Beishi hadn't been established for long, and most of the people who came here were Beast Tamers looking to explore the wilderness. The number of ordinary people was negligible. In this situation, it couldn't be said to be luxurious, but it wasn't lacking in terms of enjoyment.
After all, the pressure here was already high. If you didn't serve those Beast Tamer masters well, people would really die.
Shen Yifei led Qian Er into the most high-end restaurant in Beishi. Even Qian Er, a local, didn't know about this place.
"How did you even find out about this place? I had no idea,"
Qian Er said in amazement.
"That's normal. I heard it from City Lord Zhang. You started seclusion not long after you came back and didn't inspect the city at all. Besides, Beishi has just been established, and the infrastructure is changing rapidly. Even if you saw it before, it's different after so long,"
Shen Yifei said, acting like Qian Er was making a fuss over nothing.
"Come on, the usual."
As soon as they entered the hall, a waitress in a high-slit cheongsam walked up with a smile.
Shen Yifei waved his hand, familiar with the routine.
The waiters here even recognized Shen Yifei and simply smiled and retreated.
"Change the wine to juice."
But just as the waiter turned around, Qian Er stopped her. Hearing Qian Er's request, the expressions of both the waiter and Shen Yifei faltered for a moment.
But soon, their faces returned to normal. Shen Yifei forcefully controlled his facial muscles with the powerful physique of a True King-level Beast Tamer to prevent himself from laughing. As for the waiter, she recognized Qian Er's identity, and the constraints of the Nine Clans were frantically entangling her, preventing her from daring to laugh.
"Change it, change it,"
Shen Yifei waved his hand, signaling the waiter to leave, while he led Qian Er into the prepared private room.
"How old are you? Still drinking juice?"
On the way, Shen Yifei teased him about this, but Qian Er had a matter-of-course expression.
"So what? Do you really think that stuff tastes good? Before I became a King, I didn't have the ability to decide what to drink at banquets. Now that I'm a King, don't I have that ability? Then wouldn't I have become a King for nothing?"
Shen Yifei was stunned.
"So, you became a King just to drink juice at banquets? What great ambition you have!"
"It's about having the ability to shatter common sense. If I don't want to do something, no one can make me do it."
Qian Er seriously corrected him, leaving Shen Yifei speechless. After a long while, a smile appeared on his face.
"You see things clearly. Impressive."
As the two talked and laughed, the dishes were served. Because it was a private banquet for only two people, they didn't stand on ceremony or care about etiquette. They ate however they felt comfortable.
After three rounds of juice and five flavors of dishes, Qian Er put down his chopsticks, a serious look on his face.
"Senior Shen, let's talk now. What are you, a Forbidden Army Commander, doing coming all the way here to my place?"
Hearing this, Shen Yifei threw away the chicken bone that would never appear at a formal banquet, wiped his hands, and his expression also became serious.
"It's because of the garrison in the Silent Desert. The capital knows that you're someone who doesn't care about things, so they sent me to take full responsibility. When necessary, you have to cooperate with me. Because it has a bit of the flavor of an order, they sent me, someone who has a good relationship with you, to come."
As he spoke, Shen Yifei used two fingers to pry open the cap of a bottle of juice soda, making a 'pop' sound, and tilted his head back, gulping it down like he was drinking alcohol.
"What, are they afraid that if someone I don't know comes, I'll beat them up?"
Qian Er asked with a chuckle, picking up a bottle of juice and clinking it against Shen Yifei's bottle.
"Who in the world doesn't know that you, Town Heaven King, are sitting in Beishi, listening to orders but not declarations?"
As he spoke, Shen Yifei's eyes flashed with envy. After all, who wouldn't want to be as free as Qian Er?
But there was no way around it. His talent and opportunity were there. His resume of becoming a True King in one year was too scary. Among the five human foundations, except for the Insect Lord, who was still unconscious, the remaining four stood behind Qian Er because of his talent. He had a real, powerful background.
"To be honest, this matter is very important and cannot be taken lightly."
After making a few playful jokes, Shen Yifei immediately became serious when he talked about serious matters. With a wave of his hand, countless bones rose from the ground, surrounding the entire private room. An aura of bones enveloped the surroundings, ensuring that the surroundings would not be monitored by any alien race.
After confirming that it was absolutely safe here, Shen Yifei took out a table from his space backpack, and then took out a world map and placed it in front of Qian Er.
Qian Er looked at the map. The arrival of the Awakening Era had also caused the original Earth to expand rapidly. In addition, the battles of various powerful figures over the years had caused a lot of the original land to collapse, turning into various islands floating on the ocean. Therefore, this map was completely different from Qian Er's original world and was completely unrecognizable.
"Look, our human territory is here, and your Beishi is here. The two are not adjacent. There are territories of several small races in between. They don't dare to resist our request to borrow the road, but after all, it's their territory, and it's not easy to use. We have to take it over,"
Shen Yifei said, pointing to the map.
"So, we're going to mobilize troops?"
As soon as he mentioned fighting, Qian Er became excited. After all, a boss who can make money for his subordinates is a good boss. There are few Quasi-Kings in those small races, and even fewer materials that can be useful to him, but his subordinates can use them.
"We don't need to take action. We can instigate these small races to fight among themselves. On the surface, we still have to be more righteous. This has been the policy of the higher-ups in recent years, but I feel it's all nonsense and doesn't have much effect,"
Shen Yifei was also a skeleton-type Beast Tamer in the dark element, and he was quite unimpressed with the higher-ups' approach of wanting everything.
"According to the higher-ups, we should ideally be the police of this world. If anyone has any conflicts, they should come to us. That way, we can frame whoever we want. So, on the surface, we have to be better and maintain a positive image."
Qian Er laughed at these absurd words. What reputation did humans have? Wasn't that stuff similar to stinky dog shit among the myriad races?
"I saw traces of human equipment at the garrison of other races before, and there were even some weapons. Shouldn't the higher-ups take care of this? We can't always smuggle like this."
Hearing this, Shen Yifei coughed lightly in embarrassment.
"Cough, cough, this doesn't conflict with a positive image."
Qian Er was stunned and looked at Shen Yifei tentatively.
"Our own business?"
"Other countries are doing it too!"
"I didn't ask whose fault it was. Don't react so strongly."
