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"So, this is the case… I would like you to help us to kill the Ape King!" said the white fox after it saw Chen Xiaobei putting away his weapons.

"Eh? What do you mean by that? Aren't you supposed to be one his people?"

"I am! But, I was forced to join him! Actually, not all the beasts want to fight the humans! One should know that Silver Plume Planet is really huge and the main city has only occupies small part of it! Even if there's no war, the beasts can still live happily on this ground! Unfortunately, the Demonic Beast invaded and exerted their power on all the other ordinary beasts! They are violent, bloodthirsty, and selfish! They will not allow other beings to coexist with them! From the very beginning, they have always planned to kill all the humans and conquer the entire Silver Plume Planet!"

"There are a lot of ordinary beasts like me… We all don't want to take part in such a meaningless war… But the Ape King and the other Demonic Beasts are simply too powerful for us to handle… If we disobey them, we will definitely end up dying! That's why, I've decided that I will muster enough courage to tell you our problem… I hope that you can help us to kill the Ape King and bring this peaceful place back for us…" said the white fox in a sincere manner.

"Why pick me?"

"Because you understand Zoolingualism! We have tried to communicate with humans before but they could not understand a single word from us! Plus, humans have always seen us as enemies. Ordinary human beings would wield their weapons at us the moment they saw us appear in front of them!"

"Apart from being able to understand our language, you are powerful enough to kill the Ape King as well! If you are willing to help us, I believe peace will once again reign on this land! There will be no more wars!"

"Okay! I'm willing to help you guys! But, let me take a nap first. I will go and kill that monkey once I wake up later!"

"What? Taking a nap? You must be kidding me… I know that you are really powerful but I don't think you have 100% winning chance against the Ape King… I'm not trying to rush you here! You can actually train for a few more years before you go and look for the Ape King! We have lived like this for a very long time … and that's why we don't mind waiting a few more years!"

Clearly, the white fox was worried that Chen Xiaobei might not be able to defeat the Ape King. If Chen Xiaobei went unprepared, the Ape King would either act in a more cautious manner or kill him right on the spot. That was what the white fox feared might happen. It would rather wait for few years if that was what it took for Chen Xiaobei to defeat it with ease.

"I'm not kidding you… Just let me take a nap first… I will go and look for him once I wake up later. If everything goes smoothly, I will be back in a day or so!"

"I still don't think it's a good idea…"

The white fox wanted to try to talk Chen Xiaobei out of it.

"I'm available tomorrow… And I will leave Silver Plume the day after tomorrow. If you still think that it's not a good idea, just forget about my promise " said Chen Xiaobei while shrugging.

After that, Chen Xiaobei stepped on the Somersault Cloud and disappeared into the night sky. The day after tomorrow was the Duanwu Festival, and Chen Xiaobei had to travel back to earth no matter what.

"This… I will follow your time then! I will wait for you here! I will not leave this place even if you don't come back to me!"

Seemingly, Chen Xiaobei was white fox's only hope. If Chen Xiaobei left this place for real, white fox would definitely fall into great desperation. That was because it would never again meet someone like Chen Xiaobei.

…..

As he dove through the high skies, Chen Xiaobei, who was sitting on the Somersault Cloud prepared to go through some training. And he wanted to try to contact the Prime of Tongtian to ask about the Dragon's Edge. Clearly, Chen Xiaobei figured out that the only way to defeat the Armored Ape King was to attack it with a weapon that could penetrate high defense. Though the Dragon's Edge was sharp enough to shatter iis armor, it was Chen Xiaobei who was not powerful enough to utilize the weapon to its maximum potential. If he could just receive some modifications to the weapon, the Dragon's Edge would definitely come up with more powerful strike.

Chen Xiaobei had also just acquired a piece of Reverse Blade Spiritual Jade. It could be used to enhance his Dragon's Edge. Chen Xiaobei then sat down and prepared to use the Scripture of Heaven and Earth. Suddenly, his cellphone rang.

"Let me take a look at it…"

Ding!

[The Prime of Tongtian has just send you a message.]

"Damn! Sifu is back from the Void Land!"

Immediately, Chen Xiaobei started tapping into the chat box.

Prime of Tongtian: Xiaobei, I'm back…

Chen Xiaobei: Greetings Sifu! What a coincidence! I was just about to call you!

Prime of Tongtian: What happened? I don't think you encountered anything catastrophic recently, right?

Chen Xiaobei: There's no catastrophic event. I have though, encountered a really powerful adversary recently! I want to upgrade my Dragon's Edge to teach him a lesson!

Prime of Tongtian: I see… The Ancestral Lord himself was the one who called me back… I don't think I will have time to help you with it.

Chen Xiaobei: I shall do it myself since Sifu has no time to help me. I don't think I will damage the Dragon's Edge, right? It is after all, a Divine Item! It will be unfortunate if damaged it!

Prime of Tongtian: That would have to depend on how you want to enhance it! The bigger the enhancement, the more difficult it is to keep it in one piece! I think it's better for me to wait for Sifu to help me next time.

Chen Xiaobei: I don't have any big requirements… I don't need to turn it into an invincible weapon. All I want to do is to infuse a Half-Spiritual Item into it to increase its damage.

Prime of Tongtian: Spiritual Item? That's easy! As easy as snapping a finger! Send it to me now! I will do it for you!

Chen Xiaobei: Nice!

Prime of Tongtian: Next time, you can craft any item that is not a Divine Item. You don't need to worry!

Chen Xiaobei: Great! I'm just worried that I might damage the Dragon's Edge! That is why I asked you about it first… Next time, I will just do it myself!

Right after that, Chen Xiaobei inserted the Dragon's Edge and the Reverse Blade Spiritual Jade into the Red Envelope and sent them to the Prime of Tongtian.

Seconds later, Chen Xiaobei received a Red Envelope from the Prime of Tongtian.

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have received a Red Envelope from the Prime of Tongtian. A Dragon's Edge (Modified) has been stored inside your treasure chest!]

"Damn! That was fast!"

To the Prime of Tongtian, Spiritual Items were no different than a speck of dust. Modifying it was easier than breathing air.

Ding!

[Congratulations! You have received a Red Envelope from the Prime of Tongtian. A set of Emperor Armor has been stored inside your treasure chest!]

"Damn! Another gift! Sifu is the best! This is awesome! But, what can this set of armor do?" Chen Xiaobei wondered in excitement.

The Prime of Tongtian: The Dragon's Edge has been upgraded but I still feel that it's lacking, so I've decided to give you another guidebook on swords! Practice this set of skills to improve your killing power!

Chen Xiaobei: Guidebook? Wasn't that the present that you prepared earlier?

The Prime of Tongtian: No. When I was in Void Land, nothing caught my eyes. Also, The Ancestral Lord called me back at the very last minute, so I did not have time to prepare any gifts.

Chen Xiaobei: Mm, Sifu has more important things to attend to. Forget the present. We'll talk about it some other time! 😁

The Prime of Tongtian: You are no less important!

Chen Xiaobei: Why did you contact me then if you were in a pinch for time?

The Prime of Tongtian: Well, that's because I met up with Lady Nuwo.

Chen Xiaobei: You did?! What did she say about Little Fox's situation? How can I save Little Fox? 💖

The Prime of Tongtian: Your Little Fox won't need any saving, because she will never live again.

Chen Xiaobei: Why is that? That was not what you told me earlier on! You told me that I could save her! That was why I waited like a fool for Lady Nuwo to return! I cannot accept this! I cannot!

The Prime of Tongtian: Please calm down and listen to what I have to say! Ancestral Lord's law of reincarnation, body-borrowing has been banned! Lady Nuwo is no Primordial Lord of Heaven, so she does not know where to find loopholes in the law! It would be impossible for Little Fox to be resurrected, but Lady Nuwo had already arranged for Little Fox to be reincarnated along with her current memories!

Chen Xiaobei: Reincarnated? With her memories? Is this another form of rebirth?

The Prime of Tongtian: I suppose so. The memories will lie dormant in her subconscious. When you find her, Lady Nuwo will tell you how to tap into her memories so that you can be reunited again!

Chen Xiaobei: This… If Little Fox has just been reincarnated recently, she might still be in her mother's womb… Even if she is already born, she would just be an infant. How am I suppose to reunite with her? 😓

The Prime of Tongtian: Lady Nuwo said nothing about that. I'm afraid there is no way to go around the 10 months of pregnancy. Just be patient…

Chen Xiaobei: I…

The Prime of Tongtian: Oh, there's another thing you have to be prepared for! Little Fox might reincarnate as a demon! If she becomes a demon, then she won't need the 10 months in her mother's womb. Lady Nuwo did not get into the details. There should be more to it!

Chen Xiaobei: Demon? Not human? 🥴

The Prime of Tongtian: Lady Nuwo is the Demon Lord and Little Fox was originally a Nine-tailed Demonic Fox. The cycle of rebirth states that a human in the previous life would then be reborn as a demon in the next life! There's a good chance that this is true for Little Fox!

Chen Xiaobei: I…😷

The Prime of Tongtian: You don't have to worry about anything. All this while, Lady Nuwo has been and is still is very meticulous. She knows what you're worried about and she even made sure that Little Fox will live a good life this time round!

Chen Xiaobei: Mm, it looks like all that I can do is to wait. At least Little Fox didn't drink the Mengpo Soup. She will then remember me. We'll have to see what happens in the future…

The Prime of Tongtian: Mmm, that's a really good attitude! Ancestral Lord is calling me. I have to go!

Chen Xiaobei: Bye Sifu!

…

Chen Xiaobei was on edge for some time after he sent the last message.

Even if he had the Scholar Heart, he could not imagine about how he was supposed to reunite with Little Fox. What bizarre things might happen in the future after their reunion?

He could not figure it out, and eventually summed it up to a sentence – god must be playing a joke on him.

"Aegh, I don't want to think about it anymore! Lady Nuwo's plan surely would not be just a simple reincarnation. I'll just have to wait and see!"

Chen Xiaobei set his feelings aside. Relationships and love was important but he still had to continue walking on the path he chose.

"I must have absolute power and strength in this life! I need to protect Little Fox from any harm whatsoever! I want to protect my friends and family, so that they can live a prosperous, worry-free life!"

Chen Xiaobei had decided.

At that moment, he was like that courageous hero who fought against tens of thousands of enemies.

He would bear the weight of all enemies and all difficulties on his shoulders!

His friends and family could then stand behind him, and live a happy, carefree life!

"The first step to becoming stronger! Let me take a look at Sifu's red envelopes first!"

Chen Xiaobei quickly clicked on the two large Red Envelopes.

Ding!

[Dragon's Edge upgrade: The Prime of Tongtian has reinforced the weapon. The Special Ability added to it is the perfect fit. Would you like to withdraw your item now?]

