“Yunling Sect and the Hai family have been competing for many years, each keeping the other in check, openly and secretly. Do you think Yunling Sect would miss this opportunity?” Zhao Yiqiu said, shaking his fan, “If I’m not mistaken, Yunling Sect has already started to make their move.”

“But the president of Yunling Trading Company is a very smart man. Since our Changqing Trading Company started to compete with Minghai Trading Company, Yunling Trading Company has been playing both sides, probably hoping to reap the benefits of a fisherman after letting us fight. On one hand, they want the Hai family to suffer some losses, on the other hand, they also want to see the strength of our Changqing Trading Company.”

“Lin Wangshu is a man with both ambition and patience. If I’m not mistaken, Lin Wangshu must have already arranged to take action against the Hai family. However, they won’t be the first to strike. He will definitely spread the news, letting those who have a grudge against the Hai family strike first.”

“Then Yunling Trading Company will come out to pick up the pieces?” Bai Jingfei interjected in surprise, “This Lin Wangshu is really not an ordinary character.”

“Exactly.” Zhao Yiqiu squinted his eyes, “Yunling Sect will definitely do this. At this time, there are too many forces wanting to carve up the Hai family’s assets. If our Changqing Trading Company wants to get involved, we might be overwhelmed by this force. After all, our Changqing Trading Company has only been established for a few days, how can we compete with them?”

“The innate experts from other families are not simple, our foundation is too thin, we can’t afford to get hurt.” Zhao Yiqiu sighed lightly.

“So we just give up?” Bai Jingfei was obviously a bit unwilling.

“You can only eat as much as your bowl can hold, being too greedy will choke you to death.” Zhao Yiqiu shook his head. Yan Botao didn’t say a word, analyzing Zhao Yiqiu’s words.

He thought Zhao Yiqiu’s analysis was very reasonable, clear and logical. If their Changqing Trading Company wanted to get involved, it would indeed not be easy, and might even damage themselves.

“If you two are really not willing to give up and want to benefit from this, unless we ask Mr. Changqing to take action again.” Zhao Yiqiu looked at Yan Botao.

However, as soon as he said this, both Yan Botao and Bai Jingfei shook their heads. They had already troubled Li Changqing once with the Hai family’s affairs, they couldn’t ask Li Changqing to take action again.

Otherwise, they would really be useless. Li Changqing would also be extremely disappointed in them.

“We’d rather not get a piece of this pie than go to Mr. Changqing again.” Bai Jingfei sighed lightly, “Mr. Changqing has already helped us deal with Yunling Trading Company and the Hai family. If we shamelessly ask Mr. Changqing for help again, what’s the difference between us and trash? Anyway, I, Bai Jingfei, still want to save some face.”

“I also think it’s not good, we can’t be too greedy. If we really disappoint Mr. Changqing and he leaves Changting Town, our loss will be incalculable.” Yan Botao said solemnly.

Zhao Yiqiu also nodded, “Our Changqing Trading Company is now suitable for steady development. What we need to do now is to get our previous customers back and then continue to develop new customers. The Hai family is destined to be destroyed, they are no longer a threat, we have established a foothold in Path Mark City.”

“Those customers who were afraid to cooperate with us because of the Hai family, we can now win them back.” Zhao Yiqiu said with a smile.

The situation with the Hai family developed very quickly. In just three days, countless forces attacked the Hai family in Water City.

Although the Hai family had many experts, they couldn’t withstand the onslaught of so many strong opponents. Just the innate experts alone numbered seven.

Overnight, the entire Hai family in Water City was slaughtered, with blood flowing like a river. It was even said that the city lord of Water City personally took action.

The Minghai Trading Company in various cities also suffered the same fate. The methods were extremely cruel.

The money and goods in Minghai Trading Company were all looted. Although this happened in Minghong Prefecture, the people of Dao Mountain Ancient Land did not intervene, as such grudges were quite normal.

As long as they didn’t slaughter the common people indiscriminately, it wasn’t considered a serious matter. It was nothing more than the cycle of karma, retribution for their actions. Such things happened almost every day, such is the way of the world.

The incident with the Hai family shocked the entire Minghong Prefecture, and countless forces were paying attention. As a result, Changqing Trading Company also became famous.

Because the rumors outside were getting more and more fierce. They all said that the death of Hai Songtao was a plot by Changqing Trading Company, and Changqing Trading Company, from an unknown new trading company, became a place where countless people were watching.

