Chapter 742 - 742 Don't act like a young widow, be my woman and I'll cherish you!
Capital, Guotai Hotel!
This is one of the best hotels in the Capital, and today the Supreme Family, the Hua Family, has contracted the entire hotel to host a business banquet. The purpose is to seek partnerships in the Capital for a project… rumored to be about alchemy!
The project is worth only a few hundred billion, but its results could almost influence the entire Martial Arts Circle.
Because if this elixir pills manufacturing plant were to be successfully established, it would mean that the secular world could obtain some low-level elixir pills through regular channels.
For example, simple Martial Spirit Pills, Vitality Pills, and Qi Blood Pills… These could help ordinary people cultivate Martial Arts Qi Force and enter into Martial Arts, break through control, and even reach the Grandmaster Realm.
If it were just one or two breakthroughs, it wouldn’t make much of a difference!
But if tens, hundreds, or even millions of ordinary people could cultivate Martial Arts Qi by spending money, it would greatly increase the likelihood of strong individuals emerging!
Some people are limited by various reasons and cannot cultivate Martial Arts Qi Force in their lifetime, but once they did, their cultivation speed thereafter would be like riding on a rocket, reaching Grandmaster and even Martial Venerable and Martial Emperor realms…
If such exceptional cases became more common, then the entire structure of the Martial Arts Circle, and even the Ancient Martial World, would be changed!
This was a decision made internally by the Ancient Martial Alliance, also as a countermeasure to the provocations from the Ancient Martial Mini Alliance! The strategy was to create more powerful individuals in the secular world, to balance the power of the Ancient Martial Mini Alliance!
And in the secular world, whoever controlled this project would become another Supreme Family, unmatched in comparison!
Therefore, the business banquet hosted by the Hua Family was not only attended by families from within Greater Xia, but also from Dongying, Europa, the Beautiful Country… virtually all the top families from around the globe came to compete for it…
Of course, the Hua Family’s main focus was still domestically!
Among them, the most hopeful were the Ling Family and the Wu Family!
Especially the Wu Family, as the Wu Family patriarch Wu Jinchuan and Hua Family’s Grandpa Hua Taikang knew each other from before, leading to rumors that they had a much greater chance than the Ling Family.
What’s more critical is that behind the Wu Family there’s the Wu Family elder, rumored to be a powerhouse in the Martial Saint Realm… Also, on the Ancient Martial side, the Gong Family and the Fang Family were joining forces to pressure the Hua Family, either to prevent them from successfully starting this project or to ensure the project must be handed over to the Wu Family.
Because the Wu Family, Fang Family, and Gong Family were all in cahoots!
Given these backgrounds, Wu Hai, the one in power from the third generation of the Wu Family, was particularly confident, believing that he was guaranteed to win the project tonight.
When Ye Fan and Ling Yanqiu arrived in front of the Guotai Hotel building, Wu Hai was unexpectedly looking around in front of the building, seemingly waiting for someone.
Wu Hai was wearing a black tailcoat today, with a white shirt underneath, tied with a bowtie, sporting gold-rimmed glasses, and a side-parted hairstyle… This image, topped with a small mustache on his nose, would make him look exactly like a basins-geared Japanese!
Ye Fan only glanced at him and instantly disliked the guy!
Those trash from Dongying almost killed Ye Fan’s beloved Yu Linglong in Penglai Canyon. That time, it was only the Black Clothes Society’s personnel within Great Xia Inner Realm who were killed!
But it was far from enough!
“Hehe! Eldest Miss Ling, you’ve finally arrived… Look, I’ve been waiting for you for quite a while, haha!”
Upon seeing Ling Yanqiu getting out of the limousine, Wu Hai hurriedly walked towards her and warmly extended his hand, “Miss Ling, regarding the terrible news of your fiancé’s death, I’ve already heard! You must be mournful… Young Master Ye being blown up, it also pains me deeply, such a wonderful person, it’s a shame he died so young! What a pity…
Mainly because, Yan Qiu, such a beautiful flower like you without protection is quite pitiful, why don’t you marry me instead? I, Wu Hai, promise to take good care of you!”
Wu Hai, with a lecherous expression, stepped forward and looked Ling Yanqiu up and down as though his gaze alone could strip her bare.
Ling Yanqiu stepped back two paces with a look of disgust, avoiding Wu Hai’s arm and said coldly, “Get lost!”
Suddenly, Ling Yanqiu felt empowered!
Why?
Because her man, Ye Fan, hadn’t died!
That deadbeat had merely taken on a different identity and stayed by her side!
Although to the outside world this guy was called Fan Ye and was her sister’s boyfriend, he was actually her man… With Ye Fan around, given his personality, how could he possibly let his woman get hurt?
After everything they had gone through, Ling Yanqiu knew that even if she tore the heavens apart, Ye Fan would patch it up for her!
Before Ling Yanqiu went to the Northwest, Ye Fan had helped her break through to the Martial Emperor level… In fact, facing Wu Hai now, Ling Yanqiu could easily take him down.
However, Ling Yanqiu didn’t want to make a move. Having been apart from Ye Fan for so long, she just wanted to feel what it was like to be protected by him!
“Miss Ling, don’t be so rough! A girl should still be a bit gentle… Heh, the Ling Family now, without the Ye Family’s backing, do you really think you can secure the Hua Family’s project? Dream on!”
Wu Hai was extremely smug, “Yanqiu, you probably aren’t aware of my grandfather’s relationship with Grandpa Hua, are you? Today’s business banquet is just a formality, to let everyone have a bit of fun and witness the event! Do you think your Ling Family stands a chance? Not even a hair! Do you believe that with just one word from me, the Hua Family’s Bodyguard Captain would kick you out, not even letting you through the door?”
“Of course, if you, Yanqiu, agree to be my woman, and our two families unite, naturally I would consider collaborating on the elixir pills project together at that time! After all, by then we would already be family, right?”
Wu Hai was incredibly pleased with himself, convinced he had the project in the bag for today.
Ling Yanqiu had been in a fairly good mood, but her eyebrows furrowed at Wu Hai’s words.
She was somewhat aware of the relationship between Wu Jinchuan and Hua Taikang. If Wu Jinchuan was to interfere, even if the Wu Family couldn’t get the project, they would probably prevent the Ling Family from obtaining it too!
After parking the car, Ye Fan walked up naturally and wrapped his arm around Ling Yanqiu’s waist, “Sis, let’s go inside!”
At this moment, Ye Fan still wore the appearance of Fan Ye. Outside, he was still Ling Yifei’s boyfriend, borrowed by his sister to accompany her to the business banquet!
Huh?
Seeing the intimate gesture between Ye Fan and Ling Yanqiu, Wu Hai’s pupils dilated, and he felt as though he had swallowed a fly, utterly disgusted!
Damn it!
Ling Yanqiu was so resistant to shaking hands with him just now, but now she was in the arms of this little driver with no attempt at resistance?
Even the look in her eyes had a hint of sweetness…
This was outrageous?
“Son of a bitch, what the hell are you! A mere driver, daring to touch Yanqiu, let go of her now, or I’ll chop you to death!” Wu Hai, enraged, pulled out his battle saber and hacked down towards Ye Fan’s arm!
In the eyes of big shots like Wu Hai, a driver like this was no more than a disposable lowlife, like an ant—dead is dead, not worth noticing…