After leaving the area, Xu Mu used his perception to check and noticed that Li Zizai wasn’t chasing after him but was instead heading toward the residential complex.
Clearly, he was looking for Dai Xingluo.
Xu Mu stuffed his hands into his pockets and strolled leisurely to his car.
Today’s mission was more or less complete. Through his perception earlier, he could tell Dai Xingluo’s favorability toward him had increased significantly.
It counted as a pleasant encounter.
Just as he drove off, a young man wearing a baseball cap happened to pass by.
Xu Mu might have already forgotten this person, but the young man remembered him clearly.
He was the same person who had installed the router at Xu Mu’s villa back then.
Watching Xu Mu drive away, he took out his phone and made a call.
Soon, a voice came through—it was Lin Yang. “What’s up?”
“Boss, guess who I just saw? Xu Mu. He’s appeared in Yang City,” the young man said with a faint smile.
As the young man was on the phone, two people happened to walk past him.
Such an elegant, classically beautiful woman made him unable to resist stealing a few extra glances.
The two who had just passed by were none other than Dai Xingluo and Li Zizai.
They entered the antique market and returned to the antique shop.
Dai Xingluo reclined on a long chair, placing the bronze fragment Xu Mu had given her on the nearby table.
Li Zizai picked it up, his eyes filled with astonishment. “An Earth-grade cultivation technique! We’ve really struck gold this time!”
Dai Xingluo didn’t respond. Instead, a faint smile curled at the corners of her lips as she continued gazing at the jade pendant in her hand.
“Miss, what’s on your mind?”
Noticing her distracted state, Li Zizai spoke up to bring her back.
“Oh, I was just wondering… why would he choose to give something so valuable to me?”
Dai Xingluo turned her smiling eyes toward Li Zizai.
“Isn’t it obvious? Most people wouldn’t even recognize the worth of an Earth-grade technique.”
Li Zizai waved his hand dismissively.
“He knew. He even specifically told me it was an Earth-grade technique.”
Dai Xingluo lay back again, still holding the jade pendant. “He’s quite interesting.”
……
Xu Mu’s affairs in Yang City were nearly settled, and he was preparing to return to Jiang City.
Based on his understanding of Chen Cai, this woman probably wouldn’t obediently work for him without a hitch.
Her ambitions were far too great.
But aside from the video, Xu Mu had another leverage over her—Feng Jian.
As Chen Cai’s only son, she doted on him immensely.
The antidote Xu Mu had concocted only restored the body’s condition for a few short hours.
Once Feng Jian got a taste of relief, he would only grow more dependent on Xu Mu.
With this external support, Chen Cai had no choice but to comply.
Just as Xu Mu was about to leave Yang City, he received a call from Feng Yue.
“Young Master Xu, my preparations are complete. The company is officially registered.”
Feng Yue’s voice carried a seductive lilt.
“How do you plan to sell? If you need advertising, I can provide the funds.”
Xu Mu responded matter-of-factly.
“No need for ads. I have my own methods. It’s not convenient to discuss over the phone. I’ll find time to meet you and explain in detail.”
“I’m actually in Yang City right now,” Xu Mu said.
“Really? Then I’ll send you an address. You won’t blame me for making you come over, will you?”
Feng Yue’s tone took on a pitiful, pleading note.
“Enough nonsense. Just send it.”
Xu Mu hung up without another word.
Moments later, Feng Yue sent the location. Following the map, Xu Mu drove toward the area where she was currently stationed.
It was another suburban district, and the factory wasn’t particularly large.
When Xu Mu arrived, he saw Feng Yue waiting at the entrance, dressed in casual wear, her hair tied in a ponytail, sunglasses perched on her nose.
Spotting his car, she waved with a smile.
Xu Mu pulled up beside her, and Feng Yue slid into the passenger seat.
As she got in, whether intentionally or not, her hips settled onto the seat first, the curve of her pants leaving little to the imagination.
She fastened her seatbelt and closed the door with a playful grin.
“I thought you’d have me tour the factory,” Xu Mu remarked, glancing at her.
“What’s so interesting about a factory? Land is cheap in these remote suburbs anyway.”
Feng Yue chuckled as she removed her sunglasses and tucked them into her bag.
“Why set up here?” Xu Mu asked curiously. “Don’t you know the more secluded a place is, the more dangerous it gets?”
