Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!

The acquisition by the major households stimulated the confidence of the common people in Yang City, and the frenzied hoarding by the common people further reinforced the mindset of the major households. Now, the common people had even more confidence.

This damn upward spiral, trampling over each other, under collective madness, Yi Chen found that he had created a 'Tulip' bubble in Yang City,

Fuck, even the self-cultivating farmers around Yang City are speculating now, and now Yi Chengzi has become the biggest landlord in Yang City. Who the hell is Yi Chen supposed to reason with...

Looking at the piles of Jade Coins, numerous land deeds, and Yi Chen's increasingly furrowed brows, the smile on Father Guo's face also gradually hardened, and he couldn't help but cautiously probe:

"Could it be that Young Master Yi feels that he hasn't made enough, or suspects that there's something wrong with Guo's ledgers?"

"Master, I'm aggrieved!"

The big black fatty, in a moment of urgency, even changed the way he addressed Yi Chen and quickly started to swear and make oaths.

"No, you've done well, old Guo."

"I am just lamenting that the greed in people's hearts is like a rolling stone down a mountain!"

"It's so precarious, and even I cannot grasp it."

Looking at the nearly three hundred Red Jade Coins and the thick stack of land deeds before him, Yi Chen didn't know if Yang City still had such potential if he didn't squeeze it.

Where the hell did such a large number of Gold Coins burst out from?

You should know that he originally just wanted to scalp a wave from the big households within the city, but he ended up scalping the entire Yang City. People's greed turned his good intentions into something bad.

"Eh, old Guo, I need to step out for a bit!"

Yi Chen picked up the Jade Coins and documents from the table and stood up, ready to leave.

"Young Master Yi has been busy all day and still wants to leave? Why not rest awhile?" The big black fatty's expression froze as soon as he heard Yi Chen's words. He had invited three untouched singing girls to wait at home, and now Young Master Yi was leaving again.

"I can't. I'm in a hurry to save your Guo family's life."

"Old Guo, in just one night, half of Yang City's land has come into your hands. Start crashing the market, cool them down. Drop the price of the Ancient Han Health Wine by half again, and as soon as the day breaks, tell the group buying the wine a piece of news: if they don't finish drinking in three days, the medicinal effect will be gone."

"Old Guo, you've been roasting others too cruelly on the fire, and they will do the same to you. Now you understand why I need to go and save your life."

Yi Chen said somberly, but the information in his words made Father Guo break out in cold sweat.

"What? The medicinal wine can only be stored for three days?"

"Yes, old Guo, you didn't also stock up a batch, did you? If so, you better sell it off now." Yi Chen looked at the big black fatty before him, but for a moment, his expression became strange.

In an instant, he witnessed a medical miracle – the big black fatty's face actually turned red.

Yi Chen: "....."

The greed in people's hearts is like a rolling stone down a mountain!

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Yi Chengzi's life is so hard, he has to clean up after Li Shiran again.

Carrying a bag of skewered chicken, Yi Chen soon arrived at Li Shiran's room.

This time, Li Shiran was a little panicked.

"Young Master Yi, Shiran really has no money on her now."

"Fairy Shiran, how could you see me this way!" Yi Chen pushed a stack of land deeds and documents on the table towards Li Shiran, immediately dissatisfied,

"These are all I intend to give to the Fairy without any repayment!"

"Without any repayment? Young Master Yi, unless you make it clear, Shiran wouldn't dare to accept your generous gift!"

Hearing what Yi Chen said, Li Shiran's eyes grew more wary, but after hearing his explanation, her expression became even more peculiar, as if she saw the sun rising from the west.

"So Young Master Yi, you mean that you've made too much this time and want to put these properties under Shiran's name, and then return the land to those dispossessed commoners for farming?"

"Correct. And for the land of those major households, it can be prioritized for the original tenant farmers. As for the profits, the Fairy can take thirty percent, consider it a solid source of income I'm offering the Fairy!"

Hearing Yi Chen's words, Li Shiran sized him up and down, and finally a hint of being touched flickered across her face:

"You are compassionate, Master. Since the Master is so generous, Shiran won't take advantage of this little gain!"

"Let me return these land deeds to their original owners, and the excess will be distributed to the tenant farmers, still under the name of the Master."

"That won't do."

"Why not?"

"Some things aren't theirs, only then can they always be theirs!"