And after they investigated Changqing Trading Company, they found that it was a trading company made up of some small families in a place called Changting Town. The president of the trading company was Yan Botao.

He was the head of the Yan family, a newly promoted innate cultivator. Although being an innate cultivator was considered a master, he was just a newly promoted innate cultivator, how could he have such great abilities?

So various legendary versions appeared. Some said that a hermit lived in Changting Town, whose cultivation had reached the peak of the innate stage. He was seriously injured and was about to die when he was saved by Yan Botao’s kindness, and then came to repay the favor.

Others said that Yan Botao’s daughter, Yan Yuyun, met a Dao companion in Dao Mountain Ancient Land, who was the personal disciple of a Peak Master. It was Yan Yuyun who asked her Dao companion for help, and the Dao companion, who was deeply loved by the Peak Master, killed Hai Songtao.However, in order not to amplify the impact, the Peak Master only acted in secret and did not reveal his identity.

There was also a version that claimed the Changqing Trading Company was actually founded by a big shot from a certain power, and families like the Yan family were merely puppets, working for this hidden big shot.

Upon learning about everything the Hai family had done to the Changqing Trading Company, this big shot, in his fury, beheaded Hai Songtao and threw his head outside the Minghai Trading Company.

There were also various increasingly absurd versions circulating among the people. Even Yan Botao and the others couldn’t help but laugh and cry when they heard them. Although some versions were somewhat close to the truth, others were completely off the mark, becoming more and more outrageous the more they heard.

However, the fact that the Hai family was annihilated in just a few days was beyond their expectations. They hadn’t expected the Hai family to have so many enemies.

Previously, because Hai Songtao was still alive, they were willing to lie low and wait for an opportunity. Now that Hai Songtao was dead, they didn’t care about anything anymore.

However, the whereabouts of two people from the Hai family were unknown. One was Hai Dongsheng, who disappeared on the afternoon of Hai Songtao’s death, and no one knew where he had gone.

The other was Hai Mingcheng, the Hai family’s chief steward. He had done many bad things in the past, and many people held grudges against him, but they had never been able to find him.

After interrogating the captured members of the Hai family, they learned that a few days ago, Hai Mingcheng had taken a large sum of money from the Hai family under the pretext of delivering payment to various branches of the Minghai Trading Company, and then disappeared.

He probably knew early on that Hai Songtao was dead and had run off somewhere. However, Hai Dongsheng was being hunted down by many people.

He had even made it onto the Black List. As for the Yunling Trading Company, they made a fortune from this incident.

However, this did not make Lin Wangshu happy, and she didn’t even feel relieved. Because there was one thing that she couldn’t figure out.

That was why the Changqing Trading Company, the instigator of this sensation in Minghong Prefecture, did not make a move during the division of the Hai family’s assets.

The Changqing Trading Company didn’t send a single person to touch the interests of the Hai family’s dozens of cities. Logically speaking, since the Changqing Trading Company had killed Hai Songtao, if they wanted to take the lion’s share, there wouldn’t be many people who would dare to compete with them. So why didn’t the Changqing Trading Company make a move?

This was something that Lin Wangshu couldn’t figure out. Not only Lin Wangshu, but even those families or sects that had benefited from this incident were also pondering this question.

What was the Changqing Trading Company trying to do? In the past few days, without the obstruction of the Hai family, the business of the Changqing Trading Company had expanded very smoothly.

They had received so many deposits for their pre-made dishes that their hands were sore. Whether it was because they genuinely liked the pre-made dishes or were intimidated by the strength of the Changqing Trading Company, many merchants who visited the Changqing Trading Company placed orders for the dishes.

Even those restaurants that had planned to compete with the Changqing Trading Company now actively sought cooperation with them.

Those merchants who had previously cooperated with the Minghai Trading Company also switched to the Changqing Trading Company to get their goods.

After they arrived, they found that the quality of the goods in the Changqing Trading Company was very good, the styles were novel, and the prices were even cheaper than those of the Minghai Trading Company.

In the past, they could only make a living by getting goods from the Minghai Trading Company, but now they finally saw the hope of making money.

Therefore, the business of the Changqing Trading Company was booming in the past few days, and they gradually forgot about the cake of the Hai family.

However, even Yan Botao himself did not expect that their Changqing Trading Company’s inaction had caused all the powers in Minghong Prefecture to feel a headache.

What was the Changqing Trading Company trying to do? They killed Hai Songtao of the Hai family, but they didn’t touch any of the Hai family’s interests until now.

