[In the 1,813,675th year, after learning that you had emerged from seclusion, Lei Wanhe spent four years reestablishing contact with High Persons in the Three Pure Heavens for you, allowing you and the other party in the transaction to communicate through "image projection."]
[This exchange used a temporary method of communication. It was undoubtedly far less stable than the positional keystones that Cold Palace and the Xunlei Divine Sect had expended resources to maintain and create over countless years. Each exchange also consumed more resources, but its advantage was that there was no need to spend vast resources creating a positional keystone.]
[When there was no intention of long-term cooperation, this temporary method of communication, though unstable, was still the most common approach. Yet it still consumed resources in the end. If the matter did not succeed, it would be a loss for both sides, so the parties involved in a transaction would hasten to reach an agreement. In most cases, a result could be negotiated in one or two exchanges, saving plenty of time spent haggling.]
[Both sides understood that every meaningless round of haggling would only waste their own time and resources, so they were not as patient as they would be with buyers from the same world.]
[Likewise, because merely granting both sides an opportunity to communicate required resources, in most cases only treasures of Sixth-Ring Dao Grade or above were worth going to such great lengths for in cross-domain transactions.]
[Transactions involving Fifth-ring Dao Treasures were far rarer. The few recorded cases all involved exclusive treasures unique to places such as Ancient Treasure Lands. Unless absolutely necessary, the threshold for such transactions began with Sixth-ring Dao Treasures...]
[With these conditions in place, your negotiations with the other party seemed as though someone had pressed fast-forward, reaching