Chapter 1328 - 357: Sis, Please Don’t Speak, I’m Afraid_6
"Secondly, the fact that Yuchi can calmly talk to me like this, without even asking my stance, means that he is a very determined person, at least when it comes to these matters, which are non-negotiable. So is Yuchi a fool? Absolutely not. He managed to grow the association single-handedly. How could he be a fool? So the things I can see, can he not see them?"
"Heh, how could that be possible? So given that he has chosen to confront me head-on despite seeing the cost, he absolutely came prepared. He is definitely not afraid of the attacks from the Stargazing Pavilion. At least from his perspective, whether it’s the attacks from the Stargazing Pavilion or interference from other forces, there is no way to shake the association to its core!"
Thinking of this, the team-leading City Lord glanced smugly at the Stargazing Pavilion leaders who were fuming and cursing non-stop, "These guys are clearly blinded by their power, genuinely thinking they are something extraordinary. But as the saying goes, the Stargazing Pavilion is just that, nothing more than a mere Stargazing Pavilion."
"They have over a dozen Stargazing Pavillions, so there are over a dozen Golden Core Stage cultivators. Including some relatives or friends, in terms of power, they are a very formidable existence. So, in this case, they indeed have the capital for such pride. Therefore, it’s unknown who will finally emerge victorious when these proud ones confront the mighty Old Man Yuchi!"
"But still, no matter who wins, no matter where things end up, it’s always right to leave yourself a way out. Saying ’a cunning hare has three burrows’ might be an exaggeration, but for people like us, three burrows are looking for trouble, eventually turning into spicy rabbit heads. At least thirty burrows are about right, and avoiding being caught by guards is no easy feat either."
Then, while the team-leading City Lord was smugly contemplating these matters, a Sect Leader had already set his eyes on him. As the City Lord was startled, he heard the Sect Leader’s arrangement, "You will now accompany us to Jiangnan. We must check out how capable this Yuchi really is, and see if he disrespects us. If worse comes to worst, if he wants a deadly clash, then we will gladly oblige!"
Team-leading City Lord: ???? What’s this got to do with my father, half a cent’s worth? I’ve already completed my mission; why drag me into this now? You could just go there directly, right? Are you trying to make me stand against the Jiangnan United Commerce Association? Why? Even if you all want to seek death, why take someone down with you? What’s it got to do with my livelihood?! I’m just here as a spectator!
As the City Lord was panicked, the other Sect Leaders didn’t care about his thoughts and began discussing, one after another: "This time when we go there, we’re surely going to demand justice. So we need to find some fault with Yuchi, otherwise we’d just be unreasonable! Doesn’t that mean we elders are not giving the younger generation any respect? So, we need to plant a black pot on him!"
Team-leading City Lord: ???? You bunch of Stargazing Pavilion pig brains! Are you openly conspiring??? What’s this??? Directly treating me as one of your own, starting to discuss this in front of me??? No!!!! I don’t want to hear about this!!!! I’m just a passerby!!!! Don’t drag me into this!!! My mother is eighty, and I have a child of three!"
The others didn’t care what the City Lord thought. In their eyes, he’s just cannon fodder, and does cannon fodder have the right to speak up at this moment? Just quietly follow their arrangements: "Let’s put it this way, isn’t Yuchi refusing to compensate us? Then we’ll say he’s disrespectful to us, even directly stole our property?"
"Stolen property? Such an accusation is meaningless. If the word gets out, nobody will believe it, considering Yuchi is still the Jiangnan United Commerce Association’s president. Who knows how much he’s embezzled, so if we say he swindled our money, onlookers will definitely see us as fools. After all, any reason could be found, except for such an excuse."
"Then let’s just say he simply doesn’t respect us. Anyway, respect is just a gimmick. We’ll say that he looks down on us, that we’ve found out his people spreading rumors, saying he’s messing around within our city, deliberately tarnishing it to trick our citizens into Jiangnan."
"Okay! That reason has no problem whatsoever. After all, catching traitors is too common. Even if he’s not guilty, what can he do? Can he find such a traitor? How possible is that! We just need to throw dirty water at him. The more he tries to clear his name, the less he can succeed. Let’s see what he does!"
"Alright, then it’s decided, let’s conclude this matter like this. We must make Yuchi pay the price, make the Jiangnan United Commerce Association compensate us properly. If there’s a chance, if we could gain control over the Jiangnan United Commerce Association, will we ever lack gold or silver afterward? Hahaha, the Stargazing Pavilion will reap the rewards without sowing. We could even support Yuchi to become a puppet president, haha!"
Listening to this, the team-leading City Lord felt very guilty. Why does he have such a strong premonition? It feels like these people are courting disaster. Although there’s no evidence, following his years of experience in bureaucratic circles, this feeling is like an intuition, similar to the unique intuition of women that many times, when a woman first feels that a man is unreliable, he really is unreliable!
"Alright, stop mumbling over there. There’s no way you turned into a cowardly dog just after a trip to Jiangnan, right?" The Sect Leader impatiently said, handing over a mask, "From now on, you are one of us from the Stargazing Pavilion. We’ll head towards the Jiangnan United Commerce Association immediately. We must control the head of the enemy Yuchi in our hands!"
"Yes, yes..." The team-leading City Lord gloomily put on the mask handed over by the Stargazing Pavilion leader. As he wore it, his heart was pouring blood, dripping with fresh blood. This was internal bleeding, and he was immensely pained, silently murmuring to himself, "I’ve tried so hard to mediate between both sides, yet you make me lose so thoroughly, hah, screw it!"
"And what did the dog ever do wrong? Why is it sometimes said to be steady as a dog and other times panic-stricken as a dog? Is it all the dog’s fault? They say dumb as a dog, but never clever as a dog; dogs have their dignity too!"
Finally, amidst the inner cries of the team-leading City Lord, he had no choice but to follow the large group of Stargazing Pavilion people towards Jiangnan. Truly, this time, it’s uncertain what the situation will be like. It’s just been heard that the team-leading City Lord said something to his wife: "If I can come back alive from Jiangnan this time, then let’s have another child."