Zhou Bao seemed to have become idle overnight. When he was free, he would play with his children in the Inner Yard, do some exercises with Yan Yunfei, and practice boxing when he was in the mood. Sometimes, even he himself felt that he had become a retired person.
But in fact?
For three months, he spent most of his time hiding in the Sea of Divine Power, practicing his Mysterious Divine Light and honing his punching skills. At the same time, he began to pay attention to everything that happened in the Azure Secret World.
He could not help but pay attention to it!
Ever since Mysterious Turtle Sage told him the secret of the Infinite Star Sea, Zhou Bao had been suspecting that the 99 Emperors of antiquity times each suppressed a Primordial Demon. Could the Primordial Demon suppressed by the Emperor of the Azure Heaven have something to do with the Azure Heaven?
Although this was unlikely, because there was a Void Map in the forbidden place of each Primordial Demon, what if the Emperor of the Azure Heaven went crazy?
The Primordial Demon had the power to destroy heaven and earth, but it was also full of treasures. If there was a way to refine them completely, it would bring unspeakable benefits. If the Emperor of the Azure Heaven really wanted to do this, it was not impossible for him to establish some relationship between the Azure Heaven, one of the 33 Heavens, and the sealed place.
Therefore, during these three months, Zhou Bao took advantage of the Wheel of Time, which was much longer in the outside world than in the Azure Heaven. He took this opportunity to comb through the entire Azure Heaven. Although he found many mysteries, he was sure that they had nothing to do with the sealed Primordial Demon.
As for the abnormalities in the Azure Big World, Zhou Bao did not care about them. Now, the Azure Big World completely looked like a macro world. The True Fire of the Sun and the Qi of Yin had condensed into a sun and a moon, and the day and night had begun to alternate. Although it was only at the initial stage, the Essential Qi Tide had begun to weaken because of the replenishment of the Rules of the Great Ways. The living space of the creatures at the bottom of the food chain had greatly increased. Others had even developed spiritual wisdom in such an environment and began to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.
Most importantly, the endless resources and spiritual objects in Azure Heaven were all at his disposal. Although most of them were useless, it was a good choice to use them to strengthen the strength of his subordinates.
However, he did not dare to go too far. Although no one in the Azure Big World dared to question his behavior, the materials needed by his Wuyang Region were just a drop of water in the ocean for such a macro world. However, if he made it too obvious, he would not be able to hide it from those guys who had been watching him in the real world and would arouse suspicion. Although Zhou Bao did not care too much about this, it would be troublesome if it was spread out.
During these three months, due to the leakage of the prescriptions of the elixirs, the medicinal material market of the Jin began to experience a strange frenzy of panic buying. Both the big and small pharmacists made a fortune. Among them, the nine well-known families and, of course, the Anyuan Store were the most ferocious buyers.
In this panic buying of medicinal materials, Anyuan Store showed an almost terrifying financial strength. They bought up one-third of the medicinal materials used to refine two kinds of elixirs on the market. In addition, they also bought many medicinal materials that were not included in the prescriptions of the elixirs. However, no one cared about this situation.
Whether it was the nine well-known families or some martial arts sects, they did not dare to speak out against Anyuan Store's behavior. Although Anyuan Store was a business, after buying these medicinal materials, they did not sell them. Instead, they transported them by carts to the Wuyang Region through Wuyang Road. During the journey of hundreds of thousands of miles, the escorts were only a few experts and soldiers who had not reached Level Seven. However, no one dared to touch these medicinal materials that they coveted so much.
The Qin Family of South Mountains was a good example.
Just because they had sent a few couriers on the Wuyang Road, Zhou Bao, the madman, came knocking on their door and destroyed a well-known family that had been passed down for thousands of years. These influences were not as powerful as the Qin Family.
Of course, they did not know that Zhou Bao had been forced by the five biggest sects and the eight well-known families to be unable to intervene in worldly affairs. Otherwise, this matter might be repeated. As for those who knew that Zhou Bao was now restricted from intervening in worldly affairs, they did not dare to act rashly. The five biggest sects did not care about these things. But the eight well-known families, although rooted in the secular world, the most powerful people in their families were all Immortals. If they played tricks on them, Zhou Bao would not cause trouble for their families, but would challenge their Metaphysic Individual Immortals. Killing them would not be regarded as worldly affairs. At that time, it would be too late for them to cry.
A millennium-old family without an Individual Immortal did not have enough confidence to dominate the world. It could only be called a second-rate family. Therefore, none of the eight well-known families had the guts to make trouble behind their backs. They could only watch the convoy of Anyuan Store on Wuyang Road, as if there was no end.
