"Stop fooling around!" Xiao Hua warned Ying Bo. "I'm a Demon Daoist the Confucian Cultivator Immortal Palace is preparing to capture. If you fly my banner, be careful the Immortal Palace doesn't wipe you out!"
"Using your banner directly certainly won't do..." Ying Bo nodded. "But we can consider other methods. Forget it, I'll discuss this matter with the elders later. I came to tell you that our Luoyi Merchant Alliance has scheduled its next auction for one month from now. It will be the first among several merchant alliances to hold one, and should be ten days earlier than the Yazi Auction Venue."
Xiao Hua frowned. "Feather Spirit Bay is the foundation of the Yazi Auction Venue. If our Luoyi Merchant Alliance presses them down a notch, won't that stir up trouble? Sometimes, keeping a low profile is important."
"What you say is quite right!" Ying Bo nodded. "But occasionally revealing a trace of one's edge can also make people's eyes and ears feel refreshed, winning us some goodwill."
Xiao Hua did not understand the art of business, so he merely agreed. "This Xiao has other matters to attend to. I may not be able to participate in the auction a month from now."
"You are..." Ying Bo began, but stopped halfway and smiled. "Since True Person is leaving, General Liu and the others should come to offer their thanks as well. He has already come several times, and those dozen-odd veteran Sea Clan soldiers have also come one after another. They all wish to see True Person."
"There's no need for thanks! It seems those potions have worked on their injuries?" Xiao Hua waved his hand.
"More than worked—they are simply miraculous elixirs!" Ying Bo replied. "I truly do not know how True Person refined these potions. The