months.

In other words, the Li family will invest two hundred bottles of Burning Evil Pills into the Puyin Mountain market in the foreseeable future.

The Li family are not itinerant merchants!
If Zhang Mazi thinks that Zhao Jindou has too few Burning Fiend Pills to put pressure on him, then he is sorely mistaken.

"No rush. Wait until Zhang Mazi lowers his guard. Isn't he currently bidding against Old Man Wu for the Longevity Tiger Bone?"

"We gradually raise the price of the Longevity Tiger Bone, making Zhang Mazi suffer, but we are unwilling to give up. When he is deeply mired in the quagmire and unable to extricate himself, we will launch the Burning Fiend Pill in our hands and seize the Burning Fiend Pill market in one fell swoop."

The Burning Fiend Pills sell well, and the Li family has long been eyeing making a fortune from them.

This move by itinerant merchants, disrupting the market, presents a golden opportunity for the Li family.

Having lost the Burning Fiend Pill market, even if Zhang Mazi acquires enough Longevity Tiger Bones to recoup his funds, re-entering the market will be extremely difficult—from the very beginning, Zhang Mazi was destined to lose this price war.

Because his opponent was not in the same league as him.

After learning about the current situation at Puyin Mountain Market, Li Xiangming dismissed Li Xiangfeng and then went out to check on the demon beasts being fostered in the valley.

There were quite a few of these demonic beasts, more than a dozen in total, with cultivation levels ranging from the early to late stages of Spirit Awakening.

Two or three of them are very fierce, and it took a lot of effort from the animal trapping center to capture them. If something goes wrong and they cause trouble, Monkey Valley will cease to exist.

Therefore, whenever Li Xiangming was at the camp, he would come over to check on things during his breaks from cultivation, in order to prevent any accidents from happening.

"Xiangming, you've come?"

Li Xianghua was guarding the vicinity. In the past few months, apart from recuperating from his injuries, Li Xianghua had been setting up small formations for the beast arena.

"Ah."

Li Xiangming gave a brief reply and then asked, "Can the patrol office spare two people to help Xiangting transport these demonic beasts back to the Beast Breeding Peak?"

Because there were two more demon cultivators at the late stage of the Spirit Summoning realm this time, Li Xiangming was not entirely at ease, so he arranged for two more people as an extra layer of insurance.

"no problem."

Li Xianghua knew the reason and quickly agreed. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "Your beast-catching house is becoming more and more familiar with Puyin Mountain, and you are bringing back more and more monsters to your family. Can the beast-breeding house manage to keep up?"

"Of course we can't manage it all."

Li Xiangming glanced at him. The animal breeding room not only tames the monsters captured by the animal trapping room, but also has to take care of the rare monsters sold by the Geng family.

Inside, beast tamers like Li Xianghong were overwhelmed and unable to spare a moment, much busier than the members of the beast-catching stations who went in and out of Puyin Mountain every day.

This is why the family needs to expand the animal breeding facility again.

Speaking of this, Li Xiangming frowned. When he returned from Wei County, Li Chengkang had told him to escort Li Xianghong to Pushui Market to recruit beast tamers, but so far there has been no news from home.

Just then, a disciple from the Xiang generation of the patrol office walked over quickly.

"A letter from the animal trapping facility!"

(End of this chapter)