More than a hundred and thirty epochs had passed since the Master of Myriad Laws Pavilion's lecture.
Nearly two hundred epochs had passed since Dongguan made his move against Marquis Bai.
Less than a trillion epochs remained before this Reincarnation Era of the Primal Universe ended-less than a thousand epochs on the Origin Continent.
The rear mountain of the Rainbow Splendor Sect.
Having just finished a period of secluded cultivation, Dongguan leafed through the Guantian Commerce Guild's recent reports.
"More trouble. Are they testing the waters? And the Food Kingdom..."
Dongguan frowned slightly as he read the reports.
The Guantian Commerce Guild had brought him enormous profits, but in fact, although he had the authority to allocate its resources as its president, he had never exercised that authority.
Every position in the guild operated on a "salary system," with a certain amount of "Contribution Points" and cosmic sand awarded according to performance. The Contribution Points could be exchanged for certain internal resources.
Dongguan's earnings, meanwhile, mainly came from being the Guantian Commerce Guild's largest supplier as well as a shareholder.
In other words, although he earned a share of the money himself, another portion remained in the Guantian Commerce Guild to fund its operations.
As for the proportions, he mainly adjusted them through the pricing of his "factory products."
When he needed money himself, he raised the prices so that the money went into his hands, and when he had no immediate need for it,
Those who had come from the Primal Universe had also been assigned positions within the Guantian Commerce Guild, under the same salary system.
Aside from their "salaries," however, Dongguan provided an additional allotment of resources as "development funds" for his core followers.
For them, the greatest benefit of joining the Guantian Commerce Guild was instead