"The wealth garnered from selling the Profound Vein Spirit Pills is too vast; it's bound to attract envy," Jia Ren wasn't worried about not being able to sell the Profound Vein Spirit Pills but rather about earning too much money.

Over four hundred Profound Vein Spirit Pills were enough to monopolize the market. Wang Tong Money House lacked the strength to secure such immense wealth.

Wang Tong Money House wasn't an openly acknowledged force of Wang Fugui and lacked a Divinity Transformation signboard, which was sure to invite trouble.

"Rest assured, it's an ironclad rule that no action can be taken within Lingyuan City."

Old Steward Wang took out two Boundary-breaking Talismans and handed them to Jia Ren. "Please keep the Boundary-breaking Talismans safe as a precaution!"

"A legendary object that can break realms?" Jia Ren accepted the two jade talismans, his face filled with disbelief.

The Boundary-breaking Talisman wasn't listed in the Tianyun Talisman Canon; instead, it was a Fifth-Order Talisman!

Not even the five Divinity Transformation Cultivators, including Wang Fugui, necessarily had such an item.

Only at a remarkable place like Lingyuan City could a Golden Core Cultivator bring out such a precious Boundary-breaking Talisman.

"What use is this item?"

In Lingyuan City, there was normally no need for a Boundary-breaking Talisman, so it held little research value.

The products obtained from Wish Bizarre were replicas, rendering the Boundary-breaking Talismans useless in the outside world.

Old Steward Wang shook his head and said, "I hope there will never be a need to use this item."

「...」

Wang Tong Money House spread the news with the last of their Abyss Coins, announcing far and wide.

The news spread rapidly, as if it had grown wings, throughout Lingyuan City.

A Profound Vein Spirit Pill that increases the speed of cultivation?

Three million Abyss Coins per pill?

The price is even higher than that of a Break Infant Pill. Is this a robbery of Abyss Coins?!

Most cultivators looked on with envy, jealousy, and hatred; the exorbitantly priced elixir was likely beyond their reach for a lifetime.

Golden Core Cultivators couldn't afford it, and even with Abyss Coins in hand, they would prioritize Break Infant Pills.

Only Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators could purchase Break Infant Pills without feeling the financial strain.

Was the Profound Vein Spirit Pill concocted from Mysterious Meridian Spiritual Herbs?

Upon hearing news of the Profound Vein Spirit Pills, Nascent Soul Cultivators speculated about the Heavenly Earth Elixirs that were concocted with Mysterious Meridian Spiritual Herbs.

Wang Tong Money House had been buying large quantities of Mysterious Meridian Spiritual Herbs, so they must have mastered the alchemy recipe to concoct them.

High-Order Cultivators, most interested in this, hurried to the shops affiliated with Wang Tong Money House.

"An increase of about fifty percent in the cultivation speed?"

The effects of the elixir far surpassed direct consumption of Mysterious Meridian Spiritual Herbs; Nascent Soul Cultivators who had used them were also tempted.

Nascent Soul Cultivators weren't short of money, so they didn't mind spending Abyss Coins to buy items that improved their cultivation speed.

The Profound Vein Spirit Pills were sold with astounding speed, continually converted into Abyss Coins.

With no competitors, Wang Tong Money House was the only place to buy, without other branches.

Before long, over a hundred were sold, inciting considerable envy.

Wang Tong Money House feasted, and those riding the coattails also enjoyed a meaty share.

Many forces, riding the hype of the Profound Vein Spirit Pills, sought to make a fortune.

For those wanting to snatch business, wishing was straightforward and brutal.

In the conglomerate of powers within Lingyuan City, many controlled a group of people known as Wish Slaves.

Wish Slaves 'burned' themselves to exchange precious items for their masters.

The Break Infant Pills and Heavenly Earth Elixirs sold by many shops were the result of the wishes of these Wish Slaves.

Wishful City looked bright and beautiful on the surface, but it concealed too much sin in the shadows.

The exploitation from the outside world only required you to work, exhausting physical and mental energy.

Lingyuan City would have you trade your lifespan for survival, exploiting you to the bone.

Wish Slaves were the most deeply entwined with Lingyuan City. With their vulnerabilities within the city, they couldn't leave.

They could only accept exploitation, satisfying the ever-growing appetites of those above them.

Well-informed forces gathered at the Wishing Platform, surrounding over three thousand Wishing Chambers without any room to spare.

