34: Jade pendant as a gift

“Rules? Rules are meant to be broken.” Ling Xian couldn't be bothered with pleasantries and simply raised a finger.

“One hundred million!”

One hundred million!

Both Manager Jiang and the person in charge, Ren Hui, were stunned.

As a manager at Angel International, Manager Jiang was very aware of commercial value. A hundred-year-old wild ginseng only fetched a few million at auction.

Although the hundred-year-old blood lingzhi was rarer, Manager Jiang didn't think it was worth that much—ten million at most.

Ren Hui swallowed, seeing such a generous Young Master for the first time.

One hundred million meant they could each get a commission of several million.

One hundred million was equivalent to the total value of some entire companies.

How much was the Ling Group worth?

Hundreds of billions!

But the actual liquid capital was only tens of billions.

Was it worth it for one blood lingzhi?

Of course, for Ling Xian, it was definitely worth it.

Stealing the blood lingzhi prevented Lin Feng's cultivation from advancing further, and it also counted as seizing a karmic opportunity, allowing him to gain villain points.

“Not enough?” Ling Xian asked, confused when the two didn't reply.

“Enough! Enough! Enough!” Manager Jiang replied repeatedly.

As Manager Jiang spoke, he gave the person in charge, Ren Hui, a look.

Ren Hui immediately packaged the blood lingzhi.

Wu Poshan stood behind him and carefully took the package.

This was the life-saving medicine for his sister.

At the same time, he felt even more grateful to Ling Xian, unable to count how much he owed Young Master Ling.

"Even my own life probably isn't worth this price.

From now on, my life belongs to Young Master Ling. If Young Master Ling tells me to die, I won't live. If Young Master Ling tells me to murder and commit arson, I will murder and commit arson."

This level of kindness was enough to shatter Wu Poshan's worldview and moral bottom line.

Just as Ling Xian was about to leave, his gaze swept across the room, his pupils shrinking as he discovered a treasure hidden in the corner.

“Young Master Ling, what is it?” Manager Jiang noticed Ling Xian's change and followed his gaze, seeing only a jade pendant covered in dust.

The pendant was marked and looked ancient, but its exact age was indiscernible.

Compared to the treasures and antiques they had just seen, this jade pendant seemed far too ordinary.

“If my spiritual power hadn't reached the Grandmaster level, I probably wouldn't have noticed this jade pendant.

If I'm not mistaken, this jade pendant is Lin Feng's true karmic opportunity."

Ling Xian's smile widened. He turned to Manager Jiang and said, “I want this jade pendant. Name your price.”

Manager Jiang was momentarily stunned. After calculating in his mind, he said, “No need. Since Young Master Ling likes it, consider this jade pendant a gift from Angel International to build a friendship.”

To curry favor with the people behind the Ling Corporation, what did a worthless jade pendant matter?

“Ren Hui, what do you think?”

Ren Hui was called out and quickly switched to a fawning smile: “Manager Jiang is absolutely right.

One hundred million—this jade pendant can simply be given to Young Master Ling as a complimentary gift."

Ren Hui was also intimidated by Ling Xian's grand gesture. Although Ling Xian was just a rich young wastrel, even a family patriarch might not be able to pull off such extravagance, let alone a wastrel.

“I preferred you when you were arrogant and unruly,” Ling Xian joked.

Upon hearing this, Ren Hui immediately straightened up, his expression serious.

“Fine, I, Ling Xian, owe Angel International a favor.”

Manager Jiang was shocked and overjoyed that Ling Xian would treat this directly as a favor owed.

He knew that Ling Xian was the grandson of the person from Zhongzhou, giving him an almost heaven-reaching background.

This favor was worth far more than one hundred million.

“Ling Wu, Taohua, Poshan, let's go.” Ling Xian said to the three people, including Taohua, who were eating cake.

Watching Ling Xian leave, Ren Hui curiously asked, “Manager Jiang, what exactly is Young Master Ling's background? Why do you treat him with such respect?”

Ren Hui didn't believe that a mere one hundred million could make Manager Jiang so respectful right from the start.

“His background? It reaches the heavens. Given your status, it's best not to know too much,” Manager Jiang kindly warned, speaking earnestly to Ren Hui.

Cold sweat beaded on Ren Hui's forehead and he trembled, realizing how lucky he was to have dared to be fierce toward Ling Xian initially.

“Do you have some kind of grievance with Young Master Ling?” Manager Jiang seemed to notice something unusual and asked in return.

Ren Hui immediately explained, not daring to delay.

He knew the temperament of Manager Jiang, his direct superior.

If he had told him earlier, he could have helped resolve it, but dragging it out would only invite Manager Jiang's contempt and annoyance.

After the explanation, Manager Jiang laughed heartily: “Don't worry. I understood Young Master Ling's meaning, and he won't come after you.”

Just as Ling Xian walked out of the auction house, the System's mechanical voice rang in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully plundering the important extra-plot karmic opportunity, the hundred-year-old blood lingzhi, preventing Lin Feng from breaking through to the Fifth Rank. villain points +2000!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully plundering the important extra-plot karmic opportunity, the Inheritance Jade Pendant, preventing Lin Feng from acquiring new secret techniques and gaining the ability to fight across ranks. villain points +8000!]

“Comfortable. The rewards this time are truly generous—enough for ten consecutive draws!” Ling Xian stopped, encountering Du Chenyang at the entrance.

Du Chenyang blocked the path, his gaze sweeping over Ling Xian. He said in a low voice, “Ling Xian, you are good. I've noted this down. I hope you can remain this arrogant in the future.”

Ling Xian's eyes were calm: “So what if you note it down? If you truly liked Yourong, she wouldn't have been working so hard for so many years.

Where were you when she needed money?

Where were you when she needed help?

Where were you when she needed a platform to showcase herself?"

The three needs, the three questions, instantly rendered Du Chenyang speechless.

“You!” Du Chenyang suppressed his fury, instead sneering, “I hope you can handle my wrath later.”

Having said that, he left the auction house.

His target was never the auction house itself.

Wu Poshan looked at Du Chenyang's retreating figure and said in a muffled voice, “Boss, that kid seems to hate you a bit.”

Ling Xian smiled slightly: “Plenty of people hate me. Who is he?

He can't even control his family's assets. Do you think his Du Family would really become enemies with my Ling Family?

Let's go!”

Ling Xian spoke the truth. Although the Du Family was slightly stronger than the Ling Group, there were many people dividing the interests within it, and their mutual entanglements meant they would never target the Ling Group just because of a single word from Du Chenyang.

Ling Xian led the three of them toward a relatively quiet corner.

Ling Xian had just instructed Ling Wu to park the car nearby.

Suddenly, just as Ling Xian pulled open the car door and was about to get in, danger abruptly appeared!

There was no warning, no killing intent—it was utterly pure, as if appearing out of thin air!

An almost imperceptible silver light shot toward Ling Xian from the shadows above, moving faster than a bullet and without a sound!

This time, the enemy was extremely skilled at concealment.

The movement was fast! Accurate! Ruthless!

There was no hesitation whatsoever, and the timing was perfect: precisely when Ling Xian's attention was slightly distracted and his body was in the narrow space between the car door and the body, making evasion difficult!