Yu Lingling was at the helm of the Duobao Merchant Guild. By all rights, it should have been in competition with the other merchant guilds.
But in matters of trade, there had never been absolute competition. More often than not, cooperation and rivalry coexisted.
Moreover, the Duobao Merchant Guild was fundamentally affiliated with Bai Zhang Market. Compared with other merchant guilds, its autonomy was still subject to considerable restrictions.
Working for the Duobao Merchant Guild was, in essence, working for others.
This... was not her own enterprise!
As for the Hundred Treasures Pavilion, it could also be considered a merchant guild force she had secretly supported.
Openly and covertly, it had always provided her with considerable assistance and was inextricably linked to her personally.
Her relationship with Nangong Yi had naturally grown closer by the day.
Even though she had already reached the Spirit Severing stage while Nangong Yi remained at the Out of Body stage, they had always addressed each other as sisters.
She might not necessarily have cared if someone else spoke up. But when Nangong Yi opened her mouth, Yu Lingling still attached considerable importance to it.
"Sister Yu, if I remember correctly, Bi Tao Mountain Villa behind Bai Zhang Market has been searching all these years for Magic Treasures and Divine Weapons refined through the Water Refining Method, hasn't it?"
With a smile on her face, Nangong Yi asked directly.
"That's right! Unfortunately, the Water Refining Method has long been lost in the Cultivation World."
"Magic Treasures and Divine Weapons refined through such a secret art, whether Magical Treasure grade or even higher, are as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns!"
"I've searched for many years, yet I've never found such a treasure."
Yu Lingling narrowed her eyes and nodded lightly in confirmation.
As she