Looking at the jade register Manager Guo handed over, Princess Jieyou's cherry lips parted slightly. A flash of surprise clearly crossed her face, but then, beneath Manager Guo's smiling gaze, she took out the princess's seal and stamped it heavily onto the jade register.
Following the Soul Power spreading out along the Water Spiritual Power, Ye Zhen saw a line of words—On the ninth day of the fifth month in the 731st year of Jianwu of Great Zhou, Princess Jieyou of Xitian Commandery was rescued upon the North Sea. While surrounded by countless demons, six Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Arrows were expended to slay various water demons...
From this record alone, Ye Zhen understood what scheme Manager Guo was running.
Presumably, these Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Arrows were tightly controlled military supplies. The expenditure of every single arrow had to be registered, recorded, and sealed.
Princess Jieyou's appearance had undoubtedly handed them the perfect excuse for such expenditure.
As for the extra five Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Arrows, they would fall into the pockets of this merchant convoy or the family backing it. Perhaps one day they would be used to slay demons, or perhaps they would be used against rivals among humankind!
Ye Zhen had seen plenty of this sort of business.
But what Ye Zhen wondered was whether this merchant convoy would have stepped in to save an ordinary martial artist.
With five terrifyingly powerful Sky Breaking Dragon Slaying Arrows added to his private coffers, Manager Guo was in an exceptionally good mood. He immediately laid out a banquet for Princess Jieyou.
Even at sea, the feast was extravagantly lavish.
Standing behind Princess Jieyou, Ye Zhen noticed that when she saw a plate of crystalline green vegetables, Princess Jieyou's eyes practically turned green.
However, the noble aura radiating