"Oh?"
The jade pen in Venerable Luo's hand paused. At once, a dozen or so stars on the star chart lit up red.
"The Heavenly Craftsman Tribe stopped making things difficult for us?"
Yu Tianming shook her head and took a Memory Crystal from her sleeve. After she activated it, a three-dimensional image of the shop's land deed appeared.
"With the War Alliance's Seventh Elder personally vouching for us, they naturally had nothing more to say."
The Nine Universes Merchant Alliance was no weak force. Even in the vast Inner Region, it ranked among the stronger mid-level factions. But the Inner Region of the Star Ruins Realm was only so large, and the major powers had long since divided it among themselves. If the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance entered now, it would be eating into their profits.
As the saying went, cutting off a man's path to wealth was like killing his parents. These factions were naturally unwilling to let the Nine Universes Merchant Alliance in.
But things were different now.
Venerable Luo clapped his hands and laughed heartily. The star chart on his desk trembled along with him.
With a wave of his hand, he sent out a ripple through space. A set of green jade tea utensils flew out of a hidden compartment beside the hall.
"Excellent!"
"Our outposts in the Inner Region's starfields now number more than twenty. We can finally say we've put down roots."
Golden patterns rippled across the tea in his cup, reflecting Venerable Luo's delight.
"Tell me what else is happening."
Yu Tianming nodded, drained her Enlightenment Tea, then said, "Bei Jue of the Misty Star Alliance sent a calling card yesterday. She said they wanted to buy the spatial crystals Your Highness brought back from the Deep Space Sea."
These spatial crystals