"The Mysterious Yin Immortal Vein, the Heavenly Water Immortal Vein, and another one called the Crimson Sun Immortal Vein have all asked for you by name."
"Especially the Mysterious Yin Immortal Vein. Apparently, the person they sent holds a fairly high position there. She's already been waiting outside for almost two hours."
"These people really have no shame!"
Zhou Xuan picked up the tea on the table and leisurely took a sip. Curling steam blurred his expression.
"What's the rush?"
He set down his cup with a soft clink.
"This tea really is bland. I'll have to try something different another day."
"The fish have only just caught the scent of bait. They're not fighting over it yet. Let them sit out there for now."
Lin Qingzhu paused briefly.
Then she understood what Zhou Xuan meant.
He was whetting their appetites.
The affair with the Taia Immortal Vein had stirred the stagnant waters of the Central Province. The enormous ripples it had caused were only just beginning to spread.
Those Immortal Veins that had once stood high above everyone else, dismissing the Northern Lands as a barbaric wilderness, now had to lower themselves and come knocking on his door.
That reversal of roles was itself an invisible deterrent.
"I understand."
The excitement in Lin Qingzhu's eyes settled, giving way to a merchant's shrewdness.
"The longer we leave them waiting, the more weight our bargaining chips will carry. But... which of these three should we meet?"
Zhou Xuan did not answer immediately.
He took those dozens of Jade Slips out of his Storage Ring.
The Ten Thousand Veins Records.
"They don't get to decide whom we meet."
He pressed a Jade Slip to his forehead and sank his divine sense into it. A vast tide of intelligence instantly surged into his