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Chapter 826: Chapter 17 I am your Grand Aunt Wang Liyao (Seeking Monthly Votes)

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“Wang Liyao, we had an agreement, thirty percent of all business revenue!”

It took the Heng Commandery Prince more than ten breaths to snap out of his shock before he leaped three feet in anger. Where was the etiquette and demeanor of a Commandery Prince now, his usual calm and collected posture? He seemed more like a petty haggler from the marketplace.

Pointing at Wang Liyao, he roared, “Do you not know, ‘A promise from a gentleman is worth a thousand in gold’?”

A person, only after being impoverished, would become more concerned about profits, and the Commandery Prince was no exception.

“Firstly, I am but a humble maiden. Have you not heard that young maidens are hard to raise, Your Highness? Secondly, Wang An Nan is my grandson, and it’s somewhat hard for me to bear the thought of beating him.” Wang Liyao spoke calmly and unwaveringly, “Just raise it to fifty percent, and I shall reluctantly harden my heart for this.”

“An extra twenty percent just because you ‘can’t bear it’? You, as the great Heavenly Proud destined to walk the path of a Saint, shouldn’t you have some semblance of prestige?” A pang of pain slashed through Heng Commandery Prince’s heart, as if it had been cut with a knife.

“Ah~ My master… he’s gone bankrupt,” Wang Liyao sighed deeply.

“What? Master Tianhe, he…” The Heng Commandery Prince was shocked, “Did he, did he invest his entire fortune?”

“All in, not even a cent left for his coffin.” Wang Liyao nodded earnestly.

What she said was the truth; not only had her Master Tianhe invested a huge sum into her, but her family also spared no effort in supporting her.

“Good heavens, what a bold spirit! So Miss Liyao, now you’re…?” The Heng Commandery Prince switched to a more respectful form of address, instantly becoming more polite.

Master Tianhe was an old predecessor from the Divine Power Territory who had lived for over a thousand years. The amount of wealth and resources he could have amassed was bound to be astonishing. Now he had invested it all in his beloved disciple, Wang Liyao. It was clear how determined he was and one could imagine just how deep Wang Liyao’s hidden resources were.

“All in all, I will not disappoint Your Highness,” said Wang Liyao, avoiding giving away any concrete details.

“Alright, alright, fifty percent it is,” the Heng Commandery Prince perked up as if he had been injected with chicken blood, his spirits immediately lifting, “But let’s agree in advance — you’ll have to follow my plan on how we fight next. Together, young and old, we’ll rake in a huge profit.”

It was only now that the Heng Commandery Prince felt a sense of enlightenment; this was how money should be made. In the past, the Sky Pride challenges had always been bustling affairs, but although they made a name for themselves, they never actually turned a profit.

Just like Gong Yang Ce… and even when he, Wu Hanheng, was at the top of the National Capital’s top ten outstanding young men… they were both too proud and arrogant. How could they compare with Wang Liyao’s solid practicality?

Wait a minute…

The Heng Commandery Prince suddenly felt something was off.

Right, Liyao just happened to appear during the finals of the Big Stomach King contest, sparking the first battle and bringing tremendous popularity to his White Cloud Tower. Then at the crucial moment, she had raised the price…

Could it be that all this was pre-calculated by Wang Liyao?

No, that can’t be right.

This thought had just surfaced when the Heng Commandery Prince dismissed it himself.

Wang Liyao was young and had been practicing Cultivation with Master Tianhe from an early age. Given her ethereal appearance, she didn’t seem like a woman of deep scheming, presumably only raising the price because she was short of money.

This incident was probably just a coincidence.

Thereafter.

Under the “well-plotted” plans of the Heng Commandery Prince, Return to Dragon City was abuzz with rumors and truths. The talk of the town was about Wang Liyao, the Heavenly Proud from a minor Rank Six Prominent Family in Longzuo County’s Changning, the Changning Wang Clan.

In the eyes of Return to Dragon City’s nobility and prominent families, not to mention the remote Longzuo County, even Qing An Prefecture was considered a backwater. As for the little Changning defense post, it was something they had never heard of in generations.

Amidst their wonderment, they marveled at how a little Changning defense post had produced a golden Phoenix.

This involuntarily brought to mind Gong Yang Ce; at first, Gong Yang Ce too emerged from an unremarkable family, yet now the Gong Yang Clan, riding on Gong Yang Ce’s success, had rapidly risen and was making powerful strides.

It was imaginable that the unremarkable Changning Wang Clan would inevitably be raised to Fifth Grade or even higher in the future.

As Wang Liyao’s and Gong Yang Ce’s names were brought up together, these two Heavenly Prouds, who had come to compete at the National Capital a hundred and some years apart, were naturally placed side by side for comparison.

Their backgrounds were similar, but the age difference during their respective challenges was significant. At that time, Gong Yang Ce was almost ninety years old, while Wang Liyao was not even seventy. However, Wang Liyao managed to defeat Chen Muying within a mere three breaths, revealing far greater strength than expected.

As a result, some people felt that Gong Yang Ce was formidable at the time, while others thought Wang Liyao was more impressive now. With the incitement of “interested parties,” the two camps began to argue, sparking a massive debate.

Wang Liyao’s personal reputation skyrocketed, and gradually, the name of the Changning Wang Clan also became known.

Subsequently, news burst from White Cloud Tower that three days later, Wang An Nan, ranked third among the top ten outstanding youths but actually second, would face off against the great Heavenly Proud, Wang Liyao.

This youth was ranked third mainly because, among the young people under one hundred years old in the National Capital, there were two other Heavenly Prouds.

One of them was the universally acknowledged Imperial Household member, Wu Zhixing. His Cultivation base had not yet reached the Purple Abode Realm, and he had not yet distinguished himself in battle, so he was not yet entitled to the rank of Commandery Prince.

Even more regrettably, Wu Zhixing’s birth in the Imperial Household was not ideal. His Bloodline did not come from the current Great Emperor but was passed down from another branch of the Imperial Household Bloodline by the previous emperor.

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