Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

The Feathered Spirit Clan and the Beast Alliance.

As these two races simultaneously appeared in Li Zhi's mind, she immediately recalled the poster she had seen in the southern section of the Beast Market:

—The Golden-Winged Feathered Spirits received the kneeling worship and offerings of all the beasts in mid-air.

Furthermore, on his first day on the Tianqi Continent, when Li Zhi was selling salt at the wilderness market, he saw information about mud-fed pork jerky through the fair scale and learned that the Beast Alliance had to pay tribute to the Feathered Spirit Clan every year.

If offering tribute to the Beast Alliance is already a well-established tradition, why did Nightwing bring the Beast Alliance leader to appear so furtively on Feather Spirit Avenue these two nightwings?

Just because orcs are a D-rank race?

Li Zhi had a gut feeling that something was wrong.

The trade fair is underway. If the Feathered Spirit Clan feels that the Beast Alliance is not respectable, they should not have secretly brought people here, but should have postponed the meeting.

If it weren't for the matter of offering tribute, it would be worth investigating why the two Nightwings, along with the leader of the Beast Alliance, secretly ventured into the depths of the Feather Spirit Clan, bypassing everyone else's sight.

Therefore, Li Zhi made a decisive move, activating three cards in a row and taking the spare cards with him, sending his clone to follow.

Two Nightwings then led the Beast Alliance leader to an even more remote location.

Li Zhi's clone followed her, while she herself changed back to her original level and appearance, and pushed open the door to go out.

Ling had been waiting outside the door. When she saw Li Zhi come out, she asked with concern, "Are you feeling better?"

Li Zhi: "Much better."

The two returned to the main hall and found Xu already there. She glanced at Li Zhi and said, "I heard you weren't feeling well, so Ling called a doctor for you. Perfect timing. Let the doctor take a look at you and make sure that such a fragile new race like you won't get into trouble at the trade fair. Only then can we explain to Celia."

Ling looked at Li Zhi: "Do you need to get checked?"

Li Zhi glanced at the eye-catching Xu, then smiled broadly and said, "Of course, how could I refuse to get a free trial with a professional doctor from the Feathered Spirit Clan?"

Xu raised her hand, and two Feathered Spirit Clan doctors behind her walked towards Li Zhi, holding instruments in their hands.

Li Zhi: "Let me state in advance that I do not accept any invasive examinations, nor will I provide any blood or hair. I believe Your Highness can understand this. After all, I am a newly formed race and very vulnerable. Your equipment may be suitable for A-level races, but it is still risky for a race like mine that has not yet been classified."

After saying that, she found a seat and sat down to wait for the doctor's examination.

The two doctors looked at Xu hesitantly.

Xu: "Do as she says."

Doctor A took out an instrument and was about to aim it at Li Zhi when Ling blocked her way.

"This is not a medical examination instrument."

Xu: "Ling, it seems you've forgotten your identity and race. Do you need me to help you remember?"

She stood up, her tone icy.

Ling did not back down: "This is a trade fair. Li Zhi is a student of Celia of the Forging Clan and a guest of the Feathered Spirit Clan. As a member of the Feathered Spirit Clan, it is necessary for me to remind you of the proper way to treat guests at this crucial moment."

Sa—

Xu's slap did not land on Ling's face.

Li Zhi pulled her away.

She said calmly, "Second Prince, I understand that you want to collect my data. After all, I am indeed someone you are taking seriously. But if you use the guise of examining my body to collect information about me with other instruments, what will the other participants in the trade conference think if this gets out?"

"Although I am just a newly formed race without a rank, I am also a guest who received an invitation to attend the trade conference. Your actions make me feel very insecure."

Xu's face darkened: "Ready for battle? Do you really think you're someone my aunt and my eldest sister take seriously? We only invited you because you have some opportunities and a good teacher."

Li Zhiyi saw right through Xu's expression: "You want your aunt and your older sister to notice you, but they can't see you. Instead, they see me, so that's why you're targeting me."

"You think you can provoke me?"

She activated her level suppression technique, took the instrument from the doctor, and scanned Li Zhiyi.

The doctor's screen displayed Li Zhi's specific values.

Race: Not recorded

Race Rank: C1

HP: 55/55

Spirit: 21/21

Power: 20

Speed: 21

Overall combat strength: 40.5

Everyone saw the data on the screen.

Including Li Zhi.

She just used her hand speed to the extreme.

The black scales on the card table are teleported into the spatial inventory of Nightwing's clone. The clone modifies the data with lightning speed and then teleports the scales back, affecting the screen closest to the scales.

[The Black Scale at the Card Table: Card swapping is all about speed. If you're fast enough, it will black out any data screen and display the description you edited for it (it can only black out the screen closest to you; it won't work if the distance is more than 10 meters).]

Xu sneered: "Such ridiculous numbers, no wonder they dare not let anyone see them."

Perth also looked surprised.

She thought that Li Zhi possessed the heart of a strongman and that his attributes would be higher than those of ordinary C-rank races, but to her surprise, they were just like those of ordinary C-rank races, without any surprises.

Li Zhi: "My stats are my stats, they really exist. I don't feel ashamed, and there's nothing I can't show others. But Second Prince, is what you did today acceptable for anyone to see?"

She shook her bracelet.

The recording function on the panel accurately recorded everything that just happened.

Xu's expression changed slightly.

The Feathered Spirit Clan's guards had already surrounded Li Zhi.

Ling frowned: "The Earl personally instructed you to take good care of the guests."

Perth also donned a mecha suit, each hand wielding five cannons: "What are you doing? Are you trying to kill me and cover your tracks? I'm warning you, even if I hate her, she's still Celia's student, practically a member of the Forging Clan. What you've done is a provocation against the Forging Clan."

Li Zhi was amused by the translation.

Xu couldn't laugh: "Delete your recording."

Li Zhi's lips curled slightly: "No wonder you dare not let anyone see such a shameful act..."

Just a second before the Xu and Yuling tribes were about to surround them and Perth's cannons were about to fire.

The sarcasm on Li Zhi's lips transformed into a warm, spring-like smile: "But, everything is negotiable. I came to this conference to make friends, not to make enemies of the Feathered Spirit Clan, don't you think?"

Xu raised his hand, and the surrounding Feather Spirits took two steps back.

Xu: "What are you trying to say?"

Perth lowered the cannon he had been raising and questioned Li Zhi incredulously, "She insulted you so much, and you still want to be friends with her?"

Li Zhi: "Since you're going to duel with me, I'd also like to take you on as my student."