Jiuling Mountain, Baisuan Pavilion.
"You two have worked hard over this past century."
After listening to Lu Ying'er's unhurried account, Lin Xuan sighed. During the time he had been away, Cloud Province had just happened to be swept up in rising winds and surging clouds. For a small Baisuan Pavilion to survive in the cracks between all the major powers, its days truly had not been easy.
Fortunately, while Lu Ying'er's cultivation was not high, her methods were quite brilliant. By adopting a strategy of vertical and horizontal alliances, Baisuan Pavilion had not only successfully gained a foothold in Cloud Province, but had also made great strides forward.
Simply put, it was befriending distant powers while attacking those nearby. Toward the great sects and clans, they showed goodwill as much as possible. As for some smaller forces, they watched for chances to annex and nibble them away, while constantly expanding their trade routes.
Over the past century, Baisuan Pavilion's scale had expanded severalfold, and it had opened several new market towns. Though it could not be said to have earned until its bowls and basins overflowed, every year it enjoyed a generous income.
However, as the saying went, where there was profit, there was also harm. As Baisuan Pavilion developed, it also stirred the greed of certain surrounding forces.
The Lei Sha Sect was the best example.
In Cloud Province, that sect was of course far from being comparable to Horizon Sea Pavilion, but it was not one that could be lightly humiliated either. Its sect master was a great immortal cultivator at the Nascent Soul Late Stage, and aside from him there were nearly twenty Nascent Soul Realm elders. It could already be considered a first-rate major sect.
Seeing Baisuan Pavilion's business flourishing, the Lei Sha Sect had wanted