"After the decline of the Shen family's power, they still retained a lot of property, but the Shen family's generation is still as rampant as before, saying things like 'My Shen family shed blood for the human race and made meritorious deeds' all day long, etc. Putting those words on his lips slowly aroused the resentment of all the families, and deliberately suppressed them, resulting in the current situation. The Shen family has completely become a second-rate family of the Demon Clan!" Ning Tao heard Xuan Yin's explanation, and actually felt in his heart He was skeptical, with a mocking smile on his face.
"I'm afraid it's because these families are coveting the Shen family's property, so high-sounding!" Xuan Yin smiled softly, stroked her hair, and nodded in agreement.
"It should be so. The demon world puts profit first, even for the demon clan. With the Shen family's strength greatly reduced, they are like a fat sheep. How can they not attract everyone's attention?" A helpless smile appeared on Ning Tao's face. road.
"Also, after the death of the ancestors of the Shen family, there were still three Mahayana demon masters to support the situation, and they should still be able to maintain the family's prosperity. However, after the death of two of them, I am afraid that many people are not willing to hand over their possessions. That's why the other families suppressed their interests!" Xuan Yin looked at Ning Tao's emotional expression and said with a smile.
"It's time to hand over the interests in our hands. The Shen family, like the current family, does not protect the demon clan for nothing, and the benefits obtained are mutual. Without this strength, it is natural to abdicate in favor of talents. But at the beginning, many people I have enjoyed the glory of the past and am unwilling to accept this reality!" After saying this, the two looked at each other and smiled.
The two chatted for a while on the road, and the array disk suddenly changed from red to green. Seeing this, Xuan Yin spoke to Ning Tao.
"Brother Tao, we've arrived!" Ning Tao saw the changes in the array and knew that the changes in the array meant whether he had arrived or not.
After the two got off the car, they saw a rather elegant five-story restaurant located at the corner of the intersection. With a glance of their mind, they discovered that the restaurant covers an area of dozens of acres.
Behind them were small courtyards, which seemed to be places to stay. Ning Tao discovered that there were restaurants on three sides of the intersection.
The remaining corner is a huge high platform, several acres in size. On the inside is a half-moon-shaped stand. Many people are cheering and watching the two demons fighting below.
"This is the bloody battle platform. Any grudges in Lingtian City can be settled on it. After signing the life and death contract, you will have no responsibility for beating the opponent to death!" Xuanyin saw that Ning Tao seemed to have some interest in this bloody battle platform. Interested, he opened his mouth to explain.
Ning Tao nodded after hearing this without paying much attention. While the two of them were talking, they had already arrived in front of this antique restaurant and looked at the three big characters written on it with flying phoenixes.
"Wangyue Pavilion!" Seeing Ning Tao and Xuan Yin arriving, the boy at the door immediately ran over to flatter them.
He said with a smile on his face.
"Two adults, welcome to Wangyue Pavilion. I don't know whether you two adults are working in the hotel or staying in a hotel!" With these words, the boy led Ning Tao and two people inside.
As soon as the two of them entered the door, an older steward who looked like a clerk saw Ning Tao and two others behind a paperwork.
He quickly put down his work, walked out quickly, came to the two people, waved his hands to the boy, and bowed to Ning Tao and Xuan Yin.
"Two adults, my family has reserved a private room and is waiting for you two adults. Please come with me!" Ning Tao, the steward, has never met him, but he knows him. Lin Fan and the others should have told him about this place. The steward was in charge, so he nodded and followed the steward up.
Ning Tao, who was on the stairs, suddenly noticed that there was a young demon in the hall below. After seeing him, he looked carefully and saw that he was following the steward up.
He stopped eating the remaining food on the table, stood up quickly, and walked out. When Ning Tao saw this scene, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth and disappeared in a flash.
Upon seeing this, Xuan Yin followed Ning Tao's gaze and saw a figure leaving in a hurry. He immediately understood the reason and asked Ning Tao's spiritual message.
"Brother Tao, what's wrong? If you find it troublesome, we'll leave first!"
"It doesn't matter, he's just a clown!" Ning Tao heard Xuan Yin's question and said nonchalantly. Xuan Yin heard Ning Tao's words and no longer worried about anything. The two of them went up and soon reached the top of the restaurant. on the first floor of the attic.
As soon as they came up, Ye Tian, Lin Fan, Yue Hongyi, and Xiao Feng were already waiting at the entrance of the corridor.
Seeing Ning Tao coming up with a dazzling voice, the four of them had a look of surprise on their faces. They quickly bowed their hands and said to Ning Tao happily.
"Brother Ning, Lady Saint, we are truly honored to be able to invite Brother Ning and Lady Saint today!" Ning Tao and Xuan Yin stood at the entrance of the stairs, one of them raised his hand in return, and the other said a blessing.
Then Ning Tao smiled at the four of them.
