Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

"Lingqiu!"

Li Zhi hardly hesitated.

Fushan and Tianmu may be stronger than Lingqiu, but at this moment, Lingqiu is the most suitable place for them.

With Li Zhi's choice finalized, the arrows, pursuit, and magical attacks also ceased.

A golden dragon carrying a leaf appeared beside Li Zhi.

She stared in astonishment at Li Zhi, who looked exactly like her, then raised the leaf, and all the attacks were neutralized the moment they landed on the leaf.

Ling Qiu's tone was very mild: "You are...?"

She speaks rather slowly.

Like an attack hitting the surface of a leaf, it was a fierce storm before, but the moment she spoke, time seemed to slow down, like a gentle rain nourishing the earth.

Li Zhi gave an awkward but polite smile.

She didn't know how to explain the current situation to her future network of contacts.

She had no idea how to get someone to take the blame for robbing the Feathered Spirit Clan.

It's always good to smile at people.

Lingqiu: "...Li Zhi?"

Just as Li Zhigang was coming up with an explanation, he heard Lingqiu call her name.

"Senior, do you know me?"

Lingqiu nodded: "At some point in the river of time, we have been friends for a very long time."

Li Zhi was stunned. Before he could fully process the information contained in those words, Ling Qiu had already turned to look at the Feathered Spirit Clan who had caught up with them.

"So, this is when we first met."

Li Zhi: "You mean... you saw me in a future timeline? We'd been friends for a long time back then? How did you see it?"

She had barely finished asking when she saw the High Priest of the Feathered Spirit Clan muttering incantations, clearly preparing something big.

Li Zhi immediately put the matter out of his mind.

"The situation is a bit urgent right now. Since we're friends and you're here to help, I'll tell you what happened."

Lingqiu: "Go ahead and say it."

The enormous Lingqiu leaf blocked Li Zhi and Lingqiu.

In case the Feathered Spirit Clan was too shocked to see the two Spirit Hills, Li Zhi reverted to his previous fox clan appearance and, concisely and as without any expression or emotion as possible, recounted everything that had happened, starting from his impersonation of a Spirit Hill.

As he spoke, Li Zhi glanced at Lingqiu's expression.

Lingqiu listened and nodded, then asked gently, "What do you want me to do?"

Li Zhi: "...Take the blame for me?"

Lingqiu has a really good temper.

So she answered her in the most direct, straightforward, and frank way.

But Li Zhi regretted it as soon as he said it.

The connections you make in the future won't be the same as the connections you make now, and you never know what kind of person someone might be, even if they seem gentle on the surface.

We should have been more tactful.

To everyone's surprise, Lingqiu nodded again: "No problem."

Li Zhi found it hard to believe, but Ling Qiu was used to it.

She said, "I've seen similar scenes many times over the years. These scenes have slightly damaged my reputation, but each time you compensate me with more than 1 gold coins, which I think is acceptable."

Li Zhi: "...Okay, ten thousand it is!"

Wasn't Lingqiu supposed to be gentle and soft-hearted?

They're such good friends, how could they rob each other?!

She's penniless now!

While Lingqiu and Li Zhi were talking, the Feathered Spirit Clan also stopped their pursuit.

"Lingqiu Leaf?"

The high priest paused, his staff in hand, and the tone of his chant changed, becoming the prelude to another kind of magic.

Moonlight's teacher landed beside the High Priest, her brow furrowing slightly: "Her strength and defense have indeed reached S-rank. Even if she isn't from Lingqiu, she certainly isn't an unknown figure."

After chanting incantations for a while, the high priest's eyes widened in trembling fear: "She...she is Lingqiu!"

Moonlight's teacher was taken aback: "Didn't the Emperor just send a message saying that Lord Lingqiu wouldn't kill someone without reason? This definitely isn't Lord Lingqiu, is it?"

High Priest: "I just used a verification spell. The healing energy around her is incredibly concentrated, and it's definitely a dragon—it's absolutely from Lingqiu! Contact His Majesty immediately!"

When Teacher Yuekong opened the panel, Chen, who was hiding behind the branches of a tree, also opened the panel.

Shen: [Where did you get the Spirit Hill Leaf? Do you know any merchants in Nanqi? Where did you get it? That's a valuable item. Since I saved you, introduce me to the source.]

Chen: [But I have to remind you, I've already fought for you, but there are just too many Feathered Spirits. Don't blame me if you can't win. If you want to live, run towards the seventy-seventh tree in the southwest. This area isn't covered by the magic priest's teleportation-blocking spell. I've made a small teleportation array that can send you out.]

Chen: [What are you still standing there for? Why aren't you running away? Do you really think you're Lingqiu now?]

Li Zhi did not see the message sent by Shen.

When Lingqiu arrived, the crisis was resolved.

However, the cost was spending all of his 302345 gold coins and owing Lingqiu and Chen a total of 2 gold coins.

Li Zhi was now itching to make a fortune and get his revenge.

The first thing to do is to retrieve all the space equipment that was previously taken away.

Li Zhi whispered in Ling Qiu's ear, "It seems the Feathered Spirit Clan has discovered that you are the real Ling Qiu. If they come looking for you later, just tell them to return my spatial equipment to me."

Lingqiu: "Okay."

Li Zhi now genuinely believes that Lingqiu and his future self should have a very good relationship.

She coughed and decided to push her luck a bit further: "Give me another sum of money for emotional distress."

Lingqiu asked curiously, "How much?"

Li Zhi: "322345 gold coins".

Lingqiu remained silent for a long time: "...No wonder you said robbery is much more profitable than medical treatment."

Li Zhi: "I didn't say that. Besides, this doesn't count as robbery. I'm just asking for back what I earned through hard work. If you really want to call it robbery, it's them who robbed me."

Just as Li Zhigang finished speaking, the high priest brought over the projection of the Feather Spirit Emperor.

The Feathered Emperor in the projection had changed positions and was now sitting on his throne.

Her tone remained unchanged: "Lord Lingqiu, I heard you killed the captain of my 11th squad's guard. Did she offend you in any way?"

Lingqiu remained silent.

Lee Ji-jae said, "You said she robbed you."

Seeing that Lingqiu remained silent, Li Zhi thought she hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated, "You said they robbed you in an offensive tone."

Lingqiu said with some difficulty, "...I can't say it."

Li Zhi: "Didn't you say you'd taken the blame for me so many times?!"

Lingqiu: "That's the future; this is my first time."

Li Zhi understood: "The first time is a bit difficult, but you have to get used to some things beforehand. You'll get used to it after a few more times. You know yourself that you'll be helping... earn hundreds of thousands of gold coins for me in the future, and you'll get a share of that money!"