It was just as Su Bai had guessed.
A month after Lv Hong left her, Shen Fang arrived.
In just a few months, Shen Fang's white hair had increased significantly.
However, her expression was good.
When she saw Su Bai, although there was an unshakeable weariness in the corners of her eyes, the joy on her face was impossible to hide.
"Younger Sister Su, has Island Master Xu told you about that matter?"
As soon as she arrived, Shen Fang took Su Bai's hand and began to inquire.
Su Bai tilted her head, a little curious: "What matter? Recently, I've been busy Cultivating and haven't left Haijiao Cliff, so I don't know much about outside affairs."
"You don't know? Then I must tell you all about it."
The matter Shen Fang spoke of was about Xingluo Market.
Xu Changge did not appear in person.
However, the Song Family, Ding Family, and Wang Family had already put pressure on the Cultivator Families occupying the High Grade Spiritual Veins along the coast.
Either move out, or be exterminated.
Their attitude was extremely firm.
Shen Fang had already negotiated with the Yang Family.
They would help each other and buy a plot of land when the Market was built in the future, to operate as a Family business.
And the Yang Family's assistance to the Lü Family was limited, just as Su Bai had expected.
After all, the Yang Family and the Lü Family were no different.
Yang the Old Daoist had only managed to secure a second-tier Spiritual Vein for his own Family.
The only thing better about the Yang Family than the Lü Family was their flourishing population.
But the large population of the Yang Family also presented problems.
They had too little time to develop, and the resources they could provide to the Cultivators in their Family were scarce.
The main Family's Cultivators were already stingy with their own Cultivation, so there was no need to mention the branch Families.
How much help could the Lü Family, as outsiders, receive?
Shen Fang came to Su Bai.
She knew that Su Bai could definitely help her more than the Yang Family.
Although Su Bai was only one person, she knew so much.
Her Family's farmland and Spirit Medicine fields were right there.
She was also an Alchemist herself.
No matter what, she wouldn't be too poor.
After talking about the Market, Shen Fang also asked to borrow some Spirit Stones from Su Bai.
Su Bai sat leisurely in her chair. "So, Sister Shen, how much do you want to borrow?"
"How much..."
Shen Fang hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth.
She held up three fingers.
"Three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones!"
"..."
This number made Su Bai pause; it was no small sum.
Although Su Bai could produce these Spirit Stones, she would not agree to Shen Fang's request.
"Sister Shen, you must be joking. I can still come up with three hundred Spirit Stones, but three thousand Spirit Stones..."
"Even if you sold me, I wouldn't have them."
Su Bai indicated that she was short on funds.
"I am just a Loose Cultivator, and I don't have much savings to begin with."
"Over so many years, it has already been difficult to maintain my own Cultivation."
Su Bai shook her head somewhat sheepishly.
It was as if she couldn't even pull out half a Spirit Stone from her person.
Shen Fang opened her mouth and glanced outside.
The Spirit Rice in the Spirit field was almost ripe, each grain full and plump.
The Spirit Medicine in the Medicine field was fragrant, clearly Spirit Medicine at least fifty years old.
This Family fortune was enough to rival a typical Qi Refining Family.
And this was only what was on the surface; who knew if Su Bai's Storage Pouch contained even better things?
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