Dragon's Origin

This scene startled Wang Sheng greatly. The dignified epic-level master, Uncle Li, couldn't even withstand a single move from Miss Ling'er?

Even though Uncle Li was injured beforehand, he was still an epic-level master! How strong was Ling'er's combat power? Wang Sheng couldn't even imagine it.

Lin Xiu didn't care at all, just watched quietly, as if Ling'er's performance was just a show and not worth making a fuss about.

"Five years ago, you two entered the Glacier Basin," Lin Xiu said calmly to Lu Wenhou and Ling'er, "But you were very cautious, not as arrogant as those people. You stayed inside for three days, took a few Yuan Souls and left. It seems those Yuan Souls helped you a lot!"

"Thank you for your accomplishment, Senior!" Lu Wenhou and Ling'er both shrank their pupils. Lu Wenhou bowed to Lin Xiu again, respectfully thanking him.

Being able to describe their whereabouts so clearly meant that he had been paying attention to them all along. Not setting any obstacles for them was already a great favor, so thanking him was the least they could do.

"What did Uncle Li mean by the last three words he said?" Wang Sheng interjected.

The three words "You are the city" easily brought many things to mind. Wang Sheng didn't want to think that what he was thinking was what Uncle Li wanted to say, so he urgently wanted to know the truth at this moment.

"It's exactly what you're thinking," Lu Wenhou turned to Wang Sheng, with the same gentle smile and amiable attitude: "That idiot only realized this at the moment of his death, which is really embarrassing!"

"Are you really the City Lord of Worry-Free City?" Wang Sheng finally asked his question. He had experienced too many unbelievable things in the past few days, but Lu Wenhou's identity still shocked Wang Sheng.

"Genuine," Lu Wenhou replied with a wry smile: "That guy just said we were in cahoots. He couldn't even tell who was on his side and who was the enemy, which is really shameful!"

When Uncle Li questioned him like that just now, Lu Wenhou looked like he was losing face, so that was it. If Wang Sheng were Lu Wenhou, he would probably be ashamed too.

Speaking of which, Lu Wenhou's identity as the City Lord of Worry-Free City was truly maintained flawlessly. It was estimated that besides the people around Lu Wenhou, only Wang Sheng and Lin Ling knew his secret at this moment, and probably even Ah Qi didn't know.

Wang Sheng recalled that the City Lord of Worry-Free City had almost never appeared in front of people. Even for important figures like Wang Sheng, when dealing with the City Lord of Worry-Free City, he only contacted the steward of the City Lord's Mansion, and never contacted the City Lord of Worry-Free City himself.

There were one or two possible opportunities to appear as the City Lord of Worry-Free City, such as Wang Sheng's auction, but no one saw where the City Lord of Worry-Free City was. However, Lu Wenhou personally attended those few times, but no one would suspect that he shouldn't be there, which was simply a perfect disguise.

Recalling the few contacts with Lu Wenhou, Wang Sheng didn't even notice any connection between Lu Wenhou and Worry-Free City in those contacts. On the contrary, the identity of the young owner of Yu Baozhai was deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Now that he thought about it, it was no wonder that Yu Baozhai could become a large firm that rivaled Baoqing Yutang all over the world. It turned out that it wasn't that simple. Baoqing Yutang had the support of the entire Shanyue region behind it, but Yu Baozhai was even more ruthless, directly being the business of Worry-Free City.

No wonder Yu Baozhai was so rampant in Worry-Free City, no wonder Yu Baozhai had so many branches all over the world, and it was said that they didn't have much powerful strength but always stood firm. So that was the reason.

With Lu Wenhou's identity as the City Lord of Worry-Free City revealed, all the questions were answered.

"Brother Lu, are you the owner of Yu Baozhai, or the City Lord of Worry-Free City?" Wang Sheng suddenly asked a question that already had an answer.

But Lu Wenhou understood, and replied with a smile: "The owner of Yu Baozhai has always been the City Lord of Worry-Free City, every generation. This is originally the secret of every generation of City Lords of Worry-Free City, and I wouldn't have answered if Brother Wang hadn't asked."

Wang Sheng nodded, understanding. Worry-Free City was walking on several legs. The Assassin Hall was considered a source of income for Worry-Free City, another source of income was Worry-Free City's real estate and protection fees, and the third was Yu Baozhai. At the same time, Yu Baozhai was also responsible for providing Worry-Free City with supplies.

Of course, in order to balance or disguise, Worry-Free City also allowed several other large firms to enter, so that everyone could make money together.

"That's not fair!" Wang Sheng didn't seem to think much of Lu Wenhou's identity as the City Lord of Worry-Free City, and directly complained: "With your two identities combined, doesn't that mean you monopolize 70% of the wine business? Are you scamming me?"

In the wine business, Wang Sheng contributed the idea and technology, accounting for 30%, the City Lord of Worry-Free City provided the background, accounting for 30%, and Yu Baozhai was responsible for the work, accounting for 40%. Now Wang Sheng realized that Lu Wenhou accounted for the majority of 70%.

Ling'er curled her lips as she listened from the side. Shouldn't Wang Sheng be extremely surprised and fearful after learning the identity of her young master? Wang Sheng was actually worrying about such a boring question.

"Sorry, sorry," Lu Wenhou chuckled, but he wasn't angry at all: "It was wrong of me to hide it, but according to the effort and shares, it's not too much for me to take these 70%."

He was talking about ordinary business matters, but Wang Sheng's mind was racing. Lu Wenhou had even revealed his identity as the City Lord of Worry-Free City, unless he was absolutely sure to keep himself and Lin Xiu here, he would never easily expose his trump card.

"We've had some good cooperation in the past," Lu Wenhou continued with a smile, ignoring what Wang Sheng was thinking: "Because of Uncle Li's relationship, our cooperation was affected. Now I'll pay you back with Uncle Li's life."

"You're too kind!" Wang Sheng responded with a smile.

"Uncle Li is dead, and the misunderstanding between us has been eliminated. I think we should be able to continue to cooperate," Lu Wenhou said with his usual gentle and humble demeanor: "I wonder what Duke's intention is?"

"Cooperation? How to cooperate?" Wang Sheng asked calmly. All he could do at this moment was to delay for a while and buy some time to recover, it seemed.

"There are many ways," Lu Wenhou replied with a smile, not afraid that Wang Sheng wouldn't communicate: "Duke can decide on any kind of cooperation, as Duke pleases."

"If you cooperate with me, aren't you afraid that I'll swindle you?" Wang Sheng asked with a smile: "I think you also know about my relationship with the Eight Great Families. Are you sure you want to wade into this muddy water?"

"In fact, hundreds of years ago, the Worry-Free City lineage didn't put much effort into the siege of the Lin family," Lu Wenhou explained to Wang Sheng on the surface, but in fact, he was saying it to Lin Xiu: "The relationship with the Eight Great Families is not that close, otherwise we wouldn't have been forced to live in a remote corner. I think there aren't as many concerns for us to cooperate as there are for them."

As he spoke, Lu Wenhou's gaze couldn't help but turn to Lin Xiu.