Do not employ those you distrust; do not distrust those you employ.
Since that was the case,
Shen Changchuan did not hesitate and directly handed Guo Cheng the Storage Bag containing all his Spirit Grain.
As for the favors and connections that would need to be worked afterward, Shen Changchuan simply did not intend to involve himself any further.
There was no need to think about how tedious the whole business of pulling strings and calling in favors would be.
If it did not work out, he could always just sell at the market price.
He could not be bothered to spend vast amounts of energy merely to earn an extra dozen or so Spirit Stones.
Shen Changchuan had always understood this clearly.
The vast majority of things were merely external possessions.
Only cultivation and strength truly belonged to oneself, and were the things most worth valuing.
After exchanging contact information,
Shen Changchuan parted ways with the others.
He then took the opportunity to look around elsewhere and casually asked at several nearby shops purchasing Spirit Grain. Their quoted prices were likewise one Spirit Stone for ten jin and five liang of Spirit Grain.
This did not surprise him.
These traveling merchants clearly knew one another and shared an unspoken understanding.
They were basically all offering the same price.
There would not be much variation.
Perhaps some social butterfly or skilled haggler could spend half a day bargaining and raise the purchase price a little, but it probably would not be by much.
It simply was not worth the effort.
Shen Changchuan could not be bothered to ask any further.
He wandered over to the marketplace where stalls had been set up nearby.
There were an enormous number of stalls in the square, packed together so densely that they covered