"The four of you helped me last time, but Ning Tao hasn't expressed his gratitude yet. Since the brothers invited me, how could there be any reason not to come? There were some things that delayed me before, so I didn't reply to the brothers. Please forgive me. !" The four of them made way for Ning Tao and Xuan Yin to enter a hall with gestures of invitation, while talking.
"Brother Ning, what are you talking about? This is the first time Brother Ning has come to Lingtian City. As the hosts, we should take care of Brother Ning. Considering that Brother Ning has just arrived, Master Qiyan should have something to explain, so we wasted our time!" After people enter an elegant box and sit down, the box in the attic has a ban on the outside, and there are railings inside the ban.
Through this restriction, you can see the outside position, and the main seat can just see the huge bloody battle platform outside.
Xiao Feng clapped his hands, and immediately outside the door there were seven or eight pretty maids with graceful figures entering the box with trays in their hands.
The round table was filled with delicacies, fine wines, precious fruits, tea, etc. Then he slowly retreated away without making a sound, obviously after some training.
The two sides chatted for a while, and the scene was very harmonious, talking about interesting things about the Demon Clan and Lingtian City.
With Ye Tian and others deliberately raising the topic, Ning Tao quickly learned about the industries involved in these four companies.
The most important reason why the four families have become the evergreen trees of the Demon Clan today is that these four families have united and established a chamber of commerce called Wanbao Chamber of Commerce.
The four families are each responsible for their own business. Among them, the Ye family is mainly engaged in the elixir business, while the Lin family is engaged in the business of refining talismans and magic weapons.
As for the Yue family and the Xiao family, they are mainly lay traders, involved in all walks of life. Although the market is larger, the risks they suffer are also equal, and they often lose everything.
Although these four families united together, although they did not suppress other demon clan families, sufficient resources ensured the prosperity of these four families.
There are a total of nine Mahayana demon lords in these four families, and two Mahayana demon lords are worshiped. The number of demon lords from these four families alone accounts for more than half of the total number of Mahayana demons in the demon clan.
Although there are quite a few demon lords from the four families, the two mainstays of the demon clan are Demon Lord Lingtian and Demon Lord Qiyan.
A Mahayana Perfection and a late Mahayana Demon Lord’s combat power. The families of the Demon Clan are divided by surnames, and these families are divided into first, second and third-rate families according to their strength.
Among them, there are four first-class families, and each family has at least two Mahayana Demon Lords in charge. Even if one person dies unexpectedly, it can ensure that the family will not decline.
The second-rate one has a demon lord sitting in charge, and there are four families: Tang, Long, Wu, and Shen. There are still combined-level combat forces left to guard the place, but the clan has had a Mahayana demon lord and has its own city, so it is a third-rate family.
These families have their own cities in the outside world, large or small, located in the vast territory controlled by the Demon Clan.
Moreover, the Demon Clan has now given up on competing for territory. Apart from the existing territories, they rarely conduct external conquests and instead turn to the Chamber of Commerce.
Walking on the Holy King Continent and even further. Fortunately, with the giant Buddha of the Holy King Alliance on his back, he was doing pretty well.
Although the Demon Clan has put away its fangs, no force dares to underestimate the Demon Clan's strength.
Even the six-path demon clan, the most powerful in the Holy King Alliance, does not dare to be subtle, because after so many years, the trump cards among the demon clan are very amazing.
Especially for the puppets, just looking at the countless puppets around Lingtian City, without the presence of a dozen Mahayana Demon Lords, I am afraid that even the city of Lingtian City will not be able to break through.
However, making a puppet of this level consumes dozens of times more resources than creating a Mahayana Demon Lord.
Speaking of which, I have to mention the most mysterious surname among the demon clan. Mobanshi. Because of their bloodline, there are very few members in this family. It is said that there are only a few thousand members.
But this family is the only one whose entire family lives in Lingtian City, and is protected by the Mahayana Demon Lords of the Demon Clan.
The area where his clan lives is listed as a forbidden area in Lingtian City. I heard that it is also the control center of Lingtian City's formation.
Only Qi Yan and Ling Tian can come into contact with him. They don't communicate with the outside world at all on weekdays, and they have never even seen Xuan Yin.
After a few people chatted for a while, they heard that Ning Tao was going to buy some materials and elixirs for refining elixirs.
Ye Tian followed the current and said to Ning Tao with a smile on his face.
"It's a small matter!" After saying this, he turned over his hand and took out a token with mysterious runes on it. On the back was a black alchemy cauldron shape, and on the front was a leaf.
Ye Tian handed the token to Ning Tao and said.
"Brother Ning, this is the VIP token of my Ye family. Demons holding this token can enjoy eight kinds of enjoyment if they go to my Ye family's store or the Wanbao Chamber of Commerce store to buy elixirs and elixir materials. Discount!" Ning Tao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and thought to himself, it seems that this is the gift prepared by the four of them to make friends with him.
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