I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 2189: Chapter 1015:

The other three mountain lords all nodded in agreement.

Next, they discussed contacting other forces in the Eastern Land to unite in suppressing the Five Elements Sect and others.

Half a day later, the Five Emperors Mountain Great Array was activated, and the Water Virtue Sect Leader personally descended to Yi Yuan Immortal City.

The three Outer Sect Nascent Soul Elders of Yi Yuan Immortal City were, at least for now, willing to stand with Five Emperors Mountain.

They cooperated with the Water Virtue Sect Leader to spread the official declaration of Yi Yuan Dao Palace throughout the Seven Great Immortal Cities of the Eastern Land.

The credibility of the Holy Land was still intact at this time.

Although in the eyes of some forces, Yi Yuan Dao Palace was no longer considered a Holy Land, in the eyes of the general cultivators, it was still lofty, having vanquished Ming Zun and saved the Eastern Land as the pillar of the Righteous Path.

Soon, the loose cultivators and small forces in the Eastern Land who were originally condemning Five Emperors Mountain began to change their stance, accusing Chen Lingming of being ungrateful, cowardly, and distorting the truth...

And as Yi Yuan Dao Palace targeted the Five Elements Sect as an enemy, the business of the Five Elements Commerce Association in the Eastern Land also became difficult.

A dead camel is still bigger than a horse.

Even though Yi Yuan Dao Palace had been sealing its mountains in recent years, the resources and markets it controlled in the Eastern Land were still second only to the Three Great Sacred Lands.

Especially in artifact refining, it was the industry leader in the East Continent. In other areas like elixirs, talismans, and puppets, it also held a significant market share.

After the sanctions were issued in Yi Yuan Immortal City, many forces cooperating with the Five Elements Commerce Association chose Yi Yuan Dao Palace.

Over in the Eastern Wilderness.

After receiving the response from Five Emperors Mountain, Chen Mobai nodded slightly.

”There are still capable people in Yi Yuan Dao Palace.”

The public opinion had shifted significantly, and Yi Yuan Dao Palace also demonstrated the foundation of a Holy Land in the Eastern Land, starting a comprehensive suppression of the Five Elements Commerce Association.

”Sect Master Chen, what should we do next?”

Shen Shanqing asked, his tone calm but with a hint of urgency in his eyes, as everyone knew about the cooperation between Sky Meal Building and the Five Elements Sect by now.

If the Five Elements Commerce Association were truly driven out of the Eastern Land by Yi Yuan Dao Palace, then without a doubt, Sky Meal Building would be the next to be expelled.

”No need to worry, I’ll let those old fossils on Five Emperors Mountain know that times have changed.”

But Chen Mobai simply smiled and said this.

The offensive in public opinion has never been the key factor.

It is strength that decides victory or defeat.

Chen Mobai wrote several letters again, having Shen Shanqing send them back to the Eastern Land.

...

In Nine Heavens Immortal City, Yue Zutao had been under immense pressure lately.

After all, Yi Yuan Dao Palace did not dare to go to the Eastern Wilderness but directed all its attention at the Five Elements Commerce Association in the Eastern Land.

If this Immortal City was not the territory of the Nine Heavens Demon Slaying Sect, and if Yuan Zhen, who had decision-making power, were not in charge, he would have been expelled long ago.

After Yi Yuan Dao Palace took action, all the business deals that the Five Elements Commerce Association had negotiated fell through.

Some forces even assumed that the Five Elements Commerce Association was doomed, pretended to continue cooperation but delayed payment for Spirit Stones and other resources under various excuses.

These were mostly Nascent Soul forces, and Yue Zutao had no solution—one couldn’t ask Yuan Zhen to handle these trivial matters, as it would exhaust all their favors.

Under these circumstances, Chen Mobai began to micro-manage the Five Elements Commerce Association in the Eastern Land.

Firstly, the South Mountain Shop, which was not on Yi Yuan Dao Palace’s ban list, closed from today.

The reason was that all goods had been bought out by the Five Elements Commerce Association. If needed, one could go to the Five Elements Commerce Association, where aside from Lifebound Artifact Embryos and Fine Talismans refined by Chen Mobai, there were all kinds of top-grade elixirs from Danxia Pavilion.

These things were in hot demand in the Eastern Land.

The South Mountain Shop used to earn tens of millions of Spirit Stones every year with these items.

Currently, there was a consensus in the Eastern Land: the items listed in the South Mountain Shop must be top-notch.

Many cultivators had already developed the habit of going to the South Mountain Shop to purchase items as a last-ditch strategy before every action.

Now, the South Mountain Shop directly merged with the Five Elements Commerce Association, making everyone feel a bit uncomfortable.

But the South Mountain Shop’s goods were so good that even if people were uncomfortable, they had to go to the Five Elements Commerce Association to make purchases.

Yi Yuan Dao Palace wanted to ban it, but the lead buyer was Yuan Zhen.

Regarding this, Yi Yuan Dao Palace pretended not to see and only sanctioned forces weaker than themselves that traded with the Five Elements Commerce Association.

This caused public outrage.

After all, the magic artifacts and elixirs of the South Mountain Shop were acknowledged as top quality in the Eastern Land, now only available at the Five Elements Commerce Association. The ban by Yi Yuan Dao Palace might control those powerful forces, but could it control the individual loose cultivators?

The loose cultivators were all refined self-interest seekers; some gave face to Yi Yuan Dao Palace by disguising themselves when entering the Five Elements Commerce Association, but more people entered and exited openly.

Ultimately, all Yi Yuan Dao Palace could do was rigidly maintain its blockade.

Besides commerce, in the realm of public opinion, both sides attacked and counterattacked each other.

Master of Earth Virtue Mountain accused Chen Lingming of being expelled from the sect long ago, while Xiao Yuli, far away in East Li, suddenly spoke out, saying that as a Saintess, she had never heard of this.

Xiao Yuli, who trained with Chen Lingming in Five Emperors Mountain for over a hundred years, believed that Chen Lingming was not someone who was cowardly. If he had achieved Nascent Soul Formation during the righteous and demonic war, he would certainly not have feared war. He would have led the cultivators of Dao Palace to eliminate demons and defend the path, just like her.