Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

After Xu paid the money, as if Li Zhi would do something else to her, she ran away like a dog before the 30-minute sit-in was over.

The others, including the guards and Perth, didn't think anything was wrong.

He just stared at Li Zhi with a strange look in his eyes.

Li Zhi turned a blind eye.

Her attention was focused on the clone at that moment.

—The person the Beast King wanted to see was actually Prince Ao of the Feathered Spirit Clan.

Moreover, the two seemed to be plotting something, choosing an extremely secluded place, with only Nightwings standing guard around.

Li Zhi quietly approached.

They seemed to be talking about paying tribute.

When the leader of the Beast Alliance mentioned that other beastmen had rebelled and were unwilling to offer too much tribute, Ao lost his temper and demanded that he receive not a single penny less.

Li Zhiyue found it increasingly strange.

It's common knowledge that the orcs pay tribute to the Feathered Spirits, and Qi Yuan wouldn't care, so why bother talking about it in such a remote place?

She leaned closer again and finally heard some details.

The Beast Alliance Leader said, "There's been fighting in the Northern District, resulting in the loss of a batch of meat and vegetables. As you know, cultivating meat and vegetables is extremely difficult, especially since it's done in a secret way. If other beastmen find out, my position as leader will be over. Besides, raising them isn't easy either, you..."

Ao: "That's your business. If you want to become my subordinate, you have to show me your value. My guests are looking forward to this meal at the celebration. If you disappoint my guests, I will also disappoint you."

The Beast Alliance Leader said, "But as you know, it took a long time to cultivate this group of flesh-eating humans, and those... were very difficult to find. It's hard to find this batch of vegetables again in a short time. Please, I'll give you a different batch of goods. The value of these flesh-eating beasts is definitely higher than those, and I guarantee that Emperor Yu Ling won't find out."

Ao: "Are you threatening me?"

The Beast Alliance leader's burly body was hunched over, his head bowed low: "I beg you."

Ao: "Don't beg me. Go ask Yi if she agrees. The weapons and items you want are all in Yi's hands. If she doesn't give them to you, do you think you can stay in Rank D this time?"

What followed was of little value; it was almost entirely the Beast Alliance leader pleading for mercy.

But Li Zhi had also roughly figured out the cause and effect.

The leader of the Beast Alliance has secretly pledged allegiance to the First Prince, and he has a batch of goods unknown to the Feather Spirit Emperor that he intends to deliver to the First Prince and Yi in secret. That's why the Two Nightwings took a detour and secretly brought them over.

The stealth card is about to expire.

Li Zhi's clone did not disappear, but was directly teleported to the Beast Market.

She had arranged to meet the elders of the Beast Market at noon today.

It still appeared in the northern part of the Beast Market, but the area had changed drastically.

The ruins from yesterday have been completely leveled, and most of the surrounding shantytowns have been demolished, leaving a very open area.

It looks to be at least 2,000 square meters.

Li Zhi glanced at it and walked straight toward Sister Big Pancake's shop.

As soon as we entered the street, before we even reached the shop, we saw Yang Shisan, who had led the way earlier, dart out of the alley.

"grown ups!"

A glimmer of light appeared on her numb face: "You've arrived. Sister Dabing asked me to wait for you here. She received a knife-throwing job today and is going to perform surgery on someone. She might be back late and asked me to take good care of you."

Li Zhi listened to the translation with a somewhat strange expression.

Is Big Pancake Sister going to perform flying knife surgery on someone?

So, is this surgery a cure or a master butcher's skill in dissecting an ox?

Li Zhi glanced around, his gaze sweeping over several figures bundled up tightly: "Then I'll wander around by myself, you don't need to follow me."

Yang Shisan: "Alright, alright, then have a good time. Don't worry, everyone in the North District knows that you're going to open a hospital here, and they're overjoyed. You'll be safe wherever you go."

Li Zhi handed Yang Shisan 10 copper coins: "You should go and rest for a bit and have some water."

After the extreme cold passed, the temperature rose rapidly, and the sun, which had been absent for a long time, seemed to have had enough rest and started shining brightly, making the ground scorching hot.

Most of the shantytowns have been demolished, and although this area is a street, it doesn't block out much sunlight.

Although Yang Shisan was huddled in the alley while waiting for her, Li Zhi was already very hot standing there for a while, so she must have been even hotter.

Yang Shisan took the copper coin and carefully put it into his tattered cloth bag. When he looked up again, Li Zhi was nowhere to be seen.

Li Zhi didn't become invisible, but her clone completely replicated her equipment and level, making it easy for her to avoid the sight of Yang Shisan or anyone else.

She walked into a deep alley and called out to the people who were preparing to leave.

"Are you an official team sent to monitor me, or were you originally part of a team intended to help my hospital?"

The man in front paused, turned around, and said, "I'm one of the guards..."

Li Zhi: "Then you should have been here for a while. Tell me about the situation and changes you've seen here."

The man stood up straight and reported, "Yes, the orcs have been dismantling and clearing the ruins since yesterday. A total of 30 orcs have come, namely lion, monkey and fox tribes. They are clearing it very quickly. There are no corpses in the ruins. Other orcs are watching, but these orcs are being driven away. However, someone spread the news that a high-ranking merchant would open a shop here. Since last night, many people from the Southern District have come. Sister Big Pancake's departure is also suspected to be the work of people from the Southern District."

It is well-organized and summarizes all the key points.

As expected of someone from the government.

Li Zhi: "As far as I know, the fight was between the Lion Clan and the Monkey Clan, without the Fox Clan's involvement. Have you investigated the Fox Clan's status here and why they got involved? Also, what races are those people from the Southern District?"

"According to our investigation, the fox clan came from the western district. They are said to have been ordered by the shaman to help establish a hospital in the northern district. There are six people from the southern district in total. Two of them are tigers, one is a white bear, one is a snake, and the other two are a very strong and a very short one. They are always wearing cloaks, and we speculate that neither of them are beastmen."

"What race do you think they are?"

"Judging from their size, the taller one is probably Nightwing, and the shorter one is probably Rock Nest or Molten Forge."