Charitable donations.
Disbursing millions of gold coins at once, does he think gold coins grow on trees?
Iliya glanced at Chen Yu.
She seriously suspected that Chen Yu was treating her like an imbecile.
"Just a few million gold coins, is it that big of a deal?" Chen Yu pouted slightly. "As the dignified third princess of the merfolk, the mermaid kingdom that governs such abundant oceanic resources, can't it afford a few million?"
"You can!"
Iliya said with disdain.
Millions.
Gold coins!
As an outsider, did he truly not understand the concept of millions of gold coins in the underground world?
"I can."
Unexpectedly, Chen Yu spread his hands casually, his eyes filled with sincerity.
"Millions, it's simple."
"Show me then," Iliya said, full of disbelief. Chen Yu didn't hesitate and took out a blue-level storage card from his bracelet. "Here~"
Iliya: "..."
Unbelievable!
She stared blankly at the gold card in Chen Yu's hand.
Blue-level.
It represented at least ten million gold coins stored within. How could this outsider, Chen Yu, possess such a vast fortune?
"See?"
Chen Yu, after showing it, put the blue card back into his bracelet.
"To give those slaves and displaced unfortunates a haven, I plan to invest all this money into city construction," Chen Yu said with a smile.
Gulp.
Iliya couldn't help but swallow.
She was stunned.
However, Chen Yu, after putting away the card, looked at Iliya with a strange expression for a long time.
"Iliya, why do you seem a little strange?"
"Ah?!"
"You weren't like this in my memory," Chen Yu murmured. In his memory, Iliya was a naive and ignorant young girl.
Gentle and soft in nature.
Iliya's expression and tone of disdain and suspicion just now made it difficult for Chen Yu to reconcile the Iliya he first knew with the one before him.
"What, what's wrong with me?"
A soft, sweet voice came from Iliya again. She blinked her large eyes, looking adorably dazed, tilting her head. The innocence and playfulness on her face were just like when they first met.
Chen Yu was bewildered.
He looked at Iliya for another long moment. During this time, Iliya maintained her cute expression. Noticing Chen Yu looking at her, a shy blush tinged her cheeks.
Instantly, Chen Yu's bewilderment turned into confusion.
This—
Which was the real Iliya?
Could it be his imagination?
No!
He had felt it very clearly just now. Iliya's words and actions all exuded a sense of assertiveness.
Multiple personalities?
With suspicion in his heart, Chen Yu secretly glanced at Iliya. She seemed to sense his gaze, burying her face deeper in shyness.
Unable to figure it out, Chen Yu scratched his head.
"Let's go."
In this desolate wilderness, if the city's enforcers pursued them, it would be quite troublesome. Chen Yu had noticed several golden realm powerhouses hidden within the enforcement group while he was in disguise.
Even with his Five-Colored Sword, fighting them would be quite taxing.
Along the way,
Iliya silently followed behind Chen Yu, while Chen Yu pondered how to attack the city in his mind.
Necromancers.
Chen Yu didn't take them seriously.
If they could bind him once before, it shouldn't be difficult to bind him again after only a few days. However, the enforcers in the city were a bit tricky.
Currently, Chen Yu's camp had no one in the golden realm.
If he were to attack the city.
These golden realm individuals would become a significant obstacle for him.
Unfortunately—
Iliya had no escorts on this trip.
If she had escorts, Chen Yu estimated that they would at least be in the Star Radiance or Color Realm. With them lending him their strength for half a day, he could attack Black City without any reservations.
Of course, he was actually quite confident now.
Golden realm.
It wasn't an absolutely impossible opponent to defeat.
"Brother Chen Yu~" Just as Chen Yu reached the glowing portal leading to the next cave, Iliya, who had been silent all along, spoke softly.
"What?"
Chen Yu turned his head slightly.
"How did you manage to earn so much money!" Iliya's adorably naive face was filled with admiration. She deliberately emphasized the word "so much" and made exaggerated gestures.
At this moment, Chen Yu had already stepped into the glowing portal.
Fluorescent light surged.
When Chen Yu reappeared in the new cave, he was stunned.
What was going on?
This was not his first time on the path from the camp to Black City, and he was familiar with the several caves around the camp.
The cave before him was a wilderness.
It was just—
As Chen Yu was about to express his surprise, Iliya also stepped through the glowing portal.
"What were you asking me just now?" Chen Yu murmured, glancing sideways. Iliya gazed at him with adoring eyes, saying, "How did you earn so much money? Although I don't know much about these things, Iliya also knows that ten million gold coins is more than the annual tax revenue of an ordinary city."
"You want to know?"
"Mhm~"
"Please look!"
Chen Yu smiled and raised his arm. Iliya followed his gaze, and in an instant, her eyes widened to the size of saucers.
Orcs lay unconscious all over the ground, their various weapons scattered haphazardly. Looking at their faces, it seemed they had just received a severe beating.
"That's how I did it," Chen Yu shrugged and spread his hands. "I always encounter these situations inexplicably. Others plant trees, and I enjoy the shade."
Why say "always"?
It was simple, this was not the first time.
Earlier, when Chen Yu was waiting for the orc mercenaries to attack him, he waited for a long time without any sign. Instead, Black Bean discovered that those mercenaries had encountered bandits.
Each of them was so frozen they were incoherent.
Chen Yu effortlessly obtained hundreds of wristwatches and countless basic resources from them.
Now—
Coincidentally, he encountered it again.
An unexpected windfall.
He had already earned a fortune in Black City, and now more wealth was coming his way as he was nearing home.
Another unexpected bounty.
Judging by the numbers, there were nearly a hundred orcs lying on the ground with bruised and swollen faces. One could imagine the severe beating they had endured.
With his hands behind his back, Chen Yu walked forward two steps.
He approached an alligator-like orc.
"Boss, it looks like they were sent by that big alligator," Black Bean whispered from his shoulder. Iliya also leaned in. "Are they here for revenge?"
"Perhaps?"
Chen Yu shrugged.
Although he suspected it was the alligator's doing, he couldn't be entirely certain. If it was indeed the alligator, why were all his people lying here?
Could it be that they were fighting amongst themselves for credit?
Or,
Had they also encountered bandits?
Just like last time, the bandits had robbed them of their money but spared their lives.
If that were the case,
Chen Yu could only say that the security in the underground world was truly poor.
In the future, Chen Yu felt he would have to change his approach to business, sending people out to find bandit camps. For every one he found, he would take it down, which would definitely be much faster than exploring caves.
Regardless of the circumstances, this massive piece of "fat meat" was placed before him.
It would be unreasonable not to accept it.
"Black Bean."
Glancing at the unconscious orcs in the wilderness, Chen Yu looked at Black Bean.
"Go call for help!"