The Luodi Money Merchants' Guild had a remarkably advanced business philosophy. To raise its profile, it came up with the concept of a "brand mascot." They invited everyone's favorite, Xuan Daozi, to design one, revised the design three times, and finally settled on the initial draft as their mascot.
The initial draft was a chubby little pig holding a coin. It looked absolutely adorable.
After the Luodi Money Merchants' Guild got its brand mascot, its profile really did rise, with impressive results. Once they saw this, many merchants followed suit and came up with mascots of their own.
The tofu shop on Front Gate Street in Yanjiang Commandery was one of them.
Qin Yuanhao hadn't actually killed his lackey. After calming down and thinking it over, he realized the kid was dependable and never made mistakes. If he couldn't find anyone, then there really was no one to find.
It couldn't actually be the tofu shop's mascot running around spreading rumors.
"With a face that conspicuous and still nowhere to be found? Looks like one of my fellow demonic cultivators is trying to frame me!" Qin Yuanhao sneered. It wasn't hard to guess someone had done this on purpose; he just didn't know who.
This sort of thing was hardly unusual in the demonic sect. Qin Yuanhao himself had sabotaged his own companions before.
So much time had passed, and there weren't any clues left. Qin Yuanhao had no choice but to swallow the insult and figure out later who he ought to settle accounts with.
"If we can't find him, then stop looking."
Qin Yuanhao pulled a stack of papers and a few pieces of silver from his robe and tossed them to his lackey.
That was another reason he hadn't killed the man. Someone had to carry out