"What did you say?"
Tang Qian's brows shot up as he stared at Gou Ansheng, scarcely believing his own ears.
Gou Ansheng sighed inwardly and said, "The Langya Merchant Association really did that. They made every Secret Realm and Relics site they discovered public, with absolutely no intention of keeping them for themselves!"
The scene fell silent at once.
Tang Qian's brows knitted tightly together.
In that brief instant, countless thoughts raced through his mind.
Yet he still could not make sense of it.
Why?
What was the Langya Merchant Association trying to achieve by doing this?
"They paid such a huge price to search for the locations of all those Secret Realms and Relics, only to not use them themselves? To make them public instead? What are they after?"
"Er, Young Master Tang, the Langya Merchant Association did not pay such a huge price!"
After giving it some thought, Gou Ansheng corrected him, "In fact, their spending to obtain information was far less than that of our Three Great Merchant Associations!"
Liu Yanshuang pursed her lips. "Could it be that their focus was never on anything inside the Secret Realms, but outside them?"
Gou Ansheng suddenly looked towards her. "You mean treating Cultivators who leave the Secret Realms and distributing material subsidies through the Langya Foundation... that is their true core objective?"
Liu Yanshuang nodded. "Judging from that Young Master Wang's previous conduct, it is not impossible."
Tang Qian: "..."
Yes.
Compared to what their Three Great Merchant Associations had spent in this regard, the Langya Merchant Association's expenses could be called a drop in the ocean.
But what were they doing it for?
To keep Wang Mu's plan from succeeding.
They did not know what Wang Mu was planning, but as long as they were certain he was