Thunderous measures

"So that's how it is."

"It's all Feng Lingchen's doing, fooling us all."

Conference Hall the residence of the Xiao Family, one of the four major powers of the Heavenly Star Alliance.

Xiao Ding, the Old Ancestor Xiao, sat at the head of the table and spoke with a slightly mocking tone.

Below, Xiao Mingyan, the current Family Head the Xiao Family, blushed. "Old Ancestor, please don't blame me. I was careless and was fooled by Feng Lingchen."

Xiao Ding tapped the table in front of him with his fingertips, deep in thought. His hair was an unusual mix of black and white, and his face looked like that of a sharp young man under thirty.

At this moment, with a cold expression on his face, the members of the Xiao Lineage in the Conference Hall dared not breathe or make a sound.

"It's a real pity that Lao Feng has left us first."

"However, despite owning this Alchemy Street that generates thousands of High-grade Spirit Stone annually, he still hasn't broken through to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage stage, and that's his fault."

Star Luo Market is the source of the greatest profits for all the major forces in the Heavenly Star Alliance.

Among the Star Luo Market, the Alchemy Street is the one that can generate the most extravagant profits.

In addition to shop rent, there is also an extra tax, or to put it more bluntly, protection fee, that Star Luo Pill Pavilion pays to the Feng Family every year.

The output of other Artifact Refining Street, Treasure Street, etc., cannot compare to that of Alchemy Street at all.

After all, compared to Spirit Pills that can directly improve one's cultivation level and are related to one's own cultivation, other Law Artifact, Talisman, treasures, etc. are nothing.

The annual income of several thousand High-grade Spirit Stone is something that even Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator cannot completely ignore.

Moreover, controlling the Star Luo Pill Pavilion is incredibly satisfying. The several Golden Core Stage Alchemist in the Star Luo Pill Pavilion are all extremely experienced Alchemy Grandmaster, which is of great benefit to both oneself and the cultivation of the Lineage's disciples.

Currently, the Feng Family has far more Golden Core Cultivator than the other two families, which is mainly due to their control of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion for a century.

Aside from the direct descendants of the Old Ancestor Heavenly Star, the strongest forces in the Heavenly Star Alliance are the four great immortal cultivation Lineage.

These four great cultivation Lineage were also the founding Lineage of the Old Ancestor Heavenly Star who destroyed hundreds of demons and established Heavenly Star City.

They are the Feng Family, the Xiao Family, the Zhang Family, and the Xun Family.

Each of these four major cultivation Lineage has a Nascent Soul Realm Old Ancestor.

Besides these, the Feng Family has a total of fifteen Golden Core Cultivator.

The Xiao Family has only nine members, the Zhang Family has eight, and the Xun Family has ten!

"In other words, the Alchemy Street is currently ownerless."

"Hmm..."

Xiao Ding knew that although the Xiao Family had received the news in advance, the Xun Family and Zhang Family families, the other four major forces of the Heavenly Star Alliance, would definitely notice the movement and follow suit after he began to act.

Xiao Ding pondered: directly seizing ownership of the Alchemy Street within the Heavenly Star Alliance would involve complicated procedures and a lengthy process, making the Xiao Family's chances of success very slim.

The Xun Family's overall strength far surpasses that of the Xiao Family, and it is highly likely that the Xun Family will ultimately seize control of the Alchemy Street.

However, the reason why Alchemy Street is called Alchemy Street is because of the Alchemist on it and the Star Luo Pill Pavilion behind it.

Now that I was the first to learn of the Feng Family Ancestor's demise and had gained the upper hand, I naturally had to make good use of this opportunity.

A moment later, Xiao Ding, who had survived for hundreds of years, was shrewd and experienced the great battles at the beginning of Heavenly Star City, quickly came up with an idea.

"Mingyan, rename the Lineage's Longevity Market to Profound Pill Market. Have all the Cultivator in the family mobilize, using both coercion and enticement, to force all the Alchemist on Alchemy Street to relocate to Profound Pill Market," Xiao Ding said coldly.

Longevity Market is a commercial area within Star Luo Market controlled by the Xiao Family. It usually provides about a hundred High-grade Spirit Stone in revenue each year. Now, compared to the Alchemy Street, it is naturally being cleared out to make way.

Xiao Mingyan was slightly taken aback. "What if they are unwilling?"

