Tianyuan Realm.
Since the Holy Demon War, the world had been split in two.
The half of Tianyuan under humanity's control was now falling toward the Dahuang Realm. As An Jing's two closest people in this world, Huo Qing and Nian Quan had been secretly summoned by the Four Sages immediately after the war.
To everyone else, the contents of that summons and exchange remained unknown. Even the Dao Embryo Heavenly Monarchs directly under the four Heavenly Venerables knew nothing.
But soon afterward, Huo Qing and Nian Quan each returned to the "Safe and Sound General Store" founded by An Jing and established companies in the name of Safe and Sound.
Peace Company had two lines of business. The first was its original trade in general goods.
This business had originally had many competitors, but most possessed little capital, consisting of personal ventures with meager profits. Though several large department stores in the cities belonged to major corporations, they were merely peripheral branches of those groups.
Peace Company, however, was completely different. Not only did it have a vast amount of funding from nowhere anyone could identify, but every approval document it submitted sailed through without obstruction. No matter what disputes or obstacles arose with any company, "professionals" would come to "help resolve" them.
In barely more than a year, starting from Xuanye City, Safe and Sound General Store had opened physical shops, sales outlets, and mobile stalls throughout numerous Safe Zones and Wilderness regions that had previously possessed no trace of civilization whatsoever.
They sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, supplying vast quantities of goods that had once been exceedingly expensive. Bigu Pills, cheap Talismans and Medicinal Pills, and repair parts for all kinds of Yankui and Drones were all sold at cabbage prices in Safe and Sound