"Peak Master Li, have you already mastered the conversion techniques that can raise someone's tier and truly forge a Dao foundation?"
Several days later, in a lavishly decorated building at the center of Merchant Street in Broad Cloud Ward.
Helm Master Qiu personally poured Li Chen a cup of fragrant tea, then sat down in a chair beside him and asked with a hint of surprise.
This was the Universal Profits Merchants' Association's branch in Broad Cloud Ward. These days, the major merchants' associations were all keen to invest in the many market districts throughout the Guangyun region, preparing to establish more hubs for rogue cultivators and demon hunters traveling between them in search of new business opportunities.
Their branch headquarters were their bridgeheads and bases of operations, the key to extending their reach across ten thousand miles.
Li Chen had dealt with the trouble posed by the Carefree Pavilion's assassins. Those clinging pieces of taffy probably would not send anyone else to seek their own deaths anytime soon, so he had simply taken the initiative to visit and discuss cooperation with these people.
Li Chen reclined in a large chair draped with a bearskin, enjoying the beautiful maid behind him kneading and massaging his shoulders. "I'll explain the details once everyone is here."
He added, "Helm Master Qiu, this place of yours is rather nice. Such lavish furnishings, and you even keep songstresses and maids. You're living quite comfortably."
Helm Master Qiu rubbed his nose and said with a smile, "It's all for entertaining guests, entertaining guests... We also have you to thank, Peak Master Li, for allowing us to expand our business into Heavenly Dragon Ward through an exchange of equity."
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