Chapter 308 Street Light Pendant
The carriage drove through the market, leaving only a muddy field. The child was also led by her mother and disappeared in the crowd that retreated like a tide.
Shangguan Yao felt a little pain in his eyes, but he didn't know where the pain came from. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard Zhao Ye say, "Brother Shangguan, your robe is dirty."
Shangguan Yao is a noble from the demon world. Even the clothes he wears for incognito visits have fine stitching, better than those of ordinary people. But now, it has also been stained with silt in this sewage-filled market, and even faint dark red traces can be seen.
The dark red color probably dripped from those people's heads.
The dizziness was getting worse. He heard Zhao Ye say, "Brother Shangguan, this is the capital of the Demon Realm. It should be the most prosperous place in the Demon Realm. But in such a city, sewage and mud are still everywhere. Even five-year-old children are accustomed to this mud and dream of chopping off other people's heads. The upper class is not immune to it. For example, Brother Shangguan, you are standing here, and you also have a dirty robe. Brother Shangguan, do you think the Demon Realm should look like this?"
"You said the revival of the demon race is supposed to be like this?"
"Brother Shangguan, I have traveled in the six realms for a long time. Millions of years ago, the demons were as famous as the gods, and they should have been the most noble beings in the world. But what I saw was that the human race, the demon race, and the immortal race all avoided us and regarded us as monsters without reason and only knew how to kill. This made me very confused. I thought that the demon race should not be like this."
"I saw the cities of the fairy world. They were clean and tidy. Five-year-old children wanted to make elixirs, draw spells, be carpenters, and be scholars...but no child wanted to chop off other people's heads."
"Brother Shangguan, Jiang Duo only wants to achieve great divine power and satisfy his own selfish desires. He has no demon world in his heart, and those demons who are in cahoots with him also have no demon world in their hearts. Our demon world should stand proudly between heaven and earth!"
Finally, Shangguan Yao calmed down and said to Zhao Ye: "Brother Zhao, you are right. I am absolutely sure that we are doing the right thing."
"Besides, we now have many allies who are doing the right thing with us." Zhao Ye smiled, "Don't be impatient! Now, we just need to accumulate silently and wait for an opportunity."
After communicating with Shangguan Yao and others, Zhao Ye returned to his cave.
The outer perimeter of Beishan Cave Mansion was heavily guarded and was only open to Zhao Ye. The cave was built in the mountains and sat on a small lake, making it the most suitable place for entertaining guests. Today, the servants of Beishan Cave Mansion are busy cleaning up and preparing for the banquet tomorrow night. They decorated the place with lights and erected street lamps on the roadside to illuminate the way for the guests.
Zhao Ye passed these places and went straight to the small garden in the deepest part of Beishan Cave. This is where his study is located and also his own residence.
His deputy had been waiting here for a long time. Not until Zhao Ye appeared did he dare to follow him into the garden. Seeing Zhao Ye staring at the street lamps on both sides of the small garden road, the deputy replied: "Mountain Master, these are the newly built street lamps. I wonder if you are satisfied with them?"
"It looks a bit monotonous." Zhao Ye said, "Why not add some decorations to them."
The deputy asked, "What kind of ornaments do you think would be suitable? How about some wind chimes in the shape of flowers?"
"Forget it, just hang some tabby cat pendants." Zhao Ye gave an incomprehensible answer, "With so many street lights, they can always light someone's way home."
Although he didn't know what Zhao Ye meant by this, the deputy still agreed. Zhao Ye emphasized again: "Don't hang it as a white cat, don't hang it as a black cat, and don't hang it as a yellow cat. It must be a tabby cat."
"……Yes."
When they arrived at the study, the deputy asked Zhao Ye to look over the guest list for tomorrow night. Zhao Ye glanced around and his eyes stopped on a person's name.
"Kong Liang?"
"Yes. I haven't figured out this person's intentions yet, but in recent days, the excitement in the capital has been caused by this person." The deputy said respectfully, "This person's life experience is mysterious and unpredictable, and he should not be underestimated!"
Zhao Ye looked at the name and pondered for a long time.
"Master, have you thought of anything?" the deputy asked carefully.
"He reminds me of..."
Zhao Ye only said half of his words and then stopped. He stroked the name for a moment and said, "He really brought a lot of excitement."
"Master, what should we do?"
"The greater the conflicts in the demon world, the more opportunities we will have. There is no need to do anything more." Zhao Ye said, "In this case, let me see the true face of Kong Liang. You go down, I still have things to do."
"yes."
The deputy stepped back, thinking that Zhao Ye was really hardworking and must be planning something big again.
After his subordinates left, Zhao Ye took out a notebook from his arms.
Ning Mingmei gave him a task, asking him to revise his paper and hand it in the day after tomorrow. This is a huge project. It is not enough for Lian Chengyue to do the experiment alone. He also needs to work under his pseudonym.
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Every time there was a banquet at night, bright lights would be lit in Zhao Ye's cave. Today is no exception, some of Chaoge’s celebrities gathered here, chatting and laughing.
