Survival Game: Call Me an Honest Businessman

Li Zhi's mind was in turmoil during the meal.

On one hand, there's the price quote for Yi, which is synchronized with the real-time data.

On one side, a clone disguised as Shadowmane continued to stir up trouble at the entrance of the exchange.

During meals, one still has to socially exchange a few words with Yu Linghuang and the others.

What Li Zhi found novel was that Ao would chat with Ling Qiu from time to time.

One moment she says she wants to learn from Lingqiu how to comprehend the heart of a strong person, and the next she invites Lingqiu to visit her palace, completely losing her previous arrogance.

Just as they were finishing their meal, Yi burst in.

"sister--"

The anger on her face turned into astonishment when she saw Li Zhi and Celia on the table.

"What are they doing here? Are they your honored guests?"

As for Lingqiu, who still resembled a fox-human beastman, Yi completely ignored him.

The Feather Spirit Emperor's face, which always held a hint of a smile, gradually lost its expression: "Yi, this is my palace. Do you know what crime you have committed by trespassing into my palace?"

Yi's eyes reddened slightly: "My exchange is about to open, and you, as the queen of the Feathered Spirit Clan and my only sister, aren't going to attend the opening ceremony. Instead, you're here having dinner with my rival. Are you still the sister who has loved and supported me since childhood?"

"You promised Mother and Father that you would always love and protect me. Is this the promise you've kept?"

Yu Linghuang: "Yi, my mother told me to love you, not to spoil you. My father told me to protect you, not to disregard the bigger picture. I only have one question for you: why did you agree to help the Titans transport goods?"

Yi frowned: "Just because of this?"

Emperor Yuling: "Don't you know about the conflict between the Dragon Clan and the Titan Clan?"

Yi: "That's a matter between the Dragon Clan and the Titan Clan. What does it have to do with my Feathered Spirit Clan? Just because the Titan Clan and the Dragon Clan had a conflict in the past, are we going to abandon diplomacy with the Titan Clan? What about the airspace above the Northern Territory?"

"Sister, you're always so hesitant. Even if the Titans asked me to transport something that's really related to the Dragons, so what? That animal skin bag needs a magic key to open. Even if I use memory extraction, I don't know what's inside. I'm just a transport link. Are you suggesting the Dragons should become my Feathered Spirit Clan's enemy because of this?"

The dining table was silent.

Yu Linghuang's tone grew even colder: "What if I told you that the people who took your goods yesterday were from the Dragon Clan?"

Yi's nonchalant expression froze, and disbelief spread across her face.

"How is this possible? Dragons mostly live in the sky and rarely travel by land. Even if they do travel by land, why would they inexplicably find our tribute transport team?"

Feather Spirit Emperor: "Yes, why?"

Yi's face grew paler and paler, and his wings gradually shrank behind him.

When she spoke again, her voice was filled with anger: "How dare Tanlai scheme against me!"

Yu Linghuang: "Now, please leave."

Yi shook his wings but remained standing still: "Sister, could you please transfer a batch of Didi Beast blood from the warehouse for me? I need it from the exchange..."

"Please leave."

Seeing the resolute expression on Yu Linghuang's face, Yi's expression gradually darkened, his wings drooped, and he turned and left the palace.

As the palace doors closed, Celia spoke coldly: "Xuan, I've warned you more than once that if you continue to indulge Yi like this, she will eventually drag you down."

Yu Linghuang: "She is my only sister."

Celia sneered, "I understand what you mean. You have more than one child, but only one sister, right?"

Emperor Yu Ling: "Why do you say these things in front of the children?"

Celia stood up: "Don't you know just because I'm not them? Where's my student's gift? Hurry up and open your treasure trove, I don't want to spend another second with you."

Li Zhi's gaze lingered between Celia and the Feather Spirit Emperor, and he transmitted his voice to Ling Qiu: "Do you know what the future holds for the relationship between Celia and the Feather Spirit Emperor? Or have you figured out whether the treasure map Celia mentioned was real or fake?"

Lingqiu said calmly, "I only know things related to you, and not everything about you. I only know the key points related to me."

Li Zhi: "So, what will my future relationship be with the Feathered Spirit Clan?"

Lingqiu: "I can't tell you."

Li Zhi: "Will this also affect the future?"

Lingqiu: "Impact."

Li Zhi didn't ask any further questions, because her mind was quickly occupied by the enormous palace in front of her.

How come the Feather Spirit Emperor's treasure vault is so huge!

It's even bigger than the palace where we just had dinner!

You can't see either end of the palace at a glance.

There must be so many good things inside!

Just as Li Zhi was eagerly entering the Feather Spirit Emperor's treasury, Ying's message arrived: [Yi has reached 35 gold coins, how much?]

Li Zhi paused for a moment, then quickened his pace.

Li Zhi: [How much does she want?]

Shadow: [200 units.]

Li Zhi: [Tell her that although I have 200 units, I will only sell 100 units because these are my life-saving supplies for the beast tide. I will give her a maximum of 150 units, but in that case, she must give me 50 gold coins per unit, no bargaining.]

Shadow: [Thumbs up]

Li Zhi focused his attention on the Shadow Mane Clan members outside the exchange.

The shareholders have just come out to appease them. One shareholder said that the reason for not distributing the gifts on time was not because they were unwilling to do so, but because they had obtained more DiDi Beast Blood to celebrate the opening of the exchange, ensuring that not only the first 100 customers, but all the first 1000 customers who completed their transactions would receive DiDi Beast Blood as a gift.

The customers who had been crowding around the area quieted down.

Li Zhi quietly retreated and walked over to a Rock Nest Clan merchant who was watching the commotion. He muttered unhappily, "The Feather Spirit Clan Earl is bullying us! We were just a little late, so we didn't get any Didi Beast Blood. And the people ahead of us are all from the same race as those shareholders. Do they think I can't see through them? They're just giving it all away to themselves! No wonder they said they'd give more, but they didn't give it to everyone. They have no sincerity; they're treating us like fools!"

The Rock Nest Clan merchant was taken aback.

I instinctively looked at the thousand people queuing in front of me.

I was shocked when I saw it; it was exactly as that Shadowmane Clan merchant had said!

Not to mention 90%, at least 80% of the customers are from the same race as those few shareholders.

Even guests of races below B rank are few and far between!

Anger flashed across the face of the Rock Nest Clan merchant. He leaped onto the steps and questioned the Feather Spirit Guard on duty, "You said your Earl was going to give gifts to the first thousand customers, but why are they all being given to customers of the same race as your shareholders! Did you never intend to give Didi Beast blood to customers of other races?!"

Li Zhi disguised himself as a Shadowmane Clan clone and disappeared back into the crowd.

Her true form stood in a treasure vault resembling a museum, replying to the message sent by the shadow:

[Tell her you want all 200 units; the price is 100 gold coins per unit. Either buy them all, or don't sell a single unit.]