Chapter 2735 Mang Shui's Wrist!

Chapter 2735 Mang Shui's Wrist!

When Zhao Xiaochun and the other members of the Dragon Gate Guild Club's main team first encountered Long Tao, they all found him to be strict, cold, and unapproachable. But after spending more time with him, this impression was soon disproven.

Long Tao was strict when it came to carrying out tasks, but he was a very sweet person who always thought about his friends outside of work. This made him seem as though he had a contrasting personality.

Because of this reason, Fang Duoduo and Zhao Xiaochun, who were also members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, felt great affection for their leader.

Long Tao and Lin Yuan first met in the Radiant Moon Palace on Leaning Moon Mountain.

At first, Long Tao had not thought much about Lin Yuan.

The young were susceptible to hubris. This especially applied to Long Tao, who used to be Sequence #3 of the Radiance Hundred Sequence.

But after meeting on Leaning Moon Mountain, the memory of Lin Yuan was seared into Long Tao's mind.

Mystic Moon had acted far more familiar and favorable toward Lin Yuan than anyone else.

He and Cheng Rui had been asked to spar with the tea attendants while Lin Yuan became the Moon Empress' disciple without doing anything.

From this, Long Tao had known that the Moon Empress had been leaning toward Lin Yuan from the start. He and Cheng Rui had just been there to go through the motions.

Despite knowing that Lin Yuan had to be extraordinary to be picked by the Moon Empress, Long Tao still felt indignant and constantly sought out opportunities to compete with Lin Yuan.

Long Tao only became friends with Lin Yuan through his second identity, 'Black'.

As a young and talented elite, it was difficult for Long Tao to feel respect and admiration for another.

He had only started paying attention to and developing a positive impression of Black because he had saved Millstone Town, which was right outside of Ascending Dragon City.

After Long Tao learned about Millstone Town's situation, he knew that the insect tide would have devoured the town if Lin Yuan had not been there to protect them. All the residents of the town would have ended up as food for the sea of insects.

This young man had been clearly capable of fleeing but had stayed where he was. Hence, Long Tao had badly wanted the opportunity to get to know Black.

Serendipitously, Chen Hongfeng from the Dragon Gate Guild Club's reserve team, whom Long Tao always had his eye on, had happened to be matched with Lin Yuan.

It had just so happened that the Dragon Gate Guild Club's main team had one empty spot to fill, and Long Tao had decided to recruit Black.

At that time, Black had only been beginning to make a name for himself on Star Web and had yet to exhibit any outstanding power. Long Tao had also invited Black with the intention of nurturing him.

As the Young Leader of Coiling Dragon's Valley and the Dragon Gate Guild Club being one of the top B-level guild clubs, he had many opportunities to join the ranks of A-level guild clubs. Hence, Long Tao had been filled with confidence.

However, Black had turned him down.

Later, Long Tao had led all the members of the Dragon Gate Guild Club to the outskirts of the Royal Capital, where the contained dimensional rifts were located, so they could train.

They had happened to encounter that incident there, and he had also been able to meet Black in real life.

From that battle, Long Tao had gained a full understanding of Black's power and begun viewing him as a friend.

Otherwise, as one of the top-ranked members of the Radiance Hundred Sequence, Long Tao would never have allowed his dedicated reporter to work with Tian Ningning to hold a press conference to promote Black!

Long Tao and Lin Yuan's friendship had started from Lin Yuan's identity as 'Black'.

Hence, his feelings toward Lin Yuan remained pure even after he learned of Lin Yuan's true identity.

Subsequently, he received help from Lin Yuan time after time again.

When Lin Yuan produced treasures like the Golden Lotus Brocade Pearls, he had been willing to trade them with Coiling Dragon's Valley and had allowed Coiling Dragon's Valley and Dark Clouds Bird Shrine to be the first two factions to get their hands on these resources.

From then on, Coiling Dragon's Valley developed rapidly.

Coiling Dragon's Valley could be considered one of the top three factions in the Radiance Federation now because of the foundation they had created with those precious resources.

Lin Yuan had also provided precious resources like the law crystals to help Long Tao's father and grandfather increase their powers. They also enabled the Long family to produce their first Immortal expert.

It could be said that Lin Yuan was the biggest reason Coiling Dragon's Valley managed to become one of the top three factions in the Radiance Federation.

Long Tao was well aware of how much Lin Yuan had done for him, and he had always been extremely grateful to Lin Yuan.

But at the same time, he knew that he had no means of being of help to Lin Yuan.

