"We've got our hands on the restaurant's secret recipe, Princess. When are we going to make our move?"

Huang Batian reported to Lin Xue in detail what he had done in the past few days, and then took out a stack of secret recipes and placed them on the table.

The tavern's main business is selling alcoholic beverages. In order to monopolize the market, they swallowed up most of the brewing families in the entire Dark Star and seized their secret recipes.

Nowadays, the only people in Dark Star who run the liquor business, besides the taverns, are those who have close ties with them.

"You don't need to report everything to me. I want the restaurant to disappear from Dark Star completely, never to rise again!"

You know what I mean, right?

Lin Xue raised her eyes slightly and casually glanced at Huang Batian below.

That one glance made Huang Batian tremble all over.

His master is truly enraged; it seems this tavern has no reason to exist anymore.

Huang Batian naturally wouldn't misunderstand Lin Xue's meaning and drive the tavern owner out of Dark Star.

Their princess has never been the kind of person who is soft-hearted; she always eliminates problems completely.

"Princess, please rest assured, I understand!"

After Huang Batian left, Lin Xue picked out one of the treasures piled up next to her and played with it in her hand.

Dark Star's life remained as dull as ever.

This place is not only devoid of color, but also a world devoid of joy and warmth.

People from Dark Star are mostly heartless. Apart from being relatively united within their families, they are extremely cruel to outsiders.

Restaurants are nothing more than a microcosm of this world.

Those small families that were swallowed up by the restaurant might not necessarily be bad people!

Big fish eat little fish, little fish eat shrimp. This law of survival is normal on Dark Star.

"Host, when did that restaurant offend you?"

If we can't see anything from 629 by now, then it's been a waste of all these years as a system.

However, since the host is unwilling to talk about it, it doesn't feel comfortable asking directly.

Some things are not to be asked casually.

"We're going to stay here for three years. If we don't do anything, it will definitely arouse suspicion."

"This tavern is no good. The evil deeds they've committed are only slightly less than those of Ye Linxue. Wouldn't using them as a sacrifice to our swords be a perfect way to hide our abnormality?"

Lin Xue stroked the crystal ball in her hand, wondering how this treasure of the dragon race had ended up in Dark Star.

Is that the reason?

629 sighed inwardly; the host still refused to reveal her secret.

Never mind, it's not that important anyway.

Moreover, the restaurant owner was indeed as heinous as the host had said, so targeting them would lessen the host's guilt.

"Master, the young lady of the tavern, Jiu Xiang, requests an audience!"

As the maid came to report, Lin Xue finally snapped out of her reverie.

"Let her in!"

Lin Xue didn't even glance at the maid, but simply got up and walked to the outer room.

"Wine Fragrance greets Princess Snow!"

As soon as Jiu Xiang entered, she knelt down on the ground. She dared not slack off at all towards this unpredictable woman.

I don't know what I did wrong last time, but I almost got dragged out and killed by the other party.

But her family still insisted that she come to her death.

The old folks in the family know this man's temper all too well; they don't dare come themselves, so they're pushing themselves out to be cannon fodder.

It's likely that many people are waiting for her to die so they can use this incident to their advantage and demand compensation from the Night Emperor.

Although Jiu Xiang knew perfectly well what was going on, she was powerless to resist.

As the eldest daughter of a restaurant owner, she enjoyed the restaurant's best resources and treatment, and naturally had to bear the responsibilities that came with that status.

The idea that one should be ready to die for one's family at any time is instilled in every descendant of the tavern from birth.

"What is it?"

Lin Xue didn't want to say a single unnecessary word to Jiu Xiang. She simply raised her eyes slightly and looked Jiu Xiang up and down.

Jiu Xiang felt a chill run down her spine under Lin Xue's gaze, but she still kept her back straight and knelt on the ground without moving.

However, she still had to say what needed to be said. Even if it meant death, she wanted to get a straight answer from this master.

"Your Highness, I have come here specifically to discuss the matter of the Grand Canal Transport Commissioner!"

The restaurant wanted to secure the position of Grand Canal Transport Commissioner so that its liquor business could run more smoothly.

But how could Lin Xue easily give in to their wishes? If the position of Grand Canal Transport Commissioner were taken away by a family like the Tavern, how much more suffering would the people of Dark Star have to endure?

Although there are many villains in Dark Star, there are still a few good people. Those ordinary people who are powerless are just trying to survive.

Lin Xue has little sympathy for any living being on this planet; she only targets those who are heinous and unforgivable.

Alas, perhaps this is a case of the wicked being punished by the wicked.

“I have never interfered in matters of state; you should go to my father about this.”

Lin Xue slowly opened her mouth and, unusually, gave the other party an explanation.

"Princess Snow, Lord Night Emperor is not someone anyone can see. We just want to ask you to put in a good word for us with him!"

Seeing that Lin Xue seemed easy to talk to today, Jiu Xiang boldly made her own request.

"Speaking up for you?"

Lin Xue narrowed her eyes and coldly scanned Jiu Xiang's body.

"Princess Snow, please calm your anger, Your Highness!"

"If Princess Snow can put in a good word for our restaurant with Lord Night Emperor, our restaurant is willing to offer the supreme treasure—the Jade Lotus Gourd."

Every second that Jiu Xiang stayed in front of Lin Xue made her feel like she might die at any moment.

This person's unpredictable temper was truly terrifying; she had no idea which of her words might trigger his murderous intent.

[Jade lotus root gourd, I never expected the restaurant to bring out such a treasure.]

I've heard that this jade lotus root gourd looks like jade, but it feels as soft and bouncy as a lotus root. Its internal space is also enormous. I've heard that someone once used this jade lotus root gourd to collect all the water of the entire Black River inside.

And this is not even the ultimate Jade Lotus Gourd. According to rumors, to fill this Jade Lotus Gourd, it would take at least ten Black Rivers to collect water.

"Heh~" Lin Xue followed the original owner's example, not saying a word, but just twitching the corners of her mouth and smiling slightly, which startled Jiu Xiang so much that she quickly increased the stakes.

"If Princess Snow is willing to help, our restaurant is also willing to offer two catties of thousand-year-old jade marrow, a pair of ten-thousand-year-old Buddha's Hand fruits, and a South Star Coral Tree..."

The wine enthusiast rattled off more than a dozen names in a row. They didn't even have the courage to mention ordinary things; these were all extremely precious treasures that were not available on the market.

Seeing that she had almost pushed the other person to their limit, Lin Xue decided not to scare her any further.

So he lowered his slightly raised right hand and glanced at the aroma of wine.

"Can!"

Hearing that Lin Xue had finally relented, Jiu Xiang felt as if she had escaped a disaster.