The Golden Leaf City exchange fair officially opened.
Though it was billed as an exchange fair for gifted young travelers, it was really an opportunity for the major powers to compete behind the scenes or trade what each lacked. Many large tents had been temporarily erected around the outer grounds. These were sales booths for commoners, mercenaries, and certain small merchants, who had no qualifications to enter the venue itself—let alone the central exchange hall, which only nobles could enter.
The upper circles turned a blind eye to the various goods being sold by commoners in the tents outside.
Yet it could not be denied that these commoners brought more vitality, revenue, and choices to the exchange fair. Any place that successfully held such a fair would see its commercial prosperity rise considerably.
No one ever thought trade or tax revenue was too much.
"Little Titan, how have your gains been these past two days?" The Principal took Yue Yang toward the central hall for the opening ceremony, then remembered and casually asked midway.
"Ah, not bad. I've already spent four hundred Heaven Crystals." At Yue Yang's answer, Councilor Fan, who had been ready to sneer at him from the side, nearly face-planted onto the ground. What kind of spending speed was that? Even throwing money around like dirt was not this outrageous, was it? In less than two days, he had spent four hundred Heaven Crystals. This was not spending money—this was tossing it into the sea! Fortunately, the Heaven Crystals Yue Yang had spent did not come from funds in which Councilor Fan had a share. Otherwise, Councilor Fan, a red governor, might have been angered to death on the spot.
"..." The black-bearded old man also sucked in a cold breath. Four hundred Heaven Crystals—what treasure had