A Millionfold Return: My Children Cultivate Immortality, I Become a God - Chapter 35

“This is strange. The Holy Lord of the Myriad Flower has left the Myriad Flower Holy Land and is heading towards the Southern Region. Could it be related to the mobile phones?”

On the other side, Wu Hao’s spiritual sense could cover a large part of the Central Region. The moment the Holy Lord of the Myriad Flower passed by, Wu Hao quickly detected it. Coupled with the direction the Holy Lord was heading, Wu Hao soon confirmed that the Holy Lord was likely intending to go to the Southern Region.

What could possibly attract the Holy Lord to the Southern Region? It could only be the mobile phones.

With this thought, Wu Hao hesitated no more and chose to follow secretly. After all, the Holy Lord was at the peak of Quasi-Emperor, and he possessed genuine Imperial Weapons. If he were to take action against Wu Rulong, the means left at Wu Hao’s disposal might not be enough to withstand it.

However, while Wu Hao was following Murong Huang, he also noticed three other auras nearby that were similar to Murong Huang’s, suggesting they were also heading towards the Southern Region.

“Interesting. It seems that this little invention I casually created has even stirred the Four Great Sacred Lands, prompting them to take action to snatch it away.”

Wu Hao thought to himself, continuing to silently trail behind Murong Huang. Despite Murong Huang being at the peak of Quasi-Emperor, Wu Hao was currently at the Late Stage of Great Emperor. If he wanted to avoid detection by Murong Huang, he could even be within two and a half meters, and Murong Huang wouldn’t notice.

The speed of the Four Great Holy Lords was incredibly fast, and they soon arrived in the Southern Region, following the position they had previously acquired to reach the Wu Commerce Association.

Just as Murong Huang was about to speak, he sensed something and suddenly turned to look a short distance away, a cold smile appearing on his lips.

“Li Taibai, so you’ve come too.”

As Murong Huang’s words fell, a man in blue clothing wielding a long sword appeared not far away. It was none other than Li Taibai, the Holy Lord of the Green Lotus Holy Land.

However, at that moment, there was no joy of old friends reuniting on Li Taibai’s face; instead, he wore a knowing expression as he replied, “What, if you can come, I can’t? And those two hiding nearby, come out.”

As Li Taibai’s words fell, two more silhouettes slowly emerged from the nearby void.

Upon seeing these two figures, Murong Huang’s expression became even more unsightly, for they were none other than Lin Shuirou, the Holy Lord of the Roushui Holy Land, and Lei Wanyun, the Holy Lord of the Thunderclap Holy Land.

“Murong, old rascal, were you thinking of feasting on this alone? Aren’t you afraid that our three families might join forces to take action against your Myriad Flower Holy Land?”

Lei Wanyun’s eyes were filled with coldness as he looked at Murong Huang. If it were a one-on-one match among the Four Great Sacred Lands, the outcome would be hard to determine. However, if it were a three-on-one situation, the Myriad Flower Holy Land would undoubtedly face defeat.

Yet, unless absolutely necessary, the Four Great Sacred Lands would never engage in a war. If they did, the ensuing turmoil would be enough to disrupt the entire Xuantian Realm.

“Hehehe, old Murong, do you really think you’re the only one who knows about this? We surely would come too upon discovering it. The waters here are too deep for you to navigate alone; you should hand it over to me,” Lin Shuirou said with a mocking smile, covering her mouth as she looked at Murong Huang. However, Murong Huang refused without hesitation.

“The three of you, what if you let me take what’s here? I, Murong Huang, will owe you a favor in return,” he proposed.

What a joke! If any of the Holy Lands controlled what was here, it wouldn’t take even a hundred years for them to dominate the Xuantian Realm and become its ruler. If they dared to hand the resources over to Murong Huang, they would surely be scolded to death by their own factions upon returning.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Li Taibai and the others rejected the proposal.

Seeing this scene, Wu Hao, who was hiding in the shadows, became curious about how the Four Great Holy Lords would resolve this matter.

Just then, Murong Huang spoke up.

“Since we can’t obtain it, how about we destroy it instead? If everyone is unwilling to back down, the best solution is to destroy this item. This way, no one can threaten the positions of our Four Great Sacred Lands.”

“At the same time, our relationships among the Four Great Sacred Lands can remain intact.”

Murong Huang’s tone was extremely serious; this was the best solution he had pondered for a long time. If he wanted to prevent a war among the Four Great Sacred Lands, destruction was the last resort.

Otherwise, if any Holy Land obtained this technology, the remaining three would definitely not stand by idly. The only way to prevent conflict would be to destroy the Wu Commerce Association and ensure that the Four Great Sacred Lands wouldn’t go to war.

As Murong Huang’s words fell, Li Taibai and the other two fell into silence, clearly taken aback by Murong Huang’s proposed method.

Li Taibai spoke first.

“If you want to take action, go ahead. I will only ensure that you don’t obtain the mobile phone technology, or perhaps my Green Lotus Holy Land could partner with the Wu Commerce Association.”

As a member of a reputable sect, Li Taibai wouldn’t resort to exterminating a whole clan.

As Li Taibai spoke, Lin Shuirou chuckled and said, “I’m not so ruthless either. If your Myriad Flower Holy Land wants to take action, then go ahead. However, Roushui Holy Land may not just sit back and watch; we might even step in to help the Wu Commerce Association.”

“Indeed, exterminating an entire clan is too excessive, so I choose to stand with the Wu Commerce Association,” Lei Wanyun nodded seriously.

Seeing the expressions on the three of them, if it weren’t for their equal strength, Murong Huang would have likely already gone up to deal with them. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Murong Huang finally spoke up and asked, “So what do you all think should be done about this? Can you really stand by and watch a mere Wu Commerce Association reach the same level as our Four Great Sacred Lands?”

“It’s simple; let the Wu Commerce Association give us a portion of their profits, and in return, we will provide them with protection,” Li Taibai said without hesitation. The idea was to make it so the Wu Commerce Association couldn’t elevate itself to their level; the Four Great Sacred Lands would simply collect protection money from them. As long as the protection fee exceeded their remaining profits, the Wu Commerce Association would have no chance to rise.

Lin Shuirou and Lei Wanyun nodded in agreement; they shared the same idea.

However, Murong Huang disagreed. After all, if that were the case, when would the Myriad Flower Holy Land ever get a chance to rise? But he had no choice but to comply; he could either refuse and make enemies of the other three Holy Lands or conspire with them to maintain the status quo.

Given their current strengths, it was clear that Murong Huang did not have the capability to overturn the table, so he could only sigh and agree.

Soon, the four of them reached an agreement: the Wu Commerce Association would hand over about ninety percent of their profits to the Four Great Sacred Lands, which would then be evenly divided among them. After the division, the income would still be higher than that of the Wu Commerce Association, thus preventing the Wu Commerce Association from entertaining any thoughts of surpassing the Four Great Sacred Lands.

However, the ideal was beautiful, while reality was harsh. Wu Hao had already overheard their conversation and let out a helpless sigh. He just wanted his son to run a business properly; why did someone always have to come seeking death? First, it was the Li Dynasty, and now it was people from the Four Great Sacred Lands.

But there was no way out now, even if he chose not to take action. Moreover, knowing his son, he would never agree to it. Thus, he was left with two choices: either he would have to drive off the Four Holy Lords himself, or he would have to watch helplessly.