Li Jianwen ultimately chose his life over wealth, and therefore he handed the cheque that Li Dachong had given him—and which he hadn't dared to cash out—to Ye Xiao. When faced with the threat of death, one would forsake even a mountain of gold, for without life, what use is a mountain of gold?

Ye Xiao and Zhou Hao walked out of the principal's office. Zhou Hao leaned towards Ye Xiao and said, "Boss, are we really going to let this slide? Keeping such a person around poses a threat. If he did this today, he could do the same in the future."

Ye Xiao smiled, his lips curving up slightly, and replied, "Did I say I wanted his life?"

Zhou Hao immediately grinned upon hearing this and said, "Boss, I get it. Right, what about his brother?"

"You should know what to do!" Ye Xiao stated.

Zhou Hao naturally understood Ye Xiao's meaning, so he didn't say anything more.

Ye Xiao was not a kind person; on the contrary, he was a devil who killed without batting an eye. Hence, he would never leave those who posed a potential threat to him alive. Now, in Minghai City, Martial Artists weren't limited to the likes of Li Dachong and Wu Xinyuan—and neither of those two were dead, which was a threat in itself. If Li Jianwen were to be left alive, it would lead to endless troubles!

After leaving the office building, Ye Xiao and Zhou Hao left directly. Ye Xiao was headed to Su Yun's place, which was full of girls. It would have been inconvenient for Zhou Hao to go there, and he understood this, so he tactfully went to find Zhao Dapeng.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiao made his familiar way to Su Yun's residence.

Speaking of which, Shen Qiuyu and the others had followed Su Yun to her residence. Drenched by the rain, Shen Qiuyu was allowed by Su Yun to take a hot shower first to avoid catching a cold, and then Su Yun offered some clothes for Shen Qiuyu to change into.

"Thank you," Shen Qiuyu said with a smile, accepting the clothes from Su Yun.

Upon hearing Shen Qiuyu's words, Su Yun immediately smiled and responded, "Qiuyu, you've got it wrong. We should be thanking you today. If it wasn't for you bravely fighting those scoundrels with Ye Xiao and Zhou Hao, who knows where we might be now!"

Shen Qiuyu returned the smile and said, "Ye Xiao's friends are my friends."

After, Shen Qiuyu changed into the clothes that Su Yun had given her.

Seeing Shen Qiuyu in her new attire, Ling Shuya promptly stood up and looked at Shen Qiuyu seriously, saying, "Sister Qiuyu, thank you so much for today!"

"You're calling me Sister Qiuyu, so of course, as your sister, I should take care of my little sister. It's only right!" Ye Xiao said with a smile, taking the hot tea passed to him by Zhou Yuyan.

Zhou Yuyan looked at everyone with a smile and suggested, "We're all young, so let's call each other sisters from now on!"

"Great idea. Sister Su, what do you think?" Ling Shuya asked Su Yun with a smile.

Su Yun replied, "Of course, it's a wonderful idea."

"And what about you, Lan Lan?" Zhou Yuyan looked towards Lan Lan, who was sitting on the sofa.

Lan Lan immediately responded with a giggle, "Of course, you can't leave me out."

"We're all friends of Ye Xiao, and from now on, we're sisters too. If Ye Xiao ever dares to bully any of us, we will have to unite against him!" Ling Shuya said cheerfully.

"Absolutely, let's do it!" Everyone agreed enthusiastically.

Just at that moment, a voice came from outside.

"Not good!"

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice, only to see a figure jumping in through the window, which startled everyone into stepping back. When they got a clear view, they realized the person was none other than Ye Xiao, undoubtedly.

"Really, couldn't you just use the front door?" Ling Shuya said exasperatedly to Ye Xiao after being startled.

"Alright, alright, I'll use the front door from now on," Ye Xiao said with a slight smile, and then added, "Is everyone all right?"

"Of course, we're fine. But what did you mean by not good just now? Are you afraid of us uniting?" Ling Shuya asked Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao chuckled and replied, "Nothing of the sort. I just meant that while you can unite, don't always think about ganging up on me!"

"Tsk, you're such a dishonest guy. Of course, we need to be on guard against you. If we're not supposed to plan against you, are you planning to plot against us?" Ling Shuya looked at Ye Xiao suspiciously and cautioned, "Don't get any strange ideas!"

Ye Xiao didn't want to argue with Ling Shuya too much, for too many words could lead to slip-ups, and if anything overly flirtatious was said, somebody was bound to be displeased.

Afterward, Ye Xiao looked at Shen Qiuyu, who had changed into dry clothes, and commented with a chuckle, "Tsk tsk, not bad at all. Miss Shen looks good in anything!"

"What are you saying? By the way, who were those people, and why did they want to capture Shuya?" Shen Qiuyu knew that getting too close to Ye Xiao would undoubtedly provoke everyone's displeasure. Even though she had tried hard to save others just now, merits and demerits weren't always offsetting.

Hearing Shen Qiuyu's words, everyone immediately sat down. Ye Xiao naturally couldn't mention that Ling Shuya was kidnapped because of the Heavenly Book. First, they didn't know what the Heavenly Book was, and second, the matter of the Heavenly Book couldn't be mentioned casually!

