In a large city stood its largest merchant house.
Its name was the Four Seas Merchant House.
It was the largest merchant house on Firmament Star, with business spanning the Four Domains and even overseas. To say its wealth rivaled a nation's would have been an understatement.
And the Four Seas Merchant House was Chu Kuangren's destination this time.
The Four Seas Merchant House.
Chu Kuangren arrived and stepped inside, where a sense of magnificent opulence immediately washed over him. The merchant house glittered with gold and jade, its carved beams and painted pillars more lavish than those of many imperial palace halls.
"Fellow Daoist, what brings you here?"
An attendant approached him.
"I want to see your manager," Chu Kuangren said without preamble.
Hearing this, the attendant froze briefly before looking Chu Kuangren up and down. Although spiritual light concealed his face, his bearing was extraordinary and otherworldly. He was probably someone remarkable.
With that thought, the attendant said, "Please wait a moment, attendant. I'll notify the manager right away."
Before long, a middle-aged man in a brocade robe approached.
"Fellow Daoist, what business would you like to discuss with me?" Upon arriving, the middle-aged man looked at Chu Kuangren with a warm smile.
A flicker of disappointment crossed Chu Kuangren's eyes at the sight of him. "You're probably only the manager of this branch. That will do. You should have a way to contact your head office's chief manager, shouldn't you?"
"The head office's chief manager?" Astonishment appeared on the middle-aged man's face. This man had actually come looking for the chief manager.
However, the chief manager of the Four Seas Merchant House was mysterious in both identity and whereabouts. Hardly anyone ever got to see him.
Although the branch managers of the Four Seas Merchant House had