In addition to buying and selling resources, the Tiantong Merchant Alliance also provided all kinds of services—for example, appraising treasures for people.
Anyone who had watched treasure appraisal programs in the Blue Star Realm knew that such appraisals were far from straightforward, but things were much better on the Phone Plane.
Did the Tiantong Merchant Alliance engage in shady tricks? Of course it did. No merchant was honest without profit. But it did so infrequently, especially when dealing with people of status. There was no need to ruin its own reputation over trivial matters.
Knowing that Huangfu Wuxia was highly skilled at appraising treasures, Le Ye directly paid for the information.
This was also because his own cultivation was insufficient. He could not determine the age of the Netherworld Bead or its Yin Purity Index, so he simply spent a hundred spirit stones to find out why Feng Jun had emphasized those two points.
But to Huangfu Wuxia, this truly made her want to curse.
You're competing with me for an item, and you still want me to give you the appraisal results? You people are going too far!
However, it was a legitimate request and one of the Tiantong Merchant Alliance's regular services, so she could not refuse.
She could not even conceal relevant information. Otherwise, if word got out that she had sold false information to a competitor for her own benefit, it would deal a crushing blow to the Tiantong Merchant Alliance's reputation.
Thus, she could only grit her teeth and say, "That Netherworld Bead does not belong to you. Whether it will accept an appraisal from the Tiantong Merchant Alliance depends on Fellow Cultivator Feng."
She did not expect Feng Jun to refuse, but... how could she be willing if she did not at least try