16: Thousands of crowdfunding, if you have any questions, please come to us

Han Li's WeChat message was almost an instant reply.

“Big boss, how’s my idea? Just say we’re building an Immortal Cultivation Academy, and then link your account! Isn’t this a hundred times better than you setting up a stall at the night market?”

Following the message was a smug emoji of a head shaking.

Li Heng looked at the crowdfunding amount on his phone, which had already exceeded 170 million and was still rising. He had to admit that Han Li was indeed a Genius when it came to stirring up public sentiment.

It was also Han Li’s suggestion to create an academy website and limit the crowdfunding for enrollment qualifications to three months to create a sense of urgency.

“Well done, you have a future.”

Li Heng replied indifferently.

Han Li seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and the message immediately popped back.

“Hehe, it’s all thanks to your excellent leadership, Principal! Uh… Principal, I’ve offered ideas and helped with promotion, working tirelessly. Even if I don’t have merits, I’ve put in effort, right?”

“After the Academy is built, can I… get an internal recruitment slot?”

The dagger was revealed at the end of the scroll.

Li Heng looked at the screen and smiled.

What he wanted was exactly that sentence from Han Li.

If you want to get on the train, you have to buy a ticket first, and also help push the train.

“No problem.”

Li Heng typed his reply.

“You are the first person to crowdfund for the Academy, and also the primary contributor to its promotion. Once the Academy is built, a slot will be reserved for you.”

Drawing a big cake, who wouldn't know how?

Anyway, the Academy doesn't even have a single brick yet, so it's better to make promises first.

On the other end of the phone, Han Li, upon seeing Li Heng's promise, was so excited he almost jumped off the bed.

He immediately sent a long string of voice messages, his voice so excited it cracked.

“Thank you, Principal! Thank you, Principal! Don’t worry! From today onwards, I, Han Li, am yours! I will use all my resources to thoroughly spread the reputation of our Kunlun Cultivation Academy!”

Li Heng listened to his hyped-up assurance and nodded in satisfaction.

This kid was even more dedicated to establishing the Academy than he was.

“You can promote it, but don’t engage in false advertising. Everything should be based on the official website.”

Li Heng didn't forget to give a warning.

He didn’t want to attract the iron fist of the authorities because of Han Li’s nonsense.

“Understood! Understood! Just watch, Principal!”

After ending the chat with Han Li, Li Heng leaned back in his chair, looking out the window.

He suddenly felt that he was no longer that swindler fighting alone.

He now had a “partner.”

A “vanguard” responsible for charging ahead, waving flags, and shouting slogans at the forefront.

And he himself only needed to remain behind the scenes, acting as the mysterious Principal.

This feeling was quite good.

Just then.

The System prompt tone in his mind, which had been silent for a long time, rang out again without warning.

“Ding! A single crowdfunding amount exceeding 10,000,000 Dragon coins has been detected. Please check, Host.”

Li Heng suddenly sat up straight in his chair.

Ten million?

Single transaction?

He immediately swiped open his phone and opened his banking APP.

He refreshed the transaction history.

A startling transfer message prominently appeared at the top of the list.

Transfer amount: 10,000,000.00.

And below that string of zeros, there was a long line of remarks.

“Immortal Li, I, Zhang Tianwang, have a matter of utmost importance to request. Please add me as a friend immediately upon seeing this message. Here is my contact information: 189…”

Zhang Tianwang.

Li Heng looked at the name, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly.

He had some impression of this name.

He had heard of this person online before, apparently the richest man in South Province, with considerable wealth.

So it was him.

Li Heng's mind instantly became active.

This guy, he offered ten million just to meet.

This was definitely a super fat sheep!

It would be a waste not to earn money from such a person!

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately copied the phone number, opened WeChat, and added him as a friend.

The other party accepted almost instantly.

“Daoist Li, I apologize for the abrupt intrusion.”

Zhang Tianwang’s profile picture was a landscape photo, and his opening remarks were polite and courteous.

Li Heng also responded politely.

“A ten-million-dollar meeting gift is not an intrusion.”

He went straight to the point, clarifying the topic.

“Speak, what is it?”

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the screen.

“This matter is of great importance and cannot be clearly explained over the phone. Junior hopes to discuss it in detail with Daoist in person, if possible?”

Talk in person?

Li Heng tapped his finger lightly on the table.

The first thought that flashed through his mind was a trap.

But this thought lasted less than a second before he dismissed it himself.

What a joke.

He was now a Great Cultivator at the Golden Core Stage, possessing various Divine Abilities and Spells, practically a terrestrial Immortal.

In this world, who could threaten him?

Even if the other party was truly a Dragon’s Den or a Tiger’s Lair, to him, it was merely a place he could come and go as he pleased.

Thinking of this, Li Heng’s confidence instantly soared.

“Alright.”

He replied.

“Time, location.”

“Tonight at eight, in the Demon Capital, at the Peace Hotel. All expenses will be borne by Junior.”

The other party replied extremely quickly, clearly having prepared in advance.

Demon Capital?

Li Heng glanced at the map; it was over two hundred kilometers away from him, not too far.

However, for him, distance was never an issue.

“Understood.”

Li Heng replied with just one word, ending the conversation.

He turned off his phone, stood up, and walked to the window of his rented room.

Night had already fallen, and the city's neon lights cast a faint yellow glow across the sky.

Peace Hotel.

That was one of the top hotels in Dragon Country. It was said that a meal there would cost at least six figures.

Li Heng had lived for eighteen years and never even dared to imagine such a place.

And now, he was going there to meet a wealthy man who would spend tens of millions.

This feeling was very strange.

He no longer hesitated.

He formed a Spell, muttering incantations.

A layer of invisible light instantly enveloped his entire body.

His figure slowly faded in the air, eventually disappearing completely, as if he had never existed.

Immediately after.

The tightly closed window of the rented room was silently pushed open by an invisible force.

A phantom almost merged with the night, flashed out.

The next second.

Above the clouds ten thousand feet high, a streak of light streaked across the sky, flying towards that sleepless city in the east.