Chapter 706: Grand Bet
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Selling thunder stones!
In fact, there was a history of this business. Darkness couldn’t exist without light, society wouldn’t exist without people, and when there were profits, there would be people who would willingly take the risks.
There were only a few generations of city lords in the Sky Thunder City that wasn’t greedy. Even if they wouldn’t sell thunder stones themselves, their commanders would; and they would get a portion of the profit.
The Lu Clan had a huge undertaking, but there were just too many Lu clansmen. The clan might have strict clan rules, but how could there not be any illegal transactions underneath such a huge clan? After all, a fish wouldn’t reside in water that was too clean.
The current Sky Thunder City Lordess was Lu Ping. In the past, the city lordess did think of selling thunder stones but couldn’t find the proper executor. Once the selling of thunder stones had been exposed—if the executor of the tasks didn’t have a good moral character, he would definitely expose her as well. When that happened—not only would she have to die, but also her lineage would completely lose all influence in the Lu Clan.
Big Sister Bell was a good candidate, and when she entered the city three years ago, City Lordess Lu Ping had noticed her. After intentionally making contact and investigation, Lu Ping had proposed to Big Sister Bell about this business.
Who knew that… Big Sister Bell rejected her? Big Sister Bell wasn’t fond of struggles, and she simply wanted to live in seclusion in Sky Thunder City for a few years. Once her strength had reached a competent level, she was going back to White Dragon City to take revenge.
Chief Leng was actually a good candidate as well as he had been colluding with Lu Di to smuggle thunder stones. The problem was that Chief Leng had an unclear background as he had resided in the Black Dragon Archipelago for more than ten years before coming here. Lu Di and Lu Ping weren’t of the same lineage; hence, she couldn’t trust Chief Leng. This was why there was the case of Lu Di being transferred away.
As for Chief Li and the others, they didn’t meet the requirements at all. Their strengths weren’t competent enough, and they weren’t qualified to unify over all the slaves in Sky Thunder City. Without unifying the slaves, there was a possibility of information getting leaked. If someone was to make a report, the upper echelons of the Lu Clan would definitely be infuriated; and everything would be done for when they investigate.
Jiang Yi came from the outside and had never stayed in Sin Island before. He had good enough strength to unify all the slaves in Sky Thunder City, and he had a rather good moral character, which was evident from how he elected for Niu Deng to be promoted. Furthermore, he was firm and ruthless; he did things swiftly and decisively. He would rather die than to bow under other chiefs. Even if he was captured, there was a low possibility of him exposing Lu Ping, meaning they would only have to sacrifice Commander Lu Feng in the worst-case scenario.
The most crucial point was… City Lordess Lu Ping was going be relocated after three more years. According to the Lu Clan’s rules, one could only hold the position of the Sky Thunder City Lord for ten consecutive years. Lu Ping had been here for seven years, but she had yet to receive any huge profits. So she had to make use of Jiang Yi, and with Big Sister Bell’s all-out recommendation, which made her offer this big business.
Thunder stones were very valuable!
Not only could they be used to set up powerful restriction arrays, but they were also important materials to produce saint artifacts and transcending saint artifacts. Most importantly was its ability to temper the body. Martial artists who were tempered by the thunder stones would have a much stronger physical body.
It was such a good item, but the Lu Clan wouldn’t sell it. Apart from the own clan’s usage, they would spare out a portion to trade resources with the 12 other clans. The Gods Bestow Tribe was on the opposing side of the East Imperial Continent, but it didn’t prevent those extremely daring merchants to come and secretly trade. The East Imperial Continent had plenty of treasures which would all fetch a high price in here while the specialties of the Sin Island would also fetch a great price in the East Imperial Continent.
The Sky Thunder Island was the Lu Clan’s property, and yet they didn’t get their own clansmen to procure the thunder stones, which was to prevent the Lu clansmen from secretly withholding and selling them. In fact, the Lu clansmen weren’t allowed to go into the thunder mountains and the thunder ridges; everything had to be done by the slaves. If the slaves wanted to survive and to obtain merits, their only choice was to procure and hand over all the thunder stones, which would also be in line to the Lu Clan’s interest.
