"How could I trouble Senior Lu to deliver it personally? I should go and pick it up myself."
Seeing the storage bag handed over by Lu Qing, Zi Yuan said with some fear.
"It's alright. My seclusion has just ended, so I'm just taking a walk to clear my head," Lu Qing said with a smile.
"By the way, Miss Ziyuan, I noticed you looked worried earlier. Have you encountered something difficult?"
"Did you see that, senior?"
Ziyuan was slightly startled, but then she realized that Lu Qing was a Golden Core Realm expert, so what was this little bit of insight?
After a moment's hesitation, Ziyuan said, "The sect leader originally instructed me not to inform you of this matter, so as not to disturb your seclusion."
However, now that you have emerged from seclusion, you should be aware of this matter so you can take precautions.
"Oh, it seems this matter is related to me." Lu Qing raised an eyebrow.
“That’s right, senior,” Ziyuan said. “Ever since our Treasure Pavilion launched the talismans you crafted, they have been very popular and caused a sensation throughout Canglan City.”
However, this also attracted the attention of other businesses and forces.
In recent days, there have been constant attempts by outside spies to infiltrate and gather information.
Although the deputy building manager and his team managed to stop them, the building was still somewhat affected, and people became quite restless.
"I see. So the other forces have finally made their move?"
Lu Qing nodded upon hearing this.
"You don't seem surprised, senior?"
Seeing that Lu Qing didn't seem surprised at all, Zi Yuan couldn't help but ask.
"This is nothing to be surprised about," Lu Qing said with a smile. "Our new talismans are priced low and have captured a large share of the talisman market."
Other commercial forces cannot remain indifferent and allow us to seize the market.
It would be strange if they didn't take any action.
By the way, what's the original poster's opinion on this matter?
"The original poster reassured us, saying she had already prepared a plan, and we just needed to avoid going out unnecessarily."
"And the original poster also said that we are not allowed to bother you, senior, with this matter," Ziyuan replied.
"Since you have already prepared a solution, I am relieved. Alright, now that I have handed the talisman over to you, Miss Ziyuan, I should return to my cave."
After saying that, Lu Qing turned back, preparing to continue his seclusion.
"Senior went back so soon?" Ziyuan was taken aback.
Lu Qing just said that he had just finished his seclusion.
"Hmm, I was thinking of going out for a stroll, but it seems that now is not the time. I might as well go back and continue my cultivation."
Ziyuan stared blankly as Lu Qing left, realizing that she understood this senior Lu even less.
After returning to his cave, Lu Qing activated the defensive formation and prepared to continue his cultivation.
As for the storms and turmoil outside, he had no intention of paying attention to them.
Since Treasure Pavilion wants to seize the market by using the talismans he crafted, they should bear these risks.
Moreover, based on the information Lu Qing had previously gathered, the owner of the Treasure Pavilion was no ordinary person.
This little bit of trouble shouldn't be able to do anything to her.
However, despite this, Lu Qing still planned to make some preparations.
Although this Lesser Cang Realm is only a small world, it still has many powerful individuals.
Although the vast majority of primordial spirit powerhouses have entered the Tianyuan Great World to cultivate.
However, Lu Qing did not believe that some major forces did not have a Nascent Soul Realm expert in charge.
In the event of a real conflict, he must ensure that he has sufficient ability to protect himself.
After thinking for a while, Lu Qing considered his trump cards.
His most powerful ability now is naturally the perfect Golden Core, which grants him strength far exceeding that of other experts of the same level.
Secondly, there are the two supernatural powers he possesses and the several magical artifacts he carries.
Furthermore, there are the many powerful cultivation techniques he comprehended, such as the 【Little Heaven-Breaking Sword】 and the 【Five Elements Myriad Laws Palm】, among other Daoist arts.
As his cultivation level broke through, the power of these supernatural abilities and techniques also increased significantly.
With these trump cards, he was not afraid of even a late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
However, it is unlikely that this will be sufficient to contend with a Nascent Soul Realm expert.
The gap between the Golden Core Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm is simply too great.
Even if his perfectly refined golden core possessed incredible power, it was still difficult to bridge the gap when his cultivation level was insufficient.
The reason he was able to escape from that mysterious primordial spirit powerhouse back in the starry sky was because...
It was because the opponent underestimated them, and also because of the Void Flying Boat's unexpected ability to traverse through the void.
Otherwise, he might not have been able to escape.
