To the north of the Azure Mountain Range was a vast flatland.
This place was rich in resources, especially a type of crystal that could be used to create high-level puppets.
The flatland was much wider than the Azure Mountain Range, and it was also much more dangerous. There were many factions on the flatland, including countries, neutral cities, and tribes of various races.
However, these factions did not fight endlessly. At the center of the flatland, in the territory with the most resources, there was a dominating faction — the Seven Luminaries Federation.
The federation was formed by the seven Luminaries Clans. It had a vast territory and countless experts. It could be ranked among all the factions on the continent.
"Elder, we've found out! 'Treasure Gathering Pavilion' is backed by the Grand Dao Sect! "
"How did you find out?"
The elder was from the Red Luminaries Clan. His entire body seemed to be wrapped in a red halo, and within the halo was a moving white luminous object.
Luminous objects were the core of the seven Luminaries Clans, and also their weakness. However, after cultivating to the Unity realm, this weakness no longer existed.
The one reporting was also a member of the Red Luminaries Clan. Compared to the elder, the number of halos on his body and the brightness of the white luminous object were much inferior.
The luminous object of the Red Luminaries Clan flickered, and his voice came from within, "Oh, it's because the Grand Dao City issued missions, and the rewards of those missions are the products of the 'Treasure Gathering Pavilion'.
Oh, right, we also purposely completed a few missions and exchanged for a puppet at the peak of the Awakening realm. After careful comparison, we confirmed that it's a puppet from the 'Treasure Gathering Pavilion'. "
The Red Luminaries Clan's halo dimmed, as if they were bashful or waiting for praise.
After all, they were serious in their work, and even purposely completed missions to exchange for puppets. They only reported to the elder after confirming that there was no mistake.
"How many days ago did the Grand Dao City issue missions?" The elder asked.
"Oh, it was eight days ago."
"It's been eight days! You're only telling me something that everyone knows now? You even completed the missions for the Grand Dao Sect? How professional!! "
The red halo on the elder's body illuminated the surrounding several kilometers. The Red Luminaries Clan was enveloped in a wave of aura and were sent flying.
He felt very wronged.
After venting for a while, the red halo that almost illuminated the sky gradually dimmed.
…
Seven Luminaries Federation's central city, Seven Luminaries City.
The elders of the Red Luminescence Clan, the Green Luminescence Clan, the Orange Luminescence Clan and the rest of the seven Luminescence Clans met in Seven Luminescence City.
"The rise of the Human Race's Great Path Sect has a huge impact on our Federation of Seven Luminaries," said the Grand Elder of the Celestial Light Clan.
"There haven't been any decent forces in the Azure Mountain Range. Although it wasn't our Seven Luminaries Federation's territory, it only took a single word to influence one of the forces.
There are over a hundred million humans living in the cities of the Federation of Seven Luminaries. Although they are weak, they are very talented in production. Now that more than half of them have moved away, some of our industries have been greatly affected. "
But these only affected the lower levels of their ruling structure.
Celestial Light Grand Minister continued, "What's more serious is that the existence of the Dao City's teleportation array has a huge impact on the few teleportation points of our Seven Luminaries Federation.
The teleportation array of the Dao City can lead to even more regions and even to the west coast of the continent, which is adjacent to the port of the Endless Ocean. Since the Great Path Sect is our neighbour, a single teleportation fee is only one third of ours. In just a few short months, the revenue of our Seven Luminaries Federation's teleportation array has dropped by three fifths. "
Celestial Light Grand Minister paused for a moment before continuing, "The quality of the puppets produced by" Treasure Gathering Pavilion "is not any worse than ours. The impact on the puppets in Seven Luminaries City is also not small."
This piece of plains was rich in crystals used to create high quality puppets and their Seven Luminaries Federation was the force that was best at creating puppets in the continent.
The puppets created by their hands, no matter if it was battle power or the intelligence of the puppets, they were all perfect — — whereas ordinary puppets could only be controlled by puppet masters, which was a level lower than the puppets in Seven Luminaries Federation.
However, Celestial Light Grand Minister had to admit that the puppets produced by "Treasure Gathering Pavilion" were not inferior to their own in all aspects, and were even more outstanding.
It was because their puppets business was mainly sold to many forces on the continent and the scattered cultivators only took up a small portion of it, so the impact wasn't huge for now.
After Celestial Light Grand Minister finished speaking, the Seven Luminaries Clan's Grand Ministers all went silent for a moment.
They knew that the rise of the human race's Great Dao Sect had a huge impact on the Seven Luminaries Federation but there were still some Grand Ministers who only cared about cultivating who were extremely shocked as the glow on their bodies kept on changing.
"We can't go on like this, we must take measures!" Red Luminaries Grand Minister turned his head and asked one of his clansmen, "How many" Treasure Gathering Pavilion "branches are there in our Seven Luminaries Federation?"
