Chapter 195 – Florida Man Scammed Illegal Migrants by Accepting Them into His House, Offer Them Legal Jobs, And Robbed Them Afterward. The Immigrants Were Originally Broke When They Crossed Borders.
Magpie City
The battle at Leo Domain was visible from this city. Tang Xuan and Tang Tian observed the battle all night. Even after the battle was concluded, they remained vigilant.
In the morning, one of the Tang Clan's members went out to scout the battlefield. He kept a respectable distance and spied on the unicorns and nightmares' movements.
The beasts reverted back to their beast appearances. They returned to their barn, recuperating after a rough battle. As for the aftermath, the cleanup team came out from Leo's store and handled the job.
Realizing that the battle was over, the spy returned to Magpie City and reported his findings.
When Tang Xuan heard that Leo's subordinates vanquished the massive army of quasi-immortals and soul-transformation mutants, he was overjoyed. He ordered his people to pack their things to visit Leo.
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In the afternoon, Tang Xuan and Tang Tian, along with his first caravan, arrived at the border of Leo's domain. As they showed Leo their utmost respect, they traveled on food and approached the domain openly.
When the group crossed the border, patrolling disciples of the Life Sword Sect spotted them. They came to greet the visitors. Among the disciples, Yao Qiqi was one of them.
Yao Qiqi didn't get to do anything in the previous battle due to her size and her age. Nobody allowed this loli goddess to step onto the battlefield as she was too precious.
In the aftermath, Xu Nuan allowed her to tag along with the patrolling unit to give her something to do. She had been working as a moral support for the patrol unit since this morning.
When Yao Qiqi spotted the guests, she ran toward them to greet them.
"Hello, senior! Welcome to Florida Domain! We have the best alligator steaks, rare potatoes, and pinnacle-graded elemental pills for sale!"
"…"
Tang Xuan brightly smiled as he found the girl cute. As for Tang Tian and their subordinates, they were taken aback by her assertiveness and sales pitch. Their clan was famous for their alchemists and poison alchemy techniques. Thus, trying to sell a pill to them was the same as selling cans of cola to a Pepsi factory.
Behind the two Tangs, Jin Yong, who had become Tang Tian's disciple, was interested in Yao Qiqi. He was the second person who discovered her true cultivation base after Tang Xuan.
"This place has grown a lot since my last visit! When I was working at the Life Sword Sect as a part-timer, there weren't many buildings around here. This girl, too, is quite strong. Senior Florida Man cultivated her well."
"W-What?!"
As Jin Yong mentioned Yao Qiqi's strength, the others were surprised. They then stopped treating her as a child and scanned her dantian.
Golden core cultivators and weaker servants failed to measure her strength. As for the others, they were flabbergasted. Tang Tian even dropped his jaw. This girl reminded him of his dead disciples.
When Tang Tian was young, he had met so many promising individuals. However, most of them died young. This harsh world was unforgiving for talented youngsters as adults were prone to jealousy. Most of them died mysteriously, but Tang Tian was aware that the Ouyang, Situ, and Yan Clan murdered them before they could grow stronger.
In the end, cautious disciples of his, namely Hua Jiashan and Dongfang Mei, managed to survive while hiding behind the others. They weren't on the big clan's radars.
Seeing Yao Qiqi, Tang Tian felt bad for her. He believed that Situ Nantian or Ouyang Zi would send their best assassins after her without fail. He had to do something to protect this girl from those nasty men.
"Little girl," Tang Tian crouched in front of her, "Who is your master? Is he or she around?"
"My master?" Yao Qiqi brightly smiled and pointed at the shopping mall building. "I have multiple masters! Mommy Xu Nuan is my mother and my first master. Grandma Dongfang Mei is my second master. Also, Grandpa Florida Man is my savior and my third master! My grandma said that I should respect him as my grandfather. Do you know that I like my grandpa the most? When I grow up, I'll marry my grandpa!"
"…"
Tang Tian had a wry smile on his face. He then glanced at his father as he had a bad feeling about this.
Tang Xuan and Jin Yong remained expressionless as they had met Leo before. He didn't believe that Leo was such a degenerate person who would be sexually attracted to a little girl. Instead, they believed that the girl was educated and nurtured well in a peaceful and loving environment.
However, his followers had another idea.
"Patriarch! This Florida Man is too vulgar! How dare he seduce such an innocent little girl! We must protect her and take her away from that pedophile!"
"Yes, patriarch! He is worse than the Murong Clan and their Joyous Yin-Yang Sect! At least, those dual cultivators don't touch children!"
Yao Qiqi overheard it and pouted, "You are rude, mister! Angel Florida Man is my life-saver! He saved my mother's life! He saved my grandmother! He saved my friends! He's my savior!"
"…"
Nobody dared to retort as the girl seemed angry. They looked at each other, gesturing with their eyes so that their comrades would do something.
Tang Xuan coughed and changed the subject.
"Little girl, could you guide us to see your grandfather? We're from the Tang Clan, and we would like to discuss our migration. We would like to seek shelter in his domain."
Yao Qiqi was excited, "Are you moving here, too? This is great! We can have more slav-I mean friends!"
Nobody noticed the brief change of expression on Yao Qiqi's face when her dao avatar almost possessed her. Everybody smiled, thinking that she bit her tongue.
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The group of 100 people arrived in front of Leo's shopping mall. They were not all of Tang Clan's members as they were the representatives of the group to evaluate the situation.
Because all the elders were busy, nobody was there to welcome them.
Yao Qiqi advised them, "Grandfather Florida Man is busy at the moment. I'll go tell them that you're here. Also, if sister Esen shows up, you should talk to her instead. She's grandfather's best friend!"
