Su Li only stayed in Lei Island for a short time, but he did not expect to be attacked by a sea monster.
Now that the matter has been settled, we must leave as soon as possible.
The airship carried Su Li and others back to Lingxi City. During this time, many things happened in Lingxi City.
Lingxi City now controls the resources of lapis lazuli, and the forging of magic weapons and spiritual treasures in Xiaoqian Realm requires the use of lapis lazuli. This material is very critical.
Although Su Li had drawn up some specific plans, he still failed to satisfy everyone.
During this period, many people came to the door one after another, just asking to see Su Li and get the lapis lazuli from him.
It's a pity that Su Li is not in Lingxi City. Instead, Qingyun, the chief steward of the Martial Temple, found a perfect excuse. These families who came to ask for lapis lazuli had no choice but to return in the end.
There are always one or two families that claim to be powerful and insist on forcing Lingxi City to hand over these resources.
Among them, the Cao family of Dongshengzhou went to the extreme.
Xiaoqianjie is divided into four major Shengzhou states in the southeast, northwest and northwest, followed by Zhongshenzhou in the center.
The Central Divine State is currently controlled by the Eternal Immortal Palace and the Confucian Sect, dividing the city. The other major victory states are controlled by family forces and the Thirteen Sects respectively.
Generally speaking, the Thirteen Sects are more powerful, followed by family power.
The Cao family is different. The Cao family of Dongsheng Prefecture is the real controller. This is a behemoth that controls half of Dongsheng Prefecture.
Even if you are a Confucian sect, you will be cautious when facing the Cao family.
The Cao family rose to prominence five thousand years ago. The Cao family once produced a top-notch powerful person who transformed into gods. At that time, this powerful person was the strongest person except for the two heads of the Confucian and Taoist sects.
Therefore, the Cao family's rise was extremely rapid, overwhelming countless sects, and vaguely intimidating the heroes.
The most important thing is that this ancestor of the Cao family practices the art of turtle breath and can have an extremely long lifespan. Generally, people with Nascent Soul have a lifespan of a thousand years.
As for the person who becomes a god, he will add three thousand years to this basis.
Logically speaking, the ancestor of the Cao family should have passed away, but because he practiced the art of turtle breath, no one is sure whether the ancestor of the Cao family still has the blessing.
However, in the past thousand years, the ancestor of the Cao family has disappeared and is said to have passed away.
No one is sure of this news, and no one dares to provoke the Cao family. If the ancestor of the Cao family is not dead yet, wouldn't it be asking for trouble if he offends him now?
If a dying person feels threatened, he will eradicate and uproot the other person at all costs.
This is also the reason why the Confucian sect is not willing to provoke the Cao family easily.
Although the Confucian sect is powerful, it is not moral to offend a rotten old man who is about to die, not to mention causing trouble and making himself a mess.
Now the representatives of the Cao family are in Lingxi City, forcing Lingyun to separate part of the Lapis Lazuli and hand it over to the Cao family for operation.
If not, the Cao family will definitely destroy Lingxi City.
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City Lord's Mansion, Hall.
Qingyun's face was expressionless, with Yingying, Liao Chen, Ye Wuchen and others standing beside her.
The faces of these people from the Martial Arts Temple were all cold, and they wanted to rush forward and kill the Cao family sitting opposite. The Cao family sitting opposite was so fat that he looked like a pig, and he was also a very weak person.
When the Cao family sent this guy out, they simply didn't take Lingxi City seriously.
"How's it going? Have you decided?"
Cao Hu said with a smile, his greasy face full of joking. He was just a guy who was building a foundation, and he was nothing in the Small Thousand Realm.
But he has an extremely powerful identity. He is now the third young master of the direct line of the Cao family.
No matter where he goes, Cao Hu will be treated with great dignity, but Lingxi City does not tolerate him, and many of his unreasonable demands have been suppressed by Qingyun.
"I'm sorry, we won't hand over the lapis lazuli business to you."
Qingyun said lightly, rolling her eyes inwardly.
I don’t know what the Cao family thinks. When others come to Lingxi City, they are looking for opportunities for cooperation. They want to get low-price lapis lazuli from the Martial God Temple and then resell it at a high price.
However, I didn't expect that when the Cao family came, they wanted to cut off their wealth and directly asked Lingxi City to cede half of the lapis lazuli business to the Cao family.
What the Cao family can give Lingxi City is a vague promise, saying that the Cao family will protect Lingxi City from now on.
Does the Temple of Martial Arts need protection from others?
Even if you really need protection, I'm afraid it will be the Confucian Sect and the Eternal Immortal Palace who will protect you. Who do the rest of them count?
The Confucian sect, which is now the real controller in this small world, needs no further explanation about their relationship with Su Li.
The Eternal Immortal Palace even personally sent the daughter of their palace master to Su Li to be the housekeeper.
These two families treat the Martial Temple in the same way. How can the Cao family protect the Martial Temple?
What qualifications do they have?
"Haha, it seems that you really don't know the methods of our Cao family. Over the years, there has been nothing in Dongsheng Prefecture that our Cao family can't handle. Now that you have mastered the profitable business of lapis lazuli, if you don't give us some benefits,
Cao family, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive in the entire Xiaoqian Realm from now on."
Cao Hu said with a cold smile. He stared at Qingyun and his eyes swept up and down, revealing a touch of greed.
If Qingyun was not the little princess of the Eternal Immortal Palace, she might have been poisoned by Cao Hu long ago.
Inside and outside Dongsheng Prefecture, countless natal families would be dragged back and abused as long as they were attracted by Cao Hu. This Cao Hu had a great reputation in Dongsheng Prefecture.
"Miss Qingyun, although you are the little princess of the Eternal Immortal Palace, the Martial Palace is just a force rising from the secular world. They cannot defend it. If our Cao family really wants to attack the Martial Palace, we only need to send two
A master in the realm of transforming gods will suffice."
"Even if you have people like Ouyang Xiu, they can't help you resist this disaster."
Cao Hu grabbed a grape and threw it into his mouth, saying with a joking look on his face.
"Are you threatening us?"
Ye Wuchen said angrily, he was very unhappy with this Cao Hu. This guy had no cultivation, so he was just messing around here relying on his background. When had the people of the Martial God Temple ever suffered from this kind of bad temper?
Shadow was much calmer. After listening to Qingyun's introduction just now, he knew that Cao Hu had a very powerful background.
Facing this kind of person, Wushen Temple is unfamiliar with the place and life, so he must be cautious.
"Threat? That's right, but isn't what I said also true?"
"You don't really think that just relying on Su Li can really make the Martial Arts Temple gain a foothold in the Small Thousand Realm, right?"
Cao Hu said with a sneer.
"Oh? Isn't it possible?"
At this moment, a suspicious voice came from outside, and everyone's eyes lit up.