Five Elements Mountain Market District, inside the Myriad Paths Trading Alliance branch.
Elder Jin Han, with crane-white hair and the face of a child, was discussing matters with several other senior officials.
Each of them held jade slips containing intelligence reports on several commercial firms, studying them closely.
"Our Myriad Paths Trading Alliance still has three remaining slots for the firms we intend to recruit this year. You elders have all reviewed these backup materials. What are your thoughts?"
"Elder Jin, do you think Mirror Snow Pavilion can make proper use of that Tier 4 Branch Lineage Spirit Field?"
After pondering for quite some time, Elder Jin shook his head and said with utter certainty, "In this old man's view, it will be difficult."
"As far as I know, Mirror Snow Pavilion traveled millions of miles to develop itself in Great Jin. Its foundations are shallow, and it has no established team of its own. Even for this spirit field reclamation, it only temporarily recruited Spirit Planters to send over."
"Though Manager Lu has some courage and may possess certain commendable talents in trade, when it comes to planting spirit plants and managing spirit fields, with such a ragtag crew, I fear they will accomplish nothing great."
The other elders echoed, "Then if this land falls into their hands, would that not be a terrible waste of nature's gifts?"
"No matter what, Mirror Snow Pavilion won this place through its own strength. How they operate and manage it lies outside our jurisdiction," Elder Jin said blandly after taking a sip of tea.
"If Mirror Snow Pavilion could invite that Grandmaster Qin from the Southern Wasteland to manage those two hundred mu of spirit fields, then perhaps it might be able to bring out their greatest value."
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