Above Boundless, Lu Yin was staring at a ledger, quite surprised by what he had found. Even cultivators would occasionally use these primitive record keeping methods.0

This was usually done to deceive those with ulterior motives.0

Many cultivators used jade slips or other similar materials to maintain their records. These methods were quite convenient as they could instantly record the user’s thoughts. However, they were also easily discoverable to someone with ill intentions. In contrast, Lu Yin was staring at a paper ledger that contained no trace of cultivation energy. As long as one did not carry the ledger with them, it would be very hard to detect.0

The ledger was a record of transactions between Yue Cheng and someone named Wu Ji. Wu Ji occasionally sent people to intercept the goods being transported by the Sima Chamber of Commerce. Each attack was loud and disruptive, but they caused little actual damage. However, Yue Cheng would always claim that the goods being transported had been damaged, hide some of them away, and then later share them with Wu Ji.0

Not only that, but Yue Cheng had also belonged to the Sima Chamber of Commerce, which had the authority to send out people to search for the materials needed to create sequence bases. While the Sima Chamber of Commerce competed with Yi Shang’s company, Yue Cheng knew exactly which companies possessed which materials. He had shared this information with Wu Ji, who had then...0