Seven Stars Converging Building

Not only was Meng Haoran surprised, but Meng Luohai, who had been hiding backstage, also hurried out.

Meng Haoran clasped his hands and asked, "Master Hu, why have you come?"

Meng Haoran had a premonition today that people from other forces would come to cause trouble. However, after waiting all day, he didn't see anyone, but instead, Master Hu from the Qingyang County Office had come.

Master Hu's original name was Hu Huili. He was a fellow student of the Qingyang County Magistrate, Song Zhiyi. After Magistrate Song entered officialdom, he kept Hu Huili by his side until today.

Hu Huili looked at Meng Haoran and Meng Luohai, the uncle and nephew, clasped his fists, and smiled, "Now that the Meng Family has opened a new Spirit Beast trade route, it's a good thing for our Qingyang County. Of course, I have to come and congratulate you."

After saying this, Hu Huili lowered his head and whispered into Meng Luohai's ear, "My status is different from Magistrate Song's. He is the magistrate of a county, while I am merely his advisor. If I come to buy your Meng Family's Spirit Beasts, no one will say anything when they see it. Moreover, the most important thing is that it can also help promote your Meng Family!"

Meng Luohai nodded and replied, "Master Hu, I understand what you're saying. Magistrate Song's status is special, so it's understandable that he didn't come."

Hu Huili smiled and said, "It's okay if Magistrate Song doesn't come, but I must! After all, we still need to help each other!"

Hearing this, Meng Haoran and Meng Luohai cupped their fists in unison, "Thank you, Magistrate Song, thank you, Master Hu!"

With that, Hu Huili turned and walked to a Spirit Beast. After looking at it, he asked, "Haoran, how much is this Spirit Beast?"

Meng Haoran replied, "Since Master Hu wants to buy it, our Meng Family will give you face. The price is only five hundred Spirit Stones!"

Hu Huili smiled and asked, "Haoran, your Meng Family shouldn't lose money in business. Whatever the price is, it is!"

"Of course not!"

Meng Haoran still needed Hu Huili to promote their Meng Family today. Giving up a profit of a few hundred Spirit Stones would naturally help their Spirit Beast sales today.

"Alright then!"

Hu Huili took out a "Storage Bag" from his embrace and asked with a smile, "Haoran, where should I pay?"

Meng Haoran extended his hand and led Hu Huili towards the back, saying, "I'll take you."

After Hu Huili and Meng Haoran left, those in the audience who had already wanted to buy Spirit Beasts all went on stage to choose their favorite Spirit Beasts.

Although Magistrate Song Zhiyi did not attend in person, Master Hu Huili was a close confidant of his, and his every word and action represented the latter.

With this in mind, those people in the audience naturally swarmed forward!

Looking at the lively scene below, in a corner not far away, someone quietly took note of the scene and then slowly left.

The development of a county cannot be separated from the commercial activities in its markets.

Qingyang County has a population of about hundreds of thousands. The area of just two markets is three times the size of Xinghua Village.

And Qingyang County cannot do without the commercial activities of its two markets, just as the entire Qingyang County cannot do without those seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families.

North City: Wang Family, Sun Family, Li Family.

East City: Xie Family, Wu Family.

West City: Zhang Family, Yang Family.

These seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families, a thousand years ago, under the appointment of the then Qingyang County Magistrate, became families with official ranks.

Since then, the presence of these seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families could be found in various parts of Qingyang County.

In Qingyang County Town, there is the most prosperous street, and in the middle of this valuable street, there is an extremely luxurious restaurant.

Seven Stars Converging Building!

And the owner behind this Seven Stars Converging Building is precisely those seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families.

The person who had been secretly watching the Meng Family sell Spirit Beasts had already taken advantage of the inattention of others and arrived at the depths of the Seven Stars Converging Building.

In the depths of the Seven Stars Converging Building, a Spirit Spring was emitting a faint heaven and earth spiritual energy, with mist swirling around.

After that person entered, he respectfully knelt on the ground.

"Greetings, all Family Heads."

After speaking, the person looked up and looked towards the other side of the Spirit Spring, where a row of elders were seated.

There were exactly seven of them!

The elder in the middle asked, "Wang Teng, how is it?"

Wang Teng knelt on the ground, looking through the layers of heaven and earth spiritual energy at the elder's aged face, and replied, "To answer the Family Head, the Meng Family's Spirit Beast sales are even more popular than the scene when the Lin and Chen Families sold Spirit Beasts that day!"

The Family Head Wang Teng mentioned was the head of the Wang Family, a Ninth-Rank Cultivation Family in the North City, Wang Renqi.

Wang Renqi's messy beard twitched slightly as he asked, "Why is that? Spirit Beasts are all similar, and the methods for cultivating Spirit Beasts are also similar. Why is it that when the Meng Family sells Spirit Beasts, they can surpass the Lin and Chen Families?"

Wang Teng clasped his fists and said, "I did not sell the Meng Family's Spirit Beasts, so I cannot know what makes the Meng Family's Spirit Beasts superior. However, I saw someone in the crowd who was also buying the Meng Family's Spirit Beasts."

Wang Renqi asked, "Who?"

Wang Teng replied, "Master Hu from the County Office, Hu Huili!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Renqi's slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened, and a sharp glint flashed in his aged pupils.

"Hu Huili? Why is that fellow there?" Wang Renqi asked.

Wang Teng replied, "There were too many people buying the Meng Family's Spirit Beasts at the time, and I couldn't squeeze in to hear what Hu Huili and the Meng Family people were saying."

Speaking of which, Wang Teng paused slightly and continued, "However, I suspect that since Hu Huili went to the Meng Family, it must have been with Song Zhiyi's instruction. Otherwise, even if he had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare to go to the Meng Family as an advisor!"

Wang Renqi chuckled, "Heh heh, this kind of thing is obvious to anyone who looks, but we cannot expose it."

Wang Renqi coughed dryly a few times, looked around, and asked, "Everyone, what do you think?"

The elder farthest from Wang Renqi was the head of the Yang Family in the west of the city, Yang Shoushen.

Yang Shoushen spoke, "How else can we see it? This secretary, Hu Huili, going to the Meng Family is absolutely meant to provoke Song Zhiyi. For the past seven years, he's been controlled by us seven Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families. We don't like him, and he certainly doesn't like us!"

Wang Renqi pondered for a moment, then said, "Since we all believe this is Song Zhiyi's doing, should our seven families make some small moves to put this hothead in his place?"

Yang Shoushen waved his hand and said sternly, "Brother Renqi, there's no need to be overly vigilant. Song Zhiyi just wants to accumulate more achievements in his final two years in office. Let's give him some time first. After the family competition in a few months, we'll bring the Meng Family crashing down from the clouds into the dust. That will also make Song Zhiyi understand whose territory Qingyang County truly is."

As soon as he finished speaking, the heads of the other five Ninth-Rank Cultivation Families stood up and said, "I agree."

Hearing this, Wang Renqi nodded slightly and said, "In that case, Wang Teng, keep a close eye on the interactions between the Meng Family and the County Office during this period. Report anything immediately!"

Wang Teng heard this and cupped his fists, replying, "Yes!"

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