King of Creation-Chapter 1470 - 1455: The Inevitable Possibility
"Young Master, that Shopkeeper Ma Shen seems to be desperately trying to investigate information about the Sky-reaching. He sent out more than a dozen groups today, without exception, they all secretly contacted insiders of the Sky-reaching!" Big Ears reported in the underground cave.
"Investigating information within the Sky-reaching? This man’s behavior seems rather peculiar?" After pondering for a moment, Ye Zhen instructed, "Keep watching him!"
"Yes, Young Master!"
It has been a day since Sky-reaching’s Store Manager Yany Chi was assassinated and the eastern part of Chaotic Sky Island caught fire. In a fit of rage, the three Island Masters of Chaotic Sky Island reopened the island promptly after closing it for only half a day.
The island is home to countless businesses, with trade volumes so vast that they are simply indescribable.
Not to mention closing for a day, even the loss from closing for two hours is intolerable for the merchants on Chaotic Sky Island. Which of these island merchants doesn’t have some background?
Furthermore, the loss to Chaotic Sky Island itself from closing is unimaginable.
Those immensely busy ports come to a direct halt.
The pressure is something that even the owners of Chaotic Sky Island cannot withstand.
Regarding the fire in the eastern part of Chaotic Sky Island and the assassination of Sky-reaching’s Store Manager Yany Chi, after a rushed half-day investigation by the island’s guards and Sky-reaching’s tributor, they can only temporarily conclude it.
In reality, the so-called investigation was limited to checking suspicious individuals; with so many merchants and business secrets, how could they be casually searched?
Nevertheless, even though Chaotic Sky Island has reopened, the investigation will not stop, making the atmosphere on the island even tenser than before.
The fifty rotating Realm King tributor, five hundred Dark Palace realm guards, alongside the Realm King tributor and guards from Sky-reaching, hover around the island, their divine sense probing everywhere.
Every person or fleet entering or leaving Chaotic Sky Island is scanned inside and out by hundreds of powerful divine senses; any slight suspicion is investigated by the island’s tributor.
Moreover, other Dark Palace realm martial artists, accompanied by numerous ordinary guards, patrol the streets and alleys of the island in groups, immediately questioning any suspicious individuals they encounter.
This not only makes the atmosphere on Chaotic Sky Island incredibly tense but also forces Ye Zhen to hide in the underground cave, observing the situation.
Ye Zhen can guarantee, if he shows up on the streets of Chaotic Sky Island now, he would undoubtedly be questioned, and what happens next, only heaven knows.
Leaving Big Ears Nie Ting to monitor the situation, Ye Zhen contemplates another unavoidable problem.
Through Ye Zhen’s hands, Yany Chi deduced that Ye Zhen might have a brand new Little World behind him due to the abundance of Red Yin Grass.
But in this world, sharp-eyed and experienced merchants like Yany Chi are not extremely rare but definitely more than a few.
Store managers of Yany Chi’s caliber, there are nearly a hundred on Chaotic Sky Island at least.
For Ye Zhen to establish the Golden Passage between the True Profound Continent and the Primordial Continent, Red Yin Grass and Flowstone Vine, spiritual medicines that are scarce on the Primordial Continent, must flow out in large quantities.
Eventually, the news that Sky Wing Trading Company has a large stock of Red Yin Grass will surely spread, falling into the ears of those interested, especially merchants with vision and experience like Yany Chi, leading to numerous speculations.
Then, at least three to five, possibly more merchants will make deductions similar to Yany Chi’s.
Not everyone is like Yany Chi, who considers swallowing the discovery alone; many might consider finding more partners due to their strength.
In this situation, the rumor of Ye Zhen having a new Little World behind him becomes uncontrollable and may spread widely.
Right now, Ye Zhen can assassinate Yany Chi to control the risk, but what about when similar situations arise again?
How many can Ye Zhen kill?
If the discoverer partners with a Realm King, how can Ye Zhen resist?
Moreover, Ye Zhen cannot be lucky enough to discover everyone who makes a similar deduction.
By then, before Ye Zhen realizes, the others might have already approached him, creating immense trouble.
Once people become greedy, it is unimaginable. If anyone is convinced that Ye Zhen has a new Little World behind him, it would cause a devastating blow to the sales channels Ye Zhen just established.
The deadliest point is, once this news spreads, Ye Zhen would become a coveted target for all powerhouses, with everyone wanting to seize him.
After much thought, Ye Zhen suddenly realizes in terror that it is unavoidable!
As long as he opens and establishes sales channels, there will inevitably be some with wild imaginations, making the deduction that Ye Zhen has a new Little World behind him.
Ultimately, Ye Zhen is doomed to face great calamity, possibly involving confrontations that validate those deductions, leading to conflicts that catch the world’s attention.
