Haigou looked furious, but he was delighted deep down.
Two thousand diamond coins were in his pocket. Even if he deducted the amount he had to give the city guards, he would have 1500 left. This money was similar to many years of income.
He didnât expect to earn such a huge sum today.
Haigou imagined that he could execute all his plans and purchase precious materials with this money. Once his experiments succeeded, he could craft better devices and sell them for higher prices.
He would get more famous, and it would form a good cycle, earn money, new product, earn money, new productâŠ
A bright future waved at him.
Oh, right, he was going to hire more bodyguards. The few of them were only slightly stronger than Yindiâs squad. The thing happened, and they couldnât kill Yindiâs squad quickly; if not, people would suspect. Then, he had to worry about them taking revenge, so he needed more people.
Haigou thought about it and noticed that the situation had quietened down. He noticed a person blocking the entrance, and beside him was a female member of Yindiâs squad.
No wonder they had caught one less member.
âAlso her, she is with them!â Haigou walked quickly to the person in charge of the city guards and pointed at Yaqin.
The city guards were similar to the police but were responsible to the city committee members. Not only were they in charge of law and order, they were in charge of city protection and tax collection. They were very powerful.
Although the store wasnât on the most prosperous street in the city, it was far more advanced than the others. Being in charge of the city guards meant that the person in charge had a certain status.
Hearing Haigou shout, he frowned. He was polite because Haigou was an artisan. His status was similar to that of a noble, so he had to give him face. But this didnât mean he needed to do so. Haigou ordered him around, which made him feel uncomfortable.
Actually, Haigou was anxious when he saw Yaqin. He was afraid that accidents would happen and knew he had to reward this city guard.
âYeâŠâ
Yindi and the others saw Ye Zhongming and were delighted. However, considering they did not have any evidence, Ye Zhongmingâs arrival was also useless. He might even lose his own fruits. They were very anxious.
Seeing the few honest explorers bruised up and glancing at him to leave, he felt warm. Although this was not the apocalypse, it was a cruel, chaotic world. Humans werenât at the top of the food chain and still had to fight for survival. It was not easy for them to maintain such a heart.
Ye Zhongming waved. His rule of Cloud Peak for a few years gave him an unstoppable aura.
âWho are you, youâŠâ
Haigou saw a stranger and didnât care about him. He cursed at him, but the guards interrupted him.
The person in charge squinted his blue eyes, which were the same color as his hair, and sized Ye Zhongming up.
He saw that this was an outsider.
In the history of this land, some outsiders would appear. At a certain period, the number of outsiders would increase.
A bunch of these people would die, but some of them would leave their names.
There were some good ones, but most were bad.
These outsiders were very strong and had once caused chaos in the territory. They caused a calamity, and it was terrifying.
These were history and happened a long time ago. Some of the records were top secret. If not for this guard captain having some identity, he wouldnât have known all this.
Now that he saw an outsider, he was wary.
Moreover, Ye Zhongmingâs aura pressured him.
This was not a person that he could deal with easily.
âWho are you? Where did you come from?â
The person in charge looked at Ye Zhongming and the blade hanging on his leg.
Ye Zhongming glanced and said, âI gave Yindi these fruits to sell.â
One sentence changed the situation.
The reason why Haigou could blame Yindi and his team was because the fruits belonged to them. They used Haigouâs equipment and didnât give him his cut.
Yindi and the others were afraid of dragging Ye Zhongming in and were also furious that Haigou blamed them even after selling them a faulty tube, so they didnât explain. Of course, the guards and Haigou didnât give them a chance.
That allowed Haigou to swallow the fortune.
But things were different. Ye Zhongmingâs words changed the ownership of the fruits. Then what was the cut about? If the fruits didnât belong to Yindi, then they didnât hide them from Haigou. So it was wrong for him to take the money.
Haigou didnât panic and laughed coldly, âHow do you prove it?â
Ye Zhongming looked at the person in charge and then turned to Haigou, âDidnât you say that they were weak, so how could they get so many fruits? You are right, so the fruits are mine.â
âThey are weak and used my tube; that made them strong!â Haigou opposed.
âYou are referring to these?â The poor-quality tubes appeared on the ground.
âI donât know how you are confident enough to lie with your eyes open. But donât you think that people can see if they are good or bad?â
Ye Zhongming was a smith, so after seeing Yindiâs battle, he became interested in these tubes. When hunting the fruits, he told the ice birds to pick them up so he could study them.
He was unsure if only Haigou could craft this, and he didnât know if others could see that they were of low quality.
He was gambling that the artisan Yindi could find wasnât good. Truth proved that Haigou wasnât very outstanding.
Ye Zhongmingâs words caused his expression to change. Money blinded him and he forgot that since YIndi was alive, they would bring the equipment back.
Each artisan would leave their mark or name on the equipment they crafted.
His was no exception!