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Chapter 557 High Price, Back Row, Name Enters All Cases

Shang Xiaotang asked:

"The third company won't take the job?"

"I can wait, but I can't schedule it today."

"What about the second one?"

"Half a day later."

Her gaze immediately fell on the first one.

Ye Xiao had already picked up the array box.

"This one."

"Go now."

Shang Xiaotang lowered her head and scanned the situation again.

A warehouse full of high-grade medicinal herbs. According to the records that were delivered, if there are two more rounds of disruption, the sealing array will not be able to hold up.

Of the three, its offer was not the highest.

But they are the ones who can't afford to wait the longest.

Shang Xiaotang selected the first reply:

"I told them to bring the car downstairs."

Then he set the second portion aside:

"They'll give you a reply first, and wait for you for half a day."

Ye Xiao nodded.

Shang Xiaotang asked casually:

"Can't wait?"

"Find someone else."

Ye Xiao carried the array box downstairs. Shang Xiaotang stopped arguing about the timing for any family, and instead wrote down her reply and handed it to the waiting shop assistant.

Soon there was some commotion downstairs.

The first family member quickly went to guide the car.

The manager of the second household took the reply and hurriedly went back to relay the message.

The third person, carrying the returned array diagram, had already reached the stairwell.

Suddenly, he stopped walking.

He turned back again:

"Miss Shang."

"So, when will we be able to invite Master Ye next time?"

Shang Xiaotang looked up:

"Leave the battle situation as is."

"He's available, I'll have someone get back to you." The steward immediately put the array diagram back on the table.

I thought about it.

He then placed the bill with the 30% increase to the side.

"Keep this one too."

"The 30% increase will be calculated accordingly."

Shang Xiaotang glanced at him.

This time, he didn't laugh out loud; he simply put the array diagram and the reward list into the wooden box to be arranged.

"OK."

The manager then bowed and left.

The footsteps downstairs faded into the distance.

The Green Eaves Tower fell silent again.

Inside the wooden box, the battle formation diagram that couldn't be included in today's lineup was still on top. Next to it, the payment slip, which had increased by 30%, remained unchanged.

……

In the following days, the urgent repairs that had been scheduled were gradually settled.

The completed formation must be inspected, and the settled payment must be recorded.

One by one, the signed reports were copied from the merchant's accounting office and initially circulated only between the array masters and the merchant.

After several urgent repair requests from Kelian Warehouse, Transit Institute, and Beast Marrow Cold Storage all bore the same name, more and more people began to notice Ye Xiao.

Those powerful clans with deep roots in the capital city have their own set of intelligence networks.

Which warehouse was shut down, who repaired it, how long it was used, whether there were any defective goods, and how much compensation was paid in the end—these are all things that need to be recorded.

At first, Ye Xiao was just one of the names.

When the name appears for the third or fourth time, people will naturally start to trace it back further.

This Ye Xiao.

Who is it? ...

East of the royal city.

An outer courtyard of a prominent family.

Four reports on the mission were spread out on the long table.

The old man flipped through the pages from the first to the last, then picked up the last one again.

The formation was not destroyed.

Retreat from the formation.

They only charge a fee for watching the spectacle.

He looked up and asked:

"Are they all Ye Xiao?"

The manager said:

"Yes, they're all." "Which one are they listed with?"

"He was not accepted into the service of a prominent family."

The steward continued:

"Now we want to ask him to repair the emergency formation, so we need to send the formation information to the Shang family first. Whether he accepts it or not is up to him."

The old man paused for a moment on the words "Only charge for watching the performance":

"Has the person been investigated?"

"I just had the message desk prepare a copy."

The steward took a newly copied thin scroll from the side.

There aren't many items.

These are all public posts, official notices from the temple gate, and old stories that can be verified with a little inquiry.

The top spot on the list of those who stand at the Dragon Gate of the Abyss.

Asking about martial arts, condensing the Qi to break through the overturned Qi. Zhou Chengyuan, defeated.

