Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 591 - 48: Misfortune Brought by Blessing

Qian Luo and Chi Xi, along with Gore, have returned.

After more than a month of effort, in cooperation with the "Titan," they traversed through mountains, lakes, and marshes. A transportation passage that passed through Fengdan Bailu, the Greenland Black Forest, Xuan Beast Ridge, Five Saints Town, and Wohua Imperial City has finally been cleared.

This secret passage, consisting of several large transmission arrays, requires only a minimal number of transfers to transport over fifty carriages worth of goods, people, and Dark Beasts. Accompanying Qian Luo’s return was Feng Chuo, whose Elixir Shop in Five Saints Town has entered steady operations after months of management. There, Feng Chuo recruited a group of Pill Masters responsible for refining the essential Elixir Pills.

Some important Elixir Pills were regularly sent back to Five Saints Town through the Transmission Array by Yue Jinghua and Feng Chuo.

"Captain, when we passed through Five Saints Town, we encountered Luo Compass and Qin Dongting returning from Shang Kingdom. They seem to have news for you. However, because the local Mercenary Guild had several urgent missions for the Qi Yue Combat Squad, they departed to complete those missions first. After finishing, they will hurry to the Imperial City to regroup with you," Yue Jinghua did not expect Chi Xi and the others to complete their missions so quickly.

Yue Jinghua nodded. It had been a while since she left Shang Kingdom. After the death of the Fa brothers, the power in Shang Kingdom fell into Sha Fei’s hands, and now she didn’t know what the situation in Shang Kingdom was like.

"Qian Luo, you’ve done an excellent job this time. This transmission passage is unparalleled in the world, let’s call it the ’Bilun Highway.’ " Considering the significant contribution by Qian Luo to opening the transmission passage, and to commemorate her mother continent, Bilunxi Continent, Yue Jinghua decided on the new name for the passage.

"Chi Xi, you’ve also done well. I heard from Qian Luo that when searching for the right locations for the transmission arrays, you provided her with a lot of help based on your experience. Truly deserving of a veteran Four-Star mercenary," Yue Jinghua’s praise brought great joy to Chi Xi.

"However, I have another task for you to handle now," Yue Jinghua told Chi Xi all about her confrontation with Qing Zizhu and the massive debts owed by Yanyue Chamber of Commerce during Chi Xi’s absence.

Upon hearing this, Chi Xi fell into a brief silence.

Just when Yue Jinghua was about to probe her thoughts, Chi Xi firmly said: "Captain, you only need to do as you please, without consideration for my thoughts. Over the years, the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce has committed wicked acts against many fellow mercenaries to capture high-quality Dark Beasts. I have no relatives or friends among them, they caused countless innocent families to be broken apart. If we let Zizhu continue like this, sooner or later, he will bring disaster upon himself."

With Chi Xi’s support, Yue Jinghua had no more reservations. She immediately ordered Hong Yao to go to the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce and demand the huge gambling debt from the Underground Beast Fighting Arena.

Hong Yao returned quickly with news that "Qing Zizhu has started to secretly sell off a few of Yanyue Chamber of Commerce’s prosperous shops; they no longer have enough Dark Pills to pay off the debts."

This was almost exactly what Yue Jinghua had estimated. Since the creditors of the other two bets of two million had already approached the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce to collect their debts, and since those creditors’ backing forces were also substantial, after the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce had paid tens of millions of Dark Pills, they were already left penniless. To repay the debt of sixteen million Dark Pills owed to Yue Jinghua, they had no choice but to sell their shops.

"On one hand, keep pressing the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce to repay the debt; on the other hand, hire someone to pose as a wealthy outsider to purchase all the shops of the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce," exploiting a fire to commit a robbery, only a real fool would do that.

Just when Yue Jinghua thought she could take the opportunity to seize the prosperous shops of the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce, something unexpected happened.

Qing Zizhu suddenly canceled the sale of the shops and paid off the full debt with a large sum of Dark Pills.

No wall is impermeable to the wind, and after making inquiries, Yue Jinghua only then learned that the one who saved the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce from this store crisis was none other than the president of the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce, Qingfeng.

Six months ago, the president of the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce, Qingfeng, returned to Wohua Imperial City at this critical juncture and thwarted the scheme which could have shaken the foundation of the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce.

"Intolerably stupid," inside the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce, Qingfeng, unable to contain his anger, tore up the redeemed gambling debt note to shreds.

Qingfeng was about forty years old, with a rather scholar-like appearance. Even in his middle age, he was exceedingly well-preserved, which made it not hard to guess why, in the past, Chi Xi was willing to willingly follow him and be his concubine.

"Father, this time, it’s all because of that despicable brat from the Duke Mansion. He used lowly means to frame me," said Qing Zizhu, with much less arrogance in front of his father.

"Lowly means? You have been led by the nose from start to finish, and still, you blame others for using lowly means? All these years, you have truly learned nothing," it was hard for Qingfeng to imagine if he had returned a few days later, the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce might have already lost half its territory.

Their Qing family had been painstakingly managing their business in Wohua Imperial City for several generations. The shops in the Imperial City could be said to be their foundation, yet they were nearly ruined overnight by this unfilial son. Just thinking about this made Qingfeng break out in a cold sweat.

"Father, are you saying all of these beast fights and bets were the despicable brat from the Duke Mansion’s doing? Impossible, where would the Duke Mansion find so much money, two million Dark Pills?" Qing Zizhu still couldn’t believe it.

"Hmph, let me ask you, do you know whom I’ve encountered on my journey? And what have I seen?" Qing Zizhu stroked his mustache by his mouth, his scholarly face showing a hint of solemnity.

On the surface, Qingfeng’s recent outing was just a regular business negotiation, but Qing Zizhu knew that his father had traveled through the Empire and crossed the Empire’s borders all the way to the Rui Song Federation at the Southern Border.

As the official commerce chamber for the Dragon War Empire, Qingfeng had kept this trip highly secret to avoid any suspicion.

"Father, did you perhaps liaise with several of Rui Song Federation’s aristocratic families? Did they agree to provide us with special weaponry from the Rui Song Federation?" The Yanyue Chamber of Commerce survived for hundreds of years relying solely on the business of Dark Beast weapons. Over the years, small chambers of commerce sprung up everywhere like bamboo shoots after the rain, and profits for the Yanyue Chamber of Commerce became thinner and thinner.

At that moment, Qingfeng thought of the Rui Song Federation, which possessed a plethora of resources and a wealth of weapons not found in the Empire.

"I have met them. On my way to the Rui Song Federation, I passed through a place," said Qingfeng, standing up and pacing around the room.

"Which place?" Qing Zizhu rarely saw his father show such an expression and asked curiously.

"Fengdan County, or rather, the place should now be called the Southern Three Counties," Qingfeng pondered and uttered a name Qing Zizhu found rather unfamiliar.