The fairy always tries to corrupt my Dao heart.

Chapter 44 Qilin Trading Company
"It's getting late, I'll be going now."

"Hey...why don't you stay for dinner?"

"No, no, no."

Li Qingan waved his hand: "I have other things to do."

He was happy to play the role of 'prey', otherwise how could he have gotten Shen Qingyu to take the initiative?
“Then… I’ll come see you again tomorrow.” Shen Qingyu blinked her eyes: “A lot of Void Stones are about to expire, so I have to hurry.”

"Row."

Li Qingan took a step forward, but Shen Qingyu stopped him again: "So... what about your family's protective barrier? You're busy cultivating, I can't possibly disturb you, can I?"

“How about…” Li Qingan hesitated, “You name a time, and I’ll come find you…”

"This restaurant is opening soon," Shen Qingyu said, feigning composure. "It'll be very noisy."

"What are you afraid of?" Shen Qingyu snorted. "Do you think I'd come after you for a debt? I'm just keeping an eye on you for Yinyin's sake!"

Seeing that Li Qingan was still hesitating, Shen Qingyu directly unleashed her ultimate move: "What, did you do something to wrong Yinyin?"

"That's not true, don't talk nonsense!" Li Qingan quickly explained, then sighed, "Alright."

Li Qingan took out a token from his storage ring: "Use this to open the door... Also, I haven't done anything wrong."

"I understand, I understand." Shen Qingyu waved her hand after taking the token: "Go back and cultivate."

Li Qingan then took a step forward; the girl's aggressiveness far exceeded his expectations.

"See you tomorrow, you rascal!"

Shen Qingyu waved to Li Qingan at the door, tossing the token in her hand with a smile on her lips.

Although I feel like I'm getting a little anxious, I just can't help it.

Who let this bastard touch my chest?

Touching a girl in such a private place, isn't that...?

I have no choice but to marry him.

"Okay, little foodie."

Li Qingan waved to her with his back to her.

"You're the one who's still young..."

Shen Qingyu murmured, then couldn't help but glance down at herself: "Anyway, it's definitely not a xiaolongbao..."

……

Li Qingan strolled along the brightly lit street.

"Where to go?"

"To see the power of the outside world, so that you can be well aware of the situation."

After replying to Huang Yunzhao, Li Qing'an leisurely followed a few acquaintances, also trying to glean information from them.

Many restaurants, auction houses, and brothels have sprung up, giving the cultivators of Yanzhou a feeling akin to Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.

You can tell from their appearance that they are rare and precious materials that local cultivators in Yanzhou cannot access.

"Brother Li, speaking of which, the communication compass has also gained some new functions," someone said to Li Qing'an. "It can display a lot of information about other realms."

Li Qingan nodded, not finding it strange at all.

To put it simply, the backward Chang Gung community has started to get internet access.

The communication compass was the result of continuous improvement by certain array masters, after all, once developed, it was applicable to all cultivators.

From this perspective, the communication compass is much faster than methods such as pigeon delivery or sword energy delivery.

"I only found out after I saw some of it," the man continued. "That merchant house up ahead was originally the largest merchant house of our human race, known as the number one merchant house in the world."

Li Qingan glanced over, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

He recognized the badge on the trading company; it belonged to the company Luo Qi worked for.

'Qilin Trading Company...'

Li Qingan had guessed that Luo Qi's business was not simple, but he never expected it to be this complicated.

To be able to make a business the best in the world means you not only have money, but also strength. Otherwise, how could you maintain your number one position? "The introduction says that you've even expanded your business to both the demon and monster races."

"That far? That must be a really big business. What does this trading company do?"

“Many, basically all of them.” The man continued, “But the core business is spirit coal, and Qilin Trading Company controls half of the spirit coal market.”

Lingmei?

Li Qingan raised an eyebrow, already imagining how wealthy the Qilin Trading Company must be.

The coal business alone was enough to make the Qilin Trading Company the wealthiest in the world.

This is the power source that enables the airship to travel at high speed.

Using it on flying boats alone can generate a considerable profit, not to mention that this thing can be used in many other places besides flying boats.

More importantly, although this stuff is a scrap of spirit crystals, it is virtually inexhaustible.

Because the spiritual veins that are mined for spiritual crystals are constantly being generated, spiritual coal is also constantly being produced.

The fact that Qilin Trading Company occupies 50% of the spirit coal market indicates that it holds considerable spiritual veins.

In other words, the Qilin Trading Company might be able to manipulate the price fluctuations of spirit crystals to some extent.

This coal mine owner is incredibly wealthy.

Without thinking, Li Qingan immediately thought of Liu Bixue.

This woman claims to have mastered the new technology of flying boats, and now she may also have information about the Heavenly Yuan Mirror. In this way, I do have a chance to win.

After all, Luo Qi still owed him a favor, and he figured that Qilin Merchant Guild, where Luo Qi worked, wouldn't refuse the information from Tianyuan Mirror.

Having already made up his mind, Li Qing'an did not intend to visit the Qilin Merchant Guild right now. After all, if he were too focused on the Tianyuan Mirror, it would easily make people suspect that he knew something.

However, if Su Lingyin returns, then there will be a reason to 'do things for her'.

After saying goodbye to the people beside him, Li Qing'an returned home.

Now that external forces have arrived, the struggle won't be long.

If I don't have the strength, even with Luo Qi's favor, I won't be able to compete.

……

Qilin Trading Company.

Sitting in the head seat, Luo Qi looked at the intelligence report in his hand and frowned slightly: "A woman in the fourth realm, she really knows how to hide. We haven't been able to find a trace of her yet."

Luo Qi did not value the Tianyuan Mirror, nor did the family head, because the Tianyuan Mirror, as an innate immortal artifact, was one of the few innate treasures in the world.

Although the business was large, it was unwilling to take on such a hot potato that was coveted by all the major powers.

Because this hot potato is hard to sell.

Other forces could easily unite to offer targeted prices or even drive down prices, so...

The family's main concern is the information from the Tianyuan Mirror, information that can fetch an astronomical price.

Only intelligence can make major powers compete fiercely for it.

But unfortunately, Liu Bixue's whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

Since receiving the information from the young lady, wave after wave of people have been sent out, including experts at the eighth realm and some treasures, but not a single person has been found.

Luo Qi was naturally anxious.

Because in a few days, external experts above the seventh realm will no longer be able to enter the Chang Geng Realm.

If Liu Bixue hadn't been found before, it would have been even less likely that she would have been found so quickly afterwards.

However, to Luo Qi's relief, the people she sent out encountered other forces who were also looking for Liu Bixue, but none of them had found her yet.

This is indeed good news at present.

"A mere Core Formation Realm cultivator..."

Luo Qi put down the intelligence report in her hand and sighed softly, "How can they be so good at hiding?"

Simply unbelievable.

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