The Fourth Financial Crisis

Even in his wildest dreams, Liu Hanxing could not have imagined that as soon as they had formulated their next action plan, the specific contents of this plan were already placed intact on the desks of the big guys in the cultivation world in Haiya City.

Under Jiang Hua'an's personal auspices, the Haiya City Lord's Palace also temporarily convened a "3+1" closed-door meeting to focus on the next countermeasures. The protagonists of the meeting were naturally the three giants of the Haiya system, and provided key Yang Lu, the representative of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce of Intelligence.

After receiving the meeting notice from Jiang Hua'an, Yang Lu did not dare to delay for a moment, hurriedly said goodbye to Li Qingning, and rushed from the Qingning Chamber of Commerce headquarters to the City Lord's Mansion to attend the meeting.

This time he did not come empty-handed, but brought with him the Eternal Bonding Gu worm that he had purchased from Fei Fan at a high price of 200,000 spirit stone coins.

Back when he was on the battlefield outside the territory, Yang Lu relied on this Gu to coerce Ye Chen to do things for him. But this time the Haiya system encountered a crisis, this Gu once again became Yang Lu's strongest trump card.

According to the information provided by Yang Chenglong, the method used by Qiu Bufeng to break the ban required using formations to artificially amplify Ye Chen and the secret room's soul induction a hundred times, and then use Ye Chen's sixth sense to reversely sense the Haiya Archives Room specific location.

If the Haiya system is really desperate in the end, Yang Lu plans to use the bottom of the cauldron to forcefully control Ye Chen so that he has no time to mobilize his soul for induction.

This approach is simple and crude, but very effective.

If Fei Fan had known that the Gu worm in his hand was so powerful, that it could not only help Li Qingning pass on the battlefield outside the territory, but could even save the entire Haiya system at a critical moment, he would definitely regret it.

Yang Lu had no doubt that if Jiang Hua'an had the chance to buy this Gu insect with money, he would be willing to pay even 20 million spirit stone coins!

Although the Yongjie Tongxin Gu can completely defeat Liu Hanxing's conspiracy, Yang Lu would not want to use such insidious methods if it were not impossible. This is not because he has a good heart, but because this method can easily push the Qingning Chamber of Commerce away. Go to the front desk.

So far, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is only a business partner of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, and has not had any direct confrontation with the Wuliang Sword Sect. Even if Zhu Ziming once wanted to drag the Qingning Chamber of Commerce into the water, Yang Lu used clever tricks. Resolved easily.

After all, compared to the complex Haiya system, the foundation of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce is too thin. The Wuliang Sword Sect cannot deal with the Haiya system, so why can't it handle the small Qingning Chamber of Commerce?

Therefore, Yang Lu has always tried his best to avoid standing on the opposite side of the Wuliang Sword Sect, and used his methods hidden behind the scenes as much as possible.

What's more, Yang Lu didn't think that the Haiya Sect would be able to survive without him. He always had a vague hunch in his heart that the Wuliang Sword Sect's order to block the Haiya Sect, although it was beyond everyone's expectations, should not be ignored. Jiang Hua'an's deployment was not disrupted.

This is not Yang Lu's conjecture.

The main reason is that the performance of the Haiya Department during this period is really too calm. Even though Liu Hanxing brought Ye Chen to Haiya City with great fanfare and made it clear that he was going to deal with the Haiya Department, Jiang Hua'an and others remained indifferent.

As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be a monster.

Yang Lu felt that Jiang Hua'an must have some trump cards that he hadn't used yet!

Maybe Liu Hanxing hopes to catch turtles in the urn in Haiya City, while Jiang Hua'an plans to invite you into the urn as a joke!

Therefore, before the Haiya Department shows its trump card, Yang Lu does not intend to take the initiative to reveal his trump card. After all, he is just an upstart in Haiya City. At the critical moment, he still has to rely on the old money of Haiya City to support him first. This time After participating in the closed-door meeting, he was also curious about what other methods the Haiya clan bosses could use!

While controlling the light-escape flight, Yang Lu arrived at the gate of Haiya City Lord's Mansion in a few ups and downs.

This should be his second visit to the Haiya City Lord's Mansion. When he first came to the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, even if he wanted to meet the mortal clerk Han Fulai, he had to walk on thin ice. However, this time when he came to the City Lord's Mansion, he had not yet moved his feet. Upon entering the gate, Jiang Hua'an had already arranged for Haiya Sect disciples to greet him at the Gate Sect.

The Haiya disciple who was responsible for welcoming him obviously also knew what kind of status Advisor Yang held in Haiya City, and his attitude was as respectful as if he were welcoming the master of his own sect.

Under the leadership of this person, Yang Lu gave the green light throughout the heavily guarded City Lord's Mansion and went directly to the City Lord's office on the top floor. In the City Lord's office, Su Yuanfeng and Han Xinhe were already sitting at Jiang Huaan's desk waiting for him.