"Special Ability?" Chen Xiaobei looked at the message, puzzled. "So, the Reverse Blade Spiritual Jade's Special Ability has been added to the Dragon's Edge but the Demonic Black Dragon's bone's Special Ability has yet to be activated! There are infinite possibilites of its potential!"

Chen Xiaobei opened the other Red Envelope without withdrawing anything from the first.

Ding!

[Strip the King: A powerful sword technique created by the Blade God. It can strengthen the Sword's Qi, increasing the sword's force! Would you like to withdraw your item now?

"It's a sword technique! Withdraw!"

Chen Xiaobei looked at the time and then withdrew the item.

"There's still a whole day ahead of me. I'll just have to learn it first so that my future battles would be easier!"

With that in mind, Chen Xiaobei began to study the blade's guidebook, Strip the King.

If other people were to do the same, it would be considered too last minute, and a waste of time. But Chen Xiaobei was different. He would surely almost instantly be able to put what he had learnt into practice.

With the Scholar Heart, Chen Xiaobei's learning abilities were enhanced. He would now only need one to two hours to learn a normal martial arts technique. Even if the blade guidebook was much more difficult, he would not even need half a day to complete it.

…

After a few hours, Chen Xiaobei was finished. He let out a long, satisfied sigh.

"This is a good skill! This time I will make sure that I defeat that armored monkey!"

The sun was already high in the sky by the time he had finished.

Chen Xiaobei steered his Somersault Cloud to land.

The white fox really was still waiting. It looked as if it had not moved a single inch at all!

"You finally came back! That's great… I really thought you'd left for good…"

When the white fox saw Chen Xiaobei, it was filled with hope again, running excitedly to up to Chen Xiaobei to greet him.

"I will do what I promised!" Chen Xiaobei said.

He Then he examined the white fox and asked, "How old are you anyway?"

"Me?" The white fox answered, "I'm already 180 years old… Why do you want to know?"

"Er…. Nothing…" Chen Xiaobei shook his head and said, "Let's go. Let's go find that armored monkey! It's time to teach him a lesson!"

Before he left, Chen Xiaobei poured out Great Priest Beans from a bag and turned them into soldiers.

The Bean Soldiers could collect the Beast Cores of the beasts he killed last night. Even though they were all only at the Black Steel level, he still did not want to waste them.

The Bean Soldiers returned with 51 Beast Cores. That could increase his health and combat power by about 300.

…

After that, Chen Xiaobei followed the white fox deep into the canyon, towards the Armored Ape's nest.

Once the Armored Ape had been taken care of, all the Demonic Beasts who did not wish to join the battle could go away in peace and the Northern Wilderness soldiers outside the canyon would be then safe.

That way, Chen Xiaobei could return home for the Duanwu festival worry free.

As they walked, the White Fox talked. "The beasts in this land actually hate fighting. The Demonic Beasts are not from here. If we can eliminate them completely, then Silver Plume planet would be peaceful and safe forever and ever!"

Chen Xiaobei asked, "If that was such a simple solution, then why didn't the Temple do anything? They could have nipped it in the bud."

"I don't know either…" The white fox shook its head. "But, our Demonic Beast Elder surmised that the Temple itself might have been the one who brought the beasts here!"

"It can't be… The Northern Wilderness Temple have been recruiting soldiers to protect each and every one of the planets! It just doesn't make sense! Why would they bring the Demonic Beasts in and then try to protect the planets at the same time?"

"The elder reasoned that there were thousands of planets in Northern Wilderness Starfield and one Temple alone should not been have enough to take care of all of them. So, in order to protect their ruling political power and to prevent the planets under their rule from becoming too strong thus leaving its government, they brought the Demonic Beasts to each planet! The never-ending war between the Demonic Beasts and the Natives exhausted their resources and nearly wiped out the entire population. Without people to rule over, the Temple's dominance over the planets would be meaningless. The Temple wanted to keep both the people and the Demonic Beasts. So, they figured out a way to balance the situation – recruiting soldiers!

"The Temple recruited young prodigies from the lower starfields to become their soldiers! These young people were not strong enough to completely annihilate the Demonic Beasts but were strong enough to protect the citizens. Thus, an indestructible, balanced ecosystem was formed! And because of that, the Temple was able to keep their control over these planets and even consolidated their grip on them! Each planet relied heavily on the Temple for protection. By being under the Temple's wings, the planets avoided destruction by the Demonic Beasts! On top of that, during the annual martial arts competition, the Temple would choose one outstanding super soldier, thus killing 3 birds with 1 stone! So, while this decision cost them a lot of money, it anchored them to a ruling position for thousands of years! That itself was enough proof that this method was worth the price!"

The white fox's explanation was clear. It was an articulate explanation of the relationships between the Demonic Beasts, the natives and the Northern Wilderness' soldiers!

These 3 were like the pillars of the Northern Wilderness Temple, maintaining each other's balance and safeguarding the Temple's rule, which had not been shaken for thousands of years!

"Mmm…" Chen Xiaobei pondered and said, "Your dissection is well-founded… I believe almost 90% of it… I believe that it must be as you said it is!"

"Yeah…" The white fox nodded. "If the humans hear of this, I'm sure many of them will believe it. But because of language disparities, I am able to tell it only to you…"

"It's useless even if they believe it. Just like you said, all the planets cling to the Temple for survival like chicks under the hen's wing. Leaving the tower would only mean being left to die! No one would dare cause mutiny!"

"I know that. That was why I hope you can kill the Armored Ape so that we can have peace here in the canyon!"

"That's where we're headed!" Chen Xiaobei nodded.

Listening to the white fox's explanation had caused Chen Xiaobei's disgust for the Demonic Beast to deepen.

If the Temple had a hand in all of this, then the Demonic Beasts were the madness that the Temple had unleashed upon the natives!

Against such bloodthirsty creatures, reasoning was useless.

To avoid getting bitten, the only way to make them back off was to kill them!

…

Noises emerged from inside of a large cavern in the center of the large canyon.

"Servant! Liquor! Bring me more liquor!" Armored Ape ordered, its right eye smeared with ointment and wrapped in gauze.

Its spirits had recovered a lot in one night.

"My king… We have no more liquor… The liquor we took from the Northern Wilderness soldier's Storage Bracelet…. Its all gone…" A smaller Armored Ape said in a low voice.

It was apparent then that the liquor, the gauze, and the medication… These things were all looted from the Northern Wilderness soldiers' Storage Bracelet through battles.

If they did not wage wars, they would never have had these things.

"It's all that idiot's fault!" whined Armored Ape. "If he hadn't spoilt my plan, all 18,000 Northern Wilderness soldiers would already be dead bodies by now! I would have an abundance of supplies! I could be eating roasted human flesh and be drinking their blood…. But all is lost now!"

"Yeah! That idiot is too hateful!" Armored Ape Soldier said through gritted teeth. "We'll get him next time. We'll make him pay and we'll devour him, every chunk of bone and every slice of meat on him!"

"I will! I will catch him myself!" Armored Ape ground his teeth and roared, "I will make him suffer! And then I'll eat his flesh, while he's alive, piece by piece. And I'll chew on his bones until they become like sand…"

"You're already blind in one eye yet you don't know when to stop!"

A voice came from the entrance of the cavern.

"Who is it?"

Armored Ape got up from his seat abruptly. The Ape Soldiers next to him were startled.

"Didn't you want to eat me? I'm here to deliver your meal! Bro Bei's delivery service. Delicious and flavorful. But first, we'll have to see if you can live to eat it!"

Chen Xiaobei walked in, a black saber in his hand.

"You little twat! You have no idea who you're dealing with!"

Armored Ape King glared at Chen Xiaobei, anger burning in his eyes.

"Hey kid! You really are quite ballsy! Our king has already recovered. We are surrounded by our armies! You will die today!" an Ape Soldier shouted.

He and the Ape King were of the same species but he was one size smaller. On its body adorned a metal shell, a strong self-defense armor. It was only a few years away from being the next Ape King!

"If you want to kill me then go ahead and attack!" Chen Xiaobei shouted. "I have already said this before: if you want to kill me, get ready to lose your life!"

"Please stop trying to act tough!" Ape Soldier shot him a look of disdain. "If it were not for that crescent saber, you wouldn't be alive right now! Our king only retreated because his highness eye was bleeding profusely. Now that his condition is stable, you will die in the hands of our great king!"

Chen Xiaobei was unfazed by the beast's claims.

"Since you're so confident of your king, why don't we make a bet?"

"What do you have in mind?"

The Ape Soldier looked at Chen Xiaobei in the eyes, unyielding, clearly assured of his king's fighting skills.

"Well, we'll bet on whether I can defeat your king."

"You? Defeat our king? Please! If a piece of trash like you defeats our king, I will surrender my life to you!"

"If that's the case, then I shall claim my prize now."

"Your prize? Have you lost your mind? The fight hasn't even started. What did you win?"

"Your life, of course! I've already won this fight!"

What? I really think you're delusional! Severely delusional!" replied Ape Soldier, not a trace of fear in his voice. "Our king is still here! Alive and well! Don't think you can even touch a strand of hair on me while his highness is here!"

"I won't touch a hair…" Chen Xiaobei raised the saber. "I only want your life!"

Chen Xiaobei was about ten meters away from the Ape Soldier. It looked like an impossible distance for Chen Xiaobei to strike the Ape Soldier.

But in a blink of an eye, the dark Saber Qi was unleashed like the breath of a dragon, exuding a strong, oppressive presence. But the black Saber Qi was not tangible. It looked like a harmless ray of light. Seemingly, it was harmless.

"What kind of crazy are you? Why are you drawing your saber from that far away? Are you here to joke around?"

The Ape Soldier raised an eyebrow.

"No! Move!" Armored Ape King realized what was happening and reached out to push the Ape Soldier out of the way but he was too late!

Zing!

The black Qi Saber, which appeared benign, was actually armed with a dense Wind Element, condensed to form a razor-sharp wind blade.

Phissh!

The black wind blade went right through the center of the Ape Soldier's body and came out of his back.

The seven meter tall Armored Ape Soldier was chopped into two halves like a block of firewood.

The cut was clean all the way through. Its flesh, organs and even vertebrae were evenly halved.

More mindboggling was the metal shell on the Ape Soldier was also cut cleanly through as if it was made of paper!

One strike! Two halves!

Ape Soldier! Dead!

Crack!

The black wind blade's aura was still lingering around, and left a deep crack on the wall behind the Ape Soldier!

"How… How is this possible…" Armored Ape King froze in disbelief. "My… nephew… is dead just like that? He's supposed to be my successor! With that armor on his body, his strength was at least eight times stronger than mine…. How could he have been killed just like that… Impossible… This is impossible!"

Armored Ape King looked at the Chen Xiaobei's weapon and then exclaimed, "That black saber! Why does it look so different from yesterday… You little twat! What happened? What sort of tricks have you been playing?"

"Widen your eyes and look carefully! What sort of trick is this?" asked Chen Xiaobei, as he stealthily transferred his True Qi onto the black saber.

