Qing Li Sea Region, Seven Stars Island.
The streets teemed with people, while carriages and horses rumbled noisily.
A nine-story azure pavilion towered before them, its upturned eaves and interlocking dougong brackets exquisitely crafted. Three large golden characters—"Azure Lotus Pavilion"—had been written across the plaque in sweeping, phoenix-like strokes.
This was a shop established by the Wang Family. With Wang Qingfeng and several other Body Integration Cultivators active in the Qing Li Sea Region to protect the family's business, along with the Han Family and Li Family as marriage allies, the Wang Family's business had grown larger and larger. Puppet Beasts were their best-selling goods.
On the seventh floor, Wang Yongqian sat in a chair with a graceful purple-skirted woman, and they were discussing something.
"Shopkeeper Wang, this is the balance. Please count it."
The purple-skirted woman took out an azure Storage Ring and handed it to Wang Yongqian.
Wang Yongqian accepted the Storage Ring, swept it with her divine sense, and nodded.
"Thank you, Madam Sun."
Wang Yongqian smiled.
"I should be the one thanking you. I still have business to attend to, so I'll take my leave. Please stay here, Shopkeeper Wang."
The purple-skirted woman rose and bid her farewell.
Before long, a short and stout blue-robed elder with a round face and tiny eyes came upstairs.
"I wonder if there's anything I can help Fellow Daoist with?"
Wang Yongqian asked courteously.
The blue-robed elder did not waste words. He took out a silver, square token and handed it to Wang Yongqian.
The surface of the square token was engraved with the characters "Thousand Spirit." Spiritual light flickered incessantly from it, clearly showing that it was no ordinary object.
"What is this? A token of identification?"
Wang Yongqian examined it carefully and asked curiously.
There was a Body