As half-beastmen, Chen Tianlei and Arré were not very smart. They were mainly fighting forces, especially Arré, who had been suppressed for too long in Sea Emperor City. After arriving in Holy City and obtaining good resources, his Cultivation improved very quickly. He was now at the late stage of God Realm Level Six.
When Du Feng came back this time, he selected an excellent cultivator from among the guards and asked Black to help him apply for an official identity in the Sacred City before he went to sleep. Then, he settled down in the Divine Hall. That way, they would have enough shrines stationed in the Sacred City to ensure the size of the area they occupied. After all, only with a large enough area could they put in many facilities.
After all, Du Feng went to the endless void and Xiao Hei began to sleep. Only Arré and Chen Tianlei were left. These two half-beastmen were not very smart. The Dragon Emperor was slightly worried. The reason why he was worried was that two of his former guards had become official residents of the Holy City.
When they were guards, they had no official identity and had to rely on Du Feng to survive. Now that they were official residents of Holy City and had their own temples, they naturally had a lot of ideas.
If Du Feng was not always absent, or if Xiao Hei was still awake, they would still be afraid. Now, Du Feng would leave the Sacred City at any time, and he would not return for several years. Black, on the other hand, did not care about anything and only knew how to sleep. The remaining two brothers, Chen Tianlei and Ah Lei, were both one-track minded. The two of them combined weren't that smart.
The Dragon Emperor was indeed worried that the newly promoted guards would rebel. Even if they did not rebel, they might try to steal the family head's belongings. Strictly speaking, they were no longer Du Feng and Xiao Hei's guards, but partners here. After all, they already had their own identity and temples and could go out independently.
Staying here and stationing the Divine Hall with them was nothing more than to share some of the benefits. However, most of the income from the shops in Du Feng's hands went to his good brothers. Only a small portion was given to his two partners. As partners of equal status, it was inevitable that they would feel a little unconvinced.
Most people were greedy. They didn't think that if it weren't for Du Feng's previous arrangements, there wouldn't be such a big business today, let alone so much income. What they were thinking was that since there were six of us in total, you should give each of us a sixth of the profits.
You four brothers can take two-thirds, so the remaining one-third should go to the two of us. Why did you take most of it and leave us with only a little more? It's only slightly higher than the average guards. Now that we are official residents of the Holy City, even if we do it ourselves, we shouldn't take such a small amount of profit.
Their emotions weren't obvious at first, but as time passed, Du Feng still hadn't returned, and Xiao Hei was still snoring. Most importantly, the people from the Chun Yu Family kept egging them on to control the business in the store. They even promised them many benefits.
The Dongfang Family wasn't idle either. They were powerful to begin with, and some of their clan members were even officials in the Holy City. They were also making things difficult for them both openly and secretly. They would find fault with them one moment and give them some benefits the next. They used both carrot and stick to threaten and entice the two new partners.
The Duanmu Family, which had previously opposed Du Feng, was chased out because of the Dimensional Invader incident. Hence, the Holy City quieted down for a long time, and no one dared to act recklessly. Now that this matter had passed for a long time, many people became disobedient again.
Now, Du Feng and his brothers opened many shops in the Holy City, selling weapons, armor, elixirs, divine talismans, array discs, and many other things. They also brought back many small handicrafts from outside. Although the unit price of these handicrafts wasn't high, the profit was very high because the purchase price was cheap.
Du Feng was also anxious to improve his strength, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter. He thought that with Xiao Hei, Chen Tianlei, and Arré around, and the Dragon Emperor at the side to guide them, what else could go wrong? After all, personal fights were not allowed in the Holy City, and Xiao Hei was now a popular person in the Holy City.
However, he neglected one point, and that was, the collapse of a thousand-mile dike was caused by an ant's hole. Conflicts often started from the inside. The partners that he had personally promoted began to secretly collude with outsiders. In the beginning, the two partners only carefully gave you some benefits.
This was because Arré and Chen Tianlei didn't know how to calculate, so they didn't understand the situation at all. Moreover, the two partners were very smart and pretended to be very good on the surface. On the contrary, the Dragon Emperor often suspected them, making it seem like he was a narrow-minded person.
Chen Tianlei and Arré weren't smart to begin with, so they couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong. They felt that the Dragon Emperor was an old friend of their brother Du, so they gave him some face. But after a long time, it was inevitable that they would wonder why their brother Du would put such a narrow-minded person in an important position. Not only was his Cultivation not slow, but he was also old, and he always suspected his partners.
In the beginning, the Dragon Emperor could still persuade him, but after a long time, he couldn't persuade him anymore. This was because it wasn't just Chen Tianlei and Arré who were fooled by the two partners. Many of the guards working in the courtyard had also become their men, or perhaps they had been bribed by the two of them.
The two found that Chen Tianlei and Arré were very gullible, and the Dragon Emperor wasn't a threat, so they became more aggressive and started to make money. They worked closely with the Chun Yu Family and the Dong Fang Family, transferring Du Feng's assets outside.
Chen Tianlei and Arré only knew that their income had decreased recently, but they didn't know what was going on. They thought it was because brother Du hadn't returned, so the quality of the goods had decreased, which affected the sales. In any case, they believed whatever the two partners said. These two Beastmen only knew how to fight and train all day, so their combat power increased very quickly.
During this period, the Dragon Emperor tried to contact Du Feng several times, but he failed every time. Du Feng turned off all contact methods because he couldn't be disturbed when hunting the Immemorial Void Worm. As long as there was any movement, the Immemorial Void Worm would immediately escape through the space-time tunnel. Once it escaped, it wouldn't appear in the same place again.
The Underworld Dog worked very hard. Although it was still a dog and couldn't transform into a human, it was very loyal to Du Feng. Perhaps it was because of the Plane Invader incident last time, but the number of Immemorial Void Worms in this layer of the universe had decreased.
Du Feng had wandered around with the Underworld Dog for a few years, but they had only killed a few Immemorial Void Worms.
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