Dark Spirit felt like he had been hit by ten thousand critical damage points all by himself, and he had to pledge allegiance quickly.
He secretly planned to find an opportunity to learn from Pope Paul.
“Where specifically are they?” Xia Feng asked Pope Paul.
“Trident in Dubai, Sentinel in France, and the Great Knights in the Netherlands,” Pope Paul revealed all he knew.
He continued, “Master, that’s all I know for now. The three of us cleared out many last time. These remaining ones are temporarily powerful.”
“Isn’t Dubai in Asia? Why are they targeting Huaxia?” Xia Feng frowned and asked.
“Because Dubai is known as a paradise for the wealthy, it’s a melting pot, and there’s always been a lot of controversy there. Trident is a team of cultivators specifically targeting Huaxia to cause destruction. They’ve always been in Dubai.”
Pope Paul explained patiently.
“Then let’s go to Dubai. I heard it’s a shopping paradise. We’ll go shopping first and then to other places,” Xia Feng decided.
Didn’t Xia Lin and the others love shopping the most? They could buy things first and then have fun, as they had a private jet and could go anywhere.
“Alright, Master, I’ll make arrangements.” Dula Bide responded.
“Alright, go ahead.” Xia Feng waved goodbye to Dula Bide.
They stayed at Peter’s Castle for the morning and set off in the afternoon. Due to the time difference, it was still afternoon when they arrived in Dubai.
Dubai truly lived up to its reputation as a paradise for the wealthy. As their car drove on the road, they could see the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, also known as the Dubai Tower, from afar.
Skyscrapers dotted the landscape. Although Dubai was not one of the top five most luxurious cities in Asia, it was one of the top five wealthiest cities in Asia.
The wealth gap in Dubai was enormous. The rich were exceptionally rich, while foreign workers remained very poor.
The saying that one could earn millions a year by picking up trash in Dubai was just nonsense spread online. If you actually tried to pick up trash, you’d be caught quickly.
There was once a girl who flaunted her wealth online, saying that she had worked as a waitress in a Dubai hotel for a year and bought four houses back home. There were not a few people who publicized such stories of striking it rich in Dubai.
Someone had commented on that girl at the time, giving her four words: “specialized industry.”
If someone with a normal visa could stay and work in Dubai, and was frugal for a year, it was true that their savings would be better than in China, but exaggerating it was going too far.
The majority of migrant workers in Dubai were Indians, providing cheap labor.
However, in any developed city, labor was the cheapest.
The convoy drove towards their booked hotel, the Al Qasr Hotel in Dubai. It was the most luxurious and highest-class hotel in Dubai, built in the style of a castle estate.
The hotel was also well-located, with the sea not far away. The entire main structure of the hotel was formed into an octagonal shape.
In the center was a large square, and within the hotel, there were many artificial lakes of varying sizes. Inside the hotel, it felt like wandering through a forest in a fantasy castle.
Of course, besides the Al Qasr Hotel, there was another very famous hotel, the Burj Al Arab.
“Brother, what’s the plan for today?” Xia Lin asked excitedly.
“From now on, everyone will eat, drink, and have fun until tomorrow evening, when I’ll take you to do other things,” Xia Feng said to Xia Lin.
“Okay, then we’ll go shopping later.” Xia Lin nodded.
One must go shopping when in Dubai, or it would be a wasted trip.
The Dubai Mall was the largest shopping venue in the world, offering everything you could possibly want to buy, as long as your wallet was thick enough.
Around 4 PM, the group went to the Dubai Mall. With such a large group, they looked like a tour group.
This was the first time everyone had gone out shopping together.
The parking lot outside the shopping mall was filled with luxury cars. Cars like Mercedes-Benz and BMW were not even noticeable; BMWs were used as taxis there.
It wasn’t that Dubai was already that wealthy, but rather that BMWs were quite cheap to buy there, and besides, Dubai was indeed very rich.
Jack Ma walked at the back. Many mothers from China who were visiting stopped Jack Ma, preventing him from leaving, and asked to take photos with him.
“Everyone, look who that is?” Jack Ma, being stopped, pointed at Penguin Ma, who was watching the excitement nearby.
“We don’t recognize him.” Several mothers shook their heads, indicating they didn’t know him.
Upon hearing this, Jack Ma felt that his handsome face was more useful than Penguin Ma’s, which clearly meant he was several times stronger than Penguin Ma.
After receiving this answer, Jack Ma enthusiastically took photos with the mothers and even smiled smugly at Penguin Ma.
After finally dealing with the group of mothers, Jack Ma quickly caught up with the crowd and walked to Penguin Ma’s side, laughing, “Little Ma, see? This is charisma.”
“Your expression didn’t look too good at first, why are you so pleased with yourself now?” Penguin Ma retorted.
“Heh heh… You wouldn’t understand. After all, nobody recognizes you.” Jack Ma chuckled and then sighed, saying, “Alas… Being too outstanding is also troublesome. I’m noticed wherever I go.”
Penguin Ma pouted and was about to retort when a few young girls ran out from the left, holding milk tea and excitedly shouting, “Papa Ma.”
Penguin Ma straightened his body upon hearing this and smiled, waving at them.
Those girls ignored Penguin Ma and walked to Jack Ma’s side, shouting, “Papa Ma, can we take a photo with you?”
“Sure, sure, sure. It’s my honor, haha…”
Jack Ma looked at Penguin Ma’s expression and burst into laughter.
The interaction between the two “Horses” was just a small interlude. As Xia Lin pulled Xia Feng into a world-renowned clothing store, they heard a man angrily scolding a girl with an Eastern face.
The group felt uncomfortable as soon as they entered.
“Useless person! You Chinese people only care about wages. Look at others; have they asked me for wages?”
“You haven’t worked a full year, so don’t even think about getting your remaining wages from me. You can report me anywhere you want.”
“Jeez joo joo~~” (Arabic, abusive language.)
The man was spewing curses at the girl with the Eastern face in English.
In Dubai, communication in English was sufficient. Although their official language was Arabic, daily conversations were conducted in English because expatriates constituted 80% of the population.
This was also why Dubai locals were wealthy; people from all over the world worked for them, and they had inexhaustible money from birth. Dubai distributed money to its citizens every month.
The main factor for economic prosperity: Population! Population! Population!
Even if a permanent population of five million suddenly arrived in your small county town, in less than ten years, it would become the next economically strong county.
“Xiao Wen, go and find out what’s going on?”
Xia Feng frowned as he looked at his compatriot being insulted outside.