The Sword Fairy suddenly received a message:

[The thirty thousand ancestor has emerged, the scene is in chaos, quickly ask Zhang Huaping, can we secretly recognize an ancestor and trick them back to the manor?]

The Sword Fairy was startled.

Young hero, what a plan, our manor is turning into... a human trafficker's den?

She glanced around.

Amidst the chaos, people coming and going, digging graves everywhere, leaving big pits all over.

From her years of watching crime investigation dramas, this is eactly a prime time for committing a crime!

Being a decisive person, she began to secretly ask Zhang Huaping if this was feasible, suggesting they do a big heist together for great profit and prosperity, tempting him with: Don't you want your daughter to afford an education?

"Oh, this?"

Zhang Huaping looked at her with some surprise.

This is human trafficking.

Others kidnap kids when their parents aren't looking.

But you want to kidnap parents when the kids aren't around.

Zhang Huaping shook his head, quickly lowered his voice, afraid of being overheard:

"Do you think they're infants or children? Just give them some candy and they'll follow? Those ancestors who reached this level, which one isn't a clever person? Which one isn't smart?"

"When they're insane, they don't recognize family, and they could kill you. When they're not insane, if you randomly recognize an ancestor, they'll see through your bloodline and still beat you to death."

The Medical Fairy snapped back to reality.

Right.

We can recognize three ancestors because we truly share their bloodline.

But randomly recognizing is a recipe for disaster.

However, she suddenly had a new thought.

What about the ancestors of the Jiao Family?

The Sword Fairy had gotten a message suggesting they might have a chance to introduce a third race: the Jiao Blood Human Race.

Recognizing an ancestor from the Jiao Family, wouldn't that take no time?

Calling them father and mother wouldn't be out of place.

Wait a minute.

There seem to be no ancestors from the Jiao Family here.

They all perished a hundred years ago in the Jiao Family Stronghold.

"What a pity!" The Sword Fairy looked regretful, deeply pained.

"Pity what?" Zhang Huaping blinked, a bit puzzled, not knowing the other was eyeing her old employer.

Seeing her distressed look, Zhang Huaping whispered:

"But, exceptions always exist, some unique spiritual roots possess the nature to mimic bloodlines. Given that ancestors have fragmented logic, it might be easier to disguise oneself as a descendant, to deceive an ancestor."

"However, disguising bloodlines will eventually be exposed, so they only deceive temporarily, mainly targeting ancestors at the Four Viscera Realm for safety."

"Once deceived, they're sold to large families to act as maidservants, slaves, or tomb accessories in those ancestors' graves."

"This is a type of black market in demon cultivation."

Zhang Huaping sighed, lowering his voice: "From my guess, there could be a large number of these demon cultivators hiding here, waiting to abduct some low-tier ancestors to sell off."

"After all, during times like these, all kinds of charlatans emerge, haven't you noticed the families in the city are very cautious? They hired us to exhume graves specifically to guard against these demon cultivators."

"So, don't bring up this idea again. If the neighbors overhear us, we won't be able to explain ourselves and will be mistaken for demon cultivators."

The Sword Fairy listened with great interest.

Never underestimate the wisdom of the locals.

What they could think of, others had long thought of.

There are actually such traffickers among demon cultivators, seizing the opportunity to abduct people, attacking others' ancestors!

Truly despicable.

Digging up the dead to traffic.

Seeing it this way, the demon cultivator profession in this world really has many branches.

On the other side.

"This Paper House of yours, in such a state of disrepair, the price should be two levels lower."

The old shopkeeper was also by the city wall, with a few guards, haggling with someone: "You don't know how many hands this has changed. The fact that I'm willing to buy it shows I'm being generous."

Within the city walls, a multitude of small forces and families were selling off their Paper Houses of their Four Viscera Realm ancestors after exhuming them.

The ancestors could endure it for a while.

Exchanging resources urgently was more crucial.

First, enhance their strength, get some good Magical Artifacts to suppress any potentially deranged ancestor!

Once this time is over, they can save up money to buy back their ancestors' Paper Houses.

—— This is the idea of most small and medium-sized loose cultivator families.

For a period, a large number of second-hand Paper Houses were sold off cheaply.

The second-hand housing market was exceptionally booming.

The old shopkeeper drove the prices down crazily, and after buying properties, returned to his shop, his face glowing, to count his gains.

Soon after that, Zhang Huaping, who was helping people relocate graves, also returned successfully, receiving a decent commission.

After all, the Red Moon Era was a time of both crisis and opportunity.

Today, both made a profit, in high spirits, the old shopkeeper took out a list, saying:

"It's time to deliver the goods again, but recently other families have been very eager about our blind boxes! This business our shop has been holding might not last long."

Many families, having failed to imitate, gave up trying to copy.

They just wanted to be agents to get a share of the pie.

The Jiao Family wasn't strong, couldn't hold onto this supply chain.

"What should we do in the future?" Zhang Huaping asked worriedly.

"Now, the Business Alliance requires us to operate together and share the profits evenly," the old shopkeeper sighed, "but this doesn't concern you, people will still hire you to make connections."

They're greedy for money, but not foolish.

They definitely don't dare to go.

Especially after hearing the few words Zhang Huaping accidentally let slip, they were astounded, feeling the demon cultivators on the mountain were becoming increasingly perverse.

It's best to let the loose cultivator Zhang Huaping continue to go.

The old shopkeeper sighed: "What actually led them to make such a decision is that [Painting Card], the Business Alliance's strategist group analyzed that it's a significant Magical Artifact in the history of Pingchang City, with great profits."

He still wanted to keep it to himself to make money.

But then the Dog Tail series caught their attention.

The various shopkeepers and elders in the Business Alliance insisted that if that Demon Manor had any more Magical Artifacts for consignment, they all wanted to undertake the business order together.

"Is this thing really amazing?" Zhang Huaping asked in surprise.

Even the high-end weapon at 499 Magic Coins, the Dog Tail series, didn't make them envious.

But this Painting Card, priced at 49 Magic Coins a pair, made them envious?

"Mainly because it's cheap."

The old shopkeeper sighed:

"Inheriting the hot-selling blind box format that has been proven by the market, it goes further now with father-son versions, couple versions, master-disciple versions, only becoming more popular... This imbues it with decorative significance in addition to utility."

Scholars, all liked to hang a waist tag.

This thing is very good-looking, even without function, many people would still wear it outside.

The old shopkeeper said:

"Moreover, the Painting Card's function is better than expected, capable of drawing. Many things Transmission Talismans couldn't clearly describe can be guided through drawing, such as drawing maps to navigate, drawing layouts inside Ghost Manor, very suitable for Ghost Hunters entering Secret Realms."

"It's not merely a low-quality Communication Token, but also a low-quality Projection Ball."

"This can be sold as a unique product in our region."

"Based on our estimates, across the entire Xinyi Continent, only Yunshan City's specialty—Mother and Child Rings—have similar functions, priced at twenty Magic Coins a pair, which occupy much of the low-end Five Elements communication market."

"Now, this thing can certainly compete for market with them."

This world is very well-developed, and such specialties have surely been locally produced.

And sold as monopolistic specialties.

But the Mother and Child Rings, on the other hand, are somewhat more complex to use.

Touch one ring, the other responds.

You have to set a code similar to Morse Code for touch response, to communicate.

Cultivators open the Three Flowers, and the first one they cultivate is the brain, so these codes are quickly learned, but it still can't escape the complexity drawback of coded communication.

Now, this writing one is obviously more convenient.

"It can become our region's unique product!"

This sentence shocked Zhang Huaping.

The meaning of unique is terrifying, often implying a monopoly.

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