187: Take the initiative

"Hahaha, interesting, how interesting..." A figure walked in; it was her father, Xu Guanghai.

"Hmph, you're still laughing at me?!" Xu Ruoying said, annoyed.

"If I don't laugh at you, should I praise you instead? How old is he? By saying that, aren't you just going to scare him away?"

"How could I scare him when I was speaking properly?"

"Didn't you just say yourself that you wanted to give him a chance? It's already the hour of the rat. You, a young girl, taking the initiative to ask him not to go home—isn't that clearly trying to seduce him?" Xu Guanghai teased.

"You?! Seduce?! How can you say that to your daughter? I'm just worried about his safety! If something were to happen, the responsibility would be huge!" Xu Ruoying quickly defended herself.

"Him having an accident? I'm afraid that even if you had an accident, he wouldn't!" Xu Guanghai laughed.

"How is that possible?! What kind of strength could a little brat like him have? I am a Martial Master!" Xu Ruoying said loudly.

"You are only a Martial Master, while Long Yuan is very likely a Martial Ancestor!" Xu Guanghai said, his words shocking.

"A Martial Ancestor?! How is that possible?!" Xu Ruoying screamed, her face full of astonishment.

"There can be no mistake! Although I observe his aura to be at the Late Stage of a martial apprentice, he likely Cultivated an Advanced concealment technique. Do you know what he did before?"

"What did he do?"

"Tong Jingshan of the Tong Family was illegally raising ranked exotic beasts in the Yuhua District of Fengyang. One of the bases was set up in a villa that Long Yuan hadn't lived in for many years. He stumbled upon this matter..."

"There is such a thing?!"

"That's right. We investigated this matter, so we asked the Yuhua District property management company again. Later, we went directly to find Tong Jingshan to ask for the truth. Under our interrogation, Tong Jingshan dared not hide anything and told us everything!" Xu Guanghai said.

"What happened?" Xu Ruoying asked anxiously.

"Long Yuan and the property staff discovered anomalies at the villa, so they went to clear it out. As a result, a nest of mysterious snakes ran out. The strongest one was a third-order mysterious snake. Just when everyone thought they were done for, they were all exterminated by Long Yuan!" Xu Guanghai said.

"Ah? He killed a third-order mysterious snake?!" Xu Ruoying listened with wide eyes, her face full of disbelief.

Xu Guanghai sighed: "That was a mysterious snake equivalent to a Peak Martial Master, yet it was killed by him with a single blade! But this was just the beginning. After entering the villa, Tong Jingshan's subordinates attacked him and Bai Shan, one of the bosses of Yuhua District, but they were all defeated by Long Yuan. When Tong Jingshan finally appeared, thinking he could clean up the mess, he was also easily handled by Long Yuan. Now Tong Jingshan has defected to Long Yuan. If not for this, I'm afraid the evil cult would have recruited him this time. With his status as a Peak Martial Master and his methods of using poison, he would be a huge threat to the authorities!"

Xu Ruoying listened, looking confused, and exclaimed: "A Martial Master who is good at using poison?! Is Long Yuan not afraid of poisonous creatures?"

"Not only is he not afraid, but he also gave Tong Jingshan a stronger poison formula. According to Tong Jingshan, the level of that poison is extremely high, something he has never seen before!"

"Good heavens..." Xu Ruoying was completely speechless.

Xu Guanghai chuckled and continued: "These are not even the most shocking things..."

"What?! Could there be something even more shocking than this?!" Xu Ruoying asked in disbelief.

"Do you know how many ranked exotic beasts Tong Jingshan was raising?"

"How many?"

"There are hundreds in one base, and there are five bases in total. Just the third-order exotic beasts alone number over a hundred!! Do you know where these exotic beasts ended up?"

"Where?!"

"They were all taken away by Long Yuan with a wave of his hand!!!" Xu Guanghai hissed.

"What?! Taken away with a wave of his hand?! What kind of method is this?!" Xu Ruoying listened, looking confused.

Xu Guanghai took a deep breath, shook his head, and said: "This is likely a very special spatial method. I heard from the third brother that the Master of Xuanji Tower, Sabado, has such methods, which can make an object transfer out of thin air into another space!"

"It can actually be like this?!" Xu Ruoying felt her brain could barely process it.

Xu Guanghai nodded and said: "The third brother once heard Sabado say that although such spatial methods are magical, the most important thing is to have that space! I heard that this extra space is extremely expensive. Even one cubic meter of space is of huge value; even hundreds of supreme-grade mysterious stone would not be enough to buy it! And Long Yuan can take away more than a thousand exotic beasts. Just think about how huge the value of such a vast space must be?! I'm afraid that even Sabado would be tongue-tied if he heard about it!"

"Wow..." Xu Ruoying listened with her beautiful eyes wide open, her heart pounding wildly. She simply couldn't imagine what kind of miraculous thing such an extra, huge space would be...

"Let's not talk about this huge space for now. Just the fact that Long Yuan dealt with this batch of exotic beasts is a great merit! If these exotic beasts were allowed to run out, I'm afraid Fengyang County would suffer heavy casualties! This time, he has done a huge favor for the Geng Family..."

"Indeed!" Another voice sounded, and another person walked in. It was the third Elder of the Xu Family, Xu Guanghu.

"Hello, Uncle!" Xu Ruoying called out quickly.

Xu Guanghu nodded, picked up the jar of glutinous rice wine on the table, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one go. Putting down the jar, he let out a long sigh and said: "Geng Rutai is the Grand Elder of the Geng Family and also Geng Yun's father. He came here in person, so he must know Long Yuan's true identity! I observed from the shadows and found that there are two other people from the Geng Family who have been secretly watching Long Yuan's movements. Even Geng Rutai is constantly contacting Geng Nanfeng. It can be seen that the Geng Family's level of attention to this matter is even higher than that of our Xu Family!"

"This..." Xu Guanghai and Xu Ruoying looked at each other, and for a moment, both became nervous. Originally, the Xu Family had already attached great importance to investigating Long Yuan's situation. Unexpectedly, the Geng Family had now come to intervene and were even more proactive than them. What kind of situation was this?!

"Third brother, what should we do then?!" Xu Guanghai asked anxiously.

"Naturally, we cannot sit idle. The Geng Family has taken the lead in this matter. After all, Geng Yun is the county magistrate here, so there are plenty of opportunities to approach and investigate Long Yuan. However, we must absolutely not let the Geng Family gain the biggest advantage. Next, niece Ruo Ying must also take the initiative and strike!" Xu Guanghu gritted his teeth.

"Take the initiative and strike? Me?!" Xu Ruoying was stunned, her face suddenly turning bright pink...

Xu Guanghu knew what she was thinking, so he snorted: "Where is your mind at? I'm telling you to take the initiative in business! Didn't you sign a cooperation agreement with him? Find him in the next few days to release new works, and then help him with promotion. Wouldn't that establish communication with him?"

"That's right... As long as there are new works, his connection with our Shidai Tianyin Company, as well as our Xu Family, will definitely become much closer..." Xu Ruoying's beautiful eyes lit up, and she said excitedly.