29. Revenge

Bang! With a loud noise, sand and stones went flying into the air and the innocents were hurt. Xiao Hei easily avoided the disaster, but most people of lower cultivation bases were killed or injured in the huge shockwave.

"Master, master!" Xiao Hei jumped off from the corridor and stumbled to the place where the man in white exploded and tried to find Ye Lan, "Master! Master!"

"Here I am!" When the battle was over, Ye Lan walked out of the white smoke with a light smile and there was no dirt on her clothes at all. She looked at Xiao Hei who desperately knelt on the ground.

"..." Xiao Hei had been in a shock for a long time. Ye Lan stepped forward and pulled Xiao Hei up from the ground. She raised her hand and flicked on Xiao Hei's forehead, "It's me!"

"Master, master!" Xiao Hei came to himself. The joy on his face was just palpable.

"Boss! Boss! "

"Filthy dogs, you killed our boss! Guys, kill them! Revenge for our boss!"

Before Ye Lan had time to explain to Xiao Hei, they were surrounded by the rest. Ye Lan showed no mercy, neither did Xiao Hei. They two joined hands and fought a bloody battle. With clothes stained by blood, they walked out of the gate. Inside was the slaughter house filled up by stumps.

"Xiao Hei, no one can threaten you from now on!" Ye Lan said sincerely, and Xiao Hei chuckled, "Master, how on earth did you escape? Do you know that it is his unique skill and he never failed before?"

"Me?" Ye Lan recalled what happened just now. Her eyelashes quivered and she looked down at the jade pendant tied around her neck. “It was my mother who saved me! The jade pendant is what she left me!"

Ye Lan thought she might have been killed or seriously wounded within the range of the man's attack just now. Yet in the nick of time, a spiritual power shield popped out from her jade pendant and protected her from the explosion. She was catapulted out without a scratch!

In one night, they exerted all their strength to exterminate a sect. If the message went out, who would believe it? But just in this way, Ye Lan got the man's secret order. Now there were no leaders here, besides, they were no master-hands.

They had just gone through a battle and now they stood on the roof under the moonlight in relaxation. They had no idea which rich family owned the house with glazed red tiles. It looked quite beautiful under the moonlight. Ye Lan remained silent for quite a while and she just stared at the moon with her hands rested behind her back, looking quite serious.

"Master." After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Hei finally began to call her gingerly.

"Now, can you tell me your real name?" Ye Lan asked in a faint voice.

'...sure!" Xiao Hei paused, blinked and said, "Feng Ming."

"Feng Ming?" Ye Lan whispered these two words, "It's indeed more elegant than the name Xiao Hei. How could you accept such a vulgar name?" Ye Lan seemed to be asking Xiao Hei, yet it also seemed that she was asking herself. She frowned and smiled.

"Names are no more than codes. No matter what name you give me, no matter it is Xiao Hei or Feng Ming, it’s still me. I'll always be herewith you, Master!" Xiao Hei stated firmly.

"Why do you become so serious? Relax." Ye Lan realized that Xiao Hei might have misunderstood her words. She turned to look at Xiao Hei with a smile on her face, "I was just thinking about how to call you in future! Should I call you Xiao Hei or Feng Ming?"

"As long as you are pleased, master!" Xiao Hei was relieved because he was afraid that Ye Lan would run out on him when she got mad. If that happened, what could he do?

"Xiao Hei!" Ye Lan said with a smile. Then she realized something and continued smiling, "I'll just call you Xiao Hei! I'm used to calling you that."

"It's all up to you, Master!" Xiao Hei was relieved and said happily.

"OK."

After cleaning up all the people, Ye Lan delivered them to the hands of Xiao Hei. Their group became much larger.

But after the battle, Ye Lan also realized how weak she was. If without the spiritual power shield today, what could she have done? Wouldn't she perish together with those losers?

When thinking of this, Ye Lan felt shaky in a cold sweat. Such uncertainty made her feel quite insecure and afraid. This was the instinct that she was trained to have in the 21st century. She needed to be so strong that no one could harm her. Only in this way, she could feel relieved.

Xiao Hei found that Ye Lan was out of sorts when accompanying her to her room, yet he dared not ask too much. He knew that what happened today had scared her a lot and he was aware that he was not strong enough to protect her well. If Ye Lan hadn't had the spiritual power shield, what would have had happened? Wouldn't they have been dead here? When thinking of this, Xiao Hei clenched his fingers. He couldn't take chances or risk Ye Lan's life!

