Chapter 2161: Saint Court

Su Xiao ignored the prompt from the Apocalypse Paradise. Even if a Battle Angel really came to hunt him down, it would be a life-and-death struggle at worst. Su Xiao had never feared battle.

"I want 50%. After deducting expenses, you get 20%."

Su Xiao prepared to let these miners continue to dig. It was not easy to catch a group, so how could he kill the chicken to get the eggs? That was a short-sighted approach.

If these miners had the opportunity to continue mining and mine all the blue ore underground, Su Xiao would get at least 2000 more blue ores, and each one would be of 'standard unit' weight.

Pure exploitation would only have the opposite effect, but if both sides benefited at the same time, it was easy for people to accept.

"This..."

The miner's hat captain was confused, but he only pondered for 0.1 seconds before agreeing to Su Xiao's request, very sincerely.

For the miner's hat captain, not dying here was a big profit. Life was more precious than anything else.

"Mining the mineral vein under Yalanse City is very dangerous. We need protection. It is estimated that you can get more than 2000 blue ores!"

The miner's hat captain said in a deep voice. He didn't think about running away after leaving at all. After the initial negotiation, he found that the enemy might be an old schemer.

In his cognition, contractors of the Samsara Paradise were terrible, and old schemers among the contractors of the Samsara Paradise were even more terrible.

Therefore, in the judgment of the miner's hat captain, the chance of them escaping was slim. How terrible the old schemers of the Samsara Paradise were, he had heard of but hadn't seen, which was actually the most terrifying thing.

"We will contact you later. As long as you don't dig the whole city down, there will be no problem."

A communicator appeared in Su Xiao's hand, and he tossed it to the miner's hat captain.

After doing all this, Su Xiao disappeared in place. 0.5 seconds later.

Boom!

A round pit appeared in the position he was just in, and the surrounding ground cracked rapidly.

Wisps of cold air rose. Amu walked past the six contractors. In the perception of the miner's hat captain and others, Amu was also very 'safe', and their perception was misled again.

And Amu's red-flashing eyes told them that this minotaur was absolutely ruthless and emotionless.

"I'm optimistic about you, keep it up."

Baha landed on the miner's hat captain's shoulder, disappeared the next moment, and appeared on top of the city wall the next moment.

Baha was telling them that they couldn't escape.

"The air, a bit sweet?"

The tall Jiaoshan spoke. Although he looked strong, he was timid. Inside his bear-like body, there was a gentle heart like a little deer. Being chosen by the Apocalypse Paradise was actually his luck.

"Of course sweet, we might have been poisoned, but... people from the Samsara Paradise are not completely unreasonable, they even left us 20% of the profit."

"Do it or not?"

"Do we have a choice?"

"Then such a large blue mineral vein, even if there is only 20% net profit, can still make a big profit. Do it!"

The miner's hat captain pressed his chest with one hand. Until now, his heartbeat was still very fast.

……

In Yalanse City, it was already 3:30 in the middle of the night. In midsummer, the sky began to brighten at this time.

Su Xiao found a hotel in the city and knocked on the door for a while before someone opened it.

After opening a room, Su Xiao sat on the hard wooden bed, looking at the two sky-blue ores pinched at his fingertips. This thing could be sold for a good price, but Su Xiao didn't intend to sell it; he had other uses.

Tonight's events made Su Xiao discover a way to make money, which was to find a group of miners, 'friendly negotiate', and then let the Apocalypse miners mine resources, and then divide them according to the ratio.

If he killed those 6 miners, getting 2 scarlet cards would be considered lucky, but if he chose the 'sustainable development' method, it would be a continuous stream of income.

Straightening out his thoughts, Su Xiao was now the agent of the old duke. Of course, this so-called agent was for the old duke to save face. In fact, as long as the old duke didn't break off the cooperation, Su Xiao was the temporary duke.

As for what to do if someone questioned his power, need to ask? At that time, it was to let Amu beat the other party until they were convinced. Even if it went to the Saint Court, it was Su Xiao's side that was reasonable.

Putting away the blue ore in his hand, Su Xiao began his daily meditation.

Time passed quickly in meditation. Before he knew it, the sun shone on him.

Su Xiao's eyes opened. It was seven o'clock in the morning. 5 minutes ago, the old duke's carriage had entered Yalanse City from the city gate.

Checking out of the hotel room, Su Xiao took Baha and Amu and headed straight for Silver Thorn Flower Street.

Ten minutes later, Su Xiao stood in front of a fruit stall, holding an apple in his hand, and took a big bite. The fruit was crisp and soft, and the sweet and sour juice moisturized his taste buds.

Just at this moment, the old duke's carriage drove slowly from the east side of the street. The emblem of the carriage was a snake, a snake with black scales all over its body and a forked tail. According to the mythology of this world, this was the Abyss Snake, representing power and majesty.

The carriage stopped, and the door was pushed open from the inside. Su Xiao and Baha just got on the carriage, and Amu squeezed on without any self-awareness.

"Wait, Amu, you..."

