Aiden was a person who repaid kindness and vengeance.
He would avenge his grudges and reward his benefactors.
The young master of the Zhou family had beaten him to death, so Aiden slew the young master of the Sterling family and caused the Sterling family to be exterminated.
The Luoshui and the Sacred Land of Spiritual Void had violated the contract, so Aiden killed Luoshui and disbanded the Sacred Land of Spiritual Void.
Now that Aqing had helped him, Aiden presented her with a pocket watch, allowing her to make a free trade.
This was Aiden's way of handling things.
Repaying kindness and vengeance, not owing others, nor sparing those who wronged him.
Aqing did not refuse the pocket watch. It was a precious thing, after all. It was this very pocket watch that had saved her life.
"Do you have the right to give this to me?" Aqing looked at Aiden, testing his identity.
One who did not hold a certain position in the Heaven and Earth Bank could not give away such a pocket watch.
Previously, thinking that Aiden had no cultivation, Aqing had underestimated him a little. But now, in her heart, Aiden was extremely important.
"Since I have taken it out, it means I have the ability to give it to you, miss. The Heaven and Earth Bank is omnipotent. You will gradually understand in the future." Aiden smiled slightly, calm and confident.
Miss Aqing did not press further. She carefully put away the pocket watch and looked around, saying, "This place of the Sacred Land of Spiritual Void is a good mountain gate. Beneath the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, there are at least a hundred thousand spirit veins. After the management of ten generations of sect leaders, it now belongs to you. What are you going to do?"
Aiden looked around. The world was vast, and the mountains and rivers were beautiful. He was filled with boldness and said, "Since the Heaven and Earth Bank has reappeared in this world, we will use this as a base and expand to the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands."
"Who exactly are you in the Heaven and Earth Bank?" Miss Aqing could not help but ask with boldness.
"I am an agent of the Heaven and Earth Bank, handling all earthly affairs." Aiden smiled slightly and said.
The identity he gave himself on the surface was an agent of the Heaven and Earth Bank, handling earthly affairs.
Secretly, Aiden's true self was the one who wore a mask, traded with others, and handled all matters.
This dual identity, one in the open and one in the dark, could ensure Aiden's safety and also enhance the mystery of the Heaven and Earth Bank.
Miss Aqing nodded and chose to believe Aiden. She could not associate the seemingly powerless Aiden in front of her with the master of the Heaven and Earth Bank who wore a dark-golden mask and had unfathomable cultivation.
One was in the heavens, and the other was on the earth. They were completely unconnected in her mind.
"Then I will take my leave. Thank you for the pocket watch. Originally, I had something I dared not do, but now with your pocket watch, I can go all out. I will come to thank you when we meet next time." Miss Aqing said with a smile.
Aiden nodded and said, "I hope you can give me a pleasant surprise when we meet next time."
The so-called pleasant surprise for Aiden was that Miss Aqing would break through her realm and become an immortal.
The corners of Aqing's mouth curved up in a beautiful smile. She was a peerless beauty.
"Okay, I will strive to give you a surprise!" Miss Aqing nodded, rose, and flew away, disappearing into the sky.
Aiden watched silently, secretly looking forward to the day when he could also travel freely like this, from the North Sea in the morning to the Cangwu in the evening.
"Now that we have a base, a million divine sources, and have recovered the immortal weapon, the Emperor's Pen. It is time to start new trades and expand the Heaven and Earth Bank." Aiden was thinking silently.
"Master, you have no pocket watches left." Seraphina reminded.
The initial three pocket watches, two were used in trades, and one was given to Miss Aqing. Now there were none left.
"How can I get pocket watches?" Aiden asked. He knew that Seraphina surely knew.
"Exchange them with divine sources. One divine source for one pocket watch." Seraphina said with a smile.
Aiden immediately said, "Exchange a hundred pocket watches for me!"
"Master, you have not opened up other regions of the Heaven and Earth Bank. Currently, only ten can be exchanged." Seraphina reminded Aiden.
"Why only ten?" Aiden frowned.
"Ten is not a small number. Initially, there were only three. If it weren't for you opening the Time Hall and increasing the number a little, it would still be three." Seraphina said.
"Ten is fine. It doesn't matter." Aiden turned around and disappeared into the world, entering the Heaven and Earth Bank.
Seraphina immediately took out ten pocket watches for Aiden.
These were exchanged with ten divine sources.
Aiden now had a million divine sources and was not afraid of the loss at all. He didn't feel a bit of heartache.
Looking at the ten blood-red pocket watches, Aiden thought for a moment and threw them all out at once.
"Go and find your suitable hosts and bring them to the Heaven and Earth Bank. I want to make the Heaven and Earth Bank stronger!" Aiden murmured.
Seraphina encouraged, "Master, come on. Let the fame of the Heaven and Earth Bank resound throughout the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and make those who violate the contracts pay the price!"
...
The world was vast, and everything had a glimmer of hope.
White Emperor City, which was a large city under the management of the Heavenly Dao Sect.
In White Emperor City, there was an invincible king. He was an elder of the Heavenly Dao Sect and also the actual manager of White Emperor City.
White Emperor, Radiant Sky.
However, Radiant Sky had a bad relationship with the leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect and had always been at odds. So he stayed in White Emperor City and didn't go anywhere.
Recently, Radiant Sky encountered difficulties in his cultivation. He wanted to break through to the next realm, but he needed a large amount of divine sources, at least five hundred thousand.
The leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect flatly refused him. Divine sources were scarce, and there wasn't enough for everyone. Giving you five hundred thousand was simply a pipe dream.
Unless you submit to me.
This condition was unhesitatingly rejected by Radiant Sky. Therefore, he was stuck in this realm and could not make any progress.
The five-thousand-year-old Radiant Sky had already reached the end of his life. He searched everywhere for divine sources, but it was like a drop in the bucket and was of no avail.
This made him extremely anxious.
If it dragged on, the best state for breakthrough would disappear, and the failure rate would increase. That was unacceptable to him.
On this day, in the lord's mansion of White Emperor City, Radiant Sky was sitting on a grand chair with a frown, in a very bad mood.
Divine sources were still hard to find.
"Damn leader, you are targeting me and making others not sell divine sources to me. Damn it!" Radiant Sky gnashed his teeth, hating to the core.
The enmity between him and the leader of the Heavenly Dao Sect had almost been publicly torn apart.
"What should I do without divine sources?" Radiant Sky was thinking distressingly.
If he didn't break through, the good state would fade away. Next time, it would be almost hopeless to adjust to such a good state.
As the end of his life approached, he would only gradually weaken and could not maintain his peak.
Hum.
At this moment, a blood-red pocket watch appeared in the hall.
Radiant Sky glanced at it and was immediately attracted.
He saw an infinite future.
Being cautious by nature, he stared at it for a quarter of an hour, then stood up and reached out to grab it.
Boom.
Radiant Sky disappeared from the lord's mansion and was uncontrollably transported into the Heaven and Earth Bank.
"Master, the first guest has arrived." Seraphina reminded Aiden.
Aiden tidied himself up, put on a black mysterious robe, wore a dark-golden mask, and went to meet the guest.