After the auction ended, many representatives of lineages related by marriage did not leave immediately. Instead, they negotiated with the Liu Household about opening or expanding shops in Peach Garden City!
Through this auction, these allied lineages had discovered Peach Garden City's enormous potential. Some even felt that it would one day flourish more than Eastern Splendor City, so they wanted to seize this opportunity to establish shops or expand their existing businesses there.
Such predictions were not unfounded, for the Liu Household was now a powerful Nascent Soul lineage.
A single Nascent Soul True Lord's influence could extend over hundreds of thousands of li. That fact alone made Peach Garden City's future potential limitless.
Liu Changxu and the other senior members of the lineage naturally welcomed this initiative from their relatives by marriage.
They knew that Peach Garden City's prosperity depended on the support of these surrounding lineages. Once those allied lineages opened shops there, they would inevitably attract cultivators from nearby to settle and shop, further accelerating the city's development.
Thus, the Liu Household convened its Elder Council to discuss the matter and decided to lease or sell shop plots to these allied lineages at highly favorable prices, sending their representatives home satisfied.
As for Liu Changxu's father-in-law, Li Yunyue, he hurried back to the Li Household in Eastern Splendor City after successfully bidding for a Foundation Establishment Pill at the auction. Someone in the Li Household was desperately waiting for that pill!
To ensure his father-in-law's safety on the journey home, Liu Changxu specifically sent Xiao Yun, the Azure Cloud Eagle, to escort him back.
Meanwhile, Liu Changxu's mother-in-law, Wang, and his younger brother-in-law, Li Zhenhao, stayed behind to see Li Zhenxin. Liu Changxu arranged for mother and son to stay at his home.
After spending some