Underestimation and Initiation

It truly was not worth much concern.

Although Shen Changchuan and Xuan Tianxing were both at the peak of the Out of Body Realm, and ranked among the finest figures in the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect's inner sect,

they were also leading prodigies among the younger generation across all Thirty-Six Minor Domains of the Southern Great Region.

But so what?

The little Southern Great Region was merely a corner of the Southeast Continent.

Placed in the flourishing cultivation world of the Central Province,

even the Jade Clarity Immortal Sect would be utterly unremarkable!

Although she was somewhat surprised that Shen Changchuan could produce thirty thousand Superior Spirit Stones,

and, after investigating his rise, felt that his experiences carried something of the flavor of a child of destiny,

none of that mattered anymore once he refused her offer of recruitment.

Ziyan was not so mindless that she would retaliate against Shen Changchuan for refusing her,

but after he rejected her offer,

the relationship between them became nothing more than a purely commercial one between customer and shopkeeper.

So,

whether Shen Changchuan won or lost his battle against Xuan Tianxing, which was now causing such an uproar outside,

made little difference to her.

That was also why,

despite previously saying that she had faith in Shen Changchuan,

she had not given him so much as a discount on that transaction in the end.

By all rights, the Myriad Treasures Pavilion had made a killing on that transaction worth thirty thousand Superior Spirit Stones, and ought to have offered at least some concession,

but Ziyan felt,

Since you rejected my offer, you're not one of my people, and I have no need to sacrifice my profits.

On that point,

Ziyan, with her extensive family teachings, drew a very clear line in her heart.