That clansman replied, "There's a total of eight branches and other than Seven Luminaries City, the other seven branches are located in the main cities of our Luminaries Clan. Every day, there are many outsiders who rush to the main cities just to purchase the goods from" Treasure Gathering Pavilion "."
"Various Grand Ministers, why don't we …." Red Luminaries Clan's clansman gestured, "There are eight" Treasure Gathering Pavilion "branches in our Seven Luminaries Federation. Even if they have a teleportation array, as long as we move fast enough …. Not only will we be able to attack the Great Dao Sect, we will also be able to obtain the countless treasures in" Treasure Gathering Pavilion "."
When Red Luminaries Clan's clansman said that, many of the Seven Luminaries Clan's clansmen including some Grand Ministers were tempted.
Red Luminaries Grand Minister also coveted the countless godly weapons in "Treasure Gathering Pavilion" as well as those top-notch puppets.
As long as there were enough top-notch puppets for him to dismantle, with his puppet-making skills, it wouldn't be a problem for him to crack them.
However, Red Luminaries Grand Minister still refused, "It's easy to take down" Treasure Gathering Pavilion ", but it will ruin the reputation of our Seven Luminaries Federation. In the future, which force would dare to do business in our Federation?"
"However …" Red Luminaries Grand Minister's tone changed, "It's easy to find some reason to destroy" Treasure Gathering Pavilion "'s business and restrict their development. No matter what, we cannot allow mere humans to behave atrociously in our territory."
The Grand Ministers of the Seven Luminaries Clan were filled with righteous indignation.
If the human race's Great Dao Sect affected their interests, they wouldn't have enough cultivation resources. It was very likely that they wouldn't be able to break through to the Saint rank before the end of their lifespans!
— — Even if they didn't have the possibility of breaking through to the Saint rank in the first place.
Some radicals even wanted to start a war with the Great Dao Sect to show off their Seven Luminaries Federation's muscles.
However, there were still some rational people.
The Grand Minister of the Green Luminaries Clan spoke, "It's not appropriate to start a war. Look at the war between the Cliff Heart Empire and the Eight Great Kingdoms in the west. The Cliff Heart Empire lost three-quarters of its territory, and even some God Realm experts died. Although the Eight Great Kingdoms had the upper hand, their losses were not small either.
After all, there are top-notch God Realm experts in the Great Dao Sect. If we start a war, we'll all be at risk of dying. "
That's right!
Many of the Grand Ministers finally realized that the Great Dao Sect's high-end combat strength was not inferior to theirs. Originally, the Grand Ministers had high positions and could have anything they wanted. Why would they need to fight with the Great Dao Sect? If they died, they would lose everything!
"Idiots, they're already riding on our heads. How can we pretend we don't see it!"
One of the Red Luminaries Clan's Grand Ministers said angrily, "Moreover, the Great Dao Sect has lowered the teleportation formation fees. They've not only offended one top-notch force in the Seven Luminaries Federation, but almost all the top-notch forces on the continent have been offended.
Factions like the Cliff Heart Empire, Spar City, and Wenting Valley are currently embroiled in the vortex of war, but top-notch forces like White City and the Green Hill Foxes are still free. We can join forces with these forces and punish the Great Dao Sect of the humans! "
Grand Minister Green Luminaries, who was shrouded in a green halo, could not say a word and could only sulk.
In the Seven Luminaries Federation's highest meeting, resolutions against the Great Dao Sect were passed one after another. Countless orders were issued, and the behemoth that was the Seven Luminaries Federation was gradually operating.
Seeing this, an indescribable glint flashed in the eyes of the unnamed Grand Minister of the Red Luminaries Clan.
…
The Great Dao Calendar, first year, fifth month.
The Seven Luminaries Federation immediately introduced many measures to restrict people from leaving the country. They did not specifically target the humans, but as a top-notch force on the continent, only outsiders would beg to enter. For now, only humans would leave.
This measure frightened many high-ranking human Awakened and Ethereal Treading experts who wanted to leave.
They did not have the ability to slip away under the Federation's nose.
The next month.
On the plains north of the Azure Mountains, many small and medium-sized forces responded to the Seven Luminaries Federation's measures.
For a time, the growth of the Great Dao City's population slowed.
Year 1, July.
The human tribe that had always been in the Azure Mountains was attacked by an unknown force while they were moving towards the Great Dao Sect. Only a dozen or so people from the tribe escaped.
Year 1, August.
The eight Jubao Pavilion branches in the Seven Luminaries Federation moved away one after another.
"Hahaha, human cowards!"
Grand Minister Red Luminaries drank his immortal brew to vent his anger, "It's a pity that Jubao Pavilion retreated too quickly and did not get those top-notch puppets."
He turned around and asked his clansmen, "What's the reaction from the Great Dao Sect?"
"The Great Dao Sect's outer sect Elder Yan is still in seclusion. Our people cannot enter the sect, and no one has come out either. Other than a few outer sect deacons coming in and out occasionally, the entire sect seems to be sealed."
Grand Minister Red Luminaries sneered.
