Hearing the name Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, Qin Fan fell into deep thought.
Qin Fan's understanding of this force is divided into three stages.
The first stage was before Xia Jinyu became the fourth shopkeeper. Qin Fan investigated that the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce secretly colluded with merchants from various states to control the world's oil, rice, salt, cloth, and sugar transactions.
, and it will not cause the jealousy of the powerful.
In a sense, it is the ruler hidden in the shadow of the entire mountain and sea world, and can use economic power to control the world.
The second stage is when the Suzaku Palace attaches itself to Qin Fan and gives up its ticket to become the shopkeeper, and Xia Jinyu secures the position of shopkeeper with her own abilities and Qin Fan's help.
Qin Fan found that his initial guess was too one-sided. The seven shopkeepers themselves represented the seven major forces. They united in another way to become the masters of the mountain and sea world. Although they competed with each other, they were all in business.
aspect.
Even if there is a winner among the shopkeepers, the final winner will only be the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce.
The Daxuan Dynasty had tried many times to acquire the entire Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, but failed time and time again.
The third stage is to start the Nine Provinces Chaos, after confirming that all the extraterrestrial forces have already settled in the Shanhai Realm. At the same time, Xia Jinyu also investigated the forces that several other shopkeepers belonged to besides the big shopkeeper.
Qin Fan has confirmed that the big shopkeeper comes from some top force outside the world, just like the purpose of Taoism and Buddhism in the mountains and seas is to promote their own teachings and expand the influence of Taoism and Buddhism.
Tongtian Chamber of Commerce is rooted in the world of mountains and seas, and must have received the tacit approval of Xixuan Heavenly Court, and the development direction of this force is mainly 'business'.
Although it was extremely disadvantageous for the Daxuan Dynasty to hand over the power to control economic power to others, it had to be admitted that the existence of the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce actually contributed to the stability of the entire Shanhai Realm.
Just saying that in this thousand-year history, there has never been an incident such as a riot or uprising due to droughts or floods that left refugees unable to eat, which has proven that the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce has done more good than bad.
And even though the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce has been feared many times by the current rulers, it has only been passively defensive and has never relied on its economic advantages to actively cause turmoil in Kyushu. This also shows that this force has always occupied absolute neutrality and is safe and stable.
Develop in business.
However, from Qin Fan's point of view, the existence of the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce is equivalent to a sharp blade across the throat of the Daxuan Dynasty. Since it has developed a desire for hegemony over the entire mountain and sea world, it is difficult not to be wary of this force.
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At the same time, there was an incident that made Qin Fan feel a little hostile towards him.
That was when Qin Fan was collecting information on breaking through the celestial phenomenon realm, the head of the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce took the initiative to inform Xia Jinyu of some information, but withheld important information about breaking through the inner demon tribulation.
If you do what the other party says, it will most likely lead to Huang Tiangui and others dying from a catastrophe.
According to Qin Fan's guess at the time, the other party was deliberately trying to create a balance of power, and was also deliberately targeting the newly emerged Wangyou Ghost Market.
But after what Yu Cangmiao said just now, his judgment on Tongtian Chamber of Commerce was wrong.
Qin Fan feels that he may need to change his thinking that there are always unscrupulous people trying to harm me.
Because in the previous conversation, it has been stated that Yu Cangmiao will not enter the field as a pawn of a certain extraterrestrial force, and he happens to have some methods that are only available to other extraterrestrial forces. Does this prove that he is cooperating with a certain extraterrestrial force?
No, even though Yu Cangmiao is talented and has extraordinary means, her background determines that it is impossible to win such a relatively equal relationship.
Then the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce he mentioned is an important clue.
And what does Tongtian Chamber of Commerce do? It is a force responsible for trading!
At this moment, a flash of light flashed in Qin Fan's mind. Perhaps he had misunderstood the other party's intentions from the incident involving the big shopkeeper.
As a seller, the other party first provides some information to attract the buyer's attention, and then sells the subsequent information at a high profit. This is obviously a trading method!
The balance of power structure and the deliberate suppression of the ghost market are all unrealistic assumptions made by me because I was too vigilant.
The big shopkeeper simply wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to sell the information about breaking through the celestial realm to the ghost market at a high price.
Because if the ghost market follows the method provided by the other party to break through the celestial realm, they will find that the free information is indeed true, but not complete enough.
If you want to get more complete information, you will definitely find the big shopkeeper again.
Although this process may lead to the death of a pseudo-celestial realm expert who fails to break through, the big shopkeeper, who is the spokesperson of the extraterrestrial forces, will not care and will only use it as a bargaining chip to increase the price.