It was as if this matter had nothing to do with them. What did they mean? The usually smart and clever Lin Wangshu was worried. After pondering for two days, she finally felt that her experience in the world was too limited and wrote a letter to her father, Lin Shengnan.

However, what Lin Wangshu did not expect was that her father, Lin Shengnan, was also troubled by this matter these days. What did the mysterious powerhouse Li Changqing mean?

Li Changqing himself did not expect that he was just carving wood at home, but inadvertently caused all the powers in Minghong Prefecture to worry about him.

These days, Li Changqing’s wood carving had taken shape, and he was now meticulously carving it. According to Li Changqing’s estimate, it should be completed in about seven days.

Zhang Fuguang returned to the Yan family three days after he went out. It was as if he had gone out to relax, and there was no change. After returning, he continued to sweep the floor, take care of the flowers and plants, and then have dinner with his daughter, Zhang Siyao.

However, little Zhang Siyao recently seemed restless in Li Changqing’s small courtyard, always curiously going out and wandering around the Yan family.

The servants who saw Zhang Siyao on weekdays knew that she was from Li Changqing’s small courtyard, so they didn’t make things difficult for her and let her wander around.

As a result, Zhang Siyao had been outside the Yan family’s school these past few days, curiously peeping inside. The children inside were all from the Yan family. They were young, about five or six years old, about the same age as Zhang Siyao, sitting in the school reading and learning characters.

This made Zhang Siyao very envious. She had only attended a private school for half a year when she was young, and then left there due to some reasons. Now, hearing the loud reading voices inside, Zhang Siyao was very eager to learn.The teacher at Yan Family’s school recognized Zhang Siyao as someone from Li Changqing’s side, so he didn’t stop her. However, without Li Changqing’s permission, he couldn’t let Zhang Siyao in, so he pretended not to see her eavesdropping outside.

Time slowly passed. On Qingyu Mountain, Li Hengsheng emerged from seclusion once again. His cultivation had firmly stabilized at the peak of the ninth layer of the Transcendence Realm.

There wasn’t much change in his appearance, but he was only a step away from the Postnatal Realm. As long as he crossed that step, he would be a true warrior of the Postnatal Realm.

As soon as Li Hengsheng came out, Xu Kui walked up and said, “Young Master, Zhou Jun has been here for a few days, waiting for you to come out.”

“Third Brother is here?” Li Hengsheng smiled. He had missed his Third Brother after not seeing him for a few days. As soon as he walked to the front yard, he heard Zhou Jun’s voice, “Fourth Brother, you finally came out!”

“Hahaha, I’ve been waiting for you for so long.” Zhou Jun walked up with a smile.

“Third Brother, it’s been a long time. I wanted to find you before, but I heard you were out on a mission.” Li Hengsheng felt very close to Zhou Jun when he saw him.

This lively and cheerful Third Brother was also very good.

“Don’t mention it, that damn mission was so troublesome.” Zhou Jun waved his hand, “Let’s not talk about that, I brought you a good thing this time, come and see.”

“A good thing?” Li Hengsheng was stunned, “Did you steal Second Sister’s Spirit Chicken again?”

“Tch, what’s a Spirit Chicken? What I brought you this time is a real treasure!” Zhou Jun said, pointing to the stone table in the yard. There was a very old wine jug on it.

Looking at the dirty jug, Li Hengsheng stared at it for a long time, then said half-believingly, “Is this a Painting Treasure?”

“Painting Treasure my ass, all you think about is Painting Treasures!” Zhou Jun said irritably, “This is a jug of wine!”

“What’s so interesting about wine.” Li Hengsheng immediately lost interest.

“You kid, you really don’t know what’s good!” Zhou Jun opened the lid, and instantly, a scent of wine spread out. At the same time, there was a rich aroma of spiritual energy in the wine scent.

“This is…” Li Hengsheng’s eyes lit up. Just this scent alone was enough to prove that this jug of wine was a good thing.

“This is wine brewed with the core of a Lingxuan White Tiger.” Zhou Jun said with a smile, “Lingxuan White Tigers are rare in themselves, and it’s even rarer for them to produce a spiritual core. The cultivation level of such a beast is at least at the level of Innate Completion.”

“Where did this wine come from?” Li Hengsheng asked in surprise. A spirit beast at the Innate Completion level was not something ordinary people could get.

“Hehe, Fourth Brother, you’ve been in seclusion recently and don’t know about the big event that happened in Minghong Prefecture. Do you know about the Hai Family?” Zhou Jun asked with a smile.