"That venomous woman!" Lin Tang shook his head vigorously.
He hadn't expected that even after Ning Yuexi learned he was a handso young man, she would still be bent on his death. It was absurd, considering how forward she had been during their intimate monts when she was lucid.
Lee Encai yawned and poked his rear with the tip of her foot. "I'm so hungry! Aren't you going to make breakfast?"
I, a great cultivator of the Golden Core Stage! Am I supposed to be your personal chef?!
Lin Tang shot her a contemptuous glance, then… obediently tied on an apron and bustled off to the kitchen.
After all, he hadn't truly beco an immortal yet. He was still human and needed to stay grounded. What was wrong with cooking? Food is the staff of life!
Rubbing her stomach, Lee Encai asked, "So what are you going to do?"
Lin Tang beat the eggs with a whisk and said fiercely, "Murdering one's husband is a heinous cri. Naturally, I must 'slay my wife to attain the Dao' and uphold the sanctity of marriage!"
"Pfft—"
Lee Encai didn't believe him for a second.
Just then, Shen Youling, unable to put off the insistent protesters any longer, had to co looking for Lin Tang. The sight that greeted her was Lin Tang personally feeding Lee Encai. Lee Encai's cheeks were puffed with food, her expression one of pure bliss.
Shen Youling was speechless.
Lin Tang! How can you spoil other won like this?
"It seems I've co at a bad ti," she said, her voice dry.
"Not at all! You've co at the perfect ti. You have to try Brother Lin's cooking; it's absolutely delicious!" Lee Encai hurriedly got a bowl of rice for her, bustling about like the lady of the house.
How could Shen Youling possibly have an appetite? She forced a smile and declined, then said to Lin Tang, "The third thing you promised …"
Lin Tang rolled his eyes. "Do you have any idea how outrageous Ning Yuexi's request is? She wants to go see her? No way!"
"Then what about my parents?" Shen Youling asked anxiously. "How about this? I'll go with you. You don't have to say a word; I'll do all the talking."
"I'm not going!"
"You—"
I already said I'd be the one to plead with her. You just have to show your face. Why is that still not good enough?
"Regardless, you've already promised to handle this. You can't go back on your word!" Shen Youling insisted.
"I agreed to pretend to be a cripple, to be slandered by so many people, and to be humiliated by your parents, all without fighting back. But what about you? You promised to remain my wife, yet you find every excuse to not let touch you. What kind of wife is that?"
"After all this, all you can think about is that sordid business? Is that really so important to you?"
"Any normal person would find it important!"
"Hmph! You say I'm an unqualified wife, but are you a qualified husband? Sneaking into another woman's bed in the middle of the night!"
"Ah—" Lee Encai grew embarrassed.
Lin Tang, however, was righteously indignant. "You won't let in your bed, so I have to get into soone else's."
"Fine, fine, fine! Get in my bed right now! I'll give you what you want, is that good enough for you?" Shen Youling stord over to the window and pulled the curtains shut. Disregarding Lee Encai's presence, she began to strip off her clothes.
In a flash, she was down to her underwear.
Resolutely, she strode over to Lin Tang, grabbed his hand, and pressed it against her chest. Closing her eyes, she looked like a martyr facing her doom. "Go on, do whatever you want to !"
"...As if I'd want that!" Lin Tang forcefully pulled his hand away with a look of disgust. "Hurry up and eat, then wash the bowls when you're done!"
"Fine, I'll eat!" Shen Youling sat down in a huff and began to shovel food into her mouth. Tears dripped down her face, tasting a little salty.
「An hour later.」
They were in Ning Yuexi's hotel.
"You agreed?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"I had no choice. I was being pestered to death by a nag," Lin Tang shrugged. "But I only promised to try and formulate a poison that can kill an ordinary Heavenly King. If Long Tianji is more skillful and the poison doesn't kill him, you can't bla for that."
"If it can kill other Heavenly Kings, it can certainly kill him. What makes him so special?" Ning Yuexi scoffed.
"That's not necessarily true. You're the one who calls him a demon. The other Heavenly Kings are only human."
"That's…"
That's true. Whether it was the Holy Corpse from the Heavenly Person Academy or the ring from Langhuan Holy Land, both could easily suppress or kill a Heavenly King. Yet neither had any effect on Long Tianji. Maybe he really was immune to poison!
"Whatever! Just concoct the poison first, and we'll see!" Ning Yuexi gritted her teeth.
"Wait, wait a minute!" Shen Youling asked, stunned, "Pavilion Master Ning, your… your demand is for Lin Tang to be your accomplice in assassinating the Dragon Heavenly King?"
Isn't that just like lighting a lantern in an outhouse—courting death?
No wonder Lin Tang said her request was too much. It was beyond excessive!
"No! We can't do that! Once the Dragon Heavenly King finds out, given his violent temperant, he'll definitely kill you, and he might even kill all of us!" Shen Youling shook her head frantically.
"No? You're the one who said it. In that case, I won't bother with your family's ss anymore," Lin Tang said, relieved to be off the hook.
Shen Youling was instantly dumbstruck. She pleaded with Ning Yuexi, even getting on her knees, offering to buy the dicine for several tis its price. But Ning Yuexi wouldn't budge. There was only one condition: she would only have Chen Shanchun prepare the dicine if they agreed to deal with Long Tianji together. Shen Youling was ntally and physically exhausted, tornted by the decision.