After all, in his eyes, among the lords of the forces in the Shanhai Realm, except for Emperor Xuan, King Wuwei, and the lords of Buddhism and Taoism, the rest are just a group of natives who sit in a well and watch the sky.
He would not show this detached mentality intentionally in daily interactions, but it was already engraved deep in his blood.
Just like players, even if they are tortured to death by NPCs, they will still have a kind of arrogance deep in their hearts.
So now it can be confirmed that Yu Cangmiao completed some kind of transaction directly with Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, or through Tongtian Chamber of Commerce as an intermediary, reached certain conditions with those external forces that cannot interfere in the mountain and sea world.
When he realized the sorrow of heaven and earth before in the regular space, he exchanged information with the brother who created "The Art of Compassion between Heaven and Earth to Conquer Yin and Yang" and confirmed that the existence of the destiny body has greatly increased the overall value of the mountain and sea world. (Partial details
See Chapter 665)
At the same time, the upper limit of status in the world of Shanhai Realm is not low.
In a previous conversation with Qin Zun, Qin Fan knew that those who are strong in the Dharma Realm can travel across the universe and cross the void by relying on their physical strength. Warriors in this realm are also the backbone of all major extraterrestrial forces.
And it is obvious that the mountain and sea realm will definitely reach its limit when it can only accommodate the Dharma phase realm.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Moreover, the collapse of each merit chain will cause the concentration of vitality to increase, which will also lead to the mutation and grade improvement of resources such as ores and medicinal materials, which will naturally cause other
Coveted by external forces.
More importantly, the Shanhai Realm at this moment has become a battlefield for those external forces to settle their grudges. Therefore, it is not difficult for Yu Cangmiao to find a suitable trading party through the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce.
And the core business of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce may be this.
"It seems you have understood." Yu Cangmiao, who had been observing the changes in Qin Fan's expression, suddenly said.
Qin Fan nodded, pointed at Yu who was vomiting blood again and said:
"So he was part of the deal?"
Yu Cangmiao shook his head:
"Not one of them, but the only one. The reason why I set up this situation is because of him.
I need an obedient Yu Lu, but with the power in my hands, it is too difficult to force him into this situation."
"So you use the Jade Rakshasa first, and then you use me?"
"No, no, no, Jade Rakshasa is related to another plan. From the beginning to the end, I didn't think Jade Rakshasa would pose a threat to him. What's worse is that Jade Rakshasa actually helped him break through.
Dharma Realm.”
Yu Cangmiao sighed softly and said.
According to what Yu Cangmiao said, combined with the previous information, Qin Fan has understood that given the current situation in Kyushu, he is probably the only one who can fight with Yu regardless of the situation.
Emperor Xuan is still playing with the balance of war, and his original intention is that he will never let Yu ignore it so early.
Therefore, before the oriole opened up, a mantis came first to catch the cicada.
The reason why Jade Rakshasa died on the top of Lingjue Mountain can actually be seen as Yu Cangmiao's compensation to Emperor Xuan.
As for the other layout he mentioned, there are currently too few clues for Qin Fan to figure out some of the context.
In addition, Qin Fan guessed that Emperor Xuan should have been under some kind of surveillance, which is why Yu Cangmiao would first resign as prime minister, and then fake his own death to escape, to get rid of some eyes from outside. At the same time, he would complete the peace in secret.
Emperor Xuan’s cooperation.
But it's no use thinking about it now.
Judging from the results, Yu Wuyi was like a dead dog. He was so injured that he couldn't run away even if he wanted to. If he wanted to survive, he had to cooperate with Yu Cangmiao.
And since Yu Cangmiao's target is a living Jade Ignorant, it also means that he has his own means to control it.
"That's it." As Qin Fan sighed softly, Yu Cangmiao cast a playful look at him.
"Senior brother, is this all you want to ask?"
"To be more precise, what you wanted to tell me should have been pretty much said."
Deliberately pointing out the line of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, Yu Cangmiao actually hopes that Qin Fan will get in touch with certain forces outside the world through the big shopkeeper. Although the two have serious differences on the issue of life and death that Yu ignores, the general direction is
Changeless.
Therefore, in Yu Cangmiao's view, since the outcome was almost clear, he didn't mind giving Qin Fan some compensation in terms of information.
After all, this is also beneficial to Yu Cangmiao.
He didn't care how big a fuss Qin Fan would make after reaching certain conditions with the forces outside the world. Even if a hole was made in the world of mountains and seas, he would not move an eyebrow because his heart was always on the outside world.
