429: Chamber of Commerce Fourth Division

In addition, there are also Level 1 branches and a headquarters. The Level 1 branches are set up such that only one is established per Dao Domain.

However, a hundred years is ultimately too short. The Xuanhuang Merchant Guild has not yet completely occupied even the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory, so it naturally lacks the energy to expand aggressively. Furthermore, guarding a Level 1 branch requires a Dao Lord Realm expert to be stationed there.

Therefore, only six Level 1 branches have been established in the six adjacent Dao Domains, but without a Dao Lord Realm expert overseeing them, they can only expand slowly.

Aside from the branches, within the Merchant Guild, there are four divisions: the Xuanhuang Division, the Commerce Division, the Supervision Division, and the Enforcement Division.

The Xuanhuang Division is controlled by the President of the Xuanhuang Merchant Guild and is divided into two pavilions: the Xuanhuang Inner Pavilion and the Xuanhuang Outer Pavilion.

The Inner Pavilion is responsible for recruiting promising talents from the Ancient Land of Dao and cultivating them to become the backbone of the Xuanhuang Merchant Guild, to be placed in various levels of the Merchant Guild in the future.

The Outer Pavilion is responsible for collecting all intelligence from the Ancient Land of Dao, including information on the various branches of the Xuanhuang Merchant Guild. It serves as the President's right-hand man for monitoring internal personnel.

The Commerce Division is responsible for managing all affairs of the entire Merchant Guild. It has one Director and five Elders, each leading a pavilion: the Internal Affairs Pavilion, the Auction Pavilion, the Treasure Pavilion, the Scripture Pavilion, and the Consecration Pavilion.

The Internal Affairs Pavilion, as its name suggests, manages internal affairs such as personnel appointments and salary distribution. The Auction Pavilion is responsible for auction matters, such as monitoring the account books of various branches and overseeing auctions of Seven Star rank and above.

The Treasure Pavilion is responsible for the collection and sale of all Heaven And Earth Treasure. The Scripture Pavilion is responsible for the collection and sale of all Dao arts and Divine Ability. The Consecration Pavilion is responsible for managing the consecrated items.

The Supervision Division and the Enforcement Division are currently composed of the Elders from the Xu Family who entered the External Affairs Hall.

The Supervision Division is responsible for overseeing the various branches, from low to high, divided into Supervisors, Inspectors, Supervising Elders, and the Director. Supervisors are responsible for overseeing Level 3 branches. Inspectors are responsible for inspecting Level 2 branches and all their subordinate Level 3 branches.

As for Supervising Elders, a certain number are set up to oversee Level 1 branches and all their subordinate branches. The Director is responsible for coordinating the Supervision Division.

The Enforcement Division is responsible for dealing with Merchant Guild traitors and enemies, and is composed of the Director, Enforcement Elders, and Enforcement Envoys.

Enforcement Envoys are ranked from One Star to Seven Stars, from low to high. The first three stars correspond to the Dao Severing Realm, the middle three stars correspond to the Dao Lord Realm, and the Seven Star corresponds to the Half-Step Dao Lord.

As for the Director and Enforcement Elders, they are responsible for dealing with Dao Lord Realm enemies.

Of course, the current Xuanhuang Merchant Guild has not yet grown to that level of power.

In a hundred years, although the Xu Family has sixteen Dao Lords, the Hongmeng Primordial Qi is too scarce. The strongest among them is Xu Liang, at the Peak of the Early Stage Dao Lord, having refined nine streams of Hongmeng Primordial Qi, and is currently attempting to break through to the Middle Stage Dao Lord Realm.

Next is Xu Song, at the Peak of the Early Stage Dao Lord, having refined seven streams of Hongmeng Primordial Qi.

In order to Cultivate powerful individuals, besides one stream for each person, the remaining thirty streams of Hongmeng Primordial Qi were given to Xu Liang and Xu Song.

Among them, Xu Liang alone received nine streams, and Xu Song received seven streams.

The reason for this allocation is to allow Xu Liang to first advance to the Middle Stage Dao Lord. As for Xu Song, because he is the Hall Master of the External Affairs Hall, the development of the Xuanhuang Merchant Guild will inevitably involve bloodshed, so his strength cannot be too weak.

Of course, both of them have also incurred tens of trillions of family points in debt to other Dao Lords in the Family, which they will have to repay in the future.

Although the Xu Family has many Dao Lords, and they can challenge those above their rank, these Dao Lords are the masters of various halls and lineages, so it is naturally impossible for them to condescend to become Elders of the Xuanhuang Merchant Guild.

