After the cargo trucks arrived at the transport airship, the drivers and workers proceeded to unload the crates from their vehicles. Bluemoon and a handful of Highbeard warriors began inspecting the goods. The boxes would only be allowed onto the airship after confirming that they were kinetic sail parts of the required specifications.

These sails were fairly big—it would take dozens of one-square-meter boxes to fit a single disassembled sail, and a single cargo truck could only carry two such sails. Bluemoon’s insistence on inspecting every box was making the process fairly slow. Even with all the Highbeard tribesmen helping her, it would take several hours to complete the check.

The merchants stood patiently to the side. It was common practice in the neutral lands to inspect goods on site—there was no such thing as trust or reputation here. Robberies between the two parties weren’t exactly uncommon, either.

But the Southern Blue City Lord had a steep share in this deal, so those small arms dealers didn’t dare play any tricks. Even so, Ji Rui had...