Quadruple split.

Chapter 2745 Instinct
"Forgotten words?"

Fialy looked at the Dawn Saintess, who seemed somewhat lost in thought, and asked with a subtle expression, "Are you... jealous again?"

"I don't!"

Suddenly snapping out of her daze, Yu Chen hurriedly replied, then slowly lowered her head under Fiya Li's ambiguous gaze, muttering softly, "...probably."

Seeing Yu Chen's adorable appearance that made one want to pinch her cheeks, Fei Ya Li hesitated for about 0.027 seconds before finally following her own desires. She reached out and pinched the former's rosy cheeks, laughing, "I really don't know what you're worried about. You're the one who has the most confidence in that guy Ha Fan."

"I know."

Yu Chen pouted, tilted her head, and muttered, "I just lack confidence in myself... boohoo."

"You're already incredibly talented!"

Fiya gently turned Yu Chen's smiling face toward herself and said with a smile, "According to the information I have, both Princess Xia Lian and those two super powerful older sisters from your Dawn Cult's Battle Sisters Academy have praised your progress. Don't forget, you are from another world, and you have only been in contact with our world for less than a year."

Yu Chen sighed silently: "That's how it is..."

"Ha, let's not bother with those pointless platitudes like 'that's how it is' or 'I understand the logic.'"

Fialy calmly interrupted Yu Chen, shrugging her shoulders and saying, "Anyway, your current thought is that, putting aside the fact that 'Fialy Graham has been playing in the game for over twenty years and is a talented and beautiful young woman,' the fact that you are not as helpful to the Black Vane Priest as she is is very annoying, right?"

Yu Chen shook her head and said softly, "I'm really not upset about these things, it's just... I feel a little useless."

Fiyali stretched out her slender index finger and poked Yu Chen's forehead: "Even if you're already very good?"

"Waaah! I'm not that great at all."

Yu Chen rubbed her forehead and said somewhat dejectedly, "Everyone around me is so amazing. Ya Li, not to mention my friends who are from another world like me, they are all incredibly capable. Only me..."

Fiya twitched the corner of her mouth and retorted, "So what kind of amazing people are you surrounded by?"

Yu Chen opened her mouth, about to say something, but was interrupted by Fei Yali raising her hand—

"Alright, alright, in short, sir, we have a very clear understanding of your symptoms."

Fiya stretched, then pulled a piece of parchment from her collar and handed it to Yu Chen: "Here, this is what you secretly asked me to investigate before. Consider it as you found it."

Yu Chen's eyes lit up immediately, and she quickly took the parchment from Fei Yali: "Thank you, Yali! I..."

"A generous offer of 500,000 gold coins."

Fiyali stretched out her small hand and gently rubbed her thumb and middle finger together, revealing her true colors as a shrewd businesswoman.

"Record it in the Black Brahma ledger."

The Dawn Saintess, whose mood had suddenly improved, smiled slightly, a slightly mischievous curve appearing at the corner of her mouth.

"Well done, baby."

Fiya laughed and then sighed, "To be honest, I was quite surprised when I first heard you talk about this. It was really unexpected."

Yu Chen stuck out her tongue, carefully stuffed the parchment into her pouch, and nodded vigorously, saying, "Who says otherwise!"

"Huh-"

Fiya stretched and didn't continue the conversation on the previous topic. She simply said lazily, "So what are your plans next? Are you going to go and pester Princess Xia Lian, who's actually very easily swayed, or are you going to stay in the City of Light and 'cultivate your character' for a while?"

Yu Chen smiled slightly and said softly, "I don't want to make things difficult for Sister Xia Lian and Hei Fan right now, so I'll probably choose to stay obediently in the City of Light."

"Hehe, is the key point 'now'?"

Fiya blinked and smiled slyly, "In other words, 'in the future,' you're very likely to make things difficult for your sister Xia Lian and Hei Fan, right?"

Yu Chen maintained her serene and gentle smile, and asked curiously, "So, Ya Li, are you sure your cash flow is okay? From what you've said, His Majesty Rivergas seems to be a rather difficult person to deal with."

"That depends on how you interpret it."

Fialy rolled her eyes and said irritably, "As long as money isn't involved, he's actually a very kind and gentle old man."

