I run a casino in the immortal realm.

"presumptuous!"

Ye Tianqiong snorted coldly, and a terrifying killing intent, almost tangible, instantly locked onto Zheng Yifei.

The air in the hall seemed to be sucked out instantly, and the heavy pressure made Zheng Yifei's bones crack under the strain, and a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

But Zheng Yifei gritted his teeth and withstood the pressure, standing straight with his back ramrod straight and meeting Ye Tianqiong's gaze without flinching.

"Vice Sect Master Ye, business is about mutual consent and making money through harmony. If you wanted to kill me, it would be as simple as snapping your fingers, but if you killed me, the Heavenly Demon Sect would never be able to build a real mirage!"

Zheng Yifei wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. Although his voice was hoarse, it carried the ruthlessness of a desperate criminal.

Ye Tianqiong narrowed his eyes, staring at this ant who was only in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

In the demonic path, the law of the jungle prevails, but those with courage are also highly respected. This kid is not only fearless, but he also dares to negotiate with him.

"Very well, I'd like to hear what percentage of the profits you want."

Ye Tianqiong withdrew his killing intent, and his oppressive aura receded like a tide.

Zheng Yifei took a deep breath, calmed the surging blood and qi in his body, and said loudly, "First, regarding the printing press, we can help the Heavenly Demon Sect build one hundred complete printing presses, but it will take half a year to prepare the goods and assemble them."

"The Heavenly Demon Sect must purchase this property at market price. I will not hold shares in the Heavenly Demon Sect's newspaper and printing plant; the profits will be considered a tribute from the Azure Cloud Sect to our seniors."

Xu Zhengkun, listening from the side, was terrified. Not investing in the printing factory? That was a business with a steady stream of revenue! But Zheng Yifei clearly had bigger plans.

"second,"

Zheng Yifei held up two fingers, his eyes burning with fervor: "The profits from the mirages within the Heavenly Demon Sect's territory must be split 50/50! Not a penny less, and I won't do it!"

"Fifty-fifty split?"

Ye Tianqiong laughed in anger, the sound of his laughter shaking the tiles on the roof of the hall: "Boy, your appetite is too big! Building a building on my Heavenly Demon Sect's territory, using my Heavenly Demon Sect's manpower and resources, and even requiring my Heavenly Demon Sect's military force to intimidate, and you want to take half the profits just by providing some blueprints?"

Do you take me here to be a benevolent person?

"You are mistaken, senior."

Zheng Yifei calmly shook his head. "If a mirage could be built with just a few architectural blueprints, then the Xuantian Sect would have built it themselves long ago. Why wait until now?"

He stepped forward, his tone filled with strong confidence: "The core of the mirage is not the building itself, but an extremely rigorous management system, a network of fund transfer nodes, and unfathomable probabilistic control!"

"Without the dealers I personally trained, and without the array games and odds mechanisms I designed, even if the Heavenly Demon Sect built a building ten times larger, it would only end up as an ordinary casino, unable to make a fortune every day!"

Zheng Yifei stared straight at the night sky: "I'm giving up fifty percent of the profit for irreplaceable core technology!"

"No one in this world but me can make this money-devouring beast run! This deal is a guaranteed profit for the Heavenly Demon Sect!"

Night Sky fell silent.

Although he was a powerful figure in the demonic path, he was not stupid. He had long heard about the money-making ability of the Mirage in Xuantian Market.

If what this kid says is true, and the core technology is all in his head, then giving up half the profits in exchange for a continuous and huge source of wealth is indeed worthwhile.

"Alright, a 50/50 split, I can agree to that."

Ye Tianqiong tapped his fingers lightly on the table. "But you're such a shrewd kid, giving up the printing factory's profits must come with some other conditions, right?"

"Your senior is wise."

Zheng Yifei's smile vanished, his expression turning extremely solemn: "To be honest, the higher-ups of the Xuantian Sect have long coveted this lucrative prize of a mirage. Especially Elder Qin Cang; if the Xuantian Sect Master hadn't been in seclusion, he would have already sent people to forcibly seize it."

"Once the Xuan Tian Sect Master emerges from seclusion, or Qin Cang loses patience and launches an attack, we will all be doomed."

Zheng Yifei took a deep breath and revealed his true trump card: "Therefore, my third condition is: if the Xuantian Sect or Qin Cang launch an attack to seize the mirage of Yingxian Lake, the Tianmo Sect must provide us with absolute protection!"

