Demon Sword Sect’s Undercover
Chapter 313 - 313 312 Island Distribution 2

313: Chapter 312 Island Distribution 2 313: Chapter 312 Island Distribution 2 A thought stirred in Bai Qingqian’s heart.

Could this be a little secret of the sword cultivator before her?

She remembered that he didn’t use any thunder-related swordsmanship during the battle in the Poplar Forest.

Was this a new direction in his cultivation?

Being able to be involved, she felt honored and keenly realized that this might be an important opportunity to deepen her relationship with this sword cultivator.

In a single night in the Poplar Forest, she could roughly guess the sword cultivator’s general temperament and character, which was a basic skill for businesspeople in observing and assessing others.

Steadfast, fierce, promise-keeping, unscrupulous…

her guess was he’s a typical ascetic cultivator.

For such a person, other things matter little, but if one can provide considerable help at the early stage of his cultivation path, such a person would remember you for a lifetime.

The capabilities of the Bai Family could help up to the Tongtian third realm, thus this engagement with Mirage was critical – it could establish the future relationship between both parties.

As long as this sword cultivator could survive the dangerous period of the Tongtian third realm…

Investing in business also involved risks, and she, of course, understood this principle well; previously, when the Bai family was at its peak, they were more conservative in investing in promising cultivators, but now that the Bai family was not what it once was, they were forced to be more aggressive, even with a cultivator who had just stepped into the Tongxuan realm.

In the Bai family’s future reconstruction plans, attracting important sects and individuals was the foremost task of every Bai family disciple abroad.

Without this, the Bai family would never be able to turn things around.

After decades, they would be swallowed up by the waves of the business circles, leaving not a bone left.

When they first fled, several Bai family descendants each bore such a mission, with Third Master Bai focusing on the Quanzhen Sect, which was of utmost importance; only she was mainly engaged in business operations in Mirage City, and the Wo Sect was not considered a significant force to rely on.

Each of them had funding to support similar networking tasks.

In her view, Hou Niao’s current realm truly wasn’t much in terms of value for wooing, but he had a promising future and there was also the previous opportunity.

She decided to take this chance – could she succeed in nurturing a great cultivator?

So she probed, “Sir’s meaning is that you’re collecting everything related to thunder, but you’re not sure which items will be most helpful to you?

In that case, why not do this: my Bai family’s commercial firm will focus on collecting such items in our future operations.

Then you can try them out one by one.

If they’re useful, you can buy them; if not, we’ll treat them as regular goods and continue the trade cycle.

This way, the required funding can be kept within a reasonable range; otherwise, even with the capabilities of the Bai family, it would be difficult to gather everything related to thunder.

As you know, among the Five Elements, items of thunder are particularly precious and differ from other treasures.”

Hou Niao sighed inwardly.

He had been striving to purify his cultivation practice but now, he saw that pure cultivation did not exist; a background and cooperation were necessary.

Otherwise, just collecting items related to thunder would be a huge challenge, not only in terms of time but also in expertise and resources.

Having such a troubled commercial firm helping him would probably be the best choice for the moment.

He should not push people away as he had done before.

“In that case, thank you for your consideration, Qingqian.

It may affect your business operations…”

Bai Qingqian smiled brightly, “It won’t affect much.

After all, in our commercial operations, we would eventually need a significant breakthrough, if not this, then that.

It’s impossible to cover all bases.

Now, to lean towards thunder as a matter of course is also part of the trade.

Sir, don’t worry about it.”

The two exchanged smiles, knowing that they were now tied to the same line.

As for how strong this connection was, that would be proved over time with events.

In any case, it was a good start with infinite possibilities.

Hou Niao could discreetly collect any external items he needed through the Bai family’s commercial firm, while also disposing of ill-gotten gains in the process; the Bai family was buying his future!

Quite fair.

The two consecrated their agreement with tea in place of wine.

…

Back at the inn, Hou Niao no longer idly wandered about, which resulted in nothing but confusion and no gains.

If Yinling was where his dreams took flight, then the Lizhi Sea was where his path of cultivation set sail.

He had a premonition that the time he would spend here might not be as brief as just seven years.

After his Earth Element Escape skill started to progress on the right track, he began to focus on his main cultivation technique, the Three Night Thunder Law.

It was inevitable and urged by the circumstances.

The ever-changing nature of cultivation always made his plans lag behind schedule.

Earth Element Escape had just started to flourish when he was assigned to such a maritime environment.

In this context, the significance of Earth Element Escape was quite limited.

What could he do, dig into the sea bottom on an island?

Therefore, it was essential to start practicing the Three Night Thunder Skill, as a method to quickly increase the power of his flying sword and also as an opportunity for a breakthrough in his main cultivation technique.

He had been busy these past few days, particularly observing the meteorological conditions of the Outer Sea currents and thereby discovering several sea areas with frequent thunder explosions.

Excluding those that entered the deep-sea region, there were a few famous thunder explosion zones between one thousand and two thousand miles, but whether they were suitable or not still required an on-site understanding, and additionally, his stationed island couldn’t be too far from the thunder explosion area.

The connection with Zhu Changwen couldn’t be broken; the choice of the island would determine his cultivation environment for the coming years and could not be taken lightly.

It wasn’t just for himself, he also needed to attempt to make contact with other influential cultivators of the Wo Sect within the Jiedu Mansion.

As an ally of the Wo Sect, the Quanzhen Sect theoretically had a leading status.

He had a natural advantage in this aspect, and failure to utilize it would be foolish.

Furthermore, he needed to get in touch with some merchants from Shan Country, not to buy anything but to make contact with Quanzhen brothers in the Outer Sea through them; Wang Daoist had specifically reminded him of this because he feared that his youthful vigor and self-importance would lead him to disregard the power of his own sect.

Across the thousands of islands in the Lizhi Sea, there are also scattered dozens of Quanzhen Sword Cultivators from all over Shan Country; they wouldn’t stay in Mirage City but would be stationed on the islands, so their times for resupplying resources were irregular and difficult to gather.

The best way was to use the merchants from Shan Country, who were considered one of their own.

They could leave messages, notify each other, coordinate tasks, and assist one another.

The response would be slow, which was unavoidable in a maritime environment.

He wasn’t particularly keen on scheming, but when he had to do so, he wasn’t lacking in experience.

It was a basic skill he gained from surviving in official circles for several years.

Just a bit sweeter talk, a bit more legwork, a little more generosity with his hands…

Along with his Quanzhen Sect background, it wouldn’t be too difficult to find a suitable island in the Wo Sect-led Lihai Jiedu Mansion.

Most Sword Cultivators simply couldn’t be bothered to do so.

Since his arrival a month ago, the impression he left on those he had contact with was that he was sensible and not domineering; he seemed less like a Sword Cultivator and more like a Daoist Sect disciple.