Chapter 302
"Luo Cheng, are you back? You're back just in time." The visitor lowered his voice and said:
"The price of gold in our clan has been increasing every day these days. Do you think if we two brothers join forces, with our financial resources, we can catch tens of thousands of taels of gold."
"When the gold comes into our hands, it will be a rare commodity. How will it be priced? Aren't we the ones who have the final say?"
"Now I'm short of some funds. Do you want to join forces with me?" Halfway through his words, the visitor realized that there was a Qiao Mu following behind Luo Cheng, and his expression suddenly changed:
"Luo Cheng?!"
"How can you let outsiders follow you in this important ancestral place of the clan?"
"This...this is a distinguished guest." Luo Cheng muttered with his lips:
"I want to take this distinguished guest to see the clan leader... Don't ask me yet, where is the clan leader?"
"It's inside."
Luo Cheng led Qiao Mu inside. After walking a few steps, he saw a middle-aged man wearing gold and jade standing in the back room of the ancestral hall.
This man wore gold bracelets on his hands, gold rings on his fingers, and a gold chain around his neck. His whole body was shiny, and he looked like a gold mine owner who had just become rich.
"Don't worry! Hold still!" This middle-aged man was obviously the head of the Luo family. He stood in the lobby and spoke in a powerful and dignified voice:
"As the saying goes, where sincerity reaches, gold and stone will be opened."
"Belief is a powerful force."
While speaking, he took off the gold bracelet on his hand, bit it in his mouth, and then raised the bracelet high for everyone to see.
"Look, this thing looks like gold and bites like gold, so of course it is real gold!"
"As long as we firmly believe in the Golden Township and form a strong consensus, then what is the difference between the gold in the Golden Township and ordinary gold?"
"All we have left now is time!"
"Being friends with time is the secret to great profits."
The clan leader's few words made many clan members excited and smiles appeared on their faces. He continued:
"This is actually just the first step."
"Now, almost only our Luo family members know about the gold in Golden Township, and the legend of Golden Township is only limited to Taotie City."
"But Taotie City is too small. If we have too much gold, it will be worthless."
"So, our next step is to rush out of Taotie City and head outside to the largest city in Southwest State: Linhe Fucheng."
"If the people in Fucheng believe it, we, sitting on countless golds, will be the most wealthy family in Linhe Prefecture."
"The next step...is to continue to expand the territory and let the entire southwestern state know the story of the Golden Country."
The head of the Luo family narrowed his eyes, clenched his fist on his chest and said in a deep voice:
"Southwestern Prefecture is a barren land with little cultivated land and the people are in poverty... But Zhongzhou is a fertile land with thousands of miles of rich households. Among them, Zhongzhou's extremely wealthy people, such as Wan Ronghua and Li Gongde, are said to be as rich as a city. "
"How come we are just mountain people, and their Zhongzhou can be fertile and full of rich people?"
"We have a bit of gold in our hands and can make a lot of gold. Sooner or later, we can exchange property from the rich people in Zhongzhou, so that the entire Southwest State will no longer be poor. This is a great good deed that benefits the country and the people!"
The head of the Luo family was drawing a great blueprint for his family, when suddenly he saw Luo Cheng leading Qiao Mu in.
"Luo Cheng? Why did you come back so early this time... Who is the person behind you?" The clan leader frowned.
At this time, the surrounding Luo family members also realized that something was wrong.
Even if you are a distinguished guest, it is impossible for you to come directly into the back room of the ancestral hall when the clan is discussing matters.
"Clan leader." Luo Cheng's face looked a little ugly:
"Mr. Qiao is a big shot outside. He came to the mountain specifically to find you and ask about the origin of the Philosopher's Stone and the Golden Land."
At this time, Luo Cheng stood in front of Qiao Mu, with his back to Qiao Mu, winking at the clan leader from an angle that Qiao Mu could not see.
But as soon as he said these words, many tribesmen couldn't sit still and stood up.
"The Philosopher's Stone and the Golden Land are secrets within the clan, how can we tell outsiders? Luo Cheng, you made a mistake."