Compared to grand events known for their large numbers of guests, the number of people Zhao Ye invites to each dinner is not huge, but each one is very representative. For example, today, Kong Liang, who became famous for inventing the "Blood Research", also received an invitation from the owner of Zhaoye Mountain. He brought a fire sign and came to have a chat with Zhao Ye's guests.
"Lian Chengyue is a kid who really knows how to enjoy himself. He makes a big show of it."
Ning Mingmei looked out the window and thought so.
There are two advantages to Lian Chengyue placing the cave on the North Mountain. First, it can prevent Jiang Duo from reaching it. Second, it can establish the mysterious authority of the master of Zhaoye Mountain in the hearts of the people while not exposing his daily life to the people, which may affect subsequent uprisings. At the same time, in the eyes of those who don't know much about it, this cave is a piece of green landscape, with a bit of the flavor of a hermit picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the southern mountains. It is not luxurious, but profound. But in the eyes of someone who knows the business like Ning Mingmei, he can see Feng Shui decorations and formations everywhere, and can tell the owner's financial resources, so he can't help but feel disrespectful.
It seems that Lian Chengyue is doing quite well in the demon world. He is probably thinking of seizing power from Jiang Duo and becoming the new Demon Lord. However, Ning Mingmei felt that he still supported his disciple's career. For example, he planned to trigger a financial crisis during Jiang Duo's term and then run away, rather than leaving the problem to explode during Lian Chengyue's term. By then, Lian Chengyue could create an alias named Luo and deal with the financial crisis.
Ning Mingmei is accustomed to prosperity. The fire does not. He sat opposite Ning Mingmei, feeling a little scared. Seeing that they had arrived at the gate of the cave, Ning Mingmei asked his servants to dismount first to serve as foot pads for him before he went down himself.
The cave's doorman was also very attentive and took the initiative to lead Ning Mingmei's carriage away. Ning Mingmei then casually put a high-quality spirit stone into the other party's hand.
This is a top-grade spirit stone! The doorman almost dropped his jaw!
There is indeed no shortage of demons in the demon world who give tips to the doormen. But most of them just gave some silver ingots or a string of copper coins. The doorman had never seen anyone give a spirit stone directly like Ning Mingmei did, and it was a top-grade spirit stone at that!
However, in the demon world, there are indeed some large demon families with extremely deep roots who act this way. In their eyes, money doesn't seem to be money. After all, rumors are not as good as seeing with one's own eyes. Therefore, the doorman looked at Ning Mingmei with a higher opinion and further consolidated his impression that "Kong Liang came from an ancient demon family."
Huo Zhao followed behind Ning Mingmei. He still felt a little distressed about Kong Liang's lavish spending. However, Kong Liang is from an ancient demon family after all, so how would he know how to spend money? There was no way. Kong Liang had been accustomed to a life of luxury since childhood. Huo Zhao knew his identity clearly and would never say anything.
Instead, he continued to serve as Kong Liang's mouthpiece, requiring the servants around him to provide various personalized services for Kong Liang's little habits. Kong Liang gave generous tips. This kind of cooperation further deepened everyone's impression of Kong Liang, and they believed that he must have lived such a noble life since he was a child.
In this case, Kong Liang is even more credible.
Seeing all this, Ning Mingmei just smiled slightly. When he first started cheating in the demon world, he didn't have much money in his pocket, and the tips alone almost drained all his property. But the so-called spending little money to get a big fork, this kind of behavior of showing off wealth in details is far more deeply rooted in the devil's heart than other ways of spending money. With Ning Mingmei's rhetoric, the products in his hands seem more valuable.
However, Ning Mingmei no longer needs to work harder to promote himself. Last night, he held an internal launch of "Blood Research" at Murong's banquet. Since this product was somewhat useful, and combined with Ning Mingmei's preliminary investigation into the Murong family, "Blood Research" naturally gave extremely accurate results, and incidentally uncovered an affair within the Ximen family, causing an uproar in Dadu.
What followed was a rapid rise in fame, orders pouring in like snowflakes, and more applications for additional investment. Wei Rong felt horrified and desperate at this scene. He was terrified and didn't even dare to think about what Ning Mingmei would do next. But Ning Mingmei didn't intend to stop just like that.
"I wasted two hundred years on Spark Island, and my wallet is too empty, so I need to replenish it. Also, I need the blood and gene data of the entire demon race." Ning Mingmei answered lightly.
Ning Mingmei didn't even tell the two people around him about his purpose of getting the blood data. This is of great use to him. Today, "Blood Research" is still producing relatively accurate reports. Once "Xueyan" is sold in large quantities, false reports will begin to be generated. Ning Mingmei's goal will only be fully achieved after the children of the general family also start using "Blood Research".
Ning Mingmei still has a hidden danger. It would be better if this hidden danger was resolved as soon as possible.
Ning Mingmei pondered and walked slowly into the garden. The musicians played melodiously on both sides. When the guests nearby saw Ning Mingmei coming, they all came forward and enthusiastically chatted and made friends with Kong Liang. Ning Mingmei responded to everyone with a smile and said that he had also brought a spare item "Blood Research" to the scene. However, it runs slowly and can only generate a limited number of reports.
Just as the banquet was about to turn into a product launch, a waiter approached Ning Mingmei in a friendly manner: "Mr. Kong, my host invites you."
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