Morax is dead, Liyue will fall into my hands.

While Li Ye and Gan Yu were giving Mona and Shen He tea ceremony training, a shadowy corner on the Teyvat continent once again welcomed its customers.

Gu Long said that there are two oldest professions in the world: prostitutes and assassins.

This statement is a bit too absolute, but if we add "one of" after it, there probably won't be any objections.

The "Shadow World" is also known as a world that does not exist.

There are rumors that the "Shadow World" is related to the destroyed kingdom of Kanria;

There are also rumors that the "Shadow World" is inextricably linked to the Abyss Order;

In any case, they don't belong to Teyvat, much less to the Seven Kingdoms;

Located in the shadow of Skye Island, their sole purpose is to make money;

If you can afford the price, you can even buy the life of the person in charge of the "Shadow World".

As for what they do with the money they earn, nobody knows.

However, considering that the "Shadow World" only accepts Mora, and Mora is an important material for alchemy and forging, and can be considered a consumable in a sense, it wouldn't be a problem to use it all to build Gundams.

Currently, the "Shadow World" mainly operates four types of businesses;

Human trafficking, buying and selling murderers, selling stolen goods, and trafficking in intelligence;

The Shadow World once said: As long as you can afford the price, you can even make a deal with the Seven Gods here.

As for the promotional slogans, just listen to them and forget about them; only a fool would believe them.

However, the fact that "Shadow World" dares to use such a promotional slogan also shows their confidence.

The "Shadow World" is extremely expensive, starting at eight figures and rarely interacts with ordinary people. Even some business tycoons don't know what the so-called "Shadow World" is.

Therefore, unlike the infamous Fools, they rarely affected ordinary people.

Of course, this does not mean that the "shadow world" is any kind of benevolent being. On the contrary, according to universal morality and law, their actions would have warranted their execution hundreds of times over.

Fools are frequent visitors to the "Shadow World," and also its honored guests;

When they encounter troublesome situations that are inconvenient to handle themselves, they always place orders in the "Shadow World".

The price is indeed a bit high, but the advantage is that you won't have any worries about the future.

The representative of the "Northern Bank" was Ron, one of the heads of the "Shadow World," number two, who received him.

Upon hearing Ron's request, Number Two said slowly, "Mr. Ron, I have also heard of Li Ye, the man you have put a bounty on. Although he is young, his influence in Liyue Harbor is considerable."

Furthermore, he seems to possess a special tool that allows him to communicate over long distances, and the Liyue Seven Stars are keeping a close eye on him.

Especially Tian Shu Star, seems to value him highly.

If we kill him, I'm afraid the Seven Stars and Eight Gates of Liyue will not let it go.

Even the "Shadow World" wouldn't want to get involved in such trouble.

Ron sneered inwardly when he heard Number Two's words. All that talk just boils down to those three words.

"Why say so much useless stuff? If it weren't for the attitude of the Seven Stars and Eight Gates of Liyue, do you think we, the Fatui, wouldn't be able to kill Li Ye?"

Stop beating around the bush, it's just a Mora, right? Just tell me, how much do you want?"

Number Two clapped his hands and exclaimed, "As expected of the representative of the Fools, he speaks so frankly!"

Then I'll cut to the chase. One price: 100 million Mora for a live one, 50 million Mora for a dead one.

"Pay the money, and a five-star assassin will take care of it in three days!"

"One hundred million Mora!?"

Ron guessed that "Shadow World" would ask for an exorbitant amount, but he didn't expect it to be nine figures. It was practically robbery!

Of course, if 100 million could really buy a living Li Ye, Ningguang would probably bankrupt "Shadow World".

Number Two said calmly, "Don't think this price is too high. Li Ye's value is definitely more than this."

Ron retorted, "Even if Li Ye has a few henchmen, he's just an ordinary person. You can easily take care of him by sending a few assassins."

Number Two countered nonchalantly, "Then why don't the Fools go themselves?"

"I... fine, we'll go with your price. Ideally, it should be alive, but dead is fine too, the important thing is speed!"

After Ron finished speaking, he held up three fingers and said, "You understand everything now, right? A five-star assassin, done in three days!"

Number Two said confidently, "Don't worry, the efficiency of the 'Shadow World' is well-known. The Fools can come and collect them in three days."

Chapter 18: Let's Learn Advanced Mathematics Together

Although "Wanmin Money Shop" has not officially opened for business yet, customers who have come specifically to inquire about it have already been coming in droves.

The six customer service girls who were responsible for explaining and guiding the staff were almost constantly on the go.

However, they had no complaints, because Li Ye had given them so much money.

To continue promoting "Wanmin Money Shop," Li Ye purchased small pieces of pumice from "Feiyun Chamber of Commerce" to use as hot air balloons, suspending huge banners and promotional posters in mid-air, making the entire Chihu Rock area clearly visible.

Many merchants in Feiyunpo were inspired by Li Ye's actions and went to the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce to buy small pieces of pumice and imitated him by hanging promotional advertisements above their own shops.

Surprisingly, even small pieces of pumice saw a slight price increase.

The stage for Yunhan Society has been set up. Tomorrow is the opening day of "Wanmin Money Shop". Yun Jin will personally take the stage to perform "Goddess Splitting the Temple".

This is a play that has only been performed at "Qunyu Pavilion" and "Heyu Tea House".

