Volume 1, Chapter 57: Talent

After just a dozen minutes of driving, Young Master Jie and I located the illegal workshop according to the address and house number on the receipt.

It was a three-story building situated on a long street behind an industrial area.

Naturally, I did not park directly in front of the building. Once I confirmed its location, I drove back and parked near a small grocery store at the head of the long street.

During the ride, Young Master Jie had already called his acquainted brothers to inquire about this illegal workshop, but he came back completely empty-handed.

This indicated that the illicit workshop had been established only very recently.

I invited Young Master Jie to get out of the car, bought some cigarettes at the nearby grocery store, and began asking the store owner about it.

The owner was a local, thin and lean, with a Cantonese accent...

Apart from the equity, he had also liquidated all the real estate assets under the Xingkecheng Industry Group using the exact same trick: selling multiple shares of the same property at prices far below market value, while forging nearly all the relevant documents.

Naturally, Murong Mei would not tell the First Blade that he had already been infected with the inherent poison unique to the Innate Poisonous Body. In this world, aside from Murong Mei herself, probably no one else could completely neutralize this poison, unless the victim possessed power great enough to forcefully expel all the toxins from their body.

Everything in Wankang County had been settled. Yang Ding now held absolute power, and Jin Ruoyun was no longer a threat, remaining entirely within Yang Ding's control. The next step, naturally, was to subdue Jin Ruoyun and make her work for him.

Gazing blankly at the cut piece of jadeite rough, and upon realizing it was truly of glassy variety, Guan Chao felt the world go dark before his eyes, nearly collapsing headfirst to the ground.

Zhao Dagang was not the kind of person to press his advantage relentlessly; he agreed to all the other party's terms, though he knew in his heart that aside from this real estate business, there would be no possibility of future cooperation between the two families.

As it turned out, the ultimate cyborgs had already followed the elevator up. If they managed to reach the surface, the consequences would be catastrophic.

In fact, he knew that the genesis spiritual liquid possessed miraculous effects in strengthening the body and promoting health. If he provided more diluted genesis spiritual liquid to Li Defu, Li Fugui, and the others in the future, the liquid would subtly transform their physiques, making them healthier and extending their lives.

Along the way, although the two of them saw quite a few soldiers passing by, these soldiers at most cast curious glances at Tang Qiao without questioning him. After all, Tang Qiao was being led by a general.

In fact, he could simply hail a cab to North Street; even if he left his car parked here, no one would dare to steal it.

Disgust, terror, humiliation, and embarrassment twisted together like vines, tightly gripping Qiao Zhimozhi.

Suizhu felt a trace of vigilance arise in her heart, sensing that something was amiss. She gently pushed open the iron door and glanced inside, where the scent of grass and wood in the air carried a faint hint of rust.

Therefore, when these livestreamers saw Xilou being suppressed, they were as outraged as if their own biological fathers had been beaten, each and every one of them burning with fury.

"Mom, this matter isn't that simple!" Chen Zhiming clearly remembered taking protective measures that night, so theoretically, Song Shishi shouldn't have gotten pregnant.

Old Man Yang, who was running a nearby stall, saw this situation and immediately walked over, wanting to intervene and persuade them, because he knew that Zhong Nianyao possessed genuine abilities.

Perhaps it was precisely because standing tall attracts the wind that he found himself besieged from all sides in the imperial court; yet when such an event occurred, not a single person stepped forward to put in a good word for him.

If they ran out of power, they would automatically return to the robotic vacuum charging dock to recharge themselves.

Unexpectedly, upon seeing Gao Jie, he showed not a shred of fear, and even stepped forward to help him up.

The real estate agent looked at Suizhu with utmost enthusiasm—he had no choice, as massive layoffs were happening everywhere, and he was about to lose his job as well.

A bone-chilling killing intent surged forth, rolling like towering waves and instantly enveloping everyone, making their souls tremble with cold.

This stark contrast felt like a resounding slap across his face, burning his cheeks with heat and filling him with an unbearable sense of shame and indignation, wishing he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"Thank you all for your concern. I think this question will be answered shortly." Liu Tianqing's smile remained faint, carrying the familiar detachment she knew from Li Li, yet the message it conveyed made her heart instantly sink to the bottom. He was going to get engaged—to a foreign national. Could anyone tell her if she had heard wrong?

However, the spirit stones crafted from the spiritual crystals on his body could still be used to slightly improve the quality of the goods in the supermarket for a short time.

"Wait! Add another two thousand taels, otherwise forget it!" The apothecary struggled internally, but these medicinal herbs were indeed worth that price.

"For instance? There are many. Which aspect would you like to hear about?" Qin Lang's voice softened as well, his lips brushing gently across Ye Li's cheek bit by bit.

When Lu An produced that gray card, the duty police officer stopped his evasive posture, his impatient expression instantly turning enthusiastic as his gaze swept back and forth over Lu An.

Pudding looked at Li Zimu with a giggle, and taking advantage of his inattention, she planted another peck on his cheek. By now she was completely practiced at it, without even needing to tell Li Zimu to close his eyes.

Besides, leaving aside Innate Grandmasters, even ordinary Post-natal late-stage martial artists were almost all over forty or fifty years old!

Yunyan glared resentfully at Lu Cangming. Even though the fading twilight of night made it impossible to clearly make out his features, she still insisted on glaring at him.

Ruan Miaoling couldn't help letting out a soft chuckle, which caused the other nine young gentlemen to glare collectively at the eldest brother. The eldest brother looked entirely innocent, spreading his hands—he had simply found Sister Miaoling cute and wanted to tease her a little.

Di Junyang's methods were indeed swift and decisive. While he was still hesitating whether he was too advanced in age or too stern in appearance, someone had already delivered the detailed list of documents he needed to review.

After mocking the bugs, Chu Bai immediately scrambled up to an intact building nearby, shouting loudly at the bugs as he ran, terrified that they might not realize he had changed his location.

From their brief encounter last night, Suobao had only perceived that something was amiss with Song Yulu's womb, without knowing the exact nature of the problem.

She had come simply to return the car to Jiaze, but the moment she saw the brothers sitting there leisurely, anger flared up within her.

Di Rongrong thought to herself how truly bizarre it was. Could it be that she had previously been blinded by greed and stupidity?

The Third Great-Uncle's face turned pale from the retort. While he had intended to protect the two sisters of the second branch, their actions this time had truly gone much too far.

As he spoke, he had already raised his right hand. The moment his hand fell, someone would launch an attack on the two demonic beasts hovering in the air.

However, none of this mattered much to Xiao Ling. What mattered was that he was about to meet the leader of one of the two major supreme factions in the current era—who was also his nominal father now.

At this moment, King Song's body had suffered extremely severe damage, and it was showing a worsening trend. Because of this, he was completely incapable of answering Pan Yuhong's words.

"To go to such great lengths just to kill me, I'm truly a bit flattered." Qinghong swept a completely indifferent glance over the fleeting astonishment in the eyes of the assassins in black, toying with the mane of the steed beside him as he spoke nonchalantly.

Qinglian told me that it was because of the magical artifact inside my body that my three souls and seven spirits were able to remain gathered without scattering. However, Qinglian could not identify what kind of artifact it was; she only knew that it must have received the blessing of gods and Buddhas.