After Brother Chu left, Li Fan pondered over his words, a playful expression on his face.
Li Fan seemed to recall that his family, the Ji, had sent many of their kin into different sects. Li Fan could almost be sure that the lack of contact over the years was nothing more than a ruse.
Ji Zhaoyuan must be a spy sent by the Ji family to the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Perhaps referring to him as a "spy" isn't exactly appropriate. After all, the World Commerce Association doesn't have a real conflict with the Heavenly Sword Sect.
"Merchants travel the world picking up all manner of secrets, which are vital. It's probably through such methods that the Ji family swiftly gets wind of various happenings in the Xuanhuang World, thereby profiting."
"By that logic, the news of the Heavenly Sword Sect forging the Riftforge Celestial Armament might not be widely known. After all, the nature of a merchant is to leverage information for profit."
"[Essence Gold of the Primal Source]..."
