Zhu Qingge smiled. "Brother Lin, why don't you tell us?"
Lin Ke did not explain immediately. Instead, he asked them, "Do you think the sect has a great need for supplies right now?"
The question seemed rather out of the blue, leaving them all at a loss.
Han Fu scratched her head. "The sect is in the middle of a war with the Demon Race. We're consuming enormous quantities of supplies."
"Given that, there's no need to even think about it. High consumption obviously means high demand. Why are you asking?"
The others nodded as well.
This was practically common knowledge. Why had Lin Ke suddenly asked about it?
Seeing their confusion, Lin Ke smiled. "Since supplies are scarce, a sect as large as ours will naturally do everything it can to gather what it needs."
"And given the sect's enormous demand, quite a few factions have raised the prices of materials they sell to us severalfold to turn a profit, as far as I know."
The clearest example was the Jade Great Radiance Church, which had raised the price of solar essence sold to the Golden Wing Sect.
Many other sects and factions were also throwing obstacles in its path behind the scenes, hoping to seize this chance to make a fortune off the war.
Nor was this limited to those outside the sect.
Some markets and peak lineages within the sect controlled exclusive resources, so their prices fluctuated considerably as well.
Although they were not as outrageous as the outside sects, they still hiked prices for the disciples below them to rake in profits.
This had already been going on for a long time.
Lin Ke continued, "That's why I think that if we want to expand the Great Wilderness Palace's businesses right now, we don't necessarily have