At the same time, Wang Zheng, Bai Qi, and the others' reports piqued the Four Way Balance's interest in the Fifth Mainland's various battle techniques. They were also interested in the wireless gu. Two months later, the Four Way Balance finally sent someone to the Fifth Mainland's Heaven's Sect, hoping to strike a deal with them. The person they sent was Bai Qi. She was Bai Wangyuan's daughter and had a noble status. Because she had been guarding the fourth base all year round, she had not participated in the banishment of the Lu family, nor had she participated in the pursuit of the remaining members of the Lu family.
She had no prejudice against the Fifth Mainland, so she was the most suitable person to negotiate with the Heaven's Sect. Wang Zheng was with her as well.
Unfortunately, the trip did not go smoothly. Bai Qi met with Lu Buzheng, and the other party was Qiong Xi 'er.
Qiong Xi 'er was the best at doing business in the Fifth Mainland. She had been one of the three smartest people in the Outerverse, alongside Wang Wen and Wei Rong.
Wang Wen was good at controlling the overall situation, Wei Rong was good at scheming, and Qiong Xi 'er was good at economic suppression.
The Heaven's Sect had not only relied on Progenitor Chen's strength to suppress the heavens, but they had not been able to get the entire Fifth Mainland to cooperate.
Qiong Xi 'er had contributed greatly to this. If not for her, the Fifth Mainland's economy would have collapsed, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Her role was not below that of Wang Wen and Wei Rong.
Discussing business with Qiong Xi 'er made Bai Qi experience the treachery of merchants for the first time. She was stunned, and she even forgot what she had originally wanted to trade. She allowed Qiong Xi' er to manipulate her as she threw all of the Fifth Mainland's unwanted items to the Cosmic Tree. As for Wang Zheng, although he was slightly better than Bai Qi, there was a limit. Their statuses were too high, and they had never come into contact with business. In this aspect, they were Sentinels, while Qiong Xi 'er had already become an Ancestor.
The first time they had come, the two had returned empty-handed. They had even taken away a large number of items that the Fifth Mainland did not want in exchange for resources that the Fifth Mainland desperately needed.
Although the results were terrible for Bai Qi and the others, their first transaction had been a success, and they had opened a gap between the Cosmic Tree and the Fifth Mainland.
Another month passed, and Bai Qi and Wang Zheng came again. This time, they brought a pot-bellied middle-aged man with a face full of smiles. The moment Qiong Xi 'er saw him, she knew something was wrong. This person looked like an old fox, and he was definitely an old fox in the business world.
She had guessed correctly. The Four Cardinal Scales were not stupid. They had sent White Qi for the first trade because they thought that the trade with the Fifth Mainland would go smoothly. Who would have thought that they would be fooled? That was why they had brought along the Starry Sky Tree, who was known as a business genius.
The battle between this person and Qiong Xi 'er was an eye-opener for Bai Qi and Wang Zheng. Only now did they realize how powerless they were when facing Qiong Xi' er.
This trade, from the very beginning to the discussion of the price, the two of them probed each other for three whole days. For three whole days, the two of them did not mention the specific content of the trade. They kept probing each other, and the purpose of the probing was to confirm the content of the trade.
The final result was that Four Way Scales did not get what they wanted the most, but it was still a gain, they could trade for wireless Gu and nothing else.
After leaving Above the Sky Sect, the middle-aged man looked back with a look of admiration. "He's so young, yet he has such business acumen. This wasteland really does produce geniuses."
"What's going on?"
Bai Qi was puzzled, she did not understand at all.
The middle-aged man replied respectfully, "This wasteland has never thought of completing the trade with us."
He paused for a moment and reorganized his words. "It should be said that Above the Sky Sect has never thought of completing the trade with Four Way Scales."
"What do you mean?"
Bai Qi's expression sank.
Wang Zheng's gaze flickered.
The middle-aged man said, "Even though they did not say it clearly, I can guess that they want to find one or two representatives in the Starry Sky Tree to trade for war resources. And this representative is definitely not from Four Way Scales."
"Then who is it?"
Bai Qi frowned.
The middle-aged man shook his head. "I can only guess this much. As for who the representative is, it is not something I can guess." Finding a representative to avoid Four Way Scales was already at the level of a contest between two starry skies. It was not a simple trade, so he naturally did not know.
Wang Zheng looked at Above the Sky Sect. This was Lu Xiaoxuan's will. He would not allow Four Way Scales to use these resources to strengthen themselves. His will was spread to the entire Fifth Mainland.
This kind of dominance was too terrifying.
Bai Qi also thought of this, and she returned to the Starry Sky Tree with a sullen expression.
In Above the Sky Sect's main hall, Qiongxi'er stood up and stretched, revealing her beautiful curves. "I'm so tired. That perverted uncle is too strong. I almost got tricked by him."
Lu Yin walked out and laughed. "Didn't you guard your bottom line in the end?"
Qiongxi'er rolled her eyes. "Daozi, can you speak properly?
What do you mean guard my bottom line? It's as if he'll do anything to me. "
Lu Yin looked in the direction of the Technocracy. "They won't give up."
Qiongxi'er shrugged. "That will depend on Wang Wen. It's not easy to find a representative, and there's a lot of pressure on him."
Lu Yin did not say anything else and continued his seclusion.
