Douluo Dalu: Ice Demon Yuhao

He weighed it casually and said, "It's less than a pound, so I'll give you four Silver Soul Coins."

The young miner finally reacted and waved his hand hastily, saying, "It's too expensive. I won't buy it."

Seeing that he was about to refuse, the big man on the left immediately changed his expression and said coldly: "You asked the price but didn't buy it. Are you making fun of us?"

He slammed the table with a loud bang.

The miners around seemed to be accustomed to this and did not dare to say anything. They just lowered their heads and quickened their eating pace, intending to finish their meal as quickly as possible and leave.

"I...I really can't afford it. My daily salary is only two Gintama coins..."

The young miner's voice began to tremble, and he kept begging the two big men.

"Humph, only two Gintama coins a day." The big man on the right snorted coldly, "Sometimes you should look for your own reasons. Over the years, have your wages increased? Have you worked hard in the mines?"

"It's been this price for so many years. How can you not afford it when you work hard in the mines every day? If you can't afford it, it's your own problem. I think you should eat more beef so that you can work harder in the mines."

He winked at the person beside him, and the other person understood and took out several pieces of beef from the bucket.

"Stop fishing, stop fishing, that's enough, I'll buy it." The young miner pleaded hurriedly.

The big man on the right laughed and said, "Haha, okay, since you bought so much braised beef at once, I'll give you a small amount. Just give me one gold soul coin."

The young miner's face turned pale. After deducting the daily food and clothing from his wages, there was not much left. One gold soul coin was a long time of savings for him.

The two big men smiled triumphantly at the same time.

Even if the entire barrel of braised beef costs only a few gold soul coins, selling these small pieces for one gold soul coin is already a huge profit.

They were not worried that the young miners could not afford to pay them. They were very careful with how much money these miners had in their pockets, and they had many ways to empty their pockets. Although they were reluctant to eat and wear every day, they were much richer than most ordinary people.

The young miner hated the two men immensely in his heart, but he didn't dare to resist at all. After all, they were both soul masters, and he didn't have any soul power at all.

Faced with the two aggressive men, he felt like crying but had no choice but to reach into his pockets.

They could have robbed openly, but they still gave away a few pieces of beef, which was considered charity compared to robbers.

Snapped--

A sudden loud noise came from the entrance of the canteen, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall. Whether it was the miners who were eating silently with their heads down or the two big men, they all looked towards the entrance.

The two doors at the entrance of the dining hall were kicked open and slammed roughly against the wall. Then a figure slowly walked into the dining hall.

The man had blue hair, looked very young, wore sunglasses, and had a disdainful look on his face.

The two big men frowned at the same time. The other party kicked the door open directly, clearly not taking them seriously.

The big man on the left narrowed his eyes and observed the intruder, then lowered his voice to the other man and said, "He's probably not from our mining area, but from outside. He's just a great soul master, but he's so presumptuous. Should we teach him a lesson?"

Another person said cautiously: "It's time to teach him a lesson, but it's better to send someone to inform Brother Nan."

As he said this, he called a waiter and gave him an order, and the waiter immediately went upstairs.

The intruder was naturally Huo Yuhao. He put his hands in his pockets and glanced coldly around the dining hall. He said in a contemptuous and disappointed voice: "Is this where we eat in the mining area?"

Before the two big men could respond, he immediately shouted, "Is there anyone who can vent his anger?"

"Here we are to cause trouble." The big man on the left quickly exchanged glances, then went up to meet the man on the right.

Seeing that they ignored him, the young miner quickly moved aside, but did not escape. Instead, he waited at a distance with the others for the next development.

"There are so many people eating here, don't you have eyes?" The big man on the left said coldly, "You scared them all away, can you afford to compensate for this loss?"

"That's right, it's a place to eat." Huo Yuhao snorted coldly, "Grandpa, I want to eat beef."

The big man on the left leaned forward and said, "You're quite arrogant. We have plenty of beef."