"What kind of big shot from outside... When he comes to this Taotie City, he has to be a dragon, let alone in our Luo family ancestral hall."
Only the leader of the clan remained calm, with no mood swings visible on his face.
His eyes fell on Luo Cheng's face, he waved his hand to pull over a tribesman, and whispered in a low voice:
"It seems that we have caused trouble, and we want the clan to tell the truth... Go and ask Chen Gongfeng to come."
"Chen Gongfeng, is it necessary?" The young tribesman was surprised, and secretly expected in his heart:
"Can we finally see Chen Gongfeng take action today?"
This Chen Gongfeng is said to be a big shot from Zhongzhou. He once gained great fame in Zhongzhou and was known as the Flying Dragon Hand.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for a person like Chen Chongfeng to stay in a gluttonous city in Southwest China... But after the Luo family became prosperous, they owned a large amount of gold. Naturally, things are different now. They can give a figure that ordinary people cannot refuse. Even Chen Congfeng could be invited.
According to common sense, only the wealthy people in the imperial capital like the Wan family are qualified to hire such famous martial arts figures.
"Mr. Qiao, please take a seat first." The patriarch smiled and said calmly:
"Actually, I am not in direct contact with the so-called Golden Land. I have already ordered someone to invite that person. If Mr. Qiao wants to know the secret, please wait for a while."
Chapter 300 The Legend of the Taotie Demon King (6k)
"This is... Taotie City?"
King Yu Qingli looked at the mountain city in front of him and held up the bamboo hat on his head.
The mountain road is rugged and difficult to navigate, and it would be difficult to find this place without someone to guide her. However, she is a descendant of the Jingwei bird family, and she has the blood poison of the jade carp to guide the way, so it is not a big problem.
From the time she was in Yangmen Fucheng, she had used Yu Li and other subordinates to find out the approximate location of the so-called Golden Township, which actually referred to this city.
As for the specific location of Golden Township, not even the merchant Luo Cheng knew it, let alone Jade Carp.
"Traveling merchant Luo Cheng seems to have been kidnapped by a superb warrior." King Yu said to himself.
She was like lightning, leaping up and over the low city wall.
The super-grade warrior had keen intuition, and there was a hostage like the merchant Luo Cheng beside her, so to be on the safe side she did not follow too closely to avoid being discovered.
Now that she has arrived in Taotie City, she naturally no longer needs to be as cautious as before... So what if she is discovered?
Demon Spear Qingli, known as the strongest half-demon, is a descendant of the Jingwei clan and a close disciple of the former Spear Saint.
In terms of inheritance and bloodline...they are among the top few martial artists in Kyushu, and they are top martial artists who have been famous for a long time.
And the title she is known to the world as, is not "the strongest half-demon", "the last Jingwei", or "disciple of the Spear Saint", but the Demon Spear.
It seems simple and unpretentious, but in fact there is something else going on.
As a disciple of the Spear Saint, being able to become famous as the "Demon Spear" actually means that her spear skills have gone beyond the shadow of the Spear Saint in the past.
So Qing Li was naturally confident that even if he was discovered by that super martial artist... it would just be an extra effort.
She lifted her body a few times and had already followed outside the Luo family ancestral hall. She happened to see Qiao Mu and the businessman Luo Cheng entering the ancestral hall.
"Thunder Flying Dragon Hand? A master from Zhongzhou?" Yaoqiang Qingli thought about it carefully. He had never heard of this person's name. He only felt that he had lived in the remote countryside of Southwest State for a long time and his knowledge was not broad enough?
Yuwang Qingli was not a reckless person. Out of caution, she continued to lurk aside and wait and see.
Chen Gongfeng has not arrived yet.
However, Qiao Mu gradually started chatting with the patriarch of the Luo family.
"Mr. Qiao came all the way to do gold business with our Luo family?" The head of the Luo family smiled slightly.
The ancestral hall is the important place of the clan, a place for discussion and sacrifice.
Not to mention outsiders coming in, even children in the clan will be punished for trespassing.
What's more, they are discussing important matters here today?
