"Speak up!" Su Xuan leaned against the doorway, casually eyeing Qi Li.

Qi Li returned the knife, then after a moment of contemplation, said, "What I said just now... may have been too much for you, but in our mountain world, it's perfectly reasonable. However... this doesn't mean there's no room for discussion. I owe... I owe you a big favor..."

"It's fine." Su Xuan shrugged. "Ever since I made it big, plenty of people have owed me favors. I don't expect them all to pay me back."

Though he said this, he felt quite gratified. Qi Li's willingness to say that meant she had acknowledged the favor she owed him and intended to repay it.

"There's something I don't understand." Qi Li blinked her beautiful eyes. "You could have easily had me taken away, and I would no longer be a problem for you. Why didn't you do that? Why help me instead?"

"It's simple." Su Xuan glanced at the two corpses on the ground. "This isn't my first time dealing with people like you. I know you all work in gangs. If I take care of one of you, several more will pop up, leading to endless trouble. It's a real headache! How am I supposed to get my own things done?"

With that, Su Xuan rubbed his forehead in frustration.

Qi Li couldn't help but want to laugh, yet she couldn't bring herself to. "I can stop bothering Long Xiwén and the others," she said. "But that doesn't mean I'm dropping the matter. I'm only stopping because of you."

"I understand," Su Xuan nodded.

"When I return, I will explain everything that happened here to my father. How he chooses to deal with Long Xiwén and the others will be beyond my control. I won't be able to intervene," Qi Li said, laying her cards on the table.

"Understood," Su Xuan nodded again.

"I have one last request." Qi Li lowered her head, clearly embarrassed. "Can you speak to your friend and ask them to release my senior brother? I want to take him back with me."

"I can't help you with that," Su Xuan pursed his lips. "Your senior brother beat my friend up pretty badly. He's still lying in a hospital bed."

"What if I can turn things around and get your friend's forgiveness?" As Qi Li spoke, she took a pill from her clothes. "This medicine is extremely rare. It can heal your friend within a single day. Our Floating Cloud Sect has no more than three of these in total, and I can give one to your friend!"

"You can try."

Su Xuan squinted as he looked at the pill in Qi Li's hand.

If this medicine is really as powerful as Qi Li claims, then having my pharmaceutical company replicate it would create another blockbuster product, wouldn't it?

Seeing Su Xuan's expression, Qi Li took out another one and tossed it to him. "I'll give you this one as a small token of my gratitude."

She only had two on her, a gift from her worried father before she left the mountain.

"Then it would be rude to refuse." Su Xuan waved his hand and accepted it with a smile.

"From now on..." Qi Li took a deep breath and said to Su Xuan, "I'll do as you arrange!"

The woman who had always presented a cold, icy facade was now showing a compliant side to Su Xuan.

"Then just wait here," Su Xuan said. "Someone will come for you shortly."

He left without a backward glance. Just a moment ago, while he was outside, he had already called Zhong Huilan and explained the situation.

After watching Su Xuan leave, Qi Li stood in the room with the dead men, looking at the open door as she waited. She never expected her trip down the mountain to be so tumultuous. It was truly an emotional experience.

But what surprised her most was encountering someone as domineering and incredible as Su Xuan...

WEE-WOO! WEE-WOO!

Before long, police sirens blared. Zhong Huilan arrived with a team of officers at Qi Li's room.

Seeing the corpses on the ground, Zhong Huilan wasn't particularly surprised. She had her subordinates remove the bodies and took Qi Li with her, having the girl ride in the same car.

「About ten minutes earlier.」

"Senior Brothers, you've come down the mountain with me this time with no tasks at all. Just keep me company and have some fun!"

On a street not far from Jiang Guinong's residence, a group of people appeared. A chubby young man was leading five or six others, chatting as they walked. "I've heard for a long time that the world down here is exciting, full of bright lights and beautiful women everywhere. As long as you have money, they'll do anything you want. We're going to have a blast this time!"

"Yeah, yeah! So many pretty girls!"

"And the people down here are all ordinary folks who are too weak to even truss a chicken. In our eyes, they're like ants we can crush however we please."

"We're like gods in this world below the mountain!"

The others all chimed in, showering the chubby boy with compliments.

"I wonder how Uncle Jiang and the others are doing with their mission," the young man said suddenly. "I wonder if they've dealt with that Qi Li from the Floating Cloud Sect, hehe."

This chubby young man was none other than Yan Xiaosong, a fellow disciple of Jiang Guinong and the son of the Sect Master of the Spirit-Taming Sect. He had begged his father relentlessly to get permission to come down to the world below for some fun. The men following him were all his senior brothers.

"Does Junior Brother Yan have a thing for Qi Li?" one of them asked with a grin.

"No way!" Yan Xiaosong put on a look of disgust. "That girl's always so cold and aloof, acting like the whole world owes her money. I would never be interested in her!"

Just then, several police cars whizzed past, rushing down the street.

"See that? Those are the cops of the world below," Yan Xiaosong pointed at the police cars, acting like an expert. "We have to be careful when we're having fun and make sure not to offend them. Do you know why Qi Li even came down the mountain? It's because her brother was on a mission, broke the law here, and got himself shot dead!"

Yan Xiaosong raised his hand, made a shooting gesture, and said, "Guns! Get it? BANG!"

"Got it, got it!" the others quickly nodded in agreement.

Some, however, wore disdainful expressions, clearly unafraid of guns.

Chatting and laughing, the group soon arrived at Jiang Guinong's location, only to be dumbfounded by what they saw.

They watched with their own eyes as Jiang Guinong and his nephew were carried out of the building by police officers!

And coming out with them was Qi Li!

"Aren't you afraid of killing someone?" they heard an authoritative older woman ask Qi Li. "That was two lives, you know."

"I'm not afraid," Qi Li answered. "They tried to humiliate me. I was just returning the favor."

Yan Xiaosong took a sharp breath and muttered, "Qi Li... she killed Uncle Jiang and the others! The Floating Cloud Sect is declaring war on our Spirit-Taming Sect!"

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