Under the bright moonlight, tourists climbed up the mountain road reluctantly and entered the farmers' houses in groups of three to five, bringing unimaginable wealth to the mountain people who originally relied on farming and picking mountain products for a living.
Zhang Lisheng stayed at the village entrance until the end. Watching Tao Lulu's figure disappear, the scene of the last time he saw the girl a few years ago flashed in his mind.
At that time, the young man had just become a Rank-1 Wizard. His strength was not much stronger than an ordinary person. At the very least, he did not have any wealth or ambition. He was a completely eccentric and unreasonable mountain boy.
He still remembered that after he received the girl's concern, he asked her blankly, "Didn't your father ask you to come and see me?"
The girl could only argue angrily, "W-What's wrong with me? Can't I just happen to meet you on my way to school …"
Then, he asked again insensibly, "B-But your house is closer to the school than mine. Don't tell me you're walking the other way to school?" Finally, the girl was forced to blush and said hatefully, "It's my freedom to go to school, I'm willing …" Then, she strode away.
Everything seemed to be vivid in his mind. It was at that moment that Zhang Lisheng knew for the first time that there was actually someone in this world who had been quietly caring about him. Thinking about the inexplicable numbness and warmth that arose in his heart at that time, it was unforgettable. This was also the fundamental reason why the young man behaved like a yes-man when he met Tao Lulu.
"Sigh, it's said that nostalgia is timid when you're close to home, but in fact, it's even more timid when it comes to old relationships." Unknowingly, Zhang Lisheng was the only one left in the open space. As the cool breeze slowly blew his clothes, the young man sighed softly and muttered to himself, "But I'm different after all …" Then, he began to chant witchcraft incantation in a 'pst shh' sound.
At that instant, the emotions in his eyes slowly faded away and his face became cold and stiff. Leaping forward, he ran and leaped on the mountain road silently and soon returned to the ancestral house.
After bolting the wooden door, the young man took out his phone and began to search for the keywords' Hengze City, Qu County, Western Sichuan 'on the Internet. Soon, he found a satisfactory answer.
"No.88 Jianye Road, it's easy to find." He put the phone back into his pocket and muttered to himself expressionlessly. Then, he took off his black clothes and pants and transformed his body with the lizard's power.
In an instant, transparent scales crawled all over Zhang Lisheng's body. Then, his body vanished into thin air in the dark courtyard.
After concealing himself, the young man leaped onto the wall and left the village. He leaped through the bushes beside the highway leading to the county town, and it only took him ten minutes to reach the city.
It was already late at night. Although Qu County was becoming increasingly prosperous due to the tourism industry, it was not a commercial town with a rich nightlife after all. After midnight, the number of pedestrians on the streets had become very sparse.
Zhang Lisheng walked in the county for a while and finally found his destination with the help of his vague impression of the old city. It was a courtyard facing the street that was not big but had a locked iron door. There were even two stone lions that were rolling embroidered balls erected in front of the door.
When the young man saw the signboard hanging next to the door with the words' Western Sichuan Heng Xiang Group 'written in black font, he strode forward and passed through the iron door with his body turning invisible.
There was a rockery, a fish pond, a few big trees, and a few cars parked in the courtyard.
Zhang Lisheng looked around and walked into the office building with light footsteps. His ears twitched slightly as he listened attentively. He took a few steps up the stairs to the third floor and came to a huge office with a metal nameplate inlaid with the words' CEO's Office 'written on the door.
The moonlight shone through the window and he could clearly see the luxurious decorations in the room. The office chairs, desks, sofas, and coffee tables were all made of mahogany, giving off the vibe of a nouveau riche.
On the other hand, there was a seven to eight meters long calligraphy book 'Spring Rain in the Qin Garden' and a few splash-ink landscape paintings of the four seasons hanging on the wall, showing that the owner loved to be elegant.
The young man looked around and revealed a cold smile on his face as he said, "I'm in luck." He walked into the lounge inside the office and saw a fat man in his fifties with a goatee on the bed. He was wrapped in a thin quilt and was sleeping soundly.
Without any extra movement, Zhang Lisheng took a step forward and reached out his scaly claws to grab the fat man's neck before asking in a low voice, "Is your surname Guo?"
The fat man was awakened from his sleep. Confused, he felt that his throat was being strangled so he could not breathe on his own. Without listening to Zhang Lisheng's question at all, he exerted his wizard power as long brown hair emerged from his pores and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of black smoke.
The thick black smoke emitted a faint green light and covered the young man's entire head.
An unbearable stench filled his nose and his eyes that were not protected by the scales could feel a burning pain. However, Zhang Lisheng was not angry. Instead, he smiled. "You're indeed a kindred spirit." Four of the nine scorpion tails behind him suddenly extended and pierced into the fat man's limbs, stirring along with his blood vessels.
At once, the fat man's veins bulged all over his body as the long brown hair on his body slowly faded away. His entire face was flushed red as he bit his lips in pain, causing his mouth to be filled with blood foam.
"If you want to die from the pain, I'll fulfill your wish. If not, answer my questions properly. What do you think?" When Zhang Lisheng saw that his prey had completely lost his ability to resist, he asked in a low voice slowly.
