Chapter 531 - 342: Heart Towards the Light (6)

"No need, there are special cleaning staff for that. There’s a woman over there who’s been staring at you. Is she a friend of yours?"

A woman?

Zhao Chi turned his head.

He saw Su Qin sitting in the distance, smiling at him.

Lu Yi laughed. "Haha, you should go see her. I’m heading out. Bye~"

"Yeah, bye."

Lu Yi teleported, and her figure vanished.

After seeing Lu Yi leave, Su Qin immediately pointed to herself, then over to Zhao Chi.

The gesture asked if she could come over.

Zhao Chi nodded.

Su Qin happily strode over, weaving past three tables to reach Zhao Chi’s side.

She sat down in the spot Lu Yi had just vacated.

"Zhao Chi, are you two done eating?"

"We are. Are you guys done with your gathering too?"

"Yep. A few of my clan brothers are at that table up front. Want to go over?"

"No need. Let’s just sit here for a bit, and then we can go."

"Mm, okay."

At this banquet, the various clans weren’t seated together.

The Clan Leaders of each clan sat with the upper echelons of the World-breaking Army.

The High-Level Lords from the clans also sat with the High-Level Lords from the World-breaking Army.

Insignificant juniors like Zhao Chi had much more freedom and could sit wherever they wanted.

To Zhao Chi, this was a banquet.

But for the Clan Leaders, it was for Socializing.

Zhao Chi noticed Su Qin’s cheeks were also flushed red; she had clearly been drinking as well.

"How much did you drink?"

"Hehe, not much. Just six small cups. What about you? I can smell the alcohol on you, but you don’t seem affected at all."

Zhao Chi estimated he’d had over 30 cups.

But he hadn’t kept count.

"I didn’t have much either."

"Oh, who was that girl sitting here with you just now? Was it Lu Yi?"

’Hm?’

Zhao Chi looked at Su Qin curiously. "How did you know? You know Lu Yi too?"

Su Qin smiled. "Have you forgotten about those silly rankings the male students at our academy used to make? The ’class beauty,’ ’campus beauty,’ and all that? Lu Yi was a Regular Customer on those lists, so I heard her name all the time. Don’t tell me you didn’t know."

Zhao Chi chuckled. "I knew."

"Did the students in your class ever mention me?"

"They did. According to the guys in my class, you even ranked a notch above Lu Yi."

"Is that so? How boring, haha~"

That’s what she said, but she was still smiling happily.

Zhao Chi found her incredibly alluring at that moment.

Su Qin asked softly, "Should we spend the night at our house today?"

She was referring to the small stone house on the outskirts that the two of them had just been assigned.

Seeing the expectant look in her eyes, Zhao Chi nodded. "Okay, but I’ll be a little late. I need to go back to my territory to handle some things."

Su Qin smiled. "Fine, as long as you come. What time? 2 AM?"

"How did you know?"

"Just a guess." Su Qin giggled flirtatiously. "Last time, you snuck into my bed at 2 AM."

"Alright, I’ll head over at 2 AM."

"Okay, then I’ll head back to my territory to get things in order too."

Su Qin finished speaking and was about to leave.

Zhao Chi stopped her. "You can teleport from here. You don’t have to go home to do it."

"Oh, right. I almost forgot. The alcohol has made me a bit fuzzy. I’ll head out first, then."

"Okay. See you in a bit."

Here in Jiaoya Town, the World-breaking Army had relaxed some of its rules.

For example, the rules for a Lord’s teleportation.

Lords could teleport back to their territories from anywhere, without needing to go to a designated Teleport Point. However, when leaving their territory, they could only teleport out from a designated Teleport Point.

This was not only convenient for the Lords but also allowed for a great deal of control.

After Su Qin left, Zhao Chi glanced around again.

About half the Lords had already left.

Staff members were clearing the tables.

The other half were drunk, shouting and laughing loudly, and the atmosphere was still lively.

Zhao Chi saw Zhou Lue, Wei Jinlong, and others four tables away.

But Zhao Chi didn’t have any real connection with them; they were mere acquaintances.

There was no need to go over and make a point of it now. It was unnecessary.

Zhao Chi also teleported back to his territory.

「In the early hours of the morning」

After his two points of Genetics for the day were drained by them, Zhao Chi teleported into the stone house.

Or rather, teleported back home.

The house had already been cleaned. Some old furniture from the previous owner had also been wiped down.

The west room was filled with some miscellaneous items, the middle room was a small living room, and the east room was the bedroom.

Inside the bedroom was a double-sized stone bed, already covered with several layers of bedding.

Su Qin was fast asleep.

Zhao Chi stripped naked and slipped in.

Su Qin hummed twice and wrapped herself around him.

Even though it was a stone house, it wasn’t soundproof.

Su Qin clenched her teeth, holding back her sounds until she was nearly out of breath.

There was a very important meeting the next day, so Zhao Chi didn’t wear Su Qin out too badly.

It ended with him gaining 6 points of Energy.

「The next morning.」

All the new members gathered for a meeting in the town’s central auditorium.

Including all the New Lords and new residents, there were several thousand people in total.

Su Qin sat next to Zhao Chi in the back, but she wasn’t leaning against him; she was listening intently.

Today’s meeting was very important.

All the policies and allocation issues were to be announced.

The meeting lasted all morning, covering a wide range of issues.

For Zhao Chi, there were four key points.

The first point:

[Tax Payment Issue]

There were two options in total, and one could be freely chosen.

[1. Proportional Payment]

"Based on the territory’s five indicators—Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, wealth, and Military—pay 1% of the numerical value in Gold Coins each month."

[2. Fixed Payment]

"Pay a fixed amount each month based on the size of the territory."

Zhao Chi thought for a moment:

’First, let’s consider option one.’

’Publicly, I only have one territory: Peach Blossom Village.’

’So I only need to consider Peach Blossom Village.’

’Peach Blossom Village’s highest stat was originally Agriculture, at 2671 points.’