"Otherwise, some people have a hundred ways to turn the lands into their own, a hundred ways!"

This time, a look of shock flashed across Li Shiran's face. Being naturally intelligent, she quickly understood Yi Chen's well-intentioned efforts after some thought.

"The Taoist Priest is truly noble! Shiran had misunderstood you before, this must be your true intention after all."

"Your reputation for greed is just a guise; your current actions are just to use Shiran's identity to redistribute the lands of Yang City, aren't they?"

"Who would have thought that our Dao Sect could still have such a noble figure as you, no wonder you have cultivated such pure and potent Pure Yang Power."

It was as if she had uncovered some secret; a dazzle flitted through Li Shiran's eyes, and she was already decided to introduce him back to the Heavenly Star Sect after this matter was resolved!

Yi Chen: "....."

"You're right!"

Yi Chen knew that Li Shiran must have misunderstood, thinking that he had exchanged all the Jade Coins for the pile of land deeds and property titles in front of them, when in fact, Yi Chengzi had already taken them as a handling fee.

Being too heavy-handed in scraping together wealth, Yi Chen feared Bai Yunzi might haunt his dreams.

"That being the case, Shiran agrees to this matter, and moreover, Shiran won't take the agreed three percent profit either." Li Shiran clapped her hands lightly and laughed, her laugh unraveling her veil, and in that moment, it was as if clouds parted to reveal the moon and her cheerful countenance was revealed.

"That won't do!"

"Ah?"

"Fairy, this money is meant to be seen by others. If you don't take it, the people of Yang City will not feel at ease, nor will Great Qian!"

With these words, Yi Chen stopped just there.

At this moment, his eyes were bright as stars.

"All learning comes from the clarity of worldly affairs, and the mastery of human emotions becomes an art; Shiran is enlightened!"

"Having the Taoist Priest in Yang City is a blessing for the people of Yang City."

After a silent moment, Li Shiran gently smoothed her skirt, suddenly arose, and gave Yi Chen a deep bow.

So complete was the courtesy that Yi Chen felt perhaps he should concede a little more profit.

"Don't hurry, Taoist Priest. With such a commotion currently in Yang City, I fear that the Ghost Worship Sect's villains might have seen through our plan to 'mend the pen after the sheep are lost' and may sneak into the city to strike preemptively. I'll go and discuss this with my senior brother first."

Li Shiran gave Yi Chen a radiant smile and swiftly flew away.

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Night, Yang City, streets.

Dawn is about to break, yet has not.

Duan Zhenliu watched the still bustling Yang City, and even with his pride, he had to admit that Yi Chen indeed had his ways in some aspects.

Immediately after, he couldn't help but kick a Night Patrol Bureau 'elite' Fanzi who was missing half of his front teeth, sending him sprawling on the ground.

"Useless, either shitting or peeing, get lost!"

Seeing their colleague being vented upon by this Inner Sect Disciple of the Heavenly Star Sect, for a moment, the 'Elite Team' of the Night Patrol Bureau, carefully selected rubbish horses, lazy fish, and troublemaking sticks, couldn't help but show a schadenfreude expression.

But soon, their smirks froze on their faces.

Seeing Duan Zhenliu's gaze sweep over them, his cold voice eventually fell on the pile of good-for-nothing donkeys and horses in front of him:

"I'm not just talking about him."

"What I mean is, all of you are useless!"

"The Heavenly Star Sect is already aware of the Night Patrol Bureau's intentions. All of you can get lost. Go back and tell your leaders, they must give the Heavenly Star Sect an explanation for this matter!"

Having had enough of the Night Patrol Bureau's nonsense, Duan Zhenliu immediately continued his patrol on the long street, dressed in arrest officer's uniform.

His eyes continuously scanned left and right, hoping to spot possible Alien Species or suspicious individuals.

At this moment, he noticed a woman in white, holding an oil-paper umbrella, slowly approaching him from the end of the long street.

Who else could this person be other than his own sister in disguise?

Seeing the transformed Li Shiran, Duan Zhenliu's heart leapt in joy, and he quickly stepped forward to meet her.

What he didn't notice was that at this moment, a thin mist had begun to appear on the street. Looking through the mist, it seemed as if the space around him was distorting like a funhouse mirror, unclear and seemingly isolated from the outside world.

At this time, dreadful thumping noises began to sound, accompanied by a sinister cackle. A black-robed figure slowly emerged from the mist.