Li Zhen knew about the drastic changes happening in Beihai right away, but it took time from taking care of Jinyuan Island to setting off, and it still took him a long time to get back.

By this time, it had been more than a month since the incident occurred.

This was the result of using the Chamber of Commerce's emergency means to move the magic circle. If not, it would have taken more than half a year, more than a year, unsurprisingly.

Jixiang Sect has the second-generation sect master Nie Yingzhi sitting in charge. Li Zhen is not worried about the safety of the sect for the time being, but on his way home, he frequently received urgent reports from Beihai, and he truly felt the urgency and danger involved.

When he returned to Fuyuntai, he summoned Nie Yingzhi to meet him and learned that the Changhai area had completely rotted away.

"Master, these days the shipping route to the West Sea has been completely blocked. The Chamber of Commerce has lost contact with Jukuzhou and Fenglinzhou. The price of spiritual materials in various places has soared. Fortunately, we have signed a price agreement with Beixiao Island to stabilize supply.

, our company can still maintain production and sales.

However, I’m afraid this situation won’t last long, and the sea areas of all parties are now in crisis, which will affect us sooner or later.”

Nie Yingzhi talked about the issue of airway obstruction as soon as he arrived.

Li Chen said: "Navigation, this is indeed a trouble."

Today's world of immortality is no different than in the Middle Ages, where one sect guarded a cave world and could live without caring about worldly affairs.

Furthermore, even in the Middle Ages, the Dongtian World must at least be controlled by a sect with a great monk in charge. Other forces and casual cultivators still inevitably develop trade.

From the street stall economy that started as a private gathering of casual cultivators to exchange ideas and discuss Taoism, to the gradually expanded market fairs, to the market, and to the auction house of the Chamber of Commerce, the connections between all parties gradually became closer, thus developing the Sihai Chamber of Commerce.

With such money and power, the role of transportation has become increasingly important to development forces, and it cannot be overemphasized.

This is the foundation for the survival of a small force like the Jixiang Sect. If the sea route is blocked, many production and sales links cannot be completed. Therefore, even if the demons have not yet come here, there is no crisis of war in the local land, and the huge feeling is still felt.

threats.

Li Zhen pondered for a long time and asked: "How long can the Beixiao Island side last?"

Nie Yingzhi said: "The official statement is that it will not be a problem to support it for three to five years. In fact, it should be able to last longer."

Li Zhen said: "I also think that it is not a problem to sustain it for a few more years. Otherwise, there are sporadic resource production places like Xiaolan Island."

Although Xiaolan Island is not as good as those famous peaks and fairy mountains, it is still enough to maintain the supply of low-level spiritual materials.

Therefore, these things that we can produce ourselves are not a problem. What is really troublesome is some high-level spiritual materials that rely on external realms.

Li Zhen asked again: "In addition to output, we also need sales. How is the situation in this regard?"

Nie Yingzhi said: "It's not great, but there is a disaster on the other side of Changhai, and a large number of monks are coming. This is a new growth point."

Li Zhen nodded: "It seems that the key is to ensure the safety of Beixiao Island."

Nie Yingzhi said: "Actually, Beixiao Island can also guarantee the bottom line, because they have signed a contract with us and will purchase according to the agreed price.

The other is some long-lasting spiritual incense, which we can hoard ourselves for future opportunities. The expansion of the warehouse may require occupying the function of the mountain protection array, which has the load of the earth's spiritual energy."

When he said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "This is also thanks to Master's foresight and establishing contact with Xuanzhou in advance. If it doesn't work, we can still consider developing to the north."

To sum it up, Jixiang Sect has set up many disaster prevention measures, which are enough to deal with many crises.

However, if a person is not careful, he will be worried about the near future. If he is not careful, the demon will come and kill him, which will be dangerous.

Li Zhen thought for a while and asked: "What did Luo Jingwei say?"

Nie Yingzhi said: "Luo Jingwei sent several groups of people to go deep into the demonic sea area to investigate. These are the secret letters he sent back."

Li Zhen looked at it and said with admiration: "Luo Jingwei is a person who saves people's worries. During this period, I have found out clearly."

Li Zhen was the backbone of the Xiangdao forces, but before he came back, the others did not wait, especially Luo Jingwei, who was very capable and had many results in his investigation.

Nie Yingzhi said: "I have also read these letters and found that this demonic disaster is indeed very unusual.

As Luo Jingwei said, this disaster is suspected to have occurred suddenly at the junction of the West Sea and the Beihai. The first area affected was the West Sea. Therefore, it was previously reported that monks escaped and then moved to the Changhai area, and then continued eastward.

That is, the hinterland of our North Sea spreads.

But there are already other forces or experts on the West Sea looking around, but no clues have been found, and there is no clear place of origin. This is one of them.

Secondly, these monster tribes are a bit weird!"

Li Zhen looked at it and said: "It's indeed a bit strange. Luo Jingwei actually said that there are many great demons and demon king-level existences among them, but almost none of them have spiritual wisdom."

Nie Yingzhi said: "Yes, normally speaking, such a large group of monsters should be able to give birth to a group of psychic shapeshifters, possess spiritual intelligence, and even develop a civilization that is not inferior to humans!"

