I run a casino in the immortal realm.

However, Zheng Yifei laughed.

"Patriarch Zhao, are you sure you haven't made a mistake?"

Zheng Yifei looked at him, his eyes gradually turning cold: "You came to kill me in the middle of the night, found you couldn't beat me, and just said you'd call it even, then patted your butt and left?"

Do you think my life is so worthless, or do you think I, Zheng Yifei, am a living saint?

Zhao Wuji's face turned ugly: "Then what do you want? Officer Zheng, I admit that you are very strong, but the Zhao family has been rooted in Liuhua County for hundreds of years and is not a pushover."

"If I die here tonight, the Zhao family will go to war with Duobao Pavilion tomorrow, and even Magistrate Liu won't be able to protect you then."

Are you threatening me?

Zheng Yifei stepped forward, and the array plate in Ouyang Tian's hand spun. The lightning in the array space surged instantly, and several thick bolts of lightning struck Zhao Wuji's feet, scorching the ground black.

Zhao Wuji trembled in fright, instinctively extending his protective qi, but under the pressure of the fifth-order formation, his qi was as fragile as paper, teetering on the verge of collapse.

"Officer Zheng, spare my life! Let's talk this out!"

"I hate being threatened the most."

Zheng Yifei stared into Zhao Wuji's eyes: "I can let you go. But since you've come, you have to leave some money as a toll, show your sincerity, and buy your life."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Wuji felt relieved. If something can be resolved with mutual benefit, it's not a dead end.

"How many spirit stones does Officer Zheng want? Five hundred thousand? Or one million?"

Zhao Wuji asked tentatively.

Zheng Yifei shook his head: "I don't lack spirit stones. I want the Zhao family's assets."

"industry?"

Zhao Wuji was taken aback for a moment, then his brows furrowed.

Spirit stones are inanimate objects; you can earn them back after giving them away. But businesses are the foundation of a family; they are the goose that lays golden eggs indefinitely.

"Officer Zheng, the Zhao family's businesses are very extensive, and many of them have connections with other families or people in the prefectural city. If you take over rashly, you may run into trouble."

Zhao Wuji still wanted to bargain.

Murong Hao grew impatient and swung his giant hammer violently, creating a gust of wind: "Enough nonsense! Just take it if I tell you to. If you keep arguing, I'll smash your legs first, then we can talk!"

Zhao Wuji looked at the giant hammer that exuded terrifying pressure, and swallowed back the words that were about to come out. The situation was beyond his control, and saving his life was the most important thing.

"Okay, the Zhao family's businesses in Liuhua County mainly include three shops in the east of the city, two spirit mines outside the city, a brothel on Fengming Street, three hundred acres of spirit fields in the southern suburbs, and... the Jinli Gambling House on Fengming Street."

Officer Zheng, whichever one you fancy, I'll answer without hesitation.

Zheng Yifei quickly calculated in his mind.

The shop and display cabinet are already in place, so adding another shop wouldn't make much sense. The mines and spirit fields require a lot of manpower for mining and planting, which is exactly what they need right now, and they're also vulnerable to sabotage from the shadows.

Zheng Yifei found the brothel business dirty and didn't want to get involved.

As for gambling, that's his original profession.

"I want the Jinli Casino on Fengming Street."

Zheng Yifei said crisply and decisively.

Zhao Wuji felt his heart bleed upon hearing this choice. Jinli Gambling House was one of the Zhao family's most profitable businesses, with annual net profits reaching hundreds of millions of gold coins.

But he has no room for negotiation now.

"Alright, Jinli Casino is yours."

"Words are no proof."

Zheng Yifei took out a blank contract and a calligraphy brush from his storage bag and handed them to Night Owl.

Night Owl walked forward expressionlessly and slammed the paper and pen onto the ground in front of Zhao Wuji.

"Write it down: transfer the land title, property title, and all operating rights of the Jinli Casino to me unconditionally. Make it clear that it is a voluntary transfer without any additional conditions."

Zheng Yifei said calmly.

Zhao Wuji took a deep breath and picked up the brush.

He knew that once this contract was signed, the Zhao family's reputation and wealth in Liuhua County would suffer a severe blow. But he had no choice. His wrist trembled as he wrote line after line on the contract, finally pressing his handprint, imprinted with spiritual energy, onto it.

