Chivalrous Heroes Island, Canghai Market.
Worry-Relief Pavilion.
At that very moment, a customer was browsing the sundries shop on the first floor.
She was a woman in drab gray cloth clothes, neither tall nor remarkable in appearance.
She picked through the many items displayed on the first floor, her gaze occasionally sweeping over the stairs leading to the second.
She lingered over the merchandise without buying anything, but Zhou Jue was not annoyed and attended to her patiently.
At last, the woman's gaze settled on a Jade Pendant.
A warm smile appeared on Zhou Jue's face as he introduced it. "You have an excellent eye, honored customer!"
"This is Spirit-Nurturing Warm Cloud Jade. It isn't common here in the Eastern Sea. Usually, it can only form in certain grotto-heavens and blessed lands."
"Our Young Pavilion Master happened upon it in an ancient cultivator's ruins."
"Once refined, you need only wear it to nourish your Divine Soul."
"Our price is absolutely fair, too. If you're interested, you mustn't miss out. Otherwise, it might well be gone the next time you come."
Zhou Jue delivered these lines fluently, his eyes clear as he carefully observed her expression.
The woman toyed with the Jade Pendant in her palm for a moment, seemingly casual. "Mm, it does look rather good."
"I heard your Young Pavilion Master went away on business and still hasn't returned. My master had wanted to arrange a major transaction with him. What a pity."
Zhou Jue sneered inwardly. Sure enough, she was here to fish for information too.
Over the past few months, countless people had come to the shop to make roundabout inquiries about the Young Pavilion Master.
Though young, he had spent these past few years running Worry-Relief Pavilion on Chivalrous Heroes Island, where fish and dragons mingled.