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Chapter 715: Foothold
The atmosphere on the scene was a little weird.

Especially the people from the Zhou family, when they saw Chu Fei holding Zhou Xuyang's shoulders, two words popped up in their minds: hostage!
Maybe it’s a bit extreme to think this way, but the people in the Zhou family couldn’t help but think this way.

Fortunately, Zhou Delin walked out of the queue.

Zhou Delin, the second 12.0 master of the Zhou family, was one of the two 12.0 masters who had previously supported Hongsong City and Qingshi City from Cangyun City. Now he has also retreated with the main force and can be considered a comrade-in-arms with Chu Fei and others.

In the Zhou family's expectant eyes, Zhou Delin spoke directly:

"Our Zhou family owns a manor 50 kilometers south of the city, Rongtai Manor, which covers an area of ​​about six square kilometers and has a temporary workforce of people. It mainly processes luxury goods and medicinal materials.

This place can be sold as a base for a pharmaceutical research center.

There is also a Yunlong Garden Hotel in the city, covering an area of ​​about 1.2 square meters, which can also be sold to the Pharmaceutical Research Center as an office location in the city.”

The Zhou family and even the people in Cangyun City were stunned. Some people even poked at the words "Visit" on the banner fiercely - can't you, a great master, see these two words? Or don't you understand?

That’s not right. Ordinary people might not pay attention to the “code words” on the banner, but as the second most skilled person in the Zhou family, can’t you understand this?
In Cangyun City, all the forces had already divided up their interests, and no vested interest group would like the intervention of outside forces. Therefore, it was almost a consensus not to accept the "stray dogs" of the Hongsong City cluster.

But what is Zhou's 12.0 master going to do?
However, before anyone could speak, Qian Lifeng stepped out.

Qian Lifeng is the second 12.0 master in the Qian family, and he is one of the two 12.0 masters who previously supported Hongsong City and Qingshi City from Cangyun City!
Qian Lifeng spoke up, his tone even a little anxious, "The Qian family has a 'Phase II Project of the Chuanliu Logistics Warehousing Center' 40 kilometers west of the city, covering an area of ​​about square kilometers.

In the east of the city, near this gate, there is a "flow distribution base" with an area of ​​about 30,000 square meters.

Both of these properties can be sold to the Pharmaceutical Research Center!"

Pharmaceutical Research Center, another Pharmaceutical Research Center!
At this time, the people in Cangyun City reacted. Two 12.0 masters competed to win over this pharmaceutical research center. There must be something here.

Some reacted quickly, such as the Wang family, the remaining of the three major families in Cangyun City, who immediately said that they also had places for sale and the prices were absolutely affordable.

Afterwards, more large and small forces began to show their strength.

Although I don’t know what happened, there must be something going on that made two 12.0 masters from the Zhou and Qian families compete to win over him.

At this time, just follow it without thinking.

Chu Fei looked at the banner fluttering in the wind next to him that read "Cangyun City warmly welcomes comrades from Hongsong City to visit", and then looked at the representatives from the Pharmaceutical Research Center who were vying to invite him, and smiled strangely.

Chu Fei knew very well that it must be the influence of the swords he made for Zheng Chengan and Cheng Buyun, as well as the resurrection potion he had used before.

The demon spirits might arrive at Cangyun City soon, and having a precious sword at this time is very important. Even if this batch of demon spirits does not come now, what about the next batch?

Also, is the sword only for slaying demons? Can’t it kill people?

With a sword in hand, your combat power doubles. Are you tempted?
In comparison, selling a few pieces of land is nothing. Land is really worthless in the apocalypse.

That’s right, Wei Shuheng and Huang Zhiwei, the two 12.0 leaders, are a bit embarrassed that no one has contacted them!

The two looked at each other, then nodded slightly, as if they had reached a consensus on something.

The welcoming ceremony turned sour, with laughter and intrigue all over the place. Chu Fei also let go of Zhou Xuyang and returned to the camp of the Pharmaceutical Research Center.

Tens of thousands of people who migrated from Qingshi City couldn't just stand on the street. After a brief discussion, Ren Qingyun and Chu Fei decided to buy the Zhou family's manor outside the city and the Qian family's distribution base in the city.

The Zhou family's Rongtai Manor is larger and closer to the current location. Moreover, as a manor, it has complete infrastructure, living facilities and fortifications, and can be moved in immediately. The manor itself has a base of 50,000 people and can be better integrated into the local area.

The Qian family's distribution base must have convenient transportation and a larger area.

In terms of price, the two places are similar in price. The manor outside the city is very large, but the land outside the city is worthless, while the land inside the city is very expensive.

Call the top executives of the Zhou and Qian families together to discuss the price.