Moreover, the senior must swear an oath to Heaven on the spot!

"How dare you!"

Ye Tianqiong abruptly stood up, his terrifying aura as a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator erupting forth: "Who do you think you are, daring to make me swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao?!"

The oath of Heaven is the highest level of constraint in the cultivation world.

Once broken, the inner demons will backfire, and one's cultivation will never advance an inch in this lifetime. One may even be reduced to ashes in a tribulation of lightning. For high-level cultivators, it is something they will never easily swear an oath to.

Xu Zhengkun was so frightened that he lay on the ground, trembling like a leaf.

Zheng Yifei is simply insane! He actually dares to make such a request in front of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator!

But Zheng Yifei stood firm, his gaze as sharp as a hawk's: "Senior! If you want the mirage, you must protect me, the goose that lays golden eggs!"

If we can't survive in the Xuantian Sect and get killed, the mirage of the Tianmo Sect will also be paralyzed! I, Zheng Yifei, am just a worthless life, and my death is not a pity, but what the Tianmo Sect will lose is hundreds of billions of spirit stones every year!

"Is it a loss for the Heavenly Demon Sect to make a vow to protect a god of wealth?"

The main hall was deathly silent, with only the suffocating pressure of the night sky surging through it.

Ye Tianqiong stared intently at Zheng Yifei for a full cup of tea's time.

Suddenly, he threw his head back and burst into laughter, his laughter filled with unrestrained joy and admiration.

"Hahaha! Good! What a money-grubbing madman! I've roamed the Southern Wilderness for hundreds of years and seen countless so-called righteous hypocrites. You're the first ant like you to dare challenge me to my face and bargain!"

A glint of light flashed in Ye Tianqiong's eyes. The demonic path is inherently capricious; as long as the benefits are sufficient, what does it matter if they protect a few traitors from the Xuantian Sect, or even directly wage war against the Xuantian Sect?

Being able to recruit such a business prodigy to the Heavenly Demon Sect is definitely the most devastating blow to the Profound Heaven Sect!

"Your temper is just to my liking! It's a waste of your talent to keep you under the command of those hypocrites in the Xuan Tian Sect!"

Ye Tianqiong waved his sleeve, raised two fingers, pointed them straight to the sky, and prepared to swear an oath.

Zheng Yifei quickly reminded him, "Sect Leader Ye, my real name is Zheng Yifei."

"Heaven and Earth bear witness! I, Ye Tianqiong, hereby swear that as long as Zheng Yifei and his core team serve my Heavenly Demon Sect wholeheartedly, if the Xuan Tian Sect or Qin Cang were to attack them, making it impossible for them to remain, I will personally intervene to bring them into my Heavenly Demon Sect and provide them with absolute protection! If I break this oath, may my Dao heart crumble and may I be punished by Heaven and Earth!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled rumble of thunder faintly echoed above the hall, and an invisible force of law descended, entering Ye Tianqiong's brow.

The oath to Heaven has been fulfilled!

Xu Zhengkun watched in stunned silence. He never dreamed that Zheng Yifei would resolve a seemingly hopeless situation with just a few words, not only securing a cooperation agreement but also finding them a powerful backer in the late Nascent Soul stage!

Seeing Ye Tianqiong's swift response, Zheng Yifei finally felt relieved, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

He bowed deeply and respectfully: "Thank you for your kindness, senior! From this day forward, the Heavenly Demon Sect will be my strongest support!"

"Alright, stop flattering me."

Ye Tianqiong sat down again, his tone much gentler: "Now that the oath has been made, let's discuss the specific plans. How do you intend to build the mirage of the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

Zheng Yifei immediately regained his businessman's shrewdness and said clearly, "In the next six months, I will secretly rush to produce one hundred printing presses. These machines will be regarded as my initial investment in the mirage of the Heavenly Demon Sect."

At the same time, I will give you the infrastructure blueprints for the mirage. The Heavenly Demon Sect can first select a site within its territory to begin construction, setting up the main buildings and the array framework.

As he spoke, Zheng Yifei took out a blank jade slip from his storage bag and handed it to Ye Tianqiong with both hands.

"Senior, besides the blueprints, this jade slip also contains two sets of top-secret teaching materials used internally by our Qingyun Sect. One set is called 'Simplified Numbers,' and the other is called 'Multiplication Table.' If the Tianmo Sect wants to operate the mirage, it must first select a group of quick-witted disciples within the sect and have them memorize these two sets of teaching materials thoroughly."