"Not bad. What? Does the Guild Master have plans to purchase a large quantity?" I wondered who had come up with an excuse for me. This had patched up every loophole and shortcoming I had!
A mighty cultivator had reincarnated, so of course he would have all sorts of advanced ideas. That also explained where the cultivation stones came from: they had been brought by friends. And weren't those friends Jade Venerable and the others?
Once they all acknowledged it, the matter would be settled.
"Hehe, of course we'd like to buy some. However, Fellow Venerable, your cultivation stones are simply too expensive. Even if they're supposedly scarce and sold in limited quantities, today we Venerable Friends gathered together and discovered that every household had managed to buy some—some as few as one or two, others as many as seven or eight. At a glance, that already amounts to hundreds of millions of fragment crystals. This has tied up the working capital of our merchant guild." The Guild Master calmly stated the core of the problem.
"Guild Master, you're joking. I did sell some cultivation stones, but I also understand the importance of liquid assets. That's why I used the proceeds to purchase some of your top-grade Earth Origin Artifacts, returning all that working capital to you. Overall, I helped you clear your inventory and invigorated your business environment, didn't I? Besides, don't tell me you bought so many cultivation stones out of charity. You didn't buy them just to sell them again?" I wore a distinctly displeased expression.
After hearing this, the other senior members of the merchant guild naturally felt that what I said made sense. If there were no mutual benefit, were they expecting to snatch them for free?
The Guild Master smiled and nodded repeatedly before