Zing!

The black saber let out a long, powerful cry.

And a dark Saber Qi shot out like a black dragon, circulating the black saber.

The shadow of the dragon condensed and did not disperse.

At that very moment, the black saber brewed a catastrophic storm and it was ready to crush the whole place!

"That… That…"

Armored Ape King looked confused as he could not understand what was happening.

"Stop guessing! This is true strength! Not some sort of trick!"

Chen Xiaobei stomped his feet on the ground, black saber raised; and charged forward.

"I don't believe it! If you really are that strong, you wouldn't have let me live yesterday!"

The Armored Ape King was an experienced Demonic Beast Commander in the battlefield. Even though he was shocked, his battle intent was still unaffected.

There was no way Chen Xiaobei's strength could get such a massive upgrade in less than a day. He simply had to fight hard enough for Chen Xiaobei to die in his hands.

"Whether you believe it or not, the me today is much stronger than the me you met yesterday!"

Chen Xiaobei swung the saber.

"Strip the King!"

The moment Chen Xiaobei unleashed his attack, a force that was comparable to an ancient dragon was set to destroy everything that stood on its path!

"I'm going to kill you!"

The Armored Ape King swung its fist and aimed at Chen Xiaobei.

Zing!

It was just like what happened yesterday. The only difference was that the result would not the same this time.

There was a flash of dark light and the 'indestructible' armor was cut through!

The Armored Ape King's giant fist was sliced into half like a big ripe watermelon!

"What… No…" the Armored Ape King was so battered by shock he forgot to scream in pain.

Even in the next second, he unfortunately did not get a chance to do that.

"Helm! Body armor! Shoulder! Leg! Greaves!"

Right after Chen Xiaobei shouted these words, the black saber landed on all of them!

Seeing that his attack was now complete, Chen Xioabei kept his saber away and stopped attacking.

Phissh!

Phissh!

Phissh!

Armored Ape King's head, chest, arms, knees, and legs were all sliced apart! Blood started to gush out from them! All the armor on its body were completely stripped off!

The armor plate hit the ground, flesh and blood exposed, as if its skin had been ripped off.

The knife marks on the throat and chest were fatal.

Just like that, the Armored Ape King died a gruesome death without even knowing what hit him.

One strike, one instant kill!

"Good weapon! Even better wielding technique!"

Chen Xiaobei held up the Dragon's Edge with both hands and examined it. Since its fortification, there were not much physical changes to the saber. One of the newer features was the brilliance that twirled endlessly like a gust of wind wrapping itself in a black space.

When Chen Xiaobei wielded it, the gust of wind would transform into a deadly tornado, making his battles as easy as he had expected it to be.

Chen Xiaobei then reached into the bodies of the Armored Apes, and dug out the Beast Cores. The larger one belonged to Armored Ape King, which was Silver-grade; and the smaller one belonged to the Ape Soldier, which was Platinated-bronze-grade.

While he was doing that, Chen Xiaobei also used the Chaos Blood Sword to absorb their blood essences and souls. The energy stored inside the swords were about 80,000 combat power.

He then left the Armored Apes' bodies on the ground as they were because Gu Congwen had said that a damaged Demonic Beast was worthless and the bodies were solid evidence that Chen Xiaobei had killed the Armored Ape King anyway.

When Chen Xiaobei was fighting the Armored Ape King, the white fox hid a few hundred meters away. Doubtful that Chen Xiaobei would be able to win the battle without any trouble, it dared not approach.

There was a Chinese saying that went, 'to know if a person is alive, we need to see them in person; to know that a person is dead, we need to see their corpse'.

If Chen Xiaobei took the body of the Ape King with him or the White fox and the rest of the Wicked Beasts would not believe that Chen Xiaobei had completed the feat of executing it.

"The Ape King's Beat Core could increase my combat power and health by 10,000. The Ape Soldier's could increase them by 2,000. Combined with the dozen of Black Steel Beast Cores, this was indeed a rathe profitable yield!"

Chen Xiaobei was elated with his spoils of war but he also had his reservations.

"I have the 3,000 year Ginseng Fruit, and if I add that to my current 2,070 years, I can use the Blood Descendants' Dark Powers once! I will need collect more Beast Cores! It's easy to get them anyway. What's difficult is adding years to my lifespan. Let's hope that Old Leader completes the 3,000,000 words so that I can get the next Ginseng Fruit!"

Instead of rushing to spend his haul, Chen Xiaobei practiced a careful approach to his situation. He put the Beast Cores away and left the cavern to meet with the white fox at the rendezvous point to deliver the news.

"What?! You did it? How is that possible?!"

The white fox dared not believe what it was told.

"If you don't trust me, then just pretend I didn't say anything. See you when I see you!"

Chen Xiaobei shrugged and turned to leave.

The body was where it was, and the truth would be made known sooner or later. The public would soon know about the Armored Ape King's death.

Chen Xiaobei was not in the mood to try to convince white fox. He chose to let it savor the shock on its own when it learns of the truth itself.

"No! No! It's not that I don't trust you!" The white fox tried to explain. "It's just that, that was too fast! It's like nothing happened… It's naturally quite unbelievable…"

Chen Xiaobei had indeed killed the Armored Ape King within seconds. The entire operation took less than a few minutes, and not a stir was made.

It was only normal that the white fox found it hard to believe.

"I won't repeat the same thing thrice. The metal-skinned monkey is dead!"

Chen Xiaobei walked away.

"Please stay!" The white fox quickly said, "Please just wait here for 3 minutes. I have something that I'd like to give to you!"

"Give me something? What is it?"

Chen Xiaobei did not expect the white fox to repay him in any way and the fox's sincerity surprised him.

White fox ran off without answering Chen Xiaobei's question.

…

In less than 2 minutes, the white fox returned with something in its mouth!

"A Storage Bracelet?!" Chen Xiaobei's eyes sparkled.

"Mm!" White fox handed the Storage Bracelet over to Chen Xiaobei and said, "I saw the Ape King's body! You did it! On behalf of all the Wicked Beasts who hates waging wars, I thank you!"

"Alright, enough with the formalities. What about this bracelet?" Chen Xiaobei asked.

"I regret to say that we, the normal Wicked Beasts have always been oppressed by the Demonic Beasts. We don't have anything much we can give you. This bracelet belonged to the Ape King! There are a lot of items stored inside. Please take it as ou humble thank you gift!"

"The Ape King's Storage Bracelet?"

Chen Xiaobei furrowed his brows. Why had he not noticed it earlier?

White fox explained, "This bracelet belongs to a Northern Wilderness soldier. It was too small for the Ape King so he kept it hidden inside the cavern. I accidentally saw it only once but I still remember where it was hidden!"

"No wonder I didn't notice it just now!"

In fact, the white fox did not have to compensate him in any way. He could have taken the bracelet for himself. This was the Ape King's bracelet after all! It must be full of valuables and resources! But this fox did something so selfless that even a human being would have found it difficult to do,by giving it to Chen Xiaobei!

This white fox may be a Wicked Beast, but it was earnest – a rare trait.

"Alright, I won't refuse your kindness." Chen Xiaobei took the Storage Bracelet and said, "Allow me to remind you that this peace is only temporary. If the Temple is not dealt with, they will bring in new a new hoarde of Demonic Beasts."

"I'm aware of that. We will take this brief moment of peace to find a safe dwelling. Since we can't fight them, we'll have to hide!"

"Hmm, good. See you!"

Chen Xiaobei bid his goodbyes before stepping onto the Somersault Cloud and flew up.

He was obviously touched by the white fox's earnesty.

In the future, if fate allowed them to meet again, Chen Xiaobei would be more than happy to cross paths with this White fox.

…

In the thickness of the clouds, Chen Xiaobei returned to the place where he first came to Northern Wilderness Starfield.

The secret place in the cave behind a curtain of water.

Chen Xiaobei had previously marked this place with the Returning Bracelet so that when he returned from earth, he could just get back to this place, hassle-free.

But before he returned to earth, Chen Xiaobei still had some things that needed to be attended to.

"The first to do is to check my spoils, of course!"

Chen Xiaobei sat on the grass in the secret place and took out Ape King's Storage Bracelet!

With the Storage Bracelet in hand, Chen Xiaobei began to communicate with its Spiritual Attribute. He was able to use it to look at what was stored inside.

If he had not looked into it, he would have never known what was inside. But what he saw made Chen Xiaobei roll his eyes.

The Ape King had turned the Storage Bracelet into a trashcan!

There were the usual things like rice, oil, salt, clothes, gauze and medicines. But there were also leftover meats, empty liquor bottles, moldy fruits and rotten Demonic Beast corpses.

A trashcan itself would be ashamed of the conditions inside. It was practically an unmarked grave!

You could tell that every time the Ape King had killed, he would store his bounty in the bracelet. He even had a bad habit of throwing his trash into it.

Chen Xiaobei felt his throat convulse, feeling a little queasy after seeing the contents of the bracelet. He had every intention to throw the piece of crap away.

"What kind of surprise is this? This is traumatizing!"

But just when Chen Xiaobei decided to chuck it away, he discovered something massive!

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!"

Chen Xiaobei suddenly leapt up like a child on Christmas, his face red with excitement.

If the storm does not pass, how can a rainbow appear?

After the torture of having to plough his way through all that garbage, Chen Xiaobei discovered the treasure buried deep inside!

"800… 900… 1,000!!"

Chen Xiaobei exclaimed, "What the hell! There's 1,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones in here! That's exactly 1 million low-grade Spiritual Stones!"

Right now, Chen Xiaobei only had 500 medium-grade Spiritual Stones.

He did not expect to get another 1,000 in this Storage Bracelet!

The Spiritual Stones were not as effective as the Beast Cores were in increasing Chen Xiaobei's strength, but it did pretty much the same thing! What's more, Spiritual Stones could be used to buy things which could activate Spiritual Items.

Wherever and whenever, Spiritual Stones were vital resources to Chen Xiaobei. He could never have too many of it.

He thought about things like if the white fox had not been so earnest in repaying him, he would have missed the chance of getting the entire lot of 1,000 medium-grade Spiritual Stones. He would have beaten up himself for that loss.

"This is awesome!" Chen Xiaobei's grinned widened as he counted, "Right now, I have a total of 1,500 medium-grade Spiritual Stones. That's 1.5 million low-grade Spiritual Stones. Wow, does that mean that when I return to earth, I will be on the list of millionaires in the world of cultivators? Wahahaha…"

Back on earth, having thousands of low-grade Spiritual Stones was already impressive enough. Even the high-octane Tenshou had only 100,000 pieces of low-grade Spiritual Stones.

Bringing the equivalent of 1.5 million low-grade medium Spiritual Stones with him back to earth would make him the wealthiest man on the planet. That was inclusive of the few top-tier ancient factions!

The Tenshou was just a demigod in the tiny Island of Japan, where there was not much to capitalize on.

But the ancient factions in China were different.

