Bang!

Slamming the door forcefully, Shen Qiang stood in the room, his anger hard to quell.

Xiu Ju sighed and said softly to Shen Qiang, "Every industry has its difficulties, and that's just the way society is. Competition is everywhere. If you have no value, naturally no one will pay attention to you. But once there is profit to be made, everyone will want a piece of the action."

Shen Qiang turned his head and looked at Xiu Ju, "It's not about the money, do you understand? I work hard, I struggle. Just as Datong River's reputation began to rise, one clown after another started to jump out, Dinghao, and this Zhang Family, do they all think that I'm weak and easily bullied?"

Xiu Ju sighed, "I understand how you feel, but sometimes, that's just how things are. In any industry, in any group, if your strength is insufficient, you'll always encounter these scenarios, do you understand? 'One general achieves renown over the dead bodies of ten thousand,' it's not a joke, it's reality!"

"Whether it's a person or an organization, these are the things you must face before you rise. What you can do is either overcome these difficulties and resolve them, advancing relentlessly, or submit before them."

Shen Qiang clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth, "One day, I will become so powerful that everyone will tremble before me!"

Xiu Ju smiled and said, "I believe you will succeed, but before that, we need to remain patient and low-key. Before dealing with Bianyi, try not to cause any additional problems because as far as the Zhang Family goes, they wouldn't dare to mess around if the Dragon Group steps in."

"But once Bianyi exposes your true identity, considering you are only at the Golden Core Stage of cultivation, those who want to make a quick buck by crooked means will target you. They will stop at nothing, and the situation could spiral out of control."

Shen Qiang fell silent for a moment.

Taking a deep breath, he then began to cultivate without a word, even increasing the weight he was carrying from two thousand kilograms to two thousand one hundred kilograms!

"Become stronger, I must become stronger! I never want to see that contempt in others' eyes again, I never want to see anyone flaunting their power before me. I need to grow powerful and amass a group of strong followers! If the nature of life is the survival of the fittest, then let me be the wolf with blood in its mouth!"

In the hotel, Shen Qiang was cultivating like a madman.

The attention of Xiu Ju from the Dark Department, however, was focused on cooperation with other departments. After all, Bianyi was a ticking bomb deeply buried next to Shen Qiang, and if it couldn't be defused quickly, trouble was inevitable sooner or later.

And so, a day quickly passed.

Eight o'clock in the evening.

Outside the villa area where Miss Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing lived.

Sitting cheerfully in the driver's seat, Bianyi parked the car under the trees by the roadside.

Click!

The passenger door opened, and the Black Bear Spirit, who had been following Miss Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing, yanked the door open, got into the car, and then slammed the door shut with a bang, saying coldly, "I told you not to come here looking for me."

Seated behind the wheel, Bianyi handed him a cashbox full of money and smiled faintly, "Don't be nervous, they have no way of knowing about the kickback you took."

The Black Bear Spirit frowned, directly pocketing the money into his Qiankun Bag, then said coldly, "The miss is aware that we have private dealings, so I think you can tell them that your commission can be reduced by thirty percent."

Bianyi laughed, "Hey man, don't joke, lowering the commission rate does you no favors. You have to understand, the price of just one Magic Artifact is over ten million, thirty percent of the commission is over three hundred thousand, and that money could get you all sorts of beauties in those clubs."

The Black Bear Spirit frowned and, with a bang, grabbed Bianyi's throat tightly, saying, "I hate people following me!"

Bianyi struggled to pry his hand off, coughed twice, and then said, "Alright, rest assured, I promise I won't follow you again. My purpose in coming here was twofold, one to give you your share of the kickback, and the other to take my own commission."

"Commission?" The Black Bear Spirit raised his eyebrows, a curious look in his eyes.

Bianyi grinned, "The Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, you've already found Shen Qiang. That guy is quite lustful, and with Miss Chu Qing around, I think your deal must have been sealed, right? Let's calculate it at one hundred and fifty million, ten percent of that for commission is fifteen million."

Seeing the Black Bear Spirit frowning at him, Bianyi chuckled and said, "Of course, minus your thirty percent, I'll be happy with ten million."

The Black Bear Spirit was silent for a moment before saying, "The Culinary Competition has been keeping us quite busy recently, and the miss has yet to finalize the deal with Shen Qiang, so naturally, there's no commission."

Upon hearing this, Bianyi smiled slightly, his expression turning colder, "Is it really that difficult? Shen Qiang is just a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, and although he has a rather powerful woman with him, it's clear she doesn't want to fight to the death over him."

"With your level of Cultivation, we have no need to negotiate with him properly. You could just capture Shen Qiang, force him to hand over the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, and then tell that silly miss that you bought it, that way, both the sutra and the money would be ours, right?"

Sitting in the passenger seat, the Black Bear Spirit coldly glanced at Bianyi and scoffed, "Thinking of using a borrowed knife to kill? You think I don't know you're extorting Shen Qiang?"

Bianyi was taken aback.

Looking at him seriously, the Black Bear Spirit said in a heavy tone, "Don't forget, I am a demon. I've lived longer than your grandfather, so don't try your little tricks on me. Do you think I'm not able to guess? You think you've extorted Shen Qiang enough and now plan to use my hand to eliminate him, so you won't have to worry anymore, right?"

Bianyi laughed, "You've got it wrong, if I wanted to kill Shen Qiang, revealing his secret would be enough."

"You're lying!" the Black Bear Spirit said with a cold gaze, "The woman with Shen Qiang is not his subordinate, not his woman, not his fellow Cultivator. She's of a higher Cultivation level than the Mixed Element Realm, with no traceable background, and meets all these criteria. Without guessing, I can smell the scent of the Dragon Group on her!"

"That means Shen Qiang is either with the Dragon Group or someone the Dragon Group is protecting. If you were to reveal Shen Qiang's secrets, the Dragon Group would not let you off. The world may be large, but there would be no place for you. You understand this, which is why you chose not to reveal those secrets but used them instead to extort Shen Qiang."

Gazing into Bianyi's eyes, the Black Bear Spirit said coldly, "Now that you've gained enough benefits from Shen Qiang, you're planning to use a borrowed knife. If I were to believe you, the situation would become Shen Qiang being abducted and killed by a demon, then the Dragon Group would exterminate the demon, and all those petty thefts you committed before would sink to the bottom of the sea."

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