The owner of the large caravan was a middle aged man. He inherited this caravan from his father and was doing very well as a businessman. But he was always hoping to become an immortal cultivator with the ability to command clouds and rain. He had the aptitude to become one but was never able to find a strong enough technique that satisfied him.

But recently he was accepted by a famous cultivation sect called the "Profound Vermillion Sect". So he was going to go there after selling all his properties. But money would not be very useful inside a sect as contribution points were mostly used there. So, instead of money, he was willing to get his hands on some strong magical moves in exchange for his caravan and shops.

Magical moves were special techniques that a cultivator could use and those techniques did not have any connection to the cultivation manual that he was practicing. So they were like special spells performed by a normal mage. The value of a magical move was very high as anyone could master that if they have the affinity of that move, without taking that cultivation technique that they were practicing.

Normally all cultivators had a very limited types of attack that they could utilise and it mostly depended on the cultivation technique that one was practicing. So magical moves could eliminate this problem. That was why they were considered quite valuable even in a large sect.

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After learning about what, Xing Jue, the owner of the caravan wanted, Elena immediately created an above average but not too crazy magical move. Xing Jue had the fire affinity so giving him a move of that affinity should be good enough. And that was exactly what happened.

Elena gave him a move that could create an animal made of fire for Xing Jue to mount. It was truly a rare spell and Xing Jue was so satisfied that he even gave Elena a bonus by giving her all the slaves that he was keeping. At first he wanted to take those slaves with him to the sect. But after getting a strong magical spell, he decided to just give all the slaves to Su Yun as the payment of the magical move.

After getting all the slaves, the first thing that Elena did was to instantly free them. Then she gave those 17 slaves an honest job in the new company that she was going to create. Those people were quite intelligent so, they were able to adapt to the situation very quickly. They were also very grateful to Su Yun for giving them independence. Two of them actually ran away as they thought Su Yun was just playing with them and Elena did not do anything to them when they ran away. After becoming free, it was their right to make the decision of if they wanted to stay here or not.

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It took three days for Elena to find enough manpower for her new company and to properly set up the shops. Then after three days finally the "Red Maple Group" started their business. It was the name that Elena had given her first ever company.

This name was given to the company in order to pay respect to Elena's deceased grandfather as his company was also named the same. Elena was the true owner of all the business and Han Zhoumin was the general manager who would be in charge of taking care of the company.

She was not only going to do the business inside the capital but she was also going to use the caravan she got to go to the villages and cities present in the White Rock county. As her primary purpose for doing the business was not money, she wanted to use the caravan to sell products even in remote areas.

One day while she was preparing some guards to protect the caravan, Li Xiashen, who was the merchant with whom Elena came to the capital, visited her. He had heard that a wealthy person was starting a new business so he came here to try his luck.

But he never expected to see an old acquaintance here. So he quickly went to greet Su Yun. He thought that Su Yun might have joined the new merchant group as guard.

"Brother Su, good morning."

"Oh, brother Li. Good morning. What are you doing here ?"

"Actually I'm trying to earn some money here and there. So when I heard that there is a new large company, I might be able to help in some jobs to earn a bit of extra money. Are you working here, brother ?"

"Yes, kinda. So, what kind of work were you expecting here ?"

"As you know, I have been a merchant of this area for a long time. So know the White Rock county very well. So I was hoping that I would be able to help them in mapping a good route for the caravan."

"Oh, that would definitely be useful."

"! Brother Su, can you help me get this job ?"

"Umm yes, I can. How much do you want for the service."

"I will do my best to find the perfect route. So, umm, I was hoping to get one hundred and twenty no thirty thousand R."

"Hmm, I think that it is a bit higher than the normal market price. But if you know any secret routes that are not very well known, then I think this price is acceptable. So, do you know any ?"

"Yes, I know quite a few local routes that most of the merchants did not know."

"So, we have a deal. Do your best."

"Umm... Brother Su, are you capable of recruiting me without consulting anyone ?"

"Yes, I have that authority. Don't worry. Oh, by the way, you said that you needed over five hundred thousand R within a month. How much did you manage to get so far ?"

"Hehe, along with my previous savings and after working here for a week or so currently I have close to four hounded and twenty thousand R with me. So after this job my initial target would be accomplished."

"Oh, you're doing pretty well. Good for you, brother Li."

The next day the caravan left the capital city in order to go to all the villages of the county. Li Xiashen knew what he was doing and he managed to find a very good route for the caravan to follow. These routes were mostly safe. But still Elena prepared several guards to protect the caravan.

Those guards were all poor martial artists, who were kicked out from working in the large families for various reasons. So then Elena promised them good pay and also gave them few mediocre martial arts manuals, they all happily accepted Elena as their new boss. They were not terribly strong, but they had rich experience and would be able to protect the caravan from bandits and monsters with their numbers.

The caravan mainly carried daily supplies that would be rare for a remote village. These items were not very costly so the profit for the caravan would not be very high, but it would definitely help a lot of villages and that was Elena's objective.

The head of the caravan was a person named Mao Litan. He looked like a bold fatty but actually he was a level 500 summon that Elena created. Instead of searching for a reliable person, Elena decided to just create a reliable person herself.

In the last few days, Elena had walked through almost the whole city. She had also finished creating her company and Lin Yan's training was also on the right path. From now on he just needed to practice well on his own. So now Elena was planning to leave the city.

As Elena was walking back to her home while thinking when she should leave the city, suddenly a group of eight attacked her. Obviously Elena had noticed them long before, so their sneak attack was nothing but a joke. She easily dodged it and knocked all the assailants unconscious.

The whole process did not even take a blink of an eye. Elena then took out a magic cart and started to carry those eight men in it. Among the eight men, seven of them were expert martial artists and one of them was an immortal cultivator. Only the strongest of the large families could manage to send such a strong line-up.

After reaching home, Elena started to interrogate them. She did not need to use torture as she could just read their mind. She did not do that instantly because leaving them fainted in the middle of the road would be barbaric. So she just wanted to read the memory after returning back home.

After going through their memories she found out that it was not only one family that targeted her. There were at least 7 families and there might be even more. The reason why they targeted her was simple. After coming to this city Elena had suddenly become a very influential person in just a few days. That definitely hurt the large families' interests. And when Elena bought so many shops and even started a new business company, the large families became fearful of her economic power, so they decided to attack and kill her to get rid of this problem.

Now Elena would not be able to leave the city without cleaning up a few more trash.

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