Outside the City Governor's Estate, more than 10 major forces from Xiangnan had basically sent people over. Among them, the Mo Clan of Cang Lan Valley, Li Fire Cult, Nine Radiance Sword Sect, and Qianji Divine Blade Sect were the leaders.
The four of them had coveted Merchant Mountain City back then, but their plans were thwarted by Su Xin. In the end, they were even schemed against by Yan Huangjiu before his death.
Later on, Yan Huangjiu died, but they realized that Merchant Mountain City was even more difficult to deal with. Therefore, they basically did not dare to offend Merchant Mountain City for the past 10 years.
However, they now had the backing of the White Lotus Sect. Yesterday, the White Lotus Sect had even said that Merchant Mountain City's strongest combat power, Daoist Qian, had been heavily injured and had even lost his combat power. If they did not act now, then when would they act?
Yan Qingxue pushed open the door and saw more than 10 Soul Transformation Realm martial artists before her and dozens of Merchant Mountain City disciples lying by her feet.
Yan Qingxue frowned and said, "Everyone, what is the meaning of this?"
A Soul Transformation Realm martial artist from the Mo Clan of Cang Lan Valley stretched out his hand and threw the heavily injured and unconscious Lie Zizhong in front of Yan Qingxue. He sneered and said, "Don't you know what we mean? Daoist Qian is already heavily injured, and your Merchant Mountain City still wants to put on an act?
10 days. We will only give you 10 days. Hand over all the trade routes and power of Merchant Mountain City within 10 days. Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless! "
With that, the other sects of Xiangnan all left.
Yan Qingxue was silent for a moment before she said, "Bring the injured to recuperate first. We'll talk about other things later."
Although Yan Qingxue said that they would talk about things later, the current situation could not be easily resolved. Unless Daoist Qian's injuries were suddenly healed or a Yang God Realm powerhouse could help them, it was simply an unsolvable predicament when facing the threat of all the forces in the entire Jiangnan Path.
Although Merchant Mountain City had a wide network of people in the entire Xiangnan Path, the strongest among them were only a few Soul Transformation Realm martial artists.
Perhaps their strength was usually very terrifying, but now that more than 10 major forces in the entire Xiangnan Path had joined forces to threaten Merchant Mountain City, it was useless even if Merchant Mountain City called them over. On the contrary, it would only implicate them.
Moreover, the development of the matter was even worse than Yan Qingxue had imagined.
Yesterday, all the big sects of Xiangnan Path had joined forces to threaten Merchant Mountain City in front of everyone. This also made the people in Merchant Mountain City aware of the crisis it was in.
Most of the people living in Merchant Mountain City were merchants and rogue cultivators. Perhaps some of them were grateful to Merchant Mountain City, but most of them knew how to seek benefits and avoid harm. At this time, staying in Merchant Mountain City was simply courting death.
After all, swords don't have eyes. If the major sects of the Xiangnan region were to start a war with the Merchant Mountain City, they would be in trouble.
Therefore, in just two short days, at least 60% of the people in Merchant Mountain City had disappeared. Moreover, people were blindly following orders, so the number of people was still increasing.
At the sight of this, the maidservant Lü Li scolded angrily, "Ingrate! What a bunch of ingrates!
When our Merchant Mountain City was at its peak, they shamelessly wanted to enter. Now that our Merchant Mountain City is in trouble, they run away faster than rabbits! "
Yan Qingxue sighed, "Alright, Lü Li, stop scolding. They have their own difficulties."
Lü Li stopped, but at this time, she suddenly said, "Miss, didn't Young Master Meng give you a brocade pouch back then? He told you to open it during a time of crisis. Our Merchant Mountain City is now in a critical moment of life and death. If we don't use it now, when will we use it? "
Hearing Lü Li mention the brocade pouch, Yan Qingxue immediately hesitated.
Back then, Meng Qingze had indeed given her a brocade pouch, but Yan Qingxue had never used it. It should be said that she didn't dare to use it.
Keeping the brocade pouch would give her some hope, but if she used it and no one appeared, it would prove that it was all a scam. This was something Yan Qingxue couldn't accept.
Therefore, whether it was a hope or a lie, Yan Qingxue had never planned on using the brocade pouch all these years.
Hearing Lü Li's words, Yan Qingxue began to waver.
Taking out the brocade pouch that Su Xin had given her in the past, Yan Qingxue held it tightly in her hand and thought to herself, "Never mind, whether it's real or fake, this matter needs to be resolved."
Opening the brocade pouch, there were only two pieces of paper inside.
One of the pieces of paper was for Yan Qingxue to go to a place at the west gate of Merchant Mountain City, take out a green brick, and put the other piece of paper inside.
The other piece of paper had some strange contents written on it. Yan Qingxue could recognize every single word, but when put together, it didn't make sense.
The moment Yan Qingxue saw the brocade pouch, she could immediately confirm that Meng Qingze, who she had always remembered, was indeed not a simple person. The things in the brocade pouch were obviously hidden in the dark. Moreover, there were people of the other party in the Merchant Mountain City.
