This Project... I, Chu Liang, Am Investing!

"Heh." Chu Liang revealed a faint smile.

The man before him was named Hong Jufeng, the young master of Star-Suppressing Island in the Eastern Sea.

He was huge, sitting there like a small mountain of flesh, his brows filled with savage arrogance. Anyone who dared wear such a domineering expression on Shushan and had yet to be beaten naturally had some backing.

"How much to raise it, and how much to add, ought to be negotiable." Lin Bei suppressed his anger beside him and spread his hands. "You can't just say nothing like this. That makes things very difficult for us."

"If it's difficult, then don't do it."

Hong Jufeng abruptly stood. Without even sparing Lin Bei a glance, he stared straight at Chu Liang. "We came here today to give you face. We've already quoted you whatever increase we wanted. You don't want to pay more, but you still want things done? How could there be such a good deal?"

Chu Liang smiled and shook his head.

Star-Suppressing Island was a sect power, not merely a single island. They controlled at least nearly a hundred islands throughout the Eastern Sea, making them a force of considerable scale.

They had once been a branch of the Heavenly Star Divine Cult, from the Star-Suppressing lineage. But after the Heavenly Star Divine Cult split apart... perhaps even before that, the Star-Suppressing lineage had already hooked up with Penglai's Upper Sect.

After the Heavenly Star Divine Cult fell apart, the Star-Suppressing lineage swiftly relocated to the Eastern Sea and occupied a resource-rich island as the foundation of their blessed land. If Penglai had not arranged it in advance, probably no one would believe it. As a model case of "abandoning darkness for the light," Star-Suppressing Island received Penglai Upper Sect's strongest possible support