All morning, Xu Nan, Bai Jiao, Ji Liangchuan, all stayed at Long Yan Mountain Villa to chat with Shen Qiang about matters concerning the Cultivation World, while watching construction workers dismantle the Long Yan Mountain Villa sign and replace it with the Heshenghe plaque.

At noon, they all had lunch together at the villa, as a modest gesture of hosting by Shen Qiang; after they left,

it was already the afternoon.

Bianyi had made a point of phoning Shen Qiang to remind him that the earliest scheduled demon for pickup had arrived.

This left Shen Qiang somewhat helpless; in fact, he was certainly short-staffed at the moment, not just by one or two people, but by many.

For example, for something like airport pickup, someone dignified as the Heshenghe boss, the new overlord of Provincial City, Shen Qiang would definitely not attend—it would be too embarrassing.

The four great demons from Felicity Gate definitely could not go either; although they were helping Shen Qiang, they were the elders of the Beautiful Demon Fox Chu Qing. Could such a task be assigned to them?

That would be too disrespectful!

And Chu Qing herself, being Shen Qiang's woman, could not go either.

Besides, Xiu Ju had gone to Shanghai for a mission.

Lan Yong was injured, and Hao Deben only knew about tinkering with computers.

Sending an ordinary person for pickup would be too disrespectful, and seem arrogant of Shen Qiang, so who else to send?

After much consideration, the only candidates were Cheng Hai, Wu Zhaoyang, and Kong Richeng.

Since Kong Richeng was with Bianyi, that left only Cheng Hai and Wu Zhaoyang.

Given no other choice, Shen Qiang had to ask them to go.

He instructed them to take the person directly to Dinghao Hotel after the pickup, find a room, and settle down first, meanwhile, Shen Qiang called Bianyi to instruct him to tell the interviewing demons to go directly to Dinghao Hotel and settle in, informing them of the transport arrangements: Heshenghe was not providing airport pickup anymore, interviewees could stay at the hotel for free, but were responsible for their own meals. They were to await further notification about the specific interview time.

After all these instructions had been relayed,

Shen Qiang began to count the various spoils of war seized in the battle against Long Yan Sword Sect.

There weren't many magical treasures, but there was a plethora of flying swords.

Unfortunately, many of the flying swords were very ordinary, entry-level ones.

Upon a careful inspection,

Shen Qiang was astonished to see many of the swords bore the mark of Long Chang, which were clearly from the Ji Family.

Beyond that, he could not ignore the Sect Treasure of the Long Yan Sword Sect, the Long Yan Sword and Long Yan Sword Technique.

The Long Yan Sword was the one wielded by the Great Elder of the Long Yan Sword Sect.

As for the real manual of the Long Yan Sword Technique, it was in the Sect Leader's Storage Ring.

Moreover, after a cursory glance through the Storage Rings of the Great Elder and the Sect Leader of the Long Yan Sword Sect, Shen Qiang was even more disappointed.

Aside from the Storage Rings themselves, which were just for show, there was nothing particularly valuable, or treasures worth a fortune.

They were mostly what Shen Qiang would consider junk.

Fortunately, the sheer quantity was enough; the multitude of magical treasures and flying swords, including Storage Rings and Qiankun Bags, were still worth a good five or six billion. After all, a better Storage Ring was worth nearly a hundred million by itself. But, regrettably, the Long Yan Sword Sect was full of paupers.

Aside from the Sect Leader and the Great Elder, it turned out no one else had a Storage Ring.

Other Mixed Element Realm powerhouses actually only had Qiankun Bags, no idea how they obtained such high cultivation yet lived so miserably.

Moreover, after wiping out the Long Yan Sword Sect, the greatest benefit was acquiring the Long Yan Group. This corporate group, with hundreds of subsidiaries, could be said to be involved in all sectors of Provincial City. Although some of these companies were only shell corporations used for accounting purposes,

the total assets still amounted to around twenty billion yuan, after all, many of the group's subsidiaries had their own industries.

And the skyscraper that housed the Long Yan Group's offices was a landmark building in Provincial City, valuable in itself.

Beyond that.

The most satisfying thing was this mountain villa.

The villa covered a large area and was extravagantly decorated.

Essentially, everything that could put on an appearance was all in place.

And within the entire villa, what delighted Shen Qiang the most was not only the showy front office building, but also a residential building for the staff, and the Sect Leader's mansion at the back.

The interior was equally sumptuous—a huge luxury villa.

This meant that Shen Qiang could move his family here, and the ladies would not lack for rooms. Moreover, the villa had a specialized cultivation field for the disciples and was equipped with all sorts of facilities. At the back of the villa, there was also an ecological garden.

Shen Qiang could easily cultivate all kinds of Lingzhi and Earth Spirit Embryos here.

If necessary, the villa had plenty of space for reconstruction if he wished to rebuild anything easily.

That meant that Shen Qiang could move everything from Jinyu Huacheng right here.

And most importantly, after this battle, Shen Qiang was now recognized by the Cultivation World as the new overlord of Provincial City and, at the same time, the Cultivation World's unique King of Demons.

Now with this villa, Shen Qiang could confidently recruit cultivators and train the Shen Family's disciples. After some time, Shen Qiang was bound to become a super heavyweight in the Cultivation World, someone whose stomping feet would make all quake.

Meanwhile, at Dragon Group Headquarters in Shanghai.

Having completed her mission and successfully processed her reserve duty paperwork, Xiu Ju, waving goodbye to her colleagues from the Dark Department, hurried out with an excited expression.

After entering the elevator and pressing the button, just as the elevator doors were about to close,

a hand stopped the closing elevator doors, and to Xiu Ju's surprise, a tall, handsome man in military uniform, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, appeared at the entrance. He smiled at Xiu Ju and said with a smile, "Xiu Ju, I heard you're planning to retire and follow Shen Qiang?"

Xiu Ju looked at him with a smile and replied, "Yes, he's a very excellent man."

The handsome and tall military officer then entered the elevator.

On the back of his hand, there was a scorpion tattoo.

The elevator doors closed, descending.

The young military officer said with a smile, "The Shen Qiang you know might not be the real him, so following him might not be a good choice."

Xiu Ju, in high spirits, looked at him coquettishly and said, "You're too late in confessing, do you think if I don't follow him, I would follow you instead?"

The young military officer laughed, speaking calmly, "Shen Qiang is a demon, a bastard full of sins. Even though he hides it well, I will catch him because sooner or later I will find evidence of his crimes."

Almost instantly after the young officer finished speaking, Xiu Ju's pretty eyes turned extremely cold.

Then in a calm yet chilly tone, she smiled and said, "I advise you not to mess with my man, or else, even if you were the strongest Hunter of the Dark Department, I would still kill you—I guarantee it!"

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