In a large city, there was one of the largest trading firms.
Its name was the Four Seas Trading Firm.
It was the largest trading firm on Firmament Star. Its businesses covered the Four Domains and even the Outer Seas, and its wealth was comparable to that of a nation.
The Four Seas Trading Firm was Chu Kuangren's target this time.
The Four Seas Trading Firm.
Chu Kuangren arrived at the place. As soon as he entered, he was greeted with a sense of splendor. This trading firm was decorated with gold and jade, and the richly ornamented beams and rafters were even more luxurious than many royal palaces.
"Fellow Daoist, may I know what brings you here?"
A receptionist walked up to him.
"I'm looking for your manager," Chu Kuangren said without hesitation.
Upon hearing that, the receptionist was stunned for a moment. He then sized Chu Kuangren up. Although his face was covered by the spiritual aura, his temperament was extraordinary. He must be an extraordinary person.
The receptionist thought like this, and then said, "Please wait a moment, I'll go inform the shopkeeper."
Not long after, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe walked over.
"Fellow Daoist, may I know what business you wish to discuss with me?" The middle-aged man smiled warmly at Chu Kuangren.
Upon seeing him, Chu Kuangren's eyes flashed with disappointment. "You must be the manager of this branch, right? That's fine too. You should have a way to contact the head manager of your main branch, right?"
"The head manager of the main branch?" The middle-aged man was shocked. This person was here to look for the head manager.
However, the Four Seas Trading Firm's head manager was a mystery, and his identity was a mystery. Not many people could see him.
Although the branch manager of the Four Seas Trading Firm had a way to contact him, it was extremely difficult to meet him.
"Why are you looking for our head manager?"
"To discuss a business deal with him."
"Heh, you must be joking. Our head manager has never discussed business with anyone personally. Besides, if it's a business deal of less than a hundred million soulstones, our branch can handle it without the head manager's involvement."
The middle-aged man smiled and said confidently.
However, when he saw the spiritual aura on Chu Kuangren's face disappear, his expression froze, and then he was dumbfounded.
"Just tell him that I, Chu Kuangren, am here to discuss business with him and ask if he wants to come," Chu Kuangren said.
The middle-aged man, the busy attendants around him, and the guests were all stunned as they stared at Chu Kuangren.
"I will definitely pass on Sect Master Chu's words to the head shopkeeper. Please wait for a moment." The middle-aged man quickly regained his senses and said hurriedly. He would never have thought that Chu Kuangren would be the one to discuss business with him.
When the middle-aged man recalled Chu Kuangren's past deeds and his infamous reputation, he could not help but tremble in fear.
How could this be business? If it was not handled properly, it would be a matter of life and death!
The middle-aged man quickly contacted the head manager of the main branch, Qian Fugui. Not long after, Qian Fugui responded.
"Take good care of Sect Leader Chu. Tell him I'll be there tomorrow."
"Yes, yes."
The middle-aged man did not dare to delay any further. He quickly arranged for the best guest room and the prettiest maid for Chu Kuangren …
The next day.
Qian Fugui came.
What surprised Chu Kuangren the most was the fact that he was accompanied by another person. It was an old man whom Chu Kuangren had met once before.
"Shopkeeper Qian and Senior Destiny, how have you been?"
Chu Kuangren smiled at the two people in front of him.
That was right. Besides Qian Fugui, the world's number one Divine Predictor whom Chu Kuangren had met before … Divine Predictor!
"Junior Chu, you're even better than before."
Divine Predictor smiled.
The few of them sat together.
"Why is Senior Destiny with Shopkeeper Qian?"
Chu Kuangren asked curiously.
"I don't have any traveling expenses left, so I bumped into Shopkeeper Qian on the way here. That's why I'm here to freeload off him." Divine Predictor did not seem to care about his image as an expert.
Qian Fugui, who was beside him, was not displeased. Instead, he looked extremely honored. After all, not everyone could freeload off the world's number one Divine Predictor.
Many people did not even have the right to freeload off him.
"By the way, Sect Leader Chu, what business do you want to discuss with me?"
"I want to purchase two items. One is the Cloudflow ore, and the other is the Celestial Chalcedony. The Cloudflow ore is worth ten million kilograms, and the Celestial Chalcedony is fine. I don't need a lot of it, but the quality must be high."
Chu Kuangren listed out the two key materials needed to set up the Astonishing Cloud of Seas Formation, especially the latter.
"Although the Cloudflow ore is a lot, it's not a problem. However, the Celestial Chalcedony is too rare, and the ones that can be found are all low-tier ones. I'm afraid this will be difficult," Shopkeeper Qian said.
Chu Kuangren frowned at that.
He knew that the Celestial Chalcedony was rare, but he did not expect that even the Four Seas Firm, which had businesses all over the Four Domains and the Outer Seas, would find it difficult.
"I know a place that can produce a large amount of Celestial Chalcedony of excellent quality," Tian Jizi said at that moment.
Chu Kuangren's eyes lit up. "Where?"
"The Ethereal Rapture!"
"The Ethereal Rapture, an unknown place?"
Chu Kuangren guessed after some thought.
"That's right. However, very few people know where the Ethereal Rapture is. Even I can't pinpoint its location. If you want to find the Ethereal Rapture, you'll have to look for the current empyrean walker there."
"Where should I look?"
"The Empyrean Peak!"
Divine Predictor smiled. "The empyrean walker of the Nine Cloud Rapture, Ling Xiao, has set up an arena at the Empyrean Peak to challenge all empyrean walkers. This event will surely attract the attention of the empyrean walkers of the Ethereal Rapture."
"You'll find something wherever you go."
"Understood."
Chu Kuangren nodded and handed over the matter of purchasing the Cloudflow ore to Qian Fugui while he went to look for the empyrean walkers of the Ethereal Rapture.
Before he left, he took out the mysterious Jade Amulet that he had obtained from Yuan Wudao and asked Divine Predictor, "Senior, do you know what this is?"
Divine Predictor's eyes lit up when he saw the Jade Amulet. "Oh, this is the Qian Imperial Palace's Jade Amulet. Where did you get it from?"
"Senior, you do know about this item. I wonder if you can tell me more about it?" Chu Kuangren asked.
"The Qian Emperor was the last Emperor of the ancient times. Rumor has it that he left behind an Imperial Palace when he fell, and it contains all the treasures and Emperor's Enlightenment that he had collected throughout his life."
"To open and enter the Imperial Palace, you'll need eight Jade Amulets, and the one in your hand is one of them," Divine Predictor said.
"I see. This Jade Amulet is indeed a great Opportunity of Fortune. However, there are only a few records about the Qian Emperor. Why are there no records about the Imperial Palace at all?" Chu Kuangren was puzzled.
"That's because they've all been erased by the unknown lands."
Tian Jizi said indifferently, "There has always been a saying in the Unknown Lands that the Emperors didn't actually die. They went to another place, and before they left, they left behind their legacies, waiting for a certain time to come and reappear in the world."
"In order to monopolize these Emperors' inheritance, the unknown lands joined forces to erase all records about the Emperors so that they could monopolize them and wait for the Emperors' inheritance to reappear."
"This act is known by the Phantom Valley as burning books and hiding emperors!"
Divine Predictor's eyes flashed with mockery.
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