"Rest assured, Manager Chen, I will return very soon."

"Oh well, nevermind, I can’t control you anyway, young people have their own ways of thinking. Go ahead then, I’ll report to the young mistress that you have a plan! If you need my assistance, just tell me."

"Thank you for your trust, Manager Chen. For now, I do not need your help, but should I need it, I will naturally seek you out. Time is of the essence, so I must be off!"

In fact, Ye Luo merely had a rough idea, thinking that since the Junior City Lord intended to cut off the supply channels of the Nalan Family, then Ye Luo would open a new channel for the Nalan Family, one that the Junior City Lord could not interfere with at all.

Time was pressing, and since Ye Luo had already formed his Qi Cyclone, after leaving Tai’an Manor, he immediately brought out the Xumi Honor he had obtained!

This was the first time Ye Luo used his own Xumi Honor!

"Ding, please set the form for the Xumi Honor!"

A notification sounded, which was the automatic activation of the built-in intelligent system of the Xumi Honor.

The Xumi Honor Ye Luo received was specially crafted by the Yibao Commerce Guild, hence it possessed many extraordinary functions.

Other people’s Xumi Honors generally have a fixed form, but Ye Luo’s was customizable.

After some thought, since carriages were the most popular mode of transportation in the Great Tang Empire, Ye Luo set his Xumi Honor to take the form of a carriage!

Of course, if it were up to Ye Luo, he would have preferred it to be a car, but the initial options for the Xumi Honor did not include cars. Ye Luo was in a rush and had no time to adjust in detail, so he might as well make do with the carriage form.

Quickly, a two-horse carriage appeared in front of Ye Luo. However, this carriage, whether it be the mechanism horses or the carriage itself, were all integrated as one!

Ye Luo jumped onto the carriage and drove off straight away.

"Ding, the map update for the Xumi Honor is successful. Please note, Master, that this carriage can activate the teleportation ability. However, based on the teleportation distance, the cooldown time required before the next teleportation ability can be activated will differ."

It has a teleportation ability?

Ye Luo was slightly startled. This was just a personal transportation artifact and yet it came with teleportation ability. Although for now, it could only teleport within cities that have Yibao Commerce Guild branches, it was nonetheless a staggering capability!

The so-called teleportation, although Ye Luo had never experienced it, he was aware of it, and it was indeed a terrifying method capable of instantaneous travel across vast distances!

Ye Luo casually opened the map. It was comprehensive, covering most cities of the Great Tang Empire, but only those marked with green dots were cities with branches of the Yibao Commerce Guild, meaning Ye Luo could only teleport between those green dots.

However, which of these cities possessed a Spirit Vein? Which could provide Ye Luo with the stones he needed?

"Computer, can you display a map of the stone distribution?"

"Ding, sorry Master, the map of stone distribution is a strategic resource map, not to be circulated among the public, therefore, this intelligence cannot search for it."

Stones are considered strategic resources?

It makes sense though, as the so-called stones in the Martial Realm are actually Spirit Stones, especially the Spirit Mother. It’s no wonder they are classified as strategic resources.

"Ding, Master can access the internal trading platform of the Yibao Commerce Guild to exchange messages and possibly obtain useful information!"

The internal trading platform of the Yibao Commerce Guild catered to a special customer base and internal employees of the guild.

Ye Luo hadn’t anticipated that merely by obtaining a Xumi Honor through a challenge, he would also gain this privilege.

Of course, this was also because Ye Luo’s Xumi Honor was not an ordinary one—it was one of only five Space Shuttles throughout the entire Great Tang Empire!

Ye Luo still remembered that as a Xumi Honored One, he had access to Yibao Commerce Guild’s internal auction rights. It seemed that being a Xumi Honored One was indeed very useful.

The carriage continued onwards, but Ye Luo had already connected to the internal communication platform.

This internal communication platform was somewhat similar to the forums on Earth, but it was more regulated. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Yibao Commerce Guild, merely a commerce guild selling transportation tools, yet their clientele covered all trades and professions.

Now, Ye Luo had just entered and soon found a post about stone materials.

"I am currently hoarding a large amount of high-quality stones and need to sell them immediately. Interested parties, please contact me!"

The content of the post was short but served its purpose.

Ye Luo frowned slightly. If there were such easy methods, why wouldn’t the Nalan Family use them? He didn’t believe the Nalan Family lacked such a means of communication.

But despite his doubts, Ye Luo still connected with that person’s contact information.

"Hello, who is it? In the middle of the day, not letting someone take a nap, speak up if you have something, I’m busy!"

A prince?

Ye Luo was slightly startled. This guy turned out to be a prince!

"This is Ye Luo. Greetings to the Prince. I’ve heard that the Prince has a batch of stone materials, so I would like to make a purchase. May I ask if it is convenient for the Prince?"

"Oh, buying stone materials, huh? Sure, but let me make it clear first; my stones are all of high quality. A fixed price, one gold per cubic foot, one hundred thousand cubic feet as one unit. How many hundreds of units do you want?"

Goodness me!

Ye Luo was momentarily taken aback. Worthy of a prince of the Great Tang Empire, he was talking about hundreds of units right off the bat?

One gold per cubic foot, one hundred thousand cubic feet per unit, that is to say, one unit would then be one hundred thousand gold!

Forget hundreds of units, even if you bought ten units, it would probably cost more than the Nalan Family could afford including all their people and industries!

The gap was indeed not small at all!

But Ye Luo naturally had his ways to cope.

"Prince, that’s quite a boastful claim. You say your stones are of high quality and I’m just supposed to believe you? Here’s a proposition: I’m in the Spirit Mother business. How about this, I’ll send you some Spirit Mothers, you discreetly assess their quality, and then send me the corresponding amount of stones. We won’t talk about the price. On this first deal, I can’t afford to go big. Let’s first test each other’s products, and if satisfied, we’ll discuss further business. What do you say?"

Getting something for nothing!

What Ye Luo was playing now was a game of getting something for nothing. Where was he a businessman? Those Spirit Mothers were bought with his own thousand gold!

It could be said that after completing this deal, Ye Luo very likely wouldn’t have a second one.

However, the prince didn’t know any of this. Being a prince of the Great Tang Empire, apart from Ye Luo, who would dare to unnecessarily trouble him? Hence, the prince harbored no suspicions.

Moreover, Ye Luo’s proposition was indeed reasonable. Ye Luo would send the Spirit Mothers first, and the prince, based on their value, would then send the corresponding stones. In essence, it was a display of unconditional trust.

What could the prince say?

"That works, send someone to deliver them to my Royal Mansion! I’ll take a look and decide. Alright, if there’s nothing else, I’ll rest now."