Chaotic Martial Arts: I Have Too Many Brothers

Chapter 55 Weapons Business, Cooperation

If the old demon hadn't given his approval...

These people won't let Ye Tian leave easily.

Iron Fist and Ghost Foot didn't speak, but they took half a step forward in tacit agreement, their eyes cold.

"?"

What do you mean? Aren't you afraid?

This reaction clearly startled the other person. It wasn't that they hadn't led people around before, but they were always quite frightened when they got to this place. Why was this time different?

Aren't you all afraid of dying?

Ye Tian did not answer immediately, as for the reason...

[Host-triggered selection detected]

[Option 1: Leave immediately! Reward: Basic loyalist +50]

[Option Two: Confront the Old Demon! Reward: 50 Beginner Loyalists]

The selection was triggered: fifty low-level loyalists. This old monster is truly my lucky star; knowing I was short of subordinates, he sent me these.

"Don't be so nervous."

He smiled and waved his hand, breaking the silence.

Ye Tian said calmly and naturally.

"I think I'll be able to leave here unscathed today."

"..."

Without saying a word, he simply gave Ye Tian a deep look before stepping aside to make way for him.

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The first time I met the old demon.

Ye Tian almost didn't recognize the other party as a gangster. He was a middle-aged man around forty years old, with a refined and experienced way of making tea. He had a calm demeanor and his clothes looked simple.

He looks like a refined middle-aged man; someone who doesn't know him might mistake him for a businessman.

"sit!"

Upon Ye Tian's arrival, the old demon was not in a hurry. Instead, he finished brewing the tea, poured a cup for Ye Tian, ​​and then gestured for Ye Tian to sit down in the seat in front of him.

After Ye Tian sat down, he immediately picked up the teacup and drank it down.

The old demon became interested.

"How does it taste?"

"The movements are pretty good, but the flavor is just so-so. Old Demon Hall Master still needs to practice!"

Ye Tian doesn't know how to brew tea, but he can still tell whether it tastes good or bad by taste.

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing this answer, the old demon laughed instead.

"You're right, it seems my act wasn't convincing enough."

When you reach a certain level of status, you always want to act high-class, but unfortunately, you fall short of the mark.

The old demon didn't care about being exposed; on the contrary, it made him find it interesting.

"After all this time, you still say it so directly. Those people have praised my tea-making skills quite a bit before."

That's because they need something from you.

Ye Tian smiled and put the teacup down again.

Ye Tian was very skilled at speaking to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghost way.

Ye Tian said that because he knew a lot about Lao Yao. Otherwise, would they really think Ye Tian was brainless? He had received too much flattery. You have to do something different every now and then to leave a deep impression on the other party.

"And what about you? Didn't you come here to beg me?"

The old demon didn't care, he just smiled and turned his head to look at Ye Tian.

"It's not begging, it's cooperation."

When the conversation turned to serious matters, Ye Tian became much more serious.

"You have iron ore, and I have a forging workshop. We can cooperate. There's never a shortage of markets for weapons in the martial arts world."

Weapons have always been in high demand, even more so than alcohol; once they can be produced, they're guaranteed to sell.

"You're not the only one with a blacksmith shop in Linshui City, so why should I cooperate with you?"

Just as Ye Tian had thought.

Old Yao knew he had a sister who was a hall master, but outsiders didn't know that there was another hall master who had been with him since the very beginning of his life in the martial arts world.

Later, it was only through Lao Yao's continuous spending and paving the way that he was able to push the other party to the same position as himself as a hall master.

It can be said that the Old Demon's faction naturally has three hall masters working together.

Under these circumstances, Lao Yao could only be more cautious, as any slight problem could lead to a joint attack from the other five hall masters.

Doesn't the old demon want to expand his business?

Of course I want to, but I can't.

The old demon cannot engage in brothels, gambling dens, or taverns, at least not on his own turf.

If the other hall masters react negatively and think that the old demon is only expanding his power because he wants to rise to the top, then we're doomed. After all, suspicion doesn't need a reason or evidence.

The weapons business is Lao Yao's next target, but he is still investigating potential partners.

As for building his own forging workshop, not to mention that skilled forging masters would be hard to find, as I said before, if the old demon were to do any business on his own turf, it would arouse suspicion from the other hall masters.

"Business is a two-way street."

It's fine as long as we can talk, but I'm afraid there's nothing to talk about.

Ye Tian didn't care about the old demon's contemptuous words. After all, he hadn't been in Linshui City long enough.

It's the kind of thing that appears out of nowhere; who knows if it might suddenly disappear one day.

"First of all, Old Demon Hall Master isn't the only one selling iron ore in Linshui City. It's just that cooperating with you is in my best interest and can help me ascend to the position of Hall Master."

"..."

He really is a quick-witted person.

Old Yao didn't find it strange that Ye Tian wanted to take the position of Sen Lao's hall master.

If someone is already a leader and doesn't have the ambition to climb to the next level, then they are truly useless.

But the fact that Ye Tian could say it so directly shows that the other party is confident in achieving this cooperation, which is what Lao Yao is most interested in.

"Secondly, there are many blacksmith shops, but my products cannot be made by just any blacksmith shop."

Done.

Ye Tian raised one hand, and upon seeing this, Iron Fist immediately placed a hundred-forged sword that he had prepared in advance into Ye Tian's hand.

"Clang!"

The blade gleamed coldly when drawn.

The next moment, strange noises came from inside the restaurant. Now, the seemingly empty restaurant was filled with the old demon's men.

Ye Tian didn't say anything, but simply turned the Hundred Forged Blade around and handed the hilt to the old demon.

"Why don't you give it a try yourself, Master?"

"You've got guts!"

Ye Tian's composure only fueled the old demon's interest.

Where does this confidence come from? Is it genuine fearlessness like a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, or is there some other trump card at play?

Instead of taking it immediately, he waved his hand to dismiss the people hiding in the shadows before accepting the Hundred-Forged Blade that Ye Tian offered.

"What a fine knife!"

The moment he got his hands on it, the old demon sensed something was wrong.

The old demon didn't rise to power purely through connections; he earned his position through hard work, cutting down enemies one by one. He's seen all kinds of weapons, good and bad, and can often tell at a glance whether something is of good quality.

"That's interesting!"

I raised my hand and tapped the blade lightly twice.

The quality of this knife seems to be even better than I expected.

"Hua Gu, come here and try the knife."

Instead of giving Ye Tian an immediate reply, he shouted something in the direction behind him.

Ye Tian wasn't in a hurry.

The forging technique of the Hundred-Refined Blade is absolutely considered a divine weapon in this day and age. If Ye Tian didn't have this confidence, how could he have come here?

"Big brother!"

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