A moment later, a very steady young man walked onto the platform: "Miss Dongfang Wang"

  "Uncle Ba, what are you looking for me?" She turned around.

  Officer Ba Sheng handed over a jade book and said, "Today, Snow Crystal City had two large transactions. This is the transaction amount reported by Hui Chun Fen Tang and Bao Qi Fen Tang, and the transaction tax has also been paid."

  The refined woman's face flashed a hint of joy, and after checking the result, she was surprised, "Are they transactions of 50,000 and 90,000?"

  "Yes, we have levied taxes according to the charter," said the official. "I was worried earlier that Huichunmen and Baoqimen would look down on our small Snow Crystal City, but unexpectedly they are being law-abiding."

  "There's no need to worry about that. Huichun and Baoqi are all over the nine territories, and it's precisely because of their golden signboard and excellent reputation that they can gain the trust of all parties and expand their business. Of course, they won't bully us casually."

  The refined woman said, "What I'm worried about is that we're too weak in front of Huichun and Baoqi. There were rumors before that Huichun Gate and Baoqi Gate had intentions to withdraw from the Snow Crystal City branch. Because here, it's really impossible for big transactions to happen. If they leave, our Snow Crystal City will be even harder to maintain."

  After a pause, the elegant woman said: "Ba Shu, I plan to host a Dan Yuan wine party and invite the two managers of Hui Chun and Bao Qi to come over for an exchange. What do you think?"

  Ba Sheng sighed and said, "Don't bother saying it, I've already personally gone to invite him, but he pushed it off saying he's busy and won't come. It seems the rumors of leaving Snow Crystal City are true after all. Our temple is too small, we can't keep people, not even qualified to invite people to dinner."

  "Alas..." The elegant woman let out a soft sigh and said, "Uncle Ba, you go first, I'll be alone for a while."

  Ba Sheng turned around and walked away.

  Entering the Crystal Palace estate, the elegant woman sat down and carefully examined the jade book presented by Ba Sheng, every stroke, every number.

  She calculated one by one how many people entered the city today and how many handled temporary residence permits.

  The little girl beside her said pitifully: "Miss is too hardworking, no need to be so personally involved in everything."

  The refined woman smiled and said, "No way, I can still hold on. The Snow Crystal City is the heart's blood of several generations, handed over to me. In the early years, it was good, there were leftovers, but recently it has become more and more difficult. To get protection, the annual fee for Blue Snow City is a large sum, and the number of people staying in Snow Crystal has slowly decreased. Many powerful factions have plans to withdraw, although we have repeatedly compressed our regular expenses, it's just a drop in the bucket, leading to more and more people under our door becoming disheartened. We can't afford high salaries, and we're stuck in a vicious cycle. The less we give to those under us, the harder it is for them to control, the more chaotic they become, which in turn makes fewer and fewer people come to Snow Crystal City. Many original residents also have plans to 'immigrate'. Alas..."

  She checked the revenue while softly sighing.

  "It's all that damned Zhang Ye, causing a huge commotion in the Eastern Sea, so many cultivators who cross the sea don't take the Eastern Sea route anymore. They'd rather go around and enter the South Wind Realm from the desert." Little girl said indignantly.

  The refined woman blinked and said, "It's not Zhang Ye's fault. It's the fault of Donghai Fudi's overbearing ways. I actually admire Zhang Ye's courage in daring to confront the powerful. In its early years, Donghai Fudi expanded towards our side, several times planning to swallow our Ice Snow City. If it weren't for the resistance from the entire Jilan border, we wouldn't have been able to resist even if we joined forces. They are too strong. Strong enough that just one of their true disciples can destroy our Snow Crystal City."

  "Miss, why don't you just get married and focus on your cultivation? Don't worry about these mundane things." The little maid said, "The people from Blue Snow City are getting impatient with you to get married, their tone is also becoming increasingly irritable, it's not good to drag this out for too long."