In the Lesser Cang Realm today, the Void Flying Boat is subject to certain restrictions, and its ability to traverse the void is not as swift when activated.
Even with a Void Flying Boat, the reaction speed of a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator is not foolproof.
"After entering the fourth stage, one's cultivation level cannot undergo any further transformation in a short period of time."
We need to prepare a more solid trump card.
Lu Qing began to ponder what trump cards he still held that would ensure his self-preservation even when facing a Nascent Soul level expert.
Cultivation techniques, Taoist arts, supernatural powers, magical treasures, formations, talismans...
Lu Qing pondered the methods he had mastered little by little, and suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"Formations and talismans... if we can comprehend and deduce them, perhaps that will work!"
After saying that, he immediately sat cross-legged, activated his supernatural ability cultivation state, and began to comprehend it in his mind.
What he wanted to comprehend was the inheritance about teleportation arrays that he had obtained in the Star City.
With the breakthrough in his cultivation, Lu Qing's supernatural abilities also seemed to have become even stronger.
Not only does it take less time to examine high-level items, but the speed of deduction has also increased significantly.
He had already grasped the basics of the teleportation array, but there was still a considerable distance to go before he could fully comprehend and master it.
The teleportation array in Star City was set up by a powerful primordial spirit who was proficient in the Dao of Space; it was profound and mysterious, beyond imagination.
In other words, Lu Qing possesses extraordinary abilities, making him an anomaly in cultivation.
Otherwise, any other Golden Core cultivator would certainly be unable to see through the mystery.
After all, even many powerful beings with insufficient cultivation levels in the Nascent Soul stage are still unable to comprehend the Dao of spatial teleportation.
Not to mention the minor Golden Core realm.
Time passed slowly as Lu Qing continued his cultivation.
Meanwhile, ripples began to slowly spread throughout Canglan City.
Those merchants who originally planned to wait and see, hoping that the Treasure Pavilion would run out of stock or raise the price of talismans.
But to their astonishment, they discovered that as the days went by...
Despite selling hundreds of the new talismans launched by Treasure Pavilion every day, there is no sign of them running out of stock, let alone a price increase.
Seeing the talismans still being sold out continuously in the Treasure Pavilion every day, the other merchant forces finally couldn't sit still any longer.
If this continues, won't the entire talisman market in Canglan City be monopolized by Treasure Pavilion?
Is there any place left for them?
"We can't just sit here and wait any longer!"
Inside the Wanxiang Pavilion, a burly, red-faced old man had a gloomy expression.
"If this continues, the entire talisman market in Canglan City will be monopolized by the Treasure Pavilion!"
"That doesn't make sense. These days, Treasure Pavilion has sold tens of thousands of talismans. How could they have prepared such a large number of talismans in advance?"
Master Zhuo, the talisman-making master of Wanxiang Pavilion, was completely baffled.
Originally, he had expected that the Treasure Pavilion could prepare one or two thousand new talismans in advance, which would be the best they could do.
Who would have thought that nearly 10,000 talismans have been sold, and there is still no sign of them running out of stock.
In his view, this was simply impossible.
It should be noted that even if all of the tens of thousands of talismans were Foundation Establishment level talismans...
The time required to refine them is astonishing.
Even for a master talisman maker like him, it would take decades or even centuries to refine one.
But what kind of talisman-making master would be willing to spend decades or even centuries to refine low-level talismans that would lower their own status?
Unless that person is a real madman.
Do you really think talisman makers don't need to cultivate themselves?
Furthermore, the owner of that Treasure Pavilion doesn't seem like someone who could have patiently planned and schemed for so many years.
If she had such a trump card, she would have played it long ago.
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So Master Zhuo couldn't figure out what was going on.
The red-faced old man was equally puzzled, but he knew he couldn't just sit and wait to die any longer.
Now, thanks to the new talismans, the Treasure Pavilion's influence in Canglan City is growing.
Its reputation is even showing signs of spreading to other major cities.
Some people below have already discovered that cultivators from other major cities have traveled great distances to Canglan City just to buy new talismans.
If things continue like this, Wanxiang Pavilion will truly be completely overshadowed by Zhenbaolou.
"Steward Shen, haven't you found out the background of that talisman-making master at the Treasure Pavilion yet?" the red-faced old man asked.
"So far, we've only found out that the talisman-making master must have entered Canglan City from the outside world not long ago using a teleportation array."
