Song Lian choked on his drink, his face flushing red. He hadn't expected Yuyin to be so blunt; she spoke without the slightest tact, cutting off whatever he had been about to say and leaving him coughing so hard he nearly forgot his original point.
The stock market had been volatile lately, affecting the businesses of Pingcheng's major families—especially the Cheng Family. In a panic, they were offering high prices everywhere to find a Mystic Gate Master to help change their luck. Word was that every available master in the city had been snapped up, with some even resorting to coercion and underhanded tactics to secure one.
Yuyin was crucial to the Cheng Family. Cheng Songbai had even issued a nationwide bounty, promising a million yuan to anyone who could provide a useful lead. A million yuan—that was enough for an ordinary family to live on for a lifetime. On his way back, Song Lian had been convinced that those trailing Yuyin were merely overzealous members of the public.
Chapter 27