Seeing Yu Cangmiao suddenly fall into silence, Qin Fan took the initiative and said:
"Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"How much do you know about that person?"
"Who?"
"The one from Wuyou Villa."
"what do you want to say in the end?"
"As far as I know, that person has a very close relationship with the Empress Dowager in private, and in the Huanghuang lineage, except for that idiot Luo Ruomei, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager all have their own tasks.
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Qin Fan raised his eyebrows. He knew that Qin Zun and the Empress Dowager were old acquaintances. It was with the help of this relationship that he was able to mobilize the power of the red robe army and kill his first enemy, who was before him.
The owner of Wuyou Villa, Lin Shu.
Later, on the eve of the establishment of the ghost market, Yuhuang Xin arrived in Xuanyang Territory to deliver a message to Qin Zun on behalf of the Empress Dowager. (See Chapter 266 for some details.)
What he doesn't know now is whether Qin Zun and the Empress Dowager met before coming to the Shanhai Realm or after arriving at the Shanhai Realm.
If it's the latter, it doesn't matter. If it's the former, we have to recalculate the hidden strength of the Phoenix Guard lineage.
However, one thing that made Qin Fan more concerned was that the Empress Dowager once wrote a letter to herself, who was inconspicuous at the time, saying that all the favors she owed would be counted on Qin Zun, and she did not have to worry about dealing with the Huanghuang lineage.
her existence.
Then after he told Qin Zun about the matter, the old man's expression was quite wonderful, just like a scumbag who put on his pants and refused to admit his fault.
(See Chapter 258 for some details)
Nowadays, the two old people do not exchange any letters on the surface, but that is because Qin Fan gave a sound transmission token to the Empress Dowager early, which contained a spiritual imprint that could contact Qin Zun.
"Is this mission to monitor Emperor Xuan?"
Yu Cangmiao remained silent, but to Qin Fan, this silence was equivalent to an answer.
"It seems that you owe Emperor Xuan a lot for this action. Although he is also one of the Seven Feathers, I guess you don't have the power under his command in your trump card."
"So sure?"
"That's it for sure. In addition, he should have been deliberately lured into the situation by you. You first used Jade Ignorance to kill Jade Rakshasa, and then used me to destroy Yu Ignorance. At the same time, you were also preparing to use his power to step into this battle that had to be dealt with.
It’s in my plan, right?”
Seeing Qin Fan pointing at Bi Poqiong, who was completely out of state, Yu Cangmiao raised her eyebrows slightly and said.
"You have seen his condition, what can I do to seduce him?"
Qin Fan said in a deep voice: "Desperate Pawn Shop."
Everyone else present was confused, but Yu Cangmiao understood the special abilities of the two people he was referring to.
On this road, Yu Cangmiao has gone further than Qin Fan. Since Qin Fan can help the fateful body point out a way to survive, Yu Cangmiao can also forge bonds for those who are lost.
It just so happens that Bi Poqiong, who has lost all emotions now, should be in great need of this kind of restraint.
After all, everyone present can feel that Bi Po Qiong is no longer a person. Maybe a year from now, a month from now, or even tomorrow, his consciousness will turn into nothingness, and what kind of monster he will evolve into after that.
, no one knows.
Because of this, Qin Fan guessed that Yu Cangmiao was using his own power of cause and effect to help Bi Po Qiong regain the feeling of truly living in exchange for him standing in front of the stage to complete this arrangement.
And given Bi Po Qiong's situation, he is very suitable to be such a tool man.
However, because of this state, Bi Poqiong, the tool man, was not completely controlled by Yu Cangmiao.
Yu Cangmiao did not continue this topic. He just threw the white pieces in his hand into the chess jar, looked at the unfinished chess game on the chess board and said:
"If you think about it carefully, it seems that you and I have never finished the game of chess completely."
"That's fine. After all, the real outcome is never on the chessboard." Qin Fan flicked his fingers, and the sunspot he was playing with fell into the chess pot.
And Yu Cangmiao sighed and said:
"Do you really want to take action? In fact, I really don't want to fight with my senior brother. Once blood is shed, the situation will be really difficult to clean up."
"Then will you give up Jade and ignore it?"
Yu Cangmiao suddenly became solemn and said in an increasingly cold voice:
"Qin Fan, you will regret it."
Qin Fan smiled gently and said:
"Junior brother, don't forget that I am your senior brother. In the absence of the teacher, I have an obligation to let the junior brother know clearly that your senior brother will always be your senior brother."