The Fourth Financial Crisis

While Zhu Ziming was winning over Elder Fei, Yang Lu and Li Qingning also returned to Haiya City together.

Before Yang Lu joined, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, as an external force that entered Haiya City to grab cakes, could be said to be besieged internally and externally, with enemies on all sides. Even if the major chambers of commerce did not dare to act rashly due to the pressure from Li Qingyang, they were still full of confidence in the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. hostility.

However, the current situation of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce can be described as a duck in water.

At the Haiya City headquarters, the Qingning Chamber of Commerce has become the closest ally of the Haiya faction. Both the Han family, which controls the city lord's palace, and the Su family, which controls the Haiya Chamber of Commerce and Haiya Bank, have given the green light to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Whenever the Qingning Chamber of Commerce encounters any problem, as long as it is reported to the Haiya City Lord's Mansion, the processing priority will be no less than that of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce. As the monopoly customer of Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Haiya Chamber of Commerce has granted Qingning Chamber of Commerce super VIP treatment with clear money and goods.

In Tianshu City next door, both Chen Ming, the leader of the Mountain Eagle Sect, and Fang Jiancai, the deacon of the Gongde Hall, were friendly to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. Chen Ming even awarded Yang Lu the guest badge of the Mountain Eagle Sect.

For the major chambers of commerce doing business in Tianshu City, the most troublesome thing about Tianshu City is nothing more than the strict city management regulations formulated by the Shanying Sect. However, for Yang Lu, who has the identity of an elder of the Shanying Sect, , can be easily exempted from most urban management regulations and enjoy super-national treatment.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Zhongzhou Sword Discussion Conference, Su Yuanfeng introduced to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce Elder Murong of Luoxia Sect, the overlord of Luoxia City, and Elder Du of Guyun Sect, the overlord of Luanshi City. Trade, the two important sources of revenue for the chamber of commerce, has the protection of local cultivators, and doing business is much easier than in the past.

Considering that the Zhu Family Chamber of Commerce has completely withdrawn from Haiya City, and that the Du Branch of the Wuliangjian Sect also intends to replace Lu Anping, the special trade representative, and is preparing to send other deacons from the outer sect during the Foundation Establishment Period to continue cooperation with the Haiya Department in ocean trade and tariffs, In addition, Xu Yannan, a monetary policy observer at the Lingshi Reserve Bank, is Yang Lu's official master. Overnight, the major forces in the entire southeastern region of Zhongzhou seemed to have become political allies of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, even though their relationship with each other was still on the same level...

After the external difficulties were resolved, Yang Lu also promoted drastic reforms within the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, established a relatively complete internal management system, and relied on Ji Sihan and He Mingyuan to check and balance each other, greatly improving the operational efficiency of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. The state of barely balancing profits and losses has increased the ROA (return on total assets) of the chamber of commerce to more than 4%. This level has far exceeded the average level of normal cultivation chambers of commerce, and is even expected to increase the annual profit of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to one million levels.

When things got on track, Yang Lu had less to do.

In his spare time, he originally wanted to play chess and chat with Li Qingning, but he did not expect that after the night chat in Luoxia City, Li Qingning became more enthusiastic about cultivation, almost to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.

The eldest lady is willing to work hard, which is definitely a good thing.

Not only would Yang Lu not suppress her enthusiasm for fighting, but when he had nothing to do, he would move a chair by himself and watch Li Qingning practice all kinds of fancy killing moves of the seven major sects of Kyushu.

Of course, whether the killing moves of the seven major sects are powerful or not, Yang Lu, a bastard from the world of cultivation who comes from a wild background, must not know anything about it. The main reason is that the eldest lady is beautiful, and she is pleasing to the eye no matter what she does. .

Not to mention that when practicing her killer moves, Li Qingning's figure kept moving around. Such large-scale body movements could highlight her curves, making Yang Lu never get tired of looking at her.

As for why Yang Lu himself doesn’t practice Kung Fu...

