Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi held the thermos cup and slowly drank the water, sip by sip.

He looked nervous.

"Count, what are you doing?"

Yi: "I just wanted to ask you a few questions."

Ao threw out a wind-elemental magic stone, which hovered in the sky and gradually expanded into a magic array, enveloping everyone in the room.

Li Zhi's heart tightened considerably.

"What kind of magic circle is this?"

"Truth".

Spread its wings, fly above the magic stone, and grasp it.

The array quickly contracted, spinning in her outstretched palm. With a forceful grip, the magical incantation, accompanied by golden light, flew out and directly entered Li Zhi's body.

Her face now truly couldn't be faked; it was unsightly.

"Is this how the Feathered Spirit Clan treats its guests?"

Xu sneered: "A D-rank race that has only managed to comprehend the Heart of a Strongman by sheer luck is already fortunate enough to set foot on the territory of my Feather Spirit Clan. Do you really consider yourself a guest?"

Ao's tone was slightly more urgent than before: "Tell me, what is the real reason you comprehended the heart of a strong person!"

Li Zhi opened his mouth: "I was chased by Shen, hid in the Emerald Mountains, was provoked by Hena of the Hyena Clan, fought and finally won, but was then robbed by the Shadow Mane Clan. I was so angry that I realized it."

As she spoke, she felt a force swirling in her chest, as if uttering a single wrong word would crush her heart.

Ao: "Impossible! There must be other details! You must explain everything clearly! Don't hide a single word!"

Ao was emotionally agitated.

Li Zhi calmed down.

All she had to do was stall for time.

It's not impossible to explain everything clearly.

Li Zhi: "I came to the Craftsman's Town to upgrade my flying boat and found Master Sivir..."

She started by recounting her initial reasons for going to the Emerald Mountains, talking for at least half an hour, but in the end, it was not much different from her condensed version.

Ao clenched his fists.

Yi patted her shoulder reassuringly: "Sometimes, these things depend on luck. One day you will also understand the heart of the strong."

She felt as if she had been humiliated: "I cannot bear to have a lowly race of spirits preceding me."

Yi said softly, "It's not that there's no solution."

As Yi spoke, he looked at Li Zhi.

"I'll tell you how to open your exchange, what preparations you need to make, how to arrange the shares, how to manage it in the future, and what ways you will make money after it's established. Every detail will be explained clearly."

A certain speculation emerged.

A sense of crisis gripped Li Zhi's mind.

But she did not act rashly, nor could she ask anyone for help.

—Her panel was locked.

Unable to contact anyone outside.

Only on your own.

Li Zhi drank water gulping down the rest of the time to calm himself: "If I tell you everything, will you kill me?"

Yi admired her helplessness and said gently, "Of course I won't kill you."

"Thanks to Celia's extensive publicity, and because of your high-profile Sky Screen, I've come to realize that you are indeed very talented in business."

"I've always been very kind to talented people. If you're willing to tell me everything, I can grant you temporary sub-registration with the Feathered Spirit Clan, elevating you from a C-rank to an A-rank race. How about it?"

Li Zhi pursed his lips and said, "Then can I know why you want to know these things?"

Yi: "You'll find out soon enough. Alright, stop trying to stall for time with questions. No one will come to save you, not even your half-hearted teacher or my dear niece Ling. They both have their own things to do right now."

Answer my question.

"I want to establish an exchange..."

When Li Zhi spoke, a member of the Feathered Spirit Clan who appeared to be Yi's subordinate took out an electronic panel and quickly recorded it.

So blatant.

Yi's purpose was obvious.

But when you're under someone's roof, silence is useless; you can only try to buy time.

The magic circle's effect prevented her from lying, but her occasional pauses and moments of reflection were something no one could stop.

Moreover, the establishment and operation of an exchange is inherently a complex process.

After answering all of Yi's questions intermittently, Li Zhi had basically reached the two hours he had promised Celia to delay.

But she didn't relax.

The guards remained blocking the entrance, and Yi didn't seem inclined to let her go.

Yi's subordinates had already recorded the entire process that Li Zhi had just described in detail, and now they stepped aside.

The worst guess came true.

Li Zhi carefully put away the thermos, waiting for the moment when Yi would finally show his true colors.

Yi smiled and said, "You must be a smart and shrewd businessman to have become Celia's student. Now you have two options to choose from, and I believe you will choose the right answer."

She took out a red vial.

The thick blood sloshed.

Li Zhi recognized it at a glance.

Yi: "You have the heart of a strongman and are the focus of everyone's attention. If you die at the Feathered Spirit Clan's trade fair, it will definitely attract the council's investigation. But you also know that there are always some tricks to make people think you are still alive, or rather, to make people think you did not die on Feathered Spirit Clan territory."

All pretense vanished from Li Zhi's face, replaced by a calm and cold gaze as he earnestly tried to persuade Yi:

"But you are, after all, a rare business genius. My exchange happens to need an employee to manage it for me, and I am willing to give you that honor. At the same time, the heir to the throne of the Feathered Spirit Clan also needs a caring household official, and we all think you are very suitable."

The demonic blood in Ao's hand, illuminated by the light filtering through the gaps in the giant leaves, was a clear, pure red, devoid of any impurities.

It's not on the same level as the mixed demonic blood that Li Zhi had when he contracted with the magician.

This also means that once Li Zhi is bound to a contract by Ao or Yi, he may never be able to break the contract.

—She will be the eternal servant of the Feathered Spirit Clan.

As the saying goes, fortune changes every day.

Li Zhi never imagined that he had just forcibly formed a contract with a magician not long ago, and hadn't even used her talents yet, that he would now be forcibly contracted by someone else.

If a magician were to witness this scene...

They must be overjoyed.

Li Zhi inwardly mocked himself, but his eyes remained fixed on Ao's every move.

Ao poured out demonic blood and drew a familiar demonic pattern on the back of his hand.

A crimson magic circle, forcibly created by the demons, appeared beneath Ao's feet.

The token she presented was her own feather.

At this moment, he looked down at Li Zhi and handed him the demon blood, saying, "You should feel honored to become my servant."