Chapter 1580: Chapter 364_5
“But…”
He drew out his voice and looked around at the other Golden Core Stage people. Suddenly, he whispered to his two friends via secret sound transmission: “But, look at our Rare Treasures Commerce Association’s Longevity Period experts. None have reached this level, and so many of them are even scared out of their wits.
Even though they are in the Longevity Period, I feel their battle will is not even as strong as ours at the Golden Core Stage.
I have seen other Longevity Period experts in Wansheng City. Even if their cultivation base wasn’t as strong as those from our Rare Treasures Commerce Association, their battle will was much stronger.
In the Rare Treasures Commerce Association, if you agree to serve them, you have to constantly work according to their requests!
How can a true strong individual have everything arranged by others? Moreover, in the Rare Treasures Commerce Association, they hardly ever allow you to go out on adventures.
If you don’t fight, if you don’t face danger, if you don’t venture out yourself for adventure, how can you become stronger!”
The composed man asked via secret sound transmission: “So, what exactly are you trying to say?”
The handsome man whispered: “I want to leave the Rare Treasures Commerce Association!”
“Leave the Rare Treasures Commerce Association? Are you crazy?” The composed man’s face changed drastically, he whispered urgently, “Have you forgotten the conditions the Rare Treasures Commerce Association agreed to take us under? For now, we at least need to serve the Rare Treasures Commerce Association for another three hundred years before we can leave.
If you leave secretly, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association definitely won’t let you go. You won’t even be able to leave Wansheng City safely before they catch you and the Rare Treasures Commerce Association executes you!”
He paused and continued, “I know what you said makes sense, and you have great talent. At that time, if it hadn’t been for your talent, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association might not have taken us in. So, you definitely have higher pursuits.
I also hope you can stand on a higher peak and look down upon the world. After you enter the Earth Immortal Realm, you can refuse the Rare Treasures Commerce Association, become their affiliate, and then endure three hundred more years before leaving.”
“Three hundred years is too long. Moreover, I have a way to leave the Rare Treasures Commerce Association. You know that the Rare Treasures Commerce Association has Rare Treasures Pavilions in many places.
The people of Rare Treasures Pavilion also move around. When the Rare Treasures Commerce Association sends people to the Rare Treasures Pavilion next time, I will volunteer to go elsewhere. Then I’ll escape from the Rare Treasures Pavilion.”
“But even then, they will still come looking for you.”
“So what if they search for me? The world is vast, where can’t I go? Can they really find me?”
During their conversation, another Earth Immortal Realm expert of the Rare Treasures Commerce Association fell in the distance.
“No, this can’t continue!” The Rare Treasures Chairman watched as the affiliates kept falling, and in his hand appeared a jade stone with the word ‘wan’ engraved on it.
The next moment, immortal power surged from inside him, and the jade stone shattered in his hand, followed by a ray of light rushing into the sky and exploding in the void, forming a golden character “萬”!
Even in broad daylight, the “萬” character was exceptionally eye-catching!
Cao Zhen looked at the “萬” character in the void, his brows suddenly furrowed. The reason he dared to come alone to the Rare Treasures Commerce Association’s Eastern Province branch was because Tao Zhenghe had told him about the distribution of the Rare Treasures Commerce Association’s power.
The Rare Treasures Commerce Association has branches in every city in the Eastern Province. Although the Rare Treasures Commerce Association often collaborates with local forces to help guard their Rare Treasures Pavilion, they can’t expect free help and must provide benefits in return.
Moreover, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association can’t fully trust other forces. They can’t keep an eye on all the minor cities, but in important major cities, they always send their own people and dispatch experts.
Those experts sent to major cities by the Rare Treasures Commerce Association often outnumber the experts at their branches.
The Rare Treasures Commerce Association dares to dispatch most of their experts not only because of their confidence that no other forces will easily provoke them but also because of Wansheng City.
Tao Zhenghe said that the Rare Treasures Commerce Association and Wansheng City have a cooperation in the Eastern Province. When he served as the temporary chairman, he held a Jade Pendant. If he encountered a crisis situation in Wansheng City, he could crush the Jade Pendant, and the experts of Wansheng City would immediately come to the aid of the Rare Treasures Commerce Association.
However, when he received the Jade Pendant, the old chairman advised not to crush it unless absolutely necessary, as enlisting Wansheng City’s help would come at a significant cost to the Rare Treasures Commerce Association.
As for the cost, the old chairman didn’t say, and Tao Zhenghe didn’t know either.
Now, the chairman of the Rare Treasures Commerce Association must have crushed that Jade Pendant.
So, the experts from Wansheng City will arrive soon!
He can fight with over a hundred Longevity Period experts from the Rare Treasures Commerce Association, but Wansheng City, who knows how many experts they have. Therefore, he must leave quickly.
Cao Zhen regretfully glanced at the other Treasure Troves, his figure flickered, and he collected the Treasures and Qiankun Bags of several dead Longevity Period experts from the Rare Treasures Commerce Association in one swoop, then turned to rush into the Treasure Trove filled with a large number of Immortal Herbs.
Wansheng City, City Lord’s Mansion!
A burly man with a full beard, towering like an iron tower, looked at a middle-aged man with handsome features, dressed in luxurious purple robes, exuding an aura of majesty, and inquired, “Young City Lord, that Cao Zhen has already entered our Wansheng City, and he clearly intends to cause trouble for the Rare Treasures Commerce Association.