Calamity of Tomorrow

Zhou Bai swept through the Heavenly Demon Battlefield for several hours and found that the Heavenly Demons were indeed intentionally avoiding him.

This caused the efficiency of sweeping up Heavenly Demons to be extremely low, even worse than peddling manure.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai felt extremely frustrated inside, "Damn, these Heavenly Demons were doing fine, so why have they started to avoid me now?"

The more Zhou Bai thought about it, the more he felt that this was probably because he had used the "Fool's Wisdom Reducing" ability on Xu Dela and the others last time, which had attracted the Heavenly Demons' attention and caution.

'Now that I can't harvest Heavenly Demons, I have to set my sights on something else.'

Zhou Bai's brain whirled non-stop, with several targets already popping up in his mind.

First, he returned to West Mountain City and had Ying Hui arrange for him to start environmental protection, incinerating (selling) various types of trash and filth.

Ying Hui stood by, watching, while thinking to himself, 'Sigh, I thought this kid Zhou Bai had given it up, but he couldn't resist after all, huh? Well, he's probably been stifling himself lately, let him burn his fill.' With that thought, he simply turned a blind eye and shook his head, walking away.

On the other hand, Zhou Bai was burning away while refining his other plans in his mind, "If I can't go after the Heavenly Demons, I'll have to switch targets."

However, it wasn't long before he saw Ying Hui come back to his side, looking at him worriedly, "Did you annoy Yan Shan?"

Startled, Zhou Bai responded, "Huh? Did it blow up?" He quickly replied, "Where would that come from, I'm a good citizen who doesn't even want to hurt a blade of grass, why would I randomly provoke someone?"

Ying Hui, "If you didn't annoy them, why would they produce a bunch of your portraits and come to West Mountain City to find you?"

"Coming to West Mountain City to find me?" Hearing this, Zhou Bai immediately laughed, as he had been missing this group of good friends.

"Don't worry, I have absolutely no conflicts with them. Where are they now? I'll go find them. If you don't believe me, Teacher Ying, you can come along."

So, over ten minutes later, Zhou Bai once again met Yan Shan and others in a suite.

Ying Hui, on the other hand, stood by cautiously, guarding against Yan Shan and the others. After all, he had heard of Yan Shan's reputation as one of the Four Young Masters even in Central City.

'The other party is already at the 7th realm, with strength exceeding Zhou Bai's. Moreover, behind him is the great support of Yan Zhen,' Ying Hui frowned internally, 'Now is the crucial time to prepare for the Daluo Heaven discourse. Zhou Bai is in a period of rapid cultivation growth; he mustn't be delayed by this Yan Shan guy.'

'Sigh, did I hype Zhou Bai too much last time? Sigh... his strength is still not enough to suppress all his peers. Throwing him into the limelight maybe put too much pressure on him.'

While Ying Hui was extremely cautious of Yan Shan and the others, fearful that they might be harmful to Zhou Bai.

When Zhou Bai saw Yan Shan and the others, he opened his arms and embraced them, patting Yan Shan on the back vigorously, "Brother Yan Shan! I've missed you so much!"

Yan Shan looked at Zhou Bai with a somewhat odd expression. He too had used portraits to search for the other party, only later realizing that this was the same Zhou Bai, the one lauded by countless people as the number one young talent of the generation.

'Hmph, I originally thought this Zhou Bai was an arrogant fool with no self-awareness, but it turns out...' A glint of sharpness flashed in Yan Shan's eyes, as he thought back to a previous conversation with Zhou Bai, "He's also a financial genius."

Zhou Bai, patting Yan Shan's shoulder, chuckled, "You've grown taller again, huh? What brings you to West Mountain City this time?"

Yan Shan nodded some embarrassment, "Regarding some investment issues, I still want to consult you. You're an investment genius, a financial master, there's no one else besides you can ask about this."

Beside them, Ying Hui watched the scene with a face full of shock. He had imagined many scenarios of Zhou Bai and Yan Shan meeting, but he had never expected them to be so friendly and respectful towards each other.

"What's going on? When did Zhou Bai get so chummy with them?"

Seeing Yan Shan and Zhou Bai hugging, Ying Hui was startled, and his frown deepened when he heard talk of investment and finance: "All Zhou Bai ever does is burning shit and cultivating immortality, what does he know about finance?"

Just then, Zhou Bai didn't want Ying Hui to overhear the following conversation, so he turned and said, "Teacher Ying, you're not interested in what we're discussing, so if you're bored, you might as well leave first, I'll go back on my own later."

How could Ying Hui feel reassured enough to walk away? Moreover, he was very curious about how Zhou Bai had become acquainted with Yan Shan, so he replied, "No need, no need, I'll just wait over here, just pretend I don't exist."

A moment later, Ying Hui was still pushed out by Zhou Bai. Resigned, he stuck to the wall and carefully extended a bit of his Primordial Spirit power to eavesdrop on the conversation in the room: "What on earth is Zhou Bai talking to Yan Shan about? Why so mysterious? I hope he's not being bullied?"

However, as soon as Ying Hui's Primordial Spirit power passed through the wall, it quickly encountered another person's Primordial Spirit power. It was Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit power, which directly enveloped the entire room to prevent eavesdropping.

Zhou Bai looked at Yan Shan in front of him and said, "What's the matter exactly, spill it? But wait... before that, Young Master Yan, won't you invest a bit more? There are really so many opportunities in West Mountain City right now, it's practically like picking up money. I suggest you invest another 4000 points."

Bang! Yan Shan dropped a pair of shoes in front of Zhou Bai, smiling bitterly, "It's not that I'm unwilling to invest, it's just that I've been somewhat strapped for cash lately. Count these shoes for now, they're a good fourth-realm magical treasure, and they'd cost a few thousand points to exchange."

Yan Shan Intelligence -5

Zhou Bai smiled and accepted the offering, and then borrowed from everyone else in turn: "Everybody line up, no need to rush, take it one by one, everyone can invest today, everyone can make money, don't worry, don't worry."

The ability Poor Disaster made Zhou Bai's borrowing infallible, and its adjustment power made the victims especially prone to believing Zhou Bai's words. This combined with the power of The Fool under Zhou Bai's speech, resulted in an effect much greater than the sum of its parts.

Unfortunately, the immortals present had already been scavenged by Zhou Bai several times before, and this time there wasn't much of value, adding up to less than 10,000 points, which converted to Lazy Energy was just under 200,000.

Zhou Bai thought to himself, 'Looks like I can't always shear this sheep, I'm practically skinning them bald, that's not in line with my long-term sustainable development policy.'

However, because of Zhou Bai's lies, the effect of Poor Disaster, and The Fool's lies lowering intelligence, with these three factors in play, the immortals present were utterly convinced by Zhou Bai's words.

Yan Shan sighed and explained Lord Yan Zhen's attitude and the purpose of being sent to West Mountain City.

Yan Shan: "Sigh, my old man is just too closed-minded. I talked to him about fundraising and investing, but he just doesn't get it at all."

Zhou Bai: "It's common for the elderly, they tend to be stubborn and not very open to new things. Once people start to become complacent, they easily miss all sorts of opportunities."

Suddenly, Yan Shan's eyes lit up: "Right, why don't you come with me to Central City? You could talk to my old man and help him understand what investing is all about, to stop him from treating me like a fool and thinking I've been swindled."

Zhou Bai opened his mouth: "Ah?"

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