txolops Chapter 109 The Zaibatsu's Test: Who Do You Think You Are?
Chapter 109 The Zaibatsu's Test: Who Do You Think You Are?
The instant the door opened.
A strong smell of Cuban cigars wafted into the room through the corridor.
A middle-aged man in a tuxedo stood in the doorway, a half-smoked cigar between his fingers. Behind him, four bodyguards in black stood ramrod straight, their eyes glancing menacingly into the house.
"You're Lu Yuan?"
The middle-aged man sized Lu Yuan up and down, his gaze revealing undisguised contempt.
He took out a silk handkerchief and covered his nose, seemingly feeling extremely nauseous at the musty smell emanating from the rented room.
"Let me introduce myself. My surname is Wang, and I am the head steward of the Wang family in Yanjing."
Butler Wang didn't even go inside. He stood in the hallway, took a check out of his inner pocket, held it between two fingers, and handed it to Lu Yuan.
"This check has one hundred million on it."
Butler Wang raised his chin and spoke in a tone befitting a beggar.
"Our master is kind-hearted. He feels sorry for your family, which consists of the elderly, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. This money is enough for you to buy a large villa in the countryside and live comfortably for the rest of your lives."
Lu Yuan did not accept the check.
He leaned against the door frame, looking at Butler Wang's oily face.
"What are the conditions?" Lu Yuan asked.
"clever."
Butler Wang smiled with satisfaction and exhaled a smoke ring.
"The conditions are simple. Hand over the item you took from the bottom of the Lu family's Dragon-Locking Well. Also, write down exactly how you destroyed the Lu family's grand formation."
Butler Wang flicked his cigarette ash.
"Take the money, do the job, and get out of Yanjing. This is the best deal you'll ever get in your life. Don't be ungrateful."
Lu Yuan quickly grasped the logic in his mind.
The Wang family came knocking on our door right after Lu Zhentian's death. Someone in the Celestial Surveillance Bureau must have leaked the news.
However, these people clearly had only a superficial understanding of what happened at the Lu family compound at that time.
They assumed that Lu Yuan had killed Lu Zhentian using some special magic weapon or through a sneak attack, completely unaware that they were facing a Great Ascension Stage Immortal Venerable.
This is a classic example of self-destructive behavior caused by information asymmetry.
"One hundred million?"
Lu Yuan looked at the check and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He, a dignified Great Ascension stage Immortal Venerable, could easily sell a mere dreg of pills from his storage ring for an astronomical price on Earth. A hundred million wouldn't even be enough to buy him a shoe-shining rag.
"Not enough?"
Butler Wang's face darkened.
"You little brat, your greed is insatiable. This 100 million is for your life. Do you really think that by destroying the Lu family, you can run rampant in Yanjing?"
Butler Wang took a step closer and threatened in a low voice.
"I'm not afraid to tell you. The ancient martial arts master revered by our Wang family emerged from seclusion this morning. A great secret realm is about to be unearthed outside Yanjing, and the thing you have is the key to open it. Hand it over obediently, and you might spare my life. Otherwise..."
Butler Wang glanced at Lu Qingxue hiding in the room and a lewd sneer appeared on his lips.
"Your younger sister is very pretty. If she were sold overseas, she could probably be worth several million."
The voice just fell.
Butler Wang suddenly felt the air around him freeze.
He didn't even see how Lu Yuan moved.
I felt a tightness in my throat.
Lu Yuan's right hand was like an iron clamp, tightly gripping his neck, and he lifted him off the ground with one hand!
"Uh...you...let go..."
Butler Wang thrashed about frantically, his feet dangling in the air. The cigar in his hand fell to the ground, burning a hole in his leather shoes. He was suffocating, his face turning purple, his eyes almost bulging out.
"Do it! Kill him!"
The four black-clad bodyguards behind him were shocked and reached for their sidearms at their waists.
Lu Yuan didn't even glance at them.
He simply lifted his left foot and lightly stepped on the concrete floor of the stairwell.
"Thump."
A muffled thud.
A visible golden wave of energy swept across the ground.
The four bodyguards didn't even have time to draw their guns before they felt a shattering pain in their knees.
"Click, click!"
The sound of bones cracking was particularly jarring in the narrow stairwell.
Four burly men, each over 1.9 meters tall, knelt down in unison. Their kneecaps were completely shattered, the white bone fragments piercing through their suit trousers.
"ah--!!!"
The pig-like screams echoed throughout the entire corridor.
Lu Yuan picked up Steward Wang and pulled him closer to him.
"Where did you say you were going to sell my sister?"
Lu Yuan's voice was cold and devoid of any warmth.
Butler Wang was speechless. He was holding Lu Yuan's fingers tightly with both hands, and his crotch was already soaked. The stench of his cigar instantly overpowered the smell of the cigar.
He now finally understood why the Astronomical Bureau hadn't intervened in this matter.
This guy is definitely not a high school student!
This is a monster that crawled out of hell!
"You're not going to tell me? That's fine."
Lu Yuan's eyes turned cold.
A domineering divine sense pierced directly into Butler Wang's brow.
Soul Searching Technique!
Lu Yuan had no patience for interrogation of such ants; he simply read their memories.
A few seconds later.
Lu Yuan released his grip.
Butler Wang collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, his eyes rolling back and foaming at the mouth. His brain had been completely turned into a mess by the soul-searching technique; in his next life, he could only be a drooling idiot in a mental hospital.
Lu Yuan took out a tissue from his pocket and wiped his hands.
He gleaned a very interesting piece of information from Butler Wang's memories.
After the cracks that allowed spiritual energy to revitalize appeared, an ancient tomb deep within the Western Hills outside Yanjing did indeed experience unusual activity. The ancient martial arts master behind the Wang family wanted to use the resources within that secret realm to break through to the Divine Realm.
Meanwhile, Zhang Hao, the perpetrator who killed Lu Yuan's mother, is currently hiding in the Wang family's manor, seeking the protection of that grandmaster!
"Okay, very good."
Lu Yuan threw the tissue he had used to wipe his hands at Butler Wang's face.
He turned his head and looked at Lu Changfeng and Lu Qingxue inside the room.
"Dad, Xue'er. Lock the door at home. I'm going out for a bit."
Lu Yuan strode over the four bodyguards who were still groaning on the ground.
"Brother, where are you going?" Lu Qingxue called out anxiously.
Lu Yuan walked to the top of the stairs, stopped, and glanced back at his sister.
"Go collect a blood debt."
"By the way, teach these bastards in Yanjing what manners are."