Chapter 90: As long as I do not let them in, who would dare?

At the headquarters of the Shadow Mourning Order, an elderly man in a black robe sat cross-legged in a dim, sealed chamber.

At that moment, a shadow emerged from the corner.

Sensing its presence, the old man slowly opened his eyes. “What is it?”

“Reporting to my lord, our covert source has just sent word that one of our strongholds in Cloud City in the southeast has been wiped out.”

The voice came from the shadow.

“An entire stronghold destroyed? Was it someone from the Dragon Division?”

The old man in black asked.

“Probably not. There are indeed people from the Dragon Division in Cloud City, but only three of them, and the strongest is merely a Grand Master. They could never have done this.”

“According to the covert source, not long after the Cloud City base received a bounty order, it was annihilated. They suspect...”

The shadow stopped there, not continuing.

He knew the man stationed at the Cloud City stronghold, Yu Wanxiong, and that fellow’s strength was that of an early-stage martial grandmaster.

To kill a martial grandmaster along with dozens of grandmasters and masters would require at least mid-stage martial grandmaster strength.

As far as he knew, there should not have been a second martial grandmaster in all of Cloud City.

And yet Yu Wanxiong had been killed. He could not make sense of it.

Picking up on the implication, the old man narrowed his eyes and asked gravely, “What kind of bounty order was it?”

“According to the covert source, the bounty was issued by people from the Sakura Kingdom. The bidder first offered one hundred million to buy the life of a man named Su Yifan.”

“At the time, assassins accepted the job, but that very night those assassins mysteriously vanished. Afterward, the man came to our stronghold and raised the offer to five hundred million.”

“As soon as our base accepted the bounty, we immediately sent people out. Yet soon after they left, the stronghold was wiped out.”

“And finally, that Sakura Kingdom man was there too. He died as well.”

The shadow relayed the covert report one item at a time.

At first, he had suspected that the Sakura Kingdom man was setting a trap to deal with their stronghold.

But when he heard that the person who issued the bounty had also died, that suspicion vanished.

He truly could not understand who possessed the strength to destroy their stronghold.

“What sort of person is the one being hunted now, and how is he doing?”

“The covert source says he is a young man in his early twenties, and he is perfectly well at home.”

As he spoke, the shadow suddenly seemed to remember something and went on, “Come to think of it, this man has a little renown. It is said that not long ago he killed the Southeast King, and that Southeast King was a member of the Ye family of Dragon City.”

“What is strange is that the Ye family was annihilated not long ago. Because the news was deliberately sealed, no one knows exactly who destroyed them.”

As far as they knew, the Ye family had five martial grandmasters, one of whom was even at the peak of the martial grandmaster realm.

For the other party to destroy the Ye family in one stroke, he must have been a martial king.

Hearing this, the old man in black fell into thought.

After a moment, he said, “It seems this young man named Su Yifan is not simple.”

“My lord, what do you mean?”

“What I doubt is not him, but the person behind him. He should have a martial king protecting him.”

“Then how should we handle this matter?”

“A mere martial king. Send two martial kings on the trip. If they dare offend our Shadow Mourning Order, they should be prepared to die.”

“Yes.”

The shadow answered, and then vanished from the corner.

...

At the same time, in the Sakura Kingdom, within the Meichuan clan, the clan head, Meichuan Kaitan, sat in the chief seat.

Beside him sat a blonde, blue-eyed middle-aged woman. Behind the woman stood two burly American men.

Just then, Meichuan Kaitan said in a low voice, “Lady Tess, for the sake of your plan, our clan lost two geniuses. You must give me an explanation for this.”

“Don’t be angry, Kaitan. We have already investigated the matter. The one who killed your clan’s geniuses, I will help you kill him.”

“Besides, to express my apology, I have taken the liberty of adding two more gene serums to the ones I promised you before.”

As she spoke, Lady Tess waved toward the people behind her.

The next moment, one of the American men stepped forward carrying a case.

He came to Meichuan Kaitan and opened it, revealing five green vials inside.

At that sight, the stern look on Meichuan Kaitan’s face eased considerably.

“Since Lady Tess is so sincere, then I will await your good news.”

“Then we shall not disturb you any longer, Kaitan.”

After speaking, the three of them left the Meichuan estate.

Once outside, in the car, one of them asked, “Madam, why are we giving them the gene serums we just developed?”

Lady Tess gave a smile full of meaning. “Rather than letting our own people be test subjects, it is better to let someone else take their place.”

“I see.”

...

On the other side, at the Su residence, Su Zhenguo and his wife had come home early from work.

“Dad, Mom, why are you back so early today?” Su Yifan asked in some surprise when he saw them return so soon.

Normally, his parents did not get home until nearly six o’clock, yet today they were back before five.

What was going on?

“Because we have good news to tell you,” Su Zhenguo said with a laugh.

“Good news? What is it?” Su Yifan was curious.

“Guess,” Su Zhenguo said with a grin, teasing him.

At that, Su Yifan scratched his head for a long while but could not figure out what it might be.

Smack!

At that moment, Zhang Hong could not help giving her husband a slap. “Stop teasing Yifan already.”

Having been struck, Su Zhenguo drew in a breath of pain, then smiled and said, “The good news is that our family company is going public in two days.”

“Really? That’s wonderful.”

Su Yifan naturally had little interest in such matters, but to avoid dampening his parents’ excitement, he could only cooperate and put on a happy expression.

In truth, the reason their company was going public had much to do with Su Yifan himself.

The families of Cloud City, eager to curry favor with him, had been quietly forging business ties with the Su family’s company.

That was what allowed the Su family company to go public in such a short time.

Just as the whole family was celebrating this matter, a guard came in from outside.

“Master, Madam, Young Master, someone outside requests an audience.”

“Who is it?” Su Yifan asked.

“They are from the Dragon Division. One of them has come here before,” the guard replied respectfully.

Hearing that it was people from the Dragon Division, Su Yifan did not need to think to know who it was.

That fellow had been beaten by him before.

Could he be here for revenge now?

Thinking of this, he asked, “Did they say what they want?”

“They didn’t say exactly. They only said they wished to see you, Young Master.”

At that, Su Yifan waved a hand. “No, no. Tell them to go back wherever they came from.”

As soon as the words left his mouth—

Smack!

Su Zhenguo slapped his son on the head. “What are you doing? A guest is a guest, and besides, they are people from the Dragon Division.”

“Dad, why are you hitting me? So what if they are from the Dragon Division? As long as I do not let them in, who among them dares to enter?”

Su Yifan said, rubbing his head.

He would not even give face to a general of the Dragon Scale Guard, let alone a few small fry from the Dragon Division.

What the hell were they worth?