"Hmm? Tell me in detail!"
Fang Xi became interested and asked casually.
"Yes..."
Qi Hou sighed. "Ever since the Dragon Fishing Monk of the Blissful Profound Realm traveled east, the fortune of this place has favored the Buddhist sect. The Golden Bamboo Sea thus became the tentacle through which Buddhist cultivators entered the Beichen Immortal Domain... My Fengyuan House is one of the major powers in the Beichen Immortal Domain. Expanding here inevitably leaves us tied hand and foot..."
"'Favored by fortune'—that's an interesting description. It seems the story of that old monk and the Dragon King back then had some hidden machinations behind it... But that has nothing to do with us. So my Fengyuan House couldn't develop here because of the friction between rival powers?"
Fang Xi understood somewhat.
If it were a force like the Divine Wood Palace, with only one or two immortals, it would be easy enough to handle. But if Fengyuan House did business with the Buddhist sect, it truly needed to pay attention to the consequences.
After all, the greatest power in the Beichen Immortal Domain was still the Beichen Immortal Palace!
If they communicated with outsiders and aroused the Beichen Immortal Palace's suspicions, they would gain nothing and lose everything!
"Therefore, our branch here has always conducted small-scale business, treating this place as a temporary base."
Qi Hou smiled bitterly, then lowered his voice. "Even when there's a major business deal between the two domains, the great figures above personally handle the handover. It has nothing to do with us. And those bald donkeys are extremely skilled at doing business, refining every kind of item to perfection. They've snatched away quite a lot of our business, and we gradually fell into decline..."
Fang Xi nodded.
Monks had always been good at doing