"Go back to Shangyang City and have your master come to my Feifeng Mountain for a gathering. We'll discuss a business deal. Once we reach an agreement, Feifeng Mountain will be at his disposal. I'll return all the Yun brocade in full. What do you say?"
Cen Xi always said that she was only interested in money, and that wasn't just talk; she had thought about it seriously. She originally planned to make some moves after going to Shangyang City.
She never expected that God would send her such a great opportunity. If she didn't take advantage of it, she would have wasted her time being trained by those two perverted bosses.
"Discuss a business deal? What kind of business deal?"
The shopkeeper asked instinctively.
"I'll keep you in suspense for now; you'll find out later."
Cen Xi looked at him with a smile and said.
"Well... alright then! I'll go back and inform our boss."
After hesitating for a moment, the shopkeeper finally gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Wait, old man, I haven't finished speaking."
Seeing that she had figured things out and was about to run away, Cen Xi pulled her forcefully back to him.
"You...you tell me!"
This time, the shopkeeper witnessed Cen Xi's formidable power once again. He immediately became too afraid to even breathe loudly.
"Just now, when that burly, dark-faced man robbed you, you said that if he let you pass, you would bring a thousand taels of gold to pay your respects to the bandit leader. Don't forget that. Although we're supposed to be discussing business, Flying Phoenix Mountain is ultimately a bandit's territory, and the rules of bandits cannot be broken."
"So you also need to pay the fee for visiting the mountain, so you should also convey this to your employer."
Cen Xi thought about it and realized that the shopkeeper's offer of a thousand taels of gold was really tempting, so she added this condition.
"I will report this to my master when I get back. Is there anything else, Miss?
After asking Cen Xi a question, the shopkeeper couldn't help but mutter to himself.
Grandma, please don't cause any more trouble. What I said just now was just for show. How could you believe it? It seems I won't be able to be the manager for long after I go back.
"That's all. Go ahead and don't worry. If your boss gets involved, I'll beat him to death for you. Let's see if he dares to do anything bad again."
Seeing his bewildered expression, Cen Xi knew without guessing what the old man was thinking.
"Yes! I'll go back and tell our master right away!"
After saying that, the shopkeeper turned and ran away.
"etc!"
Cen Xi pulled him back with another strong force.
"Grandma, is there anything else?"
The shopkeeper's expression was indescribable; he felt that if he stayed any longer, he would really cry.
“Nothing’s wrong, but something is wrong with you! You’re only running on two legs, when are you going to get back and tell him about my business deal with him? Big Blackie, send two men to escort this shopkeeper back to his boss.”
Cen Xi gave the shopkeeper two disdainful glares.
"But, heroine, no! Boss! Our men are all bandits. What if this old man betrays our brothers when we return to the city?"
The burly, dark-faced man said with difficulty.
"No, the goods we stole are top-quality Yun brocade, which only royalty and nobles can afford. So this old man will listen to me obediently, so you don't need to worry!"
Cen Xi glanced at him and said definitively.
"What if they report to the authorities and bring troops to surround and annihilate us?"
The burly man with the dark face was still somewhat worried.
"Then let's burn all that brocade."
Cen Xi smiled and looked at the shopkeeper.
"No, no, no! Don't burn the brocade! Don't worry, I will definitely bring the thousand taels of gold and our master here. I won't report it to the authorities. You must protect this batch of brocade!"
At this point, the shopkeeper realized that Cen Xi was clearly threatening him, so he quickly made a promise.
"Alright! Big Blackie, arrange for two people to escort him!"
Cen Xi nodded and looked at the burly, dark-faced man beside her.
"Yes, boss! Wang Er and Zhou Wu, you two escort this shopkeeper back to Shangyang City."
Although the burly man with the dark face was very unwilling to listen to Cen Xi, he was no match for her, so he had to suppress his dissatisfaction.
After the Wen family manager left, Cen Xi had the dark-faced man take her up Feifeng Mountain.
After going up the mountain, she looked at Feifeng Mountain and felt that it suited her very well.
With pavilions and towers on the mountain and birds and waterfalls below, it's an excellent place, no wonder it attracted the attention of bandits.
She likes it very much too.
After staying on the mountain for two days, Cen Xi decided that Feifeng Mountain would become her revolutionary base.
She needs to conserve her strength here and block anyone who wants to kill her.
Moreover, she observed the terrain and found that this place was very suitable for her to set up formations based on natural barriers.
The Jade Chain only has a prevention and tracking skill for a little over a month, and after it expires, it needs to be nurtured for a few days using special methods before it can regain its hidden skill for another month.
Therefore, during the days when the Jade Linked Rings failed, those who remembered the prophecy would definitely come knocking on their door.
Then she would just have them come to a fixed location.
Every time the Jade Link fails, she waits for them in this place, turning it into their battleground.
At other times, she could easily impersonate someone else and go out to swindle and deceive.
As for the person with the birthmark on his thigh that her master asked her to find, she doesn't need to look for him; he will definitely come to her on his own. Yu Kuang had told him before that she had transmigrated twenty-one years ago and her soul had been replaced at birth. So who could have found a way to kill her twenty years ago?
Without a doubt, it must be the resurrected Yan Taizu, Yan Shengxiao, because the Grandmaster once said that among the books Yan Taizu took away were methods of soul swapping and imprisonment. So Cen Xi doesn't need to do anything; she just needs to wait for him to come to her.
"Boss, when will you meet the brothers? According to the rules of the underworld, when a new boss takes over, he has to drink blood wine with the brothers."
Just as Cen Xi was thinking about how to deal with Yan Taizu, Chen Dahei suddenly barged into her room and said a bunch of nonsense.
"Hey Big Black, do the rules of the underworld even apply to me?"
Cen Xi sat in the main seat and looked at him with a smile.
"I...I don't know!"
"If you don't know, don't offer advice. I haven't paid attention to you these past few days, have you been getting restless?"
Cen Xi's eyes suddenly turned cold as she looked at Chen Dahei and said.
"No...no, no, that's not true. The brothers all admire you. They asked me to invite you to preside over the blood oath ceremony today out of respect for you."
Chen Dahei, whose thoughts had been seen through, looked somewhat embarrassed.
"You are a general in the army of Prince Heng of Yucheng, right?"
Cen Xi looked at him and suddenly said something completely unrelated.
"Boss, you've misunderstood. We're just bandits from other places. We were robbed of our territory and ended up in Feifeng Mountain. We're all big and burly, how can we compare to soldiers? Please don't make fun of us, boss."
Chen Dahei chuckled twice and forced himself to explain.
"Bandits don't get up at the crack of dawn every day; they usually sleep until the sun is high in the sky. Are you sure you don't want to answer my question directly?"
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