Chapter 3566: Family Mission

"Are we just going to let the previous matter go like that?" the administrator still felt somewhat unwilling.

"That's hardly any resources, just a trivial matter! People like him, with no roots or attachments, can leave anytime, but our chamber of commerce can't just pick up and move. Making an enemy of him is too costly..."

"Besides, he hasn't left us alone either! This shows that the previous incident was just the chamber of commerce suffering bad luck; he wasn't targeting us." Li Chengfeng then advised the administrator.

"Then why is he doing this?" the administrator asked Li Chengfeng, puzzled.

"Yeah, he can already control the marquis, yet he's not satisfied—what do you say he's after?" Li Chengfeng muttered to himself, as if asking the steward.

"Could it be that he wants to proclaim himself king?" the administrator thought his guess was somewhat unbelievable.

"Who knows! We just run the chamber of commerce—why worry about all that? Let's just watch the show. Isn't he after high-end resources? We'll sell them to him; we can't pass up making money!"

Li Chengfeng seemed indifferent, casually brushed off the administrator, and had him help with arranging the goods.

After the administrator left, he immediately left the chamber of commerce, first went to his father's place, discussed with his father for half a day, then went to the rear mountain and found a woman practicing swordsmanship.

That woman was a sixth-layer-realm martial cultivator, dressed in tight black clothes, her movements agile and elusive, her sword strikes fast, accurate, and ruthless—clearly a well-trained assassin. At that moment she was fiercely sparring with a sixth-layer-realm puppet; seeing him arrive, she immediately stopped.

"Second brother, did you come looking for me?" the woman asked Li Chengfeng.

"Yes, fifth sister, the family has a mission to entrust to you!" Li Chengfeng spoke directly.

This woman ranked fifth among the Li family's descendants, the youngest daughter, named Li Qianjiao.

She had received assassin training since childhood and had frequently participated in family missions, whether assassination or protection, completing them excellently.

"Then speak up!" Li Qianjiao was also straightforward. For descendants of their kind of family, nothing is more important than a family mission.

"The family wants you to get close to a person!"

Li Chengfeng said, then gave Li Qianjiao a detailed introduction of Liuyun's situation.

"Why should we protect such a person?" Li Qianjiao heard that Liuyun caused trouble everywhere and had even offended the Sun family of the artifact refining clan in the Central Region dynasty, and that he might offend even more people in the future, finding it hard to understand.

Li Chengfeng however smiled and said: "This is like business needing investment! Our Li family's Chengyuan Chamber of Commerce has developed to the point where it's now difficult to expand further."

"And stagnation means facing pressure from stronger chambers of commerce; if we don't plan ahead to cope, our demise is only a matter of time. This is also a helpless measure—consider it our advance preparation!"

"The same goes for Liuyun; once he develops further, we probably won't be needed anymore. Actually, it's already a bit late."

"I'll allocate some resources to help you quickly reach the seventh-layer realm; that way, you won't be completely useless to him. The rest is up to you!"

"You need to figure out how to make him accept you, stay by his side at all times, and report his movements to me anytime..."

"Wait, make him accept me? What does 'stay by his side' mean?" Li Qianjiao immediately caught the nuance: "It sounds like they want me to marry him!"

Li Chengfeng directly said: "I've already asked Father; marrying you to Liuyun wouldn't be bad. Even if he doesn't develop in the future, his strength is not to be underestimated, and secretly nurturing such a force isn't a loss for us!"

"What? Have me marry a nameless mercenary?" Li Qianjiao's eyes widened at once.

Li Chengfeng laughed embarrassedly and said: "Father has already agreed to this! Moreover, whether he wants you or not is uncertain. It's said he has many women around him—at least the Southern Region Heavenly King's daughter, Princess Moon Shadow, is by his side."

"What, father"

"Father agreed? He has many women? Is Princess Moon Shadow also following him?"

Li Qianjiao was somewhat unable to react.

Li Chengfeng also explained to him: "Don't underestimate this Liuyun; he's no ordinary mercenary. He actually commands a large army, and he's already taken control of the marquis, only to give it up later—showing his ambitions are certainly not small."

"Moreover, his cultivation has now reached the fourth layer of Taixu. From when he arrived in the Taixu World until now, with no resources, he started from scratch, and in just a year or two his cultivation has risen this much—this talent far surpasses yours."

"Furthermore, he even subdued the local eighth-layer-realm mercenary band. Thus his strength is absolutely more than what appears on the surface. If he had no hidden power, he could never have broken through the Western Region army's blockade back then."

At this point Li Qianjiao could no longer listen to his big reasoning. She turned and left, leaving only a sentence behind.

"I'll go ask Father!"

Li Chengfeng helplessly shook his head, also returned to the chamber of commerce, to prepare resources for Li Qianjiao to raise her cultivation and arrange related matters.

He knew that since their father Li Bingchang had already made a decision, he would absolutely not change it because of Li Qianjiao's opposition.

Sure enough, not long after, Li Qianjiao came back to Li Chengfeng, fuming.

Li Chengfeng didn't even wait for her to speak before directly ordering her: "This matter must be kept strictly confidential; you're not allowed to mention it to anyone, and from now on you must not bring it up again!"

"I'll arrange the resources for you; once you have them, head straight to the Southern Region Royal City, cultivating along the way. Coincidentally, Liuyun has ordered some high-end resources from the Southern Region Royal City, so you can go with the escorting martial cultivators who are transporting and protecting them."

"Once there, you'll temporarily stay at that chamber of commerce to gain experience; you don't need to come back. Handle the rest as you see fit! Contact me via transmission talisman, and report your progress to me every day."

Li Qianjiao held in her anger, wanting to complain a few words, but couldn't utter a single sentence, swallowing it back. Finally she let out a helpless sigh, resigning herself to fate.

Descendants of such a great family are all pawns of the family—this too is an unavoidable fate.

She didn't know much about Liuyun; Li Chengfeng had told her all that, but her deepest impression was that Liuyun had many women, and even one was Princess Moon Shadow, so from the start her impression of him wasn't good.

But the family's orders she could only obey. Though she was extremely reluctant, she still took the resources to cultivate, waiting for the chamber of commerce to allocate more resources.

A few days later, some of the resources were allocated. Li Qianjiao's cultivation also broke through to the seventh-layer realm, and she immediately brought the chamber of commerce's elder to escort the resources to the Chengyuan Chamber of Commerce in the Southern Region Royal City.

Li Chengfeng also greeted Administrator Li, letting Li Qianjiao train at his place, and directly handed over the management of the Royal City's Chengyuan Chamber of Commerce to Li Qianjiao.

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