Chapter 85 Exposed (Ch 85)

The people in the conference room were obviously high-ranking nobles.

One of them stroked his beard:

“Mr. Ye, is the quality of this [product] you mentioned guaranteed?”

Ye Lingtian’s father, named Ye Ding, slowly said:

“Of course, you all saw it when you came here.”

“The product I launched is a new type of [Magic Essence].”

“As you know, magic essence is very precious and rare. If you drink it, it can increase your magic level by dozens of points if the effect is good.”

“But the shortcomings are also obvious—”

“The traditional production process…”

“The cost is too high.”

Ye Ding paused and continued:

“Our company’s research has found that although civilians have almost no magic in their bodies…”

“But little by little, I can squeeze them into juice and gather the magic in their bodies…”

“It can also create magic essence!”

“Those juicers outside are our Ye family’s magic essence factory!”

“This is a great invention!”

Ye Ding raised his voice.

Zhou Ke frowned.

Squeezing the flesh and blood of civilians into juice to extract magic should be a very bloody thing, but this person’s description was very understated.

Not only that…

A bald nobleman sitting opposite Ye Ding said:

“Of course we trust Mr. Ye’s invention, but…”

“I am still most worried about the cost.”

Ye Ding raised the corner of his mouth:

“In my opinion, this is not a problem at all.”

Then, he smiled and said, “As I just introduced, the raw materials for the production of the new magic essence–“

“It’s the flesh and blood of the common people.”

“And we should all agree on one point…”

“The lives of civilians are cheap.”

“We have found through research that civilians under the age of 18, that is, teenagers…”

“There is a small amount of magic in the body.”

“And our company has a large number of civilian employees.”

“Their children are very good raw materials for juicing.”

After hearing this, the nobles all relaxed their brows and smiled:

“Haha, since the cost is low, then we won’t have any problem.”

“Mr. Ye, we can cooperate and sell your products both at home and abroad!”

“It’s a pleasure to work with you!”

Ye Ding looked very happy, and he said loudly: “Okay!”

He quickly stood up and took out a bottle of champagne from a wine cabinet in the conference room:

“In that case, let’s celebrate!”

Several nobles quickly reached a business cooperation agreement and toasted each other.

In this small meeting room, the nobles casually discussed how to exchange the lives of civilians for benefits, while drinking expensive fine wines.

If the common people heard this, it would probably cause great hatred towards the nobles.

But apart from feeling a little uncomfortable, Zhou Ke didn’t have much emotion.

The nobles oppressed the common people, this was a fact Zhou Ke had known since he was a child.

However, Zhou Ke learned today that the so-called “exploitation” is actually in the physical sense.

Zhou Ke shook his head.

The Ye family’s shady business is not what Zhou Ke is interested in.

It is the divine relic called the [Four-Sided Stone].

He was still lying in the ventilation duct, observing them patiently.

I hope that Ye Lingtian’s father will accidentally reveal the location of the four-sided stone when he is drunk and bragging.

Zhou Ke waited for a long time, enduring these middle-aged men’s meaningless chats and business flattery…

“Mr. Ye, I heard that your family’s business is so successful and is among the four major families in Dragon Country…”

“Is it because you have a relic from God?”

When everyone was drinking happily, a slightly plump middle-aged man asked this question casually.

After hearing this question, the other nobles also put down their glasses.

They pretended not to care, but actually their eyes were secretly glancing at Ye Ding, expecting him to say something.

Originally, this question is somewhat sensitive and is equivalent to a [trade secret].

But Ye Ding was in high spirits drinking at this moment, and his mind was a little dull.

He held up his glass of water and said happily, “Exactly!”

The other nobles immediately perked up and locked their eyes on him.

“How many people, no matter nobles or commoners, know that the Ye family has a treasure.”

“The common people believe that the Ye family has a business secret, and the nobles naturally know that the treasure is a [relic of the gods].”

After hearing this, the slightly fat noble continued to ask tentatively:

“Since it is such an important relic of the gods, I guess Mr. Ye wouldn’t deposit it in the bank, right?”

After hearing this, Zhou Ke secretly applauded in his heart.

Good job, uncle!

Help me ask all the questions I want to ask!

When Ye Ding heard this, the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

He gently put down his glass and looked at the excited crowd:

“Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking.”

“Who doesn’t know how precious the relics of the gods are? You are trying to get the location of this relic from me!”

The slightly fat nobleman froze for a moment, and was about to say something to explain his abrupt words…

But the next second, Ye Ding’s smile reappeared on his face, and he picked up the wine glass again:

“But it doesn’t matter! We are all friends and business partners!”

“We can talk about this treasure! This is also because…”

“I have absolute confidence that no one can find it. Where is it?”

“I can say for sure that this thing is in the Ye Family Building, but…”

“Not on any floor of the building!”

When everyone heard this, they all shook their heads secretly.

The slightly fat noble said with a smile:

“Mr. Ye, you must be drunk.”

Ye Ding was puzzled: “Who said I was drunk? I’m not drunk!”

Another noble said:

“The treasure is in the building, but not on any [floor]. Doesn’t this mean that the treasure…”

“It doesn’t exist at all?”

This is also a popular rumor in society.

The so-called treasure of the Ye family is just a gimmick and a tool for commercial promotion. In fact, it does not exist at all.

Ye Ding was not angry when he heard this:

“Whatever you think, what I said is the truth.”

The topic passed quickly.

After they drank a few more glasses, several nobles stood up, said goodbye to Mr. Ye, and prepared to leave.

Ye Ding’s face turned red:

“Originally I should have seen you off in person, but I’m in this room right now and have some personal matters to attend to.”

Several people said that there was no need to trouble Mr. Ye to come downstairs in person.

Several nobles left the meeting room.

After Ye Ding confirmed that the few people had left, he instantly returned to normal from his drunken state.

He was just pretending to be drunk.

He had a gloomy face and no one knew what he was thinking.

Zhou Ke collected the information he wanted and was about to leave…

“Do you really think I can’t find you hiding there?”

“The guest in the vent?”

Ye Ding’s voice suddenly came, and his tone was very calm.

!

Zhou Ke immediately looked at Ye Ding.

Ye Ding raised his head and looked straight in the direction of Zhou Ke.

Then, he reached into his pocket with his right hand…