Yu Chen tilted her head slightly: "So?"

"So unfortunately, since I've known him, I've never seen him go more than half an hour without dealing with money."

Fialy pouted and complained, a rare occurrence for her: "If the mysterious president of the Gold Coin Merchant Guild is the businessman I'm most interested in, then His Holiness the Pope is the businessman I least want to deal with."

Yu Chen patted Fiya Li's hand and comforted her, "You've worked really hard too!"

"Who says it isn't?"

Fiya grinned and said with great schadenfreude, "However, our lord has also suffered losses before. As far as I know, Princess Xia Lian has ruined his business countless times, and even used methods including but not limited to beatings to make him cough up a lot of gray income."

"Ah this..."

"Not only that, your previous pope, His Holiness Saint Luke Tefero, even seems to have swindled a considerable sum of money from His Holiness Rivigaz."

"Eh!?"

"It's a pity I don't know the specific details. He's too tight-lipped and has never talked about this kind of dark history. It seems that other people who know about it have signed confidentiality agreements with him. Even if I could find a way to trick them into revealing the specific details at the time, it would still make them pay His Majesty a huge sum of compensation, so I'd better not."

"Are you really just going to let it go like this?"

"Then... could you possibly find out for me?"

"Isn't this appropriate?"

"If you ever want to make things difficult for Princess Xia Lian and Ha Fan in the future, I might be able to help you out."

"I'll chat with Sister Xia Lian when I have time."

"Okay, good girl."

Fiya grinned, then quickly suppressed her smile, sat back down in her chair, and said to Yu Chen seriously, "Hei Fan will be under considerable pressure in the coming period."

Yu Chen pursed her lips and nodded, saying, "I know."

"And it's not just Black Fan himself and his directly subordinate city of Dunbua."

Fialy took a deep breath and narrowed her eyes slightly: "The Skolk resistance army, which may not be able to completely accept Black Van in such a short time, the investigation team that has already penetrated into the Blood Barbarian region, and the team that is ready to support them at any time, will all be under considerable pressure, except for the Gospel Mountain City, which has a capable commander, me as an angel investor, the Wealth Cult behind me, the Justice Cult behind Avery, the Abundance Cult behind Philip, and your Dawn Cult...

Yu Chen nodded slightly: "I know."

"In a short period of time, the strategy, which already seemed incredibly rushed to outsiders, was compressed and accelerated again, forcing all the followers behind it to increase their bets..."

Fiya frowned slightly and said calmly, "This doesn't seem like Black Van's style. Do you have any clues about this?"

"No."

Yu Chen shook his head without hesitation, then raised his right hand before Fiya Li could speak, and said seriously, "I'm serious. Although I can barely guess or understand some things, regarding Hei Fan's sudden change of plans... I really have no clue." Fiya Li twitched her lips and said dryly, "This is somewhat unexpected. I thought that even if others didn't know, you should know the reason, but I didn't expect... uh, sorry, I didn't mean anything by it, it's just..."

"fine."

Yu Chen's lips curled up slightly, and unlike Fei Yali's fears, she didn't become dejected again. Instead, she revealed a warm and incredibly clear smile, and said softly, "I think my starting line is pretty good~"

Fiya subconsciously shifted deeper into the chair, hugging her shoulders and muttering, "I don't know why, but I suddenly feel a little cold..."

"It's probably because the weather is getting cooler, so remember to wear more clothes."

Yu Chen smiled at the Wealth Saintess, who had apparently been at the Epic level for who knows how long and who wouldn't even flinch if she were stripped naked and thrown into Sumir, then stood up and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now. Ya Li, don't work too hard here."

Fiyali slumped back in her chair, her face filled with despair. She waved her hand listlessly, her eyes dim, and said, "Go on, go on. I'll rest a bit more, and then I'll go find His Holiness the Pope to confront him. I hope that stingy old man will show mercy and not force me to sell my underwear to pay off my debts."

Yu Chen didn't try to comfort the wealthy saintess who was clearly exaggerating. He simply waved his hand, put on his hood, and tiptoed out of the room.

……

After a while——

"Sigh, you're supposed to be a saintess, after all."

