After four consecutive teleports, Yin Yang changed his appearance and spent a fortune to buy a plane ticket.
It was a private plane specifically used to transport people from Great Wei to Great Qi.
For safety reasons, shortly after entering Great Qi's airspace, Yin Yang chose to parachute down.
It wasn't until he arrived in a city in Great Qi and found a hotel to rest that he finally let out a sigh of relief.
He had escaped.
Wan Tianqing had failed to catch him.
“Before I have enough strength, I must stay away from Sequence 3s!”
This trip to Central City had truly taught Yin Yang a lesson, showing him what real power looked like—what it meant to hold up the heavens!
He took a long, refreshing bath, but he was too excited to sleep. It wasn't until past midnight that he finally managed to force himself to calm down.
Early the next morning, Yin Yang boarded a long-distance bus. This place was still somewhat close to the Great Wei border, so it wasn't safe enough.
After traveling around for half a month, he arrived at another border of Great Qi.
This place was separated from Great Wei by the entirety of Great Qi, making it relatively safe.
It was only then that he heard about three major events that had occurred in Great Wei.
The first major event.
An earthquake had struck Great Wei's Central City, so severe that it had even scared away the wild beasts in the surrounding mountains.
The Monarch of Great Wei, Qin Qian, believed this was a sign of heaven's response to his lack of virtue. Feeling unworthy of the throne, he decided to abdicate in favor of Prince Qin Zhou!
The second major event.
Instead of returning to Central City to inherit the throne, Prince Qin Zhou led his army to the front lines and reclaimed Huangyan City!
This move instantly made him a star across all of Great Wei!
With Great Wei suffering successive defeats and even losing its first strategic pass, Qin Zhou's actions were incredibly uplifting!
Some had even begun calling him the “reincarnation of the War God of Great Wei”!
The third major event.
A massive corruption case had been uncovered in Central City, implicating over a hundred officials!
These three pieces of news were currently the hottest topics in Great Qi.
The mainstream voice in Great Qi mocked Qin Zhou, believing he was overestimating himself.
But Yin Yang saw something different.
Before this, he had been wondering why Great Wei had suffered such a rapid defeat, even if they were losing.
A war between major nations usually took years to yield a result, especially when they were evenly matched.
Yet the enemy had breached the formidable pass of Huangyan City so easily.
Only now did Yin Yang see a clue.
Qin Qian's failure was meant to highlight Qin Zhou's success!
This way, the people wouldn't be as resistant to a change in monarchs.
Besides, the throne still belonged to the Qin family, didn't it?
As for the “earthquake” in Central City.
Yin Yang had been in Central City at the time, so he naturally knew what had happened.
The animals near Central City hadn't been scared off by an earthquake; they had been infected by the evil god!
The so-called earthquake was likely the tremor from the unsealing of the Wannian Platform.
Thirdly, the massive corruption case was probably just a cover for the people Wan Tianqing had killed.
Those people had chosen to go to the Wannian Platform to “rescue” the Emperor, which proved they were highly likely to be Qin Qian's loyalists.
As the saying goes, a new king brings new courtiers. If those people didn't step down, how could Qin Zhou cultivate his own trusted aides?
How could he secure his footing in the court?
From this perspective, the entire war was a setup from start to finish!
Even if the Wannian Platform hadn't killed Qin Qian, Qin Qian probably wouldn't have lived much longer.
The only unexpected event was likely the disappearance of the Wannian Platform!
Thinking of this, the hairs on Yin Yang's back stood on end.
Of course, these were all just his speculations.
As a Scholar, Wan Tianqing might not be so devious.
But due to the environment he grew up in, Yin Yang always instinctively assumed the worst of people.
Because only then would he never feel disappointed, no matter what the other party did.
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Zhirong City.
“Boss, the grain has been unloaded. Thirty tons in total.”
“Alright,” Yin Yang replied, pulling out a few banknotes and handing them over. “Keep the change for tea.”
“Thank you, Boss! Thank you so much!”
“Boss, we'll be right outside. Call us whenever you need anything!”
Yin Yang smiled and nodded. The loaders left, absolutely thrilled.
A month ago, this young boss had arrived in Zhirong City and opened a grain acquisition station.
Rice, flour, grain, oil, and daily necessities.
He bought everything!
He took as much as they had, offering prices ten percent higher than the market rate.
And he paid in cash!
If nothing else, the cash-on-delivery aspect alone attracted a lot of people.
This naturally drew the dissatisfaction of some local grain merchants. Believing this outsider was here to steal their business, they began to maliciously drive up prices.
But before the prices could even rise, the relevant authorities paid them a visit.
The officials said only one thing.
“This grain is bound for the battlefield.”
This simple sentence made all the grain merchants in Zhirong City behave themselves.
In the end, they simply acted as middlemen to pocket the price difference, since Yin Yang's buying price was so high anyway.
As a result, in just one short month, Yin Yang had acquired over a thousand tons of grain and daily necessities.
And this was only the beginning. After all, he still needed some time for his reputation as a major grain merchant to spread.
Currently, Yin Yang was lying on a rocking chair, pondering his advancement to Sequence 5.
He was still missing a few potion ingredients, and he hadn't chosen a ritual location yet.
However, he wasn't in a hurry. It wouldn't be long before the envoy of Wanwu City arrived near Zhirong City.
At that time, he could head into Wanwu City to search for the ingredients or clues about them.
As for the ritual location, doing it within Great Qi was probably out of the question, and Great Wei was even less viable.
The ritual to advance to Sequence 5 was rather unique, and it would even affect his future advancement to Sequence 4.
Although it was still a bit early to think about these things, preparing in advance was always better than scrambling at the last minute.
Yin Yang lay on the lounge chair, feeling quite leisurely.
“Meow~”
Canned Food leaped out from the side. In just a month, Canned Food had conquered all the garbage bins in Zhirong City.
Now, wherever it went, a pack of underlings followed.
It walked over to its water bowl and began to drink.
Its underlings patrolled the surroundings with expressions of absolute loyalty.
Without raising his head, Yin Yang asked, “How is it? Are you used to the weather in Great Qi yet?”
“Meow~”
Canned Food let out a cry, walked over to Yin Yang's side, and flicked its tail.
“Boss, are you buying grain?”
“Yes, we are.”
Yin Yang sat up and looked toward the door. A young man in overalls was walking in while wiping his sweat.
“Boss, I heard you're buying grain here, and the price is ten percent higher than other places. Is that true?”
“Yes.”
“Do you pay extra for fresh grain?”
“We do.”
Hearing this, the young man scratched his head and smiled. “We have a hundred tons of Great Qi rice. It's all from this year's harvest. How much are you paying per ton?”
“The current price is 4,960 per ton. Since yours is fresh grain, I'll count it as 5,000. With the ten percent bonus, that's 5,500.”
The young man's eyes narrowed into slits of joy.
At this price, even after factoring in transportation costs, it was far more profitable than selling it back home.
“Are you...”
The young man felt a bit embarrassed to ask, but Yin Yang understood his meaning and nodded with a smile.
“That's right, cash payment on delivery.”
“As soon as the grain enters the warehouse, you get paid.”
Hearing this, the young man turned and ran outside, shouting as he went, “The day after tomorrow! We'll deliver the grain the day after tomorrow!”
“I'll go back and tell the villagers! From now on, we'll sell all our grain to the Yuan Yang Acquisition Station!”
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