Volume One, Chapter 51: Killing the Chicken to Warn the Monkey

"Our Zhou family is a prominent and influential household in Nanjiang City. How could we allow ourselves to be played in the palm of such a cheap woman's hand? She must pay a heavy price for her actions!"

Hearing the words of Zhou Chen and the others, Zhou Yunyi was also burning with rage and immediately ordered the Zhou family to move against Shen Yuwei.

Regardless of whether she had teamed up with Ye Tian to set a trap for the Zhou family, he needed to make an example of her as a warning to anyone who dared to oppose the Zhou family.

Taking revenge on Shen Yuwei was actually quite simple. She currently ran a small cosmetics company, and the Zhou family happened to have significant sway in that industry. With just a few minor tricks, they could easily bankrupt her!

Soon, the Zhou family's retaliatory actions quietly got underway.

At the same time, the headquarters of the Li Group welcomed an important guest.

In a rustic and elegant tea room on the top floor sat a muscular middle-aged man wearing a short jacket.

He had dark skin, a square face, prominent temples, and arms bulging with taut muscles, making him look somewhat like a rural farmer.

Yet, facing such a man, Li Dingguo and the Li family siblings sitting opposite him did not dare to show the slightest disrespect; even their speech was exceptionally cautious.

There was no helping it; the other party was Chu Lingfeng, an executive of the Divine Fist Sect and one of the figures second only to the sect master in status, possessing an extremely extraordinary identity.

His trip to Nanjiang was for the agency rights of the subsequent elixirs developed by the Li family, and by the way, he also brought news regarding the missing chef from Zhongzhou.

"Why hasn't he arrived yet? I have been waiting for quite a while."

After closing his eyes to rest for a moment, Chu Lingfeng tapped the table impatiently, looking rather displeased.

Li Cheng hurriedly got up, poured him another cup of tea, and apologized, "Divine Doctor Ye is in deep cultivation in the suburbs, which is a bit far from here. According to the time, he should be arriving soon."

"Humph!"

Chu Lingfeng put on airs. "If this cup of tea is finished and he is still not here, this lord will be returning to Zhongzhou. If he still wishes to know the news, he can come to Zhongzhou to find me."

"Please wait a moment, Executive Chu, I'll go urge him again."

Li Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and prepared to call Ye Tian.

Just at that moment, the door of the tea room was suddenly pushed open, giving Li Cheng a start.

"Brother Tian, you're finally here!"

Li Cheng let out a long sigh of relief, looking utterly relieved.

Seeing this expression, Ye Tian frowned slightly.

Upon learning that someone from the Zhongzhou Divine Fist Sect had arrived, Ye Tian hadn't delayed for even a second, immediately boarding a helicopter sent by the Li family to return to Nanjiang City. Altogether, it had taken barely half an hour.

Since this Divine Fist Sect wanted to be the agent for the Li family's elixirs, wasn't it a bit too arrogant not even to wait this short amount of time?

Thinking of this, Ye Tian's expression grew cold as he walked over unhurriedly and sat down opposite Chu Lingfeng.

"You must be Divine Doctor Ye?"

Looking at the refined young man before him, Chu Lingfeng couldn't help feeling somewhat surprised.

He truly hadn't expected that the person known as Divine Doctor Ye would be so young!

"I wouldn't dare claim the title of divine doctor; I am Ye Tian."

Ye Tian nodded while simultaneously sweeping his spiritual sense across Chu Lingfeng's body.

Body Refining, Eighth Layer!

Ye Tian felt a mild surprise. For someone to reach the late stage of Body Refining in their thirties showed that the Divine Fist Sect indeed possessed some genuine strength.

This gave him some new understanding regarding certain contemporary martial arts sects.

While Ye Tian was probing Chu Lingfeng, Chu Lingfeng was also observing Ye Tian.

An expert of his level had spiritual sense far stronger than that of ordinary people and could easily perceive the aura emitted by a target to judge their cultivation level.

However, Chu Lingfeng's technique proved somewhat ineffective when applied to Ye Tian.

