29: Eavesdropping at night, the treacherous Uncle Wang

"What 1.5 million?"

Mo Yu seemed not to have heard her sister's words; holding her phone, her expression was blank. If one were closer, they could even hear her unseemly, rapid heartbeat.

Mo Han called Mo Yu several times before finally snapping her back to her senses.

"Sis... inside this card, there is a full 1.5 million!" Mo Yu said stutteringly.

Mo Han was also very surprised after hearing this. She stepped forward to take a look; it indeed was 1.5 million.

"I didn't expect Xie Ning to actually give you such a large reward. Not being greedy for this money and even making a special trip to deliver it—he really is a good person," Mo Han remarked with a sigh.

Mo Yu nodded vigorously, Xie Ning's figure appearing in her mind.

"With this money, we are one big step closer to our goal. This is great!" Mo Yu handed the card to her sister and grabbed her hand, her face full of excitement and her eyes filled with longing. "Sis, once we get out of here, I'll buy a good Demon Tamers Beast for you so you can live a better life."

Mo Han smiled gently and healingly as she patted her younger sister. "Alright, you go play for now. I still need to treat the Demon Tamers Beast."

Then, ignoring Mo Yu, she continued to look after the cat Demon Tamers Beast.

To her surprise, her treatment method hadn't had any effect; the cat Demon Tamers Beast's aura was even much weaker than it had been earlier.

Out of necessity, she researched several more treatment methods. Every single one was theoretically sound, but in actual practice, the results were negligible.

Several hours passed... Looking at the increasingly weak cat Demon Tamers Beast, Mo Yu frowned and said, "Sis, if the Guiding Method doesn't work, why not try another way? Try the one Great God Xie mentioned."

"This... but his method was already proven unworkable before. I'm afraid this little kitten won't be able to handle it if we use it recklessly." Mo Han was wavering, but she still had concerns and didn't dare to try.

"Maybe those Breeders did it wrong themselves. Last time I went with Great God Xie to treat the Garrison Commander's Demon Tamers Beast, no one believed in his treatment method either, but it succeeded in the end." At this point, Mo Yu comforted her sister again, "Besides, we can use a small dose first and stop immediately if anything seems wrong."

Mo Han thought for a moment, her expression becoming firm.

"Fine! Let's try it!"

After saying that, Mo Han began preparing the Materials, and Mo Yu skillfully stood by to assist her. This wasn't the first or second time they had worked together; their coordination was perfect.

Mo Han fed a small spoonful of Materials for increasing fire elements into the cat Demon Tamers Beast's mouth.

The two of them surrounded the cat Demon Tamers Beast, one observing its reaction and the other checking the data on the monitoring equipment.

Ten minutes passed. Seeing that the cat Demon Tamers Beast had no adverse reaction, they continued feeding it.

More than half an hour later, wisps of azure gas drifted from the cat Demon Tamers Beast's body. Its cries became more forceful, and it no longer seemed in such pain.

Mo Yu said happily, "Great! It's working!"

Mo Han didn't say anything. Her joy was no less than Mo Yu's, but she felt more curiosity and shock.

Just what kind of brain and courage did it take to dare to continue walking on a path that predecessors had declared a dead end, and even succeed!

...Xie Ning naturally wouldn't know what the Mo Sisters were thinking. After leaving the Breeder shop, he returned home.

He first prepared dinner, then let Supersonic Mantis and the White Wolf play together while he sat cross-legged to Cultivate.

The College Entrance Examination was drawing nearer; he had to seize the time to Cultivate and strive to become stronger.

Now that he hadn't obtained the heart fire stamen, the White Wolf couldn't evolve. He could only try his best to raise the White Wolf's Rank so that he could strive for a higher comprehensive score during the College Entrance Examination.

