Ye Xiu was not at all surprised by Ji Liuyun's choice.
He curled his lip at An Dongcheng beside him. "See that? Even so-called great cultivators have their corresponding price."
"There are, of course, things in this world that cannot be measured by profit, but those are definitely not things you will casually encounter."
"When dealing with these great cultivators in the future, never put away the bearing and airs you ought to display. The more timid you seem, the more they will think you are soft and easy to bully, then test your bottom line step by step."
An Dongcheng nodded, indicating that he had learned his lesson.
After nearly half a year of accumulation, the Three Realms Sect's Razor-Gold Spider breeding operation finally saw its first harvest.
Taking this opportunity, An Dongcheng brought back a group of Alliance cultivators who had long been away from home to report on their duties.
The operation over there had produced fairly good results. Several thousand people had worked at it for half a year and had brought back a total of nearly ten thousand Razor-Gold Spiders.
Though this was still far from the planned scale of the final product, it had nonetheless exceeded the original plan and made a fine start.
Naturally, the Alliance gave out spirit stones where spirit stones were due, and treasures where treasures were due.
After all, they were working for the Alliance and fighting for its interests. They could not have people competing with spider demon beasts in a desolate lava lake while those back here lived it up in this prosperous place, only to find at year's end that everyone had earned about the same amount of spirit stones, could they?
If that truly happened, Ye Xiu reckoned that within a few years, he would