I run a casino in the immortal realm.

"The last spot goes to Wang Changsheng."

Zheng Yifei looked at Wang Changsheng, who was sitting in the corner and had been silent all along: "Changsheng, you have deeply inherited the true teachings of Sect Master Ouyang in formations. Your current mastery of formations is no less than that of the Sect Master."

"Once we arrive in the prefectural city, we'll need to establish a new stronghold, which will require setting up high-level defensive formations. And with you here, coordinating with the formations, we'll have the confidence to defeat enemies far stronger than ourselves."

Wang Changsheng stood up, respectfully cupped his hands in a salute, and said in a calm tone, "It's all up to Yifei's arrangements. Changsheng will certainly not fail in his mission."

Having decided who would go to the prefectural city, Zheng Yifei looked at the others who remained.

"Sect Leader Ouyang, Sect Leader Murong, Uncle Xu, Zheng Hai, Brother Zhan, and Mu Yao."

Zheng Yifei stood up and solemnly clasped his hands in a fist salute to the group: "I'm handing over the business in the county town to you. Duobao Pavilion and the gambling den will continue to operate as usual. With the six of you Nascent Soul cultivators in charge, no one in Liuhua County will dare to touch our businesses."

Ouyang Tian stroked his beard and laughed, "Yifei, go ahead without worry. We old bones are here to keep an eye on things, nothing will go wrong. If anyone dares to cause trouble, I'll let them taste the power of a fifth-order strangulation array."

Murong Hao patted his chest and assured him, "That's right, I haven't hit anyone with my hammer in ages. Anyone who dares to cause trouble, I'll smash them into mincemeat!"

"There's one more thing."

Zheng Yifei turned to look at Ouyang Zhan and said with a half-smile, "Ouyang Zhan, you will take over my position as head constable while I am away."

"What?"

Ouyang Zhan pointed to his own nose, his face filled with disbelief, as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "Me? A constable? Yifei, don't be ridiculous. What kind of official am I! I can chop people up, but to manage those yamen runners and deal with those trivial cases every day? That would be killing me!"

"If you don't know how, learn it."

Zheng Yifei put on a stern face and said in an unquestionable tone: "Our businesses in Liuhua County must be protected by officials. Liu Zhengyi is gone, and we don't even know what kind of person the new county magistrate is."

You must don that uniform and take control of the police station. I'll speak to Wan Chongshan and report your identity. You don't need to worry about too many trivial matters; just leave the specific cases to Wei Jun and his team.

Zheng Yifei stepped forward and patted Ouyang Zhan's broad shoulder: "All you have to do is wear that official uniform and take a stroll around the streets every day to keep things in check."

"If anyone dares to cause trouble at our place, you have every right to bring your men to raid their home."

Upon hearing the words "confiscate property," Ouyang Zhan's eyes lit up immediately. Back in the Southern Wilderness, his favorite pastime was confiscating property, exterminating entire families, and looting spoils.

"Seizing property? That's something I'm good at!"

Ouyang Zhan chuckled and rubbed his hands together: "Alright, I'll take the job of head constable! Anyone who dares to mess with us, I'll lead my brothers and raze them to the ground!"

After the personnel arrangements were finalized, the meeting moved on to the last and most crucial topic—money.

"Ten million gold coins, to be collected and handed over within half a month."

Zheng Yifei sat back down in the main seat and looked at Su Wanqing: "Wanqing, check how much money is currently available in the account?"

Su Wanqing took out a thick ledger from her storage ring, turned to the last page, her brows furrowed slightly, and her expression became somewhat solemn: "Yifei, although the gambling den and the treasure pavilion are making money every day with huge turnover, their expenses are equally astonishing."

After deducting expenses for purchasing raw materials at the workshop, paying wages to hundreds of workers, and bribing the county government and various powerful figures, the company currently only has 1.2 million gold coins in working capital.

One million two hundred thousand, which is a full eight million eight hundred thousand short of ten million. This gap is too big.

"If we sell all the magical artifacts and pills stockpiled in the warehouse at a low price, and borrow some from the Zhao and Zhang families, we can barely scrape together three or four million."

Su Wanqing analyzed realistically: "But this will seriously affect our foundation in the county. Once the workshop's capital chain breaks, Duobaoge's reputation will be damaged."

Moreover, borrowing money from the three major families is tantamount to exposing our trump card to them, making it harder to suppress them in the future.

The group exchanged bewildered glances. Ten million gold coins could indeed drive an ordinary family to ruin.

Ouyang Tian frowned and said, "How about we old guys go deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains to hunt a few fifth-tier demonic beasts? The inner cores and materials of fifth-tier demonic beasts should fetch a lot of money."

"It's too late."

Zheng Yifei shook his head: "Half a month isn't even enough time for a round trip to the Ten Thousand Mountains, let alone finding and hunting monsters."

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making a "tap, tap" sound, and the entire council chamber was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

After a moment, Zheng Yifei stopped knocking, his eyes becoming incredibly determined.

"We cannot shake the foundation of the county town."

