Seeing Lord Mu and Chairman Jin both speechless, Bo Qing gave Ye Lingyue a secret thumbs-up from the side.
Ye Lingyue grinned back at Bo Qing, and the two of them started working in harmony.
"Chairman Bao, I’d like to know how your society deals with traitors who tarnish the society’s reputation and fra others?"
Bo Qing understood the hint and put on a solemn face.
"Naturally, we handle them harshly; we execute them to set an example."
Qin Dong heard this, turning pale with fear.
He crawled frantically to Tan Su’s feet.
"Vice Chairman, save , you must save . Everything I’ve done was for the Heroic Society, as you well know."
Qin Dong was promoted by Tan Su herself.
Huangquan City’s poor performance was also due to Tan Su’s secret instructions for Qin Dong and other mbers of Huangquan City to engage in banditry.
Just as Tan Su was about to speak, she was taken aback.
Ye Lingyue decisively brandished her sword. Not one for rcy, her blade descended swiftly, decapitating Qin Dong, whose head rolled to Tan Su’s feet like a lon.
Tan Su’s pretty face flushed and paled alternately, but upon eting Bo Qing’s cold gaze, she swallowed her grievance.
"Ye Lingyue, what do you think you’re doing? Even Lord Mu hasn’t spoken, and you dare commit murder?"
Chairman Jin was also infuriated. With Qin Dong’s death, his plot to fra the Heroic Society was ruined.
This damn Ye Lingyue, she’s a jinx!
"It’s laughable, why shouldn’t I kill him? I am the new Acting City Lord of Huangquan City. On this ground, eliminating a few evildoers and expelling unlawful elents is my duty."
Ye Lingyue said, taking out the City Lord Seal and waving it in front of Chairman Jin and Lord Mu.
Acting City Lord?
Lord Mu and Chairman Jin’s mouths were agape, wide enough to swallow an egg; they were seeing a ghost.
This girl, looking like a little black lump of coal, just how many layers of identity does she have? One mont she’s an Artifact Refiner, the next she’s the Acting City Lord of Huangquan City; it’s astonishing!
"Chairman Jin, this matter is beyond the control of the Jiu Provinces Alliance. I take my leave."
Lord Mu pulled a long face. Since it was a city affair and Qin Dong’s banditry was unprovoked, it was tricky for Lord Mu to intervene.
Seeing Lord Mu about to leave, Chairman Jin grew anxious.
"Lord Mu, wait, let explain."
Chairman Jin was about to chase after him when soone stepped in front of him—Bo Qing.
"Chairman Bao, what is the aning of this? Today’s matter was just a misunderstanding."
Chairman Jin wiped his oil-slick forehead, feeling a bit guilty.
"What do you an? Chairman Jin, debts must be repaid. You owe our Heroic Society money; it’s about ti you settled it."
Bo Qing said unhurriedly.
"Chairman Bao, what are you talking about? I don’t understand. When did my Jin Wannian Comrce owe the Heroic Society money?"
Chairman Jin was baffled.
"Don’t understand? Take a look at him and you’ll understand."
Bo Qing waved his hand, and in walked a person from outside—the chairman of another comrce who earlier gambled with Chairman Jin and the others.
Seeing that chairman, Chairman Jin’s face turned an interesting shade.
"Chairman Jin, you’re not the only one who knows how to buy people. You bought another chairman to place a heavy bet on the Mu Huo Team. Chairman Liu and I took in all of your stakes. Additionally, I placed a personal bet of five hundred thousand spirit stones on the Wu Wu Team. These spirit stones, along with your lost Spirit Stone Veins..."
Bo Qing took out a Jade Abacus from his Storage Belt and began clacking away at it.
"The total cos to four Interdiate Spirit Stone Veins plus five million Interdiate Spirit Stones."
Having said this, Bo Qing even threw a captivating glance at Chairman Jin.
Despite it being mid-sumr, Chairman Jin felt as though he had been drenched with ice water.
Bo Qing’s move left even Tan Su, standing aside, dumbfounded.
None of this had Bo Qing ntioned to her before; the entire Heroic Society had been kept in the dark.
Ye Lingyue was even more wide-eyed in surprise.
Bo Qing, what a sly fox! No, a genius!
How had she never noticed Bo Qing’s talent for such cunning before?
Four Spirit Stone Veins plus five million Spirit Stones—that sum was enough to bankrupt Jin Wannian Comrce, the largest comrce in Ancient You Province, in an instant.
"You, you! Bo Qing, how dare you deceive ? Aren’t you afraid the Jin Family will settle accounts with you?"
Chairman Jin, unable to contend with Bo Qing, could only invoke the great Buddha of the Outer Heaven Jin Family to intimidate Bo Qing.
"Chairman Jin, if I were you, I’d be more worried about how to explain to the Jin Family."
Bo Qing glanced at Chairman Jin nacingly, making him shiver and scurry out of the Underground Bank.
"Bo Qing, haven’t you gone too far this ti? You know the power of the Jin Family is not sothing we, at present, can rival."
Tan Su was deeply worried.
Chairman Jin had been at odds with the Heroic Society for years, and Bo Qing had always turned a blind eye, unfazed.
Yet this ti, he had completely stripped them bare.
Although Tan Su said nothing, she understood clearly that Bo Qing did this not for himself or the Heroic Society, but entirely because of Ye Lingyue.
The fact that Chairman Jin and the Mu Huo Team had almost caused Ye Lingyue’s demise prompted Bo Qing to offend even the Jin Family for her. The Jin Family would not let this go.
"Tan Su, even if I hadn’t clashed with the Jin Family this ti, they wouldn’t have left the Heroic Society alone. Besides, it’s not certain that Chairman Jin will survive to return to the Jin Family."
Bo Qing finished speaking, a dark glint flashing in his eyes, clearly intent on killing.
"Ahem, ahem, esteed Chairn, before you continue your debate, could we tally up our own accounts?" Ye Lingyue coughed a few tis, her face beaming with a bright smile.
"Our accounts?"
Bo Qing and Tan Su were puzzled.
"Yes, according to Huangquan City’s rules, all residents, including societies and demon hunters operating within Huangquan City, must pay a poll tax, aning ten percent of all inco must be paid to the City Lord’s Mansion to support Huangquan City’s economic developnt. Moreover, the Heroic Society’s entire revenue from the past few years in Huangquan City also requires a ten-percent poll tax. I’ve calculated it: over the past five years, the Heroic Society owes two million eight hundred thirty-six thousand spirit stones in total. For the sake of our friendship, I’ll waive the change; you only need to pay two million eight hundred thirty thousand spirit stones."
With that, Ye Lingyue spread her hands—asking for money!
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