Chapter 709: Severing the Void
In Taotie City, Huyan Bin knelt before his father as he said earnestly, "Chu Liang was taken by the two Demon Kings of the Far West, and Venerable Wen Yuan has already gone after them. Daoist Yan will likely head there too. To rescue Chu Liang, the powerful cultivators of the Mount Shu Sect will probably move out in full force and even rally allies from the Divine Nine and the Terrestrial Ten.
"Father, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
Previously, due to a series of disastrous decisions, Huyan Dong had been punished by his father. He was grounded at home and instructed to reflect on his mistakes. Out of sheer boredom, he obtained a Circle of Immortal Friends Token from Red Cotton Peak and soon became captivated by it.
Information from across the nine provinces was instantly shared on the Circle of Immortal Friends as soon as someone posted. Rumor had it that a private messaging feature was in the works, which would make communication even more convenient.
But the excitement was short-lived, quickly replaced by a sense of despair. After all, the item he had marveled at was a product made by their rival.
The more convenience this item offered, the more it highlighted the greatness of Red Cotton Peak. If every cultivator in the immortal realm owned one of these tokens, he couldn’t even begin to imagine the consequences.
Red Cotton Peak had invested so much into this item that it couldn’t possibly remain just a messaging tool, though even that function alone was already impressive enough.
If cultivators could order things from thousands of li away without ever leaving their homes, who would still bother coming to Taotie City?
Nevertheless, there was no use in panicking. Taotie City had three strategies to consider right now.
The most ideal strategy was to create a better product and win the public's favor back from the Mount Shu Sect. The second-best was to create at least an identical product and compete fairly. The worst option was to kneel and beg Mount Shu to stop bullying them.
Huyan Bin thought the worst strategy was simpler and rather feasible. However, since his father was trying to have a second child to replace him, he had no choice but to work toward the second-best option.