Chapter 560: The Central Pine Valley’s Declaration (1/2)

Chapter 560: The Central Pine Valley’s Declaration

Translator: TYZEditor: X, TYZ

When An Chouchou saw Qiao Meiqi walk out from Ai Hui’s office with a complicated look on his face, he felt slightly pleased with himself. Qiao Meiqi’s largest business was the snow lava. It was normal to be distressed after losing such a huge piece of pie.

An Chouchou had done some research before. More than half of Thunder City’s profits came from snow lava. This was also why An Chouchou came alone this time around.

Why wasn’t Newlight City powerful even though its population was so huge? It was because it wasn’t rich. Whether it was inheritances, elemental traces, or the God-subduing Peaks, the expenditure of resources was astronomical. The aristocratic families controlled a powerful economy. Meanwhile, the new citizens were the low and middle classes of the Avalon of Five Elements. How would they possess such powerful wealth then? Even though Yuchi Ba was an Elder in the Elders Guild, he still couldn’t be compared to those well-known Elders from aristocratic families.

The snow lava could bring about huge profits. If Newlight City could ally with the Central Pine Valley, their economy would skyrocket.

An Chouchou had the confidence that he would be able to bring qualitative changes to Newlight City within the next few years.

After a while, Ai Hui walked out as well. Then, he nodded his head at An Chouchou, ”Brother Chou, I’m sorry for making you wait for such a long time.”

”Brother Ai, are you ready to make the announcement?” An Chouchou smiled with a calm look on his face.

”Ah, yes.” Ai Hui turned around and spoke to everyone, ”Everyone, I’m sorry for making all of you wait for so long in this desolate place. I am really sorry. However, since this issue is related to snow lava, I had to be prudent about it. Now, I have two announcements to make.”

Everyone became excited on the spot. Were the announcements ready?

Wen Yongming and the other reporters began recording.

Suddenly, Ai Hui said to An Chouchou, ”Brother Chou, please stand beside me.”

An Chouchou gave a confident smile and stood beside Ai Hui. Even though he knew all this time that he would be able to convince Ai Hui, he still felt extremely excited when the moment arrived. Back in the day, when he took over the construction project of Newlight City, no one held him in high regard. However, he still completed the project perfectly.

The success he had this time around would be the starting point of the rise of Newlight City.

And because he came alone on this mission, his name was destined to be remembered by Newlight City forever.

He was extremely confident.

Beside him, Ai Hui opened his mouth and began speaking, ”I have taken note of the numerous discussions regarding pagoda cannons and snow lava. Moreover, Brother Chou has travelled a long distance to come here and discuss this issue with me. Newlight City is a huge city and Brother Chou has great foresight. I have benefitted a lot from the discussion we had. I am also very glad that everyone supports the pagoda cannons. The Central Pine Valley’s resolution in opposing the Blood of God has never changed. From the day the blood catastrophe broke out in the Induction Ground at Central Pine City, we have been doing this. Our most important mission now is to fight against the Blood of God. Having a brave, responsible and powerful partner is more important than securing a victory on the battlefield. Therefore, I have two announcements to make…”

An Chouchou tried his best to restrain his emotions, but his lips still curled into a smile eventually.

Success!

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Skyheart City.

Xiao Lin was reading the battle report that was sent to him. He flipped through and finished the first few pages with a glance. Suddenly, he stopped flipping the pages as a cold glint flashed across his eyes. His ordinary-looking face turned fierce and sinister all of a sudden. At this moment, Xiao Lin looked as if he had become another person. His body emitted a chill, resembling a poisonous snake that was hiding in the dark.

He picked out a few pages from the battle report file and placed them within his robe. Subsequently, he turned back to the ordinary-looking man.

Following this, he walked out of his room. After making several turns, he set foot on the street.

There were not many people on the street. Skyheart City was no longer prosperous like it was in the past. After the Bloody Night of Guillotines, Skyheart City had declined significantly. Madam Ye did her best to govern the city. She disliked extravagant and excessive behavior. The reputable aristocratic families had already cut down on their indulgences by quite a bit.

However, there were still a lot of criticisms against Madam Ye. The most widely spread and impactful were Le Buleng’s words.

On the surface, Le Buleng was talking about the three central divisions. However, who didn’t know that those words were targeted at Madam Ye in reality?

Xiao Lin knew where the problem laid.

Until now, Madam Ye had not personally orchestrated a victory. This was why people lacked confidence in her. In many people’s eyes, Madam Ye was more interested in engaging in internal strife than fighting the blood elementalists. Furthermore, Madam Ye’s brainchild, Master’s Glory, had yet to be completed. Everyone had misgivings about the Master’s Glory program.

Among the higher-ups in Skyheart City, Xiao Lin had heard them complain about Master’s Glory more than once. They said that if the resources spent on Master’s Glory were used to build God-subduing Peaks, they would have a lot more God-subduing Peaks, and the situation wouldn’t be so grim now. With a few more God-subduing Peaks, the Wall of North Sea also wouldn’t have collapsed so easily

Xiao Lin knew things weren’t that simple. However, he did not think about doing anything.

What Boss told him that day made sense. They were just a knife. They had no say in when they were use or how they were used. It was enough for them to complete the tasks that the higher-ups gave them.

Right now, he was completing the task that the higher-ups had given him.

After walking past a few blocks, he came to the entrance of a news village. He walked into it, appearing as if he was very familiar with this place.

A reporter who was currently refining some mirage bean pods turned around. A faintly discernible look of disdain flashed across his eyes, but he quickly became all smiles. ”Sir, you can just ask us to go over. There’s no need for you to come here personally.”

Shen Jin was around 50 years old. He looked like a honest person, but one could tell he was actually a profiteer.

No matter how good Shen Jin tried to hide his look of disdain, Xiao Lin, who was specialized in observing body language, could still see it clearly. However, he did not care about it all. So what if this fellow disliked him? He was fine with anything as long as he could complete his task.