"What are you two?"
"What are you doing at the Xuanjing Clan?"
Separated by a hazy, indistinct formation barrier, the martial artists from the Xuanjing Clan warily looked at Lin Bai and Old Wen.
Before Lin Bai could reply, Old Wen smilingly cupped his hands and bowed. "Greetings, fellow Daoists. The two of us are martial artists from the Blazing Sun Merchant Guild."
"This is our young master."
After introducing Lin Bai, Old Wen smiled amiably. "We originally belonged to the Blazing Sun Merchant Guild's Eastern Region branch. With the Northern and Eastern Regions now at war, we were summoned by the Blazing Sun Merchant Guild and specially returned to the guild."
"We happened to be passing through your esteemed land, but the heavy snow has sealed the skies. We hope to borrow your esteemed clan's teleportation formation."
"Of course, we're willing to pay a reasonable price."
After stating their origins, Old Wen explained in detail why they had come. Their identities and backgrounds were both beyond reproach.
"The Blazing Sun Merchant Guild..." The young man behind the formation restrictions muttered to himself. After pondering briefly, he arrived at an answer.
The Blazing Sun Merchant Guild was not considered a particularly large merchant guild in the Northern Region, but neither was it small. It could only be considered average.
The merchant guilds of the Northern Region, like those of the Eastern Region, did business across the borders between territories.
They transported the Northern Region's resources to the Eastern Region for sale, then transported the Eastern Region's resources to the Northern Region for sale.
Although the Northern Region was bitterly cold, that did not mean it was entirely devoid of resources. Its unique environment also produced many special resources unavailable elsewhere in the territory.
For example, black ice.
Black ice was