The Sun Tree quickly became Salt City's new landmark.
That warm tree continuously radiated sunlight-like warmth, light, and heat. Even in the darkness of night, it still illuminated the surrounding area.
Perhaps from another perspective, the deeper the night, the warmer and more precious it seemed.
"Two thousand to buy two streets. That's a little absurd."
Perhaps because it had eaten too much, its growth had gone overly smoothly. Its vines had already spread into other districts, and Lu PingAn gritted his teeth, preparing to spend a fortune to buy a few streets beside it.
Yet when Lu PingAn actually proposed buying the two neighboring streets, the other side immediately sent over the deeds.
"And this was after bargaining. The original price was five hundred. As the buyers, we put in a great deal of effort before they were willing to accept two thousand."
"Is this the Face Fruit? But how is this any different from outright robbery? Even if money here is valuable, those streets should still be worth hundreds of thousands."
"There's a difference. They also have to say nice things and thank us for being willing to take their money."
Big Cat's joke was rather cold. At the very least, Lu PingAn coughed twice without laughing.
"I wasn't joking. Back then, if I was willing to take something by force, that was already giving them face. They had to thank me."
Big Cat frowned as she spoke such outrageous words.
"...Then that makes it an even colder joke. And a bit of a hell joke, too."
Even more outrageous, after giving it some thought, Lu PingAn realized that seemed to be true. On the old Earth, if a quasi-god was willing to "take" something from you... forming a good connection, or at least becoming a familiar face,