Chapter 95

96. Chapter 96: Attracting Attention

Nine o'clock in the morning.

Li Yi took a taxi and arrived at the Heping Financial Building again.

With forty million in his account, his wallet was full, his confidence was high, and he stood tall. He thought that after getting this building sorted, he would take advantage of this move to replace his parents' medical pods.

He remembered that the best medical pods on the market were over ten million each; for two, Li Yi would have to spend at least twenty-five million.

If he then subtracted the expenses for preparing the building, it seemed there wouldn't be much money left.

And those were just basic expenses. If Li Yi also bought a top-tier medical pod for himself, he estimated the fifty million in his hands wouldn't be enough. Fortunately, he had now learned the Bone Observation cultivation technique, so he didn't need a medical pod, which could save him a large sum of money.

However, there was another type of cultivation pod suitable for Li Yi to use.

That thing was also ridiculously expensive, estimated at over a hundred million per unit. So, although he earned more after becoming a practitioner, his expenses had also increased. As long as you wanted to progress, there was always a product on the market that could precisely harvest your wallet, making you a wealthy poor person.

Just as Li Yi got out of the taxi, he saw a person standing in the plaza downstairs of the Heping Financial Building.

It was a woman, about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, with a head of jet-black, beautiful hair coiled high, revealing a stunning face with light makeup. Although she was only wearing an ordinary professional outfit, it was hard to hide her mature, curvaceous figure.

"I am Li Yi. You must be Zheng Lan, Miss Zheng, whom I contacted on the phone earlier," he said, walking over with long strides to greet her.

"Hello, Mr. Li. Yes, I am Zheng Lan. I didn't expect Mr. Li to be so young and yet have the strength to take over this building. Truly young and promising," Zheng Lan said with a smile, her eyes narrowing slightly as she couldn't help but size Li Yi up.

Tall, strong, but his temperament revealed a touch of detachment amidst his ruggedness, making him impressive and hard to ignore.

This must be the charm of a powerful practitioner; at a glance, he looked extraordinary and eye-catching.

Li Yi went straight to the point: "Miss Zheng, you were introduced by my colleague Zheng Gong. Zheng Gong and I have been on missions together, and I trust his character. So, to make a long story short, I want to move into this building in the shortest possible time. Do you have any good suggestions?"

"The Heping Financial Building has thirty floors in total. I'm just not sure if, besides the requirement for living, Mr. Li has any other requirements? For example, soundproof cultivation rooms, training grounds, storage rooms, and safe rooms," Zheng Lan said with a smile. "I have renovated buildings for some practitioners before and have some experience in this area. I believe I can satisfy all of Mr. Li's requirements."

Li Yi was stunned when he heard this.

He really hadn't thought that much.

So practitioners could have so many supporting facilities—cultivation rooms, training grounds... Sure enough, poverty limited his imagination.

Although Li Yi hadn't used these things before, if he were to cultivate, these seemed useful and were all very practical amenities.

Zheng Lan continued: "Before Mr. Li arrived, I had already understood the basic situation of this building and made a rough plan for the facilities on each floor. Mr. Li, take a look."

As she spoke, she took out a tablet computer and walked over. After just a few operations, a 3D rendering appeared before his eyes.

"For example, this top floor, the thirtieth, can serve as Mr. Li's cultivation area, so the renovation here will use soundproof and heat-insulating materials to ensure quiet and temperature control. The twenty-ninth floor can serve as Mr. Li's personal rest area..."

Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Li Yi: "No need for such trouble. Just leave the other floors vacant; I don't need them for now. If I need them later, I'll contact you. You only need to ensure the most basic requirements for moving in."

"If Mr. Li says so, then I understand. I'll delete the plans for the other floors and only keep the most basic living amenities. However, Mr. Li should keep the cultivation area on the top floor, right?" Zheng Lan's eyes flickered, looking a bit surprised.

"Keep the cultivation area," Li Yi nodded. "But in that case, how long will it take you to get it done, Miss Zheng?"

Zheng Lan immediately started calculating, saying as she did: "Even if most floors are left vacant, the most basic equipment is still needed. The building's elevators need to be replaced, the floors need basic hardening, some doors and windows need to be inspected and replaced, plus some other things..."

After calculating for a while, Zheng Lan looked up and said with a smile: "If Mr. Li wants to move in within three months, it will cost at least five million."

Li Yi frowned: "Three months is too slow. I don't want to wait that long."

"If Mr. Li is willing to increase the budget, I can shorten the construction period," Zheng Lan thought for a moment and said.

"I'll give you ten million. Get it done within a month if possible. Can you do that, Miss Zheng?" Li Yi didn't hesitate, just holding up one finger.

Zheng Lan shook her head with a smile: "It won't take that much. Labor is very cheap now. If Mr. Li wants to finish within a month, you only need to add one million to the budget."

"You can use the remaining money to help me fix up other places," Li Yi said.

"Since Mr. Li says so, then I understand. Don't worry, I will give Mr. Li a satisfactory result within a month. I definitely won't let Mr. Li down," Zheng Lan smiled. In reality, she hadn't planned to make any money on this deal at all; she even intended to chip in some of her own money.

