Gu Nan welcomed Ye Bai and the others into the inner hall. Not long after they sat down, he asked:
"Master Ye, why are you here?"
Ye Bai put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at Gu Nan and said softly: "I heard that the Gu family stamped their feet in this three-acre area of Xinyue City, making the whole city tremble, so I came here to visit."
"Then you are right, my Gu family is still... in Xinyue City." Second Young Master Gu Dong laughed.
"Presumptuous, who told you to speak?"
Before Gu Dong could finish speaking, he was scolded by Gu Nan, which frightened him into shutting up immediately.
"Master Ye, I'm sorry! Quan Zi has been confused recently. Thanks to their praise, my Gu family can only survive on the breath of the Chi Ming Thief."
"Really? With the blessing of the Tianwu Clan, you still need to be afraid of the Chiming Thieves?"
Regarding Ye Bai's question, Gu Dong still replied patiently: "The so-called water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. It is difficult to get support for some emergencies."
"That's true! Water from a distance really can't quench our thirst from a distance."
Ye Bai smiled and then changed the topic and said, "Clan Leader Gu, I have an idea and want to ask your opinion."
"Please say."
Gu Nan remained calm on the surface, but he knew that the other party was starting to make moves.
"You said that distant water cannot quench the thirst of near people, but I can quench it. Nowadays, the Impermanence Bandit and the Chiming Bandit are extremely rampant. If Patriarch Gu is willing, as long as he pays a fee every year, we can maintain peace." Ye Bai took the opportunity at this time. give suggestions.
"this……"
Gu Nan didn't expect that the other party could be considered a demon thief and wanted to make a deal with him.
"Mr. Ye, we really want to make an oath with you, but mainly our clan has already made an oath with the Tianwu clan, so we can't make another agreement with you, otherwise we won't be able to explain it to the Tianwu clan."
Before his father could speak, Gu Bei took the lead in answering Ye Bai.
"Who is this?" Ye Bai looked at Gu Nan and asked.
"He is my eldest son Gu Bei." Gu Nan looked at his eldest son with satisfaction, his eyes full of relief.
"If you are worried about the Tianwu Clan, then I think our oath can be fulfilled. I have a way to convince them. Don't worry about that."
Ye Bai didn't leave them any way out, and directly said that he would help the other party solve the Tianwu clan's problem.
"Mr. Ye, we really..."
"Master Ye, if you can really convince the Tianwu tribe, I am willing to complete the agreement with you."
The eldest son wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by his father, who agreed with Ye Bai's opinion.
"Clan Leader Gu is a smart man, and I also like chatting with smart people. I won't interrupt you, and I'll take my leave."
Ye Bai laughed, left Xinyue City with a few people, and headed to Xiaoshan again.
"Father, why did you agree to him?"
"Yes, father, this man named Ye has made it clear that he is here to get benefits."
Facing the doubts of his two sons, Gu Nan shook his head and said, "You have been so presumptuous these years that you have almost forgotten who we rely on to survive in this area with peace of mind."
"That's also based on the Tianwu tribe. What does it have to do with the person named Ye?" Gu Dong asked confused.
Gu Bei suddenly reacted and looked at his father and asked, "Father, do you mean that Mr. Ye is from the Tianwu tribe?"
Gu Nan nodded and said: "King Tianwu is just not interested in us people, but in the Tianwu Clan area, who do you think can come to ask the Tianwu Clan to terminate their oath with our clan? That would be a disservice to the entire Tianwu Clan." Apart from the Tianwu Clan themselves, I don’t think anyone can resist the provocation of the Clan.”
"The situation is about to change. It seems that Mr. Ye will go to Xiaoshan." Gu Bei thought of another force here.
Gu Nan suddenly laughed and said, "That old guy has been so proud that he can't find his way around these years. Maybe we will receive news of his death soon."
The two forces have been hostile to each other for a long time, and Gu Nan is too trashy of that old guy's temper, so he went to Ye Bai to seek help from him.
Xiaoshan, Fiery Clan.
It was already getting late when Ye Bai arrived here. As soon as he entered Xiaoshan, a figure stopped in front of several people.
"Who are you waiting for?"
Ye Bai looked up and found that a fire monkey that had not yet fully transformed was blocking them.
"My name is Ye Bai. I'm here specifically to visit your clan leader. You can tell him that we are from the Luoxia Forest."
"Wait."
Ye Bai explained his purpose, and the other party did not embarrass him and just asked them to wait here.
A few minutes later, the monkey returned and asked to be taken inside.
Ye Bai and the others followed the Fire Monkey and took a look at the surrounding environment.
Xiaoshan is a vast mountain with road stations built on it. It is a city built in the mountain.
This place is mountainous, so the mineral veins are relatively rich. In terms of capital, the Xinhu Clan cannot compare with them.
A few minutes later, a red wall appeared in front of several people. Two members of the Agni tribe were guarding the gate of the wall.
"Go in, the clan leader is waiting for you inside."
After the fire monkey finished speaking, he left the place. After Ye Bai and others looked at each other, they were led by the guards to the lobby.
There were several old men sitting in front of the hall, and they still had some red hair on their faces, which were also the characteristics of the Agni people when they transformed into special forms.
"Please sit down, Mr. Ye!"
The leader, an old man in red and black attire, motioned for a few people to sit down. Ye Bai was not polite and found a few seats at random to sit down.
"Old Lieshan, I wonder what Mr. Ye is here for?" The old man sitting at the head of the table spoke again and asked.
