17: Go one step ahead

The Peace Hotel in Magic City.

In the most luxurious private room on the top floor, Li Heng sat grandly on a huanghuali wooden chair, sizing up the middle-aged man in front of him, who was wearing a custom-made Tang suit and had a calm demeanor.

Zhang Tianwang.

The richest man of South Province, with a net worth of hundreds of billions.

But in Li Heng’s eyes, he was just a potential big client.

Only those willing to sponsor him to establish an academy were VIPs.

Li Heng’s unceremonious attitude made a burly bodyguard in black, standing behind Zhang Tianwang, frown.

“Sir, our boss is extremely busy. Please show some respect,” the bodyguard stepped forward, his tone laced with warning.

Li Heng didn’t even lift his eyelids.

“I’m talking to your boss. Do you have a place to interrupt?”

“Get lost.”

These two plain sentences instantly flushed the face of the imposing bodyguard, rendering him speechless for a moment.

“Ah Biao, stand down,” Zhang Tianwang waved his hand, stopping the bodyguard.

He looked at Li Heng, still wearing his benevolent smile, but a storm was brewing in his heart.

This young man was too calm.

Facing him, facing such a scene, he showed none of the usual restraint and awe that an ordinary person would have.

Li Heng couldn’t be bothered with the bodyguard anymore and got straight to the point.

“Tell me, what do you want for ten million?”

He paused, leaning slightly forward.

“Is it about your youngest daughter?”

At these words, the smile on Zhang Tianwang’s face finally froze completely.

His pupils contracted, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

This matter was his biggest heartache, and also the most tightly guarded secret!

This young man in front of him had just blurted it out!

He truly was a Master!

Zhang Tianwang’s last trace of doubt vanished. He stood up and bowed deeply to Li Heng.

“Immortal Li, please save my daughter’s life!”

Li Heng accepted his bow calmly and nodded.

“Tell me the specifics.”

Only then did Zhang Tianwang sit down again, his face filled with pain and helplessness.

“My youngest daughter, Zhang Qiqi, fainted two months ago without any warning and has been in a coma ever since.”

“I’ve consulted all the top medical experts at home and abroad, and used the most advanced medical equipment, but all examination results show that her bodily functions are completely normal. We can’t find any cause for her illness.”

“Later, I had no choice but to seek help from some Great Masters in the metaphysics world…”

Zhang Tianwang gave a bitter smile.

“They all saw that my daughter wasn’t sick, but was afflicted by an extremely vicious curse. But unfortunately, no one could break it.”

“Until this morning, my assistant showed me Streamer Han Li’s live broadcast recording. When I saw the Thunder Dragon summoned by that Talisman, I felt that perhaps you are my last hope.”

Zhang Tianwang’s expression became incredibly sincere.

“Immortal Li, as long as you can save my daughter, I, Zhang Tianwang, am willing to donate another 300 million Dragon Kingdom coins to Kunlun Cultivation Academy!”

Three hundred million!

Li Heng’s heart skipped a beat.

As expected of the richest man of South Province, he was indeed generous.

Adding the more than 100 million from previous crowdfunding, his crowdfunding funds would directly Breakthrough 400 million.

He was one step closer to the goal of ten billion.

More importantly, a curse?

In Li Heng’s mind, the Immortal Cultivation knowledge System instilled in him did not contain detailed records about “curses.”

This seemed to be another local extraordinary power, independent of Immortal Cultivation.

Combined with the supernatural event during Han Li’s previous live broadcast.

It seemed this world was not as peaceful as he thought.

This sparked a strong interest in him.

He wanted to see what the extraordinary powers of this world were, and how they differed from the Immortal Arts he possessed.

“Alright.”

Li Heng agreed decisively.

His reaction, however, surprised Zhang Tianwang.

He had expected Li Heng to first ask about the specific situation or propose some conditions.

He didn’t expect the other party to agree so readily.

“The Immortal truly acts decisively!”

Zhang Tianwang suppressed the surprise in his heart and quickly said, “I will arrange it immediately. Tomorrow morning, we will take a private jet to South Province to treat my daughter!”

“Tomorrow?”

Li Heng shook his head.

“No.”

Zhang Tianwang was stunned.

“Why?”

Li Heng replied confidently, “I still have to go to the night market to set up my fortune-telling stall tomorrow. I’ve already paid three months’ worth of stall fees, I can’t waste it.”

“…”

The entire private room instantly fell into a dead silence.

Zhang Tianwang and his assistant bodyguards behind him all looked at Li Heng with expressions as if they were looking at an alien.

An Immortal who could draw Talismans to summon a Dragon, and casually decide the fate of 300 million in funds.

Would he refuse a deal that could earn 300 million because of a mere few hundred yuan in stall fees?

They couldn’t understand this logic.

Li Heng didn’t care what they thought and made a decision directly.

“Tomorrow is too late. I’ll go to your house now and cure your daughter’s illness.”

“Now?”

Everyone present was stunned.

Zhang Tianwang’s assistant couldn’t help but speak, “Mr. Li, it’s already night. Chartering a flight from Magic City to South Province involves very complicated airline applications and procedures. Even if we use all our connections, it would take until midnight at the earliest to take off.”

Li Heng smiled.

“Who said anything about flying?”

“No need for such trouble.”

With that, he stood up and walked out of the private room.

Zhang Tianwang and his group exchanged bewildered glances, but still immediately followed him.

Everyone followed Li Heng downstairs and arrived at the entrance of the Peace Hotel.

The evening breeze blew, carrying the hustle and bustle of the metropolis.

Li Heng stopped and turned around.

“I’ll take President Zhang to South Province first.”

“The rest of you, just figure out a way to catch today’s flight there.”

Zhang Tianwang and the others were completely confused.

The assistant bit the bullet and asked again, “Mr. Li, forgive my bluntness. The straight-line distance from Magic City to South Province is over a thousand kilometers. Even a civilian airliner takes nearly three hours to fly.”

“How will you… take President Zhang there?”

Are they going by car? That would take until Acquired!

Li Heng glanced at them, his expression relaxed.

“Very simple.”

He stretched out a finger and pointed at the dark night sky above their heads.

“Just fly there directly.”