This man was the manager of this manor, one of the envoys from Cultivated Garden - Mang Shui.

If Long Zhuo was facing someone of Mang Shui's status on his own, he would already be trembling in his boots.

However, he now had the support of Long Tao and the entire Coiling Dragon's Valley. Hence, he was able to retain his composure even when facing someone of Mang Shui's outstanding status.

Moreover, Long Zhuo spoke first to Mang Shui, "Lord Mang Shui, you are tasked with managing this manor. Although you are working under Tian Feng's name, you are actually working for Lord Lin Yuan. You have silently permitted the factions to fight over resources and caused the experts here to all be on guard. The conflict between the factions has escalated. If you don't properly manage the atmosphere in the manor, issues will probably crop up in the future!"

Mang Shui's brows were tightly furrowed.

He glared at Long Zhuo while he began to think.

What intentions did this member of Coiling Dragon's Valley have?

Coiling Dragon's Valley had to have the support of someone in order to rise to become one of the Radiance Federation's top three factions.

A trivial member of Coiling Dragon's Valley like Long Zhuo had to be backed up by someone in order to be brave enough to say such words!

Mang Shui mulled over this. He believed that the Radiance Federation's members of royalty were unaware of this matter. If they were, he would already have been called out and questioned by Tian Feng!

After pondering further, Mang Shui concluded that Coiling Dragon's Valley was doing this to threaten him and attempt to obtain profits from him.

Mang Shui had a large amount of resources to allocate, but they could not go into his own profits.

If he could work with Coiling Dragon's Valley and receive kickbacks from them, he would be able to receive even more resources than he previously could.

Mang Shui decided that it would be better to prevent the problem from growing. He would seek Long Zhuo out for a private negotiation later.

"It's true that the atmosphere in the manor is worsening. From now on, if any factions want to fight with each other, you are prohibited from getting help from other factions. Any faction that does otherwise will have 30% of their resources docked for the next three months. Today, Spirit Snake Ravine found helpers. Since I only just put this rule in place, I will give them a small punishment as a lesson. I will take back their two rooms and reallocate them in the future! If anyone from Spirit Snake Ravine can't swallow this arrangement, you can come and see me about it."

When Lin Yuan, who was hiding in the shadows, heard what Mang Shui said, his brow furrowed deeply.

Mang Shui was adept at seizing opportunities, and it showed through even in his speech.

First, Mang Shui agreed with what Coiling Dragon's Valley said in order to placate them. Then, he used his new rule to punish Spirit Snake Ravine, who had received help from Coiling Dragon's Valley, so that he could establish his authority amongst the other factions.

It was likely that he would try to start a conversation with Long Zhuo in private. His attitude then would be a far cry from what it was now.

If Mang Shui really wanted to punish Spirit Snake Ravine, he could have confiscated Spirit Snake Ravine's resources.

However, Mang Shui was sending hints that Spirit Snake Ravine could seek him out. Clearly, he wanted to obtain under-the-table benefits from them.

At this moment, Lin Yuan received a reply from Tian Feng through the Thoughts Letter Paper.

[Tian Feng]: Little Yuan, have you arrived at the manor in the north district? Why are you asking me to head there? I have just finished attending the imperial meeting and will be able to arrive at the manor in five minutes at the most. Mang Shui is very capable. If you have any urgent issues, you can let him handle them!

Lin Yuan did not send a reply to Tian Feng's message. Instead, he stored the Thoughts Letter Paper away.

As the member of royalty in charge of Cultivated Garden, Tian Feng turned out to be a bad judge of character and had caused such a serious issue.

It was likely that this incident would lead Tian Feng to reassess his subordinates.

Lin Yuan prioritized character over abilities.

In this world, people of outstanding character did not lack in abilities either.

At first, after hearing what Mang Shui said, Lin Yuan had been ready to step in.

But since Tian Feng would be able to arrive in five minutes, it would be better to let him handle it personally.

When Long Zhuo heard what Mang Shui said, he silently praised Mang Shui. He had not left anything out in his speech.

It was clear that Mang Shui wanted to change the atmosphere in the manor and take away any reason Long Zhuo could use to target him.

If he continued to target Mang Shui, he would go against Long Tao's arrangement and cause trouble for the Long family.

Mang Shui had been observing the expressions on Long Zhuo's face.

When he saw Long Zhuo's fury subside, Mang Shui changed his tone and said, "Since bad influences have appeared and factions of the likes of Coiling Dragon's Valley have been made uncomfortable, any faction that causes trouble in the next week will lose a room's worth of resources. You should all use this incident to reflect!"