If handled poorly, the rumor of Ye Zhen having a new Little World will spread like an epidemic.
This isn’t Ye Zhen worrying excessively; the possibility is exceedingly high.
How do Jianghu rumors come about?
It’s just like this.
On the True Profound Continent, there have been countless Jianghu rumors that stirred up bloody winds and rains, with numerous Martial Artists fighting fiercely over them. But after all the scrambling, they find that what the rumors say is utterly unfounded!
Out of ten Jianghu rumors, at least five are like this.
Moreover, even if the Martial Artists suffer a loss this time, the next time a Jianghu rumor arises, they will still dive in to verify it!
This is the greed of human nature!
In this inevitable situation, not only will Ye Zhen’s Golden Passage plan be ruined, but in the future, as long as a large quantity of Red Yin Grass appears on the market, it will arouse suspicion.
Suddenly, Ye Zhen realized that eliminating the informed Ma Shen is no longer the most important thing right now. The most crucial issue is how to change this inevitability.
If he cannot change this inevitability, in the future, there will inevitably be many more like Fang Chi and Ma Shen. Can Ye Zhen kill them all?
For three consecutive days, Ye Zhen remained in the cave pondering solutions to this problem but couldn’t come up with any good ideas.
"Young Master, I know why Shopkeeper Ma is so nervous!" Suddenly, the excited voice of Big Ears Nie Ting sounded.
"Oh? Speak!" Ye Zhen rubbed his brows in exhaustion.
"Young Master, these days I’ve been eavesdropping on what the people Ma Shen sent out are doing. I found that they have only one purpose: to inquire about the changes within Sky-reaching, especially the owner’s reaction to the destruction of the account books!"
"Hmm, urgently needed!"
"Young Master, just today, two Realm King Realm tributors arrived to support Shopkeeper Ma. One of them is even a senior from the Ma family. During their secret talks, I overheard some content.
They are mostly worried about whether the owner of Sky-reaching will investigate them.
Also, according to Ma Shen, the big fire on Chaotic Sky Island was set by him....
At this point, Ye Zhen became interested, letting Big Ears recount all the useful information he heard to Ye Zhen, and then collating it with the information Ye Zhen stole from Yany Chi’s Divine Soul, so that Ye Zhen could roughly understand the situation.
It should be said, Ma Shen’s arson was just a misunderstanding.
Yany Chi is the Store Manager of Sky-reaching, overseeing vast wealth daily. Although the treatment as the Store Manager is still very generous, people tend to be greedy, especially merchants, let alone the Store Manager holding great power.
To seek benefits for himself, Manager Yany instructed his brother-in-law to establish Dongsheng, and then utilized his authority to steer some interests to Dongsheng.
Even many goods were procured from Dongsheng, and when bought from one’s own, the prices are naturally marginally higher.
The massive base and accumulation over time become a staggering figure.
Over the years, Manager Yany and brother-in-law Ma Shen coordinated to amass wealth from Sky-reaching tremendously.
Manager Yany, able to become the Store Manager of Sky-reaching, naturally is someone with an extremely meticulous mind. Fearing one day their actions would be discovered by the owners of Sky-reaching, he made arrangements early.
Once the jade talisman given to Ma Shen explodes, it indicates the exposure of the conspiracy, prompting Ma Shen to destroy the account book evidence as per prior arrangement, and quickly leave Chaotic Sky Island.
If he dies, leave with his wife and children.
However, the alarm jade talisman he made originally was controlled by a rare material-forged false tooth in his mouth.
He didn’t foresee someone would actually assassinate him one day and didn’t ponder much, biting that tooth to send a warning to save his life.
Unexpectedly, upon receiving the warning, brother-in-law Ma Shen misunderstood, thinking the conspiracy was exposed, and loyally executed Yany Chi’s plan—arson!
This is the origin of the big fire on Chaotic Sky Island.
Originally, Ma Shen should leave Chaotic Sky Island at the shortest time, but the event that day brought out the Three Island Masters, making him dare not act rashly, and he had to wait a few days before leaving.
"That Yany Chi is indeed a talent!" After hearing, Ye Zhen admired, "Just based on my selling of a massive amount of Red Yin Grass, he deduced....."
As he spoke, Ye Zhen’s expression abruptly halted, he looked at Big Ears Nie Ting, "Big Ears, quick, quickly recount the words Yany Chi said to Ma Shen about deducing a possible entirely new Little World behind me, to me.
Remember, don’t omit a single word!"
"Alright!"
Big Ears thought for a moment, and then recounted what he heard that day to Ye Zhen. Just halfway through, Ye Zhen excitedly slapped his thigh, saying, "Got it!"
Ye Zhen had already figured out the solution to the inevitable problem.
