Chapter 523: Chapter 223: Perhaps, Luo Chen is Right_3

Without waiting for Xu Xiao Liu to answer.

Luo Chen curiously asked, “So, what benefits do they offer you for your diligent canvassing and even complicity in fleecing customers?”

Xu Xiao Liu embarrassedly scratched his head.

“Ten percent.”

“Ten percent of the profits?”

“No, ten percent of the fees they charge.”

“No wonder!” Luo Chen suddenly understood, “If this deal goes through, just from my flying boat alone, you could earn hundreds of Spirit Stones. All you give is a bit of legwork. If the deal doesn’t go through, you risk a few slaps.”

Xu Xiao Liu patted his chest confidently, “I’m worth that price!”

“How so?”

Xu Xiao Liu said confidently, “I grew up in Tian Lan Immortal City and I am incredibly familiar with this place. Furthermore, my uncle is a disciple of the Ice Castle and has been guarding it for the past ten years. They’d naturally give me this treatment.”

Luo Chen smiled faintly.

Now that’s correct!

Having a guide like Xu Xiao Liu could save a lot of trouble later on.

After all, Min Longyu was gone from Tian Lan Immortal City for too long. The situations here changed every day, he couldn’t possibly know everything.

Xu Xiao Liu, who dares to fleece foreign visitors, was precisely the type of guide that Luo Chen needed.

“So are you going to keep pulling tricks?” Luo Chen asked.

Xu Xiao Liu quickly shook his head.

He dare not.

This senior was clearly not some rube from a rural Immortal Cultivation Clan, easy to fool.

Very sharp!

Moreover, he is neither pretentious nor weak.

During the conversation with Lu Rong, he had extracted clear information about the situation at the mooring yard, without losing anything in the process.

“What’s the situation with the Divine Craft Clan?” Luo Chen asked.

“Ah, there ain’t much to it. Just a few guys who got some tool casting heritage, then greased the wheels with money to start some business in the mooring yard and within the city. I was considering…”

“Details!” Luo Chen interrupted.

“Well, within the clan, there are three Foundation Establishment True Cultivators who take turns…”

…

Before they knew it, they were once again outside the city moat.

“Elder, are all of you planning to enter the city?” Xu Xiao Liu asked.

Luo Chen naturally gave a hum of affirmation.

Xu Xiao Liu scratched his head, “Each entry requires a Spirit Stone, and you can only stay for a day. If you leave and want to re-enter, you have to pay again. It’s a bit expensive!”

He was unsure whether Luo Chen was truly wealthy or just pretending.

After all, at the mooring yard, Luo Chen hadn’t wanted to part with the money for boat cleaning.

But taking into account his attire, he did not look like a pauper.

Luo Chen called Sima Huiniang over with a smile.

Then she went with Xu Xiao Liu to pay the Spirit Stones.

Li Yixian and Nangong Jin approached.

“Luo Chen, don’t you think it’s a bit inappropriate to embarrass Lu Rong like that earlier?” said Nangong Jin, looking worried.

Luo Chen glanced at her, then turned to Li Yixian.

“Do you feel the same way?” he asked.

Li Yixian hesitated, then gave a faint nod.

However, Luo Chen scoffed.

“He started it and I’m the one who embarrassed him? How?” Luo Chen asked.

“Just because we’re not locals, does that mean we have to bow down to them?”

“Besides, when conducting business, ‘face’ is the least valuable. If he wants to cause trouble over ‘face’, then he may as well not do business!”

Li Yixian’s heart trembled.

Nangong Jin recalled the process of Luo Chen’s rise in The Great River District.

Defeating the combined forces of the Great Lake Gang and Xuan Yihui!

Annihilating the Fu Family to make a name for himself!

Under close scrutiny from all sides, he broke through Xiao Huan Mountain, struck against the Duan Family, and gained the opportunity to sit on an equal footing with their Foundation Establishment Force.

It was also due to this opportunity that he had the time and space to establish his foundation calmly.

As it turned out, Luo Chen was never the type to willingly take a lower position.

However, the situation was different now!

Nangong Jin sighed, “After all, we are strangers in a strange place here. What if we offend the wrong people…”

“Those who can only scrape by at the mooring yard are not worth worrying about, are they?” Luo Chen gave him a cold look.

Li Yixian hesitated, “I heard there are also those who bully people using their positions, using the land to make money.”

“In that case, the ‘position’ they’re relying on must not be strong, they would still have to share the profit with others!” Luo Chen snorted.

After all, there were more than just Lu Rong’s forces at the mooring yard.

Seeing the two’s indecision, Luo Chen couldn’t help shaking his head.

After all, they were from two powerful Immortal Cultivation Clans in The Great River District.

They used to be high and mighty.

But now that they were in a new place, they were so timid.

He admitted that they should keep a low profile in unfamiliar places.

However, they couldn’t be so low-profile that they silently endured even when someone was about to knife them.

That’s not Immortal Cultivation.

That’s being a puss!

“I’m seeking a life that is carefree, not a life like a tortoise that lives thousands of years!” Luo Chen said to himself.

With those words in his heart, Luo Chen left the two of them and joined Sima Huiniang.

Behind him.

Nangong Jin let out a sigh.

He remembered the scene where the Bo family brought a group of Calamity Cultivators from Liuguang District to target them.

Back then, if he hadn’t fought back desperately and risked everything.

The Nangong Family would have likely been wiped out long ago.

“Perhaps, Luo Chen is right!” Nangong Jin said to himself.

Li Yixian opened her mouth but didn’t know what to say.

Since leaving The Great River District, she had been increasingly aware of her shortcomings.

Lack of decisiveness, lack of strategies.

Short-sightedness, inefficient management.

Every step felt like she was feeling her way in the dark.

“Am I really capable of leading the Li Family to survive in Tian Lan Immortal City?”

She asked herself, but there was no answer.

The destruction of the Fu Family appeared in her mind.

This was an Immortal Cultivation Clan that was expelled from Tian Lan Immortal City and ended up annihilated in The Great River District.

Was the cause of their death the lack of a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator?

Probably not, she reckoned!