The upper echelons might have preventions, but the people below have their own ways of getting around them!
Every Sky Thunder City Lord liked to collude with the slaves and get them to sell the thunder stones while they would reap a huge share of the benefits. This way, even if the upper echelons were to investigate, it would only be related to the slaves; and they would only be responsible for letting it slip through.
What Jiang Yi had to do now was to control the entire Sky Thunder City and make it so that his voice was the only voice in the city. He would have to create a merchant team who would bring all the thunder stones, apart those which had to be handed over, to the outside world and deal with the merchants from the East Imperial Continent.
As for how were the slaves going to exit the city and island? Where were they going to deal with the people of the East Imperial Continent? Would it be safe on the way? Were the merchants reliable? Jiang Yi didn’t have to bother about all those as Lu Ping would be the one to figure out all those.
Of course!
There were risks in doing this which weren’t only getting exposed and pursued. Would Lu Ping frame him? Would she kill and silence him after the deal? Would anyone in the city report him? All of these were problems.
Jiang Yi was prepared to make a grand bet!
If he won this bet, he would be able to bring his people into the Gods Bestow City. So what if Lu Ping wanted to kill and silence him? The Gods Bestow City wasn’t their Lu Clan’s territory, and if he didn’t exit from the city and simply cultivated inside, Lu Ping couldn’t do anything to him.
Even if he lost the bet, he wouldn’t lose utterly. He had a trump card which allowed him to escape from the Gods Bestow Tribe at any moment… Heaven Evasion divine skill.
So what if he was exposed? As long as he could execute the Heaven Evasion before they activated the Nine Dragons’ God-Extinguishing Array, he would be able to escape Sin Island with ease. Unless they were to make use of an expert who was near the existence of a god to pursue him. He didn’t even fear regular experts even if there were Astrologers or Divine Pattern Masters. At most, he would constantly execute the Heaven Evasion and continue to look for a place to hide.
“You have made your decision?”
When Big Sister Bell heard Jiang Yi’s answer, she bit her lip and asked, “Do you need to reconsider? After all, you are not alone; and you have a group of people. If it is successful, you would be able to obtain great benefits and would be able to reside and cultivate in the Gods Bestow City. However, if you are exposed, the consequences would be devastating.”
“Hehe!”
Jiang Yi nodded firmly and replied, “Big Sister Bell. Life is full of chance encounters and challenges. If one was also cowering, one would miss out on all the great opportunities. Isn’t the path of the martial dao a path that welcomed difficulties? Following will make you ordinary, defying will make you strong. I have much too many things to do, and I do not have the time to idle. I have to get stronger and much stronger! So I have to enter the Gods Bestow City!”
“Alright!”
Big Sister Bell nodded and spoke with a slight sigh, “I will be leaving in half a year. I will help you to prepare everything within these two months. As for the future, it will be up to your luck and fate. Little Brother, promise me one thing. After I leave, help me to take care of Xiao Hong, Xiao Dongzi, and the others.”
“Leave?”
Jiang Yi knitted his brows and asked, “Big Sister, where are you going? Do you have to attend to something huge? Do you need my help?”
Big Sister Bell shook her head and said, “Don’t ask so much. You cannot help much with my matter. You just need to help me take care of them will do. They have followed me for a few years, but I am not able to give them much.”
“Alright!”
Jiang Yi wasn’t a garrulous person. He nodded heavily and replied, “Big Sister, if you need any help. You just need to call out to me. I will go back and make the arrangements.”
“En!”
Big Sister Bell stood up and saw Jiang Yi off while saying, “Go and integrate all those people that you have taken under you, kill all those that don’t obey. This is a serious matter, and apart from those absolutely loyal people, no one else must know of this. The lesser people know about this, the safer it is. During these few days, I will be having discussions with Commander Lu Feng. After everything has been set, I will assist you to become the no.1 chief of Sky Thunder City…”
“Hehe!”
Jiang Yi was never a soft-hearted and merciful person. His eyes flashed with cold light as he thought to himself. If Chief Leng wasn’t going to behave properly this time, he would have no choice but to send them on their way. In the next few months, there was definitely going to be a blood storm in Sky Thunder City.
