Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch's stance also left the Void Refinement cultivators of Hundred Mysteries Mountain and the other factions somewhat uneasy.
Moreover, it was said that Ling Pengyun was not only immensely powerful, capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with Void Refinement Mid-Stage cultivators, but had also effortlessly wiped out the White Water Immortal Sect and the Crimson Feather Immortal Sect alongside Primordial Unity Heavenly Monarch in his early years.
His potential was even more astonishing. Sooner or later, he would enter Void Refinement Late Stage, and even a top-tier force such as the Sun Moon Immortal Sect showed him a measure of favor.
Thus, they did not quite dare to offend Ling Pengyun.
After much consideration, they decided to take the initiative and yield, successively giving up half a share of the market's profits so as not to provoke Ling Pengyun after the competition.
However, they had one condition.
That was for the Ling Clan to send a Void Refinement cultivator to Qianyuan Market to stand guard.
Furthermore, Qianyuan Market was, after all, a rather large market. It had always required a Void Refinement cultivator to guard it in order to remain stable.
The Void Refinement cultivator assigned to the task was traditionally rotated among the major factions every hundred years.
At present, it was a Void Refinement cultivator from Hundred Mysteries Mountain who was guarding the market.
By calculation, it would take at least several hundred more years before it was the Ling Clan's turn.
"However, with the great chaos of the realm drawing near, and many cultivators and factions stockpiling spiritual materials, the prices of such materials have risen. As a result, the situation around Qianyuan Market has gradually become somewhat chaotic, and high-level bandit cultivators—even Void Refinement bandit cultivators—often appear.
"Ordinary bandit cultivators are easy enough