China itself was a vast land with an abundance of resource, a bountiful well of many ancient treasures.

That was why the Chinese ancient factions were much stronger than the Tenshou.

In the West, the Blood Descendants were a formidable faction.

And there were also places like magic schools which might have even deeper pockets than Chen Xiaobei.

Of course, these were all but thoughts in Chen Xiaobei's mind.

He had decided to return home so that he could reunite with his family, not to parade his wealth. This was a special period of time where it was best for Chen Xiaobei to avoid getting into trouble with any of those ancient factions. It was not that Chen Xiaobei was afraid, but it was because Chen Xiaobei's place in Northern Wilderness Starfield was not established enough yet. If he provoked any powerful enemies during this time, there was a chance that his friends and families would have no place to go!

Chen Xiaobei took out the Spiritual Stones from the bracelet and transferred them into his Infinite Space Ring, and then got rid of the Storage Bracelet.

Once everything was settled, Chen Xiaobei returned to Bei Xuan Faction using the Returning Bracelet!

…

Bei Xuan Faction.

"Where did our kid go again… It's Duanwu festival tomorrow. We don't know if he'll come back…"

Zhang Chui'er sat at the dining table, a bowl of rice in her hand barely eaten.

Without her son by her side, she had no appetite to eat.

"Don't be stupid!" Chen Zhongfu snorted. "Chen Xiaobei is a grown man now. He has his own career to take care of. What use would it be if he stays by our side all day long?"

"Hmph! Don't be such a hypocrite!" Zhang Chui'er retorted. "Don't think I don't know that someone has been looking at Xiaobei's picture before going to bed!"

"I…" Chen Zhongfu's mouth twitched. "Missing my son and letting him go free and to pursue his career are two very different things! They do not contradict each other!"

"Is it too much to hope for that my son would come back to celebrate a special event with us?"

Zhang Chui'er lifted her chin.

"Stop fighting, the two of you! Xiaobei is a filial child. Who knows, he might rush home in time?" Murong Tian said. "I don't think Xiaoyao will come back to spend time with me for this festival."

"Yeah! I think Xiaobei will come home!" Old Wang said as he shoved a spoonful of rice into his mouth while researching the latest hero in Mobile Legend.

His job was a streamer but Mobile Legends was his true love.

"Impossible…" Zhang Chui'er said woefully, "Chen Xiaobei had not called us for so many days now. He must be very busy. There's no way he would come home."

"Sigh…" Chen Zhongfu exhaled. "Since we moved to Bei Xuan faction, it's been lonely without our children. it's only the few of us old folks here…"

Murong Xiaoyao and Qia'er, Chen Xiaobei's four disciples, Jiang Ziya and Six Eared Macaque were all elsewhere.

This was the first time Bei Xuan Faction was so empty and seemingly so deserted.

When the four old folks sat at the table thinking about the Duanwu festival tomorrow, they were suddenly filled with a cold, sorrowful loneliness.

Swoosh!

Since everyone was not paying attention, they were all startled by a sudden gust of wind.

A silhouette appeared from behind and covered Zhang Chui'er's eyes, chuckling, "Hi mum! Guess who I am?"

"Huh?" Zhang Chui'er felt goosebumps raising on her skin. "Silly child! You already revealed the answer when you called me mum?"

"Haha! Mum, you really are smart!"

Chen Xiaobei embraced his mother and smiled at the others.

Zhang Chui'er and Chen Zhongfu's eyes reddened. Even though it had only been a few days, they acted as if they had not seen Chen Xiaobei for a few years.

As Murong Tian was also a father, he too became overcome with emotion.

Even Old Wang put down his beloved mobile phone as reminiscing thoughts filled his mind.

In this world, only familial love and true love would never disappoint!

"I'm back! Tomorrow, we have to party and celebrate!"

Chen Xiaobei broadly smiled from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Xiaobei accompanied his family for lunch, during which his parents expressed their concerns and coddled him.

He told them that he had been expanding abroad, but mentioned nothing of the Northern Wilderness Starfield.

As he had not secured his place there, he did not want to jump the wagon and there was no need to worry his already concerned parents.

Once they were done interrogating Chen Xiaobei, it was his turn to ask the questions. "Where is everyone else? Where did they all go to?"

"Isn't Old Jiang helping you overseas? Why didn't he return with you?" Chen Zhongfu asked.

"Old Jiang? Oh… Right, he is indeed overseas. I will ask him to come back tomorrow!" Chen Xiaobei nodded.

Jiang Ziya, Six-ear Macaque, and Chen Xiaobei's loyal Japanese hounds were all managing Japan for Chen Xiaobei!

Japan was neither a faction nor a small force, but a country!

In order for Chen Xiaobei to gain complete control, apart from having Nikkawa Uchu under chains, there were a lot of intricate problems that needed addressing.

Getting Japan away from America's control was a big enough problem.

That was why Jiang Ziya had flown to Japan to help Nikkawa Uchu and Six Eared Macaque to oversee the general situation!

With Jiang Ziya, Chen Xiaobei did not have to worry about the developments taking place over there.

He was ome of the rare few prodigies in China! One should know that Jiang Ziya was the legendary advisor. He had experience being a general and was the advisor of a country!

While others might have not been able to clean up the mess in Japan, Jiang Jiya could. The bigger the mess, the more skilled and familiar he was at devising a strategy to overcome it!

Giving him a country with a troops of a thousand would allow room for him to show his true talent!

After League of God War, even the Primordial Lord of Heaven assigned Jiang Ziya to rule the heavens for him, giving him control of the three realms and the Chanism's ambassador.

There was no way to explain how incredible Jiang Ziya was.

"Where did Xiaoyao go? I'm really not used to having her arguing with me," asked Chen Xiaobei with a smile.

Since the beginning, Murong Xiaoyao was against Chen Xiaobei.

On another hand, Chen Xiaobei had always teased Murong Xiaoyao, calling her a 'Flatboard princess', and never getting her the breast enlargements he promised her. Murong Xiaoyao would then return the insult.

They really were like two star-crossed lovers.

"Xiaoyao had gone to Eastern Europe with the Huo Siblings," Murong Tian replied. "Huo Yuanba said that there are some things that needed to be taken care of there. He wanted to bring Huo Qiaoqiao with him, and since Xiaoyao and Qiao'er's relationship were pretty good, she was inadvertently dragged into it. She will be coming home soon."

"Oh, no wonder."

Chen Xiaobi nodded.

Huo Yuanba's nickname was Eastern Europe War Bear due to his influence there. With him there, Chen Xiaobei did not have to worry about anything.

"Tai Yitan and Wu Aofeng has already gone home." Mu Rongtian replied. "They haven't been home since the Martial Arts competition! They've been complaining that it was getting boring. They even said that they are going home in glory so that Northwest and Southwest Jianghu can all witness Bei Xuan Faction's commanding power!"

Tai Yitan was born in Miao Jiang at Southwest and was Miao Jiang's first prodigy under the age of thirty.

Similarly, Wu Aogend was Northwest's very first prodigy.

The two of them joining Bei Xuan Faction would certainly cause a huge sensation in Northwest and Southwest Jianghu.

"Did Feng Qingyang also return to his hometown?" Chen Xiaobei asked.

"Nope, he's isolated himself in the mountains back there to train. He wanted to break through to True Nirvana Cultivation," Murong Tian said.

"Isolation?"

"Don't worry. Xiaobai and Sirius are both standing guard. They will report immediately if anything strange happens."

"I'm not worried. But breaking though is such an easy matter. Why does he have to isolate himself?"

"Easy?"

Murong Tian's eyes widened.

As an experienced Jianghu elite, he knew better than anyone else that breaking through cultivation was as difficult as nailing jelly to the wall. How could Chen Xiaobei say that it was easy?

"Isn't it?" Chen Xiaobei asked. "Have you forgotten about the present I gave everyone during New Year's Eve?"

"New Year's Eve?" Murong Tian went blank for a while before nodding, "I remember… It was difficult for other people but it was as easy as ABC for you!"

On the night of New Year's Eve, Chen Xiaobei gifted everyone with a God of War Body Strengthening Pill and Yellow-tier Cultivation Breaking Pill.

Those who received the presents were Chen Zhongfu, Zhang Chui'er, Ne Zha, Hong Hai'er, Old Wang, Song Qincheng, Jin Fei, Fire Boss… They had all achieved Qi's refining stage, and earned 5,000 combat power.

It was through them that Murong Tian had personally witnessed the miracle.

And this miracle happened through the hands of Chen Xiaobei.

"I will go take a look later. I'll help him to break through his cultivation. Why is he isolating himself? We have to celebrate Duanwu tomorrow!" Chen Xiaobei said casually.

Chen Xiaobei had only eaten a third of the 18 Skybreaking Cultivation Pills that he concocted. Tearing a small piece from it could help Feng Qingyang break through his cultivation.

Murong Tian smiled bitterly. All major things had become easy in Chen Xiaobei's hands.

Chen Xiaobei then asked about those who were not around. They were the few of his Celestial Cultivation loyal hounds, Yue Changkong, Zhuang Bihuang. Those had already returned to Mount Hua Faction. Shu Dongruo had returned to Green Town Faction.

All of them held important positions in their factions, and if they did not return, both ancient factions would undoubtedly be in a mess.

"What about Gordon?"

Chen Xiaobei remembered that he still had another loyal hound, a Blood Descendent loyal hound.

Gordon was an unfortunate Blood Descendant who's entire family had been destroyed. Other than Bei Xuan Faction, he had nowhere else to go.

"Oh, I was going to tell you!" Old Wang put down his phone and said, "Something happened at Ms. Song's place. She borrowed Gordon to help her…"

"Qincheng?" Chen Xiaobei frowned. "What happened?"

When Old Wang first came to earth, he had visited Song Qincheng's home with Chen Xiaobei."

Now, Song Qincheng and Old Wang were old acquaintances. Having Song Qincheng asking Old Wang to borrow their people in secret meant that the problem had to be pretty intractable, and that she did not want anyone to worry.

"I'm not too sure what exactly happened. You better go find out if you're not too busy!" Old Wang said.

"Mm, alright!" Chen Xiaobei placed the remaining Skybreaking Cultivation Pills on the table and instructed, "Give this to Feng Qinyang. He'll be able to break through with a breeze. I'll go see Qincheng now!"

"Alright…"

Old Wang nodded.

"Mum, dad, I'll go out for over to find out which bastard has the balls to bully your daughter-in-law!"

"Daughter-in-law?" Chen Zhongfu and Zhang Chui'er said in unison. "Another one?"

"Er, what… do you mean by another one?"

Chen Xiaobei stuttered, realizing now that he had let slip a secret.

Among Chen Xiaobei's many confidantes, Song Qincheng and Lady Goddess were the only two that Chen Xiaobei had slept with.

But deep down, Chen Xiaobei saw only Song Qincheng as his wife.

