Martial Arts: I Have a Wilderness World

Chapter 591: Chapter 308: Yielding

Over the next two days, Cheng Zongyang arranged for Cheng Zongwen to personally lead a team to collect the "ship fees" paid by the various factions.

These supplies were varied and numerous, including precious Medicinal Materials, rare ores, fine weapons, and Martial Arts Elixirs. In the future, these goods would stock the Commerce Association, supplying the Martial Artists of the Immortal City in exchange for more wealth and resources, further promoting the Immortal City’s development and growth.

On the third day, Chen Kaishan paid another visit, bringing important news—the eight Chiefs had arrived, and this time, one of the Commerce Association’s directors had come with them.

The departure of Yu Wenlin and the other two might not have reached the Commerce Association branches in other nations, but when the eight Chiefs who followed them returned, they not only resigned from their posts but also exchanged tens of millions of taels worth of resources. This situation naturally drew the close attention of the Commerce Association and caught the eye of Chiefs from branches in other nations.

After some inquiries, they learned that the Cultivation Immortality Realm had actually been found, and they were preparing to travel there via the Immortal City.

At this, those Innate Great Perfection Chiefs who had been "waiting for death" could no longer sit still. They were desperate to find a new path to a breakthrough and pursue a higher Realm.

However, in the end, they were forcefully suppressed by a few of the Commerce Association’s directors. These directors believed that before the situation was clear, they couldn’t let them act rashly, otherwise the various Commerce Association branches would surely face disaster. Thus, one director went along to investigate.

Although they had learned a great deal from the eight Chiefs, they still wanted to have a proper chat with Cheng Zongyang, the Lord of Immortal City, to see if they could reach some sort of cooperative agreement.

Upon hearing this news, Cheng Zongyang fell into deep thought.

He understood the purpose of the Da Yi Commerce Association’s visit. Cooperating with Da Yi could bring immense benefits, but it could also introduce potential risks.

He wasn’t concerned about the risks. Within the Immortal City, he didn’t worry about anyone daring to make a move. Plus, with the Wilderness World as his safety net, it wouldn’t matter how many Innate Experts came. On the contrary, he was more focused on the benefits that cooperation with Da Yi would bring.

The Da Yi Commerce Association, with its presence throughout the entire Martial Arts Realm, possessed an unimaginable amount of resources from across the Martial Arts Realm.

’If I could bring resources from the Martial Arts Realm in bulk to sell in the Wilderness World, the speed at which I could earn Points would be staggering.’

After a moment of thought, Cheng Zongyang decided to first meet with the Commerce Association’s director and understand their intentions. ’As for the conditions, I’m the only one who gets to set them.

’As long as they want to go to the Cultivation Immortality Realm, they’ll have no choice but to agree.’

Thus, under Chen Kaishan’s arrangement, Cheng Zongyang personally made a trip to the rear courtyard of the Da Yi Commerce Association.

"Mr. Cheng!" After Chen Kaishan’s introduction, the eight Chiefs all cupped their fists in a polite greeting.

It was the first time the eight Chiefs had actually met Cheng Zongyang. During their last visit, which had lasted over ten days, they had left to gather resources without even seeing his face.

Now that they had arrived, they heard that Cheng Zongyang had received the eighteen Gate Influences of Da Liang, as well as members of the Royal Family. They immediately understood what this implied and naturally became a bit anxious, afraid that there might be a limit on the number of spots.

Cheng Zongyang politely returned the gesture, cupping his own fists. ’Going by age, these men could be my great-grandfathers,’ he thought.

"Mr. Cheng, this is one of the eight directors of the Da Yi Commerce Association, Tang Feng! He is in charge of all affairs within Da Liang." Chen Kaishan approached an old man with a full head of white hair and a matching beard, but whose complexion was still ruddy.

"Elder Tang." Cheng Zongyang offered him a customary fist-cup salute.

Tang Feng nodded slightly. Though his eyes held a hint of doubt, he did not forsake courtesy. "Mr. Cheng, your Cultivation... you’ve just reached the Innate Realm, haven’t you?"

He truly couldn’t comprehend Cheng Zongyang’s strength. Here in the Immortal City, based on his own experience, the Qi and Blood Power emanating from Cheng Zongyang was truly faint.

Cheng Zongyang chuckled but didn’t elaborate on the matter. He simply offered a solemn reminder:

"In the future, Elder Tang, if you go to the Cultivation Immortality Realm, it’s best not to casually inquire about another’s Cultivation, or to judge it based on your experience. If you happen to run into a Cultivator who followed the Martial Dao who’s in a bad mood, or one who’s particularly petty, they could kill you with a single palm strike, and there’d be nowhere for you to seek justice."

Hearing this, the eight Chiefs and Chen Kaishan instantly felt the atmosphere turn strange. In their eyes, Cheng Zongyang’s words seemed to carry a hint of warning.

Tang Feng stared at Cheng Zongyang for a good while before saying nonchalantly:

"Thank you for the reminder. However, I won’t beat around the bush. All else aside, I wish to meet the Cultivator behind you. There is some important business I’d like to discuss with him."

He still didn’t believe Cheng Zongyang possessed such power. In his eyes, a teenager, whether judging by age, strength, or bearing, was far from capable of controlling something on the scale of the Immortal City.

The moment Tang Feng’s words left his mouth, the atmosphere in the living room froze once more. Cold sweat was already trickling down Chen Kaishan’s back.

Others might not know, but he had personally witnessed Cheng Zongyang control an Array and blast a huge block of granite into fragments.

The state of the fragments didn’t matter. The important thing was, Cheng Zongyang’s ability to control the Array meant he could use it to attack anyone present whenever he pleased, and with no effort at all!

’No matter how much I explained before we came, it seems this Tang Feng didn’t listen to a single word!’

"Mr. Cheng, please don’t..." Chen Kaishan had just started to speak, intending to tell Cheng Zongyang not to mind it, but he was cut off by Cheng Zongyang.

"No need." Cheng Zongyang looked at Tang Feng and asked calmly, "If I said I was the only one, you wouldn’t believe me, would you, sir?"

Tang Feng stroked his beard and smiled, a hint of disdain in his eyes. "Mr. Cheng, you must be joking. A place like the Immortal City, on this scale... how could a single Martial Artist control it? Besides, your Cultivation is truly unconvincing."