A Merchant Alliance Spanning Star Domains
"Fellow Daoist Li, it's been a long time. If I remember correctly, your Li family's ancestral home is on Huoyang Star, right?" Shi Yue asked in an even tone.
Li Hongshang nodded and smiled. "That's right. What is it? Are you planning to come, Young Friend Shi?"
"Fellow Daoist Li, my subordinates will be passing through Huoyang Star and need to stay there for a while. They don't know the place or the people, so could you help me settle them in and make things a little easier for them?"
Li Hongshang froze for a moment, then felt a surge of delight. She had long wanted to build a connection with Shi Yue. Since he had gone out of his way to ask for help, she naturally wouldn't refuse.
"No problem, Fellow Daoist Shi—"
Li Hongshang noticed something odd. Shi Yue had been addressing her as "Fellow Daoist Li" all along. She was a Spirit Transmutation cultivator. Could Shi Yue have already reached the Nascent Soul Realm? The last time she had seen him, he had only been in the Nascent Soul Realm. How many years had passed since then? Had he already reached Spirit Transmutation? His cultivation speed was terrifying!
She had once heard that some special cultivation arts kept one's cultivation suppressed, making it easier to cross major realms, though progress in the early stages was slower. Could Shi Yue be cultivating such an art?
"Fellow Daoist Shi, have you reached Spirit Transmutation?" Li Hongshang asked cautiously.
"Mm. I just reached Spirit Transmutation. What do you think of my proposal?"
Hearing Shi Yue confirm it, Li Hongshang was deeply shocked, and her manner grew even more respectful. Thinking about it, it made sense. Shi Yue's master was a Body Integration Cultivator. As