Nobody hated a cheerful little girl. Their hearts were cleansed, and they temporarily forgot about this cruel world.
Yao Qiqi then excused herself and returned to patrol duty and play with the other young disciples of Life Sword Sect. Tang Xuan and the men all stood in front of the shopping mall with no one accompanying them.
The group took this opportunity to look around. Their eyes were attracted to the parking lot and the flying island above them at first. It only took them a minute to notice another landmark.
Beyond the parking lot structure, a crystal tower trekked through the sky. It was the second tallest structure in Leo's domain after the shopping mall elevator, which connected to the floating island.
Tang Xuan and Tang Tian widened their eyes in shock. They kicked the ground and flew toward the pylon tower as they sensed something nostalgic.
When they arrived, they almost fell on their knees.
"Spirit Stone Heart?!"
"I-I-It's massive!"
Both had never seen anything like this. They had seen spirit stone hearts, but they were not even half the size of this pylon tower.
As cultivators, their legs automatically moved closer. They walked toward the foot of the tower. However, as they got closer, their legs got wobbly.
The pylon tower pushed them away with its residual forces. None of them could reach even the outer layer.
The outer layer featured a thousand white cushions for cultivators to sit on. A few of them were occupied as a few off-duty workers sat there, cultivating the yin-yang energy from the tower.
Looking at the young workers, Tang Xuan and Tang Tian were envious. They reattempted to reach the outermost layer of the seats. But again, they were pushed back.
While the two Tangs were helpless, one of the workers noticed them. He stood up and saluted them.
"Senior. This place is restricted to the Florida Domain's employees. If you're not an employee, you cannot cultivate here."
"…"
Tang Xuan nodded in understanding while Tang Tian drooled. The latter couldn't wait to join Leo's side.
"Thank you for the information, young friend. Then, please excuse us." Tang Xuan saluted back.
"No problem. I hope you will join us, too."
Tang Xuan was impressed by the humbleness of the workers there. He believed that Leo nurtured them well.
As Tang Xuan and Tang Tian couldn't do anything there, they turned around to head back. However, before they could go back, they ran into Leo.
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Leo had been walking around his domain as he was in the middle of repairing the roads. He also helped the workers pick up random corpses that they overlooked.
While making his way back to his shopping mall, Leo found a large group of visitors waiting for him in front of the store. He also detected Tang Xuan and Tang Tian near his pylon tower.
Curious about what they were here for, Leo went to see the two Tangs first.
He waved his hands to say hi.
"I thought you died during the chaos at Cauliflower City. Hell broke loose, eh?"
Tang Xuan wryly smiled. He somewhat wanted to blame Leo for causing mayhem after the tournament. Still, everything was Yan Xiang's fault, so he kept quiet about the incident.
"Yes, it has been a while." Tang Xuan bowed. "But I'm here with a different purpose this time. I hope that you can lend me ears."
"I'm listening."
"I would like to join your domain and worship you as our lord. I hope you can take us under your wings."
"…"
Leo raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect someone to surrender this soon.
"I think it's too early… wait."
Leo almost declined the offer. Suddenly, he recalled that his domain required more men, especially soldiers. After all, invasions from other planets might become a common occurrence.
For the sake of the future war, Leo changed his mind.
"Are you here to serve me?" Asked Leo.
"Yes, senior."
"I have to warn you though. You'll be working here from 9 to 5. You get two days off every week, and your pay will be essence stones, made by me. You may use your hard-earned essence stones to purchase grain pills from me if you need them. As for cultivation resources, I'll randomly distribute them to you if you show promising results in your cultivation. Is that okay?"
"…Huh?"
This employee welfare was new to them. In their world, servants were expected to work 25 hours a day until they died. No one was allowed to sleep or ask for a day off. Moreover, cultivation resources were mostly exclusive to the executives, not the employees or servants.
Tang Tian found these terms too good to be true. He knelt on both knees.
"Junior Tang Tian greets Lord Florida Man! I promise that I'll work my hardest!"
Tang Xuan glanced at his son and wryly laughed. He didn't care for the cultivation resources, day offs, or wages. He was more interested in the pylon tower.
"Then, could you allow us to cultivate near that Spirit Stone Heart?"
Leo shrugged, "Everybody under me is free to do whatever you want during your day off. Of course, you can cultivate near that tower if you want."
"Then, our lives will be in your care, including our clansmen and the people from the Sixth Element Sect."
"Huh? I thought it was just you two."
Tang Xuan laughed, "When I said "WE", I meant my entire clan and sect. Also, we have about 2,000 people. We only bring 100 people here for today. Tomorrow, we'll inform the others and have them migrate here."
"…"
"Oh, do you have a place for us to take shelter? You don't have to prepare a house or anything. We will build our dwellings anywhere as long as you give us permission."
Leo facepalmed. He had a headache as he didn't want these people to suddenly erect a slum in his domain. As this matter involved 2,000 people, Leo came up with a new idea.
"You know what? You can take shelter in that building first, but you're not allowed to build anything yet. Tomorrow, I'll do something about it."
Leo pointed at the parking lot building. As there were many empty floors, these people could use them as temporary shelters for the time being.
He could have purchased more RV vans for these new guys. However, it was not the time since they had never proved their usefulness to Leo yet.
"No problem, senior!" Tang Xuan widely smiled. He had no issue living in the strange building with no door or windows. After all, he didn't need to sleep or eat to live. He just wanted a roof to cover his head whenever he wanted to rest.
"…"
Since the guy seemed to be too happy about it, Leo came up with an idea to extort them.
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. If you want an RV house like the others, you will have to work here for at least ten years. You can hasten that process by being stronger than one of those horses outside and pay me 10,000 years of lifespan for the RV."
"…Eh?"
