Making Plans

"I don't have any ideas about it yet. Give me some time, and I'll tell you when I do."

Li Quan pondered for a while, but still couldn't come up with a name that met Lin Ge's requirements. He had no choice but to give up and think it over carefully after he got home.

"That works too."

Lin Ge wasn't in a hurry about the name. After all, there were still things he needed to do first to pave the way for Li Quan's business.

"By the way, you still haven't told me where your business is running into trouble."

Lin Ge suddenly realized that he didn't seem to know where Li Quan's business was having problems, so he asked.

"Yan City!"

Li Quan answered without a moment's hesitation.

Yan City was the nearest city to Green Sun Town. It was home to countless factions. Every day, many factions were wiped out, while just as many new ones rose to take their place. The struggle there was fierce beyond compare.

Among these factions, only three had endured and grown stronger with time, gradually becoming the mightiest in Yan City: the City Lord Mansion, the Ten Thousand Gold Chamber of Commerce, and the Blood Wolf Gang.

Of the three major factions, the City Lord Mansion was the strongest. This was not only because it had the Great Yan Dynasty backing it, but, more importantly, because the city lord was the strongest person in Yan City. He had reached the peak of Yuan Dan Grand Perfection, only a step away from the Manifestation Realm.

The Ten Thousand Gold Chamber of Commerce came next. It was not known for its martial strength, but rather for its astonishing wealth.

As the saying went, money could make even ghosts turn a millstone. With its immense wealth, the Ten Thousand Gold Chamber of Commerce could hire many powerful cultivators as guest elders to protect everything it owned.

The Blood Wolf Gang ranked third. It was a gang-like organization that survived by collecting protection money from every household in the areas it controlled. Its members were bloodthirsty and powerful. The gang leader in particular had reached Yuan Dan Grand Perfection, only a step below the city lord. He was so powerful that no one dared provoke him.

"Which faction in Yan City is giving you trouble?"

Hearing the familiar name, Lin Ge furrowed his brow and asked for details.

Yan City was nothing like Green Sun Town. It had many powerful figures in the Origin Pellet Realm, especially among the three major factions, where such experts were countless. Even Lin Ge wouldn't dare provoke them lightly.

"The three major factions wouldn't bother a small merchant like me. The real trouble is a faction called the Wild Wolf Gang."

Li Quan shook his head gently.

"The Wild Wolf Gang is unbelievably greedy. They demand far more protection money than the three major factions, and they even want to seize my shop."

Li Quan sounded indignant when he mentioned the Wild Wolf Gang, but there was nothing he could do.

"The Wild Wolf Gang? How strong are they?"

Lin Ge had never heard of the gang, but since they had carved out territory in Yan City and acted with such impunity, they must at least have a powerful expert in the Origin Pellet Realm holding down the fort.

"The Wild Wolf Gang wasn't very strong before. Its leader was only a peak Heaven Origin Realm expert. But in the last few months, they gained a guest elder, and their strength soared. They've started encroaching on other factions, and their greed has grown along with their power. The merchants in their territory are suffering terribly." Li Quan sighed.

"They got just one person and became this arrogant? Is he a Yuan Dan Grand Perfection expert?"

Lin Ge felt a sudden weight pressing on him. With his current strength, dealing with someone at Origin Pill Small Perfection would be fairly easy, but he wasn't sure he could defeat someone at Yuan Dan Grand Perfection.

"What realm is their guest elder in? Is he at Yuan Dan Grand Perfection?"

Lin Ge's expression turned serious as he asked.

"How could he be? That guest elder is only an expert in the Origin Pellet Realm." Li Quan shook his head. "Don't assume Yan City is full of Origin Pellet Realm experts. In truth, most of them belong to the three major factions. Only a few don't, and there aren't many of those."

Lin Ge had never been to Yan City. He had only heard Lin Zhentian give a brief description of it, saying it was filled with Origin Pellet Realm experts and fierce rivalries. He hadn't expected the situation to be like this.

"In that case, we'll start with the Wild Wolf Gang."

Now that he knew who the enemy was and how strong they were, Lin Ge no longer had any concerns. A confident smile appeared on his face.

"You're going after the Wild Wolf Gang?"

Li Quan stared at him in shock and blurted out.

"Exactly. And that's not all. Taking down just the Wild Wolf Gang would be meaningless. I need to intimidate every faction in Yan City. Only then will your business be secure." Lin Ge nodded lightly, his voice calm.

"You may be an Origin Pellet Realm expert too, but that guest elder has been in that realm for more than ten years. With the Wild Wolf Gang backing him, he must be incredibly strong. Can you really beat him?"

Li Quan knew that Lin Ge had wiped out the Lei and Xie Families in Green Sun Town, but the strongest among those two families had only been in the Heaven Origin Realm.

The Heaven Origin Realm and the Origin Pellet Realm were worlds apart. Any Origin Pellet Realm expert could have wiped out the Lei and Xie Families with ease.

Now Lin Ge meant to challenge a genuine Origin Pellet Realm expert, with the entire Wild Wolf Gang behind him. Could he really win?

Li Quan had serious doubts.

Faced with Li Quan's skepticism, Lin Ge merely smiled and said calmly, "I wouldn't say this if I didn't have a good chance of winning."

"Besides that guest elder with his Origin Pellet Realm strength, the rest of the Wild Wolf Gang aren't worth mentioning. I could wipe them out with a wave of my hand."

Li Quan didn't think Lin Ge was bragging. But the guest elder, not the Wild Wolf Gang as a whole, was the hardest to deal with. He said, "If you really plan to go, you should make detailed preparations and bring along a few more Heaven Origin Realm experts."

Seeing the worry deep in Li Quan's eyes, Lin Ge shook his head slightly. He knew that no matter what he said, Li Quan wouldn't believe that he didn't take the guest elder seriously at all, so he stopped trying to explain.

"Leave this to me. I'll take care of it. As for the shop's name and its future, you'll have to handle those yourself."

With that, Lin Ge rose and left without waiting for Li Quan to respond, leaving him standing there in a daze.

After leaving the shop, Lin Ge wandered around with Qin Xue for half an hour. His earlier enthusiasm faded, and he returned to the Lin Clan.

"I have some things to take care of over the next few months, so I'll be leaving the Lin Clan for a while. You don't need to come looking for me."

After saying this to Qin Xue, Lin Ge turned and left the Lin Clan. He needed to get ready to stir up a storm in Yan City.