"Wentang, is what you said true?" Bai Zhenkong asked with a trembling voice. Zuo Wentang nodded.
Ye Yuzhou naturally told Zuo Wentang about the grudge between him and the Grassy Continent's Snake Country. He sighed, then turned to Yang Jie and said, "Wait outside for now. I have something to discuss with City Lord Bai."
Although Yang Jie was unwilling, he didn't dare to disobey Ye Yuzhou's order. He turned and left.
Ye Yuzhou pondered for a moment and said, "City Lord Bai, don't worry. A national war is not a trivial matter. Snake Country won't make a decision to start a war easily. Moreover, they won't dare to use force if nothing goes wrong."
Bai Zhenkong had a rough idea of what had happened.
"Mister Yuzhou, it's not that I don't believe you, but I don't understand why you insist on helping that mysterious person. You know that the son of the Snake Country's state preceptor is in trouble. You should capture the murderer and hand him over to Snake Country in exchange for appeasing their anger. Moreover, I heard that the mysterious person is protecting the monster. This matter is really inappropriate." Bai Zhenkong's tone was very impolite. If it wasn't for Ye Yuzhou's special status, he might have scolded him.
If this matter really caused a national war between the two countries, his position as a city lord would come to an end.
Ye Yuzhou chuckled. "City Lord Bai, if I were to really do that, it would truly be a disaster. I can't tell you the exact reason either. In any case, you don't have to worry about Snake Country. If a war really breaks out, I'm willing to shoulder all the blame and won't drag you down with me."
Ye Yuzhou and Bai Zhenkong parted on bad terms because of this matter.
After leaving the City Lord's Manor, Ye Yuzhou immediately went to a remote area. He disguised himself and put on a hat to cover his face. He then went to a market in the city.
There was a place that sold all kinds of birds and falcons. In the corner of the stall sat a blind old man. Beside him was a wooden rack with five falcons standing on it.
The old man came back almost every day. Most people had no idea what he did for a living.
However, if one was a member of the evil path, they would know that this was a 'relay station' for transmitting information. Basically, all sorts of shady things could be transmitted and received from this place.
Of course, the fees were very high.
Ye Yuzhou had trained in various places before, so he knew the rules of the Jianghu.
The people here didn't care about their identities, they only did their jobs.
Ye Yuzhou knew the rules, so when he arrived, he first threw down a gold coin. The gold coin was specially made, and there was a coiling dragon image on it. It wasn't the currency of any country, but the 'dragon coin' of the evil path.
"Give me a newspaper!"
Ye Yuzhou said.
If Lin Jin was here, he would definitely be dumbfounded by the term 'newspaper'.
The blind old man did not speak. He took out a roll of grass from under his butt and handed it to Ye Yuzhou. Ye Yuzhou did not look at it on the spot. Instead, he took out two golden dragon coins.
"I want to publish this news in the newspaper!" Ye Yuzhou said in a low voice.
The blind old man grinned, revealing his yellow teeth. Then, he stretched out five fingers.
Ye Yuzhou was taken aback, but he still took out three Dragon Coins, making it five. The blind old man smiled again and extended his hand. Ye Yuzhou handed over the things he had already written.
After that, Ye Yuzhou turned to leave. The blind old man got up with the help of the wall and left for a while. When he returned, he sat down again and began to doze off.
However, one of the eagles on the wooden rack in front of him was missing.
After Ye Yuzhou returned to the Friar Association, he wondered if Black Crow and Ghost Child would be able to see the message.
Then, he took out the scroll the blind old man gave him and opened it. There was a piece of paper inside.
There were more than ten pieces of news written on the paper.
There was a title, a content, a time, and a publisher.
This was the 'newspaper'.
Written on it were all the latest news from the Corrupt path. There were quite a few of the most recent events, as well as things like finding people or hiring assassins. Of course, very few people directly wrote down the contents. Most of them used code words, so newcomers wouldn't be able to understand them. They might even find them baffling.
Ye Yuzhou looked through it but didn't find anything of value. Most of the news happened far away from the Jade Dragon Kingdom so after reading it, he threw it into the fire and burned it.
Speaking of which, Ye Yuzhou was quite happy. This time, he was publishing the news on behalf of the curator. From a certain perspective, he was the curator's spokesperson.
As for the curator's identity, Ye Yuzhou had already guessed it.
He knew of some experts in this world but none of them matched up to the curator.
To Ye Yuzhou, none of the experts he knew could compare to the curator.
...
Shi family medicine hall.
Recently, due to the impact of the Chen Medicine Hall, the Shi Family Medicine Hall could be said to be deserted. There were very few customers who came to buy medicine and pills.
In order to crush the Shi family, the Chen family kept the prices of their medicinal herbs even lower. Commoners worked hard to earn their money so if they could get a cheaper price, they would be more than willing to pay. Moreover, the Chen family was trustworthy in terms of quality. In Maple City, the Chen family's reputation was on par with the established Shi family.
Shi Wenjun was well aware of Chen Wenlin's methods. As the head of the Shi family, not only was she skilled in pelletization, but she was also skilled in business management.
If it weren't for Shi Wenjun, the Shi family's situation would have been even worse. Other than her, there were others in the Shi family who could surpass Shi Wenjun in pelletization. But when it came to business management, no one could surpass her.
Shi Wenjun held her ground against the Chen family's attempts to suppress them. Even if she couldn't sell any medicinal herbs for a day, she didn't lower the price.
Because Shi Wenjun knew that the Chen family's real trump card was the pill business.
The elixir business was the Shi family's foundation.
If the Chen family had obtained the pill formula and the price was the same, it would have been fine. However, the Chen family wanted to crush the Shi family so this battle was a matter of life and death.
Speaking of which, Shi Wenjun was quite impressed by Chen Wenlin. This man had started from scratch and was able to get to where he was today. It was truly impressive. Under normal circumstances, if Wu Chenwei had stolen the pill formula to the Chen family, the Shi family would have no chance of making a comeback unless the Shi family had some other secret pill formula.
Fortunately, the Shi family received Lin Jin's support during their most critical moment and he gave them the pill formula.
Everything else aside, the nine water floating cloud pill alone was enough to solve the Shi family's desperate situation.
Moreover, the nine water floating cloud pill wasn't the only pill formula Lin Jin gave them.
For the past few days, the Shi family's pelletization experts had been acting mysteriously, shutting themselves in to focus on pelletization. Today was the day the Shi family retaliated.
Early in the morning, the Shi family hung up a sign outside Maple City's largest medicine hall and invited the city's dignitaries to attend the launch of their new pill.
It could be said that the line-up was huge.
Other than the government officials and wealthy merchants, the Shi family also invited the Chen family. Although Shi Wenjun was a woman, she was a straightforward person and had the intention of going head-to-head with the Chen family.
Of course, the Shi family kept the announcement of their new pill a secret. Other than a few core members of the family, no one else knew about it. Once bitten, twice shy. If someone from the Shi family betrayed them, the Shi family would be done for.
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