Heaven Slaying Blade

Discussing organizational management with Xu Fufu, assigning Liu Mei'er to open branch stores of Gluttonous Pavilion in other major cities, preparing the necessary medicinal materials for Prince Xia Jing. At the same time, he had to beware of potential retaliation from the Vermilion Bird Association.

The true manager of this organization, Miao Yi Niang, has already taken the elixir. Her strength is escalating quickly each day.

Miao Yi Niang has remained in the basement, waiting for her strength to fully enhance and stabilize before emerging. Chu Yan has been with her, advancing even quicker.

Within a month, Chu Mo has only visited secretly two or three times, being cautiously vigilant about potential surveillance.

Liu Mei'er has thrown herself into the Gluttonous Pavilion business passionately. This savvy and knowledgeable woman has found her greatest pleasure in life. Therefore, after Chu Mo's advice, she quickly completed a comprehensive plan.

Seeing the plan, Chu Mo admired her talent. Thus, the decision of opening branches of Gluttonous Pavilion in cities like Qingzhou Mansion was finalized.

Regarding Prince Xia Jing, the collection of medicinal materials continued. The focus had now shifted to the whole of Great Xia!

During this period, the prices of medicinal materials in Great Xia almost doubled. Many medicine merchants were smiling from ear to ear. However, the big pharmacies were somewhat caught in a dilemma.

At first, they were content as they sold all their long-stored medicinal materials for a pretty penny. But gradually… they found a shortage of medicinal materials! When they turned to familiar medicine merchants to restock, only then they realized… they couldn't procure medicinal materials at the old prices anymore!

Either…don't buy, or pay a higher price!

Because at the same price, those medicine merchants would instead hold out for the Prince's Mansion…

Now, another grudge was added to the long list of public grievances against Xia Jing… monopolizing medicinal materials!

With many lice, there are less worries about a bite. A large debt brings less worry, as for Xia Jing, these allegations had absolutely no effect. He ate and drank as he pleased with high spirits, because for Xia Jing, it was a time of joy and celebration.

For Chu Mo, there was no significant problem with these issues, as they were almost all managed by designated people. He didn't need to worry about them at all.

But there was one thing he seriously concerned about – the Vermilion Bird Association!

Over this period, Chu Mo, through his newly established intelligence network and other channels, got some shocking news about the Vermilion Bird Association.

Especially today, at Prince Xia Jing's Mansion, Chu Mo learned something gut-wrenching.

"Vermilion Bird Association? How did Young Master Chu get tangled with them?"Prince Xia Jing was genuinely shocked when he heard these words.

"I did not cross paths with them. I just heard about this powerful organization and was casually asking about it." Chu Mo responded nonchalantly.

"Stay away from them if you can." Xia Jing frowned and said deeply, "In this world, those top-tier sects rule from above. The temporal monarchy governs the mundane world. Entities like the Vermilion Bird Association, Azure Dragon Hall, Black Tortoise Palace and White Tiger Temple represent the top-tier sects in the Four Symbols Continent. Their composition is quite complex!"

Xia Jing recollected: "Many years ago, I met the hall master of the Azure Dragon Hall, who is an elder in Longevity Heaven! They have a strict hierarchical system very similar to the secular power hierarchies. The hall master is a primordial stone level, elders are the gold level, executives are silver level, managers are bronze level, and the rest… are black iron level."

Chu Mo asked in confusion: "Why would the top-tier sects need to establish such a force? They can already command all and lord over everything."

Xia Jing sneered, "The great sects have too many rules, and they all profess righteousness and incorruptibility. They eschew worldly affairs… Back in the day, these top-level sects gained a wealth of resources by supporting earthly monarchies. But those monarchies aren't all pushovers and aren't that easy to control. Moreover, the benefits they can provide have a limit."

Xia Jing sighed, "Greed is not only found in the mundane world, but the bigwigs in the sects have even bigger appetites! When the resources provided by the mundane monarchies no longer satisfy their ever-expanding cravings, organizations like Azure Dragon Hall, Vermilion Bird Association, Black Tortoise Palace, and White Tiger Temple naturally emerge. Of course, these major powers would never publicly admit to having any connections with them."

"So, these forces were actually established by those top-level sects…" Chu Mo finally understood why Huan Nan and Sun Yifei were so arrogant that day. They were so fearless because they had such powerful backing.

"Not only the top-level sects, but the smaller, medium-sized sects also need resources, and they can't get much from the earthly powers. Hence, they joined these four organizations. By doing so, they gain a wealth of resources for their own development." Xia Jing sighed, "If we say the royal family rules the mundane world openly, then these four organizations are the rulers in the background! Many renowned tycoons and businessmen are actually members of these organizations."

"Yes, if the power behind them is the major sects, the royals really can't get rid of them." said Chu Mo.

"Get rid of them? Haha, it's good enough that they aren't rebelling. Firstly, they don't have the ability to manage earthly powers, and secondly, over the years, they've established a kind of understanding between them," said Xia Jing with some disdain. "They agree not to interfere with each other."

"So it means that Azure Dragon Hall has the same power as worldly royalty on the Azure Dragon Continent?" Chu Mo asked.

Xia Jing nodded, "You can understand it that way."

"So, if the people from the Vermilion Bird Association cause trouble on our Azure Dragon Continent, will the people from Azure Dragon Hall… take action?" Chu Mo asked.

At this point, Xia Jing looked deep into Chu Mo's eyes. This cunning old prince had already guessed that Chu Mo must have had some conflict with the Vermilion Bird Association.

So, he seriously warned Chu Mo: "Generally speaking, it would mean the people from Vermilion Bird Association are overstepping. But, people from Azure Dragon Hall have also caused trouble on the Vermilion Bird Continent... There's a sort of understanding between them too."

Chu Mo nodded, signaling he understood. After saying goodbye, Chu Mo left the Prince's Mansion. On his way back, Chu Mo felt a bit heavy-hearted.

Xia Jing's words were equivalent to telling Chu Mo in no uncertain terms that even if the Vermilion Bird Association targets him in Yanhuang City, the people from Azure Dragon Hall would likely turn a blind eye. The royal court… would be even less likely to intervene.

"Do I just wait for them to come for revenge?" Chu Mo narrowed his eyes, murmuring to himself, "My power is still weak, not enough to confront such a giant. Sticking it out to the end... is clearly not wise. So, I should think of a way to resolve this issue once and for all."

At this moment, Chu Mo suddenly recalled Wang Dafa.

That middle-aged tycoon, who radiated the aura of a nouveau riche, had casually given him a bronze cauldron worth three thousand taels of silver.

"I should go visit him." Chu Mo thought to himself with a glimmer in his eyes.

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