Eloquent and Persuasive

Hearing Gray Robe Jiang Lao Jiang Haifei's words, the commoners and cultivators who had come to watch all stopped to look.

Before long, a large crowd had gathered.

At that moment, a young cultivator spoke in the fearless tone of a newborn calf unafraid of tigers. "Elder Daoist, the things we cultivators cultivate with every day are nothing more than talismans, pills, formations, puppets, and magical artifacts. Yet your Xinghua Village Meng Family has announced here that you will not be selling such cultivation items. Then what cultivation items exactly will your Xinghua Village Meng Family be selling?"

This person was none other than Meng Haoran of the Xinghua Village Meng Family. He had ordered one of his clansmen to disguise himself as a "passing cultivator," all to help Gray Robe Jiang Lao Jiang Haifei put on this well-rehearsed double act.

Gray Robe Jiang Lao Jiang Haifei gave the disguised Xinghua Village Meng Family clansman a subtle look, then replied, "A fine question, little friend. The world is vast; it is not only cultivators who can survive within it. And so-called cultivation items are not limited to talismans, pills, formations, puppets, and magical artifacts. Cultivation is Wealth, Companions, Dharma, and Land. So long as the things we need for cultivation revolve around Wealth, Companions, Dharma, and Land, then everything can become a cultivation item for us cultivators!"

The moment those words fell, the surrounding commoners and cultivators were all stunned. Then, as one, they broke into applause and cries of praise.

Above them, within Five Elements Pavilion's incomparably prestigious private room.

Baili Xuanming, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Baili Family; Xu Langya, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Xu Family; Jin Haohan, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Jin Family; Li Yuanjin, head of the Sixth-Rank Cultivation Family Li