Chapter 39: The Yuwen Family Eliminated

The three-year deadline has arrived.
In the Yulin Mining Area of the Lanlin Mountains, within a hundred-meter-sized valley shaded by four giant trees, Lin Po, along with a group of miners at the Integration stage, quickly established a grand trading venue in the valley.
The venue was divided into eight sections according to the eight directions, arranged in rows, with rows of green ink-cloud style chairs neatly placed. In the center stood only a one-meter-high square platform made of blue stone.
Above the Yulin Mining Area, a starship arrived at that moment. Everyone on board wore yellow robes—it was the people from Huang Yuanzong’s faction.
Led by Elder Ye Fu, Huang Yuanzong sent a total of ten people.
Zhen Nantian, who was on the blue stone platform, immediately turned his smiling face upward, waiting until Huang Yuanzong’s group landed.
“Brother Ye Fu, your Huang Yuanzong faction is the first to arrive,” Zhen Nantian said with a smile, puffing out his belly as he bowed.
Ye Fu returned the bow with a smile, saying, “I certainly can’t be late to such a kind invitation from Brother Nantian.”
After that, Ye Fu led the nine members of Huang Yuanzong’s faction to sit in the eastern section.
Soon after, two more starships appeared in the sky. People from the Ten-Star Lake faction and the Yuwen Family also arrived, each with ten members. Li Fan and Yuwen Ningfei led their respective groups to choose areas and sat down calmly.
Not long after, more starships appeared—three this time. These three starships belonged to three factions, namely the three major powers of the Eastern Continent: the Yuheng Sect, the Four Veins Sect, and the Murong Family.
In fact, during the nearly three years that Huo Zun had been cultivating in the wooden house, the three major powers of the Eastern Continent had also sent representatives to meet Zhen Nantian, and they had secretly arranged some matters beforehand.
Now, the three starships landed, and ten people stepped out of each one.
“Elder Cheng Jin, Elder Zhan Kai, Elder Murong Mingyuan, you’ve all come together,” Zhen Nantian exclaimed happily as he flew between the three starships.
Cheng Jin came from the Yuheng Sect; Zhan Kai from the Four Veins Sect; Murong Mingyuan from the Murong Family.
The three of them bowed and replied with smiles, “Brother Zhen Nantian, we’re sorry for arriving late.”
Zhen Nantian chuckled as he watched the members of the three factions take their seats in their respective areas.
The three major powers of the Eastern Continent and those of the Western Central Continent sat together quite deliberately, as if the factions from the two continents were in opposition to each other.
The six major factions of this Fangyang Star arrived one after another, but Zhen Nantian still didn’t announce that the selection of business partners would begin, as if he was waiting for someone.

The six elders of the six major forces had already made up their minds: since Tongzhou Hall wanted to share the Yulin mineral resources, everyone from the six major forces should get a share. So, the six of them came merely to accept the announcement.

However, Zhen Nantian remained standing on the bluestone platform in silence for a long time, which immediately raised great suspicion among the elders of the six major forces.

“Zhen Nantian, since Tongzhou Hall wants to choose business partners, can we start now?” Yuwen Ningfei called out, somewhat impatiently.

Yuwen Ningfei was already convinced that with the arrival of the six major forces, how could any smaller forces from Fangyang Star dare to come here to seize benefits? Therefore, the representatives of the six major forces came to the Lanlin Mountains merely to symbolically receive their share of the benefits.

Zhen Nantian smiled at Yuwen Ningfei and said, “Brother Ningfei, don’t rush. There’s another force that’s coming as well.”

This statement immediately surprised the six major forces.

Fangyang Star had always been under the control of the six major forces. Now, there seemed to be another force that failed to see the situation clearly and still wanted to claim a share of the Yulin minerals—this was a path to death.

Before the surprise on the elders’ faces could fade, a starship indeed arrived in the sky.

After the starship landed, ten people stepped out, among whom were Zhu Bao and Yulinzi.

“Yulinzi!”

“The Zhu family!”

The elders of the six major forces exclaimed in surprise, staring at the people coming out of the starship.

There were five members of the Zhu family—Zhu Yu, Zhu Jun, Zhu Qing, Zhu Ming, and Zhu Bao—along with five others: Yulinzi and representatives of some smaller forces from Xiyang Continent.

Yulinzi smiled at the six forces in the six regions, tossed his robe behind him, and calmly declared, “From today onward, our forces from Xiyang Continent—Yuansheng Sect, Zhu family, Lanling Palace, Baixueshan, Tianyi Sect, and Yudan School—will unite as one alliance.”

Zhu Yu also immediately stood up and added, “Our alliance will be called the Xiyang Alliance.”

It turned out that over these three years, the Zhu family and Yuansheng Sect had been secretly working together, rallying many smaller forces, and finally reaching an agreement to form an alliance. Moreover, the announcement of the Xiyang Alliance was set for the same time as Tongzhou Hall’s declaration on the distribution of the Yulin minerals, so that all six major forces would learn about it at the same time.

