Chapter 671: The Shares Are Uneven
Spare Me, Great Lord!
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
On the way back, Nalan Que tried again. âLi Yixiao, Iâm telling you. Donât retreat so that you can advance. Donât loosen the reins only to grasp them later. Donât purposely complicate matters... if you ask me now, I may give this ring to you. Only if you promise me that...â
âWhat is wrong with you ladies?â Li Yixiao said, âWe have to pass this to the higher ups. How can we take this for ourselves? Do you not have any awareness? Donât use your way of thinking to dirty my noble sentiments!â
Li Yixiao did not care about the ring. Incidentally, he could be more strong-willed in front of Nalan Que. There was no reason for him not to be happy!
âHa ha,â Nalan Que laughed. âFine, fine. I have dirtied your sentiments. Youâd better not regret it!â
After Li Yixiao returned to the villa, he felt extremely uneasy and stayed up until midnight. He told Nalan Que that he was going to the toilet and secretly sneaked out to find Lu Shu. When he reached Lu Shuâs room, he said softly, âHow is it, brother? The gains are quite good, right?â
âNot bad,â said Lu Shu calmly. âEven though we have been talking about working together for so long, we have never actually done so. Back then at the Koh Chang Island remains, you bore so much responsibility, yet we did not reap much gains. When we managed the black market, our money was confiscated by Nie Ting. This time, according to our promise, you will take 90% and I will take 10%...â
Li Yixiao was dumbfounded. âBrother, wait. Wasnât it 10% for me and 90% for you?â
âThatâs right, 10% for me and 90% for you,â Lu Shu said naturally.
âWait. My train of thought is a mess...â Li Yixiao said, âDonât joke around with me, brother. I only planned to take 10% of the share at first.â
Lu Shu was unhappy. âAm I that kind of person? Taking 90% of the share while you fight? I would never do such a thing.â
Li Yixiao suddenly felt that he had seen this righteousness in himself this afternoon...
But he did not think much about it. Lu Shu was probably different from him. He was even slightly touched. After all, this was his genuine profit. Li Yixiao shook Lu Shuâs hand. âBrother, from now on, we are truly brothers. I, Li Yixiao, accept this favor. I owe you one. Hurry up and show me what we have earned.â
Lu Shu emptied all the essential balms on the bed, forming a small mountain...
Lu Shu wasted no time in showing Li Yixiao the video. He was afraid that Li Yixiao did not understand English, thus he translated for him as the video played...
Li Yixiao looked at the essential balms, then looked at Lu Shu, then looked at the video. He suddenly grabbed his head. âDonât translate anymore, brother. My head is starting to hurt...â
âFrom Li Yixiaoâs distress, +999!â
âSo that was what had happened.â Li Yixiao deliberated for a while. Suddenly, he said, âHow about you take 90% of the share and I take 10% of the share. Then youâll owe me one! How about it?â
Lu Shu said buoyantly, âThat wonât do. We have already talked about it. Youâll take 90% and Iâll take 10%. I canât take advantage of you!â
Li Yixiao was about to explode. Thinking about what he had told Nalan Que that afternoon... he had spoken too soon!
âFrom Li Yixiaoâs distress, +999!â
The competition for the mineral resources was reaching its conclusion. Some dubbed the conflict between the Phoenix Society and the Department of Faith Theory as the starting point for the strange phenomena in the realm of cultivation.
At first, Lu Shu thought that he would follow the group and head to Europe. He did not expect the Heavenly Network to suddenly issue a command. Everyone was to return to China.
This was the command that the others had received. Lu Shu had received a different command. He had to reach a specific place by a certain time to coordinate with a new team.
This was not unexpected. When Li Ganyu and the rest had come here to represent the Heavenly Network in the negotiations with EO, everyone focused on their identities. Although not all the large organizations around the world were present, the focus was still concentrated in Africa.
Everyone was astonished when the Heavenly Network eventually took advantage of the situation. People started to look into their identities.
All of them should have used unofficial identities to interact with and form alliances with other organizations. But this team led by Xia Rensheng had become the center of attention and representative of the Heavenly Network.
Thus, if they were to continue on to Europe, another team had to take over.
The Heavenly Network based their judgment on the current situation. After encountering the Saint, the Department of Faith Theory would most likely set off a massive chain effect in Europe. The situation in Europe had escalated. Sending a team of secret practitioners there would be equivalent to sending them to their deaths. They did not need anyone to target them. They would probably be unable to withstand a stray bullet among the chaos.
This turn of events was unexpected, but reasonable. Even Li Yixiao and Nalan Que had to withdraw even before others had the intention of fighting them. This was to prevent them from being surrounded.
According to the information from the Heavenly Network, three Class B experts had come to Africa the day after Li Yixiao and Nalan Que killed Bennett. No one knew what their objective was. But they came at this exact timing. Furthermore, they were all experts whose ferocity was well-known within the realm of cultivation. As for their objective, Lu Shu had probably guessed 80% of it.
It seemed as if the real hunt had begun in the realm of cultivation.
Li Yixiao led the team. That night, everyone rode the cargo ferry back. Li Yixiao suddenly stood on the deck and waved to someone far away in the dark. Some people looked in the direction he was waving in, but they could not see anything.
Suddenly, someone asked, âWait. Where is Li Teng?! Wasnât he with us just now?â
Lu Shu had accompanied the team up until they entered the harbor. He took the chance while no one was paying attention to sneak off. No matter how much Li Ganyu and the rest tried to look for Lu Shu, they could not find him. Suddenly, they realized that Li Teng was very mysterious. He had adopted a nonchalant attitude throughout the entire mission. Thinking about it, they had many suspicions.
Zhong Yutang had met Xia Rensheng before. Thus, when Xia Rensheng saw Li Yixiao waving, he suddenly understood that there may have been an expert in his team that he did not recognize. This expertâs level was so high that even he did not have the right to know about him.
Lu Shu stood in the dark and watched the cargo ship sail away. He turned back and walked into the wilderness. Ever since the dawn of the magically-rich era, hunting down Heavenly Kings seemed to be the target of experts who were used to the smell of blood. It had become a form of honor. But no one had done it before.
But for some reason, when Lu Shu saw this piece of information, he became angry.
At the same time, Nie Ting was in the Liuhai Lane Courtyard House. He calmly passed a coded message to Zhao Yongchen, who was in Africa. âHave you told Lu Shu everything that I asked you to say?â