Chapter 61 No Place to Settle

  Li Xie watched them leave with a cold eye, while Kano, who was furious beside him, was about to erupt, but was held back by Li Xie until Larry Brown's people were gone. Kano's face was full of resentment: "Sir, are you just going to let him go like that? He doesn't even put you in his eyes! At least, shouldn't we arrange a place for the master to stay?"

  Li Xie smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, let's go find him. Let's go."

  Vandy Sael exclaimed on the side, "The adults want to owe Larry Brown a million at the dinner party, and by then it will be more than a million! And the big and small nobles of Chrysanthemum City! The adults are indeed brilliant!"

  "Haha, a gentleman loves wealth, but takes it in a proper way. However, this time, I'm not just doing it for the money!"

  "Oh? What do you mean?"

  Li Xie looked up at the sky with a 45-degree gaze, his face filled with reverence: "The great master once said: Greed is human nature, it's not easily revealed! If it's easily revealed, that's not greed, it's the beginning of a conspiracy! This time, I don't just want money, I also want people!"

  "Master Muren? Someone who can be called a master by the adults must be an extraordinary person. I wonder who Master Muren is?" These words were not only flattering, but also reflected Vandy's curiosity!

  Li Xie's rapid rise, the nobles of the imperial capital all saw it with their own eyes, and the vast majority regarded Li Xie as a legendary figure, worshiping him like a god! Otherwise, who could have risen from commoner to earl, from earl to duke, and then from duke to grand lord, and now to his current position? Probably only someone holding powerful military power like the Duke of Rhein could be compared to him! This is simply a character that might appear in the mouths of traveling bards!

  But someone like Vandy would naturally want to know who this "master" is!

  "Master Sleeper..." Li Xie drew out his tone and looked at Kano: "Kano, tell Vandy."

  "Yes, sir!" Kano replied, and immediately looked at Vandy Sell in surprise, saying in a tone of wonder and incredulity: "Master Mian, you don't even know who it is?"

  Vandy's face turned red, and he secretly thought that he was ignorant. He said shyly: "Please teach me, Brother Kano."

  Kano looked up at the sky with a reverent and solemn 45-degree angle: "Muen Master, she is a supreme deity! Her status is even higher than that of the main god!"

  "Divine spirit? Above the main god?" Vandy Sell was stunned, then became suspicious, frowning and saying: "No way, the Supreme God fell, the four great gods slumbered, but I've never heard of a divine spirit named Meng Da Shi above the main god!"

  "Really!" Ka No learned from Li Xie's previous tone, rolled his eyes and said: "How do you know there are many gods in heaven? How do you know the Supreme God, God King, Lord God, Heavenly God, Son of God and so on?"

  "Miracles and legends!"

  "Legend? Go, then do you know if the Supreme God has any illegitimate children? Do the Four Great Gods have any affairs? Are there any gay relationships between the main gods?"

  "This..."

  "I don't know! So how did you know that there is no such god as the Great Master of Slumber above the main gods?"

  "This..."

  "Hmph! I've personally witnessed the divine miracle of Master Muen! That was the most miraculous thing I've ever seen in my life! You, sir, have also seen it! Master Muen is our most revered deity! Come, let's chant together!" Kano gazed up at a 45-degree angle, his hands raised upwards in a embracing gesture: "Master Muen is above!"

  Vandy Sel's forehead was covered in cold sweat, with a hint of suspicion, while maintaining respect for the gods, and imitating Kano's tone: "Master Mien is above!"

  "Let me tell you another secret!" Kano leaned in close to Vandy's ear and whispered, "Do you know why the master is so extraordinary? Why did he become the number one figure in Tudou in just a few short months?"

  "Could it be..." Vandy Sell seemed to think of something.

  "That's right! The adult doesn't just believe in our Lord God of Earth, he also believes in Master Dorm!"

  Vandy's eyes lit up again, and he raised his head 45 degrees towards the sky, with both hands raised: "Master Meng is above!"

  "The Sleeping Master is on top!"

  A group of people chatted idly as they entered the city, walking on the straight main street, looking at the residential and commercial buildings on both sides of the street. Although it can't be compared to the prosperity of the imperial capital, it shouldn't be so dilapidated either!

  What the naked eye can see is either broken tiles and dilapidated houses or thatched cottages; what's on display are either street stalls or people wearing goods on their bodies like human billboards! Apart from the well-planned roads, it doesn't look like a city at all, to the extent that one feels as if they have entered a poverty-stricken mountainous area.

  There are also beggars on the street, as if Li Xie had arrived in the imperial capital's slum, or unknowingly came to the legendary Beggars' Sect!

  "Kano, pass it down, anyone with silver and copper coins on them, send them all out to me. Don't send gold coins, lest they go crazy! Also, tell them that the new lord, Evil Duke Li, sent this. And also tell them, fate can be changed!"

  Li Xie looked at the beggars and vagrants along the way, feeling very complicated. He had once experienced this himself, and what he had longed for most was a kind person to give him alms!

  A group of people continued walking, looking for a place to settle down, and after half a day's journey, they arrived at the center of Chrysanthemum City.

