Chapter 303: Dinner Table (Part )
"Of course!"
Darles complimented, "You are the champions of the friendly competition. Even the members of the Xingluo Royal Team admire you very much. Your strength is obvious to all!"
Implication:
[I have helped to promote your reputation in Falling Star City. Tomorrow, as long as you show your strength, a large number of people will follow you, and the people will voluntarily pay money, thus raising the funds needed to eliminate the Fallen.]
But Zhou Qing just laughed, sat back in his seat, picked up the toothpick, and continued to pick his teeth. He said, "Although I am a child, I understand that civilians will be in awe of the power of soul masters, but they will not obediently take out money out of awe. Moreover, everyone has a fluke mentality. They will think that the fallen are just staying in a specific place outside the city. As long as we don't pass by there or take a detour, it will be fine."
"If we want them to pay the money obediently, it's not enough for us to show our strength. Do we need someone to set an example?"
“Who is the role model for the common people?”
Seeing Darles’ mouth opening wider and wider, Zhou Qing sighed inwardly: Classics are classics, and different worlds have similar histories!
Without waiting for his answer, Zhou Qing replied with a smile, "Of course it's the other nobles and soul master families in the city."
"so--"
"Lord Darles, you have already contacted them and asked them to come forward and pay the money after we show our strength, so as to guide the civilians to pay as well. Afterwards, their money will be returned. Only a small part of the taxes and donations paid by the civilians will be used as the expenses for exterminating the Fallen. The rest of the money will be split 50-50 with those people? Or 60-40? Or 70-30?"
At this time, not only Darles was stunned, but Tang San, Xiao Wu, Romantina, and You Hui were also stunned.
"You are so fucking evil, aren't you? It's fine that you don't want to pay, but you actually want to cheat the people in the city out of their money. How despicable!"
Xiao Wu stood up on the chair with one foot on the table. She glared at Darles fiercely and said to Zhou Qing, "Zhou Qing, why don't we just beat this guy up! I can't stand it anymore!"
"Be bold!"
In the dark, three great soul masters who were hiding jumped out.
However, this was exactly what Xiao Wu wanted. She jumped out and kicked one of the great soul masters in the arm.
Click!
Xiao Wu attacked with anger. Even though she did not release her martial soul, with the help of her soul power, her strong physique was still enough to crush the great soul master!
"what?!"
Before the remaining two great soul masters could react, Xiao Wu used the recoil force of kicking the great soul master's arm to leap towards the second great soul master.
Boom!
The kick hit his abdomen, and the huge force caused the great soul master to crash through the wall, roll into the courtyard, and fall to the ground wailing.
In just a moment, two of the three great soul masters lost their ability to fight, and the remaining one felt a chill on his back and kept retreating.
[What kind of monster is this? He didn't release his martial spirit, but only relied on his spirit power to fight against opponents of higher levels. Although there was an element of sneak attack, he defeated two great spirit masters in one go... Is it possible that he is holding back on his performance in the friendly match? Or are these three of my subordinates too weak?]
Darles' heart was shaken. Seeing Zhou Qing, Tang San, Romantina, and You Hui slowly standing up, he immediately scolded, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and take those two rubbish away! What if they disturb the guests?"
Now Darles is certain that if these guys unite, they might be able to compete with the Soul Sect! They might even be able to fight against the Soul King!
only--
[These guys all seem to want to kill me! Especially that Tang San, the murderous intent in his eyes is not concealed at all! On the contrary, Zhou Qing, this guy... is unpredictable! ]
"Lord Darles, this is not fair of you? You invited us to dinner and asked the Great Spirit Master to watch over us in secret?"
Even though Xiao Wu was indeed a little impulsive, the same thing still applies: internally, no matter how they mock, ridicule, even curse and get really angry with each other, it doesn't matter; but externally, they must be united and never blame their own people in front of outsiders, otherwise there will be a crisis of internal division.
More importantly, Xiao Wu's behavior had a certain deterrent effect, which gave their team more say. "Humph!" Darles was also a little angry, "It's just to protect our safety. After all, I am still the city lord, and nothing can happen."
The implication was that they were warning Zhou Qing not to think of taking direct action, because if anything happened to him, they would inevitably be held responsible.
"With our talents, we can choose to join the Spirit Hall."
Zhou Qing smiled happily, but Darles felt cold in his heart.
Even though Zhou Qing and the others’ martial spirits were not very good, the talents they displayed now were not inferior to those of the disciples from large sects. They were even stronger and could fight against opponents of higher levels!
If they choose to join the Spirit Hall, they will definitely be taken seriously. By then, the Spirit Hall's top brass will contact the Star Luo Empire's top brass and his death will be worthless.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Darles said "OK" three times in a row, and suddenly laughed out loud, "I really underestimated you.
But I have no choice. I am really short of money, so I have to resort to this last resort and let the people in the city pay!
They are short-sighted, but I have a lot more to consider.
Just to wipe out the Fallen, it costs money to organize the soul masters, collect supplies, buy armor and weapons, and even to subsidize the injured and the families of the dead afterwards, etc. All of these things cost money!
How can I do it alone? "
Xiao Wu snorted coldly: "I think you just want to squeeze the money of the people in the city!"
"That's wrong!"
Darles was angry and said, "You don't know that I am not the only one who has the final say in Falling Star City. To organize a team of soul masters and collect food, etc., I need the help of the nobles and soul master families in this city before I can make it work! If I don't feed them first, they won't help me afterwards!"
Tang San frowned, thinking that this was indeed the truth. After all, Dales was an outsider, and a strong dragon could not defeat a local snake.
In his previous life, Tang San had also seen honest officials being excluded by local gentry, making it difficult for them to get rich quickly...
However, Zhou Qing just chuckled and said, "Why do you think that as long as we feed them, it will be fine?"
Darles: (⊙_⊙)?
What caused this sudden turn of events?
"don't know?"
Zhou Qing smiled and said, "We have accepted the task that Xiao Lang of Notting City posted in the Notting Guild. If we search for relevant information, we will get 1,000 gold soul coins; if we capture the person, we will get 10,000 gold soul coins. But tomorrow, we have contributed to your fundraising process, so you should give us five some, right?"
Darles: "...How much do you want?"
"not much."
Zhou Qing gestured the number "seven", "After you feed the other families in the city, the rest, we need... Let me calculate, there are five of us, including me, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Romantina, and You Hui. A complete spirit master team needs seven people, and in addition, there must be substitutes.
As for the substitute, forget it for now, just give me 70%."
(End of this chapter)
