Chapter 193: The Masses of Living Beings

"Miss Su, I have some matters to attend to. Let us meet again in three days to discuss the trial together."

Lin Chao's gaze was calm, making it impossible for others to tell what he was thinking.

Beside him, seeing Lin Chao's light and breezy demeanor, Su Lingxue nodded: "Alright."

After bidding farewell, Lin Chao turned and left.

Su Lingxue saw Lin Chao out to the main gate, watching that tall, upright back as she let out a long, lingering sigh.

"Sister, how did your exchange with Feng Yan go today? What exactly is the trial that guy surnamed Wang proposed?" Su Lingyu leaned in, very concerned about the Su Family's affairs.

"Feng Yan's trial is to take down the wings of a Ghost Butterfly?"

"What, take down the wings of a Ghost Butterfly?" Upon hearing this, Su Lingyu's face showed anger, "That guy surnamed Wang is going too far!"

"Sigh." Su Jianzhang walked over, "It seems Wang Guantian has exhausted every effort to swallow up our Su Family."

"For this trial, he isn't giving Feng Yan any chance at all, nor is he giving us any way out."

A flash of helplessness also crossed Su Lingxue's eyes; she was truly powerless.

"What if Feng Yan completes the trial?" Su Lingyu murmured from the side.

"Lingyu, you are still young and have no idea how strong a Ghost is." A deep wariness and fear flashed in Su Jianzhang's eyes, "Let this matter rest; we can only leave it to fate."

……

Seabird Headquarters.

As Lin Chao stepped into the mansion, a tall woman immediately walked over.

The woman had an exaggerated bust, wore a tight-fitting skirt, and her fair, slender legs were plump and full, yet her waist was slim enough to be encircled by one's hands.

She looked just like a very sexy urban professional woman.

"My Lord, it has been a long time." The woman was named Nuo An, one of the Ghosts contracted by Lin Chao.

A flash of appreciation passed through Lin Chao's eyes.

Regarding beautiful things, he naturally held an appreciative gaze.

Therefore, apart from Ghosts with outstanding abilities, he generally kept some Ghosts with more prominent appearances by his side.

After all, Lin Chao truly felt ashamed of subordinates like Tao Lan, who disguised herself as a real ghost.

"Mm." Lin Chao nodded.

Following Nuo An, the two sat in the elevator and headed upstairs.

This mansion contained many companies.

These companies were all enterprises under the Seabird banner.

Of course, Lin Chao also continuously acquired other companies through Seabird.

Today, Lin Chao's assets were extremely staggering even in Xinghai City.

The elevator stopped at the eleventh floor.

A faint, delicate fragrance wafted in, and a woman wearing light makeup and a refined appearance walked in.

Her face carried a trace of worry; the woman was named Xu Qianluo, a top student from Xinghai University.

She had graduated a year ago, but the few companies she had gone to were all unsatisfactory.

In the end, she set her sights on Haidu Mansion.

Inside Haidu Mansion, there were two enterprises of significant scale that were quite well-known in the industry.

Just now, she had interviewed on the eleventh floor, but the result was not very good.

She had one more interview, also in Haidu Mansion, on the nineteenth floor.

However, after entering the elevator, a flash of surprise crossed Xu Qianluo's face: "Feng... Feng Yan?"

Lin Chao also noticed this woman at this moment: "You are... Senior?"

Lin Chao remembered this person whose face was somewhat familiar.

Back when he first arrived in Xinghai City, they had played cards the entire way as seatmates on the high-speed train, and the two had even exchanged contact information.

It was just that, for so many years, Lin Chao had never contacted this Senior.

"Feng Yan, why are you here? Are you here to work, or for an interview?" A flash of joy crossed Xu Qianluo's eyes.

However, she immediately noticed the tall woman beside Feng Yan.

Exquisite features, elegant temperament—one look and it was clear she was no ordinary person.

And looking at the way that tall woman acted toward Feng Yan, it was very... respectful?

Xu Qianluo could only use this word to describe it.

A strange thought suddenly arose in her heart.

"I... came over to hang out." Lin Chao said softly.

At this moment, the elevator was about to reach the nineteenth floor, and Xu Qianluo hurriedly said: "Feng Yan, let's keep in touch later; I'm going to my interview first."

Xu Qianluo hadn't paid attention to the elevator buttons before, but now realizing that the boy she once knew was somewhat different, an indescribable emotion flashed in her heart.

Feng Yan's elevator led to the top floor.

And the top floor of Haidu Mansion was not a place ordinary people could go.

Xu Qianluo hurriedly left.

Beside him, a smile appeared in Nuo An's eyes: "My Lord, you looked at this woman three times just now. Does she have any special qualities? Is she worth such special treatment from you?"

"Among the masses of living beings, where are there so many special existences?

It is just that I felt a bit of lament." Lin Chao's gaze was clear.

If he were an Ordinary student who happened to run into a Senior with a decent appearance.

If the two of them took a liking to each other, perhaps they would chat, go on dates, and something might happen.

If he were some rich second-generation heir, perhaps he would even stage a cheesy drama of a domineering CEO and a silly, cute little secretary.

Of course, it is also possible that nothing will happen, just a chance encounter in the vast sea of people, only to be suddenly recalled after a long time.

"She seems to be interviewing for an enterprise under Seabird," Nuo An chuckled, her smile gentle and melodious.

"Hmm... she seems to have some Ghost Qi on her; send someone to take care of it," Lin Chao ordered casually.

He took an extra look at Xu Qianluo, naturally not because she was pretty, but merely because he had detected Ghost Qi.

Where there is Ghost Qi, there are Ghosts.

It could be said that he would contract most Ghosts to increase his own strength.

