399: Chapter 43 A Second Move: Deploying Generals!

"Changing the way we cooperate? How so?"

Seeing Wang Ai bring up the main point of this meeting, Meng Li asked "curiously."

Wang Ai said with a smile, "It's very simple. Our two families have pharmaceutical companies. You give us the production formulas for those Medicinal Pills, and we'll count it as a technical investment. Later, when the pills generate profit, we will give you returns in the form of share dividends."

"Heh."

Meng Li was amused and then said, "In this cooperation, my biggest bargaining chip is the pill formulas. Yet you want me to hand them over to you, only to give me some so-called shares in your company, and then only provide returns via dividends once profits are made."

"Are you kidding a child?"

Having said that, he didn't care to say more and turned to leave.

Seeing this, the bodyguards guarding the door immediately stepped forward to block him.

Meng Li's expression turned cold. "What? Seeing that the talk failed, the two of you plan to rob me openly? Then you'd better weigh your options. Although I only linger on the fringes of the circle, after practicing medicine for all these years, I still have some connections on the streets."

Wang Ai laughed. "The connections you're referring to are Feng Zheng Hao and Xu Xiang, right?"

"Don't count on Feng Zheng Hao; he wouldn't dare challenge this old man."

"As for Xu Xiang..."

"He is currently a board member of the Company, which is indeed a bit tricky. However, Old Lü and I only want your formulas. As long as we don't cripple or kill you, I believe he won't fight to the death. After all, he's just a board member, and he has a son."

"Dr. Meng, I've finished weighing things on my end. What about you?"

"In your current situation, you're not short of money at all. There's no need to suffer over a few formulas. If all else fails, Old Lü and I can give you another sum as compensation."

"How about it?"

Meng Li said in a low voice, "What if I don't agree?"

Wang Ai replied with a fake smile, "Then don't blame us for being impolite."

As he spoke, he pointed to Lü Gong beside him. "The Lü family has an Innate ability called the 'Minghun Technique' that can peek into others' memories. Even if you don't agree, we still have ways to get the formulas. When that time comes, you'll get nothing but a world of pain."

Meng Li looked at Lü Ci. "Elder Lü, is this your intention as well?"

Lü Ci glanced at him without a word, clearly giving a silent consent, or perhaps he just disdained to respond.

Meng Li wasn't angry either.

He vaguely remembered that Lü Ci was extremely arrogant. In the entire Realm of Extraordinary People, it seemed only Zhang Zhiwei, The Pinnacle, could earn his respect.

"Alright, I understand," Meng Li said helplessly, then added with some sentiment, "It seems there's a saying that's truly correct: some people can be called heroes to the outside world during special times, but that doesn't stop them from turning into villains toward their own people once things are over."

"Humans are such complex and fickle beings."

Lü Ci sensed the underlying meaning in those words and frowned.

Wang Ai said sinisterly, "Is Dr. Meng planning to refuse the easy way and take the hard way?"

Meng Li gave an irrelevant answer. "I'm not someone who likes fighting and killing. My principle is to try diplomacy before force. If reason doesn't work, then we'll use physics. Since the two of you clearly plan to bully the weak, it means you follow the Law of the jungle."

"In that case, if the two of you are killed by me here today, it can be considered your own fault."

Hearing this, Wang Ai laughed out of anger. "Kill the two of us here? What arrogant words! Take him!"

The last two words were directed at the bodyguards in black.

Hearing the order, several bodyguards immediately lunged at Meng Li.

Meng Li snapped his fingers.

Everyone present suddenly felt everything around them become extremely slow.

Immediately after, Meng Li waved his hand.

Those black-clad bodyguards flickered out of thin air and appeared behind Wang Ai, and then the surrounding speed returned to normal.

Caught off guard, Wang Ai was tackled to the ground by several bodyguards.

By the time he reacted, a burst of black Yin Qi erupted from his body, knocking the bodyguards away.

Just then, Meng Li reached out and made a grasping motion toward Wang Ai from a distance.