When his spiritual sense made contact with Ye Tian's body, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, receiving not the slightest feedback.

In such a situation, either the other party was an ordinary person completely devoid of any martial arts aura, or the other party was unfathomable, to the extent that his spiritual sense could not detect anything.

Chu Lingfeng thought to himself that Ye Tian's demeanor was composed and unflustered in his presence, by no means resembling an ordinary person.

This meant the other party was very likely an extremely formidable expert!

Being so formidable at such a young age, he was probably incomparable to ordinary small sects. Could he be a disciple of some secluded hidden sect?

At that moment, Chu Lingfeng was deeply shocked. He quickly stood up, cupped his fists, and asked cautiously, "I am Chu Lingfeng, an executive of the Divine Fist Sect. May I ask which sect or master Divine Doctor Ye belongs to?"

"Just a rogue cultivator, Executive Chu needn't concern himself."

Ye Tian shook his head. He truly had no idea what sect he belonged to, and as for his master's honorific name, he certainly couldn't casually reveal it, so he had to fabricate a lie.

"I see."

Chu Lingfeng recognized this as an evasive answer, but it wasn't his place to continue pressing the matter, as this was not something for him to pry into.

Fortunately, his purpose today was solely for the Li family's newly developed elixirs, not to investigate Ye Tian's identity.

Passing over that topic, the two began to discuss the agency for the new elixir.

Some time ago, authorized by the Li family, the Divine Fist Sect had introduced the Beauty-Enhancing Pill to Zhongzhou, instantly causing a rush to buy among many citizens and yielding handsome profits.

Later, hearing that the Li family had developed a new type of elixir capable of helping martial artists improve their Body Refining efficiency, the Divine Fist Sect immediately took an interest.

Zhongzhou had a culture that valued martial arts, and countless martial artists resided locally. Normally, various sects sold certain body-refining elixirs.

However, these elixirs could not be mass-produced, so their prices remained stubbornly high. Moreover, their cultivation-assisting efficiency was at most two to thirty percent, offering extremely low cost-effectiveness, and very few people could afford them.

The Li family's new elixir, however, was different. Not only could it be mass-produced, but its assisting efficiency was hardly inferior, and virtually any household with modest means could afford it.

Chu Lingfeng had come this time precisely to verify how well this new elixir of the Li family performed.

As the creator of the elixir formula, Ye Tian naturally had to participate in the negotiations.

Seeing that Chu Lingfeng was somewhat impatient, Ye Tian gave a subtle look, and Li Cheng immediately opened a sandalwood box, placing it before Chu Lingfeng.

"Is this the newly developed Body Refining Pill?"

Chu Lingfeng took out a black pill from inside, his expression filled with curiosity.

"Executive Chu, you may test its effects personally. It is definitely much better than anything on the market."

With Ye Tian backing him up, Li Cheng gained a lot of confidence, and even his speech carried a trace of pride.

"Good!"

Chu Lingfeng picked up the pill, quickly swallowed it, and closed his eyes to feel its effects.

After quite a while, he finally opened his eyes, a trace of pleasant surprise in his gaze. "This Body Refining Pill is indeed extraordinary! It can boost body-refining efficiency by at least twenty percent!"

Ye Tian said in a flat tone, "A mere twenty percent. If not for the loss of medicinal efficacy caused by factory mass-production, it could boost efficiency by at least thirty percent. Does Executive Chu think this Body Refining Pill is worth the news you inquired about?"

"Worth it, of course it's worth it!"

Chu Lingfeng's excitement was palpable. Previously, he had intended to use this news to force a concession from the Li family, hoping to secure the agency rights at a more favorable price.

Now it seemed that even if he used a hundred such pieces of news in exchange, it wouldn't warrant a concession from the Li family!

Seeing him agree, Ye Tian looked quite satisfied. "Very well, I will hand this elixir over to the Divine Fist Sect for agency sales at the lowest possible price. Our only condition is that you must not disclose to the outside world that these elixirs are produced by us; publicly, you must claim they are made using the Divine Fist Sect's own elixir formula. How does that sound?"