This is mainly because he only has the third level of Qi refining, and it is useless to practice ordinary magic and killing moves. As for meditating and chanting sutras, he can completely arrange them in his dreams, so he can only squat beside him and admire his beautiful woman. The eldest lady is practicing martial arts.

While Zhu Ziming was having a secret meeting with Elder Fei Fan of the Mountain Eagle Sect, Yang Lu was also practicing with Li Qingning in the backyard as usual.

As a result, as soon as the eldest lady got into position, preparing to practice a wind-controlling killer move called [Yunwai Tianguang], a flying sword flashing with earth-attribute aura suddenly appeared in the distance, roaring towards the Qingning Chamber of Commerce. The direction is coming.

Just as Li Qingning was about to cast a spell to intercept, Yang Lu stopped him and said, "Miss, wait a minute, my express delivery has arrived!"

express delivery?

As he spoke, the tawny flying sword approached the backyard of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, and its speed also slowed down significantly.

Seeing this scene, Li Qingning couldn't help but wonder: "Flying sword to send a message? Who is this that travels thousands of miles to send you something?"

Yang Lu raised his hand and made a move, and the flying sword landed firmly on his hand.

Carefully taking out a package from the flying sword, Yang Lu opened the package and explained: "This is the natal flying sword of Fei Fan, the law enforcement elder of the Mountain Eagle Sect! I made a deal with Elder Fei yesterday through the communication spell. This is A gift from Elder Fei."

Fei Fan, the elder of the Mountain Eagle Sect?

Li Qingning held her pointed chin and thought for a moment, still a little confused and said: "Isn't this person the deputy of Chen Ming, the leader of the Mountain Eagle Sect? During the sword discussion conference two days ago, Chen Ming also said that Elder Fei is a waste. He has already dismissed all his administrative positions. I remember you scolded him along with Chen Ming... Why are you doing business with him now? "

Yang Lu stared at Li Qingning's beautiful eyes and said seriously: "During the beast disaster in Tianshu City, Elder Fei and I left spell marks on each other for communication. On the night of the finals of the Sword Discussion Conference, didn't you ask me how I was going to prepare? Are you protecting you outside the territory? This package sent by Elder Fei is the means I use to protect you!"

Li Qingning felt a little embarrassed when Yang Lu looked at her, her cheeks turned red and she said, "You also know that I am impatient, so don't try to show off to me here. What exactly is in Elder Fei's package?"

Yang Lu carefully opened the package and revealed the goods in the package——

This is a delicate and small crystal bottle, with faint flashes of spiritual light on the surface, which looks quite extraordinary. And in the crystal bottle, there is a caterpillar that looks like a silkworm baby. Its flesh and blood are crystal clear, and it seems to be a monster insect.

Yang Lu gently placed the crystal bottle in front of Li Qingning, and explained to Li Qingning, who was as curious as a baby: "This insect is called Sharing Wealth and Suffering Gu. It is a rare Gu insect cultivated in Wanhua Valley in Nanman Prefecture. It usually appears in groups. Appear in groups. When a cultivator enters the realm of introducing Qi into the body, if this insect invades the body, it will parasitize the cultivator's Dantian Qi sea and cannot be taken out. It usually does no harm to the cultivator, but if If the other insect that is paired with this insect is harmed, the insect will go crazy in the body of the cultivator, causing the cultivator it parasitizes to have internal breathing disorder, and the symptoms will be as terrifying as being obsessed... "

This kind of Gu insect that shares joys and sorrows is very similar to the method used by some evil monks to control the dead soldiers under their command, because this method of control is very cruel and will definitely deduct the merits of heaven when used.

Li Qingning was about to say how could Elder Fei Fan have such evil things in his hands, but recalling what Yang Lu said that night, an idea suddenly flashed in her mind. She pointed at the crystal bottle in front of her and said in an unbelievable tone: "Could it be that...the other Gu worm that is paired with this insect and shares the same joys and sorrows has been implanted into the body of the guy named Ye Chen?"