"Alright, alright, wake up."

Xia Wuyou was embarrassed and gave her a chop to the head, which snapped the silly disciple out of her daze.

"Huh? What's wrong with me... oh oh oh..."

She retained the memory of what had just happened and, realizing her insolent words and actions, the little girl almost cried out.

How did I become like that?

"It's your master's ability."

Xia Wuyou was both amused and exasperated, and explained it to her.

The wide-ranging aura from earlier had an indiscriminate effect, so Pan Feng naturally couldn't escape it. In fact, since she was closer to Xu Shi, she was bound to be affected as well.

Who says pride isn't a negative emotion? At least pride that's turned into arrogance certainly is.

"But the effect is very good."

Jiang Chengcheng smiled and said, "My husband's actions have accelerated the progress of Jiantong Commerce quite a bit."

"So, isn't Daddy's ability amazing?"

Xia Ke'an echoed Xu Shi's words from his arms, while also showing concern for her junior sister, "Xiao Ling, how are you feeling?"

"Me? I'm fine..."

Pan Ling shook her head. As a "transformer" in the mental system, she naturally had a higher immunity and woke up earlier than her silly older sister.

She had even begun to ponder a question: "Master, you just said it didn't matter whether it was life or death, but, didn't you consider what would happen if my sister couldn't defeat that person...?"

To be honest, she was quite worried when she heard Xu Shi make this arrangement.

"I've thought about it."

Xu Shi smiled and said, "Your teacher's wife, Xia, has been keeping a close eye on things. If anything goes wrong, she'll step in to smooth things over... Of course, Xiao Feng did a very good job to begin with."

That's true. With Xia Xiaomao's strength, dealing with a B-rank is a piece of cake. The ability of "gravity manipulation" can also be used to provide some help in secret.

Although he's a coward, he wouldn't stoop so low as to kill someone with such a single action.

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"Anyway, I won!"

Pan Feng was carefree and didn't care about this at all; in fact, his excitement hadn't faded. "Besides, I think I should thank my master. If he hadn't said that, I probably wouldn't have been able to perform so well..."

This is true. At that time, Xu Shiguang said that he would not care about life or death. This was both pressure and motivation for her, and it pushed her a lot.

"Did I do alright, Master?"

Thinking of this, she looked at Xia Wuyou again and asked a question.

"Yes, you did very well."

Xia Wuyou nodded. She did see in her disciple the way she had struggled when she was wandering in Sin City.

"However, there are still many areas that need improvement, so don't get complacent."

"What did you say?"

Xu Shi retorted with a smile, "If we don't open the champagne after winning, when will we? A good game is a good game."

Xia Wuyou rolled her eyes at him. "Did I say she didn't play well? Always trying to be a good guy... Don't interrupt my disciple! Humph!"

...Oh, right.

"I was saying I'd train you, but I've been so busy I forgot... You'll come with her starting tomorrow!"

She remembered this incident and looked at the bad man with a smile.

"Spare me, madam."

Xu Shi laughed heartily, raising his hands in surrender, "How can my old arms and legs withstand such torment? Wouldn't it be better to save my energy for things I enjoy doing more?"

"Pah, you're so unserious, didn't you say that yourself?"

"Alright, alright, you guys."

Xie Qingyan interrupted their flirting with annoyance, finding it really irritating... "Let's get down to business first. What are you planning to do next? Start with that little empress?"

She knew this scoundrel well enough. Could he really be satisfied with just building transportation and trade? He probably already had his sights set on conquering the empire.

"I think 'infiltration' might be a better word than 'conquest'?"

Xu Shi shook his head. His fiancée had hit the nail on the head. Winning over the main character here was probably no longer feasible, so this was the awesome plan he had prepared.

However, there is still a significant difference between the two. The former can be described as a complete overhaul and restructuring, while the latter involves taking control of the existing system, which is much less of a project.

"Say what you will, but the outcome is still the same: we're going to target the Empress, aren't we?"

Xie Qingyan curled her lip, "If you want to cultivate a puppet, she's obviously easier to control."

If it were her, she would do the same. Everyone could see that although she was the nominal head of the empire, her actual power was far less than that of Cheng Gujian. The ministers below the stage were silent in front of him, but dared to say a few words to Empress Dongfang Xiao.

"And she was exactly as her husband had predicted."

Jiang Chengcheng added sarcastically, "You're probably already itching to try it, aren't you?"

She hasn't forgotten what Xu Shi said before; I'm afraid if you swing that rope, it'll end up around her neck...

"Not necessarily?"

Xia Ke'an expressed a different opinion, "I think that even if Dad wants to do this, now is not the time."

"After all, even the trade arrangements haven't been finalized yet... Shouldn't people be on good terms with whoever has the most power at this time?"

"You're right."

Xu Shi nodded in satisfaction. "My dear daughter understands me perfectly. The person we need to find now is Cheng Gujian, not that little empress."

He could see clearly that this Grand Duke of Gujian held absolute power. Whether or not transportation or trade was built, including how it was built and how it was connected, was all up to him. Therefore, before finalizing the deal, he definitely had to negotiate with him first, and it would be best to settle everything behind the table.

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