The sea surrounded indigo Azure City on three sides, and it just so happened that the wind had picked up on this day. The waves rolled against the reefs on the shore, creating the sounds of raging waves.
People who lived on the shore tend to be accustomed to this sound. When they slept with this sound, they slept more soundly.
There was a luxuriously decorated mansion in the middle of Indigo Azure City.
A middle-aged man with a sinister look in his eyes said enthusiastically, “Second Young Master, are my chess pieces carved from jade-textured ebony and jade-textured white sandalwood to your liking?
“If they are, I’ll have someone send these Othello pieces to you when you go back.”
This so-called Second Young Master was a slim youth in a Creation Master long robe. He was standing there, counting the rows of books on the shelves with his fingers.
Upon hearing the words of the middle-aged man with sinister eyes, he said with a wave of his hand without looking back, “I never put jade-textured Othello chess pieces in my study. I only put completely jade-textured ones.
“Speaking of completely jade-textured Othello pieces, I do have two pots there.
“Third Uncle, if you like them, I’ll have someone send one pot over so that you can widen your horizons.”
The words of this youth wearing a Creation Master long robe caused the enthusiastic smile on the face of the sinister-eyed middle-aged man to pause and look embarrassed.
Just as he wanted to speak, Second Young Master said, “Third Uncle, your third lineage has always been afraid to make a move on the offshore coast resources, afraid of being targeted by the Qiu family and the Wei family, as well as the other lineages secretly causing trouble.
“I, Zheng Kaiyuan, am lending my support to you in the main family, yet you didn’t mention the percentage of the offshore coastal resources you want to share with me.
“Aren’t you not taking me, Zheng Kaiyuan, seriously with only a pot of jade-textured Othello pieces as your token of sincerity?”
The sinister-eyed middle-aged man had an even more embarrassed look on his face. He hurriedly replied, “Second Young Master is willing to support the third lineage, so how can we forget about giving you resources?
“What does Second Young Master think about the third lineage giving you 30% of proceeds from developing the offshore coastal resources?”
Zheng Kaiyuan summoned a small sable with one black and one white tail with a wave of his hand.
When it was summoned, it saw the pot of Othello pieces made of jade-textured ebony and white sandalwood. It immediately became nimble and looked at its master with its watery eyes.
As Zheng Kaiyuan looked at his contracted little sable, a touch of tenderness appeared on his face.
“Go on, Sen Luo. Eat more.”
With its master’s consent, the little sable with one black and one white tail scurried straight into the pot containing the Othello pieces, nibbling the chess pieces with a snapping sound.
Zheng Kaiyuan gently stroked off a strand of sable hair that was on his sleeve. He looked up at the sinister-eyed middle-aged man and said, “Third Uncle, my Yin-Yang Senluo Sable is hungry. I can’t control this little thing from eating. I think Third Uncle won’t mind this little thing, right?”
The sinister-eyed middle-aged man hurriedly replied with a smile, “It’s a blessing of this pot of chess pieces that your fey loves to eat it.”
Zheng Kaiyuan seemed to have completely forgotten that he was the one who had asked it to eat a little more earlier.
He seemed a little sleepy and rubbed his temples before saying with a yawn, “I want 50%!”
Without giving the sinister-eyed middle-aged man a chance, he added, “The Radiance Creation Master Youth Conference will start next year. I’m tight. If Third Uncle is unwilling to give me 50%, the other three lineages should be very happy to do so.”
Upon hearing that, the sinister-eyed middle-aged man’s expression stiffened, and he hurriedly responded, “Second Young Master, why don’t we talk it over again?”
Zheng Kaiyuan laughed lightly and answered, “Little Sen Luo, let’s go. The chess pieces here are not something we should eat!”
The sinister-eyed middle-aged man immediately turned pale and said in a panic, “Second Young Master, 50% it will be!”
Zheng Kaiyuan picked up the pitiful little sable that obviously hadn’t yet eaten enough and yawned again.
“I’m sleepy. Third Uncle, why don’t you come to my house tomorrow with your utmost sincerity?”
After Zheng Kaiyuan left, the sinister-eyed middle-aged man turned gloomy right away. He sat in his chair for a long time without uttering a word as he clenched his fists tighter and tighter.
At that moment, he suddenly became startled before feeling shocked and worried. He picked up his phone and dialed a number. The phone rang twice, and someone picked it up.
When the sinister-eyed middle-aged man heard the voice that usually contained a hint of joy, the worry in his heart dissipated a lot. But after that, anger rushed forth, and he asked as he suppressed his emotions, “Where’s Elder Niu?”
The youth who received the call replied indifferently, “I arranged for Elder Niu to do something trivial. Father, how did you persuade Second Young Master to stand on our side?”
The sinister-eyed middle-aged man could no longer suppress his monstrous anger. He erupted and scolded him, “A trivial matter? The allegiance oath between Elder Niu and me has broken, yet you still say it’s a trivial matter? Then should I pretend that nothing happened when you die outside?”
He poured his rage wildly over the phone, making the sinister-eyed youth fall into a state of dismay. Immediately after that, the sinister-eyed youth’s face emerged with unconcealable shock as his hand holding the phone trembled.
Elder Niu had sworn to his father with the Willpower Rune and become his father’s servant, but his father now had said that Elder Niu’s allegiance oath had been broken. Didn’t this mean that Elder Niu had died?
Elder Niu was a pinnacle king-class expert with a Diamond X/Fantasy IV Dark-Eyed Scorpion Tiger. How could someone with such strength have died silently?
Elder Niu had only gone to the Listening Heron Chamber of Commerce, a place where an insignificant person was holding on with an empty frame to kill that person. How could he have died?
Before the sinister-eyed youth could make more guesses, he heard his father say in an angry voice over the phone, “Hurry up and get your ass back to Indigo Azure City! How did the third lineage produce such a useless thing like you!?”
As he spoke, the sinister-eyed middle-aged man felt his lungs were about to explode with anger. What on earth was the reason that he had unaccountably lost a pinnacle king-class expert!?
After hanging up the phone, the sinister-eyed middle-aged man slammed his fist on the table in front of him, creating a loud ‘bang’.
At that moment, an expert, who was even older than Elder Niu but had a straight back, walked in and said, “Master, why are you so angry?”
When the sinister-eyed middle-aged man saw this old man, he hurriedly got up and replied, “Uncle Jiao, please go to the Royal Capital and help me bring back that unfilial son. I’d like to see what kind of trouble this unfilial son has caused there!”
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After Lin Yuan got up in the morning and ate breakfast downstairs, he went back to his room and logged on to Star Web. Lin Yuan’s eyes lit up when he saw that the two messages he had sent last night had both received a reply.
However, his brows furrowed deeply when he opened one of the messages.