“Keep driving forward, and you’ll see why.”
Feng Yue’s alluring peach-blossom eyes curved into crescents.
Xu Mu was puzzled but continued down the road.
When he spotted several figures in black sanitation uniforms moving in the distance, realization dawned on him.
“As a martial artist yourself, Young Master Xu, you should recognize this place, right?”
Feng Yue smiled knowingly beside him.
“The Sanitation Department.”
Xu Mu’s expression remained calm as he observed the workers—most dressed in solid black uniforms.
According to the setting, these were mostly low-level enforcers, skilled in basic combat but nothing extraordinary.
A few with a single white stripe on their uniforms were junior-level enforcers.
Xu Mu scanned the area but saw no intermediate-level enforcers, let alone senior ones.
"My company is just separated from the Environmental Sanitation Department by a wall. Now do you understand why I chose this place?"
Feng Yue said with a smiling face.
Xu Mu nodded secretly. Feng Yue had really thought things through.
For someone like Lin Yang, if he sneaked in to arrest Feng Yue, it would be a complete slap in the face of the Environmental Sanitation Department.
"How are you going to sell this beauty pill?"
Xu Mu looked at Feng Yue and asked.
"To be honest, I've been operating in Yang City for many years. I started my business with beauty salons."
Feng Yue smiled and looked out of the window. "I know quite a few noble ladies, and I'm good friends with many of them. I just need to do a little promotion in front of them."
She had tested this medicine in advance, and it was simply amazing.
For a young man with a face full of acne, after taking one pill, nearly half of the acne was repaired overnight.
After taking two or three pills continuously, the acne completely disappeared.
If someone just had one or two pimples due to staying up late and getting angry.
After taking one pill, the pimples would be gone in two hours.
She knew what this meant.
Not to mention ordinary people, those female celebrities were in great need of it.
One day before filming or going on a show, if they got a pimple, especially on a prominent place like the nose.
They would be very scared, especially big pimples that couldn't be covered with makeup.
They might be screenshot by black fans and spread widely.
But after taking this medicine, the pimples would disappear in two hours.
Feng Yue could already envision the future. In the future, those female celebrities would definitely carry one pill with them whenever they went out for work.
"Okay, then I won't help you with the advertising."
Xu Mu nodded slightly, and then asked, "Where do you want to go? I'll take you back."
"Alas."
Feng Yue let out a soft sigh.
"What's wrong?" Xu Mu glanced at Feng Yue.
"Although Young Master Xu will help me deal with the Feng family, now, I'm also working for Young Master Xu, right?"
Feng Yue looked at Xu Mu with a somewhat aggrieved expression. "You always just take me back and have never given me any rewards."
"Reward? I'm driving. Do you want to fight again?"
Xu Mu immediately moved to the slow lane and slowed down the car.
ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
his freshman year, Su Bai accidentally bound the "Indulgence Tycoon System." 【Sleeping in? Reward: +$1,000】 【Spent $288 at a street barbecue stall? Cashback: +$2,880】 【Dropped $14,396 on in-game skins? Special reward unlocked: A brand-new Porsche Panamera!】 Luxury cars, penthouses, corporate shares, financial empires… College life was all about living freely and doing whatever he pleased! … When the adorably naive academic genius faced family medical bills and financial struggles, Su Bai waved his hand dismissively: "Your future is on me." "Wuwu~ Big Brother is so good to me! I’ll become a scientist to repay you!" When the genius girl got bullied by a shady professor? Su Bai casually dropped a billion-dollar investment, forcing the university to grovel and beg for her return. A company’s funding chain collapsing? Su Bai smirked—cash was the one thing he’d never run out of. Years later, when people traced the rise of the AI prodigy beauty, who was the man behind her success? Not just that—Su Bai also became the tsundere campus belle’s unattainable dream, the contrast senior’s daily necessity, and the beautiful counselor’s emotional anchor…
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
to panic—he has a system. As long as an investment target dies, he can claim a reward. And since he is immortal, the one thing he has plenty of is time. ... Countless years later. “Immortal Emperor of Longevity? I invested in him.” “Supreme Celestial Venerable? I invested in him.” “Undying Empress? I invested in her.” “...” “Heh. Once they’ve all died, even the Heavenly Dao will have to kneel and call me Dad.”
