In the final analysis, insufficient transport capacity was the root of the problem. Once they solved that, the Spirit Stone supply under the Five Elements Academy could cover the entire surface battlefield.
Instead, Spirit Stones were piling up in storage, yet the Academy couldn't capture the whole market because it lacked the means to transport them.
A market share of fifty or sixty percent, even sixty or seventy percent, wasn't enough to satisfy the Five Elements Academy's appetite. More importantly, it was a definite obstacle to the Academy's overall strategic plans.
Gong Lei Grand Scholar sighed in frustration and muttered to himself, "This won't do. I'll have to ask the three Purple Gold Ribbon Grand Scholars to come up with a solution. We absolutely can't miss this chance to make a fortune."
That was how markets worked: if you didn't go all out to seize them, someone else would fight tooth and nail to take them.
"Come on, let's go check the Teleportation Formation again. Why does it need a day's rest after running for just two days? It's an ancient formation. Can it really be that fragile? Could they be too set in their ways to adapt?"
In Gong Lei Grand Scholar's view, the Teleportation Formation shouldn't stop at all. It ought to run around the clock, twenty-four hours a day. The staff could work in shifts, but why should the formation need a break? And such a long one, at that?
The person overseeing the Teleportation Formation was also a scholar from Five Star Academy. But compared with Gong Lei, a Gold Ribbon Grand Scholar, an ordinary scholar was clearly a rank lower.
Besides, today was a scheduled maintenance day for the formation. Apart from the staff responsible for routine upkeep, the rest of the Teleportation Formation team