At these words, Yang Xun's sparse brows rose slightly as he set down his chopsticks:
"Oh? A money-making opportunity from the Inner Peak? Tell me about it."
He had recently spent a good chunk of his "retirement fund" preparing for the Pool of Fire and Water ritual and had even considered selling off some of his properties.
After many years in charge of the Quenching Room, Yang Xun had naturally accumulated a substantial fortune. However, much of it couldn't be easily converted into cash—things like his share of dividends from the Marketplace downhill, or the storefronts and manors he had purchased long ago.
Besides, Immortal Dao Rituals had always been extremely expensive.
Lately, just gathering the various supplementary materials had cost over a hundred thousand talisman coins.
Watching his savings drain away was starting to strain even Yang Xun.
But he had never revealed any of this to Jiang Yi.
"Well, it's like this…"
