While Old Yen was busy following up on the clues of the pirates conspiracy, Kwon Qianhong and Nie Guanting were not idle either, pairing up to increase the wealth of the Wu Family even more.
Now that large money got into his hands, Kwon Qianhong was able to substantially expand his operations, taking on bigger schemes, which surprisingly were mostly above the board.
They just cut into certain interests from which blades Nie Guanting was shielding his friend, because he was making 'too much money' on the territory that 'belonged' to other people.
At the same time, Wu Long and Yu Huan were starting to buy up certain Alchemy Ingredients, in view of the fact that at least one reason they came to this city was to stock up on those that they could not get access to on the Soft Meadow Continent.
The Alchemy markets of the city were expansive, stretching across the busy Market District of the city, with a lot of people, noise, and busying around.