Night Owl picked up the contract, checked it over, and handed it to Zheng Yifei after confirming that it was correct.

Zheng Yifei glanced at it and put the contract into his storage bag, but he did not let Ouyang Tian remove the formation.

"Officer Zheng, the contract has been signed. Can you let me go now?"

"What's the rush?"

Zheng Yifei looked at him, a cold smile playing on his lips: "Contracts are only good for keeping honest people in check, not for keeping scoundrels out. Your Zhao family is so powerful and influential. You can sign a contract today and then deny it tomorrow, or secretly sabotage my gambling den. I can't be on guard against you every day."

Therefore, in order for us to truly coexist peacefully in the future, we still need to trouble Patriarch Zhao to make a Heavenly Oath.

"A vow made in accordance with the will of Heaven?"

Zhao Wuji's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly raised his head: "Zheng Yifei, don't push your luck!"

In the world of cultivation, oaths to the Heavenly Dao are not to be taken lightly. Once made, they are bound by the unseen laws of heaven and earth, and if violated, they will surely be punished by heaven.

"Don't want to post? That's fine."

Zheng Yifei shrugged indifferently and turned to look at Murong Hao: "Sect Leader Murong, let's do it. Just leave him with a whole corpse. Tomorrow I will personally drag his body to the Zhao family to collect the debt."

"Alright!"

Murong Hao grinned maliciously and raised the dark gold giant hammer in his hand, instantly locking onto Zhao Wuji's head with violent spiritual power.

"Wait! I'll send it! I'll send it!"

Faced with the threat of death, Zhao Wuji completely collapsed. All his dignity and pride were crushed in the face of absolute force.

He bit his fingertip, forcing out a drop of his crimson life essence blood, which floated in mid-air.

He raised his right hand, pointed to the sky and drew lines on the ground, and chanted in a hoarse voice: "Heaven and Earth, the Great Dao above. I, Zhao Wuji, the head of the Zhao family of Liuhua County, hereby swear an oath to Heaven, willingly transferring the Jinli Gambling House on Fengming Street to Zheng Yifei, and will never go back on my word."

From this day forward, the Zhao family will never retaliate against the Treasure Pavilion or the Southern Region Gambling House through any means, whether overt or covert. If this oath is broken, may I, Zhao Wuji, suffer divine retribution, suffer a qi deviation during my breakthrough, and die a gruesome death, my soul and spirit annihilated!

As the oath was uttered, the drop of his life essence exploded with a "bang," transforming into a blood-red rune that instantly merged into the void.

A faint rumble of thunder seemed to echo in the night sky, as if the heavens had recorded this covenant.

Zhao Wuji looked completely exhausted, his face was deathly pale, and he was breathing heavily.

"If only we had done this earlier, it would have been settled."

Zheng Yifei nodded in satisfaction and waved to Ouyang Tian.

Ouyang Tian lightly tapped the array plate with his finger, and the fifth-order trapping and killing array that had enveloped the backyard instantly dissipated, revealing the surrounding artificial hills and ponds once more. A cool night breeze swept by, carrying away the suffocating killing intent in the air.

"Master Zhao, take care. I won't see you off. Tomorrow morning, I will send people to take over the gambling den. I hope your people will act quickly and not keep my men waiting."

Zheng Yifei made a "please" gesture.

Zhao Wuji gave Zheng Yifei a deep look, his eyes filled with resentment, bitterness, and even more so, deep fear. Without uttering a word, he leaped over the courtyard wall and disappeared into the vast night. His retreating figure looked utterly disheveled.

Only after confirming that Zhao Wuji's aura had completely disappeared did Ouyang Tian put away the array plate, turn his head, and look puzzled.

"Yifei, I don't understand."

Ouyang Tian walked to Zheng Yifei's side, frowned and asked, "Since we've already torn off all pretense, with our current strength, two Nascent Soul cultivators plus a fifth-order formation, we could have easily killed him just now. With Zhao Wuji dead, the Zhao family is leaderless. Wouldn't it be more satisfying if we just stormed into his house and seized all his assets?"

Why let the tiger return to the mountain, and only take over one gambling den?

Murong Hao also hoisted the hammer onto his shoulder and chimed in, "Yeah, this old guy doesn't look like a good person at all. If we keep him around, who knows what kind of schemes he might pull behind our backs in the future."