Tackle the Hardest Part First

Faced with Tang Yu's increasingly shameless and blatant attempts to take advantage of her, Liu Yanlan reached out and pressed a hand against his face, her alluring eyes glaring at this thick-skinned bastard.

"Alright, alright, no more jokes. Amber and I really did discuss this in private."

Tang Yu smiled and began explaining.

Although he had not dealt directly with the Treasure Pavilion lately, the two of them exchanged letters often. Aside from business matters, they also discussed other plans.

Tang Yu had secretly arranged for people to keep an eye on Lin Xuan, and the Treasure Pavilion's intelligence network had played a major role.

What business relied on was not commercial warfare or clever schemes.

It was control over information.

When you possessed enough information and analyzed it properly, how to make money became obvious at a glance.

Tang Yu had learned about the Edgeless Sect half a month ago. That sword cultivator named Bao Laifu had originally come from a small village in Mountain Green Kingdom.

Mountain Green Kingdom bordered Yellow Millet Kingdom. The two countries could hardly be called peaceful neighbors; they were locked in a blood feud.

There was a minor clash every three years and a major war every five. They had basically never known peace.

Bao Laifu's father had been conscripted and died in a border war. Having lost his father at a young age, Bao Laifu had become a beast of burden while still a child, swallowing every grievance in silence.

Later, by a stroke of fate, he caught the eye of a cultivator from the Edgeless Sect. After being brought back to the sect, he soared to greatness. After a hundred years of cultivation, he had reached the Nascent Soul Realm and was considered a top genius even within the expert-filled Edgeless