In fact, even if they did not care about these things, they did not have the guts to start a fight on Wuyang Road, because there was a loophole in their agreement with Zhou Bao. In other words, Zhou Bao added a condition in order to strike a balance. That was, he would not intervene in worldly affairs, but if anyone offended Wuyang Region's territory, no matter what the reason was, he could take action. This was also an unspoken rule in every family. The Individual Immortal Patriarchs of a family usually did not interfere with the family's affairs, but once the family's goods were overturned and their nest was attacked by others, they could naturally take action. Otherwise, what was the use of having them?
In this regard, the five biggest sects had no objection. They only set a limit on the scope of Wuyang Region, which was the current jurisdiction of Wuyang Region. In the future, even if Zhou Bao's territory were to increase, it could only be based on the current scope. Otherwise, if Zhou Bao had a whim and wanted to be an emperor, he could attack everywhere. Wherever he conquered, he would be able to intervene in worldly affairs. If he conquered the entire Central Mainland Region, wouldn't he be able to intervene in anything in the Central Mainland Region?
Zhou Bao had no objection to this, but he included Wuyang Road, which was hundreds of thousands of miles long, in the scope of Wuyang Region. Although there was some debate about this, it was finally confirmed.
At that time, the emissaries of the eight families had no right to interrupt. If it were not for the five biggest sects, Zhou Bao would have driven them all out and only talked with the emissaries of the five biggest sects. Therefore, although the eight families participated in this historic meeting, they had no right to speak at all.
Even so, they did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction in their hearts. They were afraid that if they disobeyed Zhou Bao, he would turn against them and kill them on the spot.
How many Bone-Forging Pills and Pulse-Setting Pills could be refined from the carts of medicinal herbs sent to Wuyang Region? How many masters and experts could be produced?
No one could calculate it, because no one could calculate how many medicinal herbs Anyuan Store had obtained. It was precisely because of Anyuan Store's strong purchase and monopoly that competition in the market of medicinal herbs, which was already in short supply, increased exponentially. The killings also became more tragic. Until now, three months had passed, and there was no sign of it stopping. The eight big families could not bear it any longer and began to sit down to negotiate. These were all mundane affairs, so Zhou Bao did not pay much attention to them. As for the medicinal herbs that entered his territory, he did not care much about them. The prescriptions of the Bone-Forging Pill and the Pulse-Setting Pill had already been spread. It was not difficult to refine them. When he was still a child, he could refine them. With the current financial and material resources of Wuyang Region, there was no reason why he could not refine them, right?
After so many years, Wuyang Region had formed a complete management system and bureaucracy. No matter how big the matter was, as a prince, he did not need to ask about it. His subordinates handled everything well for him. What he needed to do was to assume the responsibility of protecting the territory at the critical moment. At the same time, he gave a general rule on how to use the elixirs. After all, the dynamics and direction of the entire Wuyang Region still needed Zhou Bao to grasp.
Although Zhou Bao was a little annoyed by this, he could not do anything about it.
The five years of Yongping passed in such a mess in the midst of chaos and clamor.
One day, Zhou Bao, who was in closed-door practice, was extremely bored. Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat. He felt his blood churning, as if something big had happened. He could not help but frown.
After nearly a year of practice, he almost broke through to the Blood-changing Realm. However, for some unknown reason, there seemed to be a thin membrane between the Blood-changing Realm and the Blood-changing Realm, which he could not break no matter how hard he tried. He could not help but feel a little anxious. Now, on a whim, he could not help but have a bad premonition. He did not have the ability to predict like those legendary experts, but it was not that there was no way. He immediately left the Sea of Divine Power and returned to Wuyang Region. He called Jiang Xiao over and asked him in detail what had happened in the world recently. Originally, he did not have much confidence, but this time, he really got the answer.
"You said that there are traces of the divine beast Kylin in the underground fire vein of Greensword Mountain in Sui Province?" Zhou Bao raised his eyebrows and glanced at Jiang Xiao. "Is the news true?"
"I really don't know, but this matter has already spread like wildfire. Even if it is not true, it is true. Tian Long Taoism and the Sect of Flame have already sent people there. The eight well-known families and the newly established School of Five Virtues also seem to have sent a lot of experts. As for Anyuan Store, I have also arranged for a few experts to go there, but only to let them see clearly and not to fight for it!"
"I see. You have done a good job. You can leave now!"
"Yes!" Zhou Bao called him out of the blue and dismissed him out of the blue. Although Jiang Xiao felt a little strange, he did not dare to disobey the order and bowed.
It was not that Zhou Bao had nothing to ask, but when he mentioned the divine beast Kylin, Zhou Bao clearly felt a strange message coming from his blood.
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I strongly recommend the new Xianxia novel Golden Gourd.
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