"Qinghai, it's been a long time."
Lu Xuan smiled and nodded.
He led Hong Qinghai into the cave mansion and brought him to the small courtyard.
"You've worked hard all these years, managing the shop in Star Plucking Tower."
He brewed Hong Qinghai a full cup of Jade Cleansing Spirit Dew.
"Thank you, Lu Qianbei. It hasn't been hard. This is what this junior ought to do."
Overwhelmed by the favor, Hong Qinghai hurriedly accepted the White Jade Wine Cup with both hands.
"Leaving you alone in Li Yang Domain without a stable supply of goods was indeed not easy."
Lu Xuan sat down and gave a soft sigh.
When those words fell into Hong Qinghai's ears, the White Jade Wine Cup in his hands could not help trembling, nearly spilling the Spirit Brew.
More than not easy! It was practically too damn hard! he shouted inwardly.
In all these years running the general store, he had at first thought Lu Xuan would return before too long. He had never expected the wait to stretch on for ten or twenty years.
As the treasures in the shop dwindled, the anxiety in his heart grew with them.
Once the number of treasures fell to a dangerous level, he had no choice but to steady the cultivators who came asking questions while calculating how to maximize the profit from the few treasures he still had on hand.
It could truly be called exhausting his mind and spilling his heart's blood.
In the dead of night, whenever he thought of Wen Qian, who had gone with Lu Xuan to the Profound Cave Sword Sect, the grievance in his heart grew even heavier.
He had been in Star Plucking Tower, racking his brains for every possible way to keep the shop's business steady, while