"Puti is the first! If you forget her, I'll give you a good beating!" Zhang Chui'er said solemnly.

Chen Zhongfu said nothing, but his expression said that he had his wife's back.

These two old folks had met Luo Puti during their loneliest time in Chen Village, and she had even personally healed Chen Zhongfu's leg.

That was why the both of them had long-recognized her as their beautiful daughter-in-law.

"No…I won't ever forget anyone…"

Chen Xiaobei forced a smile.

Of course, debts must be repaid.

He would have to first go pay Song Qincheng a visit. He wanted to know what it was, that she had to borrow Gordon to help her?

Headquarters of Qincheng Entertainment.

Conference room.

Song Qincheng was sitting at the chairman seat, dressed in a white shirt paired with a black blazer, looking very commanding and authoritative and very much like a high-handed chairwoman!

These temperaments were perhaps innate. She was, after all Wu Zetian, a Super Chairwoman who ruled Dynasty Tang in her previous life!

Standing behind her were NeZha, Hong Hai'er, Wenyuan and Gordon who had all come to keep up appearances.

NeZha and Hong Hai'er did not look too good, their clothes soiled as if they had just been fighting.

Wenyuan looked slightly better, though not as discomposed, and the signs were obvious of her involvement in a fight – furrowed brows and a nettled expression.

Gordon, on the other hand, had just arrived, unaware of what had just happened. All he knew was what Old Wang told him, that he was there to make his presence known, not to hurt anyone.

Well, that was an awkward request.

As the leader of the Blood Descendants, born with flaxen hair and golden wings, crimson eyes and golden pupils, and with Celestial Cultivation, Gordon was looking really cool! Not being allowed to fight would make Gordon look like a sad, old man.

Song Qincheng was a little frustrated. The people she wanted to borrow had to have the likes of Huo Yuanba and Wu Aofeng whose presence itself were enough to make their enemies tremble.

But right now, it seemed that Gordon had come for nothing. Song Qincheng had to do all the work herself.

"Chairman Lu!" Song Qincheng looked straight ahead, her tone resolute, "There's an old saying that says a trade should always end in peace! Although I refused your merger and acquisition, it doesn't give you the right to beat up three of my most popular artists! Don't say that I didn't warn you but these 3 already have over tens of thousands of fans! These are not people you want to provoke. If you do, I'm afraid it won't end well for you!"

There were three people at the table.

One of them was Chairman Lu, Lu Juji.

This dimwit was the eldest son of Hong Kong's millionaire Lu Zhiqiao, and the heir to the Lu Organization.

Some time ago, Lu Juji suddenly showed up and expressed his desire to buy Qincheng Entertainment and incorporate it into the mainland's entertainment circle.

The sum he offered was not low either, 20 billion RMB for 50% of the Qincheng Entertainment's share – twice the amount Chen Xiaobei had originally paid for!

But Qincheng Entertainment was the brainchild of Chen Xiaobei and Song Qinchen, which was why the offer was turned down in the first place.

Lu Juji responded to the rejection like burrs that could not be shaken off. His pestering was a pain in the ass for Song Qincheng.

But this was nothing uncommon in the world of business. So, Song Qincheng did not take any drastic measures.

The three troublemakers, led by Wenyuan, could not take it anymore.

Wenyuan was an insubordinate mischief-maker, that sometimes even Chen Xiaobei himself could not restrain. On the other hand, Hong Hai'er was a doughty little demon.

These two troublemakers dragged NeZha into their ploy, making him go to Lu Juji to put a stop to his disturbances the night before.

Their plan was to teach Lu Jiju a lesson. But they were knocked out by 2 of Lu Juji's middle stage Qi refining cultivated bodyguards. They had just achieve early phase of Qi refining cultivation with 5,000 combat power but were unfortunately locked up in a hotel room for the night, and were only sent back to Qincheng Entertainment just now.

"Chairman Song! You have a glib tongue!" Lu Juji narrowed his eyes, as he spoke in garbled Mandarin, "They were the ones who came to attack me! Why are my men being blamed for hitting them? In fact, my men were light-handed with them, or these three would've ended up in the hospital!"

As Lu Juji said this, the two bodyguards standing next to him looked pleased. "Oh, it's still considered light-handed if they ended up in the hospital! If we really did give all we got, these three runts would be dead already!"

"You are the runt! You whole family is made up of runts!"

Wanyuan shook her fists.

This girl was the most famous female celebrity of Qincheng Entertainment, and her fans saw her as a goddess. But right now, she was a tough chick, hellbent on giving the two conceited bodyguards a piece of her mind.

"Wanyuan, stop talking!" said Song Qincheng with a frown.

Considering that circumstances had gotten worse, it was not a wise move to make any reckless move.

"Okay…"

Wanyuan pouted, but was fully obedient to Song Qincheng.

"Chairman Song! The three of them came to assault me but thankfully my bodyguards protected me! Instead of going to the police, I sent them back to you. I think that's more than enough of benevolence from my end, don't you think?"

Lu Juji looked squarely at Song Qincheng.

"Of course, how could an affluent man like yourself stoop down to the level of these three kids?"

"Chairman Song, you're really wise but I won't fall for your trick! Of course, I will! I didn't report them because I want to make a seperate deal with you!" Lu Jiju smiled. "If you agree to my proposal for merger, and have Qincheng Entertainment come under the roof of Lu, I guarantee that the three of them will become superstars! Their fame will continue to grow!" Lu Jiju said, "But if you refuse my offer, then I cannot promise you what may happen in the future!"

"Chairman Lu! Are you blackmailing me?"

Song Qincheng's glare turned icy.

"Yes, I am!" Lu Jiju said haughtily, "I am indeed threatening you! I must have Qincheng Entertainment! I will do whatever it takes!"

"Alright, since this is how you want to play, I'll play this game with you!"

Song Qincheng raised her hand and pointed at the direction of the door, "But right now, please get out of my company! You're not welcomed here!"

"Hehehe…" Lu Jiju broke out into laughter. "Let me say one more thing. Then you can tell me whether I am welcome here or not!"

Song Qingcheng had an inkling that she would not like this, "Go ahead then!"

"My dash recorder documented the three of them attacking the car. If you don't agree to my terms, I will sue the three of them and make this issue public! I can destroy their reputation in the entertainment world!"

"You…"

Song Qincheng could feel panic rising inside of her.

Film stars are public figures, news like this would be magnified. With the addition of malicious speculations and slanders, even a megastar would be completely wrecked!

With Lu Jiju's status and position, and the evidence he had in hand, it would be unexacting to destroy Wanyuan and the others' careers!

Song Qincheng was up against the wall.

If she protected Wanyuan and the rest, she would have to lose Qincheng Entertainment; if she protected Qincheng Entertainment instead, she would lose Wanyuan and the others.

Whichever option she choose, Song Qincheng would have to suffer a loss.

"This merger –" Chen Xiaobei suddenly pushed the door to the meeting room open. "I approve it!"

"Xiaobei!"

Song Qincheng was pleasantly surprised. She got up from her seat immediately and ran towards Chen Xiaobei.

The woman's figure was still as sultry as ever. As she made her way to Chen Xiaobei, the mountains under her white shirt jiggled, with her long lean legs shrouded in smooth black silk… super sexy.

"Brother Xiaobei!"

Wenyuan was just as delighted by his presence. She forgot her tough chick act and turned into a lovestruck zombie, unconciously making her way to Chen Xiaobei.

"Bro Bei! Bro Bei!"

Hong Hai'er and NeZha jumped with joy and also went over to welcome Chen Xiaobei.

"What… What is happening?"

Ma Juji scratched his head.

The people before him were the Chairwoman of Qincheng Entertainment and the current sensations, the superstars.

Why were they all encircling Chen Xiaobei?

This person must be quite important!

Ma Juji asked, "Who is this young man? Does today's meeting have anything to do with him?"

"Oh, you ignorant fool!" Wenyuan put her hands on her waist, a proud expression on her face, "This is Qincheng Entertainment's behind-the-scenes big boss!"

"Big boss? Behind the scenes?"

Ma Juji gasped. This kid might be a young master of some prestigious family – not someone he could look down on.

"Hehe! My Bro Bei is back! Get ready to die, you fool! Wahaha…"

Hong Hai'er and NeZha raised their fists, and broke into a dance.

Panic began to set in. Dragon City was a place that was not to be underestimated. What if Chen Xiaobei was the son of some big shot?

"How shall I address this gentleman? Are you a local here to Dragon City?" Ma Juji asked.

"The name is Chen, from Green Vine City,"

Chen Xiaobei shrugged.

"Chen Family from Green Vine? I've never heard of them…" Ma Juji looked confused.

One of the bodyguards next to him whispered into his ear, "Master, Green Vine City is just a small city. The most eminent family are the Lans. I've never heard of a Chen Family!""

The other bodyguard piled on, "This kid is a nobody. At most, he's just a rich brat with hundreds of millions of cash in his bank account. He's no threat to us!"

"Hmm?" That put an end to Ma Juji's panic. He spoke up, his voice heavy with arrogance, "Since Mr. Chen has already approved of the mergence, let's sign the contract today! My two billion will be enough to keep you rich and prosperous for the rest of your life!"

"Alright. We can sign it now." Chen Xiaobei replied.

"Bro Bei! You cannot sign it!" Hong Hai'er warned. "This Ma guy is up to no good! They threatened us just now, saying that if we don't sell the company to him, he will make us pay! He said that he could make us do whatever he wants!"

"Yeah! Bro Bei, you cannot sell the company to him!" NeZha scowled, "He's very sly! He's a two-faced asshole! We overheard him saying that he wanted to kidnap Sis Qincheng, that's why we went to look for him! We didn't expect to be attacked by him instead!"

"Kidnap?"

Chen Xiaobei and Song Qincheng's expression changed.

Song Qincheng looked especially indignant. She had thought that he was just an annoying jerk. Now that she knew that he had been planning her kidnap in the dark, she wanted to beat the living daylights out of this disgusting asshole!

"Kidnap? Do you have any evidence to support your claim? Don't make accusations without grounds! Be careful. I will sue you for defamation!"

Ma Juji would never admit it.

"Do you have proof?" Chen Xiaobei asked.

"We don't…" NeZha shook his head. "But Bro Bei, you know that I never lie!"

"I don't believe that you lied. But other people may not believe you…" Chen Xiaobei waved his hand dismissively. "Let's not mention anything about the kidnapping anymore."

"But…"

NeZha looked crushed. In the short time he had been alive on earth, he understood that the law and the authorities would never take his word for the truth simply because he was a good kid.

"Mr. Chen is the wise one after all! If you had come earlier, we would've been done by now. We could've avoided all these!" Ma Juji produced three contracts from his briefcase and said, "This is a share transfer agreement. Mr. Chen take a look at it first. If there's no problem, then you can sign it! Pleasure doing business with you! Haha…"

"There's no need for that. I'll just sign it."

Chen Xiaobei took the contract and a pen.

