"Sister Qin, go look for whatever you want. I'll find someone to repair your Yuquan Mountain territory as soon as possible after the damage I caused this time, and I'll do my best to compensate you for your losses." When Yu Ya saw Lu Xiaotian come out, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Qin's cultivation was about the same as hers, but when it came to fighting, she was several notches stronger.
"Then I won't keep you company." They had nearly come to blows just now, so Xu Qin was in no mood to be polite. She dismissed Yu Ya and flew straight toward her own cave abode.
Yu Ya furrowed her brow, thinking that her years of friendship with Xu Qin had probably suffered a serious blow. But she had no choice; her master had given her orders. She stamped her lotus foot and hurried after Lu Xiaotian.
"Which merchant alliances in Xiangdu are the largest?" Lu Xiaotian asked. He had learned a little about them before, but he was still an outsider, and his understanding of Xiang was far inferior to Yu Ya's.
"There are quite a few merchant alliances and auction houses in Xiangdu, but the largest, with the greatest collection of rare treasures, are the Star Trading Company and the Dragon Azure Merchant Alliance. Of course, the most profound reserves belong to Cold Moon Palace, which is under the Xiang royal clan's Council of Elders. Most of the royal clan's spiritual treasures never leave their hands, but if something catches the elders' interest, they'll pay a high price for it," Yu Ya explained.
"The royal elders are all powerful Nascent Soul-level cultivators, and their selection process is exceptionally strict. Outsiders are barred from the Council of Elders—even consorts and the children of princesses who