However, the Zhou family and the Qian family used voice transmission to express that they wanted to invite Chu Fei to customize weapons, and each family wanted two. As for the price of the manor or distribution base, the two families said they would give it away for free, and only asked Chu Fei to be more careful when forging the weapons.

Seeing the gentle attitude of Zhou Delin and Qian Lifeng, Chu Fei smiled and replied in the same voice transmission: "Don't worry, seniors. Even if it is to repay the support of the two seniors for Hongsong City, I will do my best."

Well, try your best to make the weapon more gorgeous, Chu Fei never lies. As for the power, it will be similar to Zheng Chengan and Cheng Buyun.

The warm welcome ceremony was basically over here. Everyone agreed to talk again. The Zhou and Qian families also said they would go back to prepare a batch of food, etc., and then they took the lead in dispersing.

The rest of the people in Cangyun City were confused. The communication between Chu Fei, Ren Qingyun, Zhou Delin and Qian Lifeng was all done through telepathy, and outsiders had no idea what agreement they had reached.

As for lip reading, it was not an option. For Chu Fei and others, there were ways to avoid the problem of lip reading.

For example, what everyone says is actually a series of codes, which are then translated into language after being heard.

The welcoming ceremony ended in just 20 minutes, which was quite hasty. Many people from Cangyun City came to watch the fun, but in the end, they seemed to have become the ones being watched.

Even the representative of the Wang family looked unhappy.

Watching the Zhou and Qian families, the three major families, reach an agreement with the Pharmaceutical Trading Center. Look, even Wei Shuheng and Huang Zhiwei, two 12.0 masters, were left aside, and it was concluded that the transaction was not trivial. But, no one told us about the Wang family!

After the people from Cangyun City left, Wei Shuheng and Huang Zhiwei walked over to Ren Qingyun. Wei Shuheng took the initiative to speak, "Director Ren, Chu Fei's previous proposal was that all of us should work together to prepare for the 'Self-Help Association'. We think this is a good proposal."

Ren Qingyun smiled brightly, "That's great, we are unfamiliar with this place and have no foundation, the only ones we can rely on are each other.

Then let's go to Rongtai Manor first, and we can discuss anything on the way."

We found a guide and headed south. Although there was still 50 kilometers to go, everyone had a hopeful smile on their faces.

As they moved forward, Wei Shuheng took the initiative to ask Chu Fei about the transaction information just now. Chu Fei did not hide it, and there was no need to. Since they wanted to cooperate, then they would cooperate. Anyway, he would leave here in two months at most.

The core of this matter is to forge magic weapons. No one else can learn this technology, and Chu Fei cannot teach it.

After hearing Chu Fei's words, Wei Shuheng wanted to say that he also wanted the sword, but he opened his mouth and couldn't speak.

Chu Fei took the initiative to speak, "Senior Ren, Patriarch Wei, Patriarch Huang, do you have any design plans for weapons?"

Wei Shuheng was overjoyed and immediately took out a memory card, "Yes, yes, I have already designed it."

Huang Zhiwei also silently took out a memory card.

Ren Qingyun also took out a document, but said: "This is a design from a year ago, and now I have some new ideas. How about you cast the ones for Patriarch Wei and Patriarch Huang first, and mine will wait."

"Okay." Chu Fei nodded, and then asked for resources. 20 kilograms of black iron was a must, and if there was red copper, it would be better to prepare some as well.

Huang Zhiwei frowned a little, "I only have 16 kilograms of black iron, no red copper. Master Chu, look at this..."

Chu Fei immediately said, "Since Patriarch Huang is in trouble, I will forge weapons for Patriarch Wei first."

Huang Zhiwei: …

Chu Fei knew very well that Huang Zhiwei wanted to bargain, but who the hell are you? After I arrived in Hongsong City, the first big family I cooperated with and the big family with whom I cooperated most deeply was the Wei family. The first big family representative to extend an olive branch to Chu Fei was Wei Fanghua.

The Huang family was dragged here by Chu Fei later on. Huang Liwen, the eldest daughter of the Huang family, kept her distance from Chu Fei.

In this situation, why should Chu Fei take care of the Huang family? Is it because I am a masochist?
Wei Shuheng certainly had no objection, but for the sake of harmony, the head of the Wei family said to the head of the Huang family: "Old Huang, how about this, when my precious sword is finished forging, I can sell the remaining black iron to you."

Huang Zhiwei remained silent, and then quietly glanced at his daughter Huang Liwen who was following behind him. Huang Liwen lowered her head slightly, and her expression could not be seen clearly.

On the contrary, Wei Fanghua and Chu Fei walked very close to each other. Although they didn't speak, they held their heads high and chests puffed out.

