Yunsha Market.
They had been at Yunsha Market for three days. Since the meeting ended that day, Liu Yu had begun receiving visitors, with an endless stream of cultivators calling on him every day. He treated people amiably, believing that harmony bred wealth. Whoever came to visit, regardless of cultivation, received a spring-warm smile, without the slightest impropriety in his words.
After seeing off the last group of guests, Liu Yu felt somewhat tired. He rose, stretched his limbs, and went out to find Li Hai.
"We'll return to Linghua Island tomorrow. These days of receiving visitors are finally over!"
Li Hai smiled. "All right, Second Senior Brother. Thank you for all your hard work these past few days. Just looking at all those visiting cultivators made my scalp prickle!"
Liu Yu shot Li Hai a glare and scolded him with a laugh. "If I weren't so amiable, how could our Linghua Island get a finger in every Spirit Stone-earning business?"
Then he said with feeling, "Don't underestimate Yunsha Market. It's a treasure basin, one that keeps growing larger. Our Linghua Island has prospered so much over the years largely thanks to the market's earnings. I'll let you in on something today: aside from our share of the profits and this shop's earnings, the other ventures bring us five hundred Spirit Stones every year without us supplying a single person or putting up a single Spirit Stone! And that's merely out of regard for our Linghua Island. If we really got involved-"
"Then everyone would band together against us!"
Li Hai blurted it out.
"Haha! Exactly! If Eldest Senior Brother could advance to the Dao Foundation stage, we really could earn a little more!" Liu Yu smiled faintly.
"That will depend on our Linghua Island's Spirit Stone reserves. Eldest Senior