However, Yan Qingxue still followed the instructions on the brocade pouch. For safety's sake, she especially ordered Uncle Liang, whom she had absolute trust in, to do it.
When night fell, a Six Fan School wanted secret agent came to the west gate and carefully removed the green brick, taking out the secret letter inside.
Although the Six Fan School was weak in the Xiangnan region, at least they had a few people stationed there.
Especially now that Merchant Mountain City had become a famous big city in the Xiangnan region, the Six Fan School naturally had a lot of secret agents stationed here. Every day, there would be news coming in.
When the secret agent received the news, he thought it was an ordinary piece of information. However, when he read the news, his expression immediately changed.
The content of the secret letter was very ordinary. In fact, it was just one sentence: "There is a change in Merchant Mountain City."
However, it was signed off that it was to be handed over to Su Xin.
For the people of the Six Fan School, others might not recognize it, but Su Xin and the others had to recognize it.
He was the strongest person that came out of the Six Fan School, and could even be compared to the 'Divine Eagle' Tie Ao.
Although Su Xin had officially broken off relations with the imperial court and was not even a member of the Six Fan School, this did not change the admiration and yearning for Su Xin among the martial artists of the Six Fan School.
After all, for most of the martial artists of the Six Fan School, they still hoped that they could be like Su Xin, relying on their own ability to rise from the Six Fan School and eventually become a giant that dominated the Jianghu.
Therefore, the moment he received the secret letter, the martial artist immediately reported it to the chief constable of the Xiangnan region, Fang Xianlong, as the top secret.
Because the Sanxiang region was very weak, the chief constables of the Six Fan School in the Sanxiang region were also relatively weak.
Some of the stronger chief constables of the Dao Yi Dao were even at the Harmonious Divine Realm at the very least. They also needed to be accompanied by several deputy chief constables in the Divine Transformation Realm. However, the Sanxiang region sometimes could not even find a chief constable in the Divine Transformation Realm.
For example, Tie Wuqing of the Tie family used to be the chief constable of the Xiangnan region with the strength of the Innate Divinity Realm. This position was purely used by the Tie family for him to gain experience.
However, now that the Six Fan School had become the sole authority of the Tie family, the so-called gaining experience was naturally no longer needed. Therefore, the Xiangnan region had changed from a place for gaining experience to a place for retirement.
Although Fang Xianlong also had the strength of the Divine Transformation Realm, his reputation in the Six Fan School was very small. There was nothing special about him. The only special thing about him was that he was very old and very experienced. He was a martial artist who joined the Six Fan School when the Zhou Kingdom had just been established. He could be considered as one of the oldest people in the Six Fan School.
However, his strength was mediocre, and his experience was also very mediocre. It was difficult for him to take on a big role in the Six Fan School. Therefore, when he entered his twilight years, he was thrown to the Xiangnan region to retire.
Anyway, the strength of this place was so weak that those sects could not do anything. Moreover, even if they did cause trouble, Fang Xianlong was too lazy to care. He was also very comfortable as the chief constable of the Xiangnan region.
Of course, in reality, Fang Xianlong was also suspected of abandoning himself to despair and dereliction of duty.
The White Lotus Sect had already gone too far in the Xiangnan region, but the Six Fan School had not noticed it. This was somewhat unreasonable.
One of the most important duties of the Six Fan School was to monitor the major sects. Normally, as the chief constable, Fang Xianlong should have sent his constables to the major sects to investigate the news. In this way, as long as there was any movement in the major sects, the Six Fan School would immediately know.
Now that the White Lotus Sect was so blatant, the Six Fan School could easily find out.
However, who would have thought that after Fang Xianlong took over as the chief constable of the Xiangnan region, he would find it troublesome and withdraw all these people. As a result, the Six Fan School was now almost blind in the Xiangnan region. They could only see things on the surface, but they could not see things in the dark at all.
When the secret agent sent the news, Fang Xianlong was also stunned. He did not expect that there would be something related to Su Xin in the Xiangnan region.
However, after thinking for a while, Fang Xianlong suddenly said, "Destroy the secret letter for me. Pretend that you have never seen this thing."
The secret agent was stunned. He did not expect Fang Xianlong to do this.
Actually, Fang Xianlong's motive was very simple. He had no enmity with Su Xin. Even with his strength and status, he did not have the qualifications to become enemies with Su Xin. However, he really did not dare to get involved in this matter.
Although Su Xin used to be a high-ranking member of the Six Fan School, now that Su Xin had shed all pretenses with the imperial court, if he were to flirt with Su Xin and help him pass the message, even if the Six Fan School did not punish him, would the imperial court blame him?
Fang Xianlong was only here to retire. He did not want to cause so much trouble. Therefore, Fang Xianlong might as well go all out and pretend that he had never seen this thing.
Seeing that the secret agent did not move, Fang Xianlong could not help but frown, "Why? Did you not hear what I said?"
The secret agent was stunned. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I will do as you say."
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