"The identity of Ling Shuya, I assume you all understand, right? The daughter of the big boss of Hengyu Group, just think how much money could be obtained by kidnapping her?" Ye Xiao didn't tell the truth, and naturally started bluffing!

"Wow, that would be worth a lot, at least five million, right?" Lan Lan said!

"Five million? That's not all, I think it should be twenty million!" Zhou Yuyan, who considered herself to have spent a relatively long time with Ling Shuya and knew that Ling Shuya's family was indeed very wealthy, immediately said!

Ye Xiao denied everyone's guesses, one by one.

"Five million? Twenty million?" Ye Xiao forced a smile and said, "Why can't you guys think bigger? Do you really think that the young mistress of the grand Hengyu Group is only worth this much? If you were Ling Shuya's father, and Ling Shuya was kidnapped by you, you ask for three to five billion, do you think he will give it?"

"Three to five billion?" Lan Lan and Zhou Yuyan were both surprised; after all, even for a wealthy person, three to five billion was a huge amount!

"It could also be ten billion!" Ye Xiao continued!

The two were surprised again, oh no, even the concerned party Ling Shuya was somewhat surprised, but the beautiful faces of Su Yun and Shen Qiuyu present showed not a trace of surprise, as if they were listening to something utterly normal!

"Would Hengyu Group really pay?" Lan Lan asked weakly.

Ye Xiao said, "And to think you're also from a wealthy family. You've never been kidnapped, have you?"

Lan Lan immediately shook her head and then said angrily, "You're the one who's been kidnapped!"

At this moment, Su Yun sighed and said, "However many billions, once the number gets big, it's just a number. Ling Shuya is Chairman Ling's only beloved daughter. If Ling Shuya really was kidnapped, forget ten billion, even if the entire Hengyu Group had to be traded away, as long as Ling Shuya is safe, it would all be worth it!"

"You can't be serious, without Hengyu Group, Chairman Ling won't be chairman anymore!" Lan Lan said in surprise.

Ye Xiao chuckled and said, "But he can still continue to be a competent father, ah. Compared to the position of chairman, which do you think is more important?"

Lan Lan and Zhou Yuyan looked at each other.

They had a point, the love of parents in the world is heartbreaking; parents indeed can give up everything for their children.

"So, securing Shuya is the same as indirectly controlling Hengyu Group. This is just too terrifying!" Zhou Yuyan also exclaimed in surprise!

Ye Xiao nodded and then looked at Lan Lan and asked, "Where's the medicine?"

Lan Lan pointed towards the shoe rack by the door!

Ye Xiao immediately looked over there and indeed, there were two black fabric bags. Ye Xiao walked over immediately!

Obviously, everyone was very curious about these medicines, especially Su Yun, because she had been looking for thousand-year-old ginseng all along. However, Su Yun had just seen that inside the black fabric bags, there was quite a lot of thousand-year-old ginseng. She truly doubted the use of these herbs!

So, when Ye Xiao walked over, Su Yun immediately followed, and as Su Yun went over, the rest of the people also stood up and followed.

When Ye Xiao got to the fabric bags, he opened them and immediately checked. Inside there were indeed a lot of wild thousand-year-old ginseng, thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum, and thousand-year-old cordyceps!

"Ye Xiao, what are all these herbs for? What are they used for?" Ling Shuya looked at the herbs inside the fabric bag with curiosity and asked.

Ye Xiao smiled slightly and then said, "A wise man has his own clever uses!"

"Cut it out, if you don't want to say then don't. Who cares?" Ling Shuya said, pretending to be angry, and turned to walk to the couch.

Lan Lan also turned and walked away. She was the one who brought these items, and although she knew these herbs were very precious, she truly didn't know their actual use!

Zhou Yuyan knew nothing about the herbs, so she turned and went to sit by Ling Shuya.

However, Su Yun and Shen Qiuyu both stood by Ye Xiao, eyes fixed on these herbs.

"Ye Xiao, did you collect all these herbs because...?" Su Yun looked at Ye Xiao with a bit of surprise. Ye Xiao had said he would help her obtain a Heart Cleansing Pill, and Su Yun initially thought Ye Xiao was just trying to cheer her up. However, she knew that one of the ingredients for a Heart Cleansing Pill was wild thousand-year-old ginseng, and now Ye Xiao had also obtained wild thousand-year-old Polygonum multiflorum and cordyceps!

Was it for the purpose of alchemizing a Heart Cleansing Pill?

Could Ye Xiao actually make pills?

Thinking this, Su Yun didn't believe it at all. Martial Artists were very rare, but generally, anyone with slightly better aptitude could be one. However, Alchemists were different. Not only was a Martial Artist's talent very important for Alchemists, but many specific conditions were also needed, and if all these conditions matched, there might not be even one qualified person out of tens of thousands. Therefore, Alchemists have always been an exceedingly rare existence since ancient times. With the rarity of Alchemists also came the fact that every single pill produced was worth a fortune!

But now, the question was, could Ye Xiao really alchemize pills?

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