Chapter 18

"Kensen?" Ye Lin frowned. "Why does this name sound so familiar?"

"He was just named one of the top ten outstanding philanthropists in Qingcheng. He's been on TV," Wang Jingli whispered a reminder from the side.

Ye Lin: "..."

He was just wondering why it sounded so familiar. On the surface, he's one of Qingcheng's top ten outstanding philanthropists, but behind the scenes, he's the boss of all the underground forces, right? Fine, fine, that's how you want to play.

At the same time, Ye Lin also had a headache. Being targeted by such a big shot, his days ahead wouldn't be easy.

He could only hope that what the cold-hearted boss said was true and that he hadn't passed the news to Kensen behind the scenes. Otherwise, if Kensen knew he could regenerate organs, he might be able to deduce that he was immortal, and that would be trouble.

Ye Lin wasn't confident enough to think he could fight against the entire Underground King of Qingcheng; that would be too overestimating his own strength. Who knew how many powerful Class-Transferred individuals Kensen had under him.

Strength, in the end, it's still about strength. If he were level 50 or 60 now, never mind Kensen, it would just be a matter of one Forbidden Curse.

"Brother, I've told you everything I know. Can you let me go?" Wang Jingli asked, trembling.

Ye Lin glanced at him coldly: "Get lost. My blade does not kill cowards."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Wang Jingli scrambled to get up and was about to flee.

"Stop!"

Ye Lin's voice suddenly rang out, scaring Wang Jingli so much that his sphincter almost couldn't hold it.

"W-what's the matter, brother?" Wang Jingli said, trembling.

"Do you have any cash on you? Take it all out and give it to me," Ye Lin said.

"Yes, yes, yes!" The feeling of escaping death made Wang Jingli break out in a cold sweat. He tremblingly took out the thousands of dollars in cash he had on him and stuffed it all to Ye Lin.

"Alright, get lost. Why are you so scared? I already said, my blade does not kill cowards. Could I be lying to you?" Ye Lin rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry brother, it was my small-mindedness judging a gentleman. I'll get lost right now."

Wang Jingli left in a hurry, but he had only walked a few steps when he felt a scorching hot wave coming from behind him.

The purple-red karmic fire instantly swallowed Wang Jingli whole. Wang Jingli let out a scream, and within a few breaths, his entire body was burned to ashes.

"My blade indeed does not kill cowards, but unfortunately, I also know a bit about Forbidden Curses."

Looking at the firelight in front of him, Ye Lin kindly began to explain to Wang Jingli, and then he slowly raised one hand.

"Forbidden Curse—Burning Reincarnation!"

"Forbidden Curse—Karmic Fire Burns the Heavens!"

Ye Lin's complexion became visibly pale, and a beautiful, terrifying fire lotus was constantly brewing in his hand.

The moment the fire lotus bloomed, the entire farmhouse was shrouded in boundless karmic fire, burning fiercely.

Perhaps some people in this farmhouse were innocent, but Ye Lin had no way to distinguish them. With his own life at stake, he could only let these people die less painfully.

Under such terrifying temperatures, the human body would even be directly vaporized, which could be considered a painless death.

After destroying all traces, Ye Lin put away Spirits Return to the Afterlife Realm and turned to disappear into the night, leaving behind only a patch of scorched black earth.

Back home, Ye Lin washed his face and took several deep breaths, but he couldn't calm his surging emotions.

He had killed someone!

Unlike killing those monsters and other messy things before, this time, he had killed a living person!

Compared to this, what made Ye Lin's emotions even more unsettled was Kensen's retaliation that would follow!

But fortunately, in three days he would be taking the college entrance exam. When he went to participate in the college entrance exam trial, he would be safe. By then, even Kensen wouldn't be able to touch him.

The problem is, where should he go for these three days? Staying at home would definitely be sitting ducks.

Just as Ye Lin was worrying, his front door was knocked on again.

Ye Lin's heart skipped a beat. Could Kensen's retaliation be coming this fast?

He didn't open the door directly, but climbed out from the window and circled to the front of the door, while holding a Forbidden Curse in his hand.

If it was Kensen's people at the door, he would just throw the Forbidden Curse and run, to see if he could blow a few of them up.

Just as Ye Lin was about to strike, he saw by the moonlight that the person at his door was actually Ji Lingyu.

What was this kid doing coming to find him?

However... the problem of where to go seemed to be solvable.

Seeing it was Ji Lingyu, Ye Lin put away the Forbidden Curse, climbed back in through the window, and opened the front door.

"Boss, you're finally back!" Ji Lingyu was a bit excited to see Ye Lin, not realizing at all that he had just walked through the gates of hell. "I applied to my dad, there's 20 million, but..."

"Don't say anything else, money is a small matter. I accept you as my underling. Let's go! To your house! You've already called me boss, from now on I must protect you personally!"

Ye Lin put his arm around Ji Lingyu and walked out.

The Ji Group is one of the top enterprises in Qingcheng. No matter how awesome Kensen is, he couldn't possibly run into the Ji Group to catch him, right?

"Ah? Really?" Ji Lingyu still couldn't believe his ears, and then a sense of accomplishment rose in his heart.

His dad was right after all. This guy Ye Lin is both vain and poor. With just a few words, he had tricked a free bodyguard.

"Right! You are my boss! Come home with me!"

The two walked with their arms around each other's shoulders, like good partners with tacit understanding. At this moment, the two people, each harboring their own ulterior motives, reached a perfect consensus. Both felt that they had really made a killing.

Just as Ye Lin got into Ji Lingyu's car and left, in a dark corner, a black shadow flashed and disappeared into the darkness.

Qingcheng Underground Black Market.

A man chewing on a large cigar sat on a sofa chair, and a beauty with a curvy figure knelt in front of him, also chewing on a cigar.

This man had his hair slicked back, was a bit chubby, and looked kind when he smiled. If no one said anything, no one would know that the person in front of them was the boss of the Qingcheng underground black market, Kensen.

Kensen took a puff of his cigar, his brows slightly furrowed, then instantly relaxed. His pupils lost focus, staring blankly at the ceiling, and it took a long while before they refocused together.

"Why is there no news from that guy Zhihu? Catching a high school student, and he hasn't finished catching him after so long?"

The beauty stood up, pulled out a wet wipe to wipe her mouth, and responded.

"Half an hour ago, he couldn't be contacted. When the people we sent arrived, that farmhouse had already been burned to ruins. Looking at the fire, it was done by a Class-Transferred individual. And that high school student Ye Lin was picked up by Ji Lingyu of the Ji Group five minutes ago."

"Ji Group? Is their shadow behind this too?"

Kensen's expression was uncertain.

Just today, Xu Zhihu, the person in charge of human organ sales under him, told him that he had discovered something strange about a high school student, and that there might be a big secret hidden on that high school student.

He asked Xu Zhihu what was going on, but Xu Zhihu didn't elaborate, only saying that he would report back immediately after catching that high school student.

Immediately after, Xu Zhihu went missing.

"What secret is hidden on that high school student Ye Lin? Even the Ji Group has intervened..."

Kensen leaned back slowly, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.

"It seems I haven't been active for too long. Even a Ji Group dares to come and touch my bad luck! It's time to let everyone in Qingcheng know who the eternal king of the Qingcheng underground world is!"