Compared to a single business deal, Zheng Gong being able to establish himself in the Investigation Bureau and having the opportunity to cultivate with the help of a mystic object was the most important thing.

Doing business without a practitioner looking out for you in the background meant the business wouldn't grow big.

However, just as Li Yi was busy discussing his new home, the results of his cultivation value test from yesterday were inadvertently circulating in the cultivation circles of Tianchang City.

A cultivation value of 420% was enough to spark quite a bit of discussion.

Most people had no connection to Li Yi and were just joining in the fun, but when this cultivation value reached the ears of Yang Yi Long in the Anding District, some people couldn't sit still.

"Yang Yi Long, you're still in the mood to practice boxing? Have you heard the news from yesterday? That Li Yi—yes, the Li Yi who taught you boxing—he had his cultivation value tested at the Investigation Bureau's training base yesterday. Guess what the result was?"

"420%! It's even higher than your cultivation value."

"That kid is a genius."

At this moment, a middle-aged man named Yang Ye rushed into the underground training ground in a panic, not caring at all that Yang Yi Long was practicing his boxing techniques.

Yang Yi Long was currently holding a boxing stance, motionless, eyes closed in deep thought.

Although he had mastered boxing power, as he delved deeper into his practice, he gradually discovered something wrong: his body was suffering injuries in several places.

Was there a problem with his boxing stance? Had he not mastered the essence?

Or was it that Li Yi hadn't taught him the full version when he learned it, causing this boxing technique to be flawed?

However, with Yang Ye's arrival, Yang Yi Long woke from his thoughts, opened his eyes, and withdrew his stance.

"A cultivation value of 420%?" He frowned slightly. "But so what? Does this matter have anything to do with me?"

Yang Ye said anxiously: "How can it not have anything to do with us? Back then, we forcibly took a boxing technique from him, and we also injured Lin Yue, who stood up for him. You could say we've completely offended this Li Yi. Before, he was just a small character, and we didn't need to take him to heart, but now it's different."

"Li Yi has joined the Investigation Bureau and helped the team leader Zhang Lei successfully recover a defective mystic object. As far as I know, the Investigation Bureau plans to use that defective mystic object to build twenty cultivation rooms, and Li Yi has two permanent spots. Think about it—a cultivation value of 420% combined with the energy field of a defective mystic object. You can't be unaware of what this means, right?"

"Don't look at Li Yi as just being in the Spirit Medium Realm now; it won't be long before he catches up and becomes a Spirit Perception practitioner like you. Given that kid's personality, he'll likely seek revenge. Yang Yi Long, this is a huge potential hidden danger that cannot be ignored."

Yang Ye vaguely felt that this Li Yi would become a major threat in the future and could no longer be treated as a small fry like before.

Yang Yi Long turned around and said calmly: "A cultivation value of 420% still doesn't reach the special recruitment standard of the Golden Academy. With a cultivation pod, my cultivation value can also reach 350%. That Li Shaoqing is even higher, reaching over 380%... But you must understand, once cultivation reaches Spirit Perception, moving forward involves the mysteries of the soul. Even with a high cultivation value, one will still be stuck at this hurdle."

"Li Yi has only just opened his Spirit Medium Realm; he still has a long way to go. You're making a mountain out of a molehill."

"That still doesn't mean we shouldn't be on guard," Yang Ye said. "If we hadn't offended Li Yi, all this wouldn't matter, but it just so happened that we offended him completely. You wouldn't want to see our Yang family gain such a dangerous enemy, would you?"

Yang Yi Long's expression shifted, and he asked: "What do you intend to do?"

Yang Ye seemed to have a plan already. He gritted his teeth and said: "Strike first to gain the advantage. Let this potential future enemy die young. I've investigated this Li Yi; during his last mission, he also offended Wei Bin, a wanderer in the Waste City District. Let's spend some money to have him take action."

"Wei Bin won't kill Li Yi unless he wants to be wanted by the Investigation Bureau for the rest of his life," Yang Yi Long said. "Yang Ye, don't do anything stupid. Once hiring a killer is exposed, the Yang family will be completely finished. Li Yi is now a member of the Investigation Bureau; if he dies inexplicably, Zhang Lei won't let it go."

"Don't worry about Li Yi's matter. I will find an opportunity to talk to Lin Yue and have her take the lead in reconciling with Li Yi. If that really doesn't work, at worst, we'll give up the Guidance Technique."

"Alright, that's enough of this. You may leave; don't disturb my boxing practice anymore."

Yang Yi Long waved his hand, signaling Yang Ye to leave.

Seeing this, Yang Ye had no choice but to leave without a word.

Without Yang Yi Long taking the lead, it was impossible for Wei Bin to cooperate with him.

After all, Yang Yi Long was the recognized head of the Yang family, and Yang Ye had no say in front of those Spirit Perception experts.

However...

Yang Ye suddenly had another idea.

If he couldn't find a Spirit Perception expert to cooperate, then a practitioner who had opened their Spirit Perception might not necessarily refuse this business.

Among those wanderers, there were quite a few Spirit Perception practitioners, and their strength was not weak either. Dealing with Li Yi, who was only a Spirit Medium, would be a piece of cake.