Chapter 355: Change of Plan
Things were escalating beyond his control now. If he took the product from the market, matters would just escalate. Worst come to worst, the Midnight Clan would be invaded by others before the Zephyr Clan made their move.
\'Wait, I need to make sure to watch over Morgana now. Who knows if the Zephyr Clan will change their mind with this incident. As for the product…\'
"Senior, since things are already like this, I have a solution, but I need your help."
"What do you need?"
"You should have personal connections all around the region. I want you to act as a mysterious merchant and sell this product, prioritizing cities or clans that have a populace with high amounts of dragon bloodline."
Moria\'s eyes lit up hearing Alex\'s suggestion, but then he became confused as to why Alex wanted to target the dragon bloodline.
Remembering what Alex said beforehand, Moria realized something, "Does this water work more effectively on those with a dragon bloodline?"
"Based on the current situation, it seems so. I also just found out about this."
"How did you make this water? Is it from dragon blood?" Moria asked in disbelief. He had heard rumors before that dragon blood had miraculous effects, but only from true dragons, which were just a myth in his world.
No one ever met a real one; even on the front lines, the strongest they encountered were dragon hybrids with barely 50% blood purity.
Alex replied with a smirk, "That, Senior, will be a secret of my hometown. I cannot tell you that. So, how is my proposal?
This way, as long as you act fast, the focus will be dispersed into the product itself. Otherwise, the burden will be carried by your clan."
"Alright, let\'s do it your way then," Moria replied while raising his hand.
"Sure, but Senior, it\'s not free. Same with Rexar, you need to pay for every single bottle.
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I am sure a respectable senior like yourself won\'t go as low as trying to steal from me."
\'Bastard, what stealing? He is stronger than me. I really let a fox into the house. This is just the second day, and he already made a lot of trouble,\' Moria cursed in his mind, but he knew there was nothing he could do to Alex.
Deep in his heart, he now even feared him. Moria still didn\'t know Alex\'s true strength. He could only hope Alex wouldn\'t stab him in the back.
With heavy reluctance, Moria gave Alex a pouch filled with high-grade Qi crystals. Seeing Alex\'s smug smile as he received it almost gave him a heart attack.
The pouch contained almost all his life savings. Moria didn\'t want to use the clan\'s money because it would raise suspicion.
He had already taken many countermeasures in case some members of the clan looked for the water source. This was the biggest reason why he took everything into his own hands.
If anyone found out it all came from Alex, a person brought here by Reina, things would quickly escalate.
Alex returned the pouch to Moria after swapping the content. "This should be enough to be sold in all those cities."
Looking at Moria\'s hurt expression, Alex then added, "Don\'t be like that, Senior. You act like this junior is scamming you. With this exclusive resource, I am sure you can profit a lot, and if you do it right, you can use it to get more benefits."
Moria knew Alex was right, but he still didn\'t want to admit it. It wasn\'t easy to do. If he used only his contacts, who knows if someone would backstab him?
He needed to do everything carefully, making sure no one could trace it back to him. Moria excused himself and then quickly left the area, but not before asking Alex to protect Reina in case something happened.
With so many things to do, he doubted he could return quickly. He also needed to hide his identity, meaning he couldn\'t just go to each clan and town with a teleportation portal. Moria\'s plan was to go near the city and then sell the water to some merchants on the road.
This way, people wouldn\'t know for sure where the product came from.
Moria also started thinking about how he could create a fake situation that made it look like the water appeared in another city first, not from his clan; it\'s just that the first appearance was more subtle and hidden.
\'If I fake out some of the merchants\' records, this should be possible.\'
After he left, Alex changed his plan. He decided to look for Morgana. Going to the city now would just create more trouble than benefit for him.
The road conditions didn\'t differ much from when it was night. It barely had people walking around. The only difference was that some maids were cleaning the road with brooms, making Alex smirk.
\'I always find this funny. In a world of cultivation and the existence of Qi, they still use normal people to clean up.
Using golems would certainly be more effective than people. It\'s also safer.
Who knows how many of these people are spies from other clans? Or do they do this on purpose?
Hmm… a clan without any information coming out will certainly make others wary.\'
Alex then smirked, thinking it made sense. He started making his way toward Morgana\'s courtyard. Unlike Reina, the guard here didn\'t recognize Alex.
He was quickly blocked at the entrance.
"Who are you? State your purpose?"
"Tell your princess Morgana I am looking for her."
The guard\'s eyes turned sharp. He had never met Alex before, so he thought he was no one important.
"Who do you think you are? Wanting to meet our princess? You think it\'s that easy?"