Martial Master

In just a short week, the Chen Di Pavilion had become a phenomenon, with an astonishing flow of visitors every day due to the influx of numerous shops.

Even the first words exchanged among martial artists in the imperial city each day were, "Did you go to Chen Di Pavilion today?"

Many people would even visit the Chen Di Pavilion daily just to eat, wandering around to see what they could find.

With the excitement, Liu Xuanrui directly decreed that all official banquets of the Great Wei Dynasty must be held at the commercial square from now on.

Originally bustling restaurants saw their foot traffic reduce by more than half in just a few days.

It should be noted that while the food in your restaurant might be delicious, patrons could only eat there.

But at Chen Di Pavilion, one could shop, cultivate, and enjoy various entertainment facilities—all in one place. Who would still specifically travel across half the imperial city just to have a meal at your establishment?

As the flow of visitors continued to dwindle, the owners of several major restaurants became anxious.

They hurriedly returned to the Alchemy Pavilion to negotiate for shop rentals.

The Alchemy Pavilion did not make things difficult for them, but the quote this time was several times more expensive than before.

This was not a tactic to squeeze them but a result of the commercial square's skyrocketing value after its success.

If it weren't for the fact that the rental rights of the commercial square belonged to Chen Di Pavilion and other tenants were not allowed to sublet, some businesses within the Chen Di Pavilion could have directly flipped their leases for several times the rent.

Although the owners of the major restaurants were frustrated, they had no choice but to painfully sign agreements with Chen Di Pavilion.

They ended up paying several times more for locations that were even worse than before, leaving the owners of these restaurants regretting their decisions.

As they watched the Chen Di Pavilion grow increasingly popular while their own wealth rapidly dwindled, expressions of extreme malice appeared on the faces of the Leng family and others.

"No, we can't wait any longer."

The four members of Leng Po Gong gathered once more.

This time, their faces were much grimmer than before because, over the past half month, the prices in major stores in the imperial city had plummeted, dropping by at least half compared to before the opening of Chen Di Pavilion.

In other words, the fixed assets of the Wu family, Gui Yuan Sect, and others had decreased by at least fifty percent.

In addition, after the opening of the commercial square at Chen Di Pavilion, the Wu family's material and blood beast business had also greatly declined, with almost everyone flocking to do business at the commercial square of Chen Di Pavilion. Meanwhile, the cultivation industries of Gui Yuan Sect and Wu Ji Sect were plummeting, nearly running at a loss.

Especially after the cultivation rooms of Chen Di Pavilion opened, the number of martial artists visiting the cultivation rooms of Wu Ji Sect and Gui Yuan Sect was almost nonexistent, leaving many cultivation rooms vacant and wasted every day.

They could not enter the commercial square either, as Qin Chen's Chen Di Pavilion had blacklisted any businesses from the Leng family, Wu family, Gui Yuan Sect, and Wu Ji Sect, not allowing any of these four major forces to conduct business in the commercial square.

This meant these four major forces had completely lost their avenues.

"Leng Po Gong, how can we deal with this Chen Di Pavilion?" Yan Wu Ji asked angrily.

In these days, Yan Wu Ji had watched the wealth of his sect continuously shrink, almost to the point of spitting blood in rage.

In contrast, the speed at which Chen Di Pavilion was making money was astonishing. If this continued, what would happen?

"Yan Wu Ji, I have already found out that this so-called Chen Di Pavilion is actually the property of that kid Qin Chen from the Five Nations. The plan for this commercial square was also proposed by that kid. However, he has been staying in the Alchemy Pavilion with Zhuo Qingfeng, and even the Southern Palace's Nangong Li and the Artifact Hall's Master Ye Luyi are with them. It's almost impossible for us to secretly take action," Leng Po Gong said.