Before Baha finished speaking, it was squeezed onto Su Xiao. The old duke opposite also leaned back as much as possible, his wrinkled old face twitching.

Click~

The carriage made a crisp sound, and the three rhinoceros horses pulling the carriage wailed helplessly before taking heavy steps forward.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was lying on the carriage shed, breathed a sigh of relief. It still had foresight.

The carriage traveled on the street, and the round axle of the carriage made bursts of groans. Passersby all looked sideways. If this wasn't the duke's carriage, it would have been stopped and interrogated by the militia long ago.

Nearly an hour later, the carriage stopped. The somewhat innocent Amu was the first to drill out of the carriage. Dozens of sharp gazes were cast. They were imperial soldiers wearing armor and holding long weapons.

After Su Xiao got off the carriage, he found that he had arrived at the path of a large courtyard. There were pools on both sides of the path, trees were planted around, and at the end of the path was a very magnificent building.

"How long has it been since I came here."

The old duke moved his somewhat sore back, looking at the magnificent building. This was the Saint Court, the center of power of the Sela Empire.

Along the path, Su Xiao arrived in front of the main entrance of the Saint Court.

"Stop."

Two long weapons crossed in front of Su Xiao. The old duke waved his hand, and the soldiers on both sides stood their weapons back, their expressions serious.

"Let them two stay here, we go in."

The old duke walked toward the main entrance of the Saint Court, while Su Xiao let Amu and Baha stay in front of the door, and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, who was integrated into the environment, followed.

After entering the Saint Court, what came into view was a large hall. The Saint Court only had one floor, divided into inner and outer parts. The outer hall was where the Saint-Descendant King summoned middle and upper-level officials of the empire, and the inner hall was where the five dukes and the old Saint King made final decisions.

There was a very long council table in the outer hall. Su Xiao suspected that if the Saint-Descendant King at the head didn't speak loudly enough, the officials sitting at the outer position of the council table couldn't hear what the Saint-Descendant King was saying at all and could only guess by lip movements.

Yalanse City was like this, with many nobles. A Chiliarch here didn't even count as a fart.

Su Xiao walked past the throne and entered a short corridor before arriving at the inner hall. It was even more magnificent here, with a metal round table in the center and only six seats.

On the back of the throne at the head, there was a crown engraving, and the engravings on the other five seats were: forked-tail snake, angry lion, forest, moon wolf, and single-eyed vertical pupil.

"Came early."

The old duke sat on the seat with the forked-tail snake engraving. He pointed to the single-eyed vertical pupil seat next to him, signaling Su Xiao not to be polite.

"White Dragon Duke won't come?"

"Kemilun won't come. A 300-year-old person, actually still obsessed with women."

The old duke snorted coldly, clearly having an old grudge with White Dragon Duke Kemilun.

Just as Su Xiao sat down, a middle-aged man walked into the inner hall. He had the lazy charm of an adult male, wearing loose white clothes, looking like pajamas in this world.

"King, you are here."

The old duke lowered his head. The person who came was the Saint-Descendant King. He didn't have a strong aura, as if he hadn't woken up, and even yawned. His silver-gray hair was very shiny.

The Saint-Descendant King ignored the old duke. After sitting at the head, he rested one arm on the armrest, clenched his fist to support his side jaw, and at most half a minute later, he fell asleep.

The mission target was just a few meters away. In this situation, Su Xiao would of course not make a move.

Determining that the Saint-Descendant King had fallen asleep, the old duke began to chat with Su Xiao in a low voice.

"Kukulin, I heard from people below this morning that a section of the city wall in the south of the city collapsed."

"Oh? Is that so."

"Lilin used this matter to frame me. After you sit in my position, the first thing you need to do is to solve this matter, otherwise Lilin will bite and not let go."

The old duke's face was a bit unhappy. As for why the city wall collapsed, Su Xiao of course knew that it was dug by miners.

"Among the other four dukes, who is your ally?"

"This... our relationship is still considered good."

The old duke smiled awkwardly but gracefully. His implication was that except for not being hostile to the Saint-Descendant King, the other four dukes were enemies.

"They won't unite..."

Su Xiao frowned slightly, feeling a bad feeling in his heart.

"Don't worry, they have been united for more than 50 years, but I am still sitting here. It will be up to you later."

The old duke's old face bloomed like a chrysanthemum. Su Xiao turned his head to look at him. This old guy had offended all the high-level power-holders except the Saint-Descendant King.

"What did you do?"

Su Xiao's words seemed to stimulate the old duke, and he was slightly 'angry'.

"Those four bastards, I just married off my excellent descendants to them and called me grandfather. Is it that difficult!"

The old duke was not letting other dukes call him grandfather, but a more ruthless grandfather. He was not pressed to the ground and besieged by the other four dukes, possibly because the other four dukes were relatively gentlemanly.

Although it sounded funny, this old guy's plot was not small.

"..."

Su Xiao stopped talking, while the old duke smiled all over his face, playing with his two wives in his hand. ===== CHAPTER 2162 =====