Ah…

Everyone from the six major forces let out sounds of astonishment.

Fangyang Star and the six major forces had a long and stable history. Yet now, the six major forces were about to become seven.

Soon, the six elders from the six major forces realized everything at once: the various forces on the Xiyang Continent had united, and behind this must be the Zhu family acting as a broker. Moreover, the Zhu family also had a Earth Soul Immortal, which provided strength support for these smaller forces.

The three original major forces on the Xiyang Continent—Huangyuan Sect, Shixing Lake, and the Yuwen Family—now showed angry expressions on their faces, as if they were about to attack the ten members of the Xiyang Alliance together.

Zhen Nantian raised his voice loudly, “Friends of the Xiyang Alliance, welcome. Please take your seats first. I will announce the criteria for selecting business partners this time.”

The ten members of the Xiyang Alliance immediately flew to a designated area and sat down calmly, ignoring the hostile looks from the members of the other six major forces.

Zhen Nantian calmly glanced at the seven major forces, drawing everyone’s attention, before smiling and saying, “Everyone, our sect leader has decided that only six business partners will be chosen for the sale of the Yulin Mines. Since there are seven major forces here, one of them must not become a partner of our Tongzhou Sect.”

Huh…

Everyone gasped upon hearing this.

The members of the six major forces—Huangyuan Sect, Shixing Lake, Yuwen Family, Yuheng Sect, Simai Sect, and Murong Family—immediately began to speculate. It turned out that Tongzhou Sect had originally planned to give one partner slot to each of the six major forces. But now, with the emergence of the Xiyang Alliance, they had to compete for it.

“Zhen Nantian, is there even a need to choose? The Xiyang Alliance is just a bunch of small forces. How could they possibly compete with our six major forces?” Yuwen Ningfei stood up, his face filled with anger, and shouted loudly.

The Yuwen Family already had tensions with the Zhu family. Now, seeing the Zhu family unite with the smaller forces on the Xiyang Continent, they naturally felt uncomfortable.

Zhu Yu immediately stood up and said, “People of the Yuwen Family, your strength may be great, but the power of our Xiyang Alliance is not weak either. If you truly have the strength, then listen carefully to what Zhen Nantian has to say before competing with us.”

Yuwen Ningfei’s face turned red as he wanted to rush over and fight Zhu Yu, but after snorting, he sat back down.

After Zhen Nantian and the other two finished bickering, they acted as if nothing had happened and said with a smile, “As everyone knows, our Tongzhou Hall is a crafting sect, so we need various crafting materials. We’re willing to offer Yulin ore in exchange for making friends with various factions on Fangyang Star. In the future, when our Tongzhou Hall needs crafting materials, we hope you’ll treat us well.”
The representatives of the seven major factions nodded in agreement with Zhen Nantian’s words.
Zhen Nantian continued, “Elders, the Yulin ore mined by our Tongzhou Hall amounts to six space rings per year, each with a capacity of one thousand cubic units.”
Wow!
The representatives of the seven major factions exclaimed in shock. A capacity of one thousand cubic units might not seem large, but this Yulin ore was of the Earth Soul Immortal level. Even just this amount was worth as much as the material of a Human Immortal level on the scale of Fangyang Star.
The eyes of the representatives burned with enthusiasm, their breathing becoming rapid.
Unperturbed, Zhen Nantian continued calmly, “Everyone, our Tongzhou Hall plans to exchange this Yulin ore for materials from your respective factions. And I’ll tell you now the crafting materials we currently need.”
Immediately, seven jade slips appeared in Zhen Nantian’s hand, which he handed to the leaders of the seven major factions.
After taking them, they scanned them with their immortal senses and quickly understood the types of materials Tongzhou Hall needed. Naturally, among them were Yuan Copper ore and Mo Yun Crystal ore.
After a while, Zhen Nantian continued, “Seven of you, estimate the value of one space ring’s worth of Yulin ore. Based on the types of crafting materials I’ve listed, provide a quantity for each type. I’ll then select the six best offers, and those will be our Tongzhou Hall’s partners.”
Trading ore for ore.
Ye Fu, Li Fan, Yuwen Ningfei, Cheng Jin, Zhan Kai, Murong Mingyuan, and Zhu Yu, the representatives of the seven factions, examined the list of over a hundred materials in the jade slips—all of Human Immortal level crafting materials—and began thinking.
Soon, they also took out their communication cards to report the situation back to their headquarters.
After some time, they received a reply from headquarters. Smiles finally appeared on their faces as they took out blank jade slips and inscribed their offers using their immortal senses.
The seven jade slips flew toward Zhen Nantian at the same time.

Zhen Nantian took the seven jade slips with one hand, then scanned each one with his spiritual perception. After that, he stood quietly on the bluestone platform, eyes closed, analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of each faction’s bids.
The representatives of the seven factions watched Zhen Nantian intently, waiting for the result.
Suddenly, Zhen Nantian opened his eyes, nodded at everyone from the seven factions, and then said, “The Yuwen family is eliminated.”
What!
Yuwen Ningfei immediately stood up.