Zheng Yifei said decisively, his tone revealing an undeniable resolve: "Duobaoge and the gambling den are our golden goose; we can't destroy our foundation just to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

Wanqing, withdraw 100,000 gold coins from the account as our settlement fee in the prefectural city. The rest of the money will be left in the county town for future use.

"Only 100,000?"

Su Wanqing was taken aback, her eyes full of confusion: "What about the ten million for buying the official position? Liu Zhengyi only gave us half a month. If the money isn't in place, the inspector's position will be gone."

Everyone looked at Zheng Yifei with suspicion. Ten thousand gold coins in the prefectural city wouldn't even be enough to buy a decent house, let alone an official position.

"The county town has our Southern Region Gambling House, and the prefectural city is such a big place, there must be a casino that is ten or a hundred times bigger than the Southern Region Gambling House."

Zheng Yifei slowly stood up, his gaze sweeping over Li Jianfeng and Night Owl.

"We've crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. What are we best at? Fighting and robbing with our lives on the line!"

Zheng Yifei's voice echoed in the council hall, carrying a seductive power: "Since we can't raise enough through legitimate business, let's go to the gambling dens in the prefectural city to 'stock up'. Ten million gold coins is nothing; we can get it in a few days!"

"Buy supplies from the gambling den? Great idea!"

Ouyang Zhan slapped his thigh, his face full of regret: "If I had known there was such a good thing, I wouldn't have become this damn constable. It would have been so much more fun to go to the prefectural city with you guys and rob money!"

"You stay home and take good care of the house."

Zheng Yifei glared at him, then made the final decision: "It's settled then. Ten thousand gold coins for settling down, and we'll collect the ten million from the prefectural city!"

After the meeting, everything began to proceed smoothly.

The next morning, Zheng Yifei, accompanied by Ouyang Zhan and carrying two heavy food boxes, visited Chief Constable Wan Chongshan. The food boxes contained 20,000 gold notes and several bottles of top-grade Qi Gathering Pills.

Under the pressure of money, Wan Chongshan patted his chest and guaranteed that he would take care of Ouyang Zhan's appointment as head constable.

He even wrote a letter of recommendation on the spot, and there was no resistance from Magistrate Liu Zhengyi. He was now focused on taking office in the prefectural city. As long as someone in the county could guarantee his share of the profits, he didn't care who the head constable was. He simply wrote a large stroke of his pen and stamped the official seal of the county government.

Ouyang Zhan successfully donned the black official robes and became the new head constable of Liuhua County Police Station.

On his first day in office, he took Wei Jun and others on a tour of Chang Le Street and Feng Ming Street. He released a little bit of his early Nascent Soul stage spiritual pressure, which scared several local thugs who usually liked to cause trouble so much that they wet their pants, completely putting the place under control.

On the morning of the third day, before the mist had even dissipated, a large crowd had already gathered at the city gate of Liuhua County to see them off.

Three spacious and luxurious carriages were parked on the official road. The first carriage was pulled by four snow-treading dragon horses with demonic beast bloodlines. The carriage was inlaid with protective arrays and was extremely luxurious. This was Liu Zhengyi's carriage.

He was surrounded by dozens of fully armed family guards.

Su Wanqing and Zhao Ling sat in the second carriage. Although this carriage was not as luxurious as Liu Zhengyi's, it was still very spacious and comfortable.

Zheng Yifei, Li Jianfeng, Ye Xiao, and Wang Changsheng changed into ordinary, close-fitting clothes and rode tall horses, following leisurely on either side of the carriage. They concealed all their auras, looking like four ordinary attendants and guards.

At the city gate, Ouyang Tian, ​​Murong Hao, Xu Tianyang, and others came to see him off. Ouyang Zhan, dressed in a brand-new constable's uniform with a long sword at his waist, stood at the front, looking quite imposing.

"Yifei, the city is fraught with danger, be careful in everything."

Ouyang Tian stepped forward, patted Zheng Yifei on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "If you encounter trouble, don't try to tough it out. Send a message back immediately. We old guys will risk our lives to help you."

"Don't worry, Sect Leader Ouyang. I'm entrusting the family to you."

Zheng Yifei stood in front of the carriage and solemnly bowed in farewell.

"Take care, Yifei!"

Xu Tianyang and the others also clasped their hands in greeting.

"Brother Yifei, if you encounter someone you can't beat, remember to run fast, don't be reckless!"

Ouyang Zhan shouted in a carefree manner.

Zheng Yifei laughed and scolded, "Mind your own business, just don't cause any major trouble in Liuhua County."

At this moment, Liu Zhengyi's voice came from the carriage in front: "Yifei, it's getting late, we should set off."

"Coming, sir!"

Zheng Yifei responded and spurred his horse to go over.

"Set off!"

With a shout from the guard commander, the convoy slowly started moving. The wheels rolled and clattered on the bluestone slabs.

Zheng Yifei looked back from his horse.

Liuhua County was just a stepping stone; now, he's finally about to jump out of this beginner's village.

The capital city is a place where Nascent Soul cultivators are as common as deities and nascent soul cultivators are as worthless as dogs. There are more advanced cultivation techniques and rarer resources there, and of course, there are also more brutal struggles.