The sisters Dugu Lan and Xiao Qiang were responsible this time for a shipload of raw spirit plants and medicinal herbs from the Three Immortal Mountains in the Lizhi Sea. Compared with the scarcity of spirit plants on the mainland, the overseas islands were far better supplied in this respect. Many varieties rarely seen on the mainland were highly sought after for pill-making, an indispensable pillar of cultivators' cultivation.
This shipload had not come easily to Prince of Martial Accomplishment's Household. Although its patriarch was an exalted Infant Transformation Ancestor whose influence carried tremendous weight, Shanmen had more than one Infant Transformation Ancestor, and the other sects and schools of the southwest had their own great Infant Transformation cultivators, especially the Wu Sect. Across the entire continent, there were even more.
There were many nations and powers, but only one Lizhi Sea. Even with the End-of-Heaven Ocean included, once the maritime resources were divided among these great Infant Transformation cultivators, supplies were actually rather tight.
Thus, strength, connections, and methods all came into play. The great cultivators also had to make concessions and consider one another's interests. In the end, rain and dew fell on everyone, each with their own particular focus and their own share, large or small, gradually reaching a balance.
For Prince of Martial Accomplishment's Household, the supply of medicinal herbs and spirit plants from the Three Immortal Islands was an established channel. The great Infant Transformation cultivators had long since reached a consensus on their allocation, and all that was needed was a voyage every few years. Certain special spirit plants were unsuited to storage spaces and needed contact with the world outside, or their medicinal potency would suffer. That was why a ship had to make the journey.
Prince of Martial Accomplishment's Household had been