Stop it, Taoist, Your Fight almost Ruins the DAO!
Chapter 1059 - 564: The Taoist Priest's Finance, All Elders, True Technique Promoted Again!

Dawn was just breaking when Master Yi Chen, who had just turned seventeen not long ago, left the gates of Sea Fragrance Garden with a darkened face.

Equally grim-faced was Lower Corpse God Peng Jiao residing within his Sea of Consciousness.

"Host, are you trying to dupe your Master Peng Jiao like this?"

A grey little figure began to grumble in Yi Chen's head, as if he had suffered immense humiliation.

"Cut the crap, did Taoist Priest give you too much face today, Peng Jiao? Who do you think you are to me!"

"Don't you have a clue how many steel coins are in my pocket? Those two Red Jade Coins were absorbed by me, leaving only a dozen or so white Jade Coins as capital. A foot wash is all we can afford, what more do you want?"

"You previously said, as long as there's contact with the opposite sex, a little rub is enough. Doesn't a foot wash meet your standards?"

"In the Five Realms, if those average people dared to charge me the price of a fruit platter, I could have the government send a squad to sweep the place clean."

Deep inside, the Great Qin State Master, who had recently suppressed the heavenly will of the Lingxia Realm, couldn't help but roar with fury.

The Ancient Star Realm is more than just the country of Qian. The five-colored money is the common currency of the world, where the purchasing power of a single white Jade Coin is roughly equivalent to a hundred RMB from his past life.

As for the currency smaller than the white Jade Coins, it is naturally the notes issued by Great Qian themselves, officially priced at one hundred notes per white Jade Coin. Of course, anyone with a sane mind knows that upper-class large transactions always default to using Jade Coins.

The notes are purely a scheme by Great Qian to shave off the bottom class.

So, you expect him, National Master Yi Chengzi of Great Qin, to deal with those average folks using purchasing power worth merely a thousand or so? Even the Top Scholars from his former life wouldn't glance at this sort of level.

To want this and that, it can't be that he, Yi Chengzi, starts off by whoring out Ba Wangji, right...

In any case, this is something Yi Chen would rather die than do.

Better to eat one good melon than a basket of rotten ones.

"Host, you're right!"

After a moment of silence, to Yi Chen's surprise, the grey Primordial Spirit actually let itself be persuaded...

Looking at Lower Corpse God showing understanding, Yi Chen suddenly felt an inexplicable pinch of heartache, and his tone involuntarily softened.

"Little Grey Grey, just endure a bit longer, it won't be long before big brother gets you something good to eat."

"Host, the flesh you're possessing already came with a heap of troubles. Where would you have spare money to indulge your Master Peng Jiao in luxury? You're just trying to dupe your Master Peng Jiao again."

The grey Primordial Spirit immediately showed a trace of wariness in its gaze.

It was promised before coming here: ritzy clubs, tender models, vigorous abalone with seafood, absolutely bursting with life. Now, it's nothing but sustenance meals. It's getting tiresome for Master Peng Jiao.

"Little Grey Grey, you just don't understand, Taoist Priest has the technique of Turning Stone to Gold. Money will come, and quickly; your share won't be short."

Yi Chen immediately reassured confidently, painting such a vivid picture that it filled the entire Sea of Consciousness with the aroma of milk and honey.

"Gua, truly robust and powerful! Host, Master Peng Jiao can bear some losses for now, but later, I want to hit it big tenfold!"

"No, more than tenfold!"

Doing somersaults, the grey Primordial Spirit immediately started howling within Yi Chen's Sea of Consciousness, fully recharged.

"Alright, alright! As you wish."

Having placated the Three Corpse Primordial Spirits Peng Jiao like calming a child, Yi Chen then proceeded with a dusty stride towards his mansion.

Before long, a large estate with a considerable footprint appeared midway down the street in Yi Chen's vision.

The two stone lions at the gate were imposing and eye-catching, yet amidst the morning mist, they seemed somewhat eerily indistinct.

With such a big incident in the Yi Family, it was impossible to hire new servants and maids, thus this vast mansion was now inhabited by Yi Chen alone.

He pushed open the vermilion gate and lit the candles.

At the window sill, a black shadow sprang up.

To avoid suspicion and startling the snake, Yi Chen still maintained his previous physique using the Bone Shrinking Technique, fearing that others might become suspicious if he appeared too abruptly different.

What he now needs, besides Jade Coins, is also time.

Yi Chen picked a bamboo pick to stir the wick and then began to frown in contemplation.

Actually, his predecessor was not as foolish as imagined. After the lucky escape from death, the family fortune accumulated over half a lifetime by old Master Yi was scattered amidst dark sorrows, devoured by lurking wolves.

If it weren't for his uncle, an arrest officer in the government, mediating, he wouldn't have been able to keep the two shops and this house.

He was fond of Miss Shi, that was true, but he was not foolish. The two Red Jade Coins he got by selling off the two shops facing the street were the capital he prepared for a fresh start. The so-called use to court a smile from Miss Shi was nothing more than an excuse.

He was dissolute but not stupid.

He even planned to sell this old house as well, to move to another city and do business for a comeback.

If it wasn't for his uncle's substantial support after his father's death, he wouldn't have been lured out by his cousin's words late at night, ultimately meeting his untimely demise.

What he didn't know was that the fact he intended to sell the shops and make a run for it was precisely what sparked the murderous intent in his uncle's family.

"Storm clouds brew with wind filling the building; this Yi Lifang, he has small cunning but lacks great wisdom! Thinking of moving to another major city for a comeback, like a child with gold loose in a bustling market, do the wolves in other cities not eat people? Aside from the Black Seal peril, no matter what he chose, it was only death – it's just a matter of being completely devoured by whom."

"Even more vicious and appalling is Lion Camel Ridge at the foot of Spirit Mountain, where wolves eat without spitting out bones."