Needless to say, only the wealthy and powerful could afford to watch performances at Qunyu Pavilion; ordinary people had no chance of such an opportunity.

As for Yun Jin's performance at "He Yu Tea House," the tea fee was not something ordinary people could afford.

Otherwise, Master Fan of "Heyu Teahouse" wouldn't have said something like, "If Yun Jin sings at our teahouse just once, hey, the money we make from Mora is enough to keep the teahouse from opening for a month!"

Therefore, most of the lower-level members of Liyue know about Yunhan Society and have heard of Mr. Yun Jin's name, but most of them have only heard of him.

It's estimated that among the lower-level Liyue people, more have seen Xin Yan's rock performance than Yun Jin's.

Upon hearing that they could watch Mr. Yun Jin's performance for free, many people rushed over overnight to reserve seats.

Fortunately, "Wanmin Money Shop" is located on a street corner, with a very spacious area in front of it; otherwise, setting up a stage would have been quite troublesome.

Since it was an open-air performance, Yunhan Society had no experience in this area, so Yun Jin simply suggested building a stage based on the one Xin Yan had used for her previous performances.

Li Ye guessed Yun Jin's true thoughts, so he specifically instructed that when the stage was being built, the building materials should be changed to fireproof ones.

Then he asked someone to discuss with Xin Yan about continuing to perform rock music on stage after the Yunhan Society's performance ended.

The veteran performers of Yunhan Society had some complaints about this terrace performance because there were too many people.

What good is it if Yun Jin performs on stage, no matter how outstanding her performance is?

With so many people and so much noise, you probably won't be able to hear anything, not to mention there might be some commotion or disturbances.

As for its promotional function, what's the point of promotion?

Those who come to see Yun Jin's performance will mostly be poor people from the bottom of Liyue. They won't have the money to go to the "Heyu Tea House" to listen to Yunhan Society's plays.

Yun Jin refuted the old actors' complaints without any mercy, showing them no leniency whatsoever.

The wording was very harsh; this was the first time Yun Jin had publicly refuted, or even criticized, these veteran performers of the Yunhan Society.

Yun Jin hadn't noticed it before, but after spending more time with Li Ye, she realized that Yun Han Society had been drifting further and further away from the lower-class Liyue masses.

This further strengthened Yun Jin's determination to perform on an open-air stage!

Faced with Yun Jin's assertiveness, the old actors could only sullenly accept it and dared not say anything more.

After all, it was Mr. Li who specially invited them, and the head of the household had agreed long ago. If they went back on their word, they would be offending Mr. Li to the death.

Li Ye is currently enjoying great influence in Liyue Harbor, and Yunhan Society, as a theatrical troupe, cannot afford to offend him.

In the office, Li Ye saw Yun Jin apologizing to him repeatedly, and he couldn't help but chuckle, thinking that this was perfectly normal.

Prostitutes are heartless, actors are ungrateful;

This statement is somewhat extreme, but it is indeed an experience summarized by the people from their long-term life experiences.

In ancient times, actors witnessed the extravagance of the upper class, but their own status was lowly. Over time, their longing for the upper class and their contempt for the lower class fostered a distorted and morbid mentality in them.

Most of the performers in Yunhan Troupe were actors who had spent their entire lives performing operas; it would be quite unrealistic to expect them to have any high level of awareness.

As for Yun Jin?

The biggest difference between her and the other actors was that the other actors would starve to death if they didn't perform, while she would have to inherit the family business left by her parents if she didn't perform.

For Yun Jin, singing opera is her hobby;

For opera performers, performing was their livelihood;

Therefore, Li Ye actually understood the thoughts of those old actors and didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

If these old actors later discover that they can also make money by performing for these poor people for free, they will probably immediately change their minds.

What truly changes a person is often not so-called preaching, but a change in the environment.

I understand the logic, but people will starve to death if they don't eat; that's an objective law that no one can change.

While Li Ye was trying to persuade Yun Jin, Shen He, who had come to "Wanmin Money Shop" with him, also unexpectedly encountered a familiar... immortal.

Shen He probably never expected to encounter the Great Sage Who Subdues Demons here.

In Shen He's memory, the usually aloof Demon-Slaying Great Sage was now holding a math workbook, racking his brains to do math problems.

Xiao was also surprised to see Shen He at "Wanmin Money Shop": "Weren't you in Jueyun Karst? What are you doing in Liyue Harbor?"

Shen He respectfully replied, "I have come to Liyue Harbor to protect Li Ye's safety on my master's orders."

Hmm? The True Lord of Clouds and Wind sent Shen He to protect Li Ye?

Xiao was stunned for two seconds, unable to understand the meaning of Liuyun Borrowing Wind True Lord.

"What else did your master say?"

Shen He: "My master also told me to stay by Li Ye's side, observe more, and learn more."

Oh, I understand.

Xiao nodded. It seemed that True Lord Liuyun had also noticed that Li Ye was suspicious and had specially sent Shen He to monitor him.

However, since you haven't studied "advanced mathematics," no matter how much you monitor Li Ye, you won't be able to gather any useful information.

Thinking of this, Xiao said, "If you want to understand Li Ye, you need to understand advanced mathematics first! Otherwise, even if you hear or see what he says and what he writes, you won't understand it at all."