Wish Slaves steadily entered the Wishing Chambers, but few came out; the survivors, by sheer luck, had all turned into white-haired elders.

"Only seven Profound Vein Spirit Pills?"

A Nascent Soul Cultivator from Seven Fiends Temple looked at the single-digit quantity of Profound Vein Spirit Pills with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Qi Refinement Realm Cultivators were too weak; they couldn't afford the cost to wish for Profound Vein Spirit Pills.

This time, there were one hundred and nine Wish Slaves, the weakest of whom were at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

They had thought they could secure at least a hundred Profound Vein Spirit Pills.

The cost of wishing for Profound Vein Spirit Pills was tremendous; the seven surviving Wish Slaves, all being the youngest Foundation Establishment Cultivators, were utterly worn out.

A rough estimate showed that the cost of wishing for a Profound Vein Spirit Pill was at least five times that of the Mysterious Meridian Spiritual Herbs.

"We're at a huge loss!"

"The alchemy recipe for wishing for the Profound Vein Spirit Pills."

The cost of wishing for the Profound Vein Spirit Pills was too great. With the alchemy recipe, Mysterious Meridian Spiritual Herbs could also be turned into Profound Vein Spirit Pills.

A Wish Slave entered a Wishing Chamber and hadn't come out for a long time?

???

The fellow who just entered had a plentiful lifespan and should not have encountered trouble after wishing for the alchemy recipe for the Profound Vein Spirit Pills.

Was there a deficiency in this man's lifespan?

Another new Wish Slave was sent in, entering but not exiting.

One incident could be considered an accident, but if two consecutive wishes resulted in no exit, even a fool would realize there's a problem.

"Damn it! Wang Tong Money House dares to scheme against me!"

"If you don't play by the rules, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The Seven Fiends Temple Cultivators stared at the Wang Tong Money House tens of miles away, their eyes filled with murderous intent.

It wasn't just the Seven Fiends Temple; all forces in Lingyuan City that relied on Wish Slaves to make a fortune suffered heavy losses.

The number of Profound Vein Spirit Pills obtained through wishes was meager, and attempts to wish for the alchemy recipe for the Profound Vein Spirit Pills all ended in failure.

They were not fools; they knew they had been outmaneuvered by Wang Tong Money House.

Wang Tong Money House must have paid a steep price to keep the secret and prevent the alchemy recipe for Profound Vein Spirit Pills from leaking.

The major forces had to pay a higher price to obtain the alchemy recipe for the Profound Vein Spirit Pills.

The plans to share in the spoils fell through, with numerous high-order Wish Slaves dying tragically and the gains being minimal.

They gained nothing, and thus Wang Tong Money House also became an object of resentment.

"Even a mere Wang Tong Money House dares to provoke us?!"

Monopolizing profits is not a good habit in Lingyuan City; Wang Tong Money House's sale of a large amount of Profound Vein Spirit Pills, and the massive inflow of Abyss Coins, made others green with envy.

The undercurrents aimed at Wang Tong Money House stealthily made their move.

Soon enough, negative news about Wang Tong Money House was everywhere.

Using the Profound Vein Spirit Pill sold by Wang Tong Money House had serious consequences, with some dying after ingestion.

The Profound Vein Spirit Pill was considered a low-quality elixir; the promotional messages were false.

The money house was secretly harming people, forcing them to become Wish Slaves and Medicine Men.

The cultivators from Wang Tong Money House began disappearing mysteriously one after the other, with no trace to be found.

The undercurrents from all directions surged toward Wang Tong Money House, making it seem like a small boat in a storm, at any moment ready to capsize.

Jia Ren was still researching the Boundary-breaking Talisman when he heard the rumors from the outside world.

The price of the Profound Vein Spirit Pill was too high, and the hundreds of millions of Abyss Coins earned attracted much envy.

With no Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator sitting in Wang Tong Money House, their strength was too weak to resist the greed of others.

Many forces unable to gain benefits united to suppress Wang Tong Money House.

It might be wise to leave the city and avoid the limelight for a while.

The quality of the Profound Vein Spirit Pill is sufficient, and Lingyuan City is not safe; there is no need to stay any longer.

It's time to leave Lingyuan City and go out to refine the real Profound Vein Spirit Pills!

Jia Ren hurriedly used the Teleportation Array, determined to leave as quickly as possible.