Li Zhen continued to read: "Huh? He also said that these demons have the same bloodline. No matter what their appearance is, they can actually trace their origins to the same distant ancestor?"

Nie Yingzhi said: "This is even more strange. Master, there was a popular saying in the world of immortality that 'human beings are insects of immortality', which means that all living things in the world originate from the founder of the immortal ancestors, and all things are their flesh, blood, essence, and spirit."

This is especially true for intelligent creatures like humans.

Therefore, from the source of blood, there is no problem with the theory that all things are unified.

However, different species and groups have gone through hundreds of millions of years of evolution, and their respective genera have become very different, especially those with completely different appearances, which cannot be certified as being born from the same origin."

Li Zhen began to ponder.

In fact, according to the genetic theory known in previous lives, the genes of humans and pigs, humans and monkeys, humans and mice, etc., are extremely similar. The theory of the origin of bloodline in this world of immortality also has similar meanings.

But no matter how similar they are, they are only similarities that go deep into the root material. They are concepts of categories and species, not relationships such as family lines and kinship.

"Well...there's no need to make wild guesses.

This time Luo Jingwei specially sent someone to bring the blood essence and blood of those monsters, and I will know after I sense it."

Li Zhen was somewhat dissatisfied with this doubt raised by Nie Yingzhi.

In fact, although this result is strange, it is not incredible.

After all, for some cultivators, reproductive isolation and the like are just paper windows that can be broken with a poke.

It's nothing to be a reckless hero and become a life-or-death acquaintance. It's not worth making a fuss about.

There are also some monster mothers who can conceive thousands of offspring, even hundreds of millions, without any problem.

But he didn't intend to talk to Nie Yingzhi about this kind of thing, he was still just a child over a hundred years old.

Therefore, Li Zhen did not comment further and directly ordered: "Tell him to continue the investigation. Also, go to Xin Beixiao Island. I will summon the elders of this branch to discuss the response!"

Luo Jingwei has a deep understanding of the principles of survival in the wild rivers and lakes, and is an excellent tool man.

The elders on Beixiao Island had always obeyed Li Zhen, but now that Li Zhen had been to Jinyuan Island and entered the upper echelons, he could more legitimately summon them to discuss together.

Therefore both instructions are executed efficiently.

Two days later, all the elders rushed to Beixiao Island, where Li Zhen also presided over the discussion and jointly decided on three things.

The first is to stabilize the defense line and ensure that Beixiao Island and surrounding sea areas are not lost.

The second is to stabilize prices, stabilize the situation, and take into account the maintenance of the fleeing monks.

The third is to reorganize the Shark-Slaying Alliance and concentrate its efforts on the battle according to the old practice.

This is to manage the Beihai Immortal Cultivation World as a whole from political, economic and military means respectively.

Li Zhen was once a mortal, and he was very familiar with the ways of mortals, and he also knew the importance of organization.

Even if the monks respect individuals, in the absence of powerful experts, the power of the organization still cannot be underestimated.

Of course, there are also people who habitually rely on the great monks and suggested: "How about we invite Master Wu Yan here?"

There are also Nascent Souls in Beihai, and Master Wu Yan is one of them.

He is a great monk who rose up in the wilderness, and he also had an indissoluble bond with the Chamber of Commerce.

Li Zhen smiled when he heard this and asked the man: "Elder Xu, how much price do you have to pay to ask Senior Wu Yan to sit here and fight for us?"

The man was stunned and couldn't answer.

"A powerful monk can kill a group of demons with one against ten thousand, or even suppress a group of demons with his own strength, but in the face of such a large-scale disaster, he may also perish.

They have no need or obligation to take action for us. If they want to do something, it is not impossible, but it is always a cause and effect.

But what you said is not unreasonable. I will write to him and ask him to take care of it when necessary.

In addition, I will also keep in touch with the association and provide emergency support when necessary."

Everyone noticed that he said two necessary things in succession, which meant that there was no need to panic yet, there was no need.

Everyone nodded secretly, quite agreeing with this statement.

Compared with those that do not exist, the three points proposed before are more practical.

So all parties cooperated tacitly and responded quickly.

In the past month or so, they had not been sitting around waiting for the situation to deteriorate, and they had done nothing.

Therefore, now it is necessary to have people and ships, and everyone must get into their positions quickly.

Li Zhen didn't care about local defense. After all, they belonged to different forces, and he couldn't interfere too much.

But he can still take charge of the Shark Slayer Alliance. This organization has won victories under his leadership, and he is quite convinced of its leadership.

However, just as all parties were preparing to proceed in an orderly manner, bad news came again from the west. A tragedy occurred there.

When Li Zhen learned this, he was not feeling regretful and solemn as usual, but was shocked and angry.

At the elders' meeting, everyone was also shocked: "The Sea Wolf Gang actually took advantage of the fire and massacred the Western Rukawa Island through the evil disaster?"

It turned out that Rukawa Island, a force affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce there, urgently reported that a large number of pirates had used the chaos to attack the city and plunder the island.
To be continued...