Although it was called seclusion, it was actually more like rest. He did not constantly cultivate, nor did he constantly roll his die.
Using too much innate gift was not necessarily a good thing.
Sometimes, people needed to be more relaxed.
More than a month later, Bai Qi was unwilling to give up and brought the middle-aged man back. However, Wang Zheng did not accompany them this time.
The result was the same: Qiongxi'er was very tired.
Trade and commerce had to be maintained, or else Qiongxi'er would not even meet with them.
Lu Yin fished by the Sky Sect's lake, and he found the joy of cultivating his mind. The only problem was that Zhao Ran brought him the flower tea that she had invented over the years. Although it tasted good, it had a great impact on his body and mind.
What he looked forward to the most was the sapling.
The sapling had been absorbing astralsource all this time, especially when the liquid had disappeared half a year ago. It should have absorbed a lot of astralsource when the astralsource had exploded, and it should have condensed a lot of astralsource liquid.
Lu Yin's fourth tribulation was almost complete, and he could break through to the fifth at any time. As for the sixth tribulation, he would have to rely on the sapling.
The sixth tribulation was another qualitative change, and Lu Yin was more concerned about the tribulation with a power level of a million. It was definitely not any less threatening than the Emissary tribulation.
It was precisely because of this that Lu Yin was in no rush to break through to the fifth tribulation. He needed a buffer.
Regardless of whether one was cultivating or not, time passed very quickly.
Another half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
It had been a year since Lu Yin had returned to the Fifth Mainland.
During this year, the Cosmic Tree Realm had been very peaceful, at least to the Four Cardinal Scales. However, this was not the case for the Middle Realm and the Lower Realm.
The Fifth Mainland
A large group of cultivators poured into the Cosmic Tree Realm, causing a huge commotion.
The cultivators of the Cosmic Tree Realm looked down on the cultivators of the Fifth Mainland, but those who had been able to enter the Cosmic Tree Realm in the beginning were not simple. Conflicts would erupt from time to time, and they would quickly engulf the two realms. Although there were no large-scale battles, there were still small skirmishes.
Perhaps this was due to the Four Cardinal Scales' instructions.
However, the cultivators of the Fifth Mainland did not suffer any losses. They were all united, and with the help of some of the more powerful cultivators from the Fifth Mainland, they did not suffer too many losses in the Cosmic Tree Realm. Some of their names even became more famous, such as Highsage Shen Wei, who had clashed with the Wang Family when he had first arrived. After he had gone to the Middle Realm, he had clashed with some of the families and even destroyed one of them. Yang Ji, the ruler of the Radiant World, had come to the Cosmic Tree Realm and had fought with many cultivators there, such as Ya Mavis. She wanted to find traces of the Mavis Family in the Cosmic Tree Realm, such as …
One after another, the cultivators of the Fifth Mainland entered the Cosmic Tree Realm. Although there were many conflicts, they were not stupid. They did not fight with the behemoths of the Four Cardinal Scales. Otherwise, they would easily attract the attention of a Half-Martial Ancestor.
In the Middle Realm, a beautiful woman stood in midair, constantly searching for something. Not long after, she stared at the cracked ground of the grassland below. "Found it." With that, she descended and slashed at the cracked ground. The edge of the blade distorted the void, covering the entire grassland and tearing the ground apart. The blade spread out inch by inch, covering an area of several hundred miles. Not a single blade of grass was left alive.
After that slash, the woman stared down. As the dust settled, she frowned. "It didn't work?"
As she thought about it, she slashed again, but it was still useless. Then, she slashed again and again.
A transparent coffin lay quietly in the ground of the grassland. Inside the coffin, a person was curled up and sleeping soundly. No matter how the woman attacked, the transparent coffin did not move at all. There was not even a scratch on it.
After an hour, the woman panted heavily and stared at the coffin in disbelief. Where did such a monstrous coffin come from?
I can't even cut through it?
No matter what, she was an Enlighter who had cycled forty times, and the information she had received had clearly stated that this person might not even be an Enlighter. Why did he have such a powerful external defensive item?
Did she need an Emissary to act?
After thinking about it, the woman descended and walked over to the transparent coffin. She looked at the sleeping man and took a deep breath. Then, she straightened her clothes and revealed her shoulders. She took another deep breath, and her expression relaxed. With a faint smile, she raised a hand and knocked on the coffin.
Inside the coffin, Wang Wen opened his sleepy eyes and looked outside in a daze. "It's daybreak?"
The moment he looked outside the coffin, a beautiful face entered his vision. Wang Wen suddenly stood up, and with a thump, his forehead hit the coffin's lid. He almost fainted from the impact, and he clutched his head in pain as he slowly lay down. "I'm dizzy, I'm dizzy, I'm dizzy."
"Hey, are you alright?"
The woman was bewildered. If this guy had used a bit more force when he got up, would the mission have been completed?
Wang Wen waved his hand. "I'm fine, I'm fine." He rubbed his head. "I almost broke my brilliant brain."
The woman looked at him quietly, her eyes filled with concern and curiosity.
"Why are you in the coffin?"
She asked.
Wang Wen calmed down and sat down in the coffin, facing the woman's gaze. "Sleeping."
"But only the dead sleep in coffins." The woman was confused.
Wang Wen blinked. "Why would the dead need to sleep?"
The woman chuckled. "You're really interesting. It's already daybreak, and you still want to sleep?"