63: Chapter 63 Fight your way up!

"Three million, is that not enough? What three million? The house? Not selling."

Fang Xun moved through the air. Just as he landed with a stumble, nearly falling flat on his face, the real estate agent called him with perfect timing.

Three million—that was more than double the previous offer.

Fang Xun, by his own power, had single-handedly driven up the housing prices in this Earth-Grade city, where they were originally barely six or seven thousand per square meter.

But Fang Xun wasn't concerned about housing prices right now; what concerned him most was his own body.

Hot, hot, hot.

Why was it so incredibly hot?

And this time, the power felt exceptionally persistent.

It even sustained him all the way back to his residential complex, where he managed to sneak back into his building entrance without anyone noticing.

While climbing the stairs, Fang Xun began taking off the gear he was wearing.

He was too hot; white mist was even rising from the top of his head, as if Fang Xun was about to dehydrate at any moment.

Moreover, his body was now completely covered in bloodstains.

Of course, this blood wasn't his; it belonged to that Taotie.

When he struck the Taotie dead with one blow, the Taotie's entire body of blood essence exploded outward, splattering all over him.

It was as if this was the Taotie's final attack.

"Can't take it, can't take it, I need to take this off first."

By the time Fang Xun reached his floor, he had already removed his outer gear, kicked off his boots, and was holding a pile of items while stripping off his mask, wearing only his boxer shorts, when he saw someone squatting by his apartment door.

The girl was tucked away in the corner, and if Fang Xun hadn't walked up, he wouldn't have seen her at all.

"Qi Lian, don't you have military training?"

Fang Xun looked at Qi Lian, who was dressed in a mottled green military training uniform, with some surprise.

"Brother, you're back!"

As if she had just noticed Fang Xun's movement, Qi Lian looked up in pleasant surprise and immediately stood up.

"Brother, military training was canceled temporarily! The instructor was too tired and had to go back to rest.

Brother, are you tired?

Brother, are you injured?"

It only took a moment to go from initial surprise to explaining the situation to noticing Fang Xun's body covered in bloodstains.

Qi Lian showed no hint of disgust toward the blood on Fang Xun; instead, she leaned closer to examine him carefully.

"Alright, alright. Brother is Superman, of course, he's fine. Don't come any closer right now! Otherwise, I'll press my dirty hands onto your head."

As Qi Lian's clean little face drew nearer, Fang Xun, wearing only his boxer shorts, immediately became embarrassed.

"Uh, I'm going inside first. I need to take a shower."

Saying that, Fang Xun opened the door to his secret base as if fleeing.

It was Qi Lian's first time seeing Fang Xun's room, and her eyes immediately showed astonishment.

Qi Lian's expression truly made Fang Xun feel a bit smug.

This was the meaning of showing off, wasn't it? See, he was showing off!

Too bad the silly little sister doesn't appreciate her brother's greatness~

But leaning in to show off was too deliberate; it was this kind of unintentional flexing that felt truly satisfying.

Fang Xun was already anticipating Jiang Qin's expression when she accidentally discovered the truth.

Damn, this felt amazing!

"Come in. There's nothing here I can't let you see. I'm going to take a shower first. You can look at everything in here, and even play with it.

Oh, right, this is our little secret.

Don't tell Jiang Qin and Tang Xiaotang, okay?"

Before entering the bathroom, Fang Xun didn't forget to remind Qi Lian.

"Mhm, Brother, I know. I won't tell Qin Qin."

Just as Qi Lian was speaking, that Flower Branch Rat jumped onto Qi Lian's shoulder at some unknown time, nodding its head along with her.

"This little thing is always appearing and disappearing.", Fang Xun casually remarked about the Flower Branch Rat, without any suspicion.

After all, what harm could a cute Flower Branch Rat possibly do?

As for his good sister Qi Lian, it was even less likely she could cause any harm, right?

Fang Xun entered the bathroom, shut the door with a click, turned on the water, put on music—all in one smooth motion.

But after Fang Xun closed the door, the simple and adoring look in Qi Lian's eyes immediately vanished.

'Young Miss, the Taotie is dead. He is the one who killed it.'

The Little Mouse chirped, reporting into Qi Lian's ear.

"I know. The blood on him is the Taotie's blood."

'Young Miss, should we...?' The Flower Branch Rat squeaked into Qi Lian's ear again.

"A branch without intelligence—if it dies, it dies.", Qi Lian twitched her nose, but her expression showed no fluctuation.

It was as if the dead Disaster Beast had nothing to do with her.

"However, I should inform the family. Don't come to Dongcheng City for now. It's very dangerous here."

'Young Miss.'

"Hm?"

'He doesn't guard against you at all.'

"Just because I call him Brother?" Qi Lian shook her head slightly. "He is too strong. I still need to be cautious. At least, in my current form, I am no match for the Taotie either."

Just as the Flower Branch Rat was about to squeak again, a voice suddenly came from the bathroom.

The bathroom door cracked open, and accompanied by the escaping white mist, came Fang Xun's voice, sounding very embarrassed.

"Lian Lian, can you help me see if there's a super big towel outside, a pink one? Can you pass it in for me? Just passing it through the gap in the door is fine."

"Brother, is it on the sofa?"

Qi Lian's voice instantly became sweet. She lightly picked up the towel and hopped over to the bathroom door.

"Brother, here you go."

"Okay~ Thank you, Lian Lian."

Hearing this voice, even Fang Xun's tone softened a bit.

How could he have such a considerate little sister?

If it were Jiang Qin, although she would fetch it for him, she would definitely complain a few times about why he didn't remember to bring it.

Then she would use a look of utter disdain, pinch the towel only with her fingertips, and toss it into his hand.

It would be as if his towel was some kind of dirty thing.

Dirty? Not dirty at all, okay!

Fang Xun took the towel and quickly closed the door again.

He was completely naked now.

He had turned the showerhead to its strongest setting, using only plain cold water.

But even though he had washed off the bloody filth, the heat on his body had not dissipated.

It was as if the bloodstains had already seeped into his body.

Even as he soaked in the bathtub with the shower continuously spraying ice water, the water in the tub was gradually rising.

Warm, scalding, boiling, simmering—

These four stages quickly passed before Fang Xun's eyes.

As everyone knows, protein denaturation only requires 70 degrees Celsius.

But without any surprises, the boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius.

And now, the water in this bathtub was being boiled by his body temperature.

Then, Fang Xun...

Was he still human?

Fang Xun lifted his hand. When his hand left the water surface, the water marks on it quickly vaporized into white mist.

And Fang Xun could see:

His blood vessels were bulging, and it seemed like magma was flowing inside them.

His blood had changed.