"As you command," Nuo An replied.

After this small interlude, the two arrived at the top floor of Haidu Mansion.

Just as he stepped out of the elevator, Lin Chao saw several familiar figures.

"My Lord."

Hong Yin, Yuan Kong, and three others came over to greet him.

Aside from the few Seventh Tier experts who were out on missions, these were all the Seventh Tier powerhouses Lin Chao had currently contracted.

"Hmm."

Accompanied by the group, Lin Chao entered the main conference room.

"Hong Yin, how is it going?" Lin Chao asked.

In order to obtain a spot to go to Jiuzhou, he had left some matters for Hong Yin to handle.

"Of those eleven people, I have already sent men to bribe ten of them with two Six-Tier Demon Cores each; they have agreed to voluntarily choose to withdraw," Hong Yin said calmly.

Over these many years, his personality had undergone a tremendous change compared to how it was in the beginning.

"Hong Yin, why are you making things so complicated?

If you ask me, we should just force our way over and make the Dark Light Academy give the Lord a spot.

I bet the Dark Light Academy wouldn't dare refuse!" a burly man nearby spoke up, his body filled with a tyrannical aura.

"Mie You, although our strength is great, if we truly go to war with the Dark Light Academy, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Furthermore, the Dark Light Academy possesses a Sacred Artifact and has the support of the other nine Extraordinary Academies.

Our current forces are still unable to contend with the Ten Great Extraordinary Academies.

Unless the Lord goes to the Ghost Domain and contracts all the Ghosts there.

Only then could our forces be considered truly capable of sweeping across Jing Country," Yuan Kong said, his voice aged, yet his eyes held a trace of anticipation.

Upon hearing "Ghost Domain," even a rough man like Mie You had a look of wariness flash in his eyes.

Ghosts are scattered and distributed throughout various places in Jing Country.

Places like the Ten Thousand Ghost Cave in Ge'en City are actually considered relatively powerful among the scattered Ghosts; otherwise, the Feng Family would not have a branch stationed there.

However, in the depths of the ocean, there is a Ghost Domain, which holds over eighty percent of all the Ghosts in the Qiyuan World.

But the Ghosts there are extremely xenophobic, and humans cannot enter at all.

Back then, the Feng Family once sent people there, wanting to form contracts with the Ghosts.

Unfortunately, none of them returned alive.

Thus, the Ghost Domain became a forbidden land for humans and a paradise for Ghosts.

"Going to the Ghost Domain should be considered carefully," Hong Yin said, his words as heavy as Gold.

He knew more about the Ghost Domain and was aware of some inside information.

"Hmm," Lin Chao nodded, "Hong Yin, you did well in bribing those ten people."

Lin Chao gave a faint word of praise.

The corners of Hong Yin's originally indifferent face could not help but lift: "This is what I should do."

Beside them, Ye Mei rolled her eyes at Hong Yin and said, "My Lord, this time we have brought back quite a few Demon carcasses, as well as a batch of new Ghosts, waiting for the Lord to contract them."

"Good," Lin Chao nodded.

Over the next few days, Lin Chao first contracted the other Ghosts.

The forces under his command increased by a few points.

After finishing the contracts, Lin Chao continued to use the Dragon Absorption Method to devour the Demon carcasses.

Now, his strength was growing rapidly, and he was not far from being a Pseudo-Immortal.

In the Dark Light Academy, the only one whose cultivation realm could suppress Lin Chao was that principal.

In terms of strength, if the Dark Light Academy did not use its Sacred Artifact, he would not be afraid at all.

In this life, Lin Chao's speed of breakthrough was extremely astonishing.

One must know that when he was in Jiuzhou, it took him about a hundred years to reach the same level of strength.

Of course, this had a lot to do with Lin Chao's higher talent now.

After all, possessing the Scholar's Heart, his current comprehension was even higher than during his peak period in Jiuzhou.

Breakthroughs in realm held no bottlenecks for him.

"Alright, it's time to go do the mission and go through the motions," Lin Chao opened his eyes; the Demon carcasses in his body had been completely digested.

He opened his phone, which had some unread messages.

There was one from Su Lingxue, which was a polite greeting and inquiry.

What made Lin Chao slightly surprised was that Xu Qianluo had also sent him a message.

"Feng Yan, I passed the interview!"

"Thank you!"

Lin Chao looked at it and replied casually: "Keep it up."

His gaze fell on the final message.

That message was sent by Jian Lie.

"Feng Yan, I'm sorry. I didn't expect that person Wang Siquan to be so shameless. I misjudged him!

Once I finish this mission and return, I will definitely go find him and see how he explains this!"

"Uncle Jian, it's fine. This matter is not your fault," Lin Chao replied, "Thank you."

In the end, Lin Chao said thank you.

No matter what, Uncle Jian had wanted to help him.

A profound look flashed through his eyes.

"Wang Siquan, Wang Sizai, Wang Guantian..."

These three people, regardless of the reason, had ultimately offended him.

Lin Chao considered himself narrow-minded; these three still needed to be taught a small lesson.

Breaking hands or feet meant nothing to people of this realm, so let it be a drop in cultivation realm, making it impossible to advance.

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Chao's eyes.

He considered himself narrow-minded, yet he was also a good person, and he did not strike with a heavy hand.

"Hong Yin," Lin Chao called out.

Immediately, Hong Yin's figure appeared, a respectful look on her face: "My Lord."

"This time, you will accompany me to the Duodao Sea," Lin Chao said, and finally added an instruction, "Remember to change your disguise."

Changing the disguise was to have Hong Yin change her appearance so as not to reveal her identity.

"As you command."

(End of chapter)