"Brother Xiaobei! Please don't sign!" Wenyuan grabbed Chen Xiaobei's arm. "Brother Xiaobei! The three of us will quit the entertainment business! But you cannot sell Qincheng Entertainment! You built this empire together with Sister Qincheng! It means a lot to the both of you! If you sell it, Sister Qincheng will be very sad!"

Chen Xiaobei turned to look at Song Qincheng and asked, "Will you?"

"No, I won't" Song Qincheng sounded very sure. "I believe that there must be a perfectly good reason for why you're doing this. You will never disappoint me!"

Chen Xiaobei smiled, "You really are my queen! Bold and tough!"

Ever since the Spring Festival in Paradise Island, when Chen Xiaobei bared his soul to her and shared his many secrets, the both of them bonded closely in flesh and spirit.

Song Qincheng trusted Chen Xiaobei with all her heart the way she trusted herself. Unconditional and without hesitation!

But Wenyuan had not gained that level of trust with Chen Xiaobei yet. "Sister Qincheng! Why are you encouraging him?! You cannot sell Qincheng Entertainment!"

"You'll just have to trust him! He will never let us down!" Song Qincheng replied, her support of Chen Xiaobei unyielding.

Chen Xiaobei did not bother himself with their debate and signed the papers.

"When will the money be transferred?"

"The money is ready! Cash! The payment can be done right now!" Ma Juji looked at the signed contract with a twinkle in his eyes. Then he made a call and instructed his men to perform the transaction immediately.

In a very short time, two billion RMB was deposited into Chen Xiaobei's account.

"Alright! I've received the money! This merger is complete!" Chen Xiaobei smiled vaguely.

"Bro Bei, we haven't seen each other for only a few days. Where did your powerful presence go?"

Hong Hai'er's lips were turned down into a frown.

"Where did your arrogance go?"

NeZha was very upset.

"Where… Where did your manliness disappear to?"

Wanyuan was like a grumbling wife whose husband had turned soft.

Chen Xiaobei merely smiled in response to their questions.

Ma Juji looked smug. "Mr. Chen is a very intelligent man! When it's time to use brute force, a man will use brute force! But when a man is up against a stronger enemy, the smarter choice is to go soft! Haha…"

Ma Juji seemed to think that Chen Xiaobei had admitted to being soft.

"Why am I Mr. Chen Xiaobei to you?" Chen Xiaobei raised an eyebrow. "You should be calling me Mr. Chairman!"

"What?" Ma Juji smiled. "Are you sick in the head? Why should I call you Mr. Chairman?"

Chen Xiaobei shrugged, his tone nonchalant, "I will purchase your Ma Organization by force!"

"What?" Ma Juji's eyes widened, staring at Chen Xiaobei like he had lost his mind. "Are you delusional? You want to forcibly acquire Ma Organization? Do you know how much we are worth? isn't that ridiculous!"

"Bro Bei! Is this true?" Hong Hai'er asked.

"That would be great!" NeZha said, "If you buy Ma Organization, then the entire Ma Organization, even Qincheng Entertainment will belong to you! At the end of the day, Qincheng Entertainment will automatically belong to Bro Bei!"

"Don't get too excited! It may sound ideal but the reality is harsh!" Wanyuan frowned. "I heard that Ma Organization is valued at 200 billion RMB! We'll need at least 100 billion to buy 50% of their shares! Does Bro Bei even have enough money?"

"Maybe in his dreams!" Ma Juji snorted. "He's just a nobody in Green Vine City! He can't even keep Qincheng and now he wants to buy Ma Organization? Stop your acting!"

"Xiaobei… Are you telling the truth?" Song Qincheng asked under her breath.

Song Qincheng know that Chen Xiaobei would not disappoint them but she could not imagine where Chen Xiaobei would get such a huge sum of money.

100 billion is a lot of money. An unfamiliar number to an average person.

Even China's wealthiest, the Yap Family, would find it difficult to take out 100 billion in liquidated funds. After all, most major assets were sky-high in price but they were mostly in the form of real estate.

Take Qincheng Entertainment for example. Chen Xiaobei sold it for 2 billion RMB but in fact, the circulating capital of the entire company was not even near that sum.

How scary it is to take out billions in liquid fund!

"Of course, I have the money!"

Chen Xiaobei looked indifferent.

If he had wanted to boast, he would have already told him that the two meals that he had in Northern Wilderness Starfield cost more than hundreds of billions of RMB!

What is 100 billion? It was nothing to him!

"You really don't know when to stop do you?! If you have 100 billion, I will eat shit in front of you!" Ma Juji thought that he had seen through Chen Xiaobei.

Green Vine's wealthiest family was only worth 30 billion!

Chen Family? He had never even heard of them! How could he be worth 100 billion?

Do you know Wei Suo? He's also a Hongkie!" Chen Xiaobei asked.

"Master Wei?" Ma Juji replied. "Of course, I know him! He is Hong Kong's biggest financial giant! His capability and resources are supreme in Hong Kong. There's no one who does not know him!"

"Oh, who knew that Wei Suo was so famous?" Chen Xiaobei smiled. "Since you know him, why don't you give him a call? He's helping me trade now! If I'm not mistaken, before the market closes, I will be able to buy 50% of Ma Organization's shares which would make me the biggest shareholder! Which also means that I would become your chairman!"

Everyone was stunned by Chen Xiaobei's ludicrous claims.

They did not believe Chen Xiaobei at first but now that Chen Xiaobei told Ma Juji to ask Wei Suo himself, they could see that Chen Xiaobei was not lying. He really did have a plan tucked neatly up his sleeve.

If what Chen Xiaobei said was true, then he must have really went all out this time.

Chen Xiaobei owned 50% of Qincheng's shares, so in order to acquire Qincheng Entertainment, Ma Juji needed Chen Xiaobei's agreement for that to happen. On the other hand, 60% of Ma Organization's stakes were distributed among other shareholders and private investors.

Chen Xiaobei only needed to have enough money to acquire the company but would not need anyone's agreement to do it.

Once he had secured 50% of the shares, Chen Xiaobei would have absolute control of Ma Organization's stakes!

Ma Juji and his family would not have anything left!

"Impossible! I don't believe it! I refuse to believe it!" Ma Juji shook his head. "Our Hong Kong business community is very closed-knit! Even though Wei Suo and I are just acquaintances, he would never stab me in the back!"

"You may be acquaintances but he and I happen to be very good friends. I usually call him Little Wei."

"Little… Little Wei?"

Ma Juji began to perspire.

He addressed Wei Suo as Master Wei but Chen Xiaobei addressed him as Little Wei. That proved that their relationship must be better than just good!

"Don't try to trick me!" Ma Juji was still cynical. "Even if Wei Suo and you are close friends, there's no way his family would be able to take out so much money!"

"Who said that the Weis are paying?" Chen Xiaobei smiled. "I have a friend who owns a currency-printing factory. I can get however much I want!"

"Currency-printing factory?" Ma Juji rolled his eyes. "I'm not a child! They belong to the government! The notes they print don't belong to you!"

Wanyuan and the others looked skeptical. Chen Xiabei's claims were growing more ridiculous by the minute.

"You really have no sense of humor at all!" Chen Xiaobei laughed. "I meant that my friend's family earns so much money that a note-printing factory won't even have the capacity to print them all! They don't just operate an ordinary printing factory. They operate a money-printing factory!"

"Please! Only a fool will believe all this crap!", spat Ma Juji.

Chen Xiaobei was just some random young master to him. How could he possibly know someone who could spare 100 billion just like that?

Chen Xiaobei wanted to laugh at Ma Juji's reaction.

Ding Ring Ring

Ma Juji's phone suddenly rang.

He picked up the call, his tone cheerful, "Grandpa! You don't have to worry! Everything is going smoothly here! Qincheng Entertainment belongs to Ma Organization now! You grandson always succeeds in everything he does!"

"Shut up! You stupid fool!" shouted a decrepit voice from the other end. "Do you know that the Wei Family are cleaning out our shares?!"

"What? It…It's true…"

Ma Juji's eyeballs nearly popped out of their sockets.

Mayuan and the others were all shockingly surprised. Chen Xiaobei sounded like he was just making up stories but he really did buy over Ma Organization's shares!

"You idiot! Didn't you know that?", scolded the voice. "Who did you provoke this time? Hurry up and apologize! Ask for forgiveness! Or our Ma family's whole century of business will be taken away!"

"Who did I provoke? I don't know…"

"You fool! You really are a hopeless fool!" The voice snapped. I already asked Wei Suo! He said that you stepped on the feet of China's most powerful young master!"

"Most powerful young master?!"

Ma Juji looked confused, his eyes searching the room frantically until it finally landed on Chen Xiaobei.

Ma Juji looked fixatedly at Chen Xiaobei. Chen Xiaobei was the only person he had wronged recently that could be called a young master.

But wasn't Chen Xiaobei just an obscure young master of Green Vine City? That was nothing great compared to China's richest young master.

Ma Juji would never be able to guess that all three of the most affluent families in Dragon City, the Cao family who was in currently in power, the Lan Family who had replaced the Yaps, and the most powerful Liu Family had significant connections to Chen Xiaobei!

That was especially true of the Lans and the Lius – you could even say that they were directly under Chen XIaobei's control.

Had Chen Xiaobei identified himself as China's second wealthiest young master, no one would have dared claim to be the first!

Of course, that was something only the people closest to him knew. People outside that circle would have not known anything about it.

Ma Juji dared not believe what he was being told and asked his grandfather, "Grandpa… Could there be some sort of misunderstanding? I really have never wronged anyone that powerful!"

"The young master's surname is Chen! How can you not know? You really piss me off… Hack Hack Hack…"

The person speaking on the other end broke out a violent cough. Clearly, that old man's health was in decline.

"Chen… Grandfather, please don't be mad! I know now… I know who he is…. Please don't get too worked up! Your health is very important!"

When Ma Juji finally acknowledged the truth, he quickly got out of his seat and ran towards Chen Xiaobei.

"Chen Xiaobei! Master Chen! I was wrong… I was blinded… I didn't know… Please have mercy and forgive me this once! I beg you…"

Ma Juji bowed desperately, keeping his head down, looking apologetic.

"Er…"

His bodyguards behind him were completely confounded. This was the first time they had seen him humble himself and begging for mercy in the many years they had been working for Ma Juyi.

"My god! So it's true! Bro Bei really is going to buy the Ma Organization!" Hong Hai'er's eyes glimmered, as she raised her thumb. My Bro Bei really is the most amazing, most incredible! He is peerless! Superior to all!"

"Hey! You already said everything! What are we supposed to say now?", whined NeZha. "I want to compliment Bro Bei too!"

"This is the Bro Bei we know!" Wenyuan's large eyes moistened, and she was once again the infatuated fan girl.

