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"I'll go see Ah Li today, the servant said that she is not well, I think that maybe she did not find a good doctor, you should go take a look." Peacock King said.

When Hua Ruge heard this, he did not know how to respond. It was obvious that Peacock King did not know that this was an excuse and thought Shangguan Li was sick.

Seeing that she did not say anything, the Peacock King anxiously said: "Consider that I owe you a meal of wine, alright? Go and take a look."

"Alright, I'll go." Hua Ruge could only agree.

"If you need any spiritual medicines, just tell me. No matter what heavenly or earthly treasure it is, it will be easy." Peacock King instructed.

Hua Ruge nodded, after leaving the merchant guild, he returned to his own house and teleported to Shangguan Li's place.

Recently, her Night Pavilion had been moving too frequently and she had paid too much attention to it. Only by using this method would she be able to make Shangguan Li hide in the shadows.

When she appeared in the courtyard, Shangguan Li did not find it strange anymore and only asked: "You did not keep an eye on Peacock King today?"

"I originally wanted to, but seeing that he was so focused on you, I guess he wouldn't care much about the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace. So I'm relieved." Hua Ruge said as he sat opposite to her.

Shangguan Li did not express his stance.

"He went to look for me when he got back from here. He said that you were not feeling well and insisted on me coming to take a look." As Hua Ruge said this, he sighed and said, "It's hard to be infatuated with others as well."

Xiao Lan suddenly realized: So he was not angry because he was in a hurry to leave, but he invited a doctor.

Shangguan Li lowered his eyes and said: "I'll change my excuse next time."

"Poor Peacock King."

Just now, my men reported that they met Shi Qingwan after Peacock King left my place. Shangguan Li said.

Hua Ruge raised his brows.

"You know what it is." Shangguan Li reminded her.

"Heaven Seeking Pill Palace is truly invincible, what kind of attitude does Peacock King have?" Hua Ruge asked.

"We have an appointment for another day."

Hua Ruge squinted his eyes: "You sure are diligent, even used up on beauties."

"Be careful." Shangguan Li said again.

"I have seen that Shi Qingwan is powerful, are you sure you don't want to fight for the Peacock King?" Hua Ruge asked.

"I said I wouldn't think about it." Shangguan Li replied decisively.

Hua Ruge could only nod his head: "Okay."

Later in the night, she would send someone to inform Peacock King that Shangguan Li's health was alright, she did not want him to go to her house at night to ask her about the situation.

At the same time, the scouts from the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace also reported back to Shi Qingwan, saying that after their Peacock King had said his goodbyes, they went to Hua Ruge's residence and went to the Hua Ruge Merchant Guild.

"It really is her. This woman is truly dishonest." Shi Qingwan snorted. He was a little jealous, and a little disdainful.

"What should we do next?"

"Go to the mansion and deliver the invitation. Invite him to tea tomorrow." Shi Qingwan instructed.

The scout accepted the order and arranged for a post to be delivered to the courtyard of Peacock King. Because the courtyard was Hua Ruge's property and was temporarily arranged for Peacock King to live there, Hua Ruge immediately received the news.

Hua Ruge calculated that there were only four days left until she and Shi Xuejun would be fighting on stage. Even if this transaction was successful, the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace wouldn't have time to obtain this batch of spiritual herbs.1

Thus, she decided to look at Peacock King for now and express her stance.

The next day, Peacock King went to Shi Qingwan.

Hua Ruge then went to the Nine Regions Chamber of Commerce early to check on the progress of receiving the city, and after knowing that it had been accepted, Hua Ruge issued a new order to lower the taxes of the cities from 30% to 20%.

She chose the outskirts of the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace and surrounded the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace with its few remaining Immortal City. Hence, once this decree was changed, it would affect the internal stability of the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace very soon.

Amongst the Immortal City which was lowered in taxes, whether it was the merchant guilds or ordinary cultivators who heard the news, every single one of them was excited, because all the Immortal City of the other sects collected twenty percent of the taxes, and only the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace had a good geographical position and large flow of people, so the taxes were especially high.

The higher the taxes, the higher the prices. The merchants would earn little and the cultivators would pay a lot, naturally they would complain and complain. However, due to the influence of the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace, they would normally not dare to say anything.

It's all right now, the taxes are down and people are living too much.

However, everyone still had one thing in mind. If Hua Ruge lost this round, these cities would return to the hands of the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace, and all the benefits they would get would be gone.

Therefore, the people from the Immortal City began to pray for Hua Ruge to win.

As for those who were still in the hands of the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace, when they heard this news, they could only sigh at their bad luck, and wondered why they had not been selected.

They quickly focused on the competition and were all eagerly waiting for Shi Xuejun to lose. As long as they lost to Sky Mansion Academy, they would be able to reduce the tax.

The hearts of the people had been shaken just like that, and they were showing signs of falling on one side.

When Shi Xuejun found out about this news, it was as if he was struck by lightning. He sat on the chair and did not speak for a long time.

If it was said that accepting Immortal City had shaken the authority of the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace, then this plan had completely shaken the hearts of the people.

Even if she could win back all the cities in the future, the citizens would have a huge amount of resentment for the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace. She could only be forced to lower the taxes, not to mention how she could maintain the Heaven Seeking Pill Palace's resources.

This plan was truly deadly.

"Hua Ruge!" Shi Xuejun squeezed out these words from the gaps between his teeth, the anger in his eyes overflowing.

She swore that in a few days, she would definitely destroy all of Hua Ruge's spirit and level his Sky Mansion Academy and Sky Mansion Academy in one go. Otherwise, it would be hard for her to quell the hatred in her heart.

On the same day, she issued an order, lowering all Immortal City s to twenty percent of taxes.

Everything happened exactly as she had predicted. The people all felt that it was all thanks to Hua Ruge, otherwise, they would still be in deep water.

Although Shi Xuejun was angry, there was nothing he could do about it. After all, she had promised Hua Ruge that they would duel, and there was nothing he could do about it at the moment.

Earlier that day, Shi Qingwan met Peacock King as he wished, but Peacock King looked absent-minded.

"The Peacock King Palace has come for several months, I wonder if we can still stay here?" Shi Qingwan replied politely.

"Not bad." Peacock King replied.

"This is my Heaven Seeking Pill Palace's Immortal Tea, try it, Your Highness." Shi Qingwan personally made tea for Peacock King.

The Peacock King took it, and after thanking him he asked: "I wonder what Young Hall Master wishes to speak with this hall?"

He went straight to the point, not wanting to talk much. This woman was not as interesting as Hua Ruge, nor was she as attractive as Shangguan Li. He did not want to be friends, but he also did not like her.

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