The Legacy System

His words stunned the whole crowd, they had never expected something like that. Not only was he openly recruiting him in front of his Master, but also gave him the position of an adopted son.

The jump into stature would be just too big, from a strong guard, he would turn into a part of the family tree.

Furthermore, the standing between Cui Xie, and Master Huo Tie was just like that of a small hill compared to a giant mountain.

While Cui Xie was from the renowned Cui Clan, he was just an expelled member of the family, with really few ties to the Clan.

But Master Huo Tie was a great military official, with the status of an ex-soldier, and a hero of the country. No matter what, there were bound to be a lot of connections he had.

His current position would be the best reflection of that. It was an offer that no ordinary person would be able to reject and even less so a young guard.

Still, Eric just looked at Master Huo Tie with a heavy serious look, as if trying to express his words through his eyes, bowed once again, and then walked back to his previous spot.

Such an offer was already preposterous for the people around, but now this offer had been refused without even saying a word.

Just what the hell was that guy thinking? And what would be the reaction of the demon Huo Tie? After all, despite looking like a calm and collected middle-aged guy he was actually a demon.

Whoever got on his bad side would always suffer great difficulties and harm. In fact, those guys on the side couldn't help but hope that he got angry.

Like that Huo Tie would attack Cui Xie, and they would only act as the spectators to the show, watching two tigers fight, and then kill the survivor.

The ones who had these wishes were the Head of the Weng family, and Gao Jixie, to both of them that would be the best outcome.

Too bad that Master Huo Tie seemed to have no intention of getting angry tonight, quite on the contrary he started laughing, and then said,

"Hhahahahahaha~! Very well, that is how an expert should be, strong, daunting, and loyal! Very well, I like you, young man!

Now we can finally start talking about business, as I will represent the military as a whole tonight, and not me as a person!"

As if the situation wasn't already complicated enough, Huo Tie had to go and talk like that.

Representing himself was already a bothersome fact, but now he was representing the military, which meant that if they tried something against him, they could forget to stay anymore in this country.

But as others were still contemplating on how to consider the news, Gao Jixie's face went completely cold as he understood one thing.

The information that Huo Tie had received from Cui Xie was different from the one that they had received, and this whole thing seemed staged.

Still, they were all able to witness the fight, and the strength the two of them had used was real, on top of that Eric hadn't dodged any of the attacks, instead, he had defended head-on.

No matter how much he thought about it, there didn't seem to be a staged fight, quite on the opposite it was quite real.

The doubts and worries in his heart, and mind didn't disappear though. At the stage he had arrived, he was already used to doubting everyone and everything.

He wasn't the only one who seemed to have caught up on that fact, as the other guys seemed to be in quite the dilemma as well.

The sides were clearly divided without even starting the negotiations, as everyone understood the connotations clearly, Master Huo Tie was looking for a bigger piece of the pie.

As if that wasn't enough the Mayor seemed to have decided upon something as well, as he said,

"And I come here representing the government!"

For a moment even Cui Xie couldn't help but feel that things had spun out of control, despite him being the one that had actually contacted these guys the previous day.

Before the Director of the Police could even say a thing, Master Huo Tie looked at him, and asked with a knowing look,

"I suppose that Director Cheng comes here representing the Police Department as well, right?"

"Sigh~! You are right! With how things have turned, then I can't hide that!"

Now the only people without a big affiliation were the head of the Weng family, and the powerful businessman Gao Jixie, as Cui Xie had the source of the topic in his hands.

The two of them immediately felt a bit overwhelmed from the resulting situation, and seemed to get closer to each other, should Cui Xie and the others have something in their minds.

After all, despite acting high and mighty they understood perfectly that none of the characters participating in this were simple and benevolent.

There were no everlasting friendships and everlasting relations, only everlasting interests!

Still, Eric had something else planned for these guys, so he had no intention of weeding them out so soon.

As everyone was still trying to process the current situation, Young Master Cui Xie finally took the attention towards himself and said,

"Well, now that you seniors have determined that I have the qualifications to negotiate with you, and have clearly expressed your standing, I think it's finally time for us to do what we came here to do!"

With that parties finally started to negotiate back and forth, until they finally decided on a sharing ratio.

The profit ratio wasn't much different from what was stated earlier, as Cui Xie, or rather Eric still took 40% of the profit made, with the rest distributed to the other people and their affiliations.

But at the same time, they decided that the government, military, and police would always have the primary buying rights at a little over the cost price, and the rest sold only on boundary soil.

Certainly, there might be trafficking and the like, but that would be a problem of the country's structure to deal with.

Eric was happy with this deal because he would still receive great benefits and resources by only giving an already given formula.

This time it was different though, as this time he had a bit of strength to protect his rights, and he had just started to actually truly develop.

When everything was already decided, and they were about to head on their respective directions, Cui Xie said in a decisive tone,

"By the way, tomorrow will be the last day of any other mafia gang or organization in the city, so please tell your people to escape as they have the opportunity.

We can not allow external interference in this city, that is about to become one of the cleaning lungs for the country!"

The 5 people in front of him looked at him with heavy and serious expressions before turning around and leaving the place.

Cui Xie, Cui La, Eric, and Ren Jia did the same as well, as they got in their car and left the meeting point.

Once they were in their car, they were able to rest and relax, as Eric looked towards Cui La and said,

"So, what do you think!?"

"I have to say that I am quite surprised, especially considering your skills and strength. But I still think that your actions were too showy and that you might have invited the wolf into your house!

Furthermore, you said that you will take over the whole business in Longgang City, but Gao Jixie is still part of the deal, and I doubt that you can act against him now!"

"Hhahahahaha~! Quite observant, I like that! Continue like that to impress me, otherwise, I won't have a need for you!"

"Tche! Arrogant!"

Still, despite the displeasure written on her face, the beauty had to accept that she hadn't expected something like this to happen tonight.

It seemed like everything had played into Eric's hands tonight, and he was actually the biggest winner.

He would be able to gain the most while doing practically nothing. He would slowly grow while the others worked. It seemed too good to be true!

She woke up from her thoughts, as she heard Eric say,

"Tomorrow go and register a new medicinal herbs company in the City. Take any funds you need to buy us the company quarters, 5 big-size storehouses, and a shop at the medicinal market here in Longgang City!"

"Huh!? Okay!"

She didn't understand that she was being pulled over by Eric even without seeing him actually fulfill his promise, but she was curious to know what he was planning next.

As for Eric, he was just thinking that he needed a way to actually invest all the money he would earn into resources to increase his strength.

The best way to do so was by actually becoming part of the chain himself. Like that, even if he bought big amounts of herbs and medicines, no one would doubt anything.

Furthermore, after cleaning this place as he should, he would enter into secluded cultivation, and start practicing his alchemy.

The Legacy System was just too expensive, and he couldn't afford to waste his SP points. He needed to become a good alchemist as soon as possible.

As he was thinking like that, and caressing Ren Jia's waist, he heard Cui Xie's voice,

"Master about tomorrow, are you serious?"

"Yes, I am! There will be no underworld in this city beside us!"