Chapter 3548: You're Spitting While People Are Eating?
No one knew what Annie had said or done to the West Depot's Commander. At any rate, that very night, the West Depot agents withdrew completely. From then on, no one kept watch on the Zuixian Tower.
In fact, the West Depot agents never showed up again—not even two days later, when Yue Buqun was preparing to return to Mount Hua with all the Mount Hua disciples.
The Mount Hua Sect, including Yue Buqun and his wife, had no idea they'd ever been watched by the West Depot.
They stayed in Fuzhou to rest for two days. Once they saw that nothing else was going on, they gave the managers of the Zuixian Tower some instructions. They ordered them to report the restaurant's finances and operations to Mount Hua every quarter, maintain regular contact with the sect, and send up the silver they owed. Then Yue Buqun set off again with a large group of disciples.
Yue Buqun wasn't worried that the managers might embezzle the three-story luxury restaurant's annual income of at least several thousand taels. After all, he was Yue Buqun, the leader of the Mount Hua Sect!
If the managers did their jobs conscientiously, he could turn a blind eye to a little embezzlement. But if they went too far, they'd have to worry about waking up one night to find their heads missing.
Though their Mount Hua Sect was one of the Five Mountains Sword Sects and counted among the righteous, they hadn't learned their sword techniques for nothing. They weren't meant only for fighting the members of the Demon Cult.
They wouldn't go easy on anyone who dared embezzle the Mount Hua Sect's silver, either!
Of course, none of that mattered.
After leaving Fuzhou, the Mount Hua