"This guy just loves spending money. He doesn't know how to live like an ordinary person…" Song Qincheng muttered to herself, but she too could not help herself and cooed, "But every time he does it, he looks so cool…"

The whole situation took a 180 degree turn!

Just moments ago, no one in the room believed Chen Xiaobei, but now that the truth had been laid out before them, they were completely won over!

Chen Xiaobei had already known that this would happen so he was completely unfazed by it. He looked at Ma Juji, the expression on his face unchanged.

"What you did is unforgivable. We'll continue to buy you out and I'll see to it that it is completed!"

Clearly, Ma Juji conspiring to kidnap Song Qingcheng had rattled Chen Xiaobei's cage.

It was also because of his abduction plan that Wanyuan and the others went looking for trouble, but got beaten by Ma Juji's men instead. He even planned to use it as evidence to blackmail Song Qincheng!

Ma Juji was most definitely a rotten, heinous buffoon!

Chen Xiaobei could never forgive him!

"Master Chen! If you don't forgive me… At least forgive our old man! He's already 80 years old! He's really sick! He might die soon!"

Ma Juji knew that he was nothing to Chen Xiaobei so he used his old man to try to gain Chen Xiaobei's sympathy.

"You don't have to worry about that! I'm a reasonable man. I won't involve your family!" Chen Xiaobei said, "I will give your family a means of sustenance! Your family will continue to manage Ma Organization! As long as you behave yourselves while working for me, I won't kick you out. You can continue to enjoy benefits and will not be discounted! This is my generosity. Whether you accept it or not is up to you!"

Chen Xiaobei's tone was even but it exuded puissance and ascendancy.

Even though they were given a choice, in reality, Ma Juji and his family only had one choice. Other than accepting the offer, there was nothing else for them.

If they provoked Chen Xiaobei again, their entire family might be annihilated!

This was not because Chen Xiaobei was heartless, but because crimes must be punished!

Ma Juji was remorseless when he bullied Song Qincheng and Wanyuan and the others. If begging could get him off, there would then be no conflict in the world!

"We accept… My grandfather says he accepts…" Ma Juji cried. "Grandfather also said… Thank you Master Chen for being so compassionate…"

"Alright. You're done here. You can leave!"

Chen Xiaobei waved him off.

"Yes… Yes…"

Ma Juji gulped and fled the scene with his bodyguards.

"Bro Xiaobei! You really are so so so cool!" Wenyuan cheered.

"My Bro Bei is the best! My Bro Bei is invincible!"

Hong Hai'er and Nezha jumped with excitement.

All the while, they had bottled up their harbored resentment towards Ma Juji for tormenting them, unable to release it. Chen Xiaobei's presence today had given them certain consolation, lifting their spirits!

"I knew it! I know that you won't disappoint us!"

Song Qincheng looked at Chen Xioabei under her long, curled lashes, her almond eyes gestating with tenderness and affection.

"Hehe, our Qincheng is most tasteful!" Chen Xiaobei smiled tenderly back at her. Whatever 'nonsense' he got himself into, he would always have the unconditional support of his woman! For a man, that was the best thing in the world!

"Alright, enough chitchat! Are you sure you're okay with the Ma Family managing such a big organization?" Song Qincheng asked.

"Of course not!" Chen Xiaobei grinned. "Once the acquisition is done, I'll change their name to Qincheng Group! It will be headed by our Chairwoman Qincheng! She will overrule all members of the Ma Family! I feel much better with you in charge!"

"Me?" Song Qincheng pointed at herself, looking uncertain. "I can't… I don't know how to manage such a big organization! What if I mess it up?"

"Don't worry. Take you time to learn. With your aptitude, you can even manage an entire empire! This is just a company. It should be child's play for you!" Chen Xiaobei said sweetly, "Just do your best. Once you've got a handle on Ma, I will buy a few more companies for you to practice on."

"Wha…" Song Qincheng cocked her head. "What… Are you buying cabbages?"

Chen Xiaobei shrugged. "I'm not exaggerating! These billion dollar organizations are a lot like cabbages to me!"

Billion dollar companies are cabbages?

If that was not an exaggeration, then what was?

Song Qincheng and Wanyuan were at loss for words.

What they did not know was that back in Purple Bamboo Restaurant, the combined cost of the two meals that Chen Xiaobei had enjoyed was enough to buy eight Ma Organizations!

On top of that, the Dami interstellar cellphone that Chen Xiaobei owned was sold for low-grade Spiritual Stones, which was worth about 100 million yuan! That was equivalent to five Ma Organizations!

That was precisely why Chen Xiaobei did not even so much as blink buying over Ma Organization!

He had also done it to punish Ma Juji and also for Song Qincheng to entertain herself, to see if it could awake her empress' talent.

"Bro Xiaobei, since you already planned to buy Ma Organization, why did you sign Ma Juji's contract?" Wenyuan asked.

"Silly girl! If I didn't sign it, I would have already lost 20 billion!"

"Wow! Bro Bei! You really are awesome!"

When everyone heard this, they all gave Chen Xiaobei a thumbs up.

"Bro Bei pretended to surrender by signing the contract, just so he could pocket Ma Juji's 20 billion RMB. We were wrong about him!" NeZha exclaimed.

"This is called wolf in sheep's clothing. Ma Juji suffered doubled losses in one day! My Bro Bei really is incredible! 

Hong Hai'er smiled giddily.

"Alright, enough of all these buttering! The three of you should go home, shower and change into clean clothes. Defer all of tomorrow's appointments and come back to Bei Xuan Faction to celebrate the Duanwu festival!", mandated Chen Xiaobei with a grin on his face.

"Okay! We'll do as Bro Bei says!" NeZha, Hong Hai'er and Wenyuan nodded like three well-behaved darlings who would only listen to Chen Xiaobei!

Before they left, NeZha asked, "Oh, right. Bro Bei, I think Bro Lin Nan is all alone at home. Why don't we invite him too?"

"Lin Nan? Of course! Invite his father as well – if he's home!", replied Chen Xiaobei.

"Alright! I'll go ask Bro Lin Nan."

NeZha nodded and left the meeting room with Hong Hai'er and Wenyuan.

Lin Nan, NeZha and Hong Hai'er all belonged to the same idol group.

And even though Chen Xiaobei had yet to be intimate with Lin Xiang, her little brother Lin Nan had for some time been addressing him as brother-in-law since Green Vine City.

Inviting Lin Nan over for Duanwu festival was only to be expected.

Regrettably, Lin Xiang was still training in Tidal Faction and Chen Xiaobei had not seen her for a while now.

Maybe he could visit her after Duanwu festival? Chen Xiaobei wondered.

"Hey, bad boy! What are dreaming about? We haven't seen each other for so long, I really miss you…"

Before Chen Xiaobei could snap out of his thoughts, Song Qincheng wrapped her arms around Chen Xiaobei's neck, pushing her soft, warm body up against him.

This gorgeous, extraordinary woman was not only beddable but was also charming and flirtatious.

Unlike a coy, innocent little girl, she was a hot, seductive woman!

Taking in her scent, wrapped in her embrace, Chen Xiaobei's quiescent lust was instantly roused.

"Are you sure you really missed me and not that you just want it?"

Chen Xiaobei smiled invitingly at her.

"You're so indecent! You're becoming naughtier!"

Song Qincheng pretended to glare at Chen Xiaobei and then buried her face in his neck, drawing in his scent.

"I'm decent in front of outsiders! Only you know about this indecent part of me!" Chen Xiaobei smiled, tightening his hold around Qincheng's waist so that their bodies would press against each other.

As the saying goes: absence makes the heart grows fonder. The long separation forced Chen Xiaobei and Song Qincheng to suppress their desires. At the heat of the moment, their passions exploded like fireworks.

The hug quickly escalated into passionate kissing, growing salacious by the minute. The floodgates had been released and there was no turning back.

"I want… I really want it… Xiaobei, come on… Let's do it here…"

Song Qincheng bit Chen Xiaobei's earlobe gently, her warm, sultry breath caressing his neck like a feather, sending inflamed blood rushing down his groin.

Both of them were at the age of raging hormones and sexual energy. After being parted for long, sex was a natural, biological reaction.

"Alright, let's do it here!" Chen Xiaobei wasted no time. He carried Song Qincheng onto the meeting table… (10,000 words have been omitted here)

One night of lovemaking was worth a thousand gold. After a good while, Chen Xiaobei finally finished.

The expression 'every woman needs a man's nourishment' was indeed accurate.

Song Qincheng rested in Chen Xiaobei's arms, her face glowing, rosy like a cherry.

"My god… You were just as good as before…. I thought I was going to die…" Song Qincheng cooed.

"Die happy or die sexually pleasured?" Chen Xiaobei grinned.

"That's both! And it was very very good…" Song Qincheng licked her lips, unashamed, baring her sensual thoughts.

"How about we go again?"

Chen Xiaobei rolled over and pinned Song Qincheng onto the desk.

"No… It's been too long since we did it… I don't think I can take it… Give me some time to get used to it… We'll talk it about it again next time…"

Song Qincheng shook her head.

"That's not fair. How could you tease me and then reject me?", Chen Xiaobei protested.

"Blame yourself for being so wild just now! If we do it again, I'm afraid I won't be able to even stand… I still have some work to attend to later…"

"Your CEO is giving you three days off. All work will be postponed until after Duanwu festival!"

Chen Xiaobei refused to take no for an answer, and readied himself to launch another 'attack'.

Ding Ring Ring

Chen Xiaobei's phone rang and Wei Suo's name showed up on the screen.

"See! You have things to attend to yourself! Get up! Put on your clothes!"

Song Qincheng pushed Chen Xiaobei away and began to get dressed.

"Bummer!" Chen Xiaobei frowned, and almost shouted into the phone. "What do you want, Little Wei? Of all times to call me, you choose to disrupt me!"

"Oh… I'm sorry… I'll call you later", muttered Wei Suo.

"No. Just quickly say what need to say!"

"Well, it's like this…" Wei Suo sounded uncomfortable. "Ma Organization gave in. The acquisition is complete. You now own 51% of the Ma Organization's shares!"

"Isn't that to be expected? Why do you even need to report that?", said Chen Xiaobei, irritated.

"No… There's something else! I think that the person who funded you is in trouble!"

"Huh? Focker is in trouble? Tell me everything!"

"I don't know the specifics. All I know is that his account has been frozen! I think it must be because the cashflows have been too substantial. I think he's being investigated!"

"Mm, that must be it. I'll give him a call myself." Chen Xiaobei had sort of expected it to happen. "Is there any money left from the acquisition?"

"There's about 1.35 billion left."

"Go ahead and transfer the money into your account. Take it as commission for your service."

"What… Bro Bei, are you kidding? That's too much…"

Commissions in the financial industry had always been high but they rarely exceeded ten million – any sum over that was unprecedented!

And Chen Xiaobei had just, in one sentence, given away 1.35 billion in commission. It was as if money meant nothing to him!

