Chapter 338: Assisting Your Cultivation

A group of people were waiting quietly outside the main gate of the Zhang residence.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, a car drove onto the street where the Zhang residence was located.

"It's a car from the General Inspectorate."

Many members of the Zhang family present recognized the emblem on the car's license plate that represented the General Inspectorate.

The car stopped more than ten meters away, and a man wearing the official uniform of the General Inspectorate walked toward Li Fei, holding a document bag in his hand.

"It's a Level 5 Inspector!"

The people from the Zhang family recognized the official rank of the newcomer from the insignia on his uniform.

A Level 5 Inspector from the General Inspectorate is a Grade 10 official.

The Green-Faced Ghost King actually had a court official personally deliver something to him!

This scene caused a stir among the Zhang family members, who truly felt the status the Green-Faced Ghost King now held in Datong Prefecture.

"Ghost King, this is what you requested."

The Level 5 Inspector who arrived handed the document in his hand to Li Fei with both hands.

"Thank you."

Li Fei took the document bag and nodded.

Then, the man turned and left quite decisively.

After receiving the document bag, Li Fei then looked at Zhang Zedong:

"Let's go, let's head inside."

"Ah, right!"

Zhang Zedong hurriedly nodded in agreement, then stepped aside to make way, gesturing for Li Fei to enter.

Li Fei walked into the Zhang residence gate first, with the others following closely behind.

At this moment, it almost looked as if he were the head of the Zhang family.

A moment later, in the main hall, everyone sat down.

Shangguan Xiao sat beside Li Fei, while Zhang Zedong and the other decision-makers of the Zhang family all sat opposite them.

"That our Zhang family was able to weather this crisis is all thanks to the Ghost King's intervention."

Just after sitting down, Zhang Zongming couldn't wait to stand up and began to speak on behalf of the Zhang family:

"I represent the Zhang family in expressing our gratitude to the Ghost King!"

After speaking, he performed a cupped-fist salute to Li Fei using the etiquette of the martial arts world.

By standing up to speak for the Zhang family like this, he made people feel that he was the true person in charge of the Zhang family now.

But since the words were already spoken, the other Zhang family members couldn't very well not stand up at this point.

Thus, everyone stood up one after another and performed a cupped-fist salute to the seated Li Fei.

Li Fei raised his hand: "Everyone, please sit."

"Since you want to thank me, let's be practical about it."

After everyone sat down, he spoke.

"Of course, the Ghost King can make any request!"

This time, Zhang Zedong didn't give Zhang Zongming another chance and spoke first.

Li Fei didn't stand on ceremony either; he pointed to Shangguan Xiao beside him and said:

"First, from now on, the Zhang family must fully support Senior Shangguan in her rise through the official ranks, and within ten years, make her the new Helmsman of the Datong Prefecture Peace-Keeping General Institute."

He addressed Shangguan Xiao as "Senior," which surprised the Zhang family members who had been speculating about their relationship.

In that case, could the true age of this Green-Faced Ghost King be much younger than they had anticipated?

Regarding this first condition proposed by Li Fei, Zhang Zongming and the others showed expressions of difficulty and looked at each other.

The Zhang family had operated in Datong Prefecture for nearly a hundred years, so their connections and resources in the officialdom were naturally deep-rooted.

Now that the crisis had passed, those connections could be picked up again; if they used the power of the entire family to fully support one person, at least within the Peace-Keeping Institute system, that person could indeed have a smooth official career.

But the Helmsman of the Peace-Keeping General Institute was a fourth-rank official position; in officialdom, every position is a limited resource. Setting aside whether they would succeed in maneuvering for such a position, almost all of the Zhang family's resources in the officialdom would have to be concentrated on one person.

Concentrating the power of an entire family to fully support one person, and that person didn't even have the surname Zhang.

For Zhang Zongming and the others, this was too hard to accept.

"Ghost King, the Helmsman of the Peace-Keeping General Institute is a fourth-rank official position. For such a position, even for our Zhang family, it's not a matter of just putting whoever we want into it."

Zhang Zongming said to Li Fei cautiously.

Li Fei said calmly: "I know. What I want is an attitude, and I want the full support of the Zhang family."

"I agree!"

Zhang Zedong was the first to stand up and express his approval.

This made Zhang Zongming grit his teeth in hatred.

After all, Shangguan Xiao was a member of the first branch, so Zhang Zedong naturally wouldn't object.

"I also agree."

Zhang Zongyuan, the person in charge of the third branch, also spoke up.

With things having reached this point, Zhang Zongming had no choice but to agree.

He sighed: "Fine, I agree as well."

Although the Zhang family had weathered the crisis, once they lost the support of the Green-Faced Ghost King, they would still be easy prey.

Therefore, no matter how harsh the conditions were, they had to agree to them first.

