Upon receiving Li Ping's invitation,
Gu Musheng soon hurried over.
Li Ping immediately asked him about Dai Sangyu breaking off her engagement, and Gu Musheng nodded, confirming that the news was true.
He also told Li Ping that Huang Yunzi was not merely making threats. He meant business.
The merchant associations affiliated with Purple Cloud Valley, the Sword-Washing Pool, the Greenwood Sect, and several other sects had recently closed their doors and left the Immortal City.
In addition, the three sects had stopped every caravan transporting spirit rice, spirit herbs, and other resources to the Immortal City, forbidding them from setting foot in the Cloudmist Mountains.
The three sects had even organized patrol teams to arrest every cultivator who tried to sneak into the Immortal City.
They did not, however, stop cultivators from leaving the Immortal City.
The three sects had only been doing this for a few days, but the effects were already beginning to show within the Immortal City.
For instance, prices for demon beast materials had begun to fall, while prices for finished products such as spirit talismans, spirit weapons, and spirit rice were slowly rising.
The Immortal City was especially dependent on supplies transported from the Western Wasteland for resources produced on spirit land, such as spirit rice and pills.
With the three sects cutting off those supplies, the Immortal City had no way to make up the shortfall in the near term.
Speaking of the Immortal City's predicament, Gu Musheng made a point of warning Li Ping. "Oh, right, Big Brother, you mustn't try any profiteering this time. Master no longer concerns himself with mundane affairs. Senior Sister Dai is handling these matters now. She hates evil with a vengeance. If she catches you by the pigtail, your life could be in danger."
Li Ping