After training for four or five days, Zhou You felt his skill steadily improving.
One day, he suddenly realized that Li Hao's absence from the training ground lately was most likely because he had found another place to cultivate.
The stone wall around the training ground had collapsed and still had not been repaired. With secrets he did not wish to expose, Li Hao could only avoid Zhou You, his sparring partner.
"Pick a time to buy some stone and repair the place!"
Zhou You found an apprentice from the Outer Court, learned about the stone masons in the city, and decided to make a deal.
Then Li Hao returned.
He looked to be in good spirits, and the hidden injuries on his body seemed to have mostly healed.
"Come on. Senior Disciple Brother called for us. There's work to assign."
Without another word, Li Hao dragged Zhou You to visit Senior Disciple Brother Lu Qiang.
"Mm, you two look lively enough. I have something for you to handle."
"The tiger bones and other materials the martial arts school purchases all come from a group of hunters in the outer mountains. Hunter Pan, their leader, has plenty of influence in the mountains."
A grim killing air seeped into Lu Qiang's voice. "But those hunters have been acting up lately. They're clamoring for a price increase."
He stared at the two of them. "Go persuade them. If persuasion fails..."
As he said that, he chopped downward with his hand, the gesture brimming with killing intent.
Zhou You understood at once.
Raising prices—wasn't that just robbery? Daring to break ground over the head of the Grand Duke of Jupiter—they were tired of living.
"When you leave the city for this job, you can stay at the estate under Master's name. You won't