The businessman Luo Cheng is not a brainless person. Since he brought this outsider directly into the ancestral hall, it is naturally not a good thing.
A visitor from afar is not a good person...
"Discussing business?" Qiao Mu said calmly:
"I'm not interested in your gold business. I just want to ask where the so-called Golden Land and the Philosopher's Stone come from?"
The face of the head of the Luo family suddenly darkened:
"This friend is really good at joking. This gold business has now become the foundation of our Luo clan. You just want us to tell you the secret?"
"You are not here to do business. You are a lion who wants to monopolize the business of Golden Land?"
"Clan leader, why bother talking to this outsider? He has no sincerity at all when he comes to do business." A white-haired clan elder next to him frowned.
Many men stood up immediately, surrounded Qiao Mu, and looked at him coldly.
The situation was tense for a while.
Only the patriarch looked calm. His face was sullen, and he only stretched out his hand to press down:
"Don't be anxious, everyone. Peace is the most important thing in everything. You are a guest, so you must not lose your etiquette and let outsiders laugh----"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a middle-aged man wearing a long gown and with a distinguished temperament walking quickly outside the gate of the ancestral hall. This man's eyes are bright and sharp, and his temples are bulging high. He is obviously a martial arts master who is accomplished in refining gods.
"Chen Gongfeng is here."
"Chen worships."
"I can see the Thunder Flying Dragon Hand today!"
"I heard that with his skills, if he defected to the imperial court, he could get a second-grade general. That's a general."
"It is only because the clan has recently gained money that it is qualified to hire this famous martial arts master from Zhongzhou as a worshiper."
There was obvious joy on the faces of everyone in the ancestral hall.
Some of the young men were even more excited. The level of Chen Chongfeng's martial arts far exceeded their imagination, and even reached the point where they couldn't understand it.
It was a rare thing for them to see Chen Chongfeng take action today.
Chen Gongfeng also has a strong aura. He is obviously a martial artist, but he is wearing a long robe that scholars love to wear. He has his hands behind his back, and his pace is neither slow nor fast, full of pomp and show.
He walked into the ancestral hall and said with a faint smile:
"Clan Chief Luo, I heard that there are people from other places who are attacking, am I not too late?"
Chen Gongfeng smiled lightly, his eyes fell on Qiao Mu, then the smile on his face froze slightly, he looked up and down, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.
"This outsider..." His voice suddenly became softer:
"Is his last name Joe?"
"Thunder Flying Dragon Hand?" Qiao Mu turned around and glanced at Chen Gongfeng behind him:
"I've never heard of such a master in Zhongzhou?"
Chen Gongfeng paused in his steps.
The moment his eyes met the tree, he instinctively sensed a great sense of danger.
Die die die die die die die!
The muscles all over his body contracted and tightened unconsciously, and goosebumps appeared all over his body. His heart began to beat faster, and the pupils of his eyes narrowed slightly.
Just by looking at each other, he had a strong stress reaction, like an elk encountering a tiger in the forest, instantly sensing the approach of death!
"Haha." When the head of the Luo family saw Chen Gongfeng come forward, a smile appeared on his face. The previous calm expression was gone. He laughed and said:
"It's him, Chen Gongfeng, why don't you take action to capture this young man?"
"That's natural!"
Chen Gongfeng shouted loudly and flew past like a bird, with the speed of thunder.
Everyone in the ancestral hall only felt a breeze passing by. Chen Gongfeng had already fluttered in front of Qiao Mu... and then rushed towards the head of the Luo family behind Qiao Mu without any hesitation.
Patriarch Luo just felt the world spinning. When he reacted, Chen Gongfeng was already standing behind him, using anti-joint techniques to restrain his hands. He was tightly captured like iron hoops, unable to move at all.
"Chen worships you?" Patriarch Luo was shocked and angry.
The rest of the Luo family were also stunned. Dozens of looks came over in confusion. They didn't react at all.
This time, not to mention the Luo family members, even Qing Li, who was watching in the dark from afar, was quite surprised.
However, Chen Gongfeng ignored them at all and just said seriously to Qiao Mu: