bioinnovel Chapter 16 The Situation in the City!
Chapter 16 The Situation in the City!
The woman paused, her face filled with suspicion as she stared blankly at Su Mu's aged appearance.
half an hour.
She finally spoke, "Sir, are you telling the truth?"
As she spoke, she didn't dare to get closer, holding the guzheng tightly, afraid that Su Mu would use force.
"What's your name?" Su Mu didn't answer the woman's question, but asked himself.
For some reason, the woman felt immense pressure in front of Su Mu, as if the person before her was not a sixty or seventy-year-old man, but a hawk that could see through people's hearts!
"My name is... Liu Meier..."
She pursed her cherry-red lips and whispered, the wariness still lingering on her pretty face, as she tentatively asked again, "My lord, I cannot accept a reward without merit. What exactly do you want from me?"
Seeing Liu Meier's anxiety, Su Mu smiled and his gaze fell intentionally or unintentionally on the wine cups filled with wine on the table.
"Drink it, and all of this is yours."
"..."
Liu Meier hesitated, unable to let go of the grudge in her heart, yet also reluctant to part with that gleaming silver!
Looking at Su Mu, he remained calm and composed, his expression unchanged. How could a young girl in her early twenties be a match for him, who had passed through countless business circles in his previous life and had decades of experience in dealing with people?
final!
Liu Meier's psychological defenses crumbled. She put down her guzheng, picked up her wine, and drank it down in one gulp. "My lord, Meier is willing to cooperate. Please tell me!"
Seeing this, Su Mu's lips curled into a slight smile. "You've managed to rise to the top position here, so you must know quite a bit about the city. I need you to explain to this old man the power dynamics and relationships among the various forces in the city..."
For a moment, Liu Meier's jade-like face changed slightly, and a strange look flashed in her beautiful eyes as she looked at Su Mu.
Who exactly is this person before me?
Why would you inquire about the power dynamics in Pingyang County?
"What? Miss Liu wants to take the money but not do anything?" Su Mu's eyes sharpened, his voice gradually turned icy, and before he knew it, his oppressive aura spread, making Liu Meier feel breathless.
At this moment, Liu Meier was filled with fear. Su Mu's gaze just now was truly terrifying. She guessed that the old man in front of her was not simple, so she immediately knelt on the ground and apologized.
"My lord, please calm your anger. What do you wish to know? I will tell you everything I know!"
Only now did she completely submit; at least for this moment, she dared not hide anything!
Su Mu remained calm and asked indifferently, "Let's start with the major powers and families in Pingyang City."
"yes!"
Liu Meier dared not delay and truthfully recounted everything she knew: "There are three major powers and four major families in Pingyang City..."
The Green Snake Society, Blood Blade Inn, and Hundred Knowledge Sect are known as the three major forces in Pingyang City.
Among them, the Green Snake Society has the strongest foundation and is the largest force in Pingyang County on the surface. Its leader is rumored to be a cultivator!
The four major families are Bai, Wu, Li, and Wang, who control nearly half of Pingyang City's industries and have a vast financial foundation!
Besides that, there is the City Lord's Mansion, where the City Lord, Zhao Qinghou, is the true power holder of Pingyang City!
..."
After saying that.
Su Mu frowned slightly. It seemed that Pingyang County was much more complicated than he had imagined!
"Tell me in detail about the Green Snake Society's influence."
Liu Meier seemed to have guessed something and asked, "My lord, do you have some kind of grudge against the Green Snake Society?"
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!"
"I apologize, it was I who overstepped my bounds!"
"..."
Not long after!
Liu Meier told Su Mu everything she knew about the Green Snake Society, and waited quietly by his side. At Su Mu's signal, she played the zither.
Su Mu quickly sorted out everything Liu Meier had said. According to her, the Green Snake Society had eight hall masters and more than a thousand members. They were powerful, and the most troublesome one was the Green Snake Society's leader, Li Qingshe, who was said to be a cultivator at the ninth level of the Qi Condensation Realm!
The reason why members of the Green Snake Society have been appearing at the city gates these past few days is because the Green Snake Society was ransacked yesterday, and rumors have it that one of their prisoners was kidnapped...
Su Mu guessed that the person who was kidnapped was probably Tie Niu's mother.
I never expected Shi Lei's men to act so quickly, and I never expected that their reach would extend into the Green Snake Society!
This made Su Mu even more curious about who Shi Lei really was!
Another half hour passed.
Su Mu planned to leave, but before doing so, he warned Liu Meier, "If you reveal even a fraction of what happened today, you will suffer the same fate as this!"
boom!
next moment.
Su Mu pointed his finger in mid-air, and spiritual energy transformed into a beam of light that shot out and struck the vase standing quietly not far away.
The moment the vase shattered, Liu Meier's pupils dilated sharply, and she immediately knelt on the ground, her face turning deathly pale with fright.
The old man before them was actually an immortal!
"Please spare my life, immortal! Mei'er swears here and now that if I break this oath, may I be punished by both gods and men, and die a horrible death!"
"I hope so!"
"..."
He finished speaking.
Su Mu suppressed his breathing, pretended to be hunched over, clutched his waist, and acted as if he was exhausted, walking unsteadily out of Qianxiang Tower.
In the rear.
Upon seeing this, the stagehands all wore strange expressions. "Can this old man really wield a gun?"
I never thought I'd see this before – a 60-year-old man visiting a brothel!
...
About half an hour later.
A certain alley near the city gate.
"Come out!"
From the moment he left Qianxianglou, Su Mu sensed that someone was following him. However, this time the person's tracking methods far surpassed those of the previous ones, clearly indicating that they had received professional training.
Whoosh!
In an instant.
A figure in purple appeared behind Su Mu. She wore a veil, her figure was alluring, and her voice was extremely seductive. "I never expected that you could sense my presence?"
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
Su Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, and his spiritual energy surged within him, ready for a battle.
He couldn't sense the woman's cultivation level. Clearly, either her cultivation was higher than his, or she had practiced some kind of technique to conceal her cultivation!
"Oh? A cultivator? Heh, that's interesting..." The woman in purple covered her mouth and smiled charmingly, then tossed out a token. "My master asked me to tell you that he has completed what you asked him to do. The old man is doing well in our area. I hope you won't go back on your word."
Su Mu took the token that flew over, but his gaze shifted and the woman in purple was nowhere to be seen.
"..."
at this time.
His expression darkened, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes. "Such swift movements..."
Su Mu became increasingly curious about Shi Lei's identity. So far, he had only ever traded with Shi Lei. Judging from the words of the woman in purple, her master was very likely Shi Lei!
It's hard to imagine what level of cultivation Shi Lei possessed before he was crippled, given that he could make such a master submit to him!
"It seems I must improve my cultivation level as soon as possible!"
Su Mu secretly made up his mind. Although Li Qingshe was difficult to deal with, he had a feeling that Shi Lei was far more difficult to deal with than the Qingshe Society!
For some reason, he always had a premonition that he was dealing with a tiger for its skin!
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