  What was seen instead was a different scene: magnificent wine buildings, luxurious architecture, rich people dressed in finery, and a life of indulgence!

  "The Zhu Gate is filled with the stench of wine and meat, while the roads have the bones of those who froze to death!" Li Xie narrowed his eyes: "This is my Chrysanthemum City!"

  "The Zhu gate is full of meat and wine, while the roads are filled with frozen bones!" Vandyke savored this line of poetry, and the aristocrat with noble upbringing was shocked at that moment, exclaiming: "What a great literary talent! This line should be an eternal masterpiece!"

  "Alright, stop flattering!" The old man was just plagiarizing, and it was the most ordinary plagiarism! However, Li Xie didn't realize that the Gods' Continent had been forcibly fed Chinese literature by someone, but in terms of poetry, it was a complete mess!

  If Li Xie knew, "Ah, the ocean, you are so vast! Ah, blue sky, you are so blue!" were all famous poems for thousands of years, I reckon Li Xie would spit out a few mouthfuls of ditch oil, lamenting that the poetry on this earth is tens of millions of times better than these.

  "No, no, sir!" Vandy Sell insisted: "This sentence of yours is absolutely a classic, I must write it down and get you to sign it for me later, sir!"

  "Go, you're seeing things!" Li Xie didn't think much of it, but he didn't know that his casual quote would bring him such good fortune! "Don't you hurry to find a hotel, aren't you tired from walking all day?"

  "Yes, sir!"

  Kano was the most enthusiastic, and immediately ran to a wine house that looked very grand. Just as he was about to enter, two attendants outside the door stopped him. One of them said respectfully: "Sorry, our store is full."

  "Is it full?" Kano glanced inside, the guests in the hall were sparse, how could the rooms be full? But since he said so, Kano didn't ask much and said: "I'll book this hotel, all the guests or people who stay here, I'll pay double the cost!"

  Now Kanou's assets are also over 20 million gold coins. He can afford to say such boastful words and pay such a price!

  "Sir, I'm really sorry. Even if you're willing to pay ten times the price, our shop is still fully booked. Please go to another store, sir." The servant said politely.

  Li Xie saw that Kano was unable to settle it after half a day and walked up to ask: "What's going on?"

  "Looks like this inn won't let us stay!" Cano couldn't make out what the servant was saying, or else he'd be an idiot!

  "Oh, let's find another place!" Li Xie glanced at the hotel and didn't get angry about it.

  There are over a dozen hotels in the city center, and as they came down the road, they were all "fully booked"! No matter what conditions Ren Kano offered, none of the hotels would let Li Xie and his group stay.

  A group of people stopped in front of a hotel called "Dihao Wine House", which also refused to let Li Xie and others stay!

  "Enough!" Cano had had enough: "These hotels are obviously doing it on purpose, just beat him up and see if they dare not let us stay!"

  Even if Kano wasn't a tyrannical person, after being shut out several times, his temper flared up. Once a soldier's temper is roused, he naturally wants to fight!

  Li Xie smiled and said: "Forget it, they are not nobles, they are all mixed-rice eaters. If someone doesn't let us stay, they won't dare to let us stay!"

  "Hmph!" Vandy Sore hummed coldly, his face even darker! Who made these hotels refuse Li Xie and his gang? It's not obvious?!

  It must have been Larry Brown who gave the order!

  "He's quite the big official!" Vandy Sell said in a calm tone: "A mere Earl, daring to be so slow to the Imperial Duke! It's simply outrageous! Sir, Larry Brown has committed a crime punishable by death for doing this! Please give the order, and I will go kill him immediately!"

  Never before had Larry Brown's killing of Lee Jae made Vandy Sael so angry! It was because what Larry Brown did now was the biggest taboo in the aristocratic circle!

  The nobility is strictly hierarchical, with a clear distinction between superior and inferior ranks. All traditional nobles discipline themselves and others, ensuring that those of high status do not lose their sense of honor, while those of lower status strive to climb the social ladder, creating a healthy noble system.

  As a noble, especially some old nobles, what they can't tolerate most is contempt for hierarchy and overstepping ranks! In their eyes, this is openly opposing all nobles! And all empires on the continent of gods have laws, where subordinates offending superiors, if the rank difference exceeds two levels, such as a baron against an earl, an earl against a duke, the highest punishment can be death penalty!

  Vandy Sell is a noble of the Imperial Capital, a high-ranking official of Grade 3. He has always thought that his status was higher than that of Earl Blair Brown. The previous incident of closing the city gate had already made Vandy Sell somewhat angry. Now, doing things in such an excessive manner, not only being slow to respond to the imperial duke's summons but also making the imperial duke parade through the streets, this behavior has already touched Vandy Sell's bottom line!

  "Don't worry, we'll just have nowhere to live, haha..." Li Xie didn't show any signs of annoyance or anger, his smile remained: "Kano, go find an empty space, tell the guards to surround the carriages with horses, and we'll rest on the carriages."

  Li Xie's calmness and tolerance made everyone puzzled. Just a moment ago, they were at odds with each other and would kill without hesitation, but now, he could tolerate everything?

  It was just Li Xie's order, and no one would question it. Ka Nu was about to agree when he saw someone rushing over in a hurry.