"You've pushed this Chah too far!!"
Run Tu slammed a palm against a boulder, the tremendous force shattering it outright.
The white-robed disciple cautiously glanced up at Senior Brother Run Tu, afraid he might do something out of line.
"I'll go meet him myself!"
Senior Brother Run Tu really is mighty, the white-robed disciple secretly thought, gazing at his departing figure with admiration.
At Shushan, Senior Brother Run Tu was a figure of some renown.
No! He was a Chah of some renown.
Especially to some of the newly admitted disciples, Senior Brother Run Tu was nothing short of a role model.
When Li Ping'an left Heaven-Reaching Peak, he had left it some businesses.
But his efforts had been confined to Heaven-Reaching Peak itself; he had done his best to restore important places such as the spirit fields, library, and treasury.
After all, given his personality, he was not suited to leading an enterprise to greater size and strength.
He was better suited to taking his employees along to enjoy life.
Soaking in hot springs, watching the sunrise, and admiring peach blossoms every day.
The one who truly led Heaven-Reaching Peak toward prosperity was the little follower he had nurtured, Run Tu.
Heaven-Reaching Peak's businesses grew by the day. It had long since ceased to be that backwater where not even birds would shit.
It did business over land and water, as well as aboard Flying Boats and Treasure Ships.
Cultivators could not cultivate without Spirit Stones. For a major sect to support the operations of such a large organization, it had to have its own independent businesses.
Although Heaven-Reaching Peak belonged to Shushan, it had to shoulder its own profits and losses most of the time.
Generally speaking, a major cultivation sect's revenue came primarily from three sources.
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