One hundred and seventieth eight chapters dead shopkeeper
However, Fang Lie didn't care about their gaze. He walked slowly on the long street with his hands behind his back, and occasionally scanned the shops on both sides with his eyes. Soon, he found the Mo Fangzhai he was coming in the middle.
When Fang Lie looked from a distance, he couldn't help but frown.
Because Mo Fangzhai is too broken, there are only two-story wooden buildings, mottled paint, broken doors and windows, and even green grass grows in many gaps, so it is impossible to see.
If it hadn't been known in advance, Fang Lie could not believe that this was the property of the Mo Sect, a super sect.
Around it, other people's stores are almost brand new, at least they are extremely clean, and they will never show a broken appearance. With this appearance, customers may not come to the door, right? I really don't know how the shopkeepers here cleaned up.
With deep doubts, Fang Lie walked into Mo Fangzhai, which disappointed him even more. There were only a few old wooden shelves here, with few first- and second-level materials and several old porcelain bottles that were discussed, which were probably spiritual pills.
But just looking at this bottle, Fang Lie couldn't believe that anyone would buy the elixir inside to take it.
In this broken shop, there was only an old man with white bearded napping behind the counter. This guy was dressed in a torn manner, and his Taoist robe was covered with patches and dirt. I know, he is the shopkeeper, and I don’t know, I’m afraid he will be because he is a beggar.
Faced with such a situation, Fang Lie didn't know what to say. Thinking that this was the task given to him by the sect, he understood what was going on. He was definitely exiled by the sect.
Fang Lie has no choice now. Since he has accepted the task, he will definitely complete it.
In desperation, he could only shake his head depressedly, then walked over, slapped the counter gently, and said, "Shopkeeper's."
"Ah," the old man in the shopkeeper woke up immediately, opened his eyes and asked sleepyly, "Who are you?"
Fang Lie was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he handed over his jade token.
"Ah, it's you." The old man in the shopkeeper said in surprise, "I have received the news that you are coming long ago, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I'm Liu Dingyi, you're polite."
"Fang Lie" Fang Lie hugged his fists, then frowned and said, "You dare to ask senior, why does this place look so broken?"
"Oh, this matter is hard to describe in one word," Liu Dingyi immediately said, "It's better to talk to us. Since you want to take over my work, you have to give some things to you."
"Okay," Fang Lie nodded.
Afterwards, Liu Dingyi waved his hand to close the shop door and then took Fang Lie to the backyard.
This place is more Jing. There is a big tree in the middle of the yard and a stone table under it.
Liu Dingyi smiled and said, "I am the only one here, the conditions are simple, I laughed at you."
Fang Lie couldn't say anything, he just said perfunctorily, "It's okay."
"Haha, just don't dislike you," Liu Ding smiled, "You sit here first, I'll make tea. I may not dare to say anything else, but the tea here is good."
"Okay" Fang Lie frowned and sat down at the stone table in the middle of the yard.
As soon as Liu Ding entered the inner room, he brought out two cups of hot tea.
He handed one of them to Fang Lie, and then sat opposite Fang Lie and smiled, "Taste it, this is a local specialty sea tea, which grows on the beach and has the taste of the sea."
"Haha, I'll try it." Fang Lie smiled and took a sip. He felt a little salty, and the tea smelled a little, but it was not very good.
If Fang Lie had tea in the past, it would be great if he could drink it, but now it would be different. He is rich and powerful. Fang Lie's diet and daily life have become rich. The tea he drinks at home is made of spiritual stone jade milk from the ground, which is amazing.
In contrast, this so-called sea tea is nothing at all.
Of course, Fang Lie naturally couldn't just say it, so he just said perfunctorily: "It's not bad."
Then Fang Lie quickly shifted the topic to the main business.
"By the way," Fang Lie put down the teacup and asked, "Senior, but for some reason why is it so dilapidated here?
"Oh, what else can it be?" Liu Dingyi said lightly: "Business is not good, you can't make money, and you will be exploited. It would be good if you can maintain this way."
"Hmm?" Fang Lie was stunned when he heard this. He frowned and asked, "I can understand that the business is not good, but what does it mean to be exploited?"
"This Qingyu Island is affiliated with a master at the peak of the Zi Mansion. His name is Master Ziran. He lives in Ziran Villa on the main peak with his four sons. He has to pay so-called management fees, protection fees, and taxes to our shops every month." Liu Dingyi smiled bitterly and said, "Our broken shop has to pay 100,000 spirit stones to them every month, even if there is no business."
"Hmph, this is too domineering, right?" Fang Lie sneered.
