The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2471: Chapter 2471: Tianyin Building Gets Anxious

Gao Zhenjiang mentioned the transaction thirty years ago between the Golden Toad Commerce and Jing Yan, which the President suddenly remembered.

That transaction was handled by Gao Zhenjiang, though he also understood the transaction process.

"Celestial Void Eye Pill Formula?" The President’s voice sounded somewhat peculiar.

He knew it was Elder Yu Luo who later sent the pill formula and other items to Hongmeng City.

"Indeed, during that transaction, Hongmeng City bought two pill formulas from our Golden Toad Commerce, among which the High Grade Immortal Pill Formula was the Celestial Void Eye." Gao Zhenjiang nodded.

The President’s face showed a hint of disbelief.

He took a breath and said, "Elder Zhenjiang, you mean... in just thirty years, he managed to refine the Celestial Void Eye? Isn’t that rather unrealistic?"

Under normal circumstances, it would indeed be an almost impossible task.

Even the strongest old High Grade Immortal Alchemists in Kunling Heaven wouldn’t dare claim they could refine an elixir from a High Grade Immortal Pill Formula within decades. It’s difficult even over thousands or tens of thousands of years.

"President, it’s indeed an incredible feat. However, City Lord Jing Yan obviously cannot be measured by normal standards. By himself, he faced five Red-Clothed Killing Stars from Yama Palace and still managed to kill four of them in return. His combat power is beyond what ordinary Immortal Venerable Realm can handle, and he’s so young. I think it’s not impossible for him to refine such an elixir as the Celestial Void Eye within a few decades." Gao Zhenjiang said with a solemn expression.

The President pondered for a long time and slowly nodded.

Then, he laughed and said, "This time, it seems that Tianyin Building will have a tough time. City Lord Jing Yan is not someone to suffer losses! When Tianyin Building prevented Hongmeng City from appearing on the Tianyin City leaderboard, he immediately let Hongmeng Pill Tower launch a second type of High Grade Immortal Pill. Haha, he wants to embarrass Tianyin Building."

Gao Zhenjiang laughed upon hearing this.

When Hongmeng Pill Tower launched the second type of High Grade Immortal Pill, although it didn’t mention the Tianyin City leaderboard, the timing was just too coincidental, and it’s not hard for the discerning eye to see this as Hongmeng City expressing dissatisfaction towards Tianyin Building.

"President, City Lord Jing Yan’s depths are truly difficult to discern. He seems unafraid of offending any force. Which force dares easily offend Yama Palace? Yet City Lord Jing Yan, with his first move, wiped out four Red-Clothed Killing Stars." Gao Zhenjiang said with a tone of admiration.

"Hmm! Elder Zhenjiang, perhaps we should continue to connect with Hongmeng City, further strengthening our relations. But of course, we should exercise caution not to get too close; Hongmeng City has too many enemies, and we don’t want to be misunderstood as being in an alliance with them." The President squinted and said.

"I know what to do." Gao Zhenjiang nodded.

Connecting with Hongmeng City isn’t difficult; Golden Toad Commerce had a transaction with Hongmeng City thirty years ago, establishing a basis for cooperation. Moreover, now Hongmeng City is developing rapidly, intending to purchase a vast array of resources externally. Golden Toad Commerce can facilitate convenience for Hongmeng City. As long as Golden Toad Commerce takes a slightly proactive approach, Hongmeng City certainly will not refuse.

...

Thunder Domain, the cultivators are bustling.

"What’s happening with Tianyin Building?"

"Why is Hongmeng City not listed on the Tianyin City leaderboard? Hongmeng City’s Hongmeng Pill Tower sells two types of High Grade Immortal Pills, and the quality of the pills they sell is very high. If such a Hongmeng City cannot appear on the Tianyin City leaderboard, then how many of those One Star cities listed deserve their spot?"

"Is the Tianyin Building’s leaderboard still credible?"

"What exactly are those people doing?"

"The investigation of Hongmeng City was conducted by the Tianyin Building Thunder Domain branch, led by Wuling Building Master. Previously, it was said that Wuling spent half a month assessing Hongmeng City, but ultimately came to this conclusion. What was Wuling doing? Does he even have the capability?"

"..."

After Hongmeng Pill Tower launched the second type of High Grade Immortal Pill, it greatly boosted Hongmeng Pill Tower’s fame, while also significantly increasing Hongmeng City’s reputation. One could say, the influence of Hongmeng City had increased substantially.

Specifically speaking, the score generated by Hongmeng City alone from the Hongmeng Pill Tower was enough to get onto the Tianyin City leaderboard.

Any city, if it had a pill tower like Hongmeng Pill Tower, could fully qualify for the Tianyin City leaderboard.

In this situation, Tianyin Building fails to list Hongmeng City on the Tianyin City leaderboard, it’s only natural cultivators across the world question Tianyin Building’s credibility.

Furthermore, such questioning is no longer limited to Thunder Domain. Outside of Thunder Domain, more and more cultivators are commenting critically on the Tianyin City leaderboard, feeling that Tianyin Building isn’t as just as they once believed.

Once this suspicion arises, it undeniably has a massive impact on Tianyin Building’s reputation.

Tianyin Building differs from other superpowers; it solely relies on its reputation and credibility. If it loses credibility, who would dare to spend a significant expense buying intelligence information from Tianyin Building when you can’t be sure if such intelligence is true?

Tianyin Building, headquarters!

Tianyin Building thrives on intelligence information, so the high-level executives at the headquarters received the relevant information about the events outside instantly.

Inside the silver palace, five out of the seven elders of Tianyin Building were seated here.

The highest leader of Tianyin Building is naturally the General Building Owner, who is an Immortal Emperor and usually does not show himself. Beneath the General Building Owner are seven elders. These seven elders comprise the Elder Council, which nearly forms the highest institution within Tianyin Building, as all orders, decisions, and others are issued from the Elder Council, the General Building Owner does not handle Tianyin Building’s mundane affairs.

Currently, the five elders’ faces are gloomy.

"What is Wuling up to? That idiot!" an elder cursed angrily.

"I already looked into this matter earlier. Hongmeng City was newly established thirty years ago, and its city lord is named Jing Yan. City Lord Jing Yan possesses great strength; he is not from Kunling Heaven but from Faro Heaven, and is also a High Grade Immortal Alchemist. Under his promotion, Hongmeng City quickly developed. After decades of development, Hongmeng City now qualifies as a small city, with both static and mobile personnel surpassing the three-million mark."

"However, Hongmeng City is ultimately a new city, its various institutions are still not very established, and it doesn’t really host any influential forces, though there are plenty of adventure groups. Not to mention, the Hongmeng Pill Tower within this city is quite commendable, selling High Grade Immortal Pill Nine-Star Primordial Spirit Pill from the start, and their quality is exceedingly high."

"Based on these, Wuling of the Thunder Domain branch recently visited Hongmeng City for assessment, judging whether Hongmeng City could be listed on the Tianyin City leaderboard. After assessment, Wuling felt the conditions in Hongmeng City weren’t sufficient, so it wasn’t reported to headquarters."

An elder dressed in a dark red robe slowly introduced the relevant situation in the great hall.