Chapter 517: Chapter 425: Missing

Chen Li had no intention of dealing with the Jiang Family personally.

Even if Jiang Hongxin returned from Xiangzhou to take charge of the Jiang Family in Songjiang, his personal strength was at best only at the Void Transformation level.

Letting Luo Pingyuan devise the plan, with the Tuo Long Bang providing support, would be enough to get the job done.

If something truly unexpected happened, it wouldn’t be too late for him to intervene personally.

Of course, killing was easy.

Jiang Hongxin could be dealt with in a single sword strike.

With his current Cultivation, there would be no trouble at all.

But Chen Li had never been interested in just taking a few lives.

He wanted the Jiang Family’s assets, and he wanted to bring them under his control smoothly and discreetly.

When he dealt with Liu Gongquan’s family, although he had wiped them out, he’d only had time to take a portion of their portable wealth.

The Liu Family’s Textile Workshop, their fertile lands spread across Mirror Mountain, their countless deeds to shops... most of it had ended up falling into the hands of the Government Office.

Back then, the Liu Family had relentlessly pressed him, forcing Chen Li to strike back with overwhelming force.

The Jiang Family of today was already in decline and posed no real threat to the Chen Family. Chen Li could therefore afford to be methodical, plotting to achieve the greatest gains at the lowest cost.

Framing, seizing land with forged deeds, devouring assets through marriage alliances, running long cons in gambling dens, setting traps in brothels, feigning illness to swindle money, colluding with bandits to plunder, using praise to engineer a downfall and sow discord...

Since ancient times, the schemes for swindling and robbing the wealthy and powerful had been endless in their variety.

Zhou Qingyi herself had fallen for a scheme jointly set by the He and Sun Families, which had nearly destroyed the Zhou Family’s entire fortune.

Even without Chen Li’s involvement, Luo Pingyuan was cunning enough to accomplish these things on his own.

The only thing Luo Pingyuan truly feared was the power of Jiang Hongxin, a Void Transformation Grandmaster.

After all, in the face of absolute power, all schemes and plots were futile.

"You will handle this matter alone."

Chen Li looked at Luo Pingyuan. "I will arrange for a Void Transformation Grandmaster to be at your disposal to keep Jiang Hongxin occupied. If any other surprises arise, I will intervene."

Hearing this, an imperceptible flicker of disappointment crossed Luo Pingyuan’s eyes.

He naturally would have preferred for Chen Li to act personally and crush the Jiang Family, as that would be the safest and quickest method.

But since he would have a Void Transformation Grandmaster to help suppress Jiang Hongxin, he was confident he had countless ways to deal with the remaining turncoats in the Jiang Family.

"My thanks, Patriarch."

Luo Pingyuan then changed his tune, probing, "Patriarch, that Jiang Chaoyun is an incorrigible womanizer. If... Miss Linglong were to get involved and apply a few of her charms, she could surely have him wrapped around her finger. It would make our work twice as effective with half the effort."

Chen Li looked at Luo Pingyuan calmly, but inwardly, he sneered.

’This Luo Pingyuan... he never misses an opportunity to probe and scheme for his own benefit.’

’Let Linglong go with him to Songjiang?’

’Impossible!’

He knew exactly what Luo Pingyuan was plotting.

Qin Yirong was now considered an old-timer in the Chen Family and knew many of its secrets.

Her status was unique among the Chen Family’s many Honored Guests.

Moreover, she also practiced the Righteous Wealth Cultivation Method. Luo Pingyuan wanted to pry some of the technique’s secrets from her, or use the opportunity to spy on the Chen Family’s inner workings.

Why would Chen Li ever give him such an opportunity?

"Linglong cannot go."

Chen Li’s tone turned cold. "However, I can find someone else to assist you."

As Chen Li’s gaze swept over him, Luo Pingyuan felt a pang of apprehension. His expression grew slightly awkward as he quickly cupped his hands. "Thank you, Patriarch. With an expert’s help, I will certainly not disappoint you."

After dinner, Chen Li had Luo Pingyuan rest in a guest room in the mansion, while he himself left the Zhou Mansion and headed out of the city.

His destination was the Jingxin Nunnery, located outside the city walls.

In less than an hour, he arrived at the foot of the mountain where the nunnery stood.

The nunnery normally only received female worshipers.

By now it was nearly dusk, and the nunnery’s gates were long closed to all visitors.

Chen Li could hardly enter through the main gate.

However, with his current Cultivation, how could its gates possibly stop him?

With a flicker of his form, he floated over the courtyard wall as silently as a falling leaf, landing inside the nunnery.

He spread out his Divine Sense, blanketing the entire Jingxin Nunnery and scanning every inch of it.

A dozen breaths later, Chen Li’s brow slowly furrowed, and his heart sank.

There was no trace of Li Yuniang’s aura in the nunnery!

The person he was looking for was Li Yuniang, who had been ordered to guard the Sun Family’s concubine, Zhuo Yuan, and Sun Wanru.

Ever since he had given her the task of dealing with Zhuo Yuan and Sun Wanru, she had not returned to the Chen Family to report.

During that time, Chen Li had told his eldest son, Shouheng, to deal with the two women as soon as possible.

He had asked about it once, and his eldest son, Chen Shouheng, had made the excuse that the Cao Family had not yet paid the final installment for the fifteen thousand mu of mulberry fields from the auction.

Furthermore, the 470,000 taels of silver required Zhuo Yuan and Sun Wanru to come forward as the aggrieved parties to claim it from the Commandery Magistrate’s Office, so he had delayed taking action.

But Chen Li knew the truth. ’The 470,000 taels of silver is just a pretext. The real reason is likely that my eldest son, Shouheng, is too soft-hearted. He finds acts like wiping out a family to seize its assets and killing witnesses to be morally unacceptable. He can’t bring himself to be so ruthless, which is why he keeps procrastinating.’

After learning that the two women were being held at the Jingxin Nunnery under Li Yuniang’s watch, Chen Li became busy with other matters and didn’t look into it further.

But now, there was no trace of Li Yuniang’s aura in the Jingxin Nunnery. This was definitely not normal!

’Where did the three of them go?’

’Did they conspire and escape together?’

’Or were they captured?’

Although Chen Li had unblocked the meridians and Acupoints sealed by his Vein-Severing Soul-Breaking Finger, he had never removed the Silent Extinction Finger’s restriction on her Divine Soul.

Li Yuniang’s Cultivation was only at the Meridian Passage, the first level of the Spirit Realm, and she had not yet condensed her Divine Sense. This seal on her Divine Soul had little impact on her daily activities or combat power, but it effectively prevented others from forcibly interrogating her with a Divine Soul Secret Skill.

Furthermore, besides the seal on her Divine Soul, Li Yuniang’s Spirit Realm Cultivation was also suppressed by Chen Li using the Evil Suppressing Seal’s Secret Technique.

With the dual control of the Silent Extinction Finger and the Evil Suppressing Seal, Chen Li considered the possibility of Li Yuniang’s betrayal to be quite low.

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