Wang Ai's small eyes were instantly covered in black Qi, and then, as if he had received some sort of decree, he launched an attack on those black-clad bodyguards.

Although these bodyguards were extraordinary people, their strength was far inferior to Wang Ai's. Combined with their lack of defense, they were killed on the spot in just a few moves.

Lü Ci and Lü Gong, who were on the side, were startled by this sudden turn of events. They subconsciously retreated and looked at Wang Ai warily.

At this moment, the black Qi in Wang Ai's eyes receded, and he returned to normal.

He widened his eyes and asked Meng Li, "Kid, what did you do to me?!"

His voice contained shock, anger, and a hint of fear.

Just now, his consciousness hadn't been clouded, but his body and actions were completely out of control. It was as if he had turned from a participant into a bystander, knowing what he was doing and understanding the consequences, yet unable to interfere, only able to watch helplessly.

Meng Li said with a smile, "I didn't do much. I just used the hidden move that Feng Tianyang left on you members of the Wang family."

"Feng Tianyang... Restraining Spirits and Dispatching Generals?!"

Meng Li said playfully, "Congratulations, you guessed right. However, there is no reward."

"How could this be... No, it's impossible!" Wang Ai was in disbelief.

"Impossible?" Meng Li sneered and then said, "Does your Wang family really think that someone who could comprehend a Great Technique and was also a Great Shaman would willingly hand over his technique to a robber after some torture and hypocritical drama without leaving a hidden move?"

"If that's really the case, I can only say your Wang family is incredibly stupid."

"And also blind."

"Otherwise, just by looking at the situation of other Great Technique comprehenders, how could you not be suspicious?"

Wang Ai was stunned.

The situation of other Great Technique comprehenders?

Dead!

Vanished without a trace!

Using themselves as bait, killing a crowd before dying!

The only one who truly seemed to have yielded and softened was Feng Tianyang.

The problem was, would someone who could hang out with that group of tough and ruthless people and comprehend a Great Technique really be a spineless coward?

Wang Ai wavered.

"What is the hidden move Feng Tianyang left behind?" he asked with burning eyes.

Meng Li said leisurely, "Restraining Spirits and Dispatching Generals. After 'Restraining Spirits,' there is naturally 'Dispatching Generals'!"

As he spoke, he posed a question: "Do you know why the Spirit Consumption Method brings you far less of an increase than the power borrowed from spirits?"

Wang Ai shook his head, his eyes full of a thirst for knowledge.

The same was true for Lü Ci and Lü Gong.

"Because the Spirit Consumption Method is meant for nurturing spirits, not for people to eat them directly. When a spirit is nurtured to a certain level, it becomes a Spirit General."

"Among Spirit Generals, the weak ones can command dozens or hundreds of spirits. The powerful ones can command thousands or tens of thousands."

"And Spirit Generals follow the caster's dispatch."

"Only in this way could Feng Tianyang achieve the goal of 'making the world's spirits serve me'."

"This is also where Restraining Spirits and Dispatching Generals is truly powerful. When practiced to a profound level, one person can become an army!"

"Your Wang family uses the Spirit Consumption Method to eat spirits and improve yourselves, which is equivalent to nurturing yourselves in the direction of a Spirit General."

"In other words, by passing the Spirit Consumption Method to your Wang family, Feng Tianyang treated you as reserve Spirit Generals. When the time comes, the descendants of the Feng family only need to activate the hidden move Feng Tianyang left behind, and you—will be Spirit Generals at their beck and call!"

Hearing this, Wang Ai felt a chill run up his spine straight to the crown of his head. Then he gritted his teeth. "What a... Feng! Tian! Yang!"

Lü Ci and Lü Gong also felt a chill in their hearts.

This move of Feng Tianyang's was too sinister!

At this moment, Meng Li said faintly, "Having said all that, it's time to get down to business."

"Elder Lü, next, you shall test the strength of this Spirit General, Elder Wang, for me."

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