The small investment at the beginning has brought unimaginable returns. Although the Wei family also suffered from the Tianlong people, the loss of the Wei family was far less than that of the Huang family. Now it is even more reborn from the ashes and soaring to the sky.

The past cannot be retrieved, but the future is promising!

When tens of thousands of people arrived at Rongtai Manor, the steward of Rongtai Manor, who was actually a direct descendant of the Zhou family, was already waiting at the gate of the manor with many people.

Chu Fei did not participate in what happened later, but found the best room in the guesthouse and fell asleep.

Sleeping is the best way to rest, even for practitioners.

Chu Fei had not had a good rest since the selection before entering the Tianlong Secret Realm. Now, it was time to relax.

Of course, the sub-brain is still running automatically and is alert to its surroundings, but the cosmic brain is completely relaxed.

Chu Fei slept for three full days.

I stretched myself and felt refreshed, as if I had been reborn.

"As expected, sleeping is still the best way to rest. Sleeping is a way of rest that has evolved over billions of years. It cannot be completely replaced by a short period of practice and meditation."

Stretching again, Chu Fei slowly walked out of the room and leaned against the window in the corridor to look out into the distance.

At this time, the entire Rongtai Manor has changed its owner.

This place is called a manor, but with an area of ​​6 square kilometers, it is completely a small town. At this time, people were coming and going on the street in front of the guesthouse, and everyone had a smile on their face.

Some of the people here came from Qingshi City, but most of them were locals. There were 50,000 locals plus the 10,000 or so people who migrated, so there were about 60,000 people here.

Chu Fei had good ears and collected a lot of information in just a short while. Of course, more of it was the information Chu Fei received from his bracelet.

It seems that a lot of things happened in these three days.

The self-help association was officially established and registered. It can be said that it has raised its banner openly. The "organization" led by Chu Fei has become stronger and stronger.

This time, there are three 12.0 masters to escort them. The Wei family has two 12.0 masters and the Huang family has one.

There are even more masters with scores of 11.0 and 10.0.

The management of the Self-Help Association adopted a system similar to that of a parliament, but perhaps it should be called a representative system. Representatives have different voting rights according to their cultivation level, such as 10.0 vote for 1, 11.0 votes for 2, 12.0 votes for 5, and there are five rotating chairmen, each with 5 votes; the rotating chairmen and the representatives can only choose one.

Chu Fei became one of the chairmen of the self-help association, along with Wei Shuheng, Huang Zhiwei, Ren Qingyun, and Qin Shuya.

Qin Shuya has the lowest cultivation level, and has only recently broken through 10.0, but Qin Shuya is basically fully responsible for the recent development of the Self-Help Association. This is a reward earned based on her ability.

In fact, all the management work of the Self-Help Association is now in the hands of Qin Shuya. The rest of the people are just figureheads.

The Pharmaceutical Research Center was also established again, but this time it was considered a unit under the Self-Help Association, but it had absolute autonomy.

Ren Qingyun serves as the director of the Pharmaceutical Research Center, and Chu Fei remains as the deputy director.

There was also a message that Ren Qingyun sent to Chu Fei alone, that the secret room prepared specifically for Chu Fei was already ready. There were two secret rooms, one for computers and the other for weapon forging equipment, and the two secret rooms could be connected.

However, what Chu Fei cared more about was the message sent by Zheng Chengan.

Zheng Chengan and Cheng Buyun left, but Zheng Chengan sent a message to invite Chu Fei to visit Thunder City, which was also the intention of the Thunder Lord. However, there is plenty of time, so we can try to get there before the Spring Festival.

"After the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival will enter the Longmen Secret Realm. Let's talk about it when the Spring Festival is approaching." Chu Fei replied to Zheng Chengan, and then continued to look through the messages on the bracelet.

As for Wei Shuheng, the head of the Wei family said that the black iron is ready and can be used to forge magic weapons at any time.

There is also Huang Zhiwei's. The head of the Huang family also said that the black iron is ready and you can use it at will. If it is not enough, you can find more.

"Huang Zhiwei has learned his lesson." Chu Fei snorted in his heart. So what if he is a 12.0 expert? If he doesn't have the skills, he still has to bow his head.

In fact, Huang Zhiwei's cultivation was somewhat exaggerated, and the Huang family was once the weakest of the four major families. Chu Fei felt that if he did not care about the cost and did not hesitate to use any means, he might really be able to assassinate Huang Zhiwei.

But finally I have stabilized and found a foothold. It was not easy.

Chu Fei looked into the distance and muttered to himself: "It's finally stable. I have to hurry up and iterate my own cultivation. And the research on poison can't be delayed any longer."

(End of this chapter)