The moment Chen Yu saw Fei Kui in the River Town district, he heard the little demon whispering in his mind, urging him to pay special attention to Fei Kui.
This led to the intervention of the little demon from the City Lord's mansion.
"I wouldn't mistake him," the little demon wasn't too surprised. His narrow eyes were filled with an indescribable confidence. "The aura emanating from him, I can recognize it at first sight. How did you confirm it?"
"It's strange, he specifically mentioned you," Chen Yu shrugged.
Seemingly, Fei Kui wanted to befriend Chen Yu and buy high-quality equipment from him. However, more interestingly, when the two entered a private room, Fei Kui's focus was not on the equipment.
He had repeatedly and subtly mentioned the little demon, trying to verify Chen Yu's relationship with the little demon.
The little demon's origin!
In the end, it was Chen Yu who initiated the discussion about the equipment. Fei Kui then shifted the topic, casually quoted a price, and after some insincere bargaining, the deal was finalized.
From this, it was evident that his core objective was to understand the little demon.
"Then what did you say?" The little demon raised an eyebrow slightly. Chen Yu immediately showed a smile, "What else could I say? Of course, I beat around the bush with him. I'm a seasoned riddler. It's likely he's still unsure, but he's leaning more towards you being from the demon race, or a high-ranking demon collaborating with their kingdom."
Watching Chen Yu wink and nudge, the little demon chuckled.
"It has to be you."
"Hmph, I'm not bragging. When it comes to brains, I'm confident I can crush them," Chen Yu's gaze shifted, and he said solemnly, "Compared to these natives of the underground, this is my only advantage. If I encounter someone with a better mind than mine, my situation will become precarious."
"I agree with that. Your outsider way of thinking indeed surpasses that of the underground natives."
"Of course."
Chen Yu couldn't speak for other foreign survivors, but for the survivors from their Great Xia, with their five-thousand-year history and countless martyrs who advanced the world, even if the underground had tens of thousands of years of history, Chen Yu felt they could overwhelm the native underground in terms of cultural depth.
It was just a pity that he couldn't conduct a statistic.
Chen Yu estimated that among the current survivors, those from Great Xia would undoubtedly be in a better situation than foreigners from other nations.
Cultural depth, that's the confidence.
"Barbara, I know there are things you feel you can't tell me, but this should be something you can talk about," Chen Yu said in a low voice. "Does this demon kingdom have any grudges with you? If so, I'll prepare subpar equipment for him. If your relationship is not bad, I can consider giving them some top-tier items."
Equipment, although all perfect grade, still had attribute differences.
Take weapons, for example.
A perfect-grade weapon, with the lowest value within its attack range, had added attribute slots without increasing strength, but instead providing negative attributes.
Such weapons were defective products.
Conversely.
The difference between a batch of high-quality equipment and a batch of inferior equipment was not a small margin.
"Hmph, you're truly sparing no effort," the little demon snorted. "Then prepare a set of extremely poor equipment for him."
"Understood!"
Chen Yu's eyebrows lifted in immediate comprehension.
This demon kingdom had a grievance with the little demon. From her tone, it could be roughly confirmed that this was not a minor grievance. It seemed that kingdom would be one of Chen Yu's future conquest targets.
"I can't talk to you any further, or I'll end up revealing everything to you."
The little demon stretched lazily, revealing a curve of her fair, slender waist that made one's blood surge.
"I'm off to bed."
Swaying her hips, the little demon walked towards the adjacent bedroom. At the doorway, she suddenly stopped and nodded slightly towards Hei Dou's room.
"Your Dou'er brother didn't come back tonight."
"What!?" Chen Yu was taken aback. He walked to Hei Dou's room, pushed open the door, and looking at the neatly arranged bedding inside, he chuckled, "That kid, he's got something."
Staying out all night, that's got some meaning.
The wind still howled.
For River Town, it was just another ordinary night, but for many, it was a special one, sleepless.
River Town Inn.
Arranged in the most luxurious room by Su Zhan, Pai Huo stood facing the wall. At this moment, he no longer possessed the arrogance and impudence he had upon arriving in River Town.
His body was tense, his eyes were dark, and his face showed no vitality.
"Young Master, please... can you spare Pai Huo?" Fen Di, standing with his hands uneasily behind his back, pleaded with Fei Kui on Pai Huo's behalf. "It was an unintentional act, and our return to River Town went smoothly. We obtained a hundred thousand sets of high-grade equipment, and we gained a favor from an equipment merchant."
"Do you know that Pai Huo almost cost all of us our lives?"
Fei Kui's expression was cold, and his eyes fixed on Pai Huo, filled with intense killing intent.
That bone-chilling killing intent made Pai Huo, standing against the wall, tremble uncontrollably, yet he dared not utter a word.
Fen Di, standing beside him, also changed his expression.
Compared to his relationship with Fei Kui, Pai Huo was actually closer to Fei Kui. Although Pai Huo behaved arrogantly, many of the things he said were what Fei Kui wanted to say but couldn't.
Because of this, despite Pai Huo's capricious and arrogant behavior, Fei Kui particularly admired him.
Unexpectedly—
At this moment, Fei Kui genuinely harbored murderous intent towards him.
"Young Master, is it really that serious?" Fen Di cautiously whispered. "Although River Town might make a move against us, we have our own hidden cards. It won't be that easy for him to take our lives, right?"
"Foolish!"
Fei Kui snorted and looked at Fen Di.
"Do you think I care about River Town? A mere River Town, how could it threaten our Fourth Kingdom? What I truly care about is that equipment merchant, or rather, the woman accompanying that equipment merchant."
"She..."
Instantly, Fen Di recalled the little demon's intervention in the City Lord's mansion.
"She is indeed powerful, perhaps even above me. Her control over fire is exquisitely refined, and I'm afraid few in our kingdom can compare to her. But even if they are equipment merchants, they wouldn't dare to lay a hand on you, would they? You have the Fourth Kingdom behind you."
"The Fourth Kingdom, perhaps it's high and mighty to others, but to her... hum..."
Listening to Fei Kui's hum, Fen Di quickly caught the subtle implication.
"Could she be..."
"She is a high-ranking demon!" Fei Kui declared without concealment. "And that equipment merchant has a deep relationship with this high-ranking demon. Do you think we could still survive if we truly angered them?"