Shortly after, he arrived at the western gate of Lingyuan City.

At that moment, a mysterious force descended upon him, forcibly dragging him away.

This was not the power of an ordinary cultivator, but the power of Wish Bizarre!

Having experienced the incident of the Profound Realm Key loss, Jia Ren was all too familiar with the power of Wish Bizarre.

With a Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure on hand, one would naturally be safe.

Unfortunately, he did not possess a Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure to counteract the power from Wish Bizarre.

"Damn you, Wish Bizarre!"

Jia Ren's world spun before his eyes; Lingyuan City vanished from sight, and he found himself in a desolate desert.

The sky blazed with an unforgiving sun, like a burning furnace, turning the sand scorching hot and searing.

"What place is this?"

Jia Ren looked around and saw the familiar figures of Wang Tong Money House.

The Old Steward, the steward with whom he had had several encounters.

Their target was not him, but Wang Tong Money House.

"You've pulled Wang Tong Money House into the city-bounded dimension! This breaks the rules!"

The Old Steward looked toward the emerging silhouettes in the distance, his eyes filled with fury.

Pulling the entire Wang Tong Money House into the city-bounded dimension was an attempt to catch them all in one fell swoop.

To prevent destruction in Lingyuan City and to intimidate other cultivators from entering, the cultivators had fortified Lingyuan City with additional 'rules' through wishing.

If you hurt someone in Lingyuan City, at the least you would be suppressed for a hundred years.

If you dared to kill someone within Lingyuan City, not only would you die, but the mastermind behind the act would also be erased by Wish Bizarre.

This was the core reason why Lingyuan City had never erupted in battle and why no one had died there.

There is no such thing as a perfect plan.

People have always been good at finding loopholes to exploit.

If you couldn't act within Lingyuan City, the workaround was simple: use the power of Wish Bizarre to create a city-bounded dimension.

While set apart from the rules of Lingyuan City, the city-bounded dimension still enjoyed the powers bestowed by Lingyuan City.

Though desirable, the city-bounded dimension was frightfully expensive to create; every inch of space represented a human life.

The larger the space, the more lives it cost.

With their own city-bounded dimensions, the major forces found it much easier to deal with cultivators.

When they wished to strike at someone, Wish Bizarre would grant their wish and forcefully pull them into the city-bounded dimension, leaving them unbound by rules when killing.

On the surface, Lingyuan City appeared peaceful and tranquil, but underneath, it was tumultuous.

Many of the major forces did not coexist peacefully; battles and conflicts were resolved in the city-bounded dimensions, hidden from the common folk.

Wang Tong Money House was the eye Wang Fugui had placed in Lingyuan City to gather information and keep watch over the city's movements, not to raise Wish Slaves.

They would certainly not use human lives to construct a city-bounded dimension.

City-bounded dimension?

As Jia Ren learned about the city-bounded dimension, his expression turned grim.

"Wang Tong Money House may be hugely wealthy, but not having a city-bounded dimension is sheer naivete!"

"For such a power to have survived so long in Lingyuan City is truly remarkable."

"The wealth you've accumulated will now belong to Seven Fiends Temple!"

A cultivator dressed in a black-patterned Taoist robe appeared out of thin air, his gaze playfully fixed on Wang Tong Money House.

Wolves devour meat; dogs consume filth.

Without strength, Wang Tong Money House was destined to be devoured.

Seven Fiends Temple brought forth a Mid Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, an Early Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, and dozens of Golden Core Cultivators.

This was the full strength of Seven Fiends Temple, all mobilized to deal with Wang Tong Money House.

Was the Boundary-breaking Talisman meant for escaping the city-bounded dimension?

Jia Ren did not hesitate, promptly taking out the jade Boundary-breaking Talisman and activating it.

"Stop him!"

Seven Fiends Temple did not want to bear a huge cost to repair the city-bounded dimension, so two figures flew swiftly over, attempting to prevent the activation of the Boundary-breaking Talisman.

"Too late!"

The jade-shaped Boundary-breaking Talisman burned to ashes; a massive 'Break' character condensed in the sky and descended toward the distance.

BOOM!

Powerful Spiritual Power Fluctuations came through, and the space, fragile as rice paper, tore open a large hole.

Jia Ren's eyes saw through the spatial gap, with Lingyuan City in the distance.

Without a moment's hesitation, he used the Five Metals Divine Escape technique and flew into Lingyuan City.

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