Jiang Hua'an couldn't help but feel emotional when he saw Yang Lu being the last one to walk into his office like the chairman of the conference (actually because his light escape speed was the slowest and his office location was the most remote).

Just over two years ago, Yang Lucai had just completed the Immortal Ascension Conference under his nose. Although this person had already caused quite a stir when he was still a mortal, Jiang Hua'an at that time did not care about such low-grade spiritual root monks. Didn't leave any special impression.

But who could have imagined that just over two years later, the other party would suddenly transform and become a guest in his office. Even the highest-level internal meetings of the Haiya Department had to invite this person to attend.

For a golden elixir-level monk like Jiang Hua'an, who can live for hundreds of years, these two years are just a blink of an eye!

After everyone was seated, Jiang Hua'an also put away his divergent thoughts and said straight to the point: "Everyone should have heard about the important news that Consultant Yang just brought to us. What do you think?"

Su Yuanfeng, who was sitting directly opposite Jiang Hua'an, did not answer this question, but asked in a familiar manner: "What did Fellow Daoist Ji from the Golden Knife Sect say?"

Jiang Hua'an obviously knew what he wanted to ask when he went to Su Yuanfeng, and replied succinctly: "I have just communicated with fellow Taoist Ji. No one expected that Liu Hanxing secretly sent so many formation masters into Haiya City. Moreover, they also obtained some of the internal information in our archives, so whether they did it mentally or not, Ji Daoyou said that based on his ability alone, there is nothing he can do now."

Su Yuanfeng suddenly frowned and said: "Isn't Ji Zhanqun the second-ranked formation master of the Golden Sword Sect? His formation skills are second only to Zeng Zhiquan, the leader of the Golden Sword Sect? Why can't he even defeat the formation masters of the Wuliang Sword Sect now? What do you think... …Is this guy afraid of offending the Infinite Sword Sect, so he deliberately makes excuses to shirk it?”

Jiang Hua'an shook his head and said: "Don't forget, the Ji family of Qinglan City has signed a reciprocal agreement with us. If Ji Zhanqun dares to work without contributing and violates the principles of the agreement, his lifetime accumulation of merit will be completely ruined. As the head of the Ji family with the best spiritual qualifications in hundreds of years, this person also has a good accumulation of merit, and it’s not time to lie down and die!”

Han Xinhe also nodded and agreed: "I think what Ji Daoyou said is true. After all, Wuliang Sword Sect suddenly activated the city closure order. It was obviously premeditated to catch us by surprise. In addition, Liu Hanxing has the entire formation there. The team provides technical support, and it’s really hard for him to do anything.”

After Yang Lu and Han Xinhe formally formed an alliance, they had already heard about the existence of the reciprocal agreement.

Now it seems that just like Liu Hanxing invited Qiu Bufeng as his formation consultant, Ji Zhanqun, the formation master from the Golden Blade Sect, should be the helper hired by the Haiya Clan through a reciprocal agreement.

It's just that the blockade of Wuliang Sword Sect came too suddenly, and the materials needed to set up the formation were all kinds of strange. Even if Ji Zhanqun's formation level was no less than Qiu Bufeng's, it would be difficult to get all the materials needed to set up the formation. Make a difference.

Not only had Qiu Bufeng prepared the formation materials long ago, he could also continuously obtain supplements through Liu Hanxing's channels. This was the effect of Liu Hanxing's surprise attack.

From this point, it can be seen that the Wuliang Sword Sect made a good move in supporting Tianshu City to become the cultivation resource trade center in the southeastern part of Zhongzhou. This resulted in Haiya City having a huge trade throughput, but most of the goods were The accumulation of ores, mortal supplies, and other cultivation resources covering a huge area are far less abundant than Tianshu City under the rule of the Shanying Sect.

No matter how high Ji Zhan's group formation skills were, facing such a situation, it would be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

Hearing what Jiang Hua'an said, Su Yuanfeng also rubbed his temples with a headache: "Now we have a lot of reciprocal agreements in our hands, but Liu Hanxing suddenly cut off the internal and external connections of Haiya City, resulting in us not being able to play any good cards. , if he really finds our archives in the past few days, things will be in trouble..."

Han Xinhe quickly asked: "Have our external allies taken action now?"

Su Yuanfeng nodded and said: "I have arranged this in advance. As long as there is any trouble here in Haiya City, our allies will take action immediately. Now that Haiya City has been blocked, our allies also have a reasonable excuse. Due to the strike and shutdown, the entire commercial supply chain in Zhongzhou should have been completely paralyzed by us now!"

Han Xinhe immediately cheered up and said: "In this case, the blockade order issued by Lin Jianxing will definitely not last long."

