Chapter 1750: Refusal

Li Shangfeng's expression was somewhat strange.

Triple salary for a month... in the past, it was indeed a lot. The average salary of the Taishi Division wasn't low, and if it was triple, he could probably earn in a year... mm...

One-third of a Gold Bar?

Tsk...

Doesn't seem that great either?

If it was a few days ago, Li Shangfeng would absolutely be crazily moved, but the situation was different now. You must know, Li Shangfeng had taken three Gold Bars just from Chen Ling alone... Calculating it, he would have to work in the Taishi Division for nearly ten years.

Moreover, these three Gold Bars actually landed in Li Shangfeng's pocket. They could be used immediately to expand the Repair Shop and make his own business bigger and bigger... The profits generated during this process far exceeded the value brought by three Gold Bars. Just from this point alone, working for others, how could it be as satisfying as working for oneself?

Furthermore, if the Repair Shop developed well after ten years, what if Chen Ling waved his big hand and gave him a few more Gold Bars?

After Li Shangfeng weighed things in his heart for a moment, he asked tentatively again:

"This plan involves a lot. It's best not to let more people know of your existence... Except for me and Lord Chong, you cannot easily contact other people anymore."

"Then... then what about my younger sister?"

"Also cannot see." Brand opened his mouth without hesitation, "However, we can help you cover her tuition fees..."

Li Shangfeng silently rolled his eyes in his heart.

He knew there was no longer any need for this negotiation to continue. If the salary aspect disappointed him very much, then not being able to see Li Wanhua absolutely directly strangled the possibility of negotiation to death... The younger sister he painstakingly raised, just abandon her like that?

Even covering tuition fees... who cares about that bit of crappy money of yours??

Brand still planned to say something, but Li Shangfeng proactively opened his mouth:

"Sorry, Lord Brand. I don't have that big of an ambition. To me, taking good care of my younger sister, running my Repair Shop well, and living a good life is enough..."

"If there are orders that need my help with repairs later, I am very happy to serve, but..."

"Joining the Taishi Division, I won't consider it for now."

Brand's expression instantly stiffened.

With Li Shangfeng's character, speaking so politely to this extent was already the limit of his politeness... If not for the power and influence of the Taishi Division, he might have directly rolled his eyes and left, spitting on the ground before leaving.

After he finished speaking, he stood up on his own and walked toward the door of the Taishi Division.

Even He Jing at the side was dumbfounded...

This Li Shangfeng... is his character this stubborn?

However dashing Li Shangfeng's departure was, that was how ugly Brand's expression was. He fiercely slapped the tabletop with a palm, anger burning ragingly in the bottom of his heart... He hadn't experienced the feeling of losing face entirely for a very long time.

He Jing hesitated and opened his mouth: "Lord... what should we do next?"

Brand took a deep breath, ruthlessness surfacing in his eyes.

They wanted to bring the members of the Alchemist Association to use the Philosopher's Stone to achieve eternal life, and Li Shangfeng was an absolutely indispensable link. Since gentle persuasion didn't work, then they could only use force...

"Doesn't he want to take care of his younger sister, run the Repair Shop well, and live a good life..." Brand sneered coldly,

"Then destroy all of these... when he has no path left to walk, he will naturally know where his best destination is."

...

Li Laide had a nightmare.

He dreamed of those classmates whose facial features had been personally gouged out by him. They seemingly came back to life one by one, turning into giants that couldn't be contended against, fiercely kicking his body one kick after another, their savage and twisted faces like demons.

"Heretic!!"

"His hair is curly, so disgusting like seaweed..."

"Don't you guys know? Li Laide's mom is exactly what the textbooks say, a person from a Western country!"

"I heard Western women get fat when they get old, swollen like pigs, will your mom crush the bed when she sleeps?"

"Maybe she's already so fat she can't even walk, hahahaha..."

"I heard many Westerners died during the Great Cataclysm period, and a portion of the rest became our slaves!"

"Did you hear that Li Laide! In school from now on, you have to call us master! Otherwise, we will throw you and your mom together outside the domain! Hahahaha..."

"..."

Li Laide's entire body was trembling. He wanted to resist, but he couldn't muster any strength at all. As those classmates made way, a figure with a full beard carrying a Hunting Knife grabbed his collar more like a demon.

"Heretics should go die!!"

Li Laide was thoroughly in despair. He weakly closed his eyes, letting those people trample and hurl abuse at him, and also letting the Hunting Knife chop onto his body... But in the next second, all those voices disappeared.

He opened his eyes in confusion, only to see a figure draped in a theatrical robe already standing on the ground covered with severed limbs, scarlet pupils looking back here...

"I've finished dealing with these pieces of trash for you."

"I think highly of you..."

Li Laide looked at that theatrical robe figure, an indescribable feeling rising in his heart... Even that nervously beating heart gradually settled down.

But immediately after, that theatrical robe figure coldly spat out the last word, completely shattering his heart:

"Heretic."

Bang——!

Under the silent night sky, Li Laide sat up with a start, his head covered in sweat!!

His heart was beating wildly. In the youth's deep blue eyes, only terror and pain remained. He just slowly recovered for a full long time like this, only then looking around blankly...

He was still at the door of his own house.

The originally cracked earth had all returned to its original state at this moment. The fresh blood and corpses all over the ground had also vanished, as if they had vanished into thin air... Tranquil lights shone out from the window. Everything seemed to have been just a nightmare.

But Li Laide was very clear that all this was absolutely not a dream, because a large amount of bloodstains and scars still remained on his body.

It's just that those relatively heavy wounds seemed to have all been treated by someone, and were no longer bleeding...

"I'm... still alive?"

Li Laide's eyes were full of puzzlement.

He seemed to have remembered something, fiercely turning his head to look...

He only saw a figure draped in a theatrical robe sitting all alone on the empty and silent grass at the side... He looked toward the brilliantly illuminated direction of the Chengtian Domain. The prosperity and flourishing of the human world seemed to have nothing to do with him. He was just like a spectator independent from the world, sitting alone in the unregarded darkness, not knowing what he was thinking.

Cinnabar-like earrings brushed gently in the wind. A familiar diary was currently lying quietly beside him.