The fat man immediately nodded with all his might.
Zhang Lisheng loosened his grip. "Your surname is Guo, so you're the boss of Heng Xiang Group, right?"
"That's right. I'm Guo Zhongxiang from Heng Xiang. Friend, since you've come to look for me in the middle of the night, I believe you know Heng Xiang very well and know who's standing behind me. We're all witchcraft people, so even if we're not from the same Gate, we still have some friendship. Right now, the three Gates of Life, Death, and Sacrifice have already cooperated and the elders have issued a ban. Anyone who fights without reason will be punished severely.
Brother, if I've offended you in any way before, just tell me. I'll definitely … "Now that the fat man finally had a chance to catch his breath, he took a deep breath and continued to threaten and tempt Zhang Lisheng, as though he was planning to bury the hatchet.
Zhang Lisheng, on the other hand, shook his head with a cold gaze and interrupted his words. "I'm not from the three Gates of Life, Death, and Sacrifice. I'm just here to ask you, why did you spend so much effort to obtain the Zhang Family's old house in Guawo Village in Damu Town?"
"The Zhang Family's old house?" Guo Zhongxiang was stunned for a moment. After a moment of silence, an arrogant expression crept upon his gloomy face. "Oh, so it's for this matter. Then, I believe Damu Town's Mayor Song must have been sent back by you, my friend.
To be honest, that Yin land is of great use to me so I won't give in.
Friend, don't think that I, Guo Zhongxiang, don't have any power to fight back just because you've subdued me now! The ultimate move of the Gate of Sacrifice … "
Zhang Lisheng could not help but frown when he saw the sudden change in his prey's attitude. He instinctively thought that Guo Zhongxiang would have a strong backup so he raised his guard. However, there was no movement for a long time. In the end, he could not help but show a ferocious expression as he said coldly, "Boss Guo, we've already reached this stage but you're still so conceited and noisy."
"I'm not conceited but confident, my friend. Think about it, I've used tens of millions of yuan to make friends with Big Boss Su, but how could I not gain anything at all?
To be honest, I have a life-saving ultimate move but I'll need to rest for at least two to three months if I use it, so … "
When the young man saw that Guo Zhongxiang still had a trump card in his hand despite being in an absolute disadvantage under his intimidation, his heart jolted. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head as he realized a possibility.
He pondered for a while and slowly moved his empty hand to his forehead, interrupting his prey's words. "Boss Guo, since you're so confident, I'd like to see how powerful your life-saving ultimate move is when you use it." Then, he slowly tore off the clown painting that was stuck in between his eyebrows.
At that instant, the ferocious aura that had been accumulated for a few days burst out after losing the cover of the mask. The cold aura actually made the bright moonlight become gloomy and horrifying.
Under Zhang Lisheng's emotionless ferocious gaze, Guo Zhongxiang seemed to have transformed from a strong man who was pounced on by a wolf into a lame lamb facing a lion. His eyes suddenly widened so much that his eye sockets were about to crack while his mouth opened so wide that it was dislocated. An inexplicable sound of "Ah …" came from his throat as his gaze became unfocused and his mind completely collapsed.
Such a result was out of Zhang Lisheng's expectation. Even though he had recently made a breakthrough to the Rank-9 Wizard Stage and his strength had greatly increased, it was impossible for his strength to be so strong that he could scare a wizard who had at least cultivated to the Rank-9 Wizard Stage in the Witchcraft's Gate of Sacrifice just by looking at him.
The young man was stunned. Before he could even think about it, he suddenly felt a jolt in his heart. Immediately, he waved his hand to cut off the head of the useless Guo Zhongxiang and nihilated his body before leaping out of the room.
The instant the young man left, a burly man with a height of at least 190 centimeters broke through two doors and rushed into the lounge.
With the help of the moonlight, the burly man saw the bed full of blood and the fat corpse that was separated from Guo Zhongxiang's body. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth so hard that they creaked loudly. The blood vessels and veins on his head protruded like earthworms, as though he was going to roar at the sky and swear to kill his enemy.
However, when the burly man recalled the ferocious aura that the enemy had intentionally or unintentionally revealed to attract his attention, he calmed down right away as though he was drenched in an icy rain.
As he chanted a spell, the skin and bones on his body caved in and his pores shrank, gleaming with a rubber-like gloss. Slowly and carefully, he walked to the bed and rolled up the cowhide mat on the bed to wrap Guo Zhongxiang's body properly. Then, he folded the two ends of the mattress and twisted it with his powerful hands, turning it into a bundle.
After that, he looked at the bloodstains under his feet and frowned. When he was about to carry the bundle on his back, he suddenly felt a slight chill on his body. The house in front of him shattered like a paper shell that was torn by a hurricane.
Then, a gush of spiral airflow that seemed to be able to distort space wrapped around him and the cowhide beside him.
In the midst of the sharp whistling sound that resonated after a long time, the bundle made of cowhide turned into sticky pieces together with the corpse inside. The burly man howled in vain and struggled in the cyclone for more than ten seconds before finally turning into a pile of meat paste in the air.
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