The moment Mo Xiaoning heard that figure, he started stirring up trouble again. Pointing at his own face, he said, "Senior Brother Gu, take a look. Is my face as thick as yours?"
Gu Yan knew he had offended his junior brother again. He snorted coldly and said, "I'm not being shameless. The residence, the medicinal fields, and the businesses—is ten thousand taels of tribulation lightning crystals really that much?"
"Senior Brother Gu, aren't you taking advantage of Junior Brother Yun? You know the Sleeping Immortal Tower in the market's busiest district, right? Been there before?" Mo Xiaoning sneered too. His words made Gu Yan snort through his nose in anger. "What Sleeping Immortal Tower?! How would I know anything about such a disreputable place?"
"Oh my, I haven't even said what the Sleeping Immortal Tower does, yet you already know it's disreputable?" Mo Xiaoning immediately grinned. The elderly members of the Gu family beside them, and even Gu Fei, widened their eyes.
Gu Yan realized he had walked into a trap. Gritting his teeth, he said, "So what if I know? We residence masters deal with all kinds of intelligence. It's perfectly understandable to get things mixed up for a moment. But what does that have to do with the Lan family?"
"Heh heh. Fine, I know you go there often and won't admit it, but since I haven't caught you, I'll let it slide. Still, I'll take that as confirmation that you know the Sleeping Immortal Tower. Let me put it this way, then. Which do you think is worth more, the Lan family's holdings or the Sleeping Immortal Tower?" Mo Xiaoning was extremely clever, closing off Gu Yan's escape routes one step at a time.
"How can you compare the Lan family's holdings to the Sleeping Immortal