"There is no way, who said that they are local snakes?" Liu Dingyi shook his head and said, "Not only that, they also want to go into a way to plunder. The father and son took turns to celebrate their birthdays, marry concubines, have children, have children for a full month, and during festivals, they all had to force a gift, and they would always have to pay hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. It would be impossible not to give them.
"I'll do it. They have to exploit more than two million spirit stones every year. But our shop has not made any profits for several years because of poor management." He said helplessly.
"No profit? Then are the spirit stones you gave them all from the store?" Fang Lie said in shock.
"Naturally," Liu Ding smiled and said, "You can't let me pay for it privately, right? Anyway, the store is just like this now. The warehouse is empty and the books are empty, so there is nothing to do."
When Fang Lie heard this, he immediately furiously said, "This shop in the sect clearly has tens of millions of spiritual pills and the same amount of spiritual stone reserves. You didn't say anything? Did you give it to others or did you give it to yourself?"
You know, Fang Lie's mission here is to run a store. If there is nothing, then what will he do to run it? You can't pay for it yourself, right?
Of course, Fang Lie didn't care about this little money, but the problem is that this shopkeeper was obviously having a trick. He spent tens of millions of spirit stones over the years. Could it be that Fang Lie could fill it with such a big hole?
Seeing Fang Lie getting angry, Liu Dingyi said slowly: "Hehe, let me tell you the truth. Some of them have been given away, but most of them are still here with me. My inner disciple was sent to such a broken place because he was not from a noble family. Shouldn't I get some by myself?"
"Ha" Fang Lie laughed furiously when he heard this, "As it turns out, Liu Dingyi, you dare to embezzle public funds. Are you not afraid of punishment from the sect?"
"Of course I'm afraid of punishment from the sect, so I have to clean up my things and go to the end of the world, so naturally I don't need to worry about punishment." Liu Ding smiled and said, "Speaking of this, thanks to the sect that I have been here for so many years, I have become familiar with many forces and friends. In the vast sea of Wanxinghai, it's too simple to find a place to hide my name. And I'm just a small person, and I'm probably not going to look for me with great fanfare.
"But you said this to me, may you still want to escape?" Fang Lie sneered.
"Haha" Liu Dingyi laughed to the sky and said, "Poor child, aren't you surprised that why I didn't leave earlier, but had to wait until you came before leaving?"
"Hmm?" Fang Lie was stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Do you still want to make an idea for me?"
"Haha, smart, it seems that you are not a useless fool," Liu Dingyi laughed and said, "Since I was informed that a disciple from the Qihai Realm was coming to take over me, I realized that I was going to make a fortune. If the Qihai Realm dared to come to the Wanxinghai to rush into the Wanxinghai, he must be the elite of the inner sect and the direct descendants of the big family. You guys all have one common problem, that is, their experience is too low, they have only a whole body of cultivation and powerful magic weapons, but they cannot use it."
"What do you mean?" Fang Lie said in confusion, "Do you think you will be sure of me?"
"Of course I will definitely take you," Liu Dingyi said with a grim smile: "Didn't you notice it yet? You have been poisoned and have lost all your magic power, so you can only let me slaughter."
After saying that, Liu Dingyi laughed proudly and said, "I knew that you aristocratic children had low experience and would definitely not be wary of me. With just a little bit of loose cartilage powder, you can easily deal with you and get your treasures. Hehe, why do you guys say you stupid guys? Even if there is salty taste in the tea, you dare to drink it as long as you lie and say it is sea tea. It's so stupid. Haha, you kid, you are clearly the big gift package given to me by the sect, hahahaha."
When Fang Lie spoke, he looked inside his whole body, but there was no abnormality. However, he soon realized that it was the effect of 222. This alchemy furnace has tens of thousands of years of medicinal power. After being refined into a magic weapon, it has the function of expelling poisons and evil spirits.
Liu Dingyi is obviously a guy with a lower level, and even the poison has a salty flavor and is obviously not of high quality. Naturally, it is difficult for him to reach the fourth level of the alchemy furnace.
Since nothing happened, Fang Lie felt like watching Liu Dingyi's performance again.
Fang Lie was too lazy to talk nonsense to him. He flipped it around and showed the Demon-Subduing Golden Bowl and took him in directly.
Liu Dingyi was very close to Fang Lie, and he thought Fang Lie had been poisoned and was the lamb who was staying there, so he was completely unprepared and was easily dealt with by Fang Lie.
It was not until he was completely imprisoned by the Demon-Subduing Golden Bowl that Liu Dingyi woke up and shouted in horror: "What's going on? Shouldn't you have already dispersed your skills? Why can you still activate magic weapons?"
Chapter completed!