Inside Illusion Ice City.
Futeng and Holy Cloud had formed a new merchant guild called the Holy Spirit Merchant Guild. Ma Hui had also left the Malongduo Family to strike out on his own, founding the Ming Yue Merchant Guild. Together with the merchants they had recruited, Illusion Ice City, a main city controlled by the Ancient God Race, had become an extraordinarily prosperous trading hub.
Aiguda and his elite legion were responsible for protecting the city. They were all older warriors who had previously fought in the forty-eight border cities, and they treated Lu Yang like family whenever they saw him.
Aigulie had not accompanied Lu Yang into the city. Aiguda had been pulling tricks behind his back, and Aigulie had given him a furious scolding. Their relationship was now rather strained, so Aigulie simply flew away.
After Lu Yang entered the city, he did not see Aiguda either. However, the warriors all knew him and escorted him to the City Lord's Manor. Before long, Futeng, Holy Cloud, and Ma Hui all arrived.
"Boss, you're finally back." Seeing Lu Yang was like seeing family to Ma Hui. He poured out his grievances excitedly. "If you hadn't returned soon, we wouldn't have been able to keep this business going."
"Yeah." Futeng and Holy Cloud both sighed deeply.
"What happened?" Lu Yang asked.
Ma Hui said, "Aiguda keeps squeezing our profits. We barely make enough selling him goods to cover our trouble now."
According to their previous agreement, Lu Yang had left the merchants a net profit of thirty percent on the goods they sold. Now, it had been squeezed down to ten percent.
After accounting for passing through the territories of various races, hiring the Wandering Gods to protect them, and paying trade taxes in every main city, the profit