Laying Low and Developing

They had also discovered that the others had built a similar canyon of their own.

Unfortunately, standardized weapons had not yet become widespread on their side. A crucial link was missing, so the activity was not very popular and remained a niche pursuit.

Clearly, the human race and the sea race were still negotiating. The humans had been arrogant for too long and could not accept the reality that they had failed to produce standardized weapons and had to purchase large quantities of low-tier weapons from the sea race.

Because the low-end weapons in their domestic market had been beaten to a pulp, they had imposed heavy tariffs to improve their competitiveness, while taking the opportunity to research standardized weapon factories belonging to the human race.

In Ning Zheng's eyes,

this was simply dignity acting up for no reason.

The new Magic Coins from our side were exported to the sea race.

Their new standardized magic artifacts were exported to the human race.

It was clearly a balanced exchange, but the human race simply could not stand it.

"You humans are arrogant, so we sea folk refuse to accept it either."

"We don't need your new Magic Coins. We'll use Tearstones, and we'll even use the outdated old version of Magic Coins."

"Sigh, I made these new Magic Coins and new standardized weapons. With you people fighting among yourselves like this, you're making things difficult for me."

Ning Zheng made a round of the place, showing his face as much as possible and acting more or less as he usually did.

He suddenly thought that with the Bronze Emperor identity cast into exile, he could also wash away suspicion from himself as Xi Rong Manor Lord.

After all, in the eyes of that mastermind, he had successfully exiled the ancient