Seven Exquisite Apertures

Just as Yu Xiaogang was questioning the meaning of life, thousands of miles away in the Jade Dragon Mountain Range, people were also discussing him. 😲🏆 ☝🐨

Dragon Taming Mountain, the main hall for deliberation on the mountainside.

"Big brother, we've found news about Xiaogang!"

Yu Luomian entered the main hall and whispered to Yu Yuanzhen, who was sitting in the main seat with his eyes closed, "I am resting."

Yu Yuanzhen, who was still pondering the various matters discussed at the clan council meeting, twitched his eyelids upon hearing this, but did not open his eyes immediately. After a few breaths, he said in a calm voice, "Tell me about it."

Glancing furtively at his elder brother's expression, Yu Luomian didn't dare delay and immediately exported the newly acquired information. "Xiaogang is currently in ' Lingyun City '."

"Lingyun City?"

Upon hearing this name, Yu Yuanzhen opened his eyes, frowned, and looked down at Yu Luomian: "Is this the new city built by that Divine Craftsman named Ling Yi?"

In recent years, with the Clear Sky Sect inexplicably becoming low-key, apart from the Spirit Hall frequently making moves and occupying more than half of the topics on the Douluo Continent, the name Ling Yi is also a relatively well-known figure in the other half.

Leaving aside the [Green Wood Merchant Association] he founded, and the [Blacksmith Association] and [Heavenly Craft Academy] with which it has intricate connections, the mere fact that "Blue Silver Rice" has entered Qian Clan is enough to make Ling Yi's name known to everyone. 💢🐳 ♔★

Just like their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, they now basically use Blue Silver Rice as their staple food.

Who can resist a food that is high in yield, highly nutritious, and tastes delicious?

Especially the tribute-grade "Blue Silver Rice," a super rice that only the Green Wood Merchant Association can provide, truly lives up to its name and is indeed a "tribute."

With limited annual production, they are often snapped up by top forces such as the Spirit Hall, the two great empires, and the Upper Three Sects as soon as they are released.

Even the Lower Four Sects and the few families behind the Great Soul Fighting Arena Alliance would find it difficult to snatch it once or twice out of ten attempts.

Of course, if it were just "Blue Silver Rice," the mere [Green Wood Merchant Association] and Ling Yi would not even be worthy of Yu Yuanzhen's attention.

Even if Ling Yi is Divine Craftsman, Grandmaster of carving, and a Healing System Soul King whose healing abilities are comparable to Soul Emperor or even Soul Saint, in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes, he's just so-so. He's a talent, qualified to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but giving him the status of a guest elder is about right.

What truly made Yu Yuanzhen remember Ling Yi's name was the complex network of relationships behind him.

Simply having the backing of the Blacksmith Association and the increasingly renowned Heavenly Craft Academy isn't really anything special. 🐤🍟 💘💜

The greatest strength of these two companies lies in their Soul Douluo Tie Futu, a force comparable to Contra.

But one Tie Futu is not enough to support a Lower Four Sects -level power, even with the addition of Lou Gao, who has now broken through to the Soul Saint level, Hamo Reit, and the "Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor" Dugu Bo.

With one Soul Douluo and three Soul Saint, they are indeed a formidable high-level combat force across the Douluo Continent. They can even hold their own against the Upper Three Sects.

But that's all.

For a long-established top-tier power like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, my face-to-face conversation with you is an opportunity I'm giving you, not a guarantee that you can actually sit on equal footing with me.

To use a simple example, the current Blacksmith Association, the Heavenly Craft Academy, and the Green Wood Merchant Association are roughly equivalent to one of the four major affiliated clans of the Clear Sky Sect in the eyes of almost every established power in the Douluo Continent.

For Ling Yi, the prominent figure of such a powerful organization, to suddenly spend a fortune building a city on the edge of a branch of the ' Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range ' is, frankly, quite eye-catching.

If that place weren't located in a no-man's-land between the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and the Star Dou Great Forest, the Heaven Dou Empire might have had to send an army to attack the city and quell the rebellion.

But it was during that time that people from all sides of the Douluo Continent discovered that Ling Yi, the city's founder, had such a vast network of connections!

[Spirit Hall], the Hall Master of the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Temple, Platinum Bishop Sa Fan Desa, Cardinal Salas, Cardinals Musos and Yao Qi of ' Spirit City ', Zhang Ji, the Vice Commander of the Temple Guardian Knight Corps "...

The Clear Sky Sect's Third Miss, Tang Yuehua, is residing at the Heavenly Craft Academy. Bai He, the Speed Clan, has entered into a long-term business partnership with the Blacksmith Association. Yang Shelly, a collateral Breaking Clan ...

The Heaven Dou Empire, from Crown Prince Xue Ye, Ninth Prince Xue Xing, and Grand Duke Mo Li, the Minister of Finance, down to Earl Ai'er Timosi, represents the Heaven Dou military forces...

The Menethil Clan, one of the seven great clans of the Great Soul Fighting Arena Alliance...

These are all established top-tier forces. Their affiliated Soul Master families, scattered throughout the Douluo Continent, have all been more or less drawn into doing business with the [Green Wood Merchant Association], earning a considerable income each year...

It can be said that, if we disregard the combat power at the top and only consider the influence at the bottom, the new force "Lingyun City" represented by Ling Yi is like a fledgling tiger that has just emerged from its fold and has barged into the ranks of the Lower Four Sects. With the watchful eyes of the tigers watching from afar, it has gained a foothold and successfully cut in line.

Combined with the rumors that Ling Yi is proficient in a series of skills such as forging, carving, calligraphy, painting, music, cooking, and commerce, which are difficult for ordinary people to reach the master level even if they learn one of them, Ling Yi can make even the masters look up to him.

Therefore, many people from various factions on the Douluo Continent described Ling Yi as "exquisitely shrewd and quick-witted."

They believed that he had seven orifices in his heart and was ingenious and clever.

Now, his son Yu Xiaogang, has run off to Lingyun City. Is it a coincidence? Or—?

Thinking of this, Yu Yuanzhen's brows furrowed slightly.

In a flash, Yu Yuanzhen asked in a deep voice, "How did Xiaogang get to ' Lingyun City '?"

"Ah?"

Yu Luomian was stunned by his older brother's question. Shouldn't you be asking Xiaogang how he's doing in Lingyun City?

Or perhaps the question is, has your strength improved?

No, Yu Yi reported back before that Xiaogang's strength hadn't improved at all since reaching level 29 more than a year ago...

Lost in thought, Yu Luomian didn't dare delay in answering. Recalling the information she had received earlier, she said, "It seems that about a month ago, Xiaogang encountered people from the Spirit Hall in Yelin City. The two talked about something, and then Xiaogang suddenly left Yelin City and traveled all the way to Lingyun City..."

"The Spirit Hall?"

Upon hearing these three words, Yu Yuanzhen frowned even more deeply. "How did you get involved with them again?"

To be continued tomorrow, goodnight everyone~