Further on.

Yuanwu Mountain.

Now enter the inner gate.

The peak belongs to Zhenyue.

The 90th seat in the 100-seat series.

At the very bottom, there was a line of old records copied from the Shanmen Gong Post.

Since the founding of Yuanwu Mountain, he is the first person to be admitted to the top 100 seats as an outsider.

The elderly man turned the pages slowly.

A moment later, he placed the military record on his left and moved the four battle reports to his right.

The two sides merged.

"We can't just calculate based on the array master." He picked up the last sheet again:

"Why is this case only charging a viewing fee?"

The manager had obviously already asked:

"The load-bearing pillars were moved during the warehouse expansion, but the array points remained unchanged. The previous two groups of array masters have been modifying the main array."

"After Ye Xiao arrived, he only told them to put the pillars back in their places."

"The next day, the formation went smoothly."

The old man asked:

"Didn't the employer pay the full price?"

"Given it."

The manager said:

"The original formation contract was sent, not a single coin was missing."

"Ye Xiao returned most of it, only keeping the money for guarding the formation." The old man looked down at the settlement record.

After a moment, he said:

"Being able to tell takes skill."

"Knowing what money you should take is also a skill."

The steward glanced up.

The old man had already pushed several documents back together:

"If there's an emergency at home, send one over first."

The steward asked:

"Will the compensation remain the same as before?"

"Don't follow old precedents."

The old man said:

"List out everything you can get at home: cash, pills, array materials, bone shavings." He paused, then pointed to the names on the thin scroll:

"I'll see Ye Xiao again at the message table."

Keep a separate copy.

The steward's expression turned serious:

"clear."

He gathered his things, hesitated for a moment, and then asked:

"Should we send a guest invitation letter first?"

The old man shook his head:

"We haven't even met the person yet, what's the rush?"

He pointed to several reports summarizing the battle operations:

"Let's do business first."

"If there are any pills, array materials, or bone fragments in the house that he could use, give them to the Shang family as well." "It's a give-and-take situation."

"Let's keep this line of communication for now."

The steward nodded:

"Yes."

……

On the other side of the royal city.

What Liang Lin delivered was a report on Ye Xiao's several urgent repairs over the past few days.

The Seventh Prince was reading a scroll.

He placed the paper on the table and initially only glanced at it casually.

As his gaze swept over the end of several reports, the hand that was turning the pages suddenly stopped.

Ye Xiao.

"No wonder." Liang Lin followed his gaze:

"Your Highness has thought of the Bone-Revealing Ruins?"

The seventh prince glanced at him:

"You thought of that too?"

Liang Lin nodded.

When we first entered the ruins, the old map was more centered.

Liang Lin even personally explored a section of it.

I couldn't see the problem up close.

Ye Xiao, however, did not leave.

He looked at the water flow and the wet marks on the stone wall, and finally led Jin Cancan to the left.

later.

The central road collapsed. The same thing happened at the main spring.

As the spring's flow weakened, everyone's attention turned to the spring's source.

Ye Xiao, however, continued his search downstream along the waterway.

When he emerged from underground, the severed main current had been reconnected.

Liang Lin had witnessed all these changes.

He looked down and glanced again at the reports on the table.

Chengxi Joint Warehouse.

The main force has not stopped.

Transfer hospital.

Only one line is stopped.

Animal marrow cold storage.

The main warehouse is still operating. (Three locations.)

Three completely different kinds of trouble.

In the end, this was the result for all those who remained.

Liang Lindao:

"It really does look like it."

The Seventh Prince looked up:

"How is it similar?"

Liang Lin thought for a moment:

"They didn't even target the most conspicuous areas."

The seventh prince's fingertip paused for a moment on the edge of the page.

He combined several reports together:

"At the time, I thought he was just good at judging the terrain," Liang Lin said, looking at him.

"Now it seems that it's not just that."

The Seventh Prince pointed to the few pieces of paper:

"These reports don't describe what he saw at the time."

