CHAPTER 663: CHAPTER 412: SECRET MEETING!

Nanyue Lake is not small, and there are abundant resources between the mountains and waters.

It’s not just about Monkey Wine.

Fu Zhe glanced at the Iron-Armed Monkey King and then at Yan Chuan: "Among the Four Families and Three Sects, the Feng Family excels in alchemy and the Fu Family excels in artifact crafting. There are plenty of spiritual medicine and mineral resources in Nanyue Lake. If Grandmaster Yan is interested, I can recruit a few unsuccessful artifact refiners from my clan to turn the artifact resources of Nanyue Lake into surprise weapons and exotic treasures, and then sell them!"

Feng Jin chimed in: "I can also bring in alchemists from my clan to harvest herbs, refine medicine, and even cultivate medicinal herbs within Nanyue Lake."

What is most important in this world?

First, talent!

Second, resources!

And Fu Zhe and Feng Jin, backed by the Four Great Families of Hunxi Royal City, have no shortage of channels to recruit talent. What they lack are channels to obtain resources.

Now, Yan Chuan commands the Iron-Arm Monkey Group, which is equivalent to indirectly controlling half of the resources in Nanyue Lake, but lacks the key and requires talent in alchemy and artifact crafting to excavate and integrate them.

"Let’s join forces!"

"From now on, there will be no shortage of various resources!"

Fu Zhe’s eyes shone brightly.

He never regarded proving his Dao as an Innate as impossible. After all, if Yan Chuan can do it, why can’t he?

Then, from now on, preparation for continuing to climb and progress in cultivation after proving Dao as Innate should begin.

"Alchemy."

"Artifact Crafting."

"Monkey Wine."

Shangguan Ji, unwilling to be left behind, pointed outside: "My second junior brother, Wei Shujiu, excels in star phase and Feng Shui secret techniques, observing the stars above and examining the earth veins below. He can identify the locations of various mineral veins, especially the Black Flame Ore Veins. Although Grandmaster Yan commands the Iron-Arm Monkey Group, the monkey group obviously cannot mine, but we can transport miners from outside and let the Iron-Arm Monkey Group oversee them, allowing for worry-free mining!"

To Shangguan Ji, Fu Zhe, and Feng Jin, a lone Innate Divine General like Yan Chuan is nothing, but what truly makes them willing to ’associate with the same current’ is the ’Iron-Arm Monkey Group’ commanded by this Innate Divine General!

The same number of Iron-Arm Monkey Groups may not be stronger than the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry, but in Nanyue Lake, the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry is like a torch, drawing attention wherever it goes and becoming a target.

But the Iron-Arm Monkey Group does not.

This is the advantage.

With such a group of Iron-Arm Monkey Groups, it’s equivalent to having a local connection in Nanyue Lake. Based on this, further development of various resources in Nanyue Lake becomes ten times or even a hundred times easier!

Monkey Wine?

Only letting Iron-Armed Monkeys brew Monkey Wine?

No, no, no!

That would be underutilizing their talent!

Using great talent for minor tasks!

...

Yan Chuan left.

With the Iron-Armed Monkey King and the hundred Iron-Armed Monkeys captured and released by the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry, he returned to Iron Arm Monkey Mountain.

Inside the house, only Fu Zhe, Feng Jin, and Shangguan Ji remained.

After a moment of silence.

Fu Zhe looked at the two: "You’re not outsiders, so I’ll be frank. Were you just pretending to go along with Yan Chuan, or do you sincerely want to collaborate?"

Shangguan Ji smiled without speaking.

Feng Jin spoke first: "A newly promoted Innate Divine General controls an Iron-Arm Monkey Group without a Beast King, which isn’t much of an issue. Nanyue Lake isn’t an important area either, so I think this business is doable. Even if the news leaks, you, me, Brother Shangguan, withdrawing to protect ourselves shouldn’t be difficult, right?"

"It’s not difficult at all!"

Shangguan Ji’s smile grew bigger.

He’s the personal disciple of one of the Ten Elders of Jiujiang Institute. Even though his master Zhou Shun ranks last, being one of the Ten Elders makes him a notable figure throughout Hunxi Royal City.

As Zhou Shun’s top disciple, in terms of background, Shangguan Ji is no less than Fu Zhe or Feng Jin.

If things go wrong, the Royal City will only pursue other accomplices and the main perpetrator Yan Chuan, including the Iron-Armed Monkeys. These three would at most face minor consequences, nothing major.

They all have backgrounds!

They all have backing!

Thus, they’re bold and fearless.

The three exchanged smiles.

...

"Really want to work with them?"

Wang Zhengyi didn’t expect things to develop in this direction. He thought there would be a major confrontation with the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry, but it turned out to be a major ’business confrontation’!

A major business venture!

A deal was struck?

"We have resources, they have channels."

"We couldn’t collaborate before because of the gap between people and beasts, which made communication impossible. Now with me as a bridge, the endless resources in Nanyue Lake can be exploited. They’re human too, and not some chaste saints. Collaboration is a win-win."

Yan Chuan nodded.

No matter how Shangguan Ji, Fu Zhe, and Feng Jin think, he’s genuinely interested in cooperation.

As these three said —

"It’s not just Monkey Wine."

"There are herbs."

"There are minerals."

"There are Essence Stones."

"Nanyue Lake is a treasure trove. Previously unable to mine, it now can be, benefiting you, me, and people like Shangguan Ji!"

Why not do something that’s beneficial?

"But what if someone from the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry or other elites of Jiujiang Institute leaks the information?" Wang Zhengyi worried, knowing there are many aware of the Iron-Arm Monkey Group’s operation in Nanyue Lake, not just the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry and Jiujiang Institute elites, but also many in Nanxiong City.

People talk too much.

If word gets out, can this business still continue?

"This shouldn’t be our concern. If Fu Zhe, Feng Jin, and Shangguan Ji are sincerely interested in doing business, they’ll naturally use their connections to solve these problems."

Yan Chuan doesn’t care.

Even if Fu Zhe, Feng Jin, or Shangguan Ji values fame over profit and is determined to flatten Iron Arm Monkey Mountain and capture him as a ’traitor,’ it doesn’t matter: "If things really can’t work out, I’ll return to Tan Valley Royal City, and you can lead the Iron-Arm Monkey Group elsewhere. The world is vast, where can’t we find a place to live?"

"Indeed!"

"These days, being pursued and blocked by the Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry almost clouded my mind!"