695: Chapter 695 A chair was smashed over!

The disciple raised his head, his lips trembling, and said word by word.

"The bronze key!"

"Inside the jade sword, a key to the bronze gate is hidden!"

Boom— The main hall erupted in chaos.

"What? There's a key to the bronze gate inside the jade sword?"

"How is that possible? The jade sword is completely transparent; how could it hide anything? How could there be a bronze key inside?"

"So... we gave that thing to Ye Chen for nothing?"

The disciple swallowed hard: "Y-yes."

Dead silence. A deathly silence.

The twenty or so super-powered experts in the main hall looked as if they had been strangled, their eyes wide open.

The teacup in Bai Canghe's hand shattered instantly.

"To think that a bronze key was hidden inside the jade sword..."

"That brat... he's managed to get another one!"

Sect Master Yin Meinian's round fan dropped to the floor, her bewitching face twisted in anger.

"Three!"

"Including the ones in Shui Shui's hands, have all nine keys to the bronze gate appeared?"

"This..."

"It's unbelievable!"

In the past, they had no clue how to obtain even a single bronze key.

Now... have all nine suddenly appeared?

Even the one held by the Ancient Tomb Sect, which was the closest to them, had been taken by that brat...

Wait! "Something's wrong!"

Gui Duanchang suddenly realized, "Doesn't that Shui Shui have seven? Then... shouldn't Ye Chen have three!"

Everyone suddenly woke up to the realization. That's right! Seven plus three equals ten. But there are only nine bronze keys! Where did the extra one... come from???

"Exactly!"

"The keys in Ye Chen's hands came from the buddha head, the jade sword, and the Ancient Tomb Sect."

"That's three, no doubt about it!"

"Why would that Shui Shui have seven?"

"Could it be..."

"Are they fake???"

Bai Canghe also frowned, filled with astonishment.

The only thing they thought possible was that someone's bronze key was fake. Otherwise... it didn't make sense!

But they knew the origin of Ye Chen's keys to the bronze gate, so the question arose... could some of Shui Shui's seven keys be fake?

Confusing! It was completely baffling!

Sect Master Yin Meinian's expression turned cold.

"Regardless of whether they are real or fake, Shui Shui's whereabouts are unknown, so let's first get our hands on Ye Chen's bronze keys!"

"We can start implementing Plan B."

"As long as we control his family, we can get his three, and we'll deal with the remaining six later!"

Gui Duanchang nodded: "I agree!"

The experts from other sects whispered among themselves and then nodded one after another.

"I agree too!"

"Me too, we must seize all the bronze keys from that brat Ye Chen!"

"Hmph! I must make that brat die without a burial place!"

...

Listening to everyone's words, Bai Canghe took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Very well, Plan B begins!"

...

Xiamen City, Shuyue Group headquarters building.

Twilight descended, and the conference room on the top floor of the building was brightly lit.

Bing Lan sat in the main seat, dressed in a sharp white professional suit, her long hair tied into a low ponytail, exuding a cold and commanding aura.

Spread out on the table in front of her were design drafts, each depicting exquisite lingerie styles.

"This season's new products will focus on the 'affordable luxury' concept, with all fabrics using imported Italian silk and lace."

Bing Lan swept her gaze over the senior management sitting on both sides of the long table and said coldly, "I have reviewed the twelve initial drafts submitted by the design department, and three of them need major revisions."

She casually pulled out three design drafts and pushed them to the center of the conference table.

"The first one, the strap design is too conservative and loses the quality that affordable luxury should have."

"The second one, the choice of lace pattern is problematic; it's too complicated and looks cheap."

"The third one..."

She paused, her slender finger pointing at a detail on the drawing, her brows slightly furrowed. "Who decided on this design? Actually cutting holes in the lingerie? Are you designing sensual lingerie?"

The design director sitting at the end of the long table turned pale and stammered, "President Bing, I decided on it. I thought this kind was more popular with young couples..."

"You thought?" Bing Lan interrupted her. "Does your idea of popularity mean turning brand lingerie into sensual lingerie? Take it back and redo it. I want to see a new proposal tomorrow morning. If it still doesn't impress me, you can resign."

"Y-yes!" The design director nodded repeatedly, fine beads of sweat seeping from her forehead.

Li Qin sat to Bing Lan's right, wearing a black professional dress, her long hair draped over her shoulders, quickly recording the meeting points in a notebook. Hehe! Sister Bing Lan is still as cool as ever!

