"500 million?" Boss Ma's eyes bulged.

Shen Qiang smiled slightly and said to Mr. Zhang sitting in front of him, "You previously threatened me, saying you would buy Datong River for 25 million, now, you're claiming I took your 500 million. Mr. Zhang, you really are an interesting person. As a doctor, I suggest you see a neurologist?"

Mr. Zhang's gaze was icy as he said, "Shen Qiang, don't think I'm trying to scare you. You only have two choices: hand over Datong River to me, or return the 500 million. Otherwise, I guarantee I will kill you."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, "Are you stupid?"

Mr. Zhang's gaze turned frigid.

But before he could get angry, Shen Qiang spoke indifferently, "This is Shanghai, the stronghold of the Dragon Group. If you want to extort me in the street, you'd better think about the consequences first. Get lost immediately, and don't speak any nonsense, because everything you say could potentially be recorded, and then you would be in big trouble."

Mr. Zhang froze, angrily retorted, "Are you threatening me?"

"It's not a threat, it's a warning."

"You've got guts!" Mr. Zhang angrily got up to leave.

And just as he was about to walk away, Shen Qiang added, "Furthermore, you must understand that there has been no deal between us, and I couldn't possibly sell the Datong River. I made that clear when we first met. So, unless you have other matters, don't come looking for me in the future, because I don't have time for you."

"Very well." Mr. Zhang nodded coldly and turned to leave with his men.

Watching their retreating figures, Boss Ma's eyes were wide with shock, "500 million? Younger brother, are you doing business this big?"

"He's joking," laughed Shen Qiang. "You'd better not ask about my personal affairs."

"I get it. Old Sun and I will fly back to Provincial City tonight," said Boss Ma earnestly.

Shen Qiang smiled, "The tickets are already booked. After you return, I'd appreciate it if you two brothers could help guard Datong River for a few days. You can leave when I get back."

Sun Kaiping was straightforward, "No problem."

"Then that's settled. I'll take my leave first. Someone will take you to the airport in ten minutes."

He stood up and left the swimming hall.

Xiu Ju followed, "All the tasks have been taken, all by three-star Hunters. I hope the money spent is worth it."

Shen Qiang frowned and said seriously, "Xiu Ju, I want to make my family so strong that nobody dares to provoke us. What should I do?"

Xiu Ju replied, "There are three methods: 1, start a sect, widely recruit disciples, and nurture them into strong individuals, 2, spend money to hire strong protectors and retainers, 3, have many children and train them from a young age."

Shen Qiang hesitated before asking, "Are hired strongmen reliable?"

Xiu Ju hesitated for a moment, then said, "The monkeys scatter when the tree falls."

"I understand," Shen Qiang nodded.

As she followed Shen Qiang into the car, Xiu Ju's gaze was somewhat puzzled as she asked, "Where are we going?"

Shen Qiang said earnestly, "Didn't you say it? 'The monkeys scatter when the tree falls.' So what I need to do now is become a tree that nobody can knock down."

Midnight.

Tuberculosis Prevention Center.

In the ward.

Bianyi, who was coughing, glanced at the two Cultivators sitting cold-faced with masks on in his ward, and his expression turned cold.

These two were from the Zhang Family.

The purpose of staying here was naturally for fear that Bianyi would flee.

He picked up the cellphone.

Logged onto the Bounty Hunters website.

He closely monitored the several tasks he had posted.

Almost at the same time, the atmosphere in the room suddenly grew heavy.

Two cultivators at the Golden Core Stage passed out in an instant.

Then the door creaked open, and a man about thirty-seven or thirty-eight years old, with a scorpion tattoo on the heel of his left hand, walked in.

Clatter.

A heap of surveillance cameras and cellphones were thrown onto the bedside table.

The man pushed aside the cultivator slumped over the chair, pulled the chair over, and sat down in front of Bianyi's bed. He calmly glanced at Bianyi's cellphone and said, "So many people are watching you, yet you're still playing the game of hiring hitmen?"

Bianyi laughed and showed the man beside the sickbed his cellphone.

"See that?"

The man sitting beside the sickbed frowned as he looked at the phone screen.

Limited time task: Rape and murder Xin Xiaoting… Task status: Failure.

Limited time task: Rape and murder Miao Xiaoxia… Task status: Failure.

Limited time task: Rape and murder Su Xiaonuan… Task status: Failure.

Limited time task: Rape and murder Lv Shuyao… Task status: Failure.

Limited time task: Rape and murder Gao Hui… Task status: Failure.

"You lost," the man by the sickbed murmured.

Bianyi laughed, "You think the failure of these five rape and murder orders means I have lost? On the contrary, the failure of these orders will make my words very credible. That's because these five women all have close relationships with Shen Qiang."

"They are all ordinary people, but if even cultivators can't kill them, it means that when I publicly reveal Shen Qiang as the man behind the mask in Dragon Group, my words will be very credible."

The man at the sickbed said, "You still want to exploit Shen Qiang's identity for your schemes? I advise you to give up. It's futile. Forget killing Shen Qiang; nobody is foolish enough to even go after his ordinary girlfriend."

"It's enough if one powerful person wants that bounty," Bianyi said earnestly.

The man with the scorpion tattoo on his left hand spoke seriously, "You've said it yourself, whether they are criminals or law enforcers, they must never lose rationality. Stop now; you promised me that if you lost, you would stop and find a paradise to live in."

"I haven't lost yet," Bianyi smiled. "I still have money, a lot of resources to exploit, and I have you. Shen Qiang can't compete with me. Although he's a bit clever, destroying him would be as easy as flipping my hand."

The man with the scorpion tattoo on his left hand said, "The stuff you hid on the server has been obtained by Dragon Group. You've lost the ability to threaten others. If you stop now and leave immediately, there's still time. Otherwise, you won't need Shen Qiang to kill you; those you have extorted will come here and do it first."

"The thing is, those people don't know that my ledger was stolen," Bianyi chuckled. "And Dragon Group will surely keep it a secret before they fully comprehend those files, which means, in the short term, I am safe."

"You're playing with fire, you will die," the man with the scorpion tattoo on his left hand said. "In the Cultivation World, there are already rumors circulating, many are saying you blackmailed Shen Qiang, now he wants to kill you."

"Rumors?" Bianyi laughed. "It seems not many people know about my dispute with Shen Qiang, and I haven't spread this information, so that only leaves Shen Qiang. What is he trying to do?"

As Bianyi pondered, his eyes gradually brightened: "Is he trying to use me to boost his reputation? Hehehe, interesting. However, his biggest failure is not coming here to kill me directly. Now that I've got the records of the failure of these five rape and murder orders, all I need to do is anonymously release the information to unveil his true identity, and then he's dead."

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