35 Departing Tiankong City (1/2)
”My father cannot sense your presence, so you are clearly above the Heavenly Warrior rank,” Li Jian said, feeling slightly annoyed by the laughter. He could feel that she was not laughing with him, but at him.
”Since you are stronger than the Heavenly Warrior realm, you should easily be able to deal with Xiao Lei. Is there any reason for you to laugh so much about it?”
”Xiao Lei was my hero, but he never looked at me. He never even glanced my way, yet some piece of trash was able to get all of Xiao Lei's attention.”
Li Jian's hands trembled, and an ugly expression appeared on his face.
”So, to sum it up, you want me to assist you in killing Xue Wei and Xiao Lei?” the woman chuckled as she slowly sat down on the chair where Li Fang had sat earlier.
”Yes!” Li Jian nodded his head. ”That other Heavenly Warrior too, Manager Su!”
”Once Manager Su and Xiao Lei are gone, my father can take over the position as City Lord and I will become the new young master of Tiankong City. One day, I will take over his position and become the City Lord of the city, and all will listen to my orders!”
The more Li Jian spoke, the wider the smile on the silver-haired woman's face grew.
”I will help you,” the woman said. ”I cannot act directly, but when you are traveling towards the army, I promise to make sure that a great surprise will appear!”
Hearing this, Li Jian was somewhat disappointed. ”You sounded as if you would help me, but you are telling me to wait a couple of months?! And that you cannot even act on your own? Then what use are you?!”
”I need to be certain that Xue Wei dies! He has to be completely dead – and preferably suffer before he dies!”
”I know,” the woman laughed slightly. ”I promise that only one of you will survive the trip. I can give you my word, in which I will step in and do the deed myself if my plan does not work.”
”But you should want my help to be as subtle as possible,” the woman said with a mysterious smile on her face. ”If I act, then more chaos will ensue; and I can promise you that your father will realize that you have made a deal with me if Xue Wei drops dead all of a sudden with no explanation.”
Li Jian frowned, but after considering it for some time, he nodded his head. Although he wanted his vengeance, he did not want to get crippled or expelled from the family. If she could use some other means to get rid of Xue Wei, then all he had to do was wait a few months to see what would happen.
”Well then, thank you for your cooperation,” the woman laughed again. Her voice became distant as she spoke, her figure vanishing into the shadows. It was as if she had melted into the shadows and the last thing that Li Jian heard was the pearl-like laughter of the woman who had vanished entirely.
Like this, rumors started to spread through Tiankong City of a mysterious stranger visiting the Li family mansion at night. However, no one knew anything about the purpose of this visit, so assumptions were as many as stars in the sky.
Some thought that Li Fang had found a backer that would assist him to become the new City Lord.
Others thought that it was a master thief that had come to steal everything the Li family had gathered over the years.
A group of people thought that it was an expert that had decided to settle down in the Li family mansion without telling Li Fang, causing him to yell the way he had when he noticed the expert.
There were many rumors, but neither Shen Bingwen nor Li Fang said the truth to anyone, causing the rumors to be just that, rumors.
The only ones who knew what had happened were the two Heavenly Warriors, and after a bit of time, Manager Su and Xue Wei.
At first, neither Shen Bingwen nor Li Fang had planned on telling Manager Su or Xue Wei about what had happened. But after careful consideration, they agreed on it being for the best to tell these two about it, as it seemed as though Li Jian was a potential target for the strange voice.
Where Manager Su's eyes turned dark, Xue Wei was completely carefree. He understood that if this powerful expert was truly aiming for his life, he had no way of protecting it. If the expert could sneak into the Li mansion without even Li Fang's notice, that person was stronger than Manager Su, Shen Bingwen, and Li Fang.
Even if they went together against the enemy, no one was able to say who would emerge victoriously.
Xue Wei knew too little about the realms above Heavenly Warrior rank, but he could imagine that it was a completely different realm; a realm where strength would multiply many times and thus the Heavenly Warriors could not bar this expert if their choice was to kill him.
On the other hand, he could not help but feel strange. Why would such an esteemed expert try to contact Li Jian and the Li family, trying to tempt them? It made no sense.
Did the Li family have something unusual that the esteemed expert wanted, or did the expert just want to see chaos and disaster wherever it passed? Tempting commoners and trying to make them fall to their heart demons?