In mid-July, the Heavenly Works Hall began selling storage pouches. The first batch consisted of only ten, with no advance notice and no auction. They sold out soon after being put up, and word of the storage pouches spread quickly.
What treasure wouldn't people want, when it could fit a whole bundle into a pouch the size of a palm?
For a time, the Heavenly Works Hall grew bustling, even stealing the spotlight from the Cultivation Hall.
Some hall masters even approached Li Qingqiu, hoping to order a batch for their respective halls.
Yang Jueding proposed making the storage pouches strategic resources, available only to disciples who had made outstanding contributions to the sect. Li Qingqiu rejected the proposal.
The storage pouches were made primarily from spirit copper, and there was plenty of spirit copper around. There was no need to hoard it.
They needed to develop the Qingxiao Sect quickly. Only then could they explore more cultivation resources. The world was vast, and Li Qingqiu's gaze had never been limited to the Nine Provinces.
No matter how the higher-ups tried to persuade him, Li Qingqiu stubbornly held his ground, insisting that the storage pouches be made available to the sect's disciples. Anyone with enough Dao Yuan could buy one, and large batches would continue to go on sale.
The news spread like wildfire, and many disciples applauded.
If the pouches were distributed according to outstanding contributions, most disciples would never get their hands on one.
As the sect's ranks grew, the line between fair and unfair became increasingly blurred. Connections could sometimes matter more than talent or contributions.
Most importantly, the storage pouches weren't expensive. Their tentative price was two hundred Dao Yuan plus two hundred strings of cash.
That wasn't a high price; it was even somewhat cheap.