"If we shouldn't use it casually unless something happens, doesn't that mean we can use it as casually as we like when something does?"
While Li Ling and Mu Qingsi were lost in thought, speculating about the visitors' origins and identities, Min Lian came over at some point and chimed in.
She had also heard the warning left by the Thunder Heavenly God.
"How can you put it that way?" Mu Qingsi did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Min Lian said, "Isn't it obvious? These divine beings either know you two, or some important figure is looking out for you. Why let a free opportunity go to waste?"
Li Ling and Mu Qingsi exchanged a glance. Deep down, they rather agreed. Perhaps this was a favor left over from the Old Ancestor's connections.
Still, Min Lian had put it far too bluntly. Born and raised in the North Sea, she truly understood the art of freeloading along the money dao.
Elder Min, you've changed. A hundred years ago, when you were a steward of the Merchant Association, you were cautious and conscientious. Now all you think about is taking advantage of others.
Li Ling said vaguely, "There are circumstances here you don't understand. We'd best not count too heavily on these gods and immortals."
"Deity invocation has never been difficult. In a word, you just need someone upstairs. Incantations and rituals are all mere formalities..." Several sect elders came over, likewise wearing worldly expressions, and said casually, "Sect Master, Madam, they must be divine path cultivators you know. But where do they come from, and whose authority are they under?
"If possible, why not speak to them and ask them to answer our summons more often? It would save us the trouble of hiring those shrimp soldiers and