163: With money

The light flickered faintly. Lu Yuan looked at Jiemie and thought of two words.

Stir-fry!

Is the top-grade spirit artifact belonging to the boss of the Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce related to Jiemie?

Lu Yuan soon realized he had guessed wrong.

Bang bang bang—

An explosion sounded!

"Is someone fighting?" Lu Yuan murmured.

Besides that, he also heard snoring.

"Kill! Slaughter everyone in this village!"

"Aren't you afraid of the Government?"

Screams, panic, and pleas for mercy rose and fell.

Someone tried to invoke the Government to deter the bandits.

"It is a troubled time now! I'm not afraid even if the Heavenly King himself shows up!"

"Principal Lu..."

"Huh?"

Lu Yuan looked at Fu Dechang.

Fu Dechang, who had stepped out of the Special Car, was smiling.

"I booked a private room at Imperial Capital Roast Duck Shop No. 1. Should we eat the imperial capital roast duck there, or eat and talk somewhere else?" Fu Dechang asked.

"Either is fine."

Lu Yuan indicated he didn't mind, listening to the sound emitted by Jiemie.

A continuous stream of miserable screams assailed him.

"Heroes and brave men, please spare us, please..."

Just by listening, a scene had already formed in Lu Yuan's mind.

A village was being looted by bandits, who were currently slaughtering the villagers.

When he learned the village was called Baitu Village, Lu Yuan opened his map software to search, only to find that this village did not exist in Huaxia!

"That's strange."

Lu Yuan opened the car window, and a cold wind whistled past.

"The Devil King is here!"

The villagers cheered happily, shouting that they were saved.

Lu Yuan: "???"

'Devil King' is not a good term, so why did the villagers sound so excited?

"Call me the Devil King, call me the Devil!"

"I won't allow anyone in the world to be more evil than me. All those more evil than me deserve to die!"

A twisted, hateful voice came out.

Judging by the voice, he should be very young, in his early twenties.

This time, it was the bandits who were screaming and begging for mercy, while the villagers shouted, "Long live the Devil King!"

"Who is the most evil person in this world?"

"It is you, Lord Devil King!"

"Not bad, not bad. Who is the most handsome and evil person in this world?"

"Still you, Lord Devil King!"

Lu Yuan: "..."

What a lunatic!

He could now confirm that the young man who called himself the Devil King was the owner of a top-grade spirit artifact!

He saved the villagers and killed all the bandits, but his mind was a bit abnormal, just like Han Junchen's.

The sound stopped abruptly.

Lu Yuan stared at Jiemie in his hand, wondering if he would also become crazy and rambling.

The Special Car stopped by the roadside. Lu Yuan thought for a moment and looked at Fu Dechang.

"Vice President Fu, I have some private matters to discuss with Vice Principal Lao," Lu Yuan said.

"Alright."

Fu Dechang, realizing the situation, was the first to walk into Imperial Capital Roast Duck Shop No. 1.

The street was bustling with traffic, and pedestrians hurried along.

"I noticed something was off about you right outside the Duzhi Division entrance," Lao Qiyuan said solemnly, his gaze fixed on Jiemie, which Lu Yuan was wearing.

After hearing Lu Yuan recount the sounds Jiemie had just emitted, Lao Qiyuan looked thoughtful.

"Jiemie, silent nothingness, and silent break—these three top-grade spirit artifacts were forged by a God Emperor Realm Artifact Refiner!"

Lao Qiyuan briefly explained the origin of the three Spirit Artifacts.

"Jiemie in your hand is the best of them. Since the voice wasn't Junchen's, the sound must have been emitted by the owner of silent break," Lao Qiyuan analyzed reasonably.

"That's what I thought too, but when I injected Spirit Energy into Jiemie to try and contact him, I didn't get a response,"

Lu Yuan said, puzzled.

"It's caused by the distance being too great."

"That's why the sound was intermittent. Maybe the owner of silent break is also wondering why he occasionally hears your voice and Junchen's voice," Lao Qiyuan speculated.

"I have an idea, but I don't know if it's correct."