Shangguan Xiao felt a sense of emotion upon hearing this.

Back when Zhang Zongyang was alive, it would have been absolutely impossible to use the power of the entire family to support her.

Now that Zhang Zongyang was gone, the Zhang family was actually able to do this.

"Second point, from now on, the Zhang family and the Qingyuan City Management Company will form an alliance, and we can cooperate in all aspects of business."

Li Fei continued.

"That is certainly no problem!"

Zhang Zongming agreed quickly, and at the same time, he felt relieved.

Cooperating with the Qingyuan City Management Company was also beneficial to the Zhang family, especially now that the Qingyuan City Management Company had taken over the 'Beast King's' forces; perhaps the Zhang family would have a chance to get involved in the exotic beast feed business.

Only in this way could the Zhang family truly have the capital to establish themselves!

"Ghost King, I wonder if the exotic beast feed business could also?"

Zhang Zongming looked at Li Fei tentatively.

"The exotic beast feed business can also be done together with the Zhang family."

Li Fei said this sentence, which could almost determine the fate of the Zhang family, very casually.

"Really?!"

Because he was too excited, Zhang Zedong's face turned a bit red.

Then he immediately realized he was being too undignified and hurriedly explained:

"Ghost King, I apologize, I really..."

"I know what you are thinking."

Li Fei raised his hand, interrupting what the people opposite him wanted to say.

He actually didn't want to waste too much breath on this big group of people:

"With the current strength of Qingyuan City Management, it is indeed very difficult to defeat the Poison King and the Cannon King and take over the entire exotic beast feed business in Datong Prefecture alone. I have already reached a cooperation agreement with Feng Sanniang, and adding the Zhang family will make it more certain.

But I will say the ugly things first: I have no interest in controlling your Zhang family. Since we have agreed to cooperate, I will always treat you as allies. But if you engage in any shady activities behind my back, don't blame me for being impolite.

If I want to kill someone, even if you hide in the building of the Peace-Keeping General Institute, you will still die!"

After speaking, his gaze swept over every Zhang family member sitting opposite him, making their scalps tingle.

"Ghost King, rest assured, our Zhang family will definitely be your most steadfast ally from now on!"

Zhang Zongming stood up again to express the Zhang family's stance.

In fact, these words from Li Fei at least made Zhang Zongming and the others feel slightly relieved.

What they feared most was the Green-Faced Ghost King taking the opportunity to cannibalize the Zhang family.

Now that the crisis was removed and they could also gain the exotic beast feed business, looking at it this way, using the family's power to fully support Shangguan Xiao was not so hard to accept.

"Ghost King, Lord Yan Shijin from the provincial capital previously took the initiative to show goodwill to our Zhang family..."

Seeing that the conditions had been settled, Zhang Zedong took the initiative to bring up this matter:

"Since the Zhang family has now officially allied with the Ghost King, I wonder what the Ghost King thinks about this?"

Li Fei had discussed this matter with Shangguan Xiao before coming, and at this moment, he said without hesitation:

"You can talk to them first and see what they want."

"Understood, then I will find an opportunity to visit this Lord Yan tomorrow."

Zhang Zedong said.

"Then that's it. I will have someone talk to you about the specific details of the cooperation."

Li Fei stood up, ready to leave.

Shangguan Xiao stood up with him, and then she saw Li Fei off from the Zhang residence alone.

"This information the General Inspectorate sent you has to do with my father, right?"

After the two walked out of the Zhang residence, Shangguan Xiao suddenly spoke.

Li Fei directly handed the document bag in his hand to Shangguan Xiao:

"Yes, I negotiated with the Inspection General Academy today and traded some benefits for this information."

Shangguan Xiao nodded, took the document bag, and did not say any words of thanks.

Some things are better kept silently in one's heart; saying them out loud only makes them seem affected.

Besides, could what Li Fei helped her with this time be settled by a mere word of thanks?

"The Inspection General Academy told me that they found out your father went to that courtyard that night to meet a woman."

Li Fei told Shangguan Xiao everything Xia Huan had told him.

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Shangguan Xiao silently opened the document bag and first took out the portrait from inside.

The person who drew the portrait was a master of painting; with just a few strokes, they captured the figure very vividly.

The woman in the painting looked to be about twenty-something; she wasn't particularly beautiful, at most just pretty.

But Li Fei noticed that the woman's eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Shangguan Xiao's.

Then he noticed that Shangguan Xiao's eyes turned red the moment she saw the portrait.

Li Fei was lost in thought.

A moment later, Shangguan Xiao wiped the corners of her eyes and said to Li Fei:

"This woman looks very much like my mother."

Li Fei understood immediately.

He recalled a passage he had read in his past life:

The beauty trap you imagine: "Handsome, would you like a drink?"