With a helpless sigh, an unremarkable old goblin dressed in a plain linen robe pushed open the door and entered the private room. He frowned and said, "Even if you're going to disguise yourself, at least make it look convincing. What orc's wings will come undone?"

Fialy curled her lip, remaining unfazed by her Pope's questioning. She neither bowed nor even stood up, but continued to slump in her chair, saying calmly, "Good things aren't cheap, and cheap things aren't good."

The current Pope of the Wealth Cult, His Holiness Saint Rivigaz Gold Mine, casually pulled out the chair opposite Fiari, sat down with some effort, and said, "You own so many shops that care for people's wings and maintain their feathers. Even if you just picked up some second-hand feathers from them and had a decent tailor sew them up a bit, you wouldn't be in such a sorry state."

“Those are all meant to be reused. Since you were able to find my beauty and feather business, you must also know about the other businesses that are related to it.”

Fialy looked at His Holiness the Pope before her and gave a slightly strange smile: "Speaking of which, since you've already made it so clear that you're exposing my secrets, do you feel that you have the victory in your grasp and are not afraid of me transferring assets or anything like that?"

"Half guessed right."

His Majesty Rivigaz took a sip of the unlimited refillable water he had gotten from downstairs and said calmly, "While I am not afraid of you transferring assets, I do not feel confident of winning this bet between us."

Fialy grinned and said cheerfully, "That would be an honor."

"The reason I'm investigating you a little more is simply because this 'cat and mouse' game is about to lose its meaning."

The Pope of Wealth glanced at the girl in front of him who had never caused him any trouble since childhood, but had always been a big problem. He said expressionlessly, "If you win this bet, it will prove that you have the weight to make the sect pay for your personal mistakes from now on. Of course, in return, if the sect needs you, you cannot sit idly by as long as you have a single copper coin in your pocket."

"it is good."

Fialy nodded, and said seriously, "I can even promise you that even if I'm penniless, even if I'm drowning in debt..."

“If you’re in debt when the church is in trouble, Fialy.”

Rivigaz calmly interrupted Fialy's declaration of sharing life and death, saying without hesitation, "Get as far away from me as possible."

"Tch, you stingy person, drinking cold water."

The Wealth Saintess curled her lip and snorted, "Continuing from where we left off, what if I lose the bet?"

"As the victor, I naturally have the right to inspect my property in advance."

While sipping his water, the Pope of Wealth asked slowly and deliberately, "So, there's been a new development on the Blood Barbarian side?"

"That's it."

Fiya didn't hold back and readily nodded, casually saying, "I won't go into details, but the battle plan of the Black Vane priest has encountered some changes, and it may require some extra effort from my side."

Rivigaz was taken aback at first, then narrowed his already small eyes: "You wouldn't happen to be..."

"It's better to choose a day than to hit it."

The girl flashed a bright, sunny, and radiant smile, and said cheerfully, "Since you've come all this way, wouldn't it be inappropriate not to leave something behind?"

Rivigaz rolled his eyes: "I guess I'll just leave my life here."

"No, no, I'm not ready to succeed as Pope yet."

Fialy, who had already designated herself as the heir to the papacy, waved her hands repeatedly and said very politely, "So, I don't need your precious life. How about a low-interest loan?"

"...You seem to have a high opinion of that Black Vane pastor from Dawn."

"I wouldn't say I'm optimistic, but who could refuse such a sure-fire way to make money?"

"Is the temptation so great that you'll come to me to leverage your investment?"

“Avery and Philip are not fools.”

"That's because they believe you too much."

"Perhaps it was at the beginning, but it's clearly different now."

"The Just and Abundant sects will cover for them."

"Don't I also have my own wealth cult?"

"The price you have to pay is vastly different."

"God said, high risk, high reward."

Are you sure you can handle the responsibility?

"Otherwise, why would I ask you to increase my leverage?"

"...But you are not as strong as you appear, Fialli. You have always been a very fragile little girl."

"That's right, so please lower the interest rate a bit, just to take care of the vulnerable little girl."

“Fiali”.

"You say?"

"What are you afraid of?"

"……nothing."

"Really?"

"It was just based on the instincts of a good businessman that I sensed a dangerous aura that would make my hair stand on end if I didn't do something."

Chapter 2736: The End