Lee Encai's mouth twitched. I wonder how she'll feel when she finally learns that Brother Lin is actually Long Tianji?
「Midday.」
Chen Shanchun held a press conference, which was broadcast live on online platforms. During the conference, he solemnly declared that the Shen Family's new drug was, in fact, developed from a formula stolen from him—one that Lin Tang had transferred to him. This was a serious act of infringent! The reason the new drug had side effects was purely because the thieves had only managed to steal the list of ingredients. They had failed to perfectly replicate the proportions and the manufacturing process.
He vowed in the na of the Xuanhu dical Pavilion that he would launch an authentic version of the new drug that would resolve the side effects. If it failed, he would smash his own signboard!
After watching the press conference, so of the protesters were skeptical.
"Who is this old man? What makes him so confident?"
"Is he just trying to ride the hype train?"
"He's trying to trick us into buying his 'authentic' drug. What if we have problems with that one, too?"
"I'm not buying it…"
Subsequently, nurous experts ca forward to endorse him, educating the public on the authority of the Xuanhu dical Pavilion. It was on a completely different level from a no-na company like the Shen Family's. Convinced, the public began to place their trust in him.
The Xuanhu dical Pavilion had nurous subsidiaries and pharmaceutical factories. Once mobilized, their efficiency was top-notch. Soon, the authentic new drug entered production, and a pre-sale date was announced.
When Dong Mingfeng and the others saw the video, they felt a wave of relief, followed by a surge of intense envy.
"Sigh, we've finally weathered this storm."
"Damn it! We spent so much on advertising and made the drug a household na across the country. Now we've just gift-wrapped it for soone else."
"That old bastard Chen Shanchun lucked out!"
"Look! There's a new announcent!"
They all looked at once. The announcent stated that due to limited production, pre-orders were temporarily restricted to victims already suffering from the side effects. Victims were required to provide a dical diagnosis, proof of purchase for the counterfeit drug, and… proof of having received a refund for the counterfeit drug!
"Damn it!"
"Weren't the first two proofs enough?"
"This is obviously targeting us!"
"Chairwoman, bad news! Another large group of protesters has arrived at the company!"
Most of the employees had not shown up for work, effectively resigning. They disdained to be complicit any longer. Only a few die-hard loyalists remained at their posts, now reporting in a panic.
Dong Mingfeng and the others turned pale. Faced with the demands for refunds from the "vicious and wicked" protesters, how could they dare to refuse? To refuse was to risk being beaten to death! Money was important, but their lives were more so!
In the blink of an eye, the Shen Family's company funds were completely drained. Yet the debts to their suppliers and partner factories were still a gaping hole! Just days ago, they were rising titans of wealth. Now, they were utterly bankrupt and drowning in debt! The fall from heaven to earth was far too great.
"BOO-HOO-HOO! Why is my life so miserable!" Dong Mingfeng wailed, her heart breaking.
Shen Xin was utterly dispirited. Shen Jiayue's face was ashen. Lu Zizheng's eyes darted about before he suddenly slapped his wife hard across the face. "You bitch, look at the ss you've dragged into! A divorce! We have to get a divorce!" He had no intention of letting the Lu Family be dragged down with the Shen Family. Of course, he had to sever ties.
"Lu, has a dog eaten your conscience?!" Shen Jiayue finally broke down.
When Shen Youling returned ho, she was stunned to see them looking as if their parents had just died. "What happened?"
"You have the nerve to ask! After you bragged that your deadbeat husband would solve everything and it would all be fine. Is this the result?"
"When all is said and done, that beast Lin Tang is the real culprit! If he had just given us the complete formula from the start, none of this would have happened!"
"I don't care! You and Lin Tang have to take responsibility for the family's debt! He sold the formula to the Xuanhu dical Pavilion, so they must have paid him. He has to hand that money over!"
Shen Youling was bewildered.
What on earth are you people talking about? Have you lost all reason? Do you have any idea the price Lin Tang paid to clean up your ss? He's risking his life to take on the Dragon Heavenly King!
To prevent Yan Luoyang from harming Shen Youling again, Lin Tang had personally escorted her ho. So… he heard everything.
He sauntered in, a mocking expression on his face. "I feel the need to clarify one point. I didn't receive any money when I transferred the formula."
"Pah! Who would believe that!"
"You're just trying to get out of it, aren't you, Lin Tang? How can a man as stingy as you deserve to be Youling's husband? Youling, sue for divorce right now and take half of everything he owns!" Dong Mingfeng shoved Shen Youling.
Shen Youling shook her head. "First, I'm not getting a divorce. Second, Lin Tang really didn't take any money. Chief Chen said he exchanged the formula for so Centennial Elixirs."
"Centennial Elixirs? Aren't those priceless treasures? They could be sold for a massive premium! Where are the elixirs? Hand them over!" Dong Mingfeng demanded, aggressively extending her hand toward Lin Tang.
Lin Tang simply spread his own hands, smiling cheerfully. "I already ate them all."
SPURT—
Dong Mingfeng spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Oh, and one more thing," Lin Tang added. "Originally, Chen Shanchun wasn't going to require proof of a refund. That was my suggestion."
SPURT! SPURT! SPURT!
Shen Xin and Shen Jiayue also began coughing up blood…
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