Feng Ling sighed. His face, once aglow with treasure-light, seemed to be veiled in a thick shadow by that single sigh.
"It seems Dragon King Meng still does not fully understand the relationship between our Hundred Clans and the Land within the Passes.
"Our Hundred Clans have joined forces many times to attack the Land within the Passes. Thus, Heaven Pass has long sealed us in. Perhaps supreme experts like Dragon King Meng and Lord Zhao can come and go freely, but the transport of supplies on any significant scale is absolutely forbidden.
"Even when others dared to make such promises in the past, I did not dare believe them.
"But Dragon King Meng is different. Your cultivation is unmatched, your origins are noble, and you have ties to the Great Yong court. Perhaps you can lend us a hand!"
"Dragon King Meng, we are not the sort who only know how to ask and never repay. Though the Arctic Ice Plains lie in a dangerous region with harsh conditions, they are not lacking in local products and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. We can offer them at a premium in exchange, or as payment."
Neither Meng Zhao nor Zhao Rulíng doubted this.
For martial artists cultivating ice-attributed arts or the path of water veins, the Arctic Ice Plains were an absolute paradise. Cultivating here allowed one to advance a thousand miles in a single day.
Profound ice, cold ice, profound jade, cold jade, cold iron, and other treasures were also produced in abundance here. In the Land within Divine Continent Passes, they would all be goods fought over by the masses. Trading with them would undoubtedly yield enormous profits and could even become a long-term source of wealth.
For any faction, this was highly profitable business. Naturally, Meng Zhao