"It's him..."

Su Xuan saw a person clad in a black robe, seated cross-legged on the wing of a nearby airplane, staring intently in his direction.

The scene was extremely jarring! It was as if, in an ancient martial arts film, someone had suddenly pulled out a gun and started shooting. The black-robed figure wore a pitch-black mask—the very same person from the bookstore's surveillance footage!

But when Su Xuan blinked and looked back at the airplane's wing, the black-robed figure was gone. However, he was certain it had not been a hallucination.

"Boss, what can I get you to drink?" At that moment, Du Yufei walked over and spoke softly, "We have coffee, juice, and alcoholic beverages. We serve all the usual drinks."

She was exceptionally well-prepared this time, having practically turned the private jet into a small supermarket.

"I'm good for now." Su Xuan looked up at Du Yufei and asked, "How long until we take off?"

"Twenty minutes," Du Yufei answered.

"Alright." Su Xuan nodded. "I've said it before, don't call me Boss. It feels too formal. And you don't need to busy yourself; just treat this as a vacation with me. Rest when you should, otherwise, you'll make me uncomfortable too."

"Hee hee, okay!" Du Yufei smiled mischievously. "Su Xuan, can I sit next to you?"

"Feel free," Su Xuan said.

Du Yufei sat in the adjacent seat, cupping her cheeks in her hands as she gazed at Su Xuan's profile. The emotions in her eyes shifted constantly, and after a short while, her face began to blush.

"Are you not feeling well?" Su Xuan asked, noticing something was off.

"Not at all!" Du Yufei shook her head, but her face grew even redder.

She would never tell Su Xuan that she had a very special mission on this trip: to continue developing her relationship with him. This wasn't just her idea but the collective wish of her sister and her brother-in-law, Dongfang Hao. When she mentioned she was going abroad with Su Xuan, her sister and Dongfang Hao were even more excited than she was. But how was she supposed to further their relationship? By what means?

"No rush, no rush," Du Yufei murmured to herself. "Once we're overseas, there'll be plenty of opportunities..."

She knew that traveling together was the most effective way to achieve a major breakthrough in a relationship. It was a natural way to play, eat, and stay together... Besides, in a foreign land where you don't know anyone, people tend to let their guard down...

Twenty minutes passed quickly. Su Xuan picked up his phone and sent a message to a very familiar number he hadn't contacted in a long time:

*I'm coming to see you.*

*Already on the plane.*

Those simple words were enough to make a certain girl, who thought of him day and night, burst into tears.

Subsequently, the captain's respectful voice came over the intercom, reminding Su Xuan that the plane was about to take off. The aircraft slowly taxied onto the runway, then accelerated, the sensation of being pushed back into his seat hitting instantly.

Su Xuan glanced out the window, his eyes narrowing.

He saw the black-robed figure again, standing right at the edge of the runway, watching his plane take off. A chilling gaze seeped out from beneath the mask.

Is he warning me? as the airplane soared into the sky, Su Xuan frowned in thought. Warning me not to come back? That he'll kill me if I do?

He was a catalyst in the war between the Spirit-Taming Sect and the Floating Cloud Sect, simply because Yan Xiaosong had died right outside his front gate.

As the buildings on the ground shrank and the cars turned into tiny moving black dots, Su Xuan felt an unexpected sense of liberation, as if he had left all those troubles behind him.

But tens of minutes later, he saw ranges of towering mountains and couldn't help but wonder. Is the world of the cultivators hidden in mountains like these? Is Qi Li rushing through mountains just like these right now, trying to prevent a bloody conflict?

「About eighteen or nineteen hours later.」

Su Xuan's private jet landed at Kennedy International Airport in the Lighthouse Country.

As soon as he stepped off the plane, he saw a luxurious stretch limousine parked at the bottom of the aircraft stairs. An expressionless foreign man stood beside the car, looking up at him.

The moment he saw the man, a smile touched Su Xuan's lips.

He recognized him: Richard's bodyguard, Jeff.

The last time, at the airport in Hua Xia, Jeff had been beaten quite badly by Chen Yuesheng's crew.

He wasn't the least bit surprised that Alice hadn't come to pick him up in person.

That old fox Richard is probably planning to make things difficult for me.

"Mr. Su, long time no see!" Jeff said in a mocking tone as soon as he saw him. "Coming to see Miss Alice so soon? Have you earned that one hundred billion US dollars yet? Don't tell me you've gone broke and came to borrow money from our Miss Alice, have you?"

His Mandarin had improved significantly; he had obviously been practicing hard, perhaps hoping to gain the upper hand in an argument with Su Xuan. He was still bitter about his last trip to Hua Xia.

"Ah, if it isn't Jeff!" Seeing an old acquaintance, especially one connected to Alice, put Su Xuan in a great mood. He didn't mind Jeff's words at all and even played along. "How did you get so smart? You're right, I'm here to live off a woman this time. From now on, you'd better call me Boss!"

"You really are..." Jeff immediately pulled out a notebook, flipped through a couple of pages, and recited earnestly, "A shameless man is invincible, just as a barkless tree is doomed to die!"

"Wow!" Su Xuan laughed even harder at that. He descended the stairs, walked over to Jeff, and patted his shoulder. "Don't tell me you found a Mandarin teacher?"

"No!" Jeff swatted his hand away. "Don't you look down on people!"

"Interesting." Su Xuan stole a glance at Jeff's notebook and saw it was filled with many more insults.

For example: *Send my regards to your mother. It couldn't have been easy raising you to be such an ass.*

And: *I really want to become a gardener, just so I can plant a clue-by-four in your head.*

Then there was an even more vicious one:

*Your selfie is your family portrait...*

"Jeff," Su Xuan said suddenly with a grin, "want me to teach you an even better one?"

"Teach me what?" Jeff was instantly on guard.

"Are you a politician?" Su Xuan asked suddenly.

"A politician?" Jeff was stunned.

"Because..." Su Xuan held back a laugh and said slowly, "you're an expert at talking without saying anything!"

"Without saying anything?" Jeff was completely baffled, not immediately realizing he was being insulted.

But he was certain Su Xuan was insulting him.

"Mr. Su!" Jeff suddenly threw a punch at Su Xuan's face. "This time, let me experience your Hua Xia kung fu for real! Last time, you and I didn't get to finish!"

He had long anticipated having a proper fight with Su Xuan. He had been genuinely hoping Su Xuan would come looking for Alice soon so he could give him a good, satisfying thrashing! This was his home turf; there was no way he could lose!

Su Xuan had intended to just casually knock Jeff down, but as he raised his hand, he instinctively executed a basic martial art from the Floating Cloud Sect.

Cloud Wave Palm

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