"What do you think our Miss Yun Tianyi will use to snatch His Highness Bicus out of Victory Palace?"
Standing on the sightseeing terrace atop Pearl Shadow Club, gazing at Victory Palace's side gate in the distance, Lin Qi wore a strange smile. Elysian Heaven and Yun sat at a round table behind him, cheerfully counting a large pile of blood pearls harvested from demon dragon blood clams in the Bottomless Black Sea of the Tenth Abyss. Those blood-red jewels were utterly enchanting; the smooth, lustrous pearls rolled all over the table, and the two women smiled until their eyes became thin slits.
Faced with the temptation of such enchanting jewels, Yun and Elysian Heaven's intelligence instantly plummeted below zero. They had not even heard what Lin Qi said clearly, much less give him any response.
Helplessly glancing back at the two women, Lin Qi shrugged. Yun Tianyi's spatial ring held three entire sacks of blood pearls like these. He had only taken out one plateful to amuse the two little girls. Luckily, he had not emptied all three sacks before them, or these two women would probably have been left dazed for days.
The rain clouds scattered, and the mild noon sunlight spilled over Berely City.
The sound of collapsing city walls came from afar. Berely's expansion project had officially begun. The first step was to demolish the old walls, extend the main roads in every direction, and then build new, grander walls beyond the planned urban district.
For the foreseeable next few years, Berely would become one enormous construction site. Lin Qi liked this kind of chaotic, bustling scene. Chaos meant countless opportunities, while bustle was bound to blossom into prosperity, bringing even more chances to make money.
A four-wheeled carriage ambled past Victory Palace's side gate. After