Some things are like earth-shattering secrets, but once revealed, you realize they're just neighborhood gossip that everyone knows but no one speaks of.
"Uh, did they not just seek us out?"
"No, other people sought them out too. Including a certain sage, an ancient hero, a Divine Envoy from a Heavenly Realm deity, a confidant of an Underworld lord... Tsk, as we're watching them, they're watching us."
Perhaps, ever since humans first arrived in this world, they had their eyes on this strong and unique outsider.
However, the initial explorers from the Sakura Kingdom were clearly not enough to warrant spending resources to buy them off, but the Divine Boat and Quasi-God sent from the Eastern Country were another matter.
"Speed up the process, have our shops been laid out?"
Lu Ping'an did not refuse, he just needed more time and intelligence.
