So, Lin Shilu calmed down his melancholy mood, and the expression and demeanor on his face quickly returned to , he sat up straight, then stretched out a finger and a ray of light popped out.
Soon, a hole appeared in the cave's restriction, revealing two figures inside.
The people who came were undoubtedly Lin Xingrong and Lin Tianfeng.
At this time, Lin Xingrong and Lin Tianfeng came in, bowed, and took the initiative to greet Lin Shilu.
"Nephew meets Uncle Fifteen!"
"Nephew Tianfeng, meet Grandfather Fifteen..."
Seeing these two younger generations appear, Lin Shilu smiled slightly, and the expression on his face became much kinder.
Then, Lin Shilu waved his hand, motioning Lin Xingrong and the other two to sit on the mat beside them.
Afterwards, Lin Shilu looked at Lin Xingrong and took the initiative to ask, "Xingrong, you are back to the Qingyun Mountain clan. Is there something big happening in the Luoyun Merchant Alliance?"
"Or, in other words, what major changes have occurred within the territories of the ten countries in the center of Qingzhou?"
Hearing this, Lin Xingrong smiled indifferently. He looked quite calm, and it didn't seem like anything big had happened.
More importantly, even if something big happens, it should have nothing to do with the Lin family.
Otherwise, Lin Xingrong would definitely not be so calm.
In fact, no earth-shattering events had ever occurred in the territories of the ten countries in the center of Qingzhou.
After all, now is the time period when the ancient demon secret realm is opened.
During this period of about six months, all the major forces in the ten central countries of Qingzhou, including those Nascent Soul forces with a long history and profound foundation, basically focused their attention on the Ancient Demon Secret Realm.
At the same time, before the secret realm was opened, these forces, both large and small, were making final preparations for the disciples who were coming to the Ancient Demon Secret Realm.
Even countless independent cultivators, regardless of whether they have the basic conditions to enter the Ancient Demon Secret Realm, are currently paying close attention to every move in the secret realm.
Especially the half year after the secret realm was closed, which was the time node that all Qingzhou cultivators paid close attention to.
At that time, the disciples of each major force will also walk out of the ancient demon secret realm, thus showing what each major force has gained in the secret realm.
As far as these gains are concerned, they are the information that most Qingzhou cultivators want to know and understand.
For example, someone from a certain force spent a considerable price to obtain a precious treasure.
For example, a certain force obtained a spiritual object that could form a baby.
In addition, any friction that occurred within the secret realm, and even the process and results of life-and-death battles, are also information that these external cultivators want to know.
Because from this information, combined with the gains of the major forces in the secret realm, the grudges between them, and the results of those tragic wars, a lot of extremely important intelligence information can be judged.
It is precisely this information that may be the development direction of the major forces of the ten countries in the center of Qingzhou in the next few hundred years.
It can be said that from the opening to the end of the Ancient Demon Secret Realm, the number of people and forces that can be affected is very large.
Moreover, the issues behind this secret realm are like a weather vane.
Among the major forces, people of various identities and backgrounds, and various interest groups, they can all see some extremely important information from the results of the opening and closing of the Ancient Demon Secret Realm.
Therefore, the current Qingzhou cultivation world has been unusually peaceful for a long time.
During this period, even the Blood Red Alliance, which usually always stirs up trouble, became surprisingly low-key.
Judging from this situation, it is obvious that the Crimson Alliance does not want to create any trouble at this critical juncture.
After all, in addition to the Blood Red Alliance, which is a Nascent Soul force, there are four other Nascent Soul forces in Qingzhou.
What’s more crucial is that among these four Nascent Soul forces, there are also powerful forces like the Yulan Sect and the Yuanzhen Sect.
You must know that the Yulan Sect is not inferior to the Blood Red Alliance in terms of its apparent strength or its heritage of thousands of years.
In fact, compared to the Nascent Soul force of the Blood Red Alliance, the overall strength and foundation of the Magnolia Sect are even stronger.
In addition, in terms of external influence, the Magnolia Sect is also somewhat stronger than the Blood Red Alliance.
As for the reputation among Qingzhou cultivators, there is no comparison between the two Nascent Soul forces.
These factors are only the basic image of the two major forces in the eyes of Qingzhou cultivators.
In addition, the Blood Red Alliance and the Magnolia Sect, which has overall strength and extremely deep roots, are mortal enemies.
There has been constant friction between these two Nascent Soul forces in the past thousands of years, and there have been many battles of varying sizes during this period.
