"Shopkeeper, how much are these leather goods?"
"Five hundred spirit stones."
"What? You dare to sell this tattered fur coat for five hundred spirit stones? Are you out of your mind for money?"
"Even the finest white fox pelts from the fur merchants in the southwest only sell for three hundred taels of gold. And you, this inhuman creature, dare to sell them for five hundred, and in spirit stones no less?"
"I'll do what I want. Buy it if you want, or get lost. If you keep babbling, I'll loosen up your muscles."
"Damn, he's a complete lunatic. What's he thinking about when he's thinking about money?"
A customer grumbled and threw down his fur coat, then turned and left.
The fur merchant didn't care at all, and even remained seated in his recliner the whole time, seemingly resigned to his fate.
The old man walked to the counter, picked up a rabbit skin, and went straight to the cash register: "Shopkeeper, how much is this fur?"
The shopkeeper didn't even glance at it, simply waving his hand and saying, "Not selling! I'm in a bad mood, closed for the day, get out of here!"
The next moment, the old man threw the rabbit skin at his face, muttering, "You think you're so tough now that I've given you face? How dare you yell at me like that!"
"Damn it, you dare to act tough in front of me? Looks like there'll be another corpse in Huayang City today!"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately stood up.
But the next moment, when he met the old man's eyes, his arrogant demeanor was abruptly suppressed.
"Big...Big Brother?"
"You still know I'm your older brother? Looks like you're not blind after all."
As he spoke, the old man removed the disguise from his face, revealing the familiar face that Shen Zhao knew once again.
The shopkeeper was none other than Liang Hao, who had infiltrated the Holy Domain of Huayang City half a month in advance.
Liang Hao immediately said, feeling wronged, "I'm sorry, brother, I didn't recognize you before. Please forgive me."
"Okay, stop talking nonsense."
Shen Zhao jumped directly onto the counter and took over the rocking chair.
Liang Hao immediately served him tea and water, his face full of flattery, "Big brother, you've finally come! I've been so bored watching people show off for the past two weeks!"
"Now, shouldn't we promote the noble moral character of our Judgment Council throughout Huayang City and completely reverse this deteriorating social atmosphere?"
"Don't worry about showing off yet. I just want to ask you, how's the thing I asked you to investigate over the past two weeks coming along?"
When the topic turned to business, Liang Hao immediately adopted a serious expression and truthfully stated, "Based on the clues provided by Ji Bingyan, I have currently discovered nine strongholds of Jiuyou within Huayang City."
They have all been marked in the book, but after careful investigation, I discovered that these minor Karami, whose highest cultivation level is only at the Nirvana Realm, are far less challenging than those I encountered in Chang'an.
"Nirvana Realm or Lesser Karami?" Shen Zhao was speechless. "Brother, don't think that just because your strength has improved, you can look down on those in the Nirvana Realm."
"Think about the Southern Region. A mere Profound Void Realm cultivator can roam freely there. With that in mind, do you still think a Nirvana Realm cultivator is weak?"
"Big brother is right."
While humbly accepting the criticism, Liang Hao continued.
"Aside from these, there are a few other pieces of news about Huayang City. One of them is that Xu Shuyu, the second son of the Xu family from Bashu, has been very arrogant lately. His pretentious attitude really annoys me."
Please allow me to act ahead of time. First, let me take down Xu Shuyu, then his brother Xu Suiyan, and then beat his father Xu Rong to a pulp.
Finally, their ashes were scattered into the sea to merge with nature.
Shen Zhao interrupted him directly: "Let's not talk about the rest for now. Tell me first how he upset you?"
Liang Hao said seriously, "Big brother, you know that when we show off, we always use our enemies as targets to make our presence known."
Xu Shuyu, however, pioneered a completely new path of forced advancement, specifically targeting his own people.
In the past two weeks, I've seen this guy slaughter several of his subordinates from Xiliang and Bashu in Huayang City.
And yet he still earned everyone's praise. He's truly a wolf in sheep's clothing, even more ruthless than most.
This kind of scoundrel has seriously threatened my future as a self-proclaimed saint; I must nip him in the bud before he fully matures.
Shen Zhao was speechless for a moment, then immediately changed the subject: "By the way, speaking of Xu Shuyu, what exactly is the relationship between Bashu and Xiliang? Have you found out?"
"The investigation has been completed. Back then, Dong Zhongying and Xu Xiao, the ancestor of the Xu family, fought together against the invasion of the Great Wilderness and later pacified Xiliang. The two had sworn brotherhood for life."
Speaking of Dong Zhongying, he was indeed a ruthless man. He slaughtered all the forces in Xiliang, including the three major sects, and then occupied Xiliang and declared himself king.
After Xu Xiao's death, the second head of the family, Xu Fengqing, recommended him to the Huayang court, though it's unclear how he did it.
The Great Feng court should recognize his legitimacy as the King of Xiliang and allow him to establish his own government.
From then on, the approximately six million people of the harsh and cold land of Xiliang were all freed from the control of the royal family, while Xu Fengqing continued to address Dong Zhongying as brothers.
To this day, for over a dozen generations, the Xu family heads have maintained a good relationship with Dong Zhongying and Xiliang, addressing each other as brothers.
Shen Zhao frowned: "This is intriguing."
"What's wrong, brother?"
"For example, I call you brother, but if you kick the bucket one day, will I call my son, who inherits your business, brother?"
"Hey, bro, could you please not curse me to die?"
"Just to give you an example, I'm asking you, do you think I would treat your son as a brother?"
Even your grandson, great-grandson, and great-great-grandson—don't you think this is highly illogical?
Liang Hao: "I really haven't thought about that in detail."
Shen Zhao shook his head: "Any other news? Tell me."
Liang Hao: "Another piece of news: I think I've discovered the whereabouts of the Yaochi Empress, right here in Huayang City."
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