Chapter 117 Gu Zhenzai’s revenge?

Not all those who practice Taoism are born with a talent for cultivation.

In this bizarre world, there are many wandering cultivators who are neither immortal nor immortal, but can no longer integrate into the life of mortals.

Xiao Fan is one of them, and he also represents countless independent cultivators.

The emergence of the Internet has given them the opportunity to move to a higher level.

But it seems to stop there.

Without the resources to start with, by the time you have achieved some level of cultivation, half of your life will have passed.

The emergence of the General Chamber of Commerce seemed to have given them a new opportunity.

Therefore, when more and more information about the Lingbao Refining Factory was disclosed on the Internet, Gu Zhenzai, who already had a lot of traffic, became popular again.

Countless people discussed the General Chamber of Commerce.

There are also independent practitioners from other states, prefectures, and even provinces who come from thousands of miles away.

This matter has already attracted the attention of all major sects and even the Immortal Court.

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Pu'an Temple, the chapel room.

Amid the scent of sandalwood, senior leaders of Pu'an Temple gathered together to drink tea and chat casually about the latest hot topics.

"Do you know the General Chamber of Commerce?"

"How could I not know what Gu Zhenzai had planned?"

"Speaking of Gu Zhenzai, he is truly a business genius. He has swept the world with his internet business, causing Emperor Dongyin to copy him. Now he has created the Universal Chamber of Commerce. I wonder what his purpose is?"

"Why else? The Enlightenment Jade Slip!"

"It's true that Gu Zhenzai is a business genius, but he is clearly a layman when it comes to weapon refining. Entering the game now is simply a waste of time."

"Yes, if you want to train a qualified weapon refiner, talent, resources, and time are all essential. If you join now, by the time you train him, the enlightenment jade slips will probably be flooded with them."

As a master of refining instruments, Pu'an Guan is very optimistic about the short-term price of Enlightenment Jade.

But the long term outlook is not promising.

There are too many people refining now, and it will be saturated in a year or two at most.

By then, the price of this thing will be as cheap as dirt.

"I heard that the Lingbao Refining Factory is run by Ji Zhixian of the Lingbao Daoist Academy of Laolu Temple. Although he is a bit pedantic, he is definitely not a short-sighted person. Gu Zhenzai has rarely made a mistake so far. So, does the Lingbao Refining Factory have other plans?"

"Makes sense!"

"Haha, Senior Brother, you worry too much. Ji Zhixian is just a weakling in the warehouse, who is just greedy for Gu Zhenzai's incense! I heard that he has sold the Lingbao Dao vein for 200,000 incense sticks. Is such a person worthy of attention?"

"Could it be that Gu Zhenzai created the Lingbao Refining Factory in order to refine other magical instruments?"

"I have thought about this issue carefully and feel that it is unlikely. It is difficult for a spiritual treasure refinery to refine high-level magic tools on a large scale. Who will they sell low-level magic tools to? To independent cultivators? Once the income is not enough to cover the expenses, the spiritual treasure refinery will only go bankrupt. In my opinion, Gu Zhenzai came here just for the Enlightenment Jade Slip."

"What Senior Brother said makes sense! Gu Zhenzai is an outsider after all. Do you really think that a weapon refiner can be trained quickly?"

Amid discussion, everyone quickly sentenced the Lingbao Equipment Factory to death.

Even feel a bit of gloating.

As they were discussing, a Taoist boy came to the door and said, "Masters, the Immortal Fang Jian is here to pay his respects to you!"

Everyone in the hall looked at each other and then said, "Please!"

——It turned out that the reason they gathered together was for Fang Jianxian. Not long after, a middle-aged man in white clothes, like a sword drawn from its sheath, walked into the main hall and, at the invitation of the master of Pu'an Temple, sat at the head of the table.

"Everyone, how are the preparations for the magic weapon that Fang ordered going?"

Fang Jianxian, who had just sat down, went straight to the point.

The monks in the hall looked at each other, and the head of the weapon refining hall stood up and said with a smile: "To be honest with you, Sword Immortal Fang, the Enlightenment Jade Slip is quite special, and it is not easy to refine. Our temple has been working hard, but we have only completed one tenth of it so far. Do you think it can be postponed for a while?"

Fang Jianxian's expression froze: "So, your treasure has not yet been refined?"

The head of the weapon refining hall said: "It can't be said to be unfinished, but only partially completed..."

Before he could finish his words, Fang Jianxian raised his hand to interrupt the Equipment Refining Hall Master's sophistry.

He raised his hand and threw a jade slip on the table: "Here is the contract. Please deliver the magic weapon as agreed, or pay a thousand pillars of Taizhen Tianxiang as compensation!"

This tough scene made everyone's face darken slightly.

Then, Master Pu'an said with a smile on his face:
"Fellow Daoist Fang, please don't be upset. At this point, I have no choice but to speak frankly. To be honest with you, it's not that our temple is unwilling to hand over the Enlightenment Jade Slips, but most of the jade slips were withheld by the Immortal Court officials. Our temple can do nothing about it. We were able to squeeze out only one tenth, which is already very difficult. I hope you will understand."

As he spoke, the master of Pu'an Temple calmly took out a jade seal.

Fang Jianxian smiled: "I ordered the enlightenment jade slips first, and the city god used the jade slips later. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"

Master Pu'an sighed secretly.

They had already guessed this relationship, but were just hoping for the best.

Now that Fang Jianxian had hinted at the truth, he knew that continuing to pretend to be ignorant would be bad for both of them.

"I have something to say, I will be frank. A month ago, this temple provided a batch of enlightenment jade slips for the City God. It is not our intention to fail to deliver them now. It is really that people cannot decide what to do in the martial arts world. Why should the City God be so aggressive?"

"These 1,000 sticks of Taizhen Tianxiang may be of little use to the City God, but they are a year's offering to our temple. Let's be lenient when we can. If there is a need in the future, Pu'an Temple will definitely do its best to help."

Fang Jianxian's smile faded slightly, and he said meaningfully, "Who said that the owner of this batch of orders was the City God?"

The master of Pu'an Temple was stunned. If it wasn't the City God, then who could it be?
As he was daydreaming, he suddenly thought of a possibility and his face turned pale and blue.

"Daoyou, are you referring to...Gu Zhenzai?"

This probing sentence made all the Taoists in the hall look at each other in bewilderment.

"I heard that Gu Zhenzai once tried to become a member of your temple, but he never expected that the fortune that was delivered to his doorstep would be handed over to you. Now that he has made a mistake, he must accept the defeat."

Fang Jianxian laughed. In his opinion, Gu Zhenzai asked for a thousand incense sticks just to vent his anger!

How could the master of the Internet and the favorite of Emperor Qingxu be without incense?

I won’t believe it even if I beat him to death!

Since there is no shortage, it is no wonder what the purpose is.

It should be noted that as a figure who has become extremely popular in the past year, Gu Yunli's every move naturally attracted the attention of countless interested people.

The fact that he was rejected by countless weapon-refining sects also became a laughing stock.

Of course, smart people know that this is because these sects don’t want to cause trouble.

But this doesn't stop everyone from having fun.

Now Gu Zhenzai seems to be using this method to retaliate in a high-profile manner.

At this moment, Pu'an Guan was dumbfounded.

It turns out that the Enlightenment Jade Slip came from Gu Yunli!
It turned out that his fundamental purpose in joining the weapon refining sect was for this matter.

If they had accepted Gu Zhenzai at the beginning, what would the situation be like now?
At this moment, the top leaders of Pu'an Temple dared not imagine it. As long as they thought about "what if", they would feel suffocated.

(End of this chapter)