Yun Lou was actually furious to the point of death. He had taken the initiative to offer Shopkeeper Mo fifty percent of the resources, already taking into account Shopkeeper Mo's greed for wealth and disregard for loyalty, deliberately naming a high figure.
He had never expected this fellow to remain unsatisfied and demand another ten percent.
But there was nothing he could do.
White Emperor City was unlike other main cities. With the Heaven and Earth Tower's strength, it simply could not openly establish a branch in White Emperor City. Even secretly setting up a small branch required the utmost caution.
Before finding a suitable location, he did not dare show himself carelessly.
He could only obediently let himself be fleeced.
Seeing Yun Lou agree so readily, Shopkeeper Mo smiled as well. Without another word, he led Yun Lou to his own treasury.
As for why it was a treasury rather than carrying the resources on his person—
The reason was simple.
It was in case something happened.
This was also a rule of the Heaven and Earth Tower Headquarters.
After all, they existed in secret within White Emperor City and risked being caught at any moment.
If they carried nothing on them, they could still argue their case, and no one could be certain they belonged to the Heaven and Earth Tower.
But if they carried so many message scrolls and resources and were discovered, then there would be no way to explain themselves. They would certainly be directly purged by White Emperor City's major powers.
Yet neither of them knew that, at this very moment, someone was following behind them.
Someone they could never have imagined, no matter how wildly their minds ran.
As the two opened the treasury and entered one after the other, Li Yun followed