"It's actually Master Hu."
When Chen Deng obtained the answer, astonishment and a sense of expectation warred within his heart. On the surface, however, he simply wore a look of regret, offered his thanks, and cupped his fists in farewell.
As early as when he decided to come to Brocade Workshop, a thought had already germinated in his heart: to continue tinkering with the Gu creature business.
After all, demon beast meat was a one-off deal.
Even though he had harvested two to three hundred low-grade spirit stones, it was only enough for his cultivation for a few months—let alone the fact that wanting to stay within Jingxiu Workshop for these few months required paying accommodation fees, a drain that simply couldn't withstand much spending.
The only solution was to conjure up other ways of making money.
Long ago, he had known that quite a few pirate Gu creatures produced by small Gu creature workshops popped up around Jingxiu Workshop, though their sales weren't particularly good.
Yet poor sales did not mean there were no sales.
Especially now that the products of his legitimate Gu creature master self had appeared, sales would naturally improve.
Yet his initial thought back then had also been to sell them low-key, first letting Jiang Qiang cooperate to sell them in small, covert batches for a while, making a quick score before immediately retreating to avoid bringing trouble upon himself due to the value of the Gu creatures.
Yet now, since Master Hu, that old acquaintance, was also here in Brocade Workshop—and the other man clearly still hadn't given up his interest in Gu creatures—this could be described as both parties hitting it off.
Since the man was a rather influential member of the Merchant Alliance and was able to gain a firm foothold here