However, Jiang Hua'an still shook his head and said: "I'm just worried that something will go wrong in the next two days! Liu Hanxing is willing to pay such a huge political bargaining chip to deal with us this time. I'm afraid he has a lot of confidence!"

Hearing this, Su Yuanfeng slapped the table on the spot and said: "If you ask me, we should have intercepted Ye Chen at all costs at the beginning. Now, this guy has entered Haiya City. What should we do now? Who is it? Can we still go to Liu Hanxing’s lair and kill him?”

Seeing Su Yuanfeng's unabashedly cruel speech, Yang Lu couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Your speech is too villainous!

Obviously everyone is fighting for interests, but Su Yuanfeng always says this classic villain quotation, as if Ye Chen is the protagonist.

I remember that during the Zhongzhou Sword Discussion Conference, Su Yuanfeng kept putting the flag of the villain boss on himself, but Ye Chen overturned it, and now he has said such cruel words. If it were placed in an ordinary cool article, you would have already How about losing?

After Jiang Hua'an heard Su Yuanfeng's remarks, he couldn't help but sneer: "Intercept Ye Chen halfway? Why do you intercept him?"

Su Yuanfeng knocked on the table heavily and said: "Over the years, I don't know how many cultivation families and local sects have signed reciprocal agreements with our Haiya Chamber of Commerce. Isn't it difficult for us to find seven or eight golden elixir-level monks? With so many people rushing forward, he Liu will Can Han Xing be able to stop it?"

At the end of the sentence, the accusation in Su Yuanfeng's tone was very obvious, because it was Jiang Hua'an who proposed to put Ye Chen into Haiya City and beat the dog behind closed doors. Unexpectedly, as soon as Ye Chen entered Haiya City, Liu Hanxing promulgated the seal at all costs. City order.

This also turned the Haiya faction-led approach of beating dogs behind closed doors into a hunt for turtles in an urn led by Liu Hanxing.

At this time, Su Yuanfeng's aggressive tone seemed to be discussing the matter, but in fact he was accusing Jiang Hua'an of misjudging the situation. Even Han Xinhe's expression changed slightly when he heard this.

But Jiang Hua'an's expression did not change at all. Instead, he asked casually: "It is true that Liu Hanxing can't stop the seven or eight late-stage Jindan monks, but do you think Qiu Longbo can stop them?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their attention.

Han Xinhe's expression suddenly changed, and he said in shock: "According to the news from the Wuliang Sword Sect, isn't Qiu Longbo already practicing in seclusion? What you mean is... Qiu Longbo's seclusion in practice is actually just a cover-up. They spread the word in a big way to let Ye Chen Did you come to Haiya City just to use Ye Chen as bait to catch all our helpers?"

Han Xinhe's exclamation expressed everyone's feelings.

If this information is true, it means that the reason behind Ye Chen's trip is simply the fishing law enforcement of the Law Enforcement Hall.

As Yang Lu has long seen, the behavior of Jiuzhou Tiandao is very similar to artificial intelligence. Even if it has not reached the level of the so-called "strong artificial intelligence" of earth civilization, it is still a very complex set of rules.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that Kyushu Tiandao can make very complex moral judgments.

For example, Jiuzhou Tiandao has regulations that as long as it is a malicious attack, the attacker's merit will be deducted. A monk with a high realm will deduct even more merit by attacking a monk with a low realm. A monk with a low realm will deduct less merit by attacking a monk with a higher realm. There is a discount, so sending a master of the golden elixir stage to kill Ye Chen will undoubtedly cause the high-level monks who take action to lose a lot of merit. That is to say, the Haiya system has a large number of reciprocal agreements that cannot be copied, so that they can easily control them.

And if Jiuzhou Tiandao has a very rigid system of rules, Yuan Ying stage monk Qiu Longbo takes action against the Jindan stage monks. In theory, a large amount of Tiandao merit should be deducted.

But this is not the case.

Kyushu Tiandao also has a unique "self-defense and counterattack" principle.

According to this principle of "self-defense and counterattack", if one party is maliciously attacked by the other party first, the "attacking party" that launched the attack will temporarily lose the protection of Kyushu Tiandao, and during the battle, if the attacking party suffers casualties, the damage caused The "self-defense party" does not even need to bear any karma.

Jiuzhou Tiandao has a very strong subjective initiative in determining "self-defense" and "malicious attack", and strictly adheres to the principle of substance over form.

This gives fishing law enforcement a great deal of room for maneuver.

For example, if the Haiya Department sends a master of the Golden Core stage to assassinate Ye Chen, not only the person who takes the direct action will be considered a malicious attack, but also the monks who assist in the vigilance will also be considered a malicious attack. Anyone who protects Ye Chen will be considered a malicious attack. Regardless of the level of cultivation, everyone will be judged as self-defense!