"Spirit medicines, spirit medicines! Freshly picked spirit medicines from the Redwood Forest!"
"Thorn blossoms, ironblood grass, Sacred Wood Eggs! Come take a look..."
"Three Leaf Spirits, freshly caught! Perfect for taming into spirit creature servants. Just look at those arms and legs!"
"Supreme-grade treasured material, a Treant Demon Heart! Trades only, not for sale. Don't bother asking unless your treasured materials are earth rank or above..."
The market at the frontline camp was always bustling with life. This was where the armies bound for expeditions into the Otherworld assembled, drawing not only experts from every major power, but also rogue cultivators and powerful figures from the grassroots.
The barracks, warbands, and teams brought in vast quantities of spoils from the Jianmu World, while also drawing a steady stream of supplies from the Spirit-Taming World.
With everyone needing something different, a trading market had naturally sprung up.
Han Wo's main duty now was to maintain order in this market, while also monitoring public sentiment and keeping abreast of the rogue cultivators' movements.
Neither his valor nor his strength was exceptional, and his quick wits left little to praise. The only quality he could boast of-and the one his superiors appreciated enough to promote him to steward-was his conscientiousness.
He did not merely go through the motions. He made a point of questioning numerous cultivators and disciples to ensure that no one was bullying traders, monopolizing business, passing inferior goods off as quality merchandise, or otherwise violating the Alliance's laws.
At the same time, he carefully examined the treasured materials being traded, forming a general picture of recent market trends.
The volume of Leaf Spirit trades keeps increasing, and their price has plunged from the original five hundred spirit jade to fewer than a hundred.
*It seems that's their true value. After