Seeing Zhenjun Hanhai from the Wanfeng Merchant Alliance personally coming to greet them, Zhenren Linjiang couldn't help but feel tight in his heart, secretly regretting that he had introduced Ye Zan and his party to Zhenren Yuehua.
In the unlikely event that Zhenjun Hanhai also wants to win over these two powerful souls, the strength of the Wanfeng Merchant Alliance will definitely be a strong opponent for the three friends of Suihan. Although the Wanfeng Merchant Alliance only has one powerful soul, Zhenjun Hanhai, in charge, it seems that it is not as good as the three friends of Suihan in this regard, but it cannot withstand other people's strong financial resources. In particular, Wanfeng Merchant Alliance also has its own auction house, which can help Ye Zan and his party sell these treasures at a good price.
However, at this moment, two streams of light were seen flying straight towards this side from the distant sky.
In the blink of an eye, two streams of light fell in front of everyone and revealed their figures. They were none other than True Lord Hanmei and True Lord Diabolo among Suihan's three friends.
Since Qingsong Zhenjun returned empty-handed from the Tao Discussion Conference, he is still wandering around the mainland, trying to see if there is any hope in various markets. Therefore, after receiving the news, True Lord Hanmei notified Lord Qingsong through Thousand Miles Teleportation, and immediately took True Lord Kongzhu and went straight to Tantai Market.
You must know that Sanxian Island is not just six thousand miles away from Tantai Island, which shows how anxious Hanmei Zhenjun and Kongzhu Zhenjun are.
"Senior Chongguang, Senior Fuyao, and fellow Taoist Gu, please allow me to come down and introduce them to you. These two seniors are the two seniors of the Three Friends of Suihan, True Lord Hanmei, and True Lord Diabolo!" Master Linjiang saw him. The master and uncle also came, and they suddenly felt confident again, and quickly led Ye Zan and others over to introduce them.
"It turns out that these two Taoist friends are two of the famous Three Friends of Suihan. Chongguang has met these two Taoist friends!" Qinghong Zhenjun said with his hands in greeting.
"Fuyao has met two Taoist friends." The Whale King's character is taciturn, so it is still just a simple sentence.
Then, the two True Lords Hanmei and Diabolo met with True Lord Hanhai from the Wanfeng Merchant Alliance. Zhenjun Hanhai somewhat guessed the purpose of these two people's visit, but it was different from what Zhenren Linhai was worried about. He, the Wanfeng Merchant Alliance, had no problem making friends with Ye Zan and others, but he had no plans to win them over to his own merchant alliance. Therefore, Zhenjun Hanhai did not mind the arrival of Hanmei and Diabolo, so after greeting each other, he invited them to visit his cave together.
On Tantai Island, there is only a small hill in the middle. Zhenjun Hanhai's cave is on this hill. In fact, it can only be said to be a separate mansion. If it were truly a fundamental cave, firstly, it would not be easy to invite people in without knowing the details, and secondly, if others did not know the details, they would not be able to follow easily. To put it bluntly, trust between people is really worthless in this South China Sea. Therefore, we must be prepared not only to attract wolves into the house, but also to be prepared to be locked and beaten.
True Lord Hanhai has his own cave, but it is not on Tantai Island. Even people who are not related to it do not know which island his cave is on. This is also a common practice for most people here in Nanhai, so as not to be chased to the door of their house and blocked when they provoke enemies outside.
Some powerful people will even use formations to completely hide their islands. People who don't know the details may not be able to uncover the hidden islands even if they turn over the sea area. It is said that until now, there are still many islands left by some loose immortals from ancient times, even thousands of years ago, hidden in the South China Sea and have not been discovered. Of course, some of them may have been discovered and occupied by others, but no one has come out to show them off.
When everyone arrived at Zhenjun Hanhai's residence, a banquet was already prepared inside. Of course, this banquet is not the worldly chicken, duck or fish, but there are also no rare treasures that will greatly increase your cultivation level after one bite. It is just some seafood delicacies that are rare in the world.
In fact, for ascetics, especially those who have reached the level of Yuanying Yuanshen, except for some foodies, most of them have no pursuit of food and drink. Therefore, the greater purpose of setting up this banquet is not to eat and drink, but to show how much the host family values the guests. It is regarded as a "ceremony".
It's like there is a story that when Mr. Qi Baishi was in his later years, there was a plate of snacks in the cabinet that was from an unknown age. Every time a guest comes, the old man will put out this plate of snacks. This is not just for your guests to eat, it is a "gift". Someone who didn't know it actually took a bite of the snack. I won't tell you what it tasted like, but after he left, the old man said he didn't understand "etiquette".
Of course, the banquet hosted by True Lord Hanhai must be all edible, and they can also be regarded as rare delicacies. However, the real purpose of the banquet is to create an environment for talking and understanding each other. Otherwise, if a few people just sit across from each other dryly, asking questions and answering questions back and forth, wouldn't they become interrogators
At the banquet, Ye Zan and others once again stated their purpose, which was to find a place to stay in the South China Sea. As for the treasures in hand, it would be best if they can be directly exchanged for a place to stay. Otherwise, they can only be taken to the auction house and bid as high a price as possible before figuring out a solution.
This request from Ye Zan and others put Zhenjun Hanhai in a bit of a dilemma. After all, they did not expect to introduce Ye Zan and others into their Wanfeng Merchant Alliance from the beginning.
After Zhenjun Hanhai pondered for a moment, he suggested to Ye Zan and others: "Fellow Taoist Chongguang, in my opinion, it would be better for you to stay in Tantai Market and find a place to stay for the time being. Let’s reopen the cave again.”
What Zhenjun Hanhai meant was to ask Ye Zan and the others to hand over the items to his merchant association for auction, and sell them with enough "money" to "buy a house" in this market to live in first. He neither wants to draw the other party into his business alliance to prevent the other party from occupying the magpie's nest, nor is he very eager for the treasures of heaven and earth in the other party's hands. After all, the reason why he personally welcomed Ye Zan and others and brought them to Beppu to entertain them was just to "make friends".
There is a difference between "making friends" and "wooing". The purpose of "making friends" is to become familiar with each other, and at most to become friends. "Winning over" means making the other person one of your own. As for True Lord Hanmei, he just wants to "win over" these two powerful souls, and at the same time he is extremely thirsty for those heavenly and earthly treasures.
Therefore, after True Lord Hanhai finished speaking, True Lord Hanmei immediately felt happy and quickly said to True Lord Qinghong: "Fellow Taoist Chongguang, when it comes to this place to stay, I have a suggestion."
"Oh, then please give me some advice from fellow Taoist Hanmei!" True Lord Qinghong made an expression that revealed a hint of surprise, and asked True Lord Hanmei with his hands raised.
"I don't know what you think about our Three Immortals Island?" Zhenjun Hanmei didn't make any circles and directly showed his intention to win over.
True Lord Hanmei doesn't have the same worries as True Lord Hanhai, and is not afraid of something happening like a dove occupying a magpie's nest. Others don't want to "share" with others. In addition to considering their own safety, there is also the limited aura on the island. However, the three of them improved their cultivation mainly by obtaining "spiritual pills" from mysterious forces, and their need for spiritual energy was not great. Therefore, it cannot be said that the cave is not important to them at all, but it is not as important as ordinary people think.
Moreover, although Sanxian Island has the word "immortal" in its name, it is actually a very ordinary island, and the three friends of Suihan do not have any great properties on it. Putting aside the three powerful souls on our side, whether the other party has the ability to occupy the magpie's nest, even if the other party does occupy it, it will not cause much loss to them. Therefore, it is really not a big deal to allocate a place to True Lord Qinghong and let True Lord Qinghong and others rebuild the cave on the island.
"This... what does Friend Hanmei mean?" Zhenjun Qinghong asked in disbelief.
"Haha, fellow Taoists, don't be too worried. The three of us have always liked to make friends with fellow Taoists, so we came up with the name of Three Friends of Suihan. If we are two fellow Taoists, they don't mind that Sanxian Island is simple. They can compete with the three of my brothers. Wouldn’t it be a good thing to be neighbors and sit down and chat in our free time?” Zhenjun Hanmei said with a smile, showing off his bold appearance of making friends with the world.
"If this is really possible, I will naturally wish for it!" Qinghong Zhenjun said quickly.
"Haha, congratulations to both fellow Taoists. Perhaps the Three Immortals Island will be renamed the Five Immortals Island in the future." Although True Lord Hanhai felt a little regretful, he still smiled and congratulated True Lord Hanmei and True Lord Qinghong.
"I heard before that fellow Daoist Hanmei is interested in a few specialties that we brought from the Far North. Since we are going to Sanxian Island now, these few things should be regarded as a gift to pay our respects to the mountain. Come on! Fellow Taoist, please don’t take it too seriously." Qinghong Zhenjun said while making a gesture to Ye Zan next to him.
Ye Zan behaved like a good disciple and quickly took out several jade boxes from the Qiankun Ring, stacked them together and held them towards True Lord Hanmei with both hands, and said: "Senior, please accept it."
Give them the things now, Ye Zan is really not afraid that they will take it and deny it. After all, finding a place to stay is just an excuse, the main reason is to give this thing away. As long as they accept the things and hand them over to the mysterious forces, Ye Zan can watch them and get what they want.
Maybe someone said that it would be enough to let them buy the things directly and then use the surveillance of the communication network to keep an eye on them. Why do they have to go through such a large circle
You know, although today's monks are almost all using communication networks, Ye Zan cannot completely monitor the entire Shenhua Realm. In this Shenhua domain, there are many places with "no signal". How can we monitor through the communication network without signal? He could only find a way to make a trip in person and follow the target to find out.
Seeing that what he and others longed for was now right in front of him, Zhenmei Zhenjun suppressed the impulse in his heart, waved his hands righteously and said: "What are you doing, fellow Taoist? Fellow Taoist is going to reopen the cave, right?" When we need these things, if I accept them, I will be taking advantage of them!"
"Fellow Taoist can provide a place to stay for those of us who have left our hometowns. This is a help in times of need. And I am just giving this thing as a courtesy and a slight expression of gratitude. If you don't accept it, what will happen to us?" How shameless are you going to disturb three Taoist friends?" Qinghong Zhenjun also said with a sincere face.
The two sides went back and forth, one being more sincere than the other, but in the end it was True Lord Qinghong who came out on top, making True Lord Hanmei accept the things with "ashame".
After collecting the things, Zhenmei Han seemed to still feel sorry for himself, and immediately said: "Fellow Daoist Chongguang, I don't think it's better than this. I don't want to spend any more time here, and will immediately follow the two of us to Sanxian Island. , let’s discuss the matter of reopening the cave with fellow Taoists! Otherwise, I will really feel uneasy.”
In fact, Zhenmei Hanmei is more anxious to exchange this thing for benefits with the mysterious forces. After all, it has been quite a while since the Northwest Taoism Conference ended. If the three of them no longer have the "spiritual pill" of the mysterious force, their cultivation will begin to decline.
"That's fine. Then we don't have to disturb Fellow Daoist Hanhai any more." True Lord Qinghong took Ye Zan's hint and immediately agreed to True Lord Hanmei's suggestion.
Of course, saying he would leave right away does not mean he would leave right away. True Lord Hanhai had already laid out a banquet, so he couldn't just leave the banquet in the middle of the banquet. Therefore, everyone still chatted for a while. After the banquet was over, they rested in this mansion for another night before saying goodbye to True Lord Hanhai and leaving.
After bidding farewell to True Lord Hanhai, Ye Zan and others, led by Hanmei and Diabolo, took up the sword light and headed straight for the Three Immortals Island.
Sanxian Island is far away from Tantai Island, and I don’t know how Hanmei and Diabolo traveled there. Anyway, it took several days to go back. When everyone finally approached Sanxian Island, Qingsong Zhenjun, who had been inland before, had actually returned to the island, and personally came out of the island to greet Ye Zan and others.
Looking at the people who were greeting each other again, Ye Zan stood behind True Lord Qinghong, with a look of contemplation on his face. You know, he has been monitoring the three Suihan friends, so he has a certain grasp of their position changes.
Before, Hanmei and Diabolo went to Tantai Island, and Ye Zan had discovered that there was a gap in the movement of their positions. That is to say, he was here one moment, and appeared tens of thousands of miles away the next moment, with no movement track at all in between, as if he was moving instantly. But this time, Ye Zan also found the same situation from True Lord Qingsong, and the other party moved more frequently.
This reminded Ye Zan that in the legends of this world, there is something called a teleportation circle, which is said to allow people to go from one place to another instantly.
In fact, when he passed through the levels in the Tower of Babel in the small world of Immortal Palace, Ye Zan had seen something similar, which was the "door" used to pass the level. However, that "door" is more like going from one space to another. After all, all spaces seem to be in the Tower of Babel, and no one knows how far apart those spaces are. Maybe it's just a door, like a door in a room. When you open it, you'll find another room.