Knowing that the inability to contact the owner of silent break was due to the distance, Lu Yuan recalled the Prophecy of the Imperial Advisor of the Great Shun Dynasty.

"What idea?"

"I, Chu Wushe, Han Junchen, Jiang Tianxia, and the owner of silent break are the five young people mentioned in the Prophecy," Lu Yuan said.

"Oh, is there evidence?"

Lao Qiyuan's tone was urgent.

He naturally knew about the Prophecy of the Imperial Advisor of the Great Shun Dynasty. These five young people must be together to turn Blue Star upside down and even unify Blue Star!

After the Alliance Leaders learned of the Prophecy, they frantically searched for the whereabouts of the other three people besides Lu Yuan and Chu Wushe.

Unfortunately, the scope was too vast, like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"Because of the top-grade spirit artifact, and the owner of silent break is very young, he is highly likely to be a Practitioner who awakened this year." Lu Yuan stroked Jiemie.

top-grade spirit artifacts are extremely rare; even God Emperor Realm Eight-Star Lao Qiyuan has never obtained one.

"I don't think so," Lao Qiyuan shook his head.

"You have Jiemie, Junchen has silent nothingness, and then there's the owner of silent break, but Chu Wushe and Jiang Tianxia don't possess top-grade spirit artifacts."

Lao Qiyuan refuted Lu Yuan's point of view.

"That's true." Lu Yuan felt he had thought too simply.

However, among the Practitioners who awakened this year, he and the other three were the strongest.

Both he and Chu Wushe had broken through to the Law Realm. Although Jiang Tianxia and Han Junchen weren't quite that exaggerated, they were still far ahead!

"Let's go in. Don't keep Vice President Fu waiting too long." Lao Qiyuan didn't dwell on the matter too much.

Walking into the private room at Imperial Capital Roast Duck Shop No. 1, Lu Yuan sat opposite Fu Dechang.

"Principal Lu, as we discussed before, the net profit from mining Artifact Refining Mineral Resources will be split 70-30."

Fu Dechang used his Chopsticks to pick up a piece of duck skin.

"The reason Principal Lu receives seventy percent is to thank Principal Lu for overthrowing Prosperous, which allowed our Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce to take over the Supply Point business," Fu Dechang said.

He was a smart man and knew Lu Yuan was wondering why the net profit was so high.

Although Prosperous's collapse was inevitable sooner or later, Lu Yuan undoubtedly accelerated the speed of its downfall.

"Since there are no objections, let's sign the Contract." Lu Yuan took out a thick map from his storage ring.

"Alright, but before that, I want to ask, who is currently in charge of Pengcheng University?"

Fu Dechang looked at Lu Yuan, then turned to look at Lao Qiyuan.

Not only was he curious, but the outside world was also very curious.

"Of course, it's Principal Lu; I'm the Vice Principal," Lao Qiyuan replied.

When Lu Yuan exchanged academic credit for the Principal Experience Scroll, Lao Qiyuan decided to let Lu Yuan manage Pengcheng University entirely.

"The Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce wants to cooperate with Pengcheng University, we..."

Fu Dechang put down his Chopsticks.

"Something happened at our Overseas Branch, and we are severely short-staffed. Mining Artifact Refining Materials, machinery, and setting up Defensive Arrays will take time." Fu Dechang seemed reluctant to mention the incident at the Overseas Branch, feeling it might cause Lu Yuan to lose confidence in the Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce.

"If Principal Lu is willing to let the school's Experts help with escort and custody, the Cangqiong Chamber of Commerce is willing to pay a considerable reward."

Fu Dechang proposed a new collaboration.

This time, the cooperation was not with Lu Yuan personally, but with Pengcheng University.

"That works." Lu Yuan agreed.

Pengcheng University happened to be short on funds, and even if he wasn't the Principal, Lao Qiyuan would have agreed.

"Here is 3 billion, paid to Pengcheng University. Principal Lu, the remaining payment will be made after both parties sign the Contract, all mineral resources are located, and the specific profit is estimated." Fu Dechang pushed a Bank Card toward Lu Yuan, with the password written on the back.

Lu Yuan and Lao Qiyuan exchanged glances, and three words appeared in their minds.

Got money!