The notice had been posted by the market administration. It said that telephones made communication convenient, allowing people to converse over long distances without consuming spiritual energy, making life easier for everyone, and so on.
Someone immediately voiced an opinion loudly. "Sure, it doesn't consume spiritual energy, but it costs Spirit Stones! The installation fee alone is twenty Spirit Stones, and the monthly fee is another Spirit Stone... It's already my property, and I still have to pay rent? Have they gone crazy for Spirit Stones?"
Then someone else disagreed. "One Spirit Stone lets you talk as much as you want for an entire month. That's not expensive."
"And that's not expensive?" someone retorted unhappily. "How many Spirit Stones does a paper-crane message cost? And those don't even expire."
Then another person spoke up. "Paper-crane messages are point-to-point. If you install this telephone, you can call anyone who has one... as long as you know their number!"
Feng Jun listened for a while, then knocked on the courtyard gate and entered. He secretly marveled at how swiftly Huangfu Wuxia operated. She had only just settled matters with the sects, and now she was already promoting it in the market.
Not long after he entered the courtyard, Huangfu Wuxia received word and came to see him.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, President Huangfu brought up the telephones. "Do you think this kind of promotion works?"
Only then did Feng Jun understand. The notice pasted outside his courtyard had not been an accident. It had been inevitable.
He was briefly stunned, then nodded. "It's quite good. It seems those two disciples you helped train... learned something after all."
Those two had learned far more than communications knowledge. They had picked up some operational knowledge as well.
However, Huangfu Wuxia was still somewhat