Ever since they had made breakthroughs one by one with Ye Chen's help, it stood to reason that they could focus on cultivation. But the problem was... Bing Lan didn't do that.

When she asked for the reason, Bing Lan just said: "A-Chen is currently surrounded by enemies on all sides. Although we have strength, we can't help much, but we can build his most solid retreat."

And the retreat was Shuyue Group, a financial empire! This is what you call vision!

Bing Lan picked up the coffee in front of her, took a small sip, and was just about to continue speaking—

"Bang!"

The conference room door was suddenly pushed open, and a clerk rushed in, face deathly pale.

"P-President Bing! It's bad!"

Bing Lan's brows furrowed: "What's the matter?"

The clerk explained in terror.

"A group of Men in Black... have broken in!"

"They came in through the main entrance of the building, destroyed our security system, and knocked out all the security guards from the first to the third floor!"

"Our people can't stop them at all!"

The conference room was suddenly in an uproar. The faces of the senior executives were filled with shock and fear.

What kind of place was Shuyue Group? The largest women's products group in the country! Who would dare to break in so blatantly?

Upon hearing this, Li Qin immediately pouted.

"Who has the guts to do this?"

"In the evening, daring to break into Shuyue Group?"

"Do they know they'll end up in trouble sooner or later?"

The senior executives were speechless. At a time like this, how could this "favorite" beside the president still be in the mood to joke?

However. What was even more shocking was. She actually stood up, stretched her wrists, and sneered, "I want to see which blind fool dares to come and cause us trouble."

No sooner had she finished speaking—

"Boom—"

The solid wood door of the conference room exploded. Wood splinters flew everywhere! Several executives sitting near the door were hit by the fragments, shrieking as they shrank back, their faces deathly pale.

Before anyone could react, a group of people filed in. Leading them was a burly middle-aged man wearing black martial arts attire, his expression cold. Behind him followed a dozen or so people dressed in the same black clothing, each with a steady aura, clearly not ordinary people.

The twenty or so senior executives of Shuyue Group were completely dumbfounded. No way, right? Did they really encounter such a cliché thing? Robbers breaking into a group to steal things?

The middle-aged man stood at the door, his gaze sweeping across the room like a knife, finally landing on Bing Lan in the main seat.

"You, are you Bing Lan?"

Bing Lan slowly stood up: "I am."

The smile in the middle-aged man's eyes deepened.

"Bing Lan, President of Shuyue Group, Ye Chen's woman."

He paused, his tone as arrogant as if he were reading an imperial decree.

"I'll give you two choices."

"First, come with us obediently."

"Second, we take action and make you come with us."

As his voice fell. The dozen or so Men in Black behind him stepped forward in unison, and an invisible pressure instantly spread.

Li Qin was stunned, then became speechless...

"No... are you crazy?"

"In the evening, running to someone's company to kidnap people? Are you out of your minds?"

The middle-aged man didn't even look at her, his gaze locked on Bing Lan.

"I'll count to three. If you don't respond, I'll choose for you."

He raised one finger, his voice as cold as a winter wind.

"One."

The senior executives in the conference room were all pale.

"Two."

The middle-aged man raised his second finger, the curve of his mouth growing wider.

Bing Lan stood in place, her expression unchanged, but deep in her cold eyes, a flash of cold light flickered.

"Three..."

Before the middle-aged man could even finish saying "three," Bing Lan moved.

She grabbed the heavy solid wood chair in front of her, gripped the back of the chair with both hands, and slammed it towards the middle-aged man.

Seeing this scene. The middle-aged man didn't even lift an eyelid, not even bothering to dodge. An ordinary person, holding a chair, wanting to smash him? What a joke. He was a Peak Earth Realm Cultivator!

In the intelligence he received, Bing Lan was just an ordinary business woman, with no strength to truss a chicken. Sending him to capture such a weak woman was like using a cannon to shoot a mosquito. If it wasn't because this woman was so incredibly beautiful, he wouldn't have bothered to say all that nonsense and would have just grabbed her and left.

But the next second.

"Bang!!!"

The chair slammed solidly into his body.

Then. His eyes widened sharply, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.

Immediately after. A terrifying force came from the chair, as if he had been hit head-on by a train, his body arching into a shrimp on the spot, and then...

"Boom!!!"

His whole body flew backward.