What on Earth Are the Lis Up to Now

"Pfft—"

Abruptly hearing the name spoken by Li Yadong, Zhou Hailong, had he not possessed the initial Earth-realm cultivation and a mental fortitude far surpassing ordinary people, would have inevitably spat out the mouthful of tea he had just taken.

To actually ask him to help assassinate Master Xiao Nan?

After a brief moment of surprise, the gaze Zhou Hailong directed at Li Yadong could not help but take on a hint of playful mockery.

Meanwhile, Zheng Rutong, standing off to the side, quickly averted his gaze, terrified that he might burst out laughing right in front of Li Yadong.

"That punk!"

Without a second thought, Zhou Hailong said to Li Yadong, "I've been wanting to butcher him for a long time. If it weren't for the fact that last time..."

Trailing off intentionally, he assumed a look that suggested the matter was inconvenient to elaborate on, leaving some room for Li Yadong to fill in the blanks with his own imagination.

Then, he made a direct decision. "I can take this business."

Li Yadong was overjoyed. "Then I'll have to trouble Brother Long."

Zhou Hailong, however, raised an eyebrow. "That punk is an initiated expert, probably having reached the Xuan-realm. To take his life, three hundred million is not quite enough."

By this time, Li Yadong could be described as wealthy and imposing. What he feared was that Zhou Hailong would be unwilling to act; as long as he was willing to take the job, money was simply not an issue. Li Yadong directly stretched out his palm in front of Zhou Hailong. "Then let's add another two hundred million. Five hundred million—is that enough?"

Zhou Hailong nodded slightly. "That's barely enough. However, I, Zhou Hailong, have a rule when taking jobs: the price must be paid in full all at once. I don't accept any deposits."

*Damn it, what a rip-off!*

Demanding full payment before even starting the work—where on earth was business conducted like this?

Li Yadong muttered a silent curse inwardly.

However, since Xiao Nan had easily beaten the two high-priced Yellow-realm bodyguards he hired into a pulp, apart from Zhou Hailong, he truly could not think of anyone else capable of dealing with Xiao Nan.

In this Lucheng, Zhou Hailong could still be considered a prominent figure. Surely he wouldn't take the money and not deliver, right?

Gritting his teeth, Li Yadong once again produced two bank cards and handed them to Zhou Hailong. "There are two hundred million in each of these two cards."

"Good!"

Zhou Hailong took the cards, closed his eyes, and assumed the expression of seeing a guest out. "Go back and wait for my news."

Li Yadong felt a dull ache in his teeth.

Having shelled out five hundred million, he didn't even get a receipt. But he didn't dare ask Zhou Hailong for any receipt whatsoever, so he could only leave with an embarrassed smile.

After Li Yadong's figure had completely vanished...

Zhou Hailong's lips gradually curled into a cunning smile as he turned his head to look at Zheng Rutong beside him. "Dial Master Xiao Nan's number."

The call went through, accompanied by a rustling sound of stir-frying coming from the other end.

Xiao Nan's somewhat impatient voice sounded. "Say whatever you have to say quickly, I'm busy."

Zhou Hailong could not help his mouth twitching a few times.

A big shot like Master Xiao Nan actually cooked for himself?

He hurriedly said, "Master Xiao Nan, someone just gave me five hundred million to kill you."

"Oh?" Xiao Nan thought for a moment. "Is that person named Li Yadong?"

"Master Xiao Nan is brilliant." Zhou Hailong chuckled. "I've accepted his five hundred million."

Xiao Nan continued the clatter of stir-frying. "Then when do you plan to come and kill me?"

"Master Xiao Nan is joking." Zhou Hailong chuckled ingratiatingly. "I just figured that punk has more money than sense, so it'd be rude not to take it. I'll have someone send this money over to you later."

"Oh."

Xiao Nan didn't stand on ceremony with Zhou Hailong; it was about time he had some money on his card anyway, otherwise, constantly being called a kept man was hardly a proper state of affairs.

Not to mention that he had previously spared the lives of Zhou Hailong and his son, the Qi Gathering Pill he gave Zhou Hailong alone was worth far more than five hundred million.

"Master Xiao Nan, since this punk actually wants your life, should I butcher him?"

Zhou Hailong had actually wanted to slaughter Li Yadong directly earlier, but without receiving instructions from Xiao Nan, he hadn't acted rashly.

"No need, I'll handle this matter myself."

Xiao Nan hung up the phone and gave the stove a single-handed tap.

The frying pan instantly bounced off the gas stove, and the Fish-Fragrant Shredded Pork inside flew accurately and flawlessly into the dinner plate on the counter.

Carrying the plate of food, he walked out, ready to eat.

At noon, neither Lin Ziqing nor Lin Shuyun was around.

He was dining alone, so a single plate of Fish-Fragrant Shredded Pork was enough.

After a whirlwind meal, Xiao Nan pulled out his phone and made a call to Li Yunbao.

Didn't Lin Ziqing and the others always say he only knew how to solve problems with violence?

This time, he intended to try something non-violent.

"Boss, what are your instructions?"

Li Yunbao had always called Xiao Nan "Senior," but Xiao Nan always felt the title was a bit awkward, so he had him change it, eventually settling on "Boss."

"Go and investigate a matter for me, and gather some evidence along the way..."

On the phone, Xiao Nan gave Li Yunbao a series of instructions.

Having someone run errands and handle tasks was truly convenient.

After dispatching the tasks, Xiao Nan resumed his cultivation.

Seeing that the weather outside was wonderful, Xiao Nan decided to go out and practice his Soaring Cloud Movement Technique.

Do not underestimate this Soaring Cloud Movement Technique; once practiced to the ultimate extreme, within a certain range, it could almost achieve the effect of teleportation.

Even though Xiao Nan had only cultivated the Soaring Cloud Movement Technique to the first layer, when executed at full power, it was already quite a bit faster than the fastest car in this world running at full throttle.

Of course, that was just comparing it to a car.

If the opponent were changed to an airplane, Xiao Nan would currently find it a bit beyond him.

He estimated that he would need to cultivate the Soaring Cloud Movement Technique to at least the fifth layer or above before he could contend with an airplane.

*Whoosh!*

On the winding mountain road below the Emerald Mountain villa cluster, a middle-aged man driving a BMW was suddenly startled. He seemed to have just caught sight of an extremely fast black shadow that flashed past the side of his car with a whoosh.

Yet when he looked closely, there was nothing to be seen.

"Must be seeing things," the middle-aged man muttered involuntarily.

At that moment, on this winding mountain road, there were far more people than just this middle-aged man who suspected they were seeing ghosts.

Countless male and female drivers piloting various cars all felt as though something had whooshed past their sides, yet they could see nothing at all.

Xiao Nan paid those fellows no mind.

In the span of just a few minutes, his figure had already appeared in downtown Lucheng, dozens of kilometers away from Emerald Mountain.

Just as Xiao Nan was thinking of returning the way he came to continue practicing his Soaring Cloud Movement Technique, he saw a square outside a building not far away, packed with people and exceptionally lively, so he strolled over.

Drawing closer, the prominent characters "Li's Pharmaceuticals" on the building came into Xiao Nan's view.

Ha, had he wandered right into Li Yadong's lair?

Hadn't their junk-version "Qi Gathering and Beauty-Enhancing Pills" already started selling through various channels long ago?

Why were there still so many people lined up at the company entrance?

A trace of doubt arose in Xiao Nan's heart as he walked over to see what kind of nonsense Li Yadong was up to this time.