Huo Yuhao narrowed his eyes. These two people also spoke with Xingluo accents.

"How many do you have?"

"We have as much as you eat."

"I'll eat as many grandpas as I can get."

The two big men looked at each other and became more certain that Huo Yuhao was deliberately looking for trouble.

The big man on the left took a step forward and stretched his muscles: "I'm afraid you can't afford the price."

"how much is it?"

“One gold soul coin for one kilogram.” Facing Huo Yuhao, the big man doubled the price.

Huo Yuhao sneered: "Is your beef from an iron-backed cow or a black-hoofed cow? How dare you sell it for one gold soul coin per pound?"

Both of these are bovine soul beasts, and their meat can be sold for dozens or even hundreds of gold soul coins, but ordinary beef only costs a few copper soul coins per pound.

The big man twisted his wrists, and his joints made a slight crackling sound. "If you want to eat, go to the big restaurants in Mingdu."

“Today, Grandpa must eat beef.” Huo Yuhao ignored him and continued, “A bowl of white rice costs three copper soul coins, and a plate of vegetarian dishes costs three copper soul coins. After all, this is a mining area, so it’s different. Do you add gold or silver to your food? How dare you sell it at such a high price?”

"I think the prices in Xingluo City and Mingdu are not even half as high as yours, right?"

The big man shouted, "Eat if you want to, get out if you don't want to."

"You dare to act wildly in our Brother Nan's territory? I think you are tired of living."

He roared, and two soul rings, one white and one yellow, appeared behind him, and a long pole that looked like a stick appeared in his hand.

The miners watching from afar suddenly felt an inexplicable pressure and were breathless. As ordinary people, they couldn't even withstand the aura of the Great Spirit Master.

Huo Yuhao stared indifferently at the two-ringed man in front of him. The latter was holding a stick in his hand, weighing it with ill intentions, and slowly moving forward.

However, when the two were still more than ten meters apart, the big man seemed to encounter a huge force, flew backwards and hit the wall.

The others had no idea what was happening. They only saw a shadow flash by, and the big man holding the long stick was lying against the wall, bleeding from his mouth and nose, unconscious.

The other big man had his mouth half open, completely unaware of what was happening. He lost his balance and was lifted into the air by Huo Yuhao, grabbing his face.

He wanted to release his martial spirit to fight back, but found that he couldn't even use the most basic soul power in his body. The opponent was able to make him unable to move just by relying on pressure.

Only then did he realize that the intruder in front of him was not at all the great soul master he had shown before.

The big man swallowed hard and said, "Sir, we are operating in the mining area with the permission of Mingdu. I don't know how I have offended you. I hope you can forgive my mistakes."

"I am just following orders from Brother Nan. I am only at the second level of cultivation and am just a lackey."

“Humph, only two rings.” Hearing his words, Huo Yuhao sneered, “Sometimes you should look for the reasons yourself. Over the years, has your cultivation level improved? Have you worked hard to cultivate?”

"It's been so many years, and you've only reached this level of cultivation. If you had worked hard to cultivate, wouldn't Brother Nan be doing your bidding now?"

"It's because you don't work hard."

The big man felt his mind go blank.

He was very familiar with this sentence. Wasn't it what he had said to the young miner before?

He gritted his teeth and continued to beg, "Sir, I hope you can forgive my mistakes and show mercy."

“That doesn’t seem to work. You’ve provoked me.” Huo Yuhao said indifferently.

The big man's heart skipped a beat, and his voice trembled: "Sir, I didn't mean to attack you at all. I don't know how I provoked you."

“Oh…” Huo Yuhao thought for a moment in silence, then said calmly, “I don’t eat beef.”

As he spoke, he exerted force with his right arm, and the big man fell against the wall like the previous one and fainted.

Before the big man fainted, he had never figured out why Huo Yuhao's refusal to eat beef had become a reason to provoke him. Wasn't it him who had been clamoring to eat beef before?

