Upon hearing Chen Changan's words, Wang Ba and Guan Ao both fell silent, pondering what he meant.
But they were both clever and quick-witted. Before long, they understood the meaning behind his words.
For the rest of the journey, neither of them felt much discomfort or voiced any complaints. Instead, they kept working to adjust their condition.
After everyone arrived at another city, Chen Changan still did not rush to do anything. He first found an inn.
As they ate, they listened to the conversations around them.
"Hey, have you heard?"
"A while back, the Guan Family and the Wei Family started fighting again."
"They fought again? How come I hadn't heard about it?"
"Why did it feel like the hostility between those two families had gotten pretty fierce lately?"
"That was true. This was already their third conflict this month."
"Weren't those two families originally on good terms? Why were they fighting so viciously now?"
"On good terms? You must be new here, right?"
"Damn it, you know me. How was I new here? I just went out for a while and hadn't returned in ages."
"Right, right, I forgot about that. They had originally been on good terms, and there had even been marriage alliances between them."
"But something like profit could make people turn against one another."
"Benefits? What benefits?"
"Did you know about Extreme Origin Stones?"
"Extreme Origin Stones? The things cultivators needed for cultivation?"
"That's right, those Extreme Origin Stones."
"The Guan Family got lucky and discovered an Extreme Source Stone Vein."
"Although it was only the lowest low-grade vein, it was still a fortune falling from the heavens for the Guan Family."
"With that lowest low-grade vein, the Guan Family could obtain cultivation resources without end. Perhaps their entire Lineage would soar into the