The Trade: Peacock in Peril? [Request for Monthly Votes]

"This is the spirit fruit you needed, fellow Daoist."

"Excellent. Just as you said, it matches the description perfectly. Here is the Fifth-Rank treasure you wanted."

In the guest room, once the person Lin Chang'an had been waiting for arrived, they brought out the spirit fruit he needed. Lin Chang'an, in turn, produced the Fifth-Rank treasure they wanted.

As their intermediary, the Golden Phoenix Demon King stared at the two of them once the trade was done.

Lin Chang'an found it amusing but said nothing. She had been their intermediary, after all, so she deserved a share.

"This is yours, fellow Daoist."

Lin Chang'an tossed her a Storage Bag. By convention, when a Spirit Transformation Cultivator needed a particular spiritual item that was hard to find, they paid whoever made the introduction once the trade was complete.

The cultivator, clearly of an Alien Race, likewise took out a Storage Bag without hesitation.

"Fellow Daoist Jin Feng, here is my Jade Talisman."

Jin Feng had even won the cultivator's friendship. And since Lin Chang'an could produce Fifth-Rank treasures, the two traders exchanged Sound Transmission Jade Talismans as well.

"A Fifth-Rank Artifact Refiner truly is extraordinary. If I have need of one in the future, I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you again."

"You're too kind." Lin Chang'an cupped his hands with a smile, looking thoroughly pleased with their conversation.

He had obtained the spiritual item he needed and made another connection. However he looked at it, he had come out ahead.

High-grade materials were exceedingly scarce out in the world. Even with several Fifth-Rank crafts at his command, a clever wife could not cook without rice. Skills alone were useless if he had no high-grade resources to work with.

So over the years, he had used Jin Feng's standing as a