However, relying on the Xianle Divine Hall to earn money for breakthroughs wasn't realistic. Its most fundamental uses were to hasten the growth of medicinal herbs and allow super-divine beasts like Little Swallow to cultivate and evolve rapidly. That required Mei Yao to operate it. Thus, whenever no one was using the Xianle Divine Hall, it was used to mature medicinal herbs and help Little Swallow advance in cultivation. The work had to be rotated because advancing one's cultivation was a delicate process that couldn't be accelerated too much. Otherwise, neglecting one's foundation while laying it would cause bottlenecks later in cultivation, and being stuck at a certain cultivation realm would be a poor trade indeed.
I couldn't act like a nanny and guide my disciples step by step along my own path. Governing a sect was an extremely complicated discipline. Excessive precision and over-interference would lead the sect toward unpredictable bottlenecks. As the saying went, governing a great country was like cooking a small fish: as long as the guidance was proper, the rest could be left to time.
While I was refining the Xianle Divine Hall, Miss Zhilin and the other higher-ups successfully held the trade fair. My guess had been right—Zhilin was exceptionally skilled at commerce. Moreover, these merchants lacked many of the resources unique to us, so overall, we had managed to break even in the trade, practically extracting all the value that could be extracted.
After all, with so many top-tier sects watching us like tigers eyeing their prey, those unscrupulous merchants all knew that my Tianyi Dao lacked a vast quantity of Mu crystals. They had come intending to ride the wave and leave, but the result had instead been a break-even deal for us. That alone meant it had been an extremely successful