Xiao Ding said coldly, "If you're unwilling, you can avoid the members of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion and quietly kill a few as a warning to others; that's fine too."

"If they still refuse, then we will proceed to kill all members of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion."

As Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator and a top figure in the Demon Star Sea, Xiao Ding naturally understood that the principle behind the operation of all the rules in the Demon Star Sea was that they could only function under the control of violence.

Xiao Ding was one of the strongest Cultivator and most powerful figures in Heavenly Star City.

Now that Xiao Ding wants to seize the profits from the Alchemy Street, apart from a few other Lineage, who has the right to negotiate with him regarding these resources that have already been seized?

"I'm only giving you one day. If less than half of the Alchemist have moved by then, you can forget about being the Family Head. The opportunity to advance to the Nascent Soul stage is not meant for a piece of trash like you."

Xiao Mingyan's expression hardened. "I understand, Old Ancestor!"

"I will personally go to the Pill Pavilion Secret Realm. These three lads are quite something, actually cooperating with the Feng Family to conceal the truth..."

"Once I've convinced the three Alchemy Grandmaster, the relocation of Alchemy Street will naturally proceed more smoothly," Xiao Ding said, standing up.

A group of Golden Core Stage Cultivator from the Xiao Family bowed to him, and Xiao Ding's figure slowly faded until it completely disappeared from the spot.

It turned out that it left so fast that the afterimage it left behind took several moments to disappear.

The Xiao Family's greatest strength lies in wind-attribute Movement Method Divine Ability.

"Gentlemen, let us proceed as the Old Ancestor has instructed."

Xiao Mingyan spoke coldly, and soon, under her arrangement, some of the Xiao family cultivators went to Xingluo Fangchang Shengfang to clear out people and shops, while others followed Xiao Mingyan to Liandan Street to forcibly relocate the alchemists there.

In an instant, the Alchemy Street erupted into chaos, with even Cultivator from the Heavenly Punishment Platform rushing over.

With a greeting from Cultivator from the Xiao Family, the personnel from the Heavenly Punishment Platform only dared to watch from a distance and did not dare to step forward to stop the Xiao Family's actions.

Hearing the commotion outside, Zhang Ying rushed out to investigate and discovered that many Cultivator wearing robes with the character "Xiao" printed on the back had appeared on the Alchemy Street.

These Cultivator were incredibly powerful, with many even at the Golden Core Stage. They took a firm stance and demanded that the Alchemist on Alchemy Street relocate.

Zhang Ying felt quite panicked.

Nearby shops were intimidated and some even began to relocate on the spot.

Soon, a Golden Core Stage Cultivator led several Foundation Establishment Cultivator to the front of Number Nine Pill Shop.

"Esteemed seniors..." Zhang Ying felt his throat was about to burst into flames; this was the first time he had ever been so close to Golden Core Stage Old Ancestor- level Cultivator.

But then the Golden Core Stage Old Ancestor took out the list, glanced at it briefly, and murmured, "Number Nine Pill Shop? The shop of True Man He's Disciple..."

He reached out to stop the Foundation Establishment Realm Cultivator from the Xiao Family who was about to speak.

He then turned to Zhang Ying and said in a rather amiable tone, "Please inform your Alchemist that Alchemy Street will be closing down and that they should relocate to Profound Pill Market as soon as possible. There are shops prepared for your Alchemist there, and they will be exempt from shop fees for three years."

"You know where Profound Pill Market is, right? It's the Longevity Market, which is just two streets away. Longevity Market was later renamed Profound Pill Market..."

Zhang Ying watched in a daze as a Golden Core Stage Cultivator spoke kindly to her. Before leaving, he pinched her round cheek and said, "Little girl, remember to pass on this message to your Alchemist."

Other shops weren't so lucky.

The Green Vine Medicine Crone, tried to take advantage of her age, but was slapped across the face by Cultivator from the Xiao Family.

Lei Zhuhai was diagonally opposite, threatened to die rather than move, but was killed on the spot by a hot-tempered Xiao Family Cultivator on the grounds that he was disrupting the internal changes of the Heavenly Star Alliance!

The most vigilant Alchemist among the nearby shops was Han Yanzi, a member of the Star Luo Pill Pavilion. Upon seeing so many Xiao Family Cultivator flooding into the Alchemy Street, he immediately Consciousness something big had happened and promptly yielded to the Xiao Family Cultivator who had come to his door.