Chapter 988

"Master Fu, don't be nervous—he's already been dealt with."

Song Qiuyun, seeing the cultist slain, exhaled in relief and smiled.

Beside her, the white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan took a block of thick black soil from her space ring.

She tossed it to the Thornblade Grass like feeding it a snack.

Over the past month, they had grown thoroughly accustomed to the Thornblade Grass.

The Thornblade Grass, upon receiving the thick black soil, happily swayed its vines.

"I see."

Fu Xingye let out a bitter laugh.

A plant life!

And it appears to be a ninth-rank plant life!

With this plant life here, even a mid-rank ninth-rank cultivator arriving in person might not pose much threat to them.

"No wonder the Inspector is so thorough."

Fu Xingye murmured in awe and quietly retracted the Bloodrage Pill into his space ring.

With this plant life present, it meant his guards had been meaningless from the very start...

As if sensing Fu Xingye's thoughts, Song Qiuyun quickly said:

"We've seen how hard you've worked, Master Fu. When Jingming returns, we'll tell him."

"Thank you, both of you, my lords."

Hearing this, Fu Xingye's eyes lit up and his expression softened considerably.

His own efforts might not be as effective as a few whispered words from Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan.

"Master Fu, doesn't our Yuehu Community have a warning system for such situations? What happened this time?"

The white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan patted the Thornblade Grass, and once it had retracted into the ground, she turned to Fu Xingye.

"There is one."

Fu Xingye nodded, his expression solemn: "But for some reason, this time, not a single alert triggered."

Song Qiuyun followed up: "Who has the authority to disable our community's warning system?"

"Only the Director, Deputy Director, and the Inspector have permission."

Fu Xingye replied instinctively.

Instantly, he realized something and his expression turned startled.

Song Qiuyun waved her hand: "Alright, we understand. You may leave."

"Then I'll take my leave," Fu Xingye said, bowing respectfully before turning away.

"Sister Chuxuan, it seems Hu Jinyu's old dog did this on purpose."

After Fu Xingye left, Song Qiuyun sneered.

Su Qingli, Ling Shuang, and Xu Jingming have all left—aside from Hu Jinyu, who else could have disabled the community's warning system?

"Almost certainly."

The white-haired girl Jiang Chuxuan's gaze was equally cold: "Thankfully, Jingming left us the Thornblade Grass before he departed—otherwise, this time would've been truly dangerous."

She paused, then added: "Pack up. Call your aunt and cousin—they're coming with us. We're moving immediately."

This time, the Tianming Sect Sect sent a peak eighth-rank cultivator—no one knows who'll come next time.

The probability is low, but we must prepare.

To guard against such scenarios, they had long prepared numerous hidden safehouses unknown to others.

"Understood."

Song Qiuyun nodded, then added:

"We also need someone sent to the Xinhuo World."

Once Jingming and the others emerge from the Breakthrough Tower, they'll learn of this situation immediately.

The Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall is no longer reliable—I'll have my father assign someone."

The two quickly finalized their plans and immediately acted.

"No wonder this is the headquarters of Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall! Truly magnificent!"

At the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters, top-floor Director's office.

Deputy Director Hu Jinyu stood respectfully beside the desk; seated behind it was a tall, imposing man.

Li Yang!

One of the three ninth-rank councilors of the Li family!

Rank: ninth-rank mid-level, and also Li Hao's father.

At this moment, he gazed down through the floor-to-ceiling window at the other buildings of the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall.

His face wore immense excitement—and even greed!

The Li family's decades-long scheme to seize the Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall was finally about to succeed!

"Deputy Director Hu, your contribution this time is immense!"

Li Yang turned to Hu Jinyu and laughed heartily.

"It's all thanks to the guidance of your lordships," Hu Jinyu replied humbly.

"Good."

Li Yang nodded in satisfaction: "All our investment in you hasn't been wasted."

At that moment, a message suddenly appeared on Hu Jinyu's communication watch.

Hu Jinyu glanced at it, then slightly furrowed his brow.

"What's wrong?" Li Yang asked.

"Nothing."

Hu Jinyu shook his head. "I just received word: Jiang Chu's place has a ninth-rank plant life. The Tianming Sect's operation failed."

"That bunch of useless trash—give them an opportunity and they still can't get it done!"

Li Yang snorted coldly and waved his hand.

"Forget it if you can't handle it. Right now, the most important thing is to finish the paperwork quickly. Don't bother with Xu Jingming's family."

"Understood." Hu Jinyu nodded, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Although Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym was a martial arts gym, it was also similar to a corporation, with legal ownership.

That ownership belonged to Su Qingli; normally, he had no way to shake it.

But he had once served as gym director for a period of time.

With the Li family's cooperation and some maneuvering, he could alter the ownership and return it to himself.

Once ownership changed, they would be legally protected—even if Su Qingli returned, she'd have no power over them.

"Su Qingli, Su Qingli—you have only yourself to blame for going to the Xinhuo World and giving me this chance."

Hu Jinyu smiled.

He could hardly wait to see the look on Su Qingli's, Ling Shuang's, and Xu Jingming's faces when they returned from the Xinhuo World and found Lei Ting Martial Arts Gym had changed hands.

Of course, it would be even better if they never came back...

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Xu Jingming, having entered the 10th level of Po Xu Tower, continued killing beasts as before, accumulating ability points.

But unfortunately, the number of beasts on this level was scarce.

He had only accumulated 300,000 ability points before he could no longer see any other beasts.

Helplessly, he entered the next level.

The 11th level was the same—beasts were pitifully few.

With no choice, Xu Jingming entered the next level again.

By November 9th, half a month later.

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli had reached the summit and arrived at the 13th level of Po Xu Tower!

Whoosh—whoosh—

Two figures—one tall, one slender—flew at high speed through the sky.

The 13th level of Po Xu Tower had a gravity fifty times that of Blue Star!

Yet Xu Jingming and Su Qingli still maintained flight speeds of roughly twice the speed of sound.

"We've been in Po Xu Tower for a month and a half now. I wonder what's happening back on Blue Star."

Xu Jingming spoke while flying at high speed.

He truly missed Song Qiuyun and Jiang Chuxuan after so long apart.

Of course, he also missed Master Ling Shuang.

"Don't worry. With the guard unit and the Thorn Sword Grass, the two sisters won't be harmed."

"Besides, we've reached the 13th level—we're almost ready to leave Po Xu Tower."

Su Qingli smiled brightly and said softly.

After half a month of daily companionship, she had grown accustomed to her changed identity and was no longer so reserved.

"That's true." Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

In the past month and a half since entering Po Xu Tower, his gains had been immense.

But unfortunately, after entering the 10th level, the number of beasts plummeted.

In these past half a month, he had only accumulated 600,000 ability points.

His system panel now showed 3.41 million ability points!

Yet even so, he still hadn't been able to spend points to level up.

'I wonder how many beasts are on the 13th level. I hope I get enough ability points to level up.' Xu Jingming thought silently.

At that moment, a sudden disturbance arose behind him as he continued flying at high speed.

The Jiyao Thunder Ring hovering behind him suddenly generated a tremendous pull toward a certain direction!

"Could it be the other components of the Jiyao Thunder Ring?!"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.