Only retreating now? It was too late.
"That mixed beast-human team has returned, right? Give each of them 10,000 high-purity origin crystals. "
"Err …" The Red Luminaries thought for a while, "I don't think there's any news from them."
"There are many beasts in the Azure Mountains. They might have encountered some Unity realm beasts. Whatever, let them see me when they return."
…
The next month, September of the first year.
The Red Luminaries hurried into the Grand Minister's residence.
"Lord Grand Minister, there's news of the mixed beast-human team."
"Oh?"
Grand Minister Red Luminaries sipped his immortal brew and said indifferently.
"That … that team of beast-humans are all dead!"
Grand Minister Red Luminaries' halo stopped flickering.
"It was done by the Great Dao Sect's elder?"
And it had to be an inner sect elder. The outer sect elder was only at the Unity realm, and the team I secretly trained has five beast-humans at the Unity realm. Among them, Beast One is at the peak of the Unity realm, only a step away from the God realm.
Although it was just a guess, Grand Minister Red Luminaries was certain.
The Great Dao Sect had many top-notch experts, but their mid-level combat strength seemed to be limited … and those talented human geniuses would need at least a thousand years to grow up.
"Err …" Grand Minister Red Luminaries shook his head again.
"It seems like … a few forces have accepted the mission of 'subjugating Beast One's team' in the Great Dao City. Furthermore, according to this subordinate's investigation, one of them is a force that punished the Great Dao Sect along with our Seven Luminaries Federation."
Grand Minister Red Luminaries, "???"
…
October of the first year.
The Supreme Council of the Federation of Seven Lights convened once again.
The Cabinet Elders discussed a new strategy, and at the same time, they planned to invite the top forces like White Town to participate in the game.
In the same month.
Incidents of hundreds of humans disappearing mysteriously appeared in Seven Planets City, a few major cities, and other large cities.
Dozens of such occurrences happened on the same day. The Seven Luminaries Clans sent out Void Treading Realm experts to watch over these ordinary humans, but they still disappeared into thin air right before their eyes.
The Great Minister of Red Obsidian lost his temper in the Supreme Council, and the Great Minister of Green Obsidian tried to calm him down but to no avail.
November of the first year of the lunar calendar.
The elders of the seven Luminaries Clans had noticed that the number of foreign experts had dropped drastically recently, and the taxes collected by major cities like Seven Luminaries City had dropped by 30-50%.
"Investigate! Quickly investigate the reason!"
"The Big Dao Sect must be up to something!"
The target of their investigation was the Void Treading realm, which was the main group.
In just two days, the results of the investigation were presented to them.
Red Radiant Grand Pavilion Elder's Psychic Energy quickly swept across.
[There is no Treasure Gathering Pavilion in Seven Planets City? I won't come next time.]
[What kind of trash puppets are they selling in Seven Planets City? Is there not a single puppet that can compare to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion in terms of quality? You're making people think that the gifts I give out are inferior products!]
[I ran all over Red Luminaries City and only managed to buy two Divine Weapons?? (question mark face), and the price is even 50% higher than the Treasure Gathering Pavilion …]
[I used to think that Seven Planets City was one of the most prosperous cities on the continent. Now that I look at it, there is not even a Treasure Gathering Pavilion branch. This is a backward countryside!]
[I shouldn't have thought that I could buy Treasure Gathering Pavilion products in Seven Planets Federation. Forget it, I'll sell all the real estate in the federation and develop in the Big Dao Sect from now on. If I wait too long, the property prices there might rise again!]
Red Luminaries Grand Minister was dumbfounded!
Destroying the Treasure Gathering Pavilion's business, forcing them to retreat, and then restoring their puppet business … Wasn't this a strategic victory?!
How …
This wasn't going according to the script!
Green Luminaries Grand Minister looked at him with a dark green expression.
Red Luminaries Grand Minister hurriedly tried to salvage the situation. "Schemes are all fake. Only strength matters. I've already contacted White City and many other forces. As long as we can negotiate with them and deal with the Big Dao Sect together, then …"
…
December of the first year.
Red Luminaries, Orange Luminaries, and other powerhouses headed to White City to meet with the Light Feather Clan's God Realm experts.
On the same day.
Heavenly music played as the Light Feather Clan's God Realm experts descended from Cloud City on a flying boat.
Red Luminaries Grand Minister felt that the flying boat looked a little familiar.
Wasn't it a product of the Treasure Gathering Pavilion?!
…
Nine Dragons Mountain, Big Dao Sect.
Tang Yu had been in seclusion for a while, refining the Source Extract Crystal to improve his origin.
The improvement of the origin was shared by all his clones. Each clone's origin became stronger, and he could also condense more clones.
When he was about to return to Tree Shade and start his great business of creating clones …
"What? More than half of the real estate in Big Dao Sect was sold? Even after continuously raising the price, it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of those Void Treading or Unity realms? What happened? "
Great Sect Leader Tang was a little confused at this moment.
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