Chapter 4065 Eastern Prince's Mansion

The disheveled Taoist priest felt guilty. Several days had passed, and he was worried that the lighter had run out of gas and those merchants from the Piercing Chest Kingdom would come to cause him trouble. He never expected to run into them here again. The disheveled Taoist priest could only turn around and run away.

The merchants from the Kingdom of Pierced Chests saw the disheveled Taoist priest and immediately chased after him.

The bearded man among them was a skilled fighter. He immediately shifted his body and accelerated, quickly catching up to us.

“Brother, it really is you! We are truly destined to meet again in this royal city,” the bearded man exclaimed.

Judging from his tone, he didn't seem to intend to fight us. The slovenly Taoist priest quickly stopped in his tracks, a smile quickly appearing on his face. He turned around and walked towards the bearded man: "Brother, we meet again. I'm so glad to see you."

As he spoke, the disheveled Taoist priest went over and hugged each of the merchants, as if they were family members he had never seen in eight lifetimes.

The group of people were all smiling. A chubby boy next to them asked with some confusion, "Brother, why did you see us running away just now?"

The slovenly Taoist priest spoke without hesitation, sighing as he said, "My esteemed brothers, you were kind to me in the past, taking great care of me. You were truly benevolent and righteous. Now that I have met you again in this royal city, I do not wish to cause you any trouble."

Ugh, disgusting. All I did was worry about the lighter running out of gas.

“Brother, we’ve been helping each other out. If you hadn’t sold us the Fire Soul Machine and given us such a big fluorescent ball, we wouldn’t be where we are today,” the bearded man said excitedly.

"What do you mean?" The slovenly Taoist priest was a little confused.

“I was a little wary of you at first, but now that I’ve sold everything, I might as well tell you. Actually, when we met outside the North City, we were planning to come to the Royal City. We intended to sell the dragon armor and gemstone mirror we were carrying to Prince Lu Cheng of the Eastern Prince’s Mansion in the Royal City. However, we figured these two items were nothing special in Prince Lu Cheng’s eyes and wouldn’t fetch a good price. But when we showed the Prince the Fire Soul Machine and that huge luminous pearl, he liked them very much and bought them for 30,000 taels of green stone shells.” The bearded man said excitedly.

"It's over, I sold it at a loss..." the slovenly Taoist priest muttered to himself.

"Brother, what did you just say?" the bearded man asked hurriedly.

"N-nothing...you just said you sold the Fire Soul Machine and the Night-Shining Pearl for 30,000 taels of Green Stone Shells?" The slovenly Taoist priest asked incredulously.

“That’s right, thirty thousand taels, not a penny less. Prince Lu Cheng is very pleased,” the bearded man said again.

"Who is this Prince Lucheng?" the slovenly Taoist priest asked curiously.

"Prince Lucheng is the uncle of the current King of Guanxiong Kingdom. He loves collecting rare and precious treasures from all over the world. If someone takes a liking to a particular item, Prince Lucheng will not only buy it at a high price but also give a generous reward. However, many people have brought various treasures to Prince Lucheng to see, but he has not taken a liking to any of them. He only likes our Fire Soul Machine and Night-Shining Pearl," the bearded man said again.

At that moment, I noticed the slovenly Taoist priest's eyes darting around twice, and a wicked idea immediately came to mind.

"Brother, could you do me a favor?" The slovenly Taoist priest grabbed the bearded man's arm.

"Hey, we're all family here. If it weren't for you, none of us would have made our fortunes. Just say what you want to say; we're not strangers," the bearded man said casually.

"Brother, could you take me to see Prince Lu Cheng of the Eastern Prince's Mansion?" the slovenly Taoist priest asked hurriedly.

“Prince Lu Tang is not easy to see; ordinary people cannot meet him…” the bearded man said with some difficulty.

"I have some treasures on me, rare items that Your Highness has never seen before, which I wish to offer to Your Highness," the disheveled Taoist priest hurriedly said.

The bearded man was taken aback: "Oh, you actually have treasures on you? I wonder if you could show them to us?"

“Brother, this is not very convenient… Let’s wait until we see the prince before we take it out to see him. You sold those two treasures to the prince, so he will definitely value you highly. You just need to say that you have more treasures to sell to him, and he will definitely see you,” the slovenly Taoist said pleadingly.

"Alright then, I'll ask around for you and get back to you tomorrow. By the way, where do you live?" the bearded man asked.

We told the bearded man the name of the inn, and he said he would come to the inn to find us the next day. We chatted for a while longer before we parted ways.

After the three merchants left, the slovenly Taoist priest stomped his feet in anger: "What a loss! They actually sold 30,000 taels of green stone shells. I should have asked them for more."

"Luo Laoliu, what are you thinking? Why do you want to see that Prince Lucheng?" I was very curious.

The slovenly Taoist priest finally came to his senses and said with a smile, "Old Wu, this won't work either. That Prince Lu Tang is a nobleman of Guanxiong Kingdom. He is someone who can easily get close to Zhaoyaomu. Perhaps we can get close to Zhaoyaomu by relying on Prince Lu Tang. He is the uncle of the current King of Guanxiong Kingdom."

"As expected of our strategist, he's quick-witted. This might actually work. Let's meet with Prince Lu Cheng first. Maybe he really has a way. We can't miss any opportunity, no matter how small." Brother Gu said with a smile.

"Brother Luo, you've really gone to a lot of trouble for me." Li Chao bowed respectfully to the disheveled Taoist priest.

"No problem, no problem at all. I'm going all out for Brother Chao." The slovenly Taoist priest smiled.

I have no idea what the slovenly Taoist priest is thinking. He went to see Prince Lu Cheng to see if there was any way to verify the truth. But the more important thing was to find the prince and make a killing. He had to squeeze some money out of him.

Aside from a lighter and glow balls, I wonder what else this slovenly Taoist priest has that he can use to fool people.

The next day at noon, the bearded man arrived at our inn with two other men and excitedly told us some good news: the prince wanted to see the slovenly Taoist priest, but only two people could go at most.

After all, the Prince's Mansion is not a place that just anyone can enter.

If I had to choose someone to go with the slovenly Taoist priest, it would have to be me. Among our team, the two of us are the most intelligent.

Without saying much, he told the others to wait for us at the inn, and the slovenly Taoist priest and I followed the three men straight to the Prince's Mansion.

The Prince's mansion remained heavily guarded, with many soldiers in armor at the gate. The bearded man announced our arrival, and we followed him into the mansion.