The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 603 Sky-high Price

Licheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the headquarters of the Loose Cultivators Alliance.

Huang Bing stood at the door for a while and thought to himself, "He hasn't changed at all. He may never come back again~"

Having lived here for hundreds of years, I have some feelings for this place, but compared to the Zhong family, this place is far inferior.

Just as he was sighing, a servant came and said, "Deputy Alliance Leader Huang, the Alliance Leader invites you~"

Huang Bing tidied himself up a bit and strode into the alliance hall.

Wang Lisheng was sitting in the main seat. When he saw Huang Bing coming in, he did not stand up. He just said calmly, "Brother Huang, we haven't seen each other for ten years, right? It seems that you have done well in the Zhong family. You have even reached the peak of the Spiritualization Realm. No wonder you look down on your former employer~"

Huang Bing knew that he was in the wrong, but "people go to higher places, water flows to lower places." This is an ancient law.

And when Wang Lisheng recruited him, he also said: "Whenever you want to leave, just say hello to me~"

Now he was being bullied like this, Huang Bing thought to himself: "Could it be that the leader of the alliance is really not what he seems to be?"

Huang Bing bowed and said, "Alliance leader, I just didn't come here first. I thought you wouldn't mind, but I didn't expect...

Hey, brother, I am now receiving a salary from the Zhong family, please forgive me, leader."

Wang Lisheng felt that his emotions were a little off, so he quickly adjusted himself and chuckled, "Forget it, let's not talk about it. I've been very busy lately and I'm a little upset. I'm sorry, Brother Huang~"

Huang Bing didn't care, but found his seat and sat down, and asked: "The leader called me back for a meeting last time, but I was carrying out a mission for the Zhong family and couldn't leave. I wonder if I missed anything important?"

Wang Lisheng smiled and said, "It's nothing, actually. The last meeting was mainly to discuss the start of construction of the headquarters. We are ready to start construction on the land we bought a hundred years ago. In the future, we will have our own headquarters and will no longer need to rent someone else's place~"

Huang Bing was surprised when he heard this and said, "That will cost a lot of crystal beads. Does the alliance have so many crystal beads now?"

Wang Lisheng raised his chest and said confidently: "That's enough. It is expected to be completed within ten years. It will require about 50 billion high-quality crystal beads. We have already ordered some building materials~"

Huang Bing asked in confusion, "Fifty billion high-quality crystal beads? Has the alliance been doing so well in recent years?"

Huang Bing muttered to himself, "No, even if the business is much better, it is impossible to earn so many crystal beads in these years."

The Loose Cultivators Alliance does almost all kinds of business, covering all walks of life, such as some normal minerals, monster materials, tea, spiritual rice, spiritual fruits, etc., as well as delivery, bodyguards, and even assassinations and thefts. In short, they do everything.

For a peak-level Jindan cultivator like Huang Bing, the alliance would charge the Zhong family a fee for working for them.

Even so, no matter how Huang Bing calculated, he felt it was impossible to earn so many crystal beads.

As if he saw Huang Bing's confusion, Wang Lisheng smiled and said, "Brother, I haven't been in Licheng for these years, so I don't know the current situation in Licheng.

Now the number of cultivators in Licheng is five times that of before, so business is naturally much better~ This is also thanks to the Zhong family's wine, which attracted many cultivators from neighboring countries~

Plus, now that Da Zhou has annexed Da Chu, Licheng's business will only get better and better~

Therefore, it is imperative to establish the alliance headquarters. Otherwise, it would be meaningless to keep renting other people's places. Don't you think so? Brother Huang~"

Huang Bing quickly bowed and said, "The leader is right. I have been on duty in Yancheng now, so I don't know much about the situation in Licheng. However, there are indeed a lot more people in Yancheng in the past few years~"

Wang Lisheng nodded in satisfaction and asked, "By the way, brother, is it the order of the Zhong family's patriarch that brought you to Licheng this time? Can you tell me what it is?"

Huang Bing slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, I almost forgot about it, but judging from the leader's attitude, it's better not to mention it~"

Wang Lisheng narrowed his eyes, then smiled and said, "It's okay to talk about it. Is it related to our alliance?"

Huang Bing smiled and said, "Indeed, the head of the Zhong family wants to buy the land from the alliance at a high price. However, since the alliance has decided to start construction, I will not tell you the conditions. I will just reply that 'the leader of the alliance disagrees'~"

Wang Lisheng laughed and said, "I guess that's the case. To be honest, they talked to me about it before, and I rejected it outright. I didn't expect the Zhong family to still not give up and ask you to be their lobbyist again~"

Huang Bing said awkwardly: "Brother, I am just here to go through the motions, not to be a lobbyist. Whether the land is willing to be sold or not is entirely up to the leader to decide~"

Huang Bing was about to get up and leave when Wang Lisheng suddenly asked, "Brother Huang, I'm curious. The Zhong family has been saying that they want to buy that piece of land at a high price. What price can the Zhong family offer?"

Huang Bing laughed secretly and said, "I knew you couldn't help it. I'll scare you to death if I tell you!"

Huang Bing smiled and said, "The Zhong family is willing to pay 500,000 low-grade spirit stones to buy it~ But I think the leader is not willing to sell it~"

"What?!" Wang Lisheng stood up and asked again: "Brother, are you sure you are right? It's 500,000 low-grade spirit stones? Not crystal beads?"

Huang Bing confirmed: "Yes, it is a spiritual stone. I was also shocked at the time and confirmed it twice~"

Wang Lisheng was silent for a while, then slowly sat down. Seeing that Wang Lisheng had not moved for a long time, Huang Bing bowed and said, "Alliance leader, I will go back to the Zhong family first. Goodbye."

Wang Lisheng looked at Huang Bing who was about to leave the hall and suddenly shouted, "Brother Huang, wait!"

Huang Bing turned around with a suspicious look on his face and asked, "Is there anything else the leader wants to tell you?"

Wang Lisheng smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't expect the Zhong family to offer such a high price. It was really unexpected. Let me think about it for two days and then reply to the Zhong family. How about that?"

Five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones equal five hundred million top-grade crystal beads, and the exchange rate between top-grade crystal beads and high-grade crystal beads is 1:1000, so the price has increased five hundred times in an instant!

At that time, Wang Lisheng only spent 10 billion high-quality crystal beads to buy that piece of land, and the most important thing was that no one would exchange spirit stones for crystal beads!

Huang Bing bowed slightly and said, "Then I will stay in the alliance for two days. Alliance leader, please think about it carefully~"

Huang Bing left, and Wang Lisheng sat in the chair, thinking motionlessly. Finally, he gritted his teeth, got up and left.

That night, Wang Lisheng changed into night clothes and secretly left the Loose Cultivator Alliance.

Licheng, the headquarters of the Aristocratic Family Alliance.

The Aristocratic Family Alliance is composed of more than one hundred aristocratic families of all sizes in Licheng. The leader, Miao Yonghe, has achieved perfect spiritual transformation and has held the position of leader for more than a thousand years.

Tonight Miao Yonghe was still handling affairs in the alliance. It was already very late, so Miao Yonghe looked at the time and stood up to leave.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in front of Miao Yonghe. Miao Yonghe said unhappily, "Didn't I tell you not to come to me unless it's important? Now is a critical period!"

The man in black said in a muffled voice: "Let's go to the secret room to talk. It's very important~"