  "Rubbish." The refined woman's face turned red as she said in a low voice, "This marriage was arranged by my father years ago. It's precisely because of the pressure from Donghai Fudi that my father had to seek help from Lán Xuě Chéng, and have them extend an invitation to the high-ranking officials of Jìlán Jìng to resist Donghai. I don't want my father to lose credibility, but I also don't want to be controlled by Zhou Xuan in this matter. So I'm uncertain, and have been dragging it out."

  "Alas..." The little girl sighed and said, "Miss, you should just give in. No matter what, the young master of Blue Snow Castle is from a big family with a great business, and he's also handsome. Putting aside other things, just looking at him as a husband, he's already a good choice. What more do you want?"

  The elegant woman turned her head to gaze out the window at the flying snow, and after a long while, she said: "I didn't say he was bad... I just want Snow Crystal City to be in my hands and no longer be bullied by others. I want one day to interact with Blue Snow City on an equal footing, no longer looking up to them. At that time, with an equal mindset, we can find resonance with each other, and then love him dearly - only then will marriage have meaning."

  Xiao Yaotou said: "Then let's just take our family heirloom..."

  "Shut up, don't mention this again!" The refined woman interrupted.

  The little girl covered her mouth, and after a moment, she said: "What I mean is that we don't want to be at the mercy of others' facial expressions. We should recruit some strong and capable people so that others won't dare bully us."

  A refined woman sighed: "How could I not know, but can we invite such a formidable figure? Can he be invited and will he be resolute? How many of the people we can invite have any ability?"

  "Let's give it a try, posting recruitment ads doesn't cost anything. Who knows, we might stumble upon some idiot with extremely low IQ but exceptional abilities who doesn't understand the market and is willing to work for free. Or perhaps we'll encounter a master with a destined connection to Snow Crystal City who's willing to assist Miss without pay? It's hard to say, maybe there's a freakishly talented grandmaster out there who's willing to dedicate their life to protecting you, Miss?"

  A delicate woman rolls her eyes, just a helpless shake of the head and a faint smile...

  Zhang Ye hid in his room and entered the Seven Treasures Gourd.

  "Alright, let's get started. I'll teach you how to refine a treasure robe using six types of five-element materials, demonic bones, and demonic skin. Add the five-element mystic robe and then smelt it again to thoroughly refine it into a sixth-grade treasure robe."

  Zhang was startled and thought to himself, "It seems there really is something fishy going on here?"

  However, after thinking for a long time, he was slightly reluctant and scratched his head, saying: "Can't we not practice the Five Elements Mystical Shirt? Can't we re-refine the sixth-grade treasure instead?"

  "Of course, it's possible to re-refine. However, your cultivation is too low, and besides, the aura of the precious clothes is not as strong as the flying sword, but it's still a challenge for Yi Huading, increasing the difficulty of your refinement. The Five Elements Mystical Robe itself is already a complete fifth-grade treasure, possessing all the spiritual power, with the help of various materials, what you've done is just a small amount of work to upgrade, not rebuilding an entire system. If it were to construct a new treasure, usually in the late Golden Elixir stage, with the help of a sixth-grade dan furnace, the limit would be to refine a fifth-grade treasure, and the success rate wouldn't be high either. In your current situation, at most you can only self-refine a fourth-grade treasure."

  There's no other way. Originally, Zhang Ye mainly thought that the Five Elements Mystic Robe was given by Master Tan Siqin, and several times he escaped with the help of the Five Elements Mystic Robe.

  Zhang Ye has a special feeling towards Tan Siqin and this mysterious shirt, and doesn't want to easily destroy its original state.

  After much persuasion by Ziyu, Zhang Ye finally wavered.

  At this moment, Wu Xian put on the five-element mystic robe and placed his hand on Yi Hua Ding's head to stimulate its power. Rumble...

  The six yang fires in Yihua Ding ignited and burned fiercely.

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