"I'm not joking. You did your job well and deserve to be rewarded! Just take the money. I will never unfairly treat those who help me.

"Alright! Then I shall accept it with honor!"

Wei Suo understood how bullish Chen Xiaobei could be, so he did not refuse him the second time.

With the acceptance of this money, Wei Suo completely surrendered his loyalty to Chen Xiaobei. "Bro Bei! From today onwards, please come to whenever you have use of me! We, the Weis of Hong Kong will do all we can for you! We would rather die than to refuse you!"

"Alright. I won't let you die!" Chen Xiaobei laughed. "I need to go check up on the situation on the other side. I'll need to hang up now!"

"Alright! Goodbye, Bro Bei!", saluted Wei Suo.

Chen Xiaobei hung up and immediately dialed Focker's number.

Even though Chen Xiaobei had no regard for money and riches, he did not have the billions to acquire Ma Organization. It was, obviously, coming out of Focker's pocket.

Moving that amount of money was of no big deal for someone like him.

The only problem was that Focker's finances were monitored by his family. Every cent spent must be spent with reason and used for capitalization.

An expenditure of billions of RMB out of the blue and in one transaction would certainly get their heads turning!

"Bro Bei!"

Focker picked up the call almost immediately.

"What's happening on your end? I heard from Wei Suo that your account has been frozen!" asked Chen Xiaobei.

"Yeah… I moved such a large amount of money that the old folks were all shaken. I think they are going to send investigators to question me…"

"Don't worry. I will send you some Spiritual Stones. You can tell them you spent all that money on Spiritual Stones!" Chen Xiaobei said.

100 billion yuan could buy 100 low-grade Spiritual Stones. To Chen Xiaobei, this was a negligible amount.

"Alright! That's such a relief to hear!" Focker exhaled.

If he could not make up for that amount of money, he would be severely punished by his family.

"Tomorrow is Duanwu festival. I can only send them to you the day after. Will that be too late?"

"No. Not at all. I can hold on for 3 to 5 days!"

"Alright. Then it's all set then. See you in Paradise Island!"

"Understood! I'll be waiting for you!"

…

Since that was not too big an issue, Chen Xiaobei did not take it at heart but turned around facing Song Qincheng, all-smiles . She had already put on all her clothes.

"Don't bother me!" Song Qincheng glared at Chen Xiaobei. "You should go take care of that love debts that you owe! Don't give all my other sisters a cold shoulder!"

"Oh…" Chen Xiaobei rubbed his forehead. "Won't you get jealous?"

"What is there to be jealous of? Since the day I got together with you, I've already accepted that I'm going to be your backstage lover!" Song Qincheng was very straightforward. "Even if a man like you decides to commit your heart to a person, girls will not stop at anything to get their hands on you! I know that there are many women out there who are better than me. I'm not confident enough to monopolize you!"

"What lover? I already told you many times that you are my woman! I've already told my parents that you are their daughter-in-law! You'll know when we get back to Bei Xuan!"

"What? You made our relationship public already?"

Song Qincheng's cheek turned as red as summer wine.

Like Chen Xiaobei, she had no problem getting wild and dirty with her lover but in front of other people, she appeared reserved and decorous. If their relationship were to be announced to the public, she would not know how to face the Bei Xuan people.

"An ugly woman would sooner or later have to meet her in laws! But my Qincheng's beauty is enough to overthrow a country. So why should we tiptoe around the topic?" Chen Xiaobei smiled.

"I…" Song Qincheng felt a warmth spread inside her. "Fine then! I'll meet them! Since I can't be your lover, then I will have to be your wife! I'll be relying you for the rest of my life!"

"You are more than welcome!"

A smile spread across Chen Xiaobei's lips.

"Alright! I have to get back to work! You better go take care of my sisters!" Song Qincheng said, "I am serious. Sis Lan came to Dragon City latterly. I think she's in some sort of trouble!"

"Mengchen?" Chen Xiaobei studied Song Qincheng. "Alright, since my wife is so upstanding, I'll gladly oblige! I haven't seen Mengchen in a while now. I wonder how she's doing?"

...

In the outskirts of the city, in the Bei Cheng Cosmetics factory.

After a long period of construction work, a large, modern cosmetics factory stood tall on what was once a wasteland.

Other than producing Europe's most advanced cosmetics line, this place was also well-equipped with facilities such as staff quarters, entertainment zones, and sports facilities.

The great work environment and generous management attracted the first batch of workers in no time.

Today was the launch day of their very first line of products!

"CEO Lan, please take a look at our first Bei Cheng hydrating essence! This other one is Bei Cheng whitening essence cream!" A middle-aged man in gold-framed glasses said, signaling at the two beautifully designed glass bottles.

The first bottle was aqua blue, like sapphire! The other one was ebony like black gemstones!

The packaging itself ensured that these two bottles, labelled Bei Chen, were of a luxury lineup. The general public may not be able to afford them.

The man in the gold-framed glasses praisedfurther, saying, "I've been researching cosmetics for more than ten years now! I've also spent nearly eight years in Europe's most prestigious research team! But this, I believe, our Bei Cheng product is definitely the best in the world!"

"Oh?" the woman called CEO Lan, a young woman, asked with great interest. "What is your opinion, Xugong?"

This woman really was stunning!

Her mesmerizing good looks were flawless! A goddess she was!

The black blazer and skirt she wore tightly clung around her bodacious curves like gloves. The nation's top-model would kill to have her body!

This woman was none other than the CEO of Bei Cheng Cosmetics Private Limited Company, Green Vine's most beautiful woman, the eldest daughter of the Lan Family… Lan Mengcheng!

Previously, Chen Xiaobei crushed the Yap family using 930,000,000 from Focker to put the Yap Organization under Lan Zhengguo's management. After Lan Zhengguo settled everything in Green Vine City, he brought his whole family to Dragon City to take over every single business that belonged to Yap Organization.

But Lan Mengcheng had no interest in the Yap family's business at all. When they arrived in Green Dragon city, she had completely devoted herself entirely to Bei Cheng Cosmetics.

Their very first line of products were entirely her doing. She oversaw the entire process, from start to finish.

Xu Gong was the esteemed and internationally respected Cosmetics Chemical Research Engineer Lan Mengcheng had snitched on by offering to pay him an attractive salary. Hearing him proclaiming that the fruits of her labor were the best in the world brought a smile to her face.

Lan Mengcheng wanted to hear a more objective opinion of Xu Gong.

I'm not being dishonest! I'm telling the truth!" Xu Gong looked at the bottles in her hands. "Our products are formulated with natural Chinese herbs! This is something that not a single cosmetic company in the world can do! On top of that, our products have been tested through hundreds of clinical trials on hundreds of participants of different age groups, skin types, and geography! The reviews we have received were 100% positive! Its effectiveness was remarkable!  ( NovelFull )

"That means that our products are suitable for people all over the world! This is something completely unprecedented in the world of cosmetics! No one would be able to surpass that!" Xu Gong looked very pleased.

"Mm! I actually thought so too!", smiled Lan Mengcheng, brimming with confidence. "Bei Cheng really is the first of its kind in the world!"

"President Lan, I've been dying to ask, how did you come about the formula for these two cosmetics? They are the sole reason for our success!"

Lan Mengcheng smiled fondly as she replied, "My boyfriend gave them to me!"

"Your boyfriend? Isn't he only a few years older than you?"

Xu Gong found it hard to digest that a 20-year-old could come up with such top-notched formulae.

"We're actually the same age! But he's a really good Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner! I'll introduce him to you when I have the chance!"

"How… How is that possible…"

How was it possible that the world's finest teams of cosmetic experts combined were no match for a green-horned young'un?

"It's true." Lan Mengcheng assured him. "My boyfriend bought the company shares with his formula. Technically speaking, he's the Chairman of our company! My boss!"

"What…"

Xu Gong was completely taken aback by the information that he had just acquired.

"What are you guys talking about? You look really happy!"

A young man wearing a Tang suit barged in with two other men tailing him.

The smile on Lan Mengcheng's face vanished.

Xu Gong's brows furrowed as he said in a hushed voice, "Such a bummer to see him here… President Lan, I'll be on my way…"

"Mm…" Lan Mengcheng nodded.

The young man in the Tang suit, however, shouted, "Stay, Xu Gong! You didn't even greet me. Isn't that just rude of you?"

"Master… Xiaoqiang… How are you…"

Xu Gong forced a smile.

"Now, that's more like it!" The young man chuckled. "I Fang Xiaoqiang really hate it when people are rude!"

"Er… Yes…", nodded Xu Gong fearfully.

"Mengcheng! Are you busy today? Want to go watch a movie with me?" Fang Xiaoqiang asked, a smile plastered on his face. "It was just released! I heard that it was as good as 'Ling Yue the Heroine'! I promise that you'll like it!"

"I'm very busy! Please go back!"

Lang Mengcheng's refusal was firm but polite so as to not offend him.

At the position that the Lan Family were standing today, many people in the business and political world had to give face to them. The only people Lan Mengcheng would not dare to offend were the Jianghu elites.

"This is the eighth time already! You keep saying that you're always busy! You're obviously avoiding me! I am Fang Xiaoqiang! The young master of Flying Axe Faction! My father ranks number 38 in China's God of War Leaderboard! What damage would going out with me do to your reputation?"

"Master Xiaoqiang, you're a really decent person and your family is too! But I've already told you many times before that I already have a boyfriend whom I love very much! Even if I'm not busy, I will never go out with you!" Lan Mengcheng assertively said.

"You have a boyfriend? Then call him here so I can see for myself! I've been here eight times already and I've never seen him! How am I supposed to believe you?" There was an edginess in Fang Xiaoqiang's voice. "You don't have a boyfriend! If you reject me again, you are slapping me and my family in the face!"

"Master Xiaoqian! You're overthinking things! That was not my intention at all! I really do have a boyfriend!" Lan Mencheng bit her lip.

"I don't care if it's true or not! If you don't come with me today, that means you look down on me! On my family! Don't say that I didn't warn you! Anything can happen when you offend us Fangs!"

"Master Qiang! Are you threatening me?" Lan Mengcheng appeared calm on the outside but inside, she was shaking like a leaf.

Fang Xiaoqiang was quite strong himself as the Flying Axe Faction were a force to be reckoned with! They were not people you would want to offend!

"Oh, don't worry! I won't touch a strand of hair on you! But other people won't be as lucky!" Fang Xiaoqiang let out an eerie chuckle. "There are so many people here in this factory. Take Xu Gong for example! His car might roll over, or he might accidentally fall into deep waters, or maybe even fall and crack his head… These are all very possible!"

"Master Qiang! This is not something to joke about! I have my folks and my children to care for. They all depend on me…" A horrified Xu Gong spoke up. "President Lan, I would like to resign now! You've been wonderful but I really cannot stay…"

Lan Mengcheng panicked. ""Xu Gong! How could you say that?! You are the Chief Chemical Engineer! If you leave, who's going to manage production?"