"The Star Palace's rules forbid fighting in Tianxing City. If the Fengle Merchant Alliance wants to coerce me, they'll have to come to blows with me, so they'll have to make their move outside the city. Since I haven't left Tianxing City in years, they'll certainly find some way to trick me into leaving," Lin Yun told Nangong Wan with a smile.
Nangong Wan's expression eased considerably. As long as they had a way to respond, that was good enough. "In that case, just stay in the city for now," she said.
As one of the Four Great Merchant Alliances, the Fengle Merchant Alliance certainly had Nascent Soul cultivators among its ranks. Neither of them could contend with such opponents yet. Until they both reached the Nascent Soul stage, their best response to a hostile Nascent Soul cultivator was to avoid them whenever possible.
At the same time, she felt an increasingly urgent need to improve her cultivation and strength.
Lin Yun merely nodded lightly at Nangong Wan's suggestion, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Having sensed that someone was plotting against him, he naturally would not leave himself unprepared.
He knew perfectly well that, in the cultivation world, everything ultimately came down to strength. The law of the jungle ruled here. All schemes and plots amounted to one thing in the end-the strong devoured the weak.
Elder Liu dared to plot against him only because the Fengle Merchant Alliance was powerful and had Nascent Soul cultivators backing it.
Thus, the preparations he needed to make were simply to increase his strength as much as possible. After that, he would meet soldiers with generals and hold back floods with earth.
Over the next few months, Lin Yun did not disrupt his original plans. He continued cultivating, refining his magic treasures, and studying