"Sir, please have a look. This is the rent for the shop. The discount you promised …"
A chubby shop owner with a black mole at the corner of his mouth came forward with a crystal card. He had already guessed that the Demon Lord was in urgent need of money but was too embarrassed to collect it himself. Therefore, he told his friend that he was in seclusion.
This was a good guess. At least, Du Feng liked it. He was most afraid that people would ask where the Porcupine Demon Lord went. If that happened, he would have to explain.
In the end, no one asked. Instead, they found an excuse for the Porcupine Demon Lord, which made it easier for Du Feng to collect the money.
"Sir, I can walk around with you after I'm done."
A young shop owner who thought that he was quite handsome actually took the initiative to ask Du Feng out. It was probably because of yesterday's incident. Somehow, it had spread out. Now, everyone felt that this new lord didn't like women, only men.
"No need. I don't need company."
Du Feng almost wanted to beat him up, but after thinking for a while, he held back his anger. If he hit someone now, it would affect his reputation. After all, his goal was money. So, it was better to bear with it.
"Everyone, it's good. As long as you pay today, you will get a discount."
"Also, help me spread the word. If you pay in the afternoon, I will also give you a discount. If you come tomorrow, the rent will be charged at the original price. If you don't come tomorrow, don't blame me for raising the price. "
Du Feng saw that about 60% of the shop owners had come. Although a small number of shop owners had visited in person, they still hadn't paid. Therefore, he spread the word to those who hadn't paid yet. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw someone take out a voice transmission amulet and start spreading the news.
These shop owners all communicated with each other. Some of them must have come to sound out, while the others held their money and waited. Now that Du Feng said that he wouldn't increase the rent, those people were naturally afraid.
"Sir, I'm sorry. Something happened at home, so I'm late."
"Sir, I'm also here to pay the rent."
There was no need to wait until the afternoon or the next day. In less than half an hour, the rest of the shop owners hurried over. They did not dare to offend this Demon Lord's friend, because offending his friend was equivalent to offending the Demon Lord himself.
Actually, some of these shop owners had very powerful backers. They might be relatives of other demon lords. Especially those demon cultivators who came late, each and every one of them was very arrogant.
However, no matter how strong their backing was, they still had to do business in this city. As long as one was doing business in this city, they would have to give some face to the City Lord, who was the Demon Lord Porcupine. Therefore, even if they were unwilling, they still obediently paid the rent.
Hmm, very good. Du Feng was very satisfied with their performance.
After sending the shop owners away, he quickly put away the crystal cards and went to the Porcupine Demon Lord's residence. Although this guy refused to admit it no matter what, he must have hidden a lot of money at home.
Because the Demon Lord had a special mark on him, Du Feng could not throw him into the White Bone Banner, nor could he search his soul, so he could not find out his secrets. He could only personally go to the Porcupine Demon Lord's house, open the door with the key, and go in and close the door.
"Sir, you're here."
Uh … Du Feng was about to secretly search for treasures when he found that there was someone else in the house. It was a servant of the Porcupine Demon Lord, waiting there timidly. This Demon Lord did not have a wife, but it did not mean that he did not have needs. Based on the maid's attire, it was easy to tell everything.
"You can go out first, I'm going to rest."
Du Feng sent the servant away and then checked the house again. After confirming that there was no one else, he began to search with peace of mind. At first, he searched in some cabinets, drawers, boxes, and other places.
However, there was nothing good in these places except some jewelry used to deceive women and some scattered immortal stones.
Hey, this Porcupine Demon Lord is quite good at hiding. Du Feng flipped up the bed and searched the bottom of the bed. In the end, there was nothing under the bed except a dagger.
Du Feng did not mind the dagger, so he quickly put it away. Then he expanded his divine sense and kept penetrating the walls, trying to see if there were any secret rooms or places where treasures were hidden. In the end, he found a problem. The walls here could block the penetration of divine sense.
After all, this was the home of the Demon Lord. Since his divine sense could not penetrate, he had to use the most primitive method.
The so-called most primitive method was to use the second joint of the finger to knock on the wall. From the feedback sound, he could judge whether there was a secret room here or not. Even the treasures in the secret realm could be called out by Du Feng, he did not believe that he could not find them here.
"Bang, bang, bang …"
After hearing this sound, Du Feng knew that he had found the key point.
He knocked with his finger and listened carefully to make sure that he did not hear wrong. The feedback sound here was different, which meant that the back was empty. In other words, there must be a secret room behind this wall. However, the door of the passage was low enough that Du Feng found it by knocking on it while squatting.
If he guessed correctly, it might be diagonally down to the basement.
He looked around the room but did not find the mechanism to open the secret room. It probably required some kind of special formula or special cultivation method to verify it. In that case, he simply did not look for it.
Du Feng took out the dragon sword and dug directly on the wall. It didn't take long for him to dig a big hole. Looking into the hole, there was indeed a passage that went diagonally down. Anyway, the door was closed, and he deliberately set up a soundproof array, so no one should find it.
So Du Feng was very relieved and went into the passage through the hole he dug. As soon as he got in, the passage lit up.
It was a bit interesting, there were two rows of automatic night pearls installed here. As long as someone came in, they would automatically light up. He walked down the stairs of the passage, turned a corner, and came to a door. This time, Du Feng knew, because there was a keyhole on the door.
He found a lot of keys from the porcupine monster cultivator, one of which could definitely be used. But to be on the safe side, he had to identify it first to see which key was more real. If the wrong key was inserted, the basement would directly explode and collapse, which would be troublesome.
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