"But the results can be written down."

The main force hasn't stopped.

Only one line is stopped.

The main database is not shut down.

The seventh prince looked at it for a moment:

He will look at things given to him by others.

"Old photos are fine too."

"The situation is good." "But what's the final decision?"

He trusted his own judgment.

Liang Lin remained silent for a moment.

Then he laughed and said:

"Looking at it this way, it was right that His Highness was unwilling to investigate further back then."

When I returned from Zhaoguxu.

Liang Lin did ask whether they should investigate Ye Xiao more thoroughly.

The seventh prince simply said no.

They had already seen Ye Xiao's publicly available resume.

What truly matters are the things one sees with their own eyes in the Bone Ruins.

The Seventh Prince tapped lightly on the edge of several settlement reports with his fingertip:

"Now you're actually writing some things down on paper yourself," Liang Lin asked.

"Array Dao?"

"more than."

The seventh prince picked up the scroll he had been holding before.

"It's how he does things."

Liang Lin nodded.

After a while, he asked:

"And then what?"

"As usual."

The Seventh Prince lowered his head and turned a page:

"If you have any news about him, send me a copy."

"Okay." Liang Lin reached out to gather the report on the table.

When I received those few cards from Ye Xiao.

笃.

The seventh prince tapped the table lightly with his fingertip.

Liang Lin stopped moving.

The seventh prince did not raise his head:

Keep these few.

Liang Lin glanced at the report in his hand.

He smiled.

Then put it back on the table as it was.

……

The Cui family received even more: four reports summarizing their operations.

Two payment slips copied from the shops they frequented.

There is also a martial arts record that has been updated several times.

When Cui Wenli entered the outer courtyard, the sound of swords clashing in the martial arts arena had just stopped.

The courtyard was paved with large slabs of bluestone, with the martial arts training ground taking up most of it. The main hall door directly opposite was open, and from the side of the training ground, one could see the main seat in the hall.

Cui Shaoheng had just come off the field, his forehead still damp with sweat. He slid his long sword into its sheath with a soft clang.

He was about to wash his hands and change his clothes to the side when he looked up and saw the people sitting in the hall, so he stopped in his tracks.

The person in the main seat is a woman.

He was dressed in a plain blue robe with neatly gathered cuffs, and a half-rolled account book he had just read was lying beside him.

Cui Wenli crossed the bluestone ground in front of the martial arts arena, stepped into the main hall, and first bowed to her:

"Young Miss".

Cui Shaoheng followed him in. He had become somewhat more relaxed in the training ground earlier.

"Young Miss".

The woman raised her eyes.

Cui Qingyan.

The eldest daughter of the main branch of the Cui family.

Cui Shaoheng was of the same generation as her, but came from a branch of the family. According to the family hierarchy, he should address her as his elder sister; however, within the Cui family, he usually addressed her as Miss Cui, just like others.

That night at Jiuyipo.

She was the one sitting in the last carriage of the Cui family's caravan, a black-axled carriage with blue patterns.

She was the one who asked Cui Wenli to look up Ye Xiao's name and left a secret message.

Later, it was she who decided to hand over a path to the royal city from the Cui family, and then have Cui Wenli personally go to Tianyuan to negotiate.

Cui Qingyan closed the account book:

"Did you bring everything?" Cui Wenli asked.

"They're all here."

The four reports were laid out in a row on the table.

Cui Shaoheng was standing nearby and casually picked up a card.

Wangcheng Southern Transfer Center.

Only one line is stopped.

It was restored in 15 minutes.

Let's get another one.

Animal marrow cold storage.

The main database is not shut down.

The funds were immediately redistributed.

The last one is the shortest. The formation is intact.

Retreat from the formation.

They only charge a fee for watching the spectacle.

Cui Shaoheng read it from beginning to end, then put the paper back on the table:

"The news has spread so quickly in the capital lately, is it all because of these few formations?"

Cui Wenli said:

"It spread faster within the array master circle than outside."

