Seeing Qi Rong smile at him as though he still had something important to say, Song Qingming nodded slightly in surprise, then turned and sat back down.
"Fellow Daoist, this is not our first dealing with one another. If you have something to say, speak frankly!"
Hearing this, Qi Rong smiled as he stroked the white beard hanging from the corners of his mouth, then continued with a smile.
"Hehe! Since Fellow Daoist Song has said so, this old man will not stand on ceremony with you.
When I met Fellow Daoist Song a few days ago, I learned that you are a cultivator of the Carefree Sect in the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.
In recent years, our Four Seas Merchant Alliance has also intended to expand our business into the Floating Cloud Mountain Range.
I asked you to stay because I wished to ask whether the marketplaces under your sect might be interested in cooperating with our Four Seas Merchant Alliance, so that we may make our business even greater together."
"About that... I understand Fellow Daoist's meaning.
However, while our sect has quite a few marketplaces under its control, their scale cannot compare to these major marketplaces outside. Is Fellow Daoist Qi truly sincere in seeking cooperation with our sect?"
Just as Qi Rong had inquired into his affairs, Song Qingming had also spent the past few days learning a little about the Four Seas Merchant Alliance from others outside.
This Four Seas Merchant Alliance had been jointly established by several fairly powerful Nascent Soul forces of the Leiyuan Sea, and it had already existed for nearly a thousand years.
Its overall strength had long surpassed that of an ordinary Nascent Soul Sect. Even in the Eastern Phoenix Immortal Continent, it would not be inferior to the Top