Anna Manor.
It was still the Familiar study.
Thorne stood with his hands behind his back, looking out the French windows at Li Xiao, who was lying in the garden like a salted fish, basking in the sun.
“Micah, tell me, why do you think Li Xiao wants to convert so many Mixed-bloods?” Micah stood rigidly, pondering for a moment: “Perhaps for money?
Or, does he have some ulterior ambition?” “Haha—” Thorne chuckled, raising his hand to take a light sip of the fine blood wine in his goblet.
“Perhaps I underestimated this Li Xiao, who has a clean background.” Although Thorne harbored some suspicion, Li Xiao was merely a low-status Familiar.
Even if his strength was suspected to be that of a Third-Tier Grand Martial Artist, it still wasn’t enough to stir his nerves.
“Let him be.
He is Anna’s Familiar after all.
As long as he doesn’t forget his place, I can still tolerate a servant.” Upon hearing this, Micah nodded and brought up another matter.
“Master, the Mistress is already on her way back, accompanied by a distinguished guest.
Should the Manor prepare for their reception?” “Mm.” Thorne turned and sat on the sofa by the French window, picking up the book he often read.
“Accompanying her is a Pure-blood noble from the main family of ‘Toreador’.
If all goes as expected, he will be Anna’s future husband.
Have the servants prepare; I need a grand welcoming party.” “Understood, I will arrange it.” The old butler slowly exited the study, making no sound as he closed the door.
— — — — In the Manor garden, Anna was complaining to her good friend, Xu Jiaojiao.
“Jiaojiao, what do you think I should do?
The Situ Family is not doing well right now.
Isn’t Father being too excessive?” Xu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes, looking helplessly at this young lady who was heartbroken over her lover.
“Anna, Uncle Thorne isn’t being excessive at all.
The Situ Family actually dared to drug you.” Xu Jiaojiao was very indignant.
Clenching her silver teeth and puffing out her cheeks, she raised her fist and swung it in the air.
“If it weren’t for Situ Hao saving you before, their family wouldn’t have just handed over 50% of the group’s shares.
Uncle Thorne not arresting them and handing them over to the Tribunal is already showing mercy.” Xu Jiaojiao gently patted Anna’s head and said: “My dear young lady, not everyone who lays hands on a Pure-blood noble can live on unscathed.” “Also, forget your Brother Situ.
Uncle Thorne would never agree, even without this incident.” Anna’s mood inexplicably plummeted when she thought about how her father would rather hand her over to that scoundrel Li Xiao to do as he pleased than let her be with Situ Hao, even once.
She couldn’t understand her father Thorne’s insistence on what he called the pride of a Pure-blood noble.
“Jiaojiao, do you think I still have a chance to see Situ?
Will he blame me?” “Not now, perhaps later.” Seeing Anna’s heartbroken expression, Xu Jiaojiao couldn’t bear it and offered some advice: “Anna, actually, as long as you don’t intend to marry Situ Hao, Uncle Thorne won’t care what kind of relationship you have with him.” “Of course, there’s one thing you must remember: besides your husband, you cannot get pregnant with anyone else’s child.” Xu Jiaojiao pinched Anna’s nose and said.
“What did you say…
You dead Jiaojiao, I’ll pinch you to death!
You’re the one who’s pregnant!” Anna fiercely raised her fists, her small fists pounding Xu Jiaojiao’s ample chest.
Li Xiao was lying not far away, watching the two of them playing and bickering, only feeling that this young lady of the Manor was mentally split.
“Does this young lady have some kind of mental illness, a split personality?
In front of that Situ Hao, she acts like a bootlicker, but in front of Xu Jiaojiao, she’s utterly naive.” Li Xiao thought about how whenever Anna faced him, she would call him a scoundrel or a bastard, and he genuinely felt an urge to punch her to death.
However, for now, Li Xiao could only think about it.
Before he found a way to resolve the Familiar relationship, he couldn’t let this annoying young lady get into trouble.
“Just wait.
When I can finally defeat Thorne, I’ll definitely capture you and lock you in a dark, sunless dungeon no one knows about.” “Anyway, as long as you don’t die, that’s fine.
It’s not like I have to serve you hand and foot…” — — — — The days passed peacefully for now.
Li Xiao’s long-awaited company successfully opened.
Its name was very simple: Wish Fulfillment Company Limited.
The company’s business was only one: collect money, then perform Conversion.