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 447: Self-righteous Brother Nan

Huo Yuhao stood in the middle of the cafeteria, looking at the two big men lying in a mess against the wall with an uncertain look. Their faces were covered in blood, and although they had fainted, a few faint groans of pain could be heard from their slightly moving lips.

He was very measured in his attack, and the two big men only looked miserable, but in fact they only had bloody heads and no serious injuries.

He was very upset when he detected the words and actions of these two people with his spirit just now. Now he can feel a little relieved and feels better.

Are these two people really working harder than the miners around them?

Which of the miners here doesn't work hard enough during the day to compare with these two hooligans who don't have to work to exhaustion every day?

Of course, they may have put in a certain amount of effort in their cultivation to advance to the second ring. But they are already much stronger soul masters than ordinary people, but they don't have to go to the mines every day, but instead they use all their tricks to rob the miners of their hard-earned savings, and then they look down on the miners and accuse them of not working hard, which is somewhat inhumane.

“Go away, I get angry when I see people like this.” Huo Yuhao cursed in a low voice.

Huo Qiu'er had walked into the dining hall at some point and came to his side. Her calm tone contained a hint of silence: "What a business war."

“Fake business wars require intrigue and strategizing; real business wars are so simple and brutal.” Huo Yuhao glanced at the two people lying on the ground, then looked around.

Feeling the frightened and somewhat gloating gazes of the crowd, he dared to conclude that these two big men were used to bullying the miners and were not welcomed at all. Now he felt that their miserable situation was their own fault.

No one dared to come forward to talk to Huo Yuhao. The timid ones had already fled when the conflict started. Now the few brave ones who were left could only stare at each other nervously from a distance.

Huo Yuhao knew who they were waiting for. He raised his head slightly, and used his spiritual power to detect through the walls and floor, searching for the person with the highest cultivation level in the mining area.

Not far from the market where the restaurant is located, there is a building that is particularly conspicuous. There are not many buildings around it, and it is built extremely luxuriously. Although it only has four floors, it is extremely luxurious and looks like a small manor.

In the most luxurious room on the top floor of the building, a one-eyed man with a fierce face was sitting in the middle of the room, looking around the room with a proud look on his face.

Beside him, there were two subordinates, one thin and one fat, both showing flattering smiles.

The thin man chuckled and said, "Congratulations, Brother Nan. Congratulations, Brother Nan, after working under Mine Owner Ding for so many years, you have finally made it."

The one-eyed man was the Brother Nan that the big men had been talking about. Hearing the thin man's flattery, the curve of his already upturned mouth became even more obvious.

Another fat man followed up and said, "Being the owner of such a large mining area, and you are about to break through the fourth ring, it can be said to be a double blessing."

Brother Nan nodded, opened a bottle of fine wine that he had treasured for many years, and drank it directly from the bottle with big gulps.

The spicy taste goes straight into the throat, bringing a different kind of stimulation.

Brother Nan drank the wine in one gulp and felt extremely happy.

He was originally from the Xingluo Empire. Decades ago, he was a bloodthirsty bandit who committed murders and arson on the Xingluo border, and was wanted by the Xingluo side with a reward.

It was only because his one eye was too recognizable that it was difficult to conceal his identity. After a manhunt, he made up his mind and fled directly into the Mingdou Mountains and came to the Sun and Moon Empire.

After arriving in the Sun-Moon Empire, he stopped being a bandit and instead joined a small mine owner, and eventually came to the southeast mining area of ​​Mingdu.

A few days ago, even the original mine owner looked down on the profits of the Southeast Mining Area and simply gave the entire mining area to him. Since then, Brother Nan has become the new mine owner of the Southeast Mining Area.

Brother Nan said with emotion: "This is because Mr. Ding saw that I had followed him for so many years and had worked hard even if I had no merits, so he handed over the entire Southeast Mining Area to me."

"Although the mines here will not be available for mining for a few years, before they are mined out, we brothers will have a fortune that we cannot earn in several lifetimes."