When Lin Yi arrived, the gunpowder merchants froze for a moment.
Then they immediately began wailing and howling again, stopping just short of rolling around on the ground.
"Well, well, Lin Yi! After hiding for so long, you finally dared to show your face!"
Lin Yi folded his arms and looked at them as though they were idiots.
When they first met, every one of these men had looked difficult to deal with. Why did they now seem exactly like beggars who, after being refused alms, blocked a stall and drove away its customers?
"Did you all take the wrong medicine or something? I've just been busy these past two days and haven't had time to see you. What do you want now? Do you expect me, your Emperor, to kneel and kowtow in apology?"
Those words caused an uproar!
Lin Yi was the exalted Geo Archon. Few people in this world could bear the weight of him kneeling before them.
Demanding that the Geo Archon kneel was outright defiance of the Heavenly Principles. Even eight heads would not be enough to spare them from execution!
Yet one fool who spoke without thinking actually pointed right at Lin Yi's nose.
"Heh, even if you knelt and kowtowed in apology now, we wouldn't forgive you! From this day forward, your damned Liyue won't get a speck of gunpowder from me!"
Such reckless words were practically a death wish.
Some people even feared that the Geo Archon, Lin Yi, would fly into a rage over this. They stopped watching the spectacle and quickly left.
Lin Yi, on the other hand, merely watched the merchants calmly without saying a word.
Yet that indifferent gaze alone silenced the men who had been making such a scene. Not one dared utter another word.
The man