Southern Region Upheaval
"The people under him scattered or fled, and those three Rogue Cultivators haven't shown themselves again."
Lin Taichu said nothing after hearing this. He lifted his teacup and took a sip. Just like that, the whole matter came to an end.
Immortal Soldier Island's supply source fell into Luofeng City's hands, the Forging Workshop at Black Stone Ferry shut its doors, Qian Dagui fled, and the freight depot in Baishui Town came to a complete standstill.
After the channels to the Northern Region were cut off, no one stepped in to fill the gap. The circulation of Dharma Artifacts in the Southern Region returned to its former scattered state, with each Forging Workshop shipping out its own goods. No one was sending large-scale shipments north as they had before.
During this time, Luofeng City seized hold of more than ninety percent of Immortal Soldier Island's forging capacity. Combined with Feng Tie's original craftsmanship and the connections Lin Taichu had laid down earlier, more than half of the Southern Region's Dharma Artifact production was now under Luofeng City's control.
Su Yao gathered up the papers on the table, folded them neatly, and placed them in her Storage Bag before looking at Lin Taichu.
"You can rest easy for a while now. Nothing will happen in the short term."
"Mm."
Lin Taichu said no more. He rose and stood in the courtyard for a while. The sunlight warmed his body, the leaves of the old locust tree in the yard lush and green, rustling noisily whenever the wind blew.
He sat on a stone stool, leaned against the stone table, and looked up at the light filtering through the gaps in the leaves, his eyes narrowing.
Over the past half month, he had slept more soundly than before, eaten