Chapter 37

"Alright, I'll go to the Practitioner Academy to seek help right away." Wang Wu said hurriedly.

"Number Nine, why are you so slow? Everyone has been waiting for you for a while." Number Ten walked into Old Wang's Spirit Stone Shop with his men, only to see his companions lying on the ground.

"Quick, retreat!" Number Ten hurriedly ordered his subordinates.

Whoosh~ A strong gust of wind rushed towards Number Ten. Before he could raise his hand to block it, he was hit by a sweeping kick, his body flying like a broken kite and slamming into the wall, leaving fine cracks on the wall. It was another instant kill.

"I'll deal with these people first, then you can go." Lin Fei turned to Wang Wu and said.

Crack! Another round of harvesting, all of Number Ten's men were wiped out.

"It's all done, I'll be off now." Lin Fei said to them and then turned to leave.

"Okay! Take care."

Wang Wu and his group sighed as they watched Lin Fei's departing figure. If it weren't for Lin Fei tonight, their personal safety might not have been guaranteed, but the shop would certainly have suffered heavy losses.

Just as they were about to head to the Practitioner Academy together, a hurried footsteps approached from a distance, and dozens of investigators from the Abnormal Ability Administration ran towards them.

"Freeze!" the investigators shouted.

"We are the victims, not the criminals." Wang Zhen hurriedly said.

"Are you a student of the Practitioner Academy?" the investigators asked, noticing Wang Zhen's school uniform.

"Yes. This is my family's shop, and it was attacked by criminals tonight. They are all inside the shop." Wang Zhen said.

"Xiao Lin, take them to the bureau for a statement. The rest of you, come with me inside." Tiezhu said to his colleagues.

"Yes, Captain Tie." Xiao Lin replied.

"Investigator, they have already..." Wang Wu didn't finish his sentence before Tiezhu and his men rushed inside.

Tiezhu had been promoted to captain after the Moonlight Mountain incident, and his strength had also improved, advancing from mid-rank 2nd stage to high-rank 2nd stage. Tonight, they were originally on security duty at a five-star hotel in Rongcheng, where officials from Rongcheng and important personnel from the Practitioner Academy were attending a banquet with special envoys from the Abnormal Ability Administration. Just a few minutes ago, the security office of the Practitioner Academy called the dean, reporting that a large number of criminals had attacked a spirit stone shop near the academy, and each criminal was a practitioner. To protect the students in the academy, they couldn't go out to stop the criminals.

Upon hearing the report, the dean immediately informed Xie Yurong, who was at the banquet. Xie Yurong then called the local office of the Abnormal Ability Administration near the academy, but the call couldn't get through. She then led them to rush over here.

When Tiezhu and his colleagues entered the shop, the expected battle did not occur. What they saw were black-clad men lying in all directions on the ground.

"What's going on here?" Tiezhu was full of questions.

"Handcuff them all and take them back to the bureau for questioning." Xie Yurong's voice came from behind.

"Chief."

"I just asked the shop owner, and he said that these people were already dealt with by a passerby before you arrived." Xie Yurong said calmly.

"What, dealt with by one person? And a passerby?" Tiezhu found it hard to believe.

"That's what he said. We'll know the details once these people wake up and are interrogated." Xie Yurong said.

The investigators were full of questions, but they didn't voice them. The priority now was to handcuff them and take them back.

Transport vehicles kept arriving in front of Old Wang's Spirit Stone Shop, taking away all 50-odd criminals. Tonight, the meticulously planned robbery was declared a failure with the last criminal being taken away.

Far away on a secluded riverbank of the Li River, a middle-aged man kept smoking, his face anxious as he muttered to himself, "Why haven't they come yet? It's been so long."

"Boss, could something have happened to them?"

"Don't talk nonsense! Boss's plan is flawless, how could it go wrong?"

"But, the agreed time has passed, and no one has come."

"Maybe there were too many spirit stones, and they took more time to pack them."

"Alright, stop talking. Get the boat ready." The boss said.

"What? Leave now? They haven't come yet!" The subordinate widened his eyes.

"The agreed time has passed by half an hour. Those who were supposed to come would have come by now. We need to leave immediately. I feel that if we don't leave now, we won't be able to. Go and get the boat started, and leave Rongcheng immediately." The boss instructed.

"Yes." The subordinate immediately went to the cockpit to get the boat started.

The boat quickly started, moving downstream towards the East Sea.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the cool autumn wind blew over the river, creating ripples on the water.

About ten minutes after they left, eight speedboats arrived on the river.

"Chief, it looks like the Greedy Wolf people have already left." Tiezhu said regretfully.

"They are quite alert. Consider them lucky. Let's go back!" Xie Yurong said.

...

Looking at the pile of 141 million yuan, Lin Fei took out a bundle and patted it in his palm, feeling quite satisfied.

"How should I use this money?" Lin Fei fell into thought again.

"I can't go to each bank to deposit it like last time; it's too time-consuming. I'll just use cash transactions." Lin Fei decided in his mind.

Lin Fei took out his phone and found a contact in his address book—real estate agent Zhou Xiaochuan.

"Hello, Manager Zhou, are you free now? I have something to trouble you with."

"Here's the thing, I want to buy some more houses, but I will only pay in cash. Is that okay?"

"Okay, that's good. Since there's no problem, can you look for houses between 3 million and 5 million yuan, compile the information, and send it to me? I need to select them."

"I'll tell you the houses I've chosen by 8 AM tomorrow, then you can prepare the contracts. I'll come to your place in the afternoon to hand over the money."

"Alright, that's settled. I'll hang up now." Lin Fei hung up the phone, "Done, I can take another step towards my dream of owning 100 houses tomorrow."

Putting the money away again, Lin Fei took a shower and returned to his room to rest. He had to get up early tomorrow to review the information and choose the houses.

"Honey, what are you so happy about?"

"Ha ha, honey, I have some great news. My lucky star has placed another order, and it looks like a big one this time! You can place the order for that bag you liked earlier."

"Really? I said my left eyelid was twitching today, it must have been a good omen! Honey, where are you going?"

"I'm going to the study to organize the information and send it to Mr. Lin. He needs it tomorrow morning. Honey, go to sleep first!"