"What is this?"
The senior figures of the Branch Headquarters passed the dossier around, discussing it with keen interest.
Yun Li said, "These are rumors about the Incense Market gathered by the Wind-Catching Agents, along with prices for various incense products.
"To my knowledge, in the past thirty years, nearly a hundred shops have been added to the Incense Market on Northsky Island. Their businesses cover more than seventeen hundred kinds of Incense Path spirit materials: 1,632 ungraded varieties, 125 low-grade varieties, and twelve mid-grade varieties!
"Every year, spirit materials worth over a hundred million in talisman currency pass through this place. Businesses earning handsome profits are everywhere. Workshop production alone brings in more than ten million in net profit, enough to support several hundred Qi Refining disciples. There is also the traditional trade in spirit medicines, Little Olive Island's produce, and Sect Master Li Ling's private business refining various incense products and incense pills. The returns are remarkably rich."
"Indeed. The Incense Accumulation Sect has been quietly making a fortune all these years. Master Li himself has probably amassed considerable wealth."
"I have heard something about that. Our Myriad Treasures Tower has already sold them several magic treasures. They recently ordered a Three-Legged Crow Cauldron worth over ten million, too. That is no small expenditure."
"The Incense Accumulation Sect has begun renting several treasure ships from our Flying Boat Guild specifically for travel to and from Northsky Island. They seem to be exploring routes linking Northsky Island, Nine-Wan Island, the Bamboo Step Kingdom, Green River Market, the Ashili Kingdom, and other places."
"Yes. Sect stewards also purchase all kinds of Incense Path spirit materials in Auspicious Ward year-round. Many markets have flourished because of this."
Yun Li said, "I imagine you all already understand how much profit the Incense