Cui Shaoheng twitched the corner of his mouth:

"What's so great about being able to repair formations?"

Cui Wenli looked up:

"It's best not to let the family's array masters hear this."

"What?" "Next time a warehouse array breaks down, they'll make you fix it yourself."

Cui Shaoheng was momentarily blocked:

"I'm talking about Ye Xiao."

"That's even simpler."

Cui Shaoheng frowned:

"What do you mean?"

Cui Wenli glanced at him:

"The array master might not necessarily attack you."

"Ye Xiaohui".

Cui Shaoheng's face immediately darkened:

"He might not be able to beat me."

Cui Wenli asked, "Really?"

"So what if we really fight?"

"91".

Cui Shaoheng sneered:

"Uncle Wenli, you underestimate me too much."

"Even if I'm at my worst, I'll still have 73."

Cui Wenli shook his head:

You've misunderstood.

Cui Shaoheng stared at him.

Cui Wenli said:

"My 91 is the first time he strikes; you have a 10% chance of pulling your own knife out."

A moment of silence fell over the hall. Cui Shaoheng's lips twitched:

"...It's not that exaggerated."

"Then go and try it."

"I--"

"Uncle Wenli."

Cui Qingyan finally spoke.

A faint smile played in her eyes:

"That's about it."

Cui Wenli smiled and ultimately refrained from further insults.

Cui Shaoheng sat down at the lower seat with a dark face:

"You called me here today just to use him to block me?"

Cui Qingyan said, "No one is blocking you."

She reached out her hand.

"Martial Records".

The steward immediately handed the thin scroll to the head of the table.

Upon seeing this, Cui Shaoheng stopped trying to take it.

This document was originally left behind by Cui Qingyan.

After Jiuyipo, she had someone look up Ye Xiao's name and leave a message to tell her the time; the first few pages were already written.

Later, he went to Lin Yuan to ask about martial arts.

Yuan Wushan's letter.

Then there were the several major battles that were out in the open.

Once the information can be verified, a new page will be added to the Choi family's information desk.

Cui Qingyan opened it. The top spot on the Lin Yuan Long Men list.

Ask about martial arts.

Condensing the Qi and breaking through the covering Qi.

Zhou Chengyuan, negative.

Further on.

Yuanwu Mountain.

Originally ranked first in the outer sect.

He inquired about the position from outside the main gate.

Shengyuan ranked 90th out of 100 seats, Qi Zhiyu.

Now enter the inner gate.

The peak belongs to Zhenyue.

The 90th seat in the 100-seat series. More details to follow.

Shan Gongtang vied for the position of the resident chief of Wangcheng Town.

Thirty-seventh in the list of winners, Tang Renlie.

The prefectural city held a martial arts contest.

Prince Jing's heir, burdened.

At the bottom of the last page, there was also a line of old records copied from the Shanmen Gong Tie (山门公帖).

Since its founding.

The first person to be admitted to the top 100 seats as an outsider.

Cui Qingyan was displeased.

Cui Shaoheng sat at the lower end and also read those pages again.

After a moment, he still said:

"He's still only at the sixth realm." Cui Wenli nodded.

"OK."

"Then let's just look at the Six Realms."

He reached out and turned the martial arts manual halfway around, his fingertips landing at the very front.

The top spot on the list of those who stand at the Dragon Gate of the Abyss.

"This is the answer Lin Yuan gave."

Next, continue.

Ask about martial arts.

Condensing the Qi and breaking through the covering Qi.

Zhou Chengyuan, negative.

"This is the answer Wenwu gave."

Finally, the 90th seat in the Yuanwu Mountain Hundred Seats.

"This is the answer Yuan Wushan gave."

Following that are two more pages detailing the battle records of Tang Renlie and the heir of Prince Jing.

Cui Wenli looked up:

"Who else needs to give it to us?"

Cui Shaoheng tightened his grip on the scabbard.

This time, he didn't immediately retort.