Chapter 266

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Chapter 266: Awe-Inspiring
Zhang Mu’s recent trade in Era was made simpler. As No. 37 hinted, the prices of goods in the Era Region remained stable. Zhang Mu bought five units of Yellow River Carp at the original price.
As for the common goods, there were no changes. Zhang Mu was not interested, and the limited amount of gold leaf made him give up exchanging it.
But what about Yuan Rui’s part?
She belongs to the Era Merchant of Xi An City, under the command of the foreigner mentioned by No. 37. She cannot deliver to the Era Store in Luo Yang City.
Time is running out, with only two months given by No. 37. He needs to complete at least two Era trades, but Zhang Mu aims for three to advance his status, gain access as an Era Sub-merchant, and start long-distance trips.
It seems they must split up: Yuan Rui will head to Xi An on her own path, while Zhang Mu follows the route suggested by No. 37 towards Luo Yang-Shan Xi.
Now Yuan Rui has advanced to the second rank and awakened her attack ability of the spirit element. In a way, her strength is definitely not inferior to her own. With Obsidian Beetle following her, there shouldn’t be any major problems.
Zhang Mu doesn’t have much time left.
If Zhang Mu can advance to the Junior Era Sub-merchant in the first quarter, the profits he can gain will definitely be monopolistic.
Zhang Mu’s headache now is that Yuan Rui doesn’t have the ability to stand on her own. If she sticks to him and doesn’t let him go, what should he do? So far, she hasn’t completed a single Era transaction yet.
It’s not a good idea to delay things. Even though he is accumulating more money, if he carries too much trading currency for too long, he might be rejected by the Era Store and forced to return to his own Era Store in the city to complete the Era Merchant task.
Yuan Rui will come back to Luo Yang City for another Era transaction later. This might be the limit. She is carrying fifteen units of Qinzhou Yellow Rice, and is expected to receive about twenty-two and a half gold leaves. By then, buying Yellow River Carp to deliver to the Era Store in Xi An City will bring substantial profits.
However, after people understand the program for future generations, no one is willing to do it, even if the extra gold leaves are theirs.
The importance lies in the permissions of the Era Sub-merchant. Given the choice between completing one Era transaction with a final payment of thirty gold leaves in the same time frame, or three Era transactions with each paying ten gold leaves, everyone would choose the latter. They are all eager to unlock the permissions.
After checking his watch, Zhang Mu realized that more than an hour had passed. He thought Wang Liang should be able to solve the issues in Luo Yang City, and slowly walked towards the gathering place.
When they reached the gathering place, there was a lot of noise from the people, but Zhang Mu could see from afar that Wang Liang seemed to have everything under control.
Remembering Zhang Mu’s instructions, Wang Liang hurried to unify Luo Yang City. With Zhang Mu solving his biggest problem, Wang Liang knew he couldn’t delay any longer. So he chose the simplest and most direct approach – he gathered everyone and in front of them, threw out the bodies of the six leaders of the gathering places.
With everyone present, things became much simpler. Wang Liang immediately executed the loyal followers of the gathering place leaders. Those who were still unsure surrendered upon hearing Wang Liang declare the second order obsolete.
These people might not be loyal, but they were enough to stabilize the current situation.
The leaders of the six gathering places were all killed in such a brutal manner, drained of all their essence. How could they not be terrified, especially as news of Zhang Mu’s return started to spread through the crowd.
Looking at the large pool of blood on the ground from the dragged bodies, Zhang Mu was pleased with Wang Liang’s efficiency.
Just then, Lin Cong quickly approached Zhang Mu who had entered the gathering place and whispered, “Brother Mu, Big Brother Wang Liang asked me to wait for you here. He said he needs to organize receiving the supplies with a group of people to prevent any attempts to take advantage of the chaos. So, for now, we will gather everything those people took illegally and see you after the task is done.”
Zhang Mu nodded lightly, agreeing that it was best to secure the supplies first. There might be desperate individuals willing to destroy the supplies or claim them for themselves. He replied to Lin Cong, “No problem, let him continue with his tasks.”
Taking a glance at the chaotic crowd, Zhang Mu felt the need to convey some messages but preferred to stay in the background. He looked at Lin Cong and said, “Acong, help me pass on a few messages to these people.”
Lin Cong saw Zhang Mu asking him for help, and he immediately nodded without hesitation, asking Zhang Mu, “Brother Mu, what exactly do you need me to convey?”
Zhang Mu turned his head and whispered to Lin Cong, whose expression kept changing as he occasionally nodded while listening. After hearing everything, Lin Cong looked at Zhang Mu with a very complex gaze and nodded heavily, saying, “Understood, Brother Mu.”
Wang Liang’s order was to obey Zhang Mu’s commands without any hesitation.
After speaking, Lin Cong jogged to the center of the crowd surrounding a large platform. Lin Cong was highly trusted by Wang Liang as his close bodyguard, partly because he was an evolver with sonic abilities, which gave him a natural advantage in conveying messages and commands. His tone of speech was steady and persuasive.
A low growl with energy amplitude silenced the noisy crowd who hadn’t fully accepted the sudden changes in Luo Yang City.
“Everyone, please be quiet. The leader has some new gathering rules and announcements to make.”
After the gathering was cleared, there were about four thousand evolvers present. As for ordinary people, they were not sure what was happening and were instructed to stay in their previous positions, awaiting instructions from the evolvers in charge of them.
All eyes turned towards Lin Cong, who had experienced many such situations before. Despite being watched by all the evolvers in the gathering place, he remained confident and continued, “Apart from the original leader Wang Liang’s faction, all other gathering place factions are to disband their evolvers and divide into ten large teams, each further divided into ten small squads. From now on, you no longer belong to any specific faction but only to one identity label, which is Luo Yang City, nothing else.”