The previously quiet system, after the company opened, would ring intermittently every day.
Li Xiao’s strength was steadily increasing in the shadows.
Li Xiao could already imagine that one day, when his so-called bloodline descendants spread to every corner of Eternal Night City.
Eternal Night City would then welcome its true master!!
A corner of Eternal Night City.
The Wish Fulfillment Company was bustling with people.
The front desk lady skillfully took the bank card handed over by the guest.
When 200,000 Federation coins were deducted, the queue number was printed out and handed to the guest.
“Hello, due to the high volume of business recently, your Conversion time has been scheduled for three days from now.
Before Conversion, our company can provide a refund service at any time.” “No…
no problem.” The man who received the number card waved his hand, his lips trembling with excitement, gripping the paper number card tightly in his palm.
“I trust your company, I can wait.” After speaking, the man hurriedly left, as if afraid someone would snatch his number card.
Because there were already many successful Conversion precedents, he wasn’t afraid of being scammed.
As the news spread, many people in Eternal Night City also heard that the company Li Xiao opened was different.
They knew that Wish Fulfillment Company was not one of those fraudulent intermediaries.
However, this almost frenzied rate of Conversion had already attracted the attention of certain individuals.
But for now, Li Xiao had no mind to deal with these envious people.
In the room, Li Xiao controlled his strength.
At the Grandmaster realm, thick ‘True Qi’ had already been cultivated within his body.
The hallmarks of a Martial Grandmaster, besides a physical body so powerful it seemed inhuman, included the ability to release True Qi to kill from a distance, or to transform it into protective True Qi for combat.
Li Xiao kept his True Qi internalized, repeatedly practicing combat moves.
As for martial arts manuals, Li Xiao chose not to buy them himself, as it would easily expose him, but he had already instructed Huang Qiushui to handle it.
The martial arts manuals in the Federation’s online mall were relatively ordinary, but that didn’t stop them from being expensive.
The martial arts manuals openly sold by the Federation, as well as many blood-enhancing potions, were all very costly and very unfriendly to ordinary people.
This was why many people who couldn’t awaken Superpowers chose other paths.
Good manuals, moreover, were the foundation of various families and were almost never put up for sale.
Without connections, Li Xiao could only try to purchase some ordinary martial arts to learn first.
“Speaking of which, besides cultivation time, are there no other rewards from the system?
It’s really imperfect.” Just as Li Xiao was pouting and complaining, the system’s voice rang out.
[Ding!
Detecting Host’s fourth-generation direct bloodline…] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host, you have received a reward: one year of arduous cultivation.] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host, you have achieved the hidden accomplishment ‘Five Generations Under One Roof’.] [Ding!
Congratulations, Host, you have received a reward: 20% bloodline enhancement, and the martial arts manual ‘Heaven-Splitting Blade Draw Slash’.] “!!?” “A pillow delivered right when I’m sleepy?” Li Xiao silently gave a thumbs up in his heart.
When the system’s voice ended, his bloodline began to enhance.
After a brief surge, information about the Heaven-Splitting Blade Draw Slash appeared in his mind.
Li Xiao closed his eyes, as if he had entered a space where time stood still.
He looked down at the unadorned long blade in his hand, drawing and slashing it again and again.
A hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times…
until Li Xiao himself forgot how many slashes he had made.
The last strike, that blade light like a crescent moon, split the distant mountain, and only then did Li Xiao awaken as if from a dream.
When he opened his eyes again, he had already mastered this martial art.
Li Xiao glanced at the system panel, nodding in satisfaction.
Name: Li Xiao Race: Mid-Tier Bloodkin [80%] [Second-Tier] [Mixed-blood] Martial Art: Heaven-Splitting Blade Draw Slash [Initiation] “It’s already so strong just at initiation.” Li Xiao was confident that with a suitable blade, he could at least cut a twenty to thirty-story building in half with one slash.
“With my current strength, perhaps I can even rival an average human Sixth-Tier Martial Artist.
I wonder what tier of mage Thorne is?” Unsure of Thorne’s true strength, Li Xiao speculated that it was highly unlikely to exceed Seventh-Tier Transcendent.
After all, Tianming Province, where Eternal Night City was located, was not considered a wealthy region, and Eternal Night City was merely a medium-sized city with a population just over a million.
A city of this size was unlikely to produce top-tier powerhouses of the Seventh-Tier Transcendent level.
“Let’s develop slowly for now, waiting for the right moment…”