After moving into the Cave Abode, Mo Hua had hoped for a little peace and quiet. Yet, to his surprise, within only a few days, people began sending visiting cards one after another.
The first was the owner of the Brokerage, said to be a direct disciple of the Nanyue Sect.
Mo Hua gave him a simple reception.
The owner's surname was Zheng. He was not very old, possessed Ninth-Layer Qi Refining cultivation, wore brocade robes and jade garments, and looked every bit the young master.
Young Master Zheng was also exceedingly polite upon meeting Mo Hua, and the two exchanged a few casual words.
Mo Hua soon grasped the general situation.
Young Master Zheng was the direct disciple of an Elder Lin from the Nanyue Sect. His parents ran an artifact refining business and had a substantial family fortune, allowing him to enter the Nanyue Sect's Inner Sect.
Yet even within the Inner Sect, direct disciples fought fiercely amongst themselves.
His parents feared he would suffer losses, so they funded a Brokerage for him, making him its owner so that he could earn Spirit Stones and use them to build good relations with the sect and other local cultivation powers.
But a Brokerage could not be established without power backing it.
His Dao companion came from the Lu Family, and nearly half of this Brokerage could be considered part of the Lu Family's dowry.
Seeing that Mo Hua was young but remarkably knowledgeable about Array Techniques, Young Master Zheng had wished to befriend him. That was why he had sold the Cave Abode to Mo Hua at a relatively low price.
Mo Hua had learned some of these matters by asking Young Master Zheng directly.
He had learned the rest by spending two Spirit Stones to inquire with that