On this basis, although the overall strength of the Blood Red Alliance is equally strong, it will often be targeted and suppressed by the Magnolia Sect.
As a result, during the period before and after the passage to the Ancient Demon Secret Realm is opened, everyone in the Blood Red Alliance will be much more restrained, and their arrogant and overbearing style of behavior will also undergo a great change during this period.
The reason for the Blood Red Alliance's transformation is simply because they are wary of the other Nascent Soul forces.
Under such circumstances, and now that it is a turbulent time, everyone in the Blood Red Alliance has been keeping a low profile for a while.
Affected by this, the entire Qingzhou land has been surprisingly peaceful in the past decade or so, and its social order has been quite stable, with few major frictions and conflicts occurring.
This kind of situation is also what people from all major forces and countless independent cultivators want to see.
The same is true for everyone in the Lin family on this point.
Not only that, because there was already a lot of friction between the Lin family and the Blood Red Alliance, the relationship between the two sides was also very bad.
In addition, several major Jindan forces in the entire Jinfeng Kingdom have formed feuds with the Blood Red Alliance because of a melee in Jinfeng.
On this basis, all the Jindan forces in Jinfeng Kingdom, and even those independent cultivators, were happy to see the Blood Red Alliance being so low-key, and were even happier to see the peace in Qingzhou's cultivation world.
Because only if the Blood Red Alliance conceals its own edge and does not actively seek trouble, those people and forces who are afraid of the Blood Red Alliance can develop peacefully for a while.
Especially for a force like the Lin family, relying on the efforts of the entire family, the entire family is now developing at a strong momentum.
In addition to the large amount of resources and treasures accumulated by the Lin family in the past few decades, as well as the newly controlled territories, they are now on the right track of development.
Up to now, Luoyun Business Alliance has been developing steadily around Jinfeng Kingdom, and its influence has been increasing year by year.
Nowadays, almost every year, the overall strength of the Lin family will improve, and the overall foundation and influence will continue to increase.
Under such circumstances, the Lin family does not want to get involved in trouble too early.
The conflict between the Blood Red Alliance and the Lin Family was not small. The Lin Family had completely offended the Blood Red Alliance, and there was no possibility of closing the gap. Based on this, the Lin Family had been on guard against the Blood Red Alliance all these years, fearing that this powerful Nascent Soul force would launch a revenge against the Lin Family.
Fortunately, the revenge of the Crimson Alliance was not so quick or so fierce.
Everyone in the Lin family was happy to see this situation.
And in the eyes of the senior members of the Lin family, the later the revenge of the Blood Red Alliance comes, the better.
Because only in this way can the Lin family use the limited period of calm to try their best to improve the overall strength of the Lin family.
And once the revenge of the Blood Red Alliance really comes, the Lin family will have a greater chance of surviving the crisis.
It is precisely for this reason that Lin Shilu is so concerned about the various developments in Qingzhou's immortal cultivation world.
Just now, as soon as he saw Lin Xingrong, he asked about the internal situation of Qingzhou. It was obvious that he attached great importance to various developments and reactions from the outside world.
As the direct person in charge of Luoyun Business Alliance, Lin Xingrong's business focus has been on the surrounding areas of Jinfeng Kingdom's immortal cultivation world in recent years.
Even in recent years, Luoyun Business Alliance will continue to expand the area of its business, including Yulan Kingdom where Yulan Sect is located, and Yuanzhen Kingdom where Yuanzhen Sect is located. In the near future, Luoyun Business Alliance will also have stores.
Therefore, if we talk about the person in the Lin family who currently obtains intelligence the fastest and has the most intelligence, it must be Lin Xingrong without a doubt.
After all, Lin Xingrong now spends most of his time in the surrounding areas of Jinfeng Kingdom's immortal cultivation world.
Lin Xingrong can find out about any disturbance in these countries, or even in neighboring countries, in the shortest possible time.
Therefore, he is now not only responsible for the business of Luoyun Merchant Alliance, but also for collecting various intelligence information in the Qingzhou cultivation world.
Including the territories outside Qingzhou, if any major events occur, the information will be collected by the Luoyun Business Alliance controlled by Lin Xingrong.
In the end, all the intelligence information held by the Luoyun Business Alliance will be passed on to the senior members of the Lin family through Lin Xingrong.
In this case, if we ask who in the Lin family has the most accurate information, it must be Lin Xingrong without a doubt.
I'm afraid no one in the tribe would object to this.
In this case, when Lin Shilu saw Lin Xingrong, he would inevitably think that something big had happened in the Qingzhou cultivation world.
