Once, I wanted to be a good person

Seeing the Mortality-Shedding Fruit on the table, Fang Ze was taken aback, then involuntarily looked at Hei Yu beside him, hoping for an explanation.

However, as the head butler of the house, Hei Yu apparently had no idea what was going on, so she slightly shook her head at Fang Ze, her face full of confusion.

Seeing that even Hei Yu didn't know what was happening, Fang Ze coughed and then directly asked, "Where did this Mortality-Shedding Fruit come from?"

When Fang Ze and Hei Yu entered the main hall earlier, several Yang Transformation stage experts present had already respectfully stood to the sides, waiting for Fang Ze's inquiry. Now, seeing Fang Ze ask about this matter, one of the Yang Transformation stage experts stepped forward and explained, "Young Master, it's like this."

"After Hei Yu went to pick you up, someone claiming to be a butler from the Bai Family came to our estate's gate and handed a box and a letter to the guards at the entrance, saying it was something Mr. Bai wanted to give to you, and then left."

"The guards didn't dare to hide it and quickly informed us to come and check. We were worried the box might be dangerous, so we opened it to inspect. As a result, we saw this..."

Hearing his subordinate's words, Fang Ze frowned slightly, "Old Mr. Bai? A letter?"

He pondered for a moment, then gestured, saying, "Where's the letter? Let me see it."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, the Yang Transformation stage expert quickly took the letter out of his pocket, but instead of handing it directly to Fang Ze, he first gave it to Hei Yu beside Fang Ze.

Hei Yu took the letter, opened the envelope, and carefully checked it to ensure there was no danger before handing it over to Fang Ze with both hands.

Fang Ze took the letter, opened it, and glanced at it.

The content of the letter was ordinary, but the writing on it was something Fang Ze had never seen before: each stroke was as sharp as a knife, each line as aged as water. Just through these characters, one could almost see an old man who had been relentlessly researching martial skills year after year.

'The realm of martial arts... truly frighteningly high.'

Fang Ze marveled inwardly before carefully reading the letter's contents.

The letter didn't have many words and only talked about one thing: Old Mr. Bai, in gratitude for the past relations between the "Bai" and "Si" families, was willing to sell this Mortality-Shedding Fruit to Fang Ze at the price of one Lini. And that was it.....

Confronted with the contents of the letter, Fang Ze was genuinely bewildered.

One Lini for a Mortality-Shedding Fruit?

Has the federation gone bankrupt? Or can Mortality-Shedding Fruits now be mass-produced?

...Can I go to the Bai Family to get more?

Despite being somewhat poor, Mortality-Shedding Fruits at such a low price were ones he would buy as many as he could!

So... something's not right. There must be more to this story....

Thinking this, Fang Ze couldn't help but look at Hei Yu standing beside him and asked, "Were the Bai Family and our Si Family very close before?"

Upon hearing Fang Ze's question, Hei Yu thought for a moment, then replied hesitantly, "The relationship was good. But....."

She deliberated for a moment and said, "The three noble families within the Directly Governed State were all very close in the past."

She didn't finish her sentence, but Fang Ze understood her meaning: the Jiang Family, which was also close, was one of the behind-the-scenes players in the Si Family's downfall. So.... relationships among the nobility are just like that.

Like the three families in the Directly Governed State that truly maintained their brotherly relations for decades are rare.

Therefore, Fang Ze couldn't help but stroke his chin, musing, "Then this gets interesting...."

After speaking, he handed the note in his hand to Hei Yu.

Hei Yu curiously took the note and read it.

After reading the note, she also looked at Fang Ze in shock: One Lini for a Mortality-Shedding Fruit....?!

This was just too unbelievable, right?

Moreover, even without talking about one Lini, even at a hundred million, a billion, Mortality-Shedding Fruits are in high demand.

The reason the market price of a Mortality-Shedding Fruit is 10-15 billion Lini isn't that it's only worth that amount of money, but because that's the maximum liquidity the Mortality-Shedding demigod families can extract after acquiring it.

So seeing that the Bai Family not only had excess Mortality-Shedding Fruits but also offered it to Fang Ze at this price, Hei Yu was also deeply shocked.

Seeing Fang Ze and Hei Yu's strange expressions after reading the letter, the other Yang Transformation stage experts in the room became curious about the contents of the letter. They curiously glanced at Fang Ze, then at Hei Yu, wanting to see the letter but not daring to without Fang Ze's permission.

And just as the atmosphere in the room was becoming increasingly strange, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

A moment later, a guard entered the room. He first bowed to Fang Ze, then to Hei Yu, before saying, "Young Master, Hei Yu, a lady has arrived outside. She says her name is Lan Bing and that she is a friend of the Young Master. She wishes to discuss something with you."

Upon hearing the guard's words, Fang Ze was momentarily stunned, "Lan Bing?"

At that moment.... he seemed to have guessed something. But, it was also somewhat unbelievable.

'.....What exactly does the Bai Family intend to do?'

With surprise in his heart, Fang Ze said to the guard, "I will go greet her personally."

Bringing along Hei Yu and a group of Yang Transformation stage experts, they went to the estate's gate. Sure enough, standing at the gate was Lan Bing, whom Fang Ze had met just last night.

Today, Lan Bing was dressed in a blue casual outfit, her clothes light and thin, with the fierce cold wind having no effect on her at all. She just stood there quietly, like a snow lotus, it stood apart from the world...