Chapter 2482: Acquisition

Chapter 2482: Chapter 2482: Acquisition

Under the promotion of the Merchant Alliance led by the Jade Flame Treasure Light, in just seven days, the real estate prices in Hongmeng City have dropped by thirty to forty percent.

The reasons for this are actually multifaceted.

Certainly, there is interference from Jade Flame Treasure Light and others, but it is also closely related to the situation of Hongmeng City. There are too many enemies of Hongmeng City, and they are all terrifyingly powerful entities. Initially, most people did not have much confidence in the stability of Hongmeng City, and now, with the Merchant Alliance led by the Jade Flame Treasure Light stirring up trouble, the city’s real estate has almost collapsed in such a short time.

Hongmeng City is a new city, with formidable enemies like the Eight Gods Pill Sect and Yama Palace. Ordinary cultivators do not have much confidence in Hongmeng City, which is quite normal.

The number of people selling properties is increasing. On the streets of Hongmeng City, sales notices for real estate can be seen everywhere. But now, even with substantial price reductions, it is difficult to successfully sell off properties.

Despair shrouded the city!

In various public places like restaurants and teahouses, people are everywhere discussing how long Hongmeng City can last.

Many people are harshly criticizing the City Lord of Hongmeng City for being foolish.

This impact has already spread to other industries, and even the Hongmeng Pill Tower’s business has declined significantly. Before the tax policy was introduced, the daily sales of Hongmeng Pill Tower reached about eight billion Black Crystal Stones, but in the past few days, the daily sales of Hongmeng Pill Tower have plummeted to around five billion Black Crystal Stones.

The public order within the city has also become more chaotic than before. Fortunately, with the City Guard on high alert, any disturbances are quickly suppressed by the City Guard, preventing major chaos in the city.

Jade Flame Treasure Light.

"Our City Lord must be unable to sit still by now!" Nie Quan said confidently.

"He must already be at his wits’ end! This city is about to fall apart."

"Store Manager, why hasn’t Bai Han, the Grand Steward of the City Lord Mansion, come to negotiate with us yet?"

The merchants were chattering excitedly.

"Haha, it’s almost time. Bai Han will definitely contact us within three days." Nie Quan said with confidence.

While Nie Quan and others were drinking in celebration of victory at Jade Flame Treasure Light, at the City Lord Mansion in Hongmeng City, Jing Yan summoned Bai Han, Ru Li, Xu Yiming, Shi Tianshuo, and others.

Bai Han and others sat in the hall, their eyes gleaming with excitement.

Over the past few days, they have indeed been a bit overwhelmed. Although they all knew that City Lord Jing Yan must have a backup plan, they did not know the specific details of how City Lord Jing Yan would respond next. They were also worried about the situation getting out of control.

Today, the City Lord called these important members over, obviously preparing to take action against the Merchant Alliance led by Jade Flame Treasure Light.

"Are you all ready?" Jing Yan entered the hall, sat down, pursed his lips, and looked at the people present.

"Ready!"

"City Lord, how should we proceed?"

"City Lord, those bastards are destroying our Hongmeng City. Just give the order, and our City Guard can wipe them out in the shortest time." Shi Tianshuo said passionately.

Although the current City Guard of Hongmeng City does not even have a few captains and deputy captains in the true Immortal Venerate Realm, do not underestimate their combat power. After nearly a hundred years of training, the combat power of the City Guard is very strong, and dealing with two or three ordinary Immortal Venerables is not impossible. The armor of the City Guard has been specially treated, and Jing Yan has even personally designed divine patterns for the armor.

Moreover, the Guard also has a very powerful battle formation.

With such a Guard, led by Shi Tianshuo and a few fake Immortal Venerables and cultivators close to the Immortal Venerate Realm, dealing with Nie Quan and his group is not difficult. Nie Quan is just an ordinary Immortal Venerable, and the Merchant Alliance has only Nie Quan as a strong person in the ordinary Immortal Venerate Realm, with others being below the Immortal Venerate.

"No need to rush!" Jing Yan looked at Shi Tianshuo and continued, "If we were going to use violent means, why wait until now?"

While speaking, Jing Yan looked at Grand Steward Bai Han.

"Grand Steward, later you will start acquiring those discounted properties and shops that are for sale. Hmm, prioritize acquiring the properties of Jade Flame Treasure Light and those under the names of the alliance members." Jing Yan said to Bai Han.

"Ah?" Bai Han was taken aback.

Acquisition? How to acquire?

Although those shops and properties have been greatly reduced in price, the sheer quantity means that acquisition would require a vast amount of Black Crystal Stones. And there are not many Black Crystal Stones left in the city’s Treasure Vault. The daily earnings of the Hongmeng Pill Tower in Black Crystal Stones are substantial, but a portion goes towards purchasing various resources, and another portion has already been used in the city’s expansion.

"Here, there’s one trillion Black Crystal Stones." Jing Yan took out a storage magical treasure.

This one trillion Black Crystal Stones is Jing Yan’s personal wealth. Although Jing Yan is the City Lord of Hongmeng City and the true owner of this city, he still keeps public and private matters separate. Of course, in some areas it’s not that clear, for example, in the construction of the Cultivation Tower, the Fire Cloud Crystal Stones and Netherworld Crystal Stones used by Jing Yan were all resources he took out himself.

This one trillion Black Crystal Stones is what was left after selling twenty-two Divine Soul Items to the Golden Toad Commerce.

"One trillion Black Crystal Stones?" Bai Han’s eyes lit up.

"Hmm! With this one trillion Black Crystal Stones, it should be relatively easy to operate. Grand Steward, handle this matter with swift execution, do not give them a chance to catch their breath." Jing Yan nodded.

Bai Han took the storage magical treasure, with a serious expression he said, "Rest assured City Lord, I know what to do! Those bastards will definitely regret it."

"You all temporarily stop your current work and assist the Grand Steward in handling this matter," Jing Yan said to Ru Li and the others.

Ru Li is in charge of intelligence work and has a much clearer understanding of the various situations within the city compared to Bai Han.

"Yes!" Ru Li and the others stood up in response, each readying to teach those damned bastards a lesson.

Following that, Bai Han led Ru Li and the others out of the City Lord Mansion.

They began to take action.

The first target is the Jade Flame Treasure Light. Acquiring Jade Flame Treasure Light is also the most complex acquisition, because there are many resources within Jade Flame Treasure Light, especially various magic treasures, and it will take a considerable amount of time to settle them.

The price of the magic treasures and other items sold inside the Jade Flame Treasure Light has not decreased; only the building itself has. Jade Flame Treasure Light’s location is very good, located in the city center, and the building area is huge, the value of this building is also extremely high. Now, the value of this building is about only fifty to sixty percent of its original value.