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Hence, this was a big worry to West Gate Big Official.

The trade deal with Shanhai City was undoubtedly a saving grace for him.

Although there were restrictions on exports of similar products in the agreement, West Gate Big Official was actually aiming to borrow Shanhai City's trading paths to link to imperial cities like Quanzhou and Jianye.

If one thought of it in a certain way, this problem could definitely be solved.

”Happy cooperation!”

After the agreement was signed, West Gate Big Official took the initiative to shake hands with Ouyang Shuo.

”Happy cooperation!”

Ouyang Shuo smiled.

Ouyang Shuo had hopes of recruiting West Gate Big Official.

Along with Bai Hua merging into the Shanhai City System and the matter with Xunlong Dianxue, Shanhai Alliance was going to face a cruel test.

Ouyang Shuo had considered injecting some fresh blood into Shanhai Alliance.

West Gate Big Official was one of the people he was considering. If he could, Ouyang Shuo did not mind using such a method to peacefully merge with Chuanbei Province.

However, this matter involved so many things, and Chuanbei Province was not West Gate Big Official's alone. In the province, the various powers had all buried some hidden chess pieces within the City-State.

Not talking about the things far away, news had it that Liu Bei and Feng Qingyang, these two allies, had already turned their eyes to Chuanbei Province.

Internally, it was also really chaotic.

Hence, for this matter to truly come to fruition was extremely difficult.

”Everything will fall into place!” Ouyang Shuo laughed to himself. At least the meeting today was a good start.

At this point, the agreement signing had come to an end. The ripples this caused would last for a really long time.

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As the whole show had come to an end, Ouyang Shuo hurried back to Sanjiang Town for a doctor to help tend to his wounds. Only now did Ouyang Shuo realize that his entire hand had lost feeling.

The western gun was truly special, and the killing strength was shocking. If it was Fan Li who was hit, he definitely would not survive. That night, Ouyang Shuo took a look at the stats of the gun.

Name: Western Flintlock Pistol (Dark Gold Rank)

Maker: unknown

Shooting Type: fixed fire

Power: low average

Range: low average

Accuracy: average

Reloading Speed: slow

Shooting Speed: average

Evaluation: the pistol first appeared in the mid to end parts of the 15th century. Its recoil is huge, but the power is relatively low. The barrel of the pistol is bigger than a rifle, slow to shoot and has poor accuracy.

Compared to a rifle, a pistol was more convenient to carry and could be hidden for assassinations. Lin Fen's assassination attempt made use of the strength of the Western Flintlock Pistol.

If he did not possess super strong sensory abilities, the assassination would have succeeded.

After the matter, Fan Li was exceedingly touched by Ouyang Shuo, and his loyalty increased by 15 and broke through 90.

This also meant that after returning to Shanhai City, in terms of territory matters, Fan Li would be more focused and passionate.

Thinking about this point, it was another case of good fortune from a calamitous encounter.

Actually, thinking about it afterward, Ouyang Shuo felt that taking that bullet was for nothing. As the Business Saint, Fan Li was in the Confucius Temple, so he could be revived there even without a similar 'General Soul'.

However, since the situation was an emergency, Ouyang Shuo had no time to think and just stood up.

He truly regretted it now.

Since Ouyang Shuo did not bring a substitute doll, if he had died on the spot, he would have returned to Shanhai City.

With that, he would have to start his cultivation from scratch.

The reason why he did not bring a substitute doll was not out of arrogance or forgetfulness. It was because he did not want to leave a way out for himself as that would impede his cultivation.

If not, with the substitute doll, it was like having a protection talisman, making him fight recklessly.

If one did not fear death, they would not be able to truly understand the meaning of death.

Be it the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique or the Tianmo Spear Code, they were both top class skills that could affect real life. Ouyang Shuo did not want it to affect his true cultivation because of substitute dolls.

Hence, he did not want to bring them along.

If he really died then, his cultivation would not be only matter affected. Based on how tense the situation was, if Ouyang Shuo was killed, no one would be able to calm down Xu Chu and the others.

A chaotic battle would be unavoidable.

If that was the case, the enemy would have achieved their goal.