Volume Four: Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Devil, Offer Salvation - Dragon Armor (Part Two)

Luo Qian handed Sean the Storage Ring containing the Mithril, exchanged a few words with him, then went to his fief to find Sophia. Following the directions, he arrived at a poor village in the northern Demon Realm.

Poverty was relative. The villagers here were self-sufficient, and to outsiders, their lives seemed happy and harmonious. But the villagers themselves were not satisfied. They did not think life was all that prosperous. Then a "foolish woman" came along wanting to buy Flying Clams, which were good for nothing. They were everywhere; gathered in sufficient numbers, they could still bring in a decent sum.

Luo Qian passed between two tall, square-pyramid-shaped stone pillars that formed the gate and entered the village. A million Flying Clams. Seeing his reaction, Sophia hurriedly added, "It's all right. I'm just a little surprised you managed to buy so many Flying Clams in such a short time."

Sophia smiled in relief. "Boss, you must have been born into the upper ranks. You have no idea how common Flying Clams are in the Demon Realm." Without a powerful backer, her prospects would have been bleak!

A million Flying Clams would have been an astronomical number in the Heavenly River. That was enough, so Luo Qian told Sophia, "I'll take this batch of one million Flying Clams. Keep buying them. I may come back for more, so just make sure you keep around a million in stock."

"What should we do next, boss?" Sophia asked. The first thing Luo Qian thought of was the stomach-turning food of the Demon Realm. If he could win over their appetites, economic conquest was possible.

"I need you to buy a mid-sized restaurant chain." Sophia nodded. "You've only spent a hundred thousand Energy Coins. After deducting my annual salary and the funds needed