Lu Shaofeng glanced at Jian Shishi, then asked Lu Wende, "Dad, who is she?"
Lu Wende sat in his swivel chair, lit a cigar, and said faintly, "An ordinary person with a special nature."
"A special ordinary person?"
Lu Shaofeng was confused, not understanding Lu Wende's meaning.
Lu Wende explained, "This woman was originally chosen as a sacrifice for the Yin Curse Elder. Later, the Yin Curse Elder was killed by someone unknown, and she escaped."
"Moreover, in the old West City street where she lived, Jiang Tianhao was also killed."
"These past few days, the Jiang family has been in chaos."
"Jiang Tianhao was killed?"
Lu Shaofeng was shocked. After leaving the hospital, he had been busy with the matter of evil spirits here and was completely unaware of the deaths of the Yin Curse Elder and Jiang Tianhao.
He had heard that the Yin Curse Elder was a fourth-grade异士 (yìshì), extremely famous in the martial world.
Only a master above the fifth grade could kill the Yin Curse Elder!
And in Huaguo, masters above the fifth grade were all well-known, each with formidable strength.
Lu Shaofeng quickly asked, "Dad, do you know who did this? Could it be that someone is targeting us?"
The consecutive killings of the Yin Curse Elder and Jiang Tianhao looked like an attack aimed at their Ghost Gate!
Lu Wende replied, "We are still investigating. This woman is moving recently, and our people just captured her."
"However, the dosage of the drug they administered was a bit high, and she will take some time to wake up. We'll interrogate her then."
"Let's not talk about this for now."
At this moment, Lu Wende took out a sandalwood box from his drawer and placed it on the table, saying to Lu Shaofeng, "Eat this."
Lu Shaofeng walked forward and opened the box. He saw a green, furry pill lying inside, and immediately felt nauseous, almost throwing up!
Lu Shaofeng retreated repeatedly, suppressing his disgust, and asked Lu Wende, "Dad, what is this?"
Lu Wende said faintly, "This is the Guiyuan Shidan (归元尸丹), refined by Master using forty-nine corpses. It can quickly enhance a person's physical fitness."
"You want to cultivate, don't you? I specifically asked an elder for this. If you eat this Guiyuan Shidan, you can reach the first-grade 异士 (yìshì), and then you can cultivate our sect's techniques."
"Forty-nine corpses..." Hearing Lu Wende's words, Lu Shaofeng's face turned extremely grim.
The thought that the green, furry pill was refined from forty-nine corpses made him afraid to even touch it, let alone eat it.
Psychologically, he couldn't accept it.
Afraid to eat the Guiyuan Shidan but still wanting to cultivate, Lu Shaofeng had to ask Lu Wende, "Dad, is there... a slightly more normal medicine? I really can't bring myself to eat this pill!"
"Your aptitude is not suitable for cultivation. To control evil spirits, you must swallow this Guiyuan Shidan. Otherwise, you should obediently go back and take over my Lu family's business and stay out of the 异士 (yìshì) circle."
"I..."
Hearing Lu Wende's words, Lu Shaofeng hesitated. After Ye Ling cut off his finger, he had been thinking of revenge every moment.
To cultivate, he personally killed people, disposed of bodies, and worshipped evil spirits...
Now that he was at the final step, giving up at this moment would render all his previous actions and suffering in vain!
Thinking of this, Lu Shaofeng gritted his teeth and reached for the Guiyuan Shidan with a trembling hand. However, the moment he touched it, its slippery texture made him flinch back instantly, quickly retracting his hand.
"No, no! I really can't accept it, I won't cultivate anymore!"
Lu Shaofeng shook his head repeatedly. Just seeing the green, furry pill made him feel sick; he couldn't overcome his psychological barrier.
"Useless! I'll feed you!"
Seeing that Lu Shaofeng dared not eat the Guiyuan Shidan, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Lu Wende's eyes.
He slammed the table, sending the Guiyuan Shidan flying up, and then slapped it into Lu Shaofeng's mouth with a palm.
"Mmph!"
Lu Shaofeng felt a slippery mass roll down his throat, making him extremely nauseous. He immediately ran to the door and vomited.
However, the few men in black standing outside the office door looked at the vomiting Lu Shaofeng with envy.
They were all outer disciples of the Ghost Gate, doing menial tasks like feeding evil spirits, and didn't even have the qualification to cultivate.
Although the Guiyuan Shidan was not a precious elixir, it required an 异士 (yìshì) of the Ghost Gate elder level to refine. For these outer disciples, at most five of them would qualify to receive a Guiyuan Shidan and gain cultivation qualifications in a year.
These few men in black had worked for Lu Wende for several years without obtaining a Guiyuan Shidan, yet Lu Shaofeng, after only two days of work, had swallowed one...
With such a vast difference, the few of them had no other thoughts besides envy and jealousy.
After all, Lu Shaofeng was Lu Wende's son, and it was understandable that he was taken care of like this. They also couldn't afford to offend him.
Looking at Lu Shaofeng's state, Lu Wende shook his head in disappointment, with a hint of "hating iron for not becoming steel."
He sighed softly, stood up from his seat, walked to Jian Shishi's side, and said to the men in black outside the door, "You few who are idle outside, carry the woman in the room to my secret chamber and wait for me."
"Yes!"
Upon hearing Lu Wende's command, the men in black did not dare to hesitate, quickly responded, and were about to enter the office.
At this moment, several bolts of lightning struck from behind them!
Hiss!
In an instant, those men in black were electrocuted and collapsed to the ground, unconscious.
Lu Shaofeng, who was still vomiting nearby, hadn't even reacted when he saw a whisk flying from a distance and hitting him hard in the face, sweeping him into the office, where he rolled several times on the ground.
"Who?"
Lu Wende exclaimed sternly, seeing an old Taoist walking from a distance.
"I think we can have a good talk about the Jiang family and you people."
At some unknown time, Ye Ling had already sat in the swivel chair Lu Wende had been occupying, his legs crossed on the desk, playing with the empty sandalwood box.
Turning to see Ye Ling sitting silently in his place, Lu Wende was even more shocked and quickly asked, "Who are you? How dare you trespass into our Ghost Gate branch?"
Ye Ling chuckled, casually tossing the sandalwood box onto the table, and said, "I'm quite curious, what kind of sect is this of yours, using a steel plant as a branch headquarters? Isn't that rather shabby?"
Lu Wende felt immense insult from Ye Ling's tone, his face instantly turning grim, trembling with anger.
Lu Shaofeng, now getting up from the ground, saw Ye Ling's face clearly. His pupils contracted sharply, and then endless resentment surged into his eyes!
It was him!!! "Dad! He's that scoundrel who caused trouble at the auction house!!!"
Lu Shaofeng pointed at Ye Ling and shouted, his entire body becoming incredibly excited. "Good! I hadn't gone to find you yet, but you've come to my doorstep yourself!"
He hadn't expected to get a chance for revenge so soon!
This steel plant was their territory. No matter how much money Ye Ling had, it was useless here.
Looking at Lu Shaofeng's excited face, Ye Ling's eyes were filled with mockery. He chuckled, "As expected of a loser, always unable to see the situation clearly. Truly..."
"Pathetic."