"I have just pacified Luoxia Forest, so naturally I have to pay a visit to a few of them. After all, I have also heard of the reputation of the Fire Clan."
"You're welcome! Our Fire Clan is also relatively united, which is why we are what we are today."
Although Lieshan didn't think that the other party was just here to say hello, he was not in a hurry.
"That's true! We live in the same place as the Impermanence Thief and the Chiming Thief, and thieves are rampant, but I think the Lieshan Clan doesn't seem to be affected by this. I think the leader of the Liehuo Clan must have a clever plan. I wonder if you can give me some advice."
Ye Bai was not in a hurry to explain his purpose, but he humbly asked for advice.
"If there is any clever idea, it's just to send something to these two families every year, which can be regarded as a kind of protection fee."
An old man in red who sat down in Lieshan curled his lips, seeming extremely dissatisfied with this approach.
"Strong wind."
Chief Lieshan seemed dissatisfied with the red-clothed old man's nonsense and reminded him.
Liefeng closed his eyes, ignored Lieshan, and said nothing more.
"Chief Lieshan, I heard that you and the Xinhu Clan are protected by the Tianwu Clan, why do you still need to give those guys something?" Ye Bai looked at Lieshan in confusion.
"This is some private matter within the clan. If nothing happens, Mr. Ye, please come back. We still have some things to be busy with."
Lieshan obviously no longer had the desire to continue talking, so he opened his mouth to see the guest off.
"Don't worry, Chief Lieshan. I also have some business I want to do with you this time." Ye Bai said with a smile.
"Business? Don't tell me it's about the Luoxia Forest. Let's not talk about whether you can defend it. Even if you can defend it, I, the Fire Clan, don't need to go to other places through the Luoxia Forest."
Lie Shan looked at these people with disdain from the corner of his eyes. He already felt that Ye Bai would be bloodbathed by Wu Chang Pi and them sooner or later.
Ye Bai shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not talking to you about the Luoxia Forest. I'm talking to you about the entire Yamen District. You can only move here now. Once you cooperate with us, I can Let you move throughout the Yamen area, even the North Road area."
Lieshan's eyes became sharp at this moment, and even Liefeng, who had closed his eyes just now, opened his eyes.
"Why should I trust you? When will you be able to subdue the Impermanence Thieves and the others, you will be talking to me about this. See you off."
Lieshan drove people away without any courtesy, and Ye Bai was not angry. He just looked at the Lieshan clan leader with a smile. Lao Gao knew very well what this smile meant and knew that the clan leader was going to be in trouble.
"Chief Lieshan, we will meet again."
Ye Bai left the place with the three of them. Lieshan looked at the backs of the people with a gloomy expression. Then he called someone to convey something, and Liefeng and the others also left the scene.
"Boss Ye, do you want to take action?" Lao Gao asked, looking in the direction of the Lieshan clan.
"Not now. Let the patriarch be proud for a while."
Ye Bai stretched out and was about to leave when a voice came from behind.
"Master Ye, please wait."
Ye Bai turned around in confusion and saw a figure in the distance coming very quickly in front of a few people. It was none other than Gale Feng who was in front of the lobby before.
"Mr. Ye, can you tell us about the cooperation in detail?" Liefeng asked with his hands in hand.
Ye Bai looked at Liefeng with interest and said with a smile: "Isn't your clan leader not interested? But why are you still looking for me?"
"I want to leave a way for the clan. I don't know why you dare to make this promise, but it's enough that I know you are not a fool."
Liefeng continued: "Master Ye just asked why my clan paid tribute to the Wuchang Thieves? In fact, there are several reasons for this."
Ye Bai was not in a hurry and listened quietly to what the other party said slowly.
"One of them is related to the history of our clan. Our clan did not have these mineral veins at the beginning. To be precise, these were obtained through cooperation with the Impermanence Thieves. No one knows these things except a few of us."
"Then why are the Impermanence Thieves willing to cooperate with you? Why don't they just keep it to themselves?" Ye Bai asked.
"That's because the Impermanence Pirates simply cannot own the mineral veins. Once they dare to mine the mineral veins in the Tianwu Clan area, they will be attacked. Even the Liufeng Demon King can't protect them, so they found a family to cooperate, so we In addition to handing over the ore to the Tianwu tribe every year, some are also left over and handed over to the Wuchang bandits."
Liefeng didn't hide anything and directly explained the reason to them.
"Good guy, you even gave us a secret hiding place, these bitches." Lu Xiao on the side cursed angrily.
"I'm afraid you have cooperated with the Impermanence Thieves on a lot of shady things in recent years, right? If these things are exposed, not to mention other things, the entire Yamen District's demon clan will kill you Lieshan Clan." Bai smiled.
"So we need your protection. It's been too uncomfortable to have the Impermanence thief choke us all these years." Liefeng exhaled a long breath, which seemed to have been held in for a long time.
"How do you know I can help you?"
"If even the Tianwu tribe can't help us, then no one can."
Liefeng revealed the identity of Ye Bai and others with one word. Lu Xiao looked at each other in surprise. Ye Bai was not surprised. After all, they didn't want to hide it.
"There is suddenly a super powerful force in the entire Yamen District, coupled with the complete disregard of the threats of several major thieves, plus the little brother just now, so I am more sure of your identity."
Liefeng pointed at Lu Xiao, the meaning was self-evident.
"It's a pleasure to cooperate. However, if your clan leader causes trouble, don't blame me."
"I understand, happy to work with you."
Ye Bai stretched out his hand, and Liefeng held it together.