At this time, when Lin Xingrong heard what Lin Shilu said and looked at his slightly solemn expression, he did not dare to waste time, let alone beat around the bush, so as not to make Lin Xingrong too worried.
So next, Lin Xingrong talked about the purpose of his return to Qingyun Mountain.
Lin Xingrong also told Lin Shilu everything, including the reason for visiting him.
According to him, the main reason he returned to the Qingyun Mountain clan territory was to escort a large number of resources and treasures back to the family.
These resources and treasures are also all the profits that Luoyun Business Alliance has earned in the countries surrounding Jinfeng Kingdom in the past three years. The total amount accumulated is quite considerable.
However, in the past ten years or so before this, the Luoyun Business Alliance had been expanding towards the surrounding countries with the Jinfeng Kingdom as its center.
With such a rapid expansion speed, the Lin family needed to mobilize enormous manpower, material resources, and financial resources.
As a result, in the past ten years or so, apart from the country where the Jinfeng Kingdom, the base camp of the immortal world, is located, the business in other countries is basically an advance investment, and its returns are basically negative.
However, in recent years, except for the mainland of Jinfeng, in most other countries, the various businesses of Luoyun Business Alliance have basically been on the right track, and have also begun to turn losses into profits, thus generating some considerable profits.
And these profits were eventually collected through the various strongholds of the Luoyun Business Alliance and finally flowed into the hands of Lin Xingrong.
Nowadays, the various resources and treasures he has obtained are huge in number, and the total accumulated value is not a small amount.
Therefore, at this time, he should also bring it all back to the family to report, so as to avoid any major changes that would cause the hard-earned profits to be lost due to various reasons.
According to Lin Xingrong's detailed description, the profits earned from the Luoyun Business Alliance are mainly in the form of spirit stones, and the number is as much as more than 12 million pieces.
In addition, there are more than one hundred third-level treasures, and the number of other first- and second-level treasures adds up to as many as three thousand.
The value of these treasure resources is not less than that of low-grade spirit stones, and may even be higher.
In addition, Luoyun Merchant Alliance also collected some martial arts manuals and even some low-level inheritances of the four arts of immortal cultivation.
Together with some things of unknown function, this constitutes the entire income of Luoyun Merchant Alliance in the central country of Qingzhou in recent years.
All these things have now been classified and listed by Lin Xingrong, and brought back to the Qingyun Mountain clan territory.
Next, after reporting to Lin Shilu, he will hand over all these resources and treasures to the family treasury.
Only after all these detailed processes were completed did he feel that he had accomplished his mission.
In this way, after Lin Xingrong reported these things, he immediately reported some important information about the Qingzhou cultivation world.
According to the content of his compiled report, the current Qingzhou cultivation world is generally quite peaceful.
Among them, the few things that deserve the Lin family's attention are basically related to the major Nascent Soul forces.
Among these, the most important thing is naturally the Blood Red Alliance.
And most of these pieces of news are related to the ancient demon secret realm.
According to the intelligence information collected by Lin Xingrong, the number of people from the Blood Red Alliance who entered the Ancient Demon Secret Realm this time was the largest among the five Nascent Soul forces.
Apart from the Blood Red Alliance, the second largest force in Qingzhou is the Magnolia Sect, which is the most prominent force in Qingzhou.
Among the list of members of the Blood Red Alliance who entered the Ancient Demon Secret Realm, the Blood Red Alliance’s Holy Son Situ Jian was also on the list this time.
It is this Situ Jian who is the focus of Lin Xingrong's close attention.
Not only the Lin family, but all other forces that enter the Ancient Demon Secret Realm will basically pay attention to the specific situation of the Blood Red Alliance.
After all, the overall strength of the Blood Red Alliance is there, and all the big and small forces in the world of immortal cultivation are well aware of its traditional style of doing things.
On this basis, no force dares to ignore the existence of the Blood Red Alliance.
Including the Yulan Sect, the most prominent force in Qingzhou, no one would dare to ignore any move of the Blood Red Alliance.
Therefore, in the past six months, Lin Xingrong and members of the Luoyun Business Alliance have been secretly paying attention to the every move of the Blood Red Alliance.
The list of monks from the Blood Red Alliance who have entered the secret realm is also the key intelligence that all major forces are competing to collect.
In particular, the Blood Red Alliance's Holy Son Situ Jian was the focus of everyone's attention because of his cultivation strength and the battle records he had created.
To this end, Lin Xingrong racked his brains for a while and spent a lot of money, and finally collected some relatively reliable intelligence.
...(End of chapter)