As the Cultivation progressed, Xie Ning's thoughts were no longer scattered... Time passed minute by minute until after nine o'clock at night when he opened his eyes. After putting away the White Wolf, he changed into a set of clothes he hadn't worn before. Led by the Supersonic Mantis, he leaped across rooftops, avoiding surveillance, and silently arrived on the roof of a dilapidated house.

He took out his Suction Gloves and quietly attached himself to the wall. Crawling along the building, he reached a window, and voices from inside the room drifted out.

"That Xie Ning is really a meddler! If it weren't for him, I could have satisfied my urge."

A voice filled with lingering anger came from inside the window; this familiar voice was exactly Li Zhi's.

"Hehe, what's the use of being angry? You still don't have the guts to touch him, do you?" another familiar voice sounded.

This voice belonged to Lame Uncle Wang.

Xie Ning quietly peeked inside the window. Hearing a few 'ding-dong' sounds, he scanned the locations of the Demon Tamers Beasts hidden in the shadows before looking at the two people sitting in the middle of the room: Li Zhi and Uncle Wang.

Li Zhi and Uncle Wang were sitting opposite each other. On the table between them were several bottles of alcohol and a few small dishes of food. Li Zhi, drunk, raised his hand and slammed the table hard, knocking over an empty bottle.

He let out a drunken hiccup and said excitedly, "I don't have the guts to touch him? Let him come right now, and I'll take him down immediately! I'll definitely make him kowtow to me in front of all the teachers and students in the school! He'll call me Brother Li!"

"Just hitting him? Didn't you think about... killing him?" A different kind of light flashed in Lame Uncle Wang's eyes. He drank a glass and asked with his head lowered.

"Of course I want to kill... eh? No, no, I won't kill him?" Li Zhi's drunkenness cleared up a bit instantly, and he shook his head in refusal.

"You're just afraid, aren't you?" Uncle Wang continued to provoke him.

"I'm not afraid! It's just that my dad said I can cause whatever trouble I want at school, but I can't kill anyone." At this point, Li Zhi stopped drinking. "Besides, I don't have any massive grudge against him."

Uncle Wang drank a glass of wine as if reminiscing about the past. He looked at Li Zhi again and shook his head with a sigh:

"I just didn't expect Old Li's son to be such a coward that he doesn't even dare to kill someone. When your father was your age, he was a tyrant in the nearby town. Anyone who dared to provoke him would end up being fed to the crocodiles."

"Uncle Wang, don't say that. Can that time even be compared to now? Back then in the small town, the mountains were high and the emperor was far away—no one could control anything. But it's different now; the control is strict. Who would dare to step out of line and commit a crime? You can't escape..."

Li Zhi spoke in a low voice, then looked at Uncle Wang and couldn't help but laugh, saying, "Uncle Wang, stop using reverse psychology on me. My dad has already told me about your little schemes. I also know a bit about why you're so intent on killing Xie Ning. But I'll say it again: I'm just a student, and I definitely won't kill him."

"I was just saying. Look at how cowardly you are. Come, come, drink, drink..."

Lame Uncle Wang picked up the wine glass and forced a few more drinks on Li Zhi. Seeing Li Zhi drink them, he smiled sinisterly, not looking at all like his usual honest self. With his reading glasses perched on his nose, he instead appeared quite treacherous.

Li Zhi, who was somewhat dazed and preoccupied, didn't notice how eerie the smile on Uncle Wang's face was.

Outside the window, Xie Ning, who was listening and watching this scene, was quite surprised by Li Zhi's performance.

However, seeing Lame Uncle Wang's behavior, he became even more certain that it was he who had hypnotized him before. Especially now, Uncle Wang's behavior made him feel even more like a stranger.

After listening to a few more lines, which were all mindless drunken talk, Xie Ning quietly left.

He also secretly made up his mind that if he had the chance, he must deal with Uncle Wang.

Not to mention the danger of using a Demon Tamers Beast that can hypnotize others for evil deeds, just the fact that he wanted to kill Xie Ning meant he couldn't be left alive.