The Wealth-Ban Order?
Mo Hua's gaze gradually turned cold.
Ban me from making money? Stop me from earning a single Spirit Stone?
Leave me unable to feed Taotie...
A dark aura inexplicably seeped from Mo Hua, like a ravenous beast slowly opening its eyes because it had not eaten its fill.
Shopkeeper Zhao did not know why, but he felt afraid. He did not even dare look Mo Hua in the eye.
He felt as though the gentle Young Master Mo before him had suddenly become someone who might "eat people." A chill ran through him, and he hurriedly said in a low voice:
"Young Master Mo, this is what the Aristocratic Clans want... There's nothing I can do. Here in Houtu City, I live at their mercy. Please don't blame me..."
Mo Hua gradually mastered his temper and suppressed the turmoil within him. He looked at Shopkeeper Zhao and asked:
"Did the Earth Sect and all four Great Clans have a hand in this Wealth-Ban Order?"
Shopkeeper Zhao nodded, his voice grave.
"A Wealth-Ban Order is a serious matter. Cutting off someone's livelihood is no small thing. Such orders aren't issued lightly."
"And ordinarily, a Wealth-Ban Order is issued by the Earth Sect or one of the four Great Clans alone, to sanction certain cultivators or factions and bar them from earning Spirit Stones in certain trades."
"But your case, Young Master... is clearly different. Yours is far more severe."
"Your Wealth-Ban Order is a blanket ban across every Aristocratic Clan, every Merchant Pavilion, and every trade—including the Earth Sect."
Shopkeeper Zhao shook his head. He had no idea what Mo Hua had done to make the Earth Sect, the four Great Clans, and the other Aristocratic Clans join forces to sanction him.
Surely merely visiting a courtesan and