The Fourth Financial Crisis

In order to ensure the smooth convening of the Immortal Ascension Conference, Haiya City's ocean trade has been completely stopped by the city lord's palace. However, the reduction of merchants has not affected the prosperity of Haiya City. Thanks to the influx of a large number of immortal seekers, Xue Ya City It has not yet settled down, but the main commercial streets have already begun to become lively, even more than during the sea trade peak season.

Yang Lu was not someone who liked to join in the fun, but he couldn't stand the liking of two beauties, Li Qingning and Murong.

One was soft and the other was hard. Yang Lu had no choice but to temporarily leave the investigation of the "Luan Shicheng Xuantie Mine Corruption Case" to He Mingyuan, and then followed the two women to the most prosperous Pinghai Avenue in Haiya City.

Butler Zhou originally wanted to follow, but Li Qingning forced him back on the grounds of "How can we play if you come with us?" However, in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Li Qingning still used the disguise spell to cover up a little. of his own astonishing beauty.

At this time, Pinghai Avenue was already crowded with young girls and boys who came to Haiya City to seek immortality. The shouts of vendors, the greetings of friends, and the chatter of fellow travelers all mixed together, making it very lively.

Although the gap between the rich and the poor in the world of cultivation is staggering, the Haiya area is, after all, the most prosperous commercial port in Zhongzhou. The huge flow of people will inevitably bring huge consumption. The spending power of foreign boys and girls who bring all their family money to seek immortality is still the same. not small.

In order to seize the rare sales window period, all the shops along Pinghai Avenue showed off their specialties. Before the sunset had completely set, the spiritual lamps and torches were lit up one after another. Although the snow had not yet melted, each vendor was busy. The heat rising from the stove made the whole street feel like it was in full swing.

As a visitor from a foreign land on Earth, Yang Lu always feels inexplicably alienated from this fantasy world of cultivation when he is alone. However, after witnessing the lively scene of Pinghai Avenue, he can more or less feel this world of cultivation firsthand. The fiery atmosphere of the city makes me feel as if my connection with the world has become closer.

Yang Lu was infected by this lively atmosphere, not to mention Li Qingning and Murong.

Although Li Qingning is a cultivator, he is actually not very old. He left home to run the Chamber of Commerce for only three years. Murong only came to Haiya City to sell newspapers more than two years ago. In such a lively scene as the Immortal Ascension Conference, they None of them have ever seen it with their own eyes.

Facing the surging crowds on Pinghai Avenue, beauties let out fussy sighs from time to time. This scene reminded Yang Lu of some Nordic tycoons he had personally received when he was on Earth.

The head of the Norwegian Government Global Pension Fund, the largest pension fund in the world and a major financier of global asset management institutions, came to visit. As a top private equity fund manager, Yang Lu naturally had to accompany him throughout the entire process. But what is unexpected is that these Nordic investors are not interested in historical places. Instead, they like to hang out in crowded commercial streets. It was not until the other party left that Yang Lu accidentally learned that they actually made a special trip to see the crowds!

In the Jiuzhou cultivation world that lacks entertainment and the Internet, even the cultivators who are hundreds of years old may not be as well-informed as the Nordic country turtles. The impact of such a noisy scene on Pinghai Avenue on the two women can be imagined.

The three of them just followed the flow of people, eating, playing and shopping, especially Li Qingning, who never stopped talking.

"Miss, how do you maintain a good figure when you eat so much?"

"Who ate so much? Did I eat as much as Murong?"

"Murong is growing, can this be the same?"

"Mr. Yang... I am almost 16 years old this year. I seem to have stopped growing!"

"If you didn't keep up with nutrition when you were young, it's normal for your growth to be slower! By the way, when did you celebrate your 16th birthday?"

"I, I can't remember either. After all, I don't have biological parents..."

Murong never mentioned her origin. Yang Lu knew that she was an orphan and carried a crude jade pendant with her, but he still didn't know her living conditions when she was a child.

Yang Lu showed Murong's ancestral jade pendant to Li Qingning and wanted a cultivator to help identify it. As a result, after Li Qingning injected his own spiritual energy into the jade pendant, it only emitted a faint white light, like a large white woven lamp. Nothing else happened.

This kind of luminous stone may still be rare on earth, but it is nothing in the Jiuzhou cultivation world, so Yang Lu did not continue to dwell on this issue.

It is normal for an orphan like Murong to not know her birthday. Since she did not take the initiative to mention the story of her childhood, it must not have been a pleasant experience. There is no pot that Yang Lu would not open. idea.

But Li Qingning's emotional intelligence was not that high. She had always been a straightforward person who wanted to "break the pot and get to the bottom of things." She immediately asked: "Murong, I remember you said that you started selling newspapers two years ago, right? Where to live?”

Upon hearing this question, the attentive Yang Lu immediately noticed a flash of struggle on Murong's face.

But she also knew that Li Qingning was a very kind person and was not deliberately exposing his scars. Out of gratitude to Miss Qingning, Murong finally confessed: "I... once had adoptive parents. In fact, I can't remember much about my childhood, but I should have been adopted by my adoptive parents when I was very young. My adoptive parents' family conditions are not very good, and there is an older brother in the family, but they can still ensure that I don't go hungry. I really thought they were very good to me at first, until later by chance, they thought I I was not at home, so I overheard their private chat. It turned out that they saw that I looked more pleasant, and wanted to raise me up and sell me to a cultivator as a domestic slave, and use the money in exchange to marry my brother. Selling me as a slave The Heavenly Contract must be signed by someone over 14 years old to take effect. They planned to trick me into signing this contract in exchange for rewards from cultivators. After knowing the truth, I found an opportunity to escape from my adoptive parents' home. But I was young I was still young and didn’t know what to do, so I wandered to Haiya City to try my luck..."

Mortals in the Jiuzhou cultivation world are protected by heaven. Cultivators who harm mortals will damage their merits. However, the domestic slaves who signed the contract of selling themselves, and the descendants of these slaves, are not within the protection of heaven.

Without the protection of the Nine Provinces of Heaven, domestic slaves can be disposed of by cultivators like private property. If they meet some cultivators with cruel nature, the treatment of the domestic slaves can even be described as being unable to survive or die. Therefore, unless they are completely desperate or are deliberately tricked, the vast majority of mortals would rather die than sign a contract of prostitution.

It is precisely because the consequences of the selling contract are so serious that the price of domestic slaves in the Jiuzhou cultivation world has remained high for a long time. And beautiful female domestic slaves are sky-high prices even for ordinary cultivators. It is no wonder that Murong's adoptive parents are so perverse. thought.

Speaking of these unbearable past events, Murong's tone gradually became lowered: "Mr. Yang, Miss, I can see that you are different from my adoptive parents. They are both very good people."

Li Qingning's sympathy was overwhelming. He held Murong's thin body in his arms and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, after you come to Qingning Chamber of Commerce, you will become my family, Li Qingning."

"Miss, you——"

Seeing that Murong still wanted to say something, Li Qingning immediately waved her hand and interrupted: "You don't need to thank me. If anyone dares to hurt you again in the future, just ask sister and I will go out and blow their heads off!"

"Miss, no... your chest is so big... it makes me... a little breathless..."

"ha?"

Seeing the charming scene of the big beauty holding the little beauty in her arms, Yang Lu, who was following the two of them, couldn't help but smile knowingly:

This orange trend is not a small good, but a big good!