Shang Yulin couldn't help but laugh at the sight of Sun Qiang scurrying away like a rat.
She asked Zuo Yi curiously, "If Little Junior Brother really fails the final exam, are you really going to clean house?"
"Of course."
Zuo Yi didn't lie. "I don't need a useless apprentice with bulging muscles and an empty brain."
In the world of Sadeya, knights and wizards belonged to the noble class. Many knights were trained from a young age. In addition to their daily martial arts training, their daily classes also included learning and mastering all kinds of knowledge.
An illiterate knight was unimaginable in the world of Sadeya. Although knights didn't need to be as knowledgeable as wizards, their comprehensive knowledge far exceeded that of ordinary people.
Only the soldiers who were used as cannon fodder didn't need to learn much. The simpler their brains, the easier it was to control them.
If Sun Qiang became such a trash, it would be Zuo Yi's humiliation!
Shang Yulin laughed. "Then he won't be able to sleep well tonight."
"He's a troublemaker …"
Zuo Yi said, "Don't worry about him. Let's go."
He and Shang Yulin left Tenhiro Budokan together and drove to Riverside Town.
The current Riverside Town was no longer as peaceful as it was in the past. The neighbors gathered in twos and threes, and the topic was always about demolition, compensation, resettlement, and so on. Some were excited, some were anxious, and some had solemn expressions.
Outside the town, large bulldozers were bulldozing down factories one after another. The debris and garbage were quickly loaded onto large trucks and transported out. Dust was flying everywhere. It was a busy scene.
"Our new dojo will be built here in the future …"
Zuo Yi took out a blueprint and showed it to Shang Yulin. "After it's completed, it can accommodate at least 5,000 students!"
After the Jiangnan Riverside Town Protection and Tourism Development Corporation was registered, Wang Yongqiang took out the entire demolition and renovation plan and reported it to the relevant departments for approval.
The process was very smooth. He took over the business left by the former Jiangnan New City Group and started new negotiations with Riverside Town. They came up with a two-step plan.
The first step was to buy all the factory land outside the town. First, they would plan and build the exterior environment. At the same time, they would sign a contract with the town's residents.
After reaching an agreement with the factory owner, the first step of demolition began immediately. The construction of the dojo would start in January next year. It would be completed in the middle of 2021 at the earliest.
Staring at the beautiful renderings in her hand, Shang Yulin was overwhelmed with emotions. She had never dreamed that Tian Hong would own such a magnificent new martial arts hall.
She couldn't imagine the scene of 5,000 students practicing swordsmanship at the same time in the dojo. She believed that when that day came, that day would be comforted.
What Zuo Yi gave her was not just a rendering, but also an infinitely beautiful and brilliant future.
A tissue was handed to her.
"Thank you."
Shang Yulin shyly took the tissue and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes. She changed the topic and asked, "Do we have to move all the towns here?"
The situation in Linjiang Town was much more complicated than the factories outside. The Linjiang Ancient Town Development Company provided the townspeople with three options: monetary compensation, relocation in another place, and relocation in the original location. The conditions were all better than what the Jiangnan New City Group had offered.
Now, the signing of the contract was proceeding in an orderly manner. Of course, there were many obstacles and difficulties, but as long as there was enough money, most of the problems could be solved properly.
Moreover, Zuo Yi didn't plan to demolish the entire town to build high-rise buildings. He wanted to preserve the original appearance of the ancient town to the greatest extent. Therefore, even if he encountered a few stubborn residents who demanded an exorbitant price, it didn't matter. He could just give up. There was no need to use coercive means to reduce his faith points.
After seeing the demolition site, Zuo Yi invited Shang Yulin to have dinner at the old house and chatted with her a lot.
Time passed quickly, and a few days passed in the blink of an eye.
On Saturday night, Zuo Yi brought Bao 'er to the Xixi Underground Market.
Tonight, Jia Bao would be holding an end-of-year auction on the third floor of the West Market. There would be a large number of rare treasures up for auction. Zuo Yi was invited by Yan Donglai to join in the fun.
The Death-Exemption Gold Medallion he made would also make a comeback at this auction!
There was still some time before the auction started, so Zuo Yi wasn't in a hurry. He held Bao 'er's little hand and scoured the street stalls on the first floor.
The street stalls in the West Market were much livelier than before. The biggest change was that the number of supernatural beings among the customers coming and going had soared. Moreover, there were also many more supernatural beings among the stall owners.
It was as if supernatural beings had sprung up overnight like bamboo shoots after the rain, raising the level of the street stalls by a large margin.
What was more interesting was that many of the stall owners were selling supernatural materials, which were skin, teeth, bones, tendons, claws, and other materials collected or cut off from supernatural creatures. There was a mixture of real and fake materials, and it was a dazzling sight to behold.
The stall owners were all very talkative, and they tried their best to promote their "treasures" to the passersby.
"Supernatural tiger bones, soaked in wine to strengthen the body. Last two!"
"Come and take a look. Real Supernatural wolf teeth. They're very good at warding off evil spirits and exorcising ghosts!"
"Supernatural ox horns, cut off from the head of a 1,500-pound water buffalo two days ago. They're absolutely rare!"
"Supernatural items, those who know the trade, come and take a look!"
Everything had the prefix "Transcendent" attached to it, as if it couldn't be sold without the word "Transcendent". Listening to it, one would feel that Transcendent creatures were rampant, and the materials were so plentiful that they could be easily sold.
In fact, 99.99% of the goods in the stall were just to deceive laymen.
Although there were many supernatural creatures now, it wasn't easy to hunt them down. Currently, most of them were hunted down by the Super Supervisory Authorities and the Super Union.
The supernatural creatures they hunted weren't even enough for the Super Supervisory Authorities and the Super Union, so how could they end up in the street stalls?
Of course, there were also a few people who sought riches from danger. They brought their supernatural detectors into the mountains and forests and were lucky enough to hunt down one or two supernatural creatures. As long as they spread the word, there would be a lot of people coming to buy them. There was no need to advertise here.
As for the 0.01% of real items in the street stalls, one would need to have a pair of discerning eyes to identify them.
Zuo Yi wasn't interested in these so-called supernatural materials, but there were some interesting things in the street stalls. If he saw something that the Boss liked, he would buy it at a low price to make her happy.
If he was lucky enough, he might even find one or two real treasures and enjoy the fun of picking up scraps.
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