Golden Leaf City's exchange meeting was nothing like a salon banquet.
It was more like a product expo.
Within Human Valley, invited luminaries and students from every region brought local specialties or their proudest creations to display at the exchange meeting. Such meetings were also excellent opportunities to trade what one had for what one lacked, seek partners, and forge alliances between the strong.
Silver Maple City also had specialty products, the most famous being silver maple leaves that could serve as pharmaceutical catalysts.
The original name "Silver Maple City" had come from these silver maple leaves.
Besides that, there were several other kinds.
Among them was the "amethyst stone" produced by the mine within Yue Yang's Star Diamond Castle territory, a specialty mineral unavailable anywhere else. If one made a grand showing at the exchange meeting, it would be the best preliminary test and examination, whether for one's life assessment or future development. Many students liked displaying themselves at such events, using it as a way to build momentum for their own advancement...
"Baron Titan, aren't you going to display your great rune creation?" Councilman Fan approached Yue Yang with a smile that did not reach his eyes.
"His Lordship the Baron has only just entered the school. He surely hasn't perfected one yet." The old man with the black beard tried to smooth things over for him.
"Is that so? Then he has no works at all." Councilman Fan deliberately raised his voice. He wished everyone in the exchange hall could hear him, so that Yue Yang, master of Star Diamond Castle, would be left too embarrassed to step down.
"Do I have to bring a work to come here?" Yue Yang smiled faintly. "Why do I feel that a buyer willing to open his purse and sponsor