Although Xu Yi was nominally just an ordinary merchant, with at most the title of Viscount, no one would regard him so lightly.
His close relationship with the current city lord, Princess Royal Servini, alone was enough to make these minor nobles treat him with the utmost respect.
Seeing Xu Yi's displeased expression, the minor noble who had shouted back at Old Man Sakeqi hurriedly forced a smile. "Well... President Xu, I wasn't saying Magic Locomotives are bad, just that he wasn't driving his properly. You see, we were actually heading to Falling Rain Valley today to take our driving tests. We wanted to buy a Magic Locomotive to have some fun with..."
Xu Yi waved a hand. "Enough. Stop wasting your breath. If you want to argue, do it off to the side instead of blocking the road. Look how many people you've held up."
Looking up and down the road, Old Man Sakeqi and the minor nobles gave embarrassed smiles. But when they looked at the two overturned carriages on the ground, they were at a loss.
"President Xu, these carriages are heavy. How are we supposed to move them...?"
Xu Yi shook his head and walked over to the two overturned carriages. Bending down, he circulated his mana and traced his fingers across them. A moment later, he had laid a magic array on each carriage.
He then fed mana into the arrays. Both glowed pale blue, and the two carriages actually rose off the ground, floating gently in midair.
Old Man Sakeqi, the minor nobles, and the surrounding onlookers all stared in amazement.
Everyone knew Xu Yi was a mage, but his identity as the Xinfei Merchant Guild President always made them unconsciously forget that fact.
Yet the sight before them made it abundantly clear. Xu