Moreover, the Xu Family did not choose the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory simply because of its name.

Rather, it is because the strength displayed by the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory is merely superficial; its true foundations are hidden beneath the surface.

From the location of the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory alone, one can see its extraordinary nature.

The Human Territory is already located in the center of the Ancient Land of Dao, and this central area was the original Cang Xuan Continent. Therefore, even the lowest-ranked Qingyun Dao Domain possesses no less than ten Medium Grade Dao Veins, which are richer than those in other medium-sized Dao Domains in other territories.

The location of the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory is in the central part of the eastern region. Within the Human Territory, besides the thirty-six Dao Domains in the central region, the four central parts of the four regions have the most complete Dao principles.

The Mystic Yellow Dao Territory, being located in the central area of the eighty-one Dao Domains in the eastern region, naturally has a strong foundation.

It contains one High Grade Dao Vein, ten High Grade Dao Veins, and over a hundred Medium Grade and Low Grade Dao Veins.

Although Dao Veins can be mined to obtain dao crystals, all powers share a common understanding: they do not engage in over-exploitation.

Because Dao Veins form a Dao Vein momentum, cultivating within a Dao Vein can assist Dao Lords in their cultivation, and also offers various other benefits, such as enhancing Luck and subtly improving Aptitude.

Generally speaking, to gauge the strength of a Supreme Power, one can get a glimpse by observing the grade of the Dao Veins they occupy.

However, these Dao Veins in the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory are all owned. Many ancient powers that existed before the Darkness Upheaval are hidden within them, but these ancient powers have been reclusive since ancient times and rarely emerge.

This also led to the low ranking of the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory, causing it to be underestimated by other Dao Domains. However, those powerful races know that the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory is far from that simple.

The Ten Great Dao Sects of the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory seemingly govern the entire Dao Domain, but nine of them only control one Low Grade Dao Vein each. Only the Mystic Yellow Dao Sect exclusively occupies one Medium Grade Dao Vein, and this is due to the Human Race Holy Temple.

The fact that the Mystic Yellow Dao Sect could produce a Middle Stage Dao Lord Realm expert is also related to this Medium Grade Dao Vein.

The Xuanhuang Ancient Realm!

Xuanhuang Ancient City, this ancient city that has existed since the formation of the Ancient Land of Dao, has stood firm through countless years. Its city walls tower into the clouds, seemingly connected to the heavens. Ancient runes are carved on the city walls, each emanating a faint Chaos Qi, as if narrating the city's long history.

Inside the city, Chaos energy is abundant, and Dao principles are complete. People come and go on the streets, Dao Severing Kings are everywhere, and there are even many Dao Lord Realm Cultivators.

This is the most prosperous city in the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory. Its area is no less than a Dao Province, making it a completely independent nation.

This ancient city was originally governed by the Mystic Yellow Dao Sect, but the Mystic Yellow Dao Sect's control over it was not very strong.

Because the ancient families hidden here usually keep a low profile, but if truly provoked, the foundational strength they unleash would be enough to overturn the situation in the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory.

The High Grade Dao Vein of the Mystic Yellow Dao Territory is buried beneath the Xuanhuang Ancient City, but it has been sealed and intercepted by the great families within using powerful Divine Ability.

However, merely some of the escaping Qi has made the cultivation environment of Xuanhuang Ancient City no less than that of a Low Grade Dao Vein.

Therefore, all Ten Great Dao Sects have branch residences here, and every year they send some Disciples to the city for training and cultivation.

Xuanhuang Main Street, with a total length of ten million li, is the most prosperous street in Xuanhuang Ancient City. It seems very long, but most of the creatures living in the city are Emperor Realm beings, so this length is nothing to them.

On both sides of the street, shops stand in great numbers, each exuding a powerful Aura, clearly indicating strong powers supporting them from behind.

After all, every inch of land on Xuanhuang Main Street is extremely valuable. Even for a first-rate power, to establish a presence there, it not only requires a large amount of Chaos Profound Crystals for arrangements but also needs a Half-Step Dao Lord level expert as a guarantor.

Yet, even with all that, they can at most obtain a storefront no larger than a hundred li.

However, on this street where every inch of land is precious, a merchant guild occupying an area of four hundred ninety thousand li stands majestically, with a grand Aura, like a small city.

To occupy such a vast storefront, this is not merely a matter of financial resources, but more so a matter of strength.

This is the headquarters of the Xuanhuang Merchant Guild.