The actual beauty trap: "Straighten your back, stop slouching!"

Many people think that truly great figures are not lacking in women, so beauty traps are useless against these great figures.

But the actual beauty trap is the white moonlight of your childhood, the one you once longed for but could not attain.

You are not defeated by a beauty, but by your younger self.

This woman who was in secret contact with Zhang Zongyang clearly had a problem, and might even be the murderer who killed Zhang Zongyang!

So Zhang Zongyang, this helmsman of the Stop-Conflict General Academy and head of the Zhang family, had truly fallen for a beauty trap.

The reason for Shangguan Xiao's loss of composure was that this woman looked like her mother, which was why Zhang Zongyang was willing to fall for the trap.

After losing her composure, an extremely fierce murderous intent surged in Shangguan Xiao's eyes!

The murderer using such means to kill her father made her angry to the extreme!

She suppressed the surging murderous intent in her heart and continued to look through the information in the document bag.

The remaining information contained the Inspection General Academy's investigation into the Zhang family members, and based on the results, it highlighted several suspects.

These people were likely the ones who poisoned Zhang Zongyang.

Shangguan Xiao looked through the information in her hand with an expressionless face.

For a moment, she really wanted to turn around, rush back to the Zhang manor, and capture all the suspects listed by the Inspection General Academy to torture them!

But in the end, she held back.

"Master Aunt..."

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Shangguan Xiao waved her hand, and she raised the information in her hand:

"Next, I will find a way to test these people here and see if I can find any flaws."

"Good."

Li Fei nodded.

He did not tell Shangguan Xiao that Feng Sanniang might already know who the real culprit was, fearing that she would be impulsive.

Zhang Zongyang's death was definitely not simple; it was very likely a whirlpool capable of stirring up the entire Datong Prefecture.

If Shangguan Xiao were accidentally drawn into it, she could be crushed to pieces!

So Li Fei wanted to shoulder it himself first to see what was hidden behind it.

Afterward, the two parted ways; Shangguan Xiao returned to the government guesthouse, while Li Fei returned to the Human Face Villa.

It is worth mentioning that the Human Face Villa had now been renamed.

The plaque at the villa's main gate had been changed to—Green Face Villa!

After returning to the villa, Li Fei went all the way to a villa.

This villa had previously housed Yu Longqing's family; now those women had all been secretly sent away, leaving only Liu Wenjun.

Li Fei walked into the basement level of the villa.

There was a dungeon here.

In a cell at the deepest part of the dungeon, Liu Wenjun sat cross-legged, practicing her cultivation.

This cell was built from steel and also incorporated parts of exotic beast body tissues, which could effectively resist a martial artist's internal force.

Given the thickness of this cell, even a powerhouse at the Dao Foundation realm would find it difficult to break out of prison.

"Ghost King."

Outside the cell, a Qi Transformation realm martial master and several martial artists were on guard; seeing Li Fei arrive, they hurriedly saluted.

"You all go out first."

Li Fei said.

"Yes."

The few did not waste words and left the dungeon directly.

Li Fei came to the cell where Liu Wenjun was imprisoned and pressed a mechanism.

Rumble—

The heavy iron wall slowly rose upward.

Inside the cell, Liu Wenjun, who was sitting cross-legged, opened her eyes. After seeing Li Fei, she was stunned for a moment, then sneered:

"What, you went back on your word and decided to kill me?"

Previously, Li Fei had promised that after she broke through her realm, he would give her a one-on-one opportunity, but since he came so early, she thought Li Fei must have changed his mind.

Li Fei walked into the cell and looked at Liu Wenjun calmly:

"I have come to assist your cultivation."

Hearing this, Liu Wenjun was startled. She immediately jumped up from the ground, assumed a defensive posture, and looked at Li Fei with the eyes of someone looking at a pervert:

"What do you want to do?!"

Li Fei: "."

He realized that saying it like that was indeed easy to misunderstand.

"... ou were just performing 'Unity', right?"

Li Fei asked.

"Yes."

Liu Wenjun still looked at him with a guarded expression.

"Sit down and continue; I will give you pointers to speed up your cultivation progress."

Li Fei said.

"You would be that kind?"

Liu Wenjun looked disbelieving.

"If I really wanted to do something to you, could you stop me?"

Li Fei asked back.

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These words silenced Liu Wenjun.

She sadly discovered that with the Green Face Ghost King's terrifying combat power, she probably couldn't even commit suicide if she wanted to.

After a moment of silence, she sat down cross-legged and began the cultivation of 'Unity'.

Li Fei stepped over, sat down cross-legged behind her, and placed one hand against her back.

He could clearly feel all the muscles in Liu Wenjun's body tense up.

"Relax, focus on the changes of the implants within your body."

Li Fei said, while simultaneously injecting a strand of Geng Metal True Qi into her body.

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