However, this person was very low-key. After entering the Treasure Pavilion, he almost never went out and stayed in his cave.
Our spies couldn't even make contact with him before the Treasure Pavilion spotted them.
The pale-faced middle-aged steward, Shen, replied.
"They only entered Canglan City recently? How did the Treasure Pavilion suddenly produce so many talismans and sweep the market?"
The red-faced old man exclaimed in astonishment.
"I don't know either, but I spent a lot of money to find out some information from the Treasure Pavilion."
It is said that the talismans sold at the Treasure Pavilion are newly crafted daily in the cave by that mysterious talisman-making master.
This is also why Treasure House has always been able to keep stock of its wares.
"That's what Steward Shen replied."
However, his words prompted Master Zhuo to blurt them out.
"Impossible. This Treasure Pavilion sells at least several hundred talismans every day."
Even a master talisman maker couldn't possibly produce so many talismans every day; this must be a false rumor spread by the Treasure Pavilion!
The red-faced old man also thought it was impossible.
Although he was not skilled in the art of talismans, at his level of cultivation, he still possessed the necessary insight.
Hundreds of talismans are crafted on-site every day, many of which are Golden Core level talismans.
It's hard to say whether even a master talisman maker, let alone a high-ranking, mysterious talisman maker, could accomplish something like this.
"I also find this matter too unbelievable, but apart from that, there is no other news from the Treasure Pavilion, so we are unable to find out what exactly is going on."
"Steward Shen said."
When he first received the news, his first reaction was that it was impossible.
That's why I didn't report it to the Vice Pavilion Master immediately.
My intention is to investigate thoroughly before reporting back.
Now, as expected, even the vice-pavilion master and the others think this is absurd.
"In any case, this matter is inextricably linked to that mysterious talisman-making master," said the red-faced old man. "If we can find a way to capture this person, perhaps the Treasure Pavilion's offensive will collapse on its own."
"But Vice Pavilion Master, according to the information I have gathered, that person lives in seclusion in the Treasure Pavilion and rarely shows his face."
Aside from his own cave dwelling, he never went out and almost never interacted with other people.
To capture him, we would have to go directly into the Treasure Pavilion and take him away.
Otherwise, I'm afraid there's no other way.
However, if they want to enter the Treasure Pavilion to capture the person, the city lord probably won't stand idly by.
"Steward Shen said cautiously."
The red-faced old man's suggestion was very difficult to implement.
To capture someone directly, not to mention the powerful array of the Treasure Pavilion itself, even a Nascent Soul expert might not be able to break through it in a short time.
The conflict between the merchant guilds was so intense that they went straight to each other's headquarters to capture people.
Without sufficient justification, the rulers of Canglan City would absolutely not allow such rule-breaking behavior.
Moreover, there have always been rumors that the owner of the Treasure Pavilion is related to a certain important figure in the Tianyuan World.
Ordinary competitive tactics are fine.
If you do something too outrageous and really anger them, you might provoke a powerful figure in the Tianyuan Great World to take action.
Let alone their small Wanxiang Pavilion, even the entire Canglan City might not be able to withstand the wrath of those important figures.
"This won't work, that won't work, are we just going to stand by and watch that woman dominate the entire talisman market and trample on our Wanxiang Pavilion?"
The red-faced old man said angrily.
Deacon Shen dared not speak.
Vice Pavilion Master Hong has never had a good temper; if he says a few more words, he might be punished.
Fortunately, although the red-faced old man was a bit short-tempered, he was still rational.
After being angry for a while, I calmed down a bit.
"It's a pity that my elder brother had some premonition recently and went into seclusion. Otherwise, given his relationship with the city lord, he might have been able to suppress this Treasure Pavilion."
The red-faced old man felt helpless.
He was indeed not suited to managing the miscellaneous tasks of Wanxiang Pavilion.
These complicated details are really annoying.
If the eldest brother were here, he would surely be able to come up with a way to break the deadlock.
Both Deacon Shen and Master Zhuo remained silent.
They agree with this statement.
If the Pavilion Master were here, they wouldn't be in such a predicament.
Just as the three remained silent, Deacon Shen's expression suddenly shifted.
He then took out a communication jade talisman from his pocket.
After reviewing the message in the jade talisman, a look of joy suddenly appeared on his face.
"Vice Pavilion Master, perhaps we don't need to rush."
"Oh, what do you mean?"
"Because someone was even more anxious than us. Tianji Workshop finally couldn't hold back any longer."