Ye Lan couldn't fall asleep after lying on the bed for a long time. Obviously, she had a hard day and was exhausted, yet she couldn't fall asleep. The intense sense of crisis haunted her. She was afraid. Normally, she would not say the words. However, she was really afraid. As a special agent, she should never have such feelings of dread.

She tossed and tumbled on the bed and finally, she felt a little drowsy. Ye Lan closed her eyes to have some rest, but the old man led her consciousness to a place where he sat on a big blue stone with his legs crossed. Ye Lan looked at the old man puzzledly. He looked like a sage when he was serious.

"Where does the fog here come from?" The old man was sitting rail-straight with his eyes closed and a jade in his hands, appearing quite solemn!

"It's like... like..." Ye Lan looked at the mist and suddenly she felt a bit confused. Then an acute sense of oppression rose to take hold of her.

"It looks like my fear!" Ye Lan murmured helplessly.

"Yes, it's your fear. Girl, it comes from your fear of the unknown. You don't know them and you can't take control of them, so you are afraid of them."

"That's right." Ye Lan squatted down slowly with her hands around her knees, helpless and upset.

“Go to the Fengtian Academy. Your life has just begun. Don't be afraid. Don't panic." The old man stayed still all the time, but the fog around him rose up and he gradually hid in the fog. Ye Lan couldn't catch him, and then she even couldn't see him. All of a sudden, she woke up, sweating all over!

She felt great when she woke up. After taking a long breath, she got out of bed and drank a bowl of cold tea, which made her soberer. She found a drawing since she couldn't sleep anymore. She wanted her reserved resources to be adequate to ensure that she could move a step further without any worry.

Ye Lan appropriately arranged a series of modern jewelry, clothing, restaurant decoration, and brothel renovation. Stretching herself, she found it was already daylight!

Xiao Hei knocked at the door, "Master? Are you awake?"

"Yes, come in." Ye Lan took another sip of cold tea.

But her eyes were still fixed on her masterpiece. Xiao Hei frowned and changed the cold tea in Ye Lan's hands into hot porridge. He was afraid that Ye Lan had got fed up with having porridge, so he changed his way of making porridge for Ye Lan every day. All kinds of porridge. Ye Lan was on cloud nine. She held the porridge and introduced her ideas to Xiao Hei.

"The restaurant must be about five floors. When we become stronger in the future, we can buy the whole street. We should decorate the backyard carefully. They shouldn't all be decorated as landscape gardens! Sound insulation should be excellent and surveillance must be secretive. The fifth floor will be for top-class private rooms. Ten will be enough. As for the brothel, its former name — Flowery House is a little vulgar. How about we rename it as Fallen Angels? In our brothel, we don't force any decent women to do anything against their wills. We only take those who come voluntarily. The Madam must be a trusted subordinate. We can pay them more money. I believe in your eyes of choosing people. And we need 30 top-class dancers. It will be better to teach them some Kungfu, like flying skills, using hidden weapons and wrestling. Choose from the kids that you picked."

"Yes!"

"But if we don't use some tricks, they may not comply," Xiao Hei paused and then replied.

"We don't take the following three kinds of people here. That's those who are abducted, those who are above 25 years old and those who are under 5 years old. If you meet them, you must make it clear if they really want to stay here. Besides, we don't deal with those who sell their wives. You can go to the magnates' house. They've collected more beauties than that of a brothel. In my opinion, if a person can withstand the temptation, it only means that the temptation is not strong enough."

"Yes!" Xiao Hei pondered, nodding to show that he understood.

Ye Lan was having porridge. Xiao Hei had nothing to do and he started to study Ye Lan's design draft. But as he read it, he was totally surprised. He had never seen such things! They were quite rare!

The future of the market could be foreseen! Ye Lan looked at Xiao Hei while eating porridge. She knew that she had made the right move by the expression on Xiao Hei's face. She was worried that these things would not be accepted by people here, but now she knew very well in her heart.

There were so many interesting things in modern society. Each invention of modern society would be popular for them in several years. Ye Lan didn't plan to update them too fast. On one hand, due to condition restriction, she couldn't make it even she wanted to. On the other hand, all people had the bad habit of abandoning the old for the new. If she updated too soon, people would be interested in those new things for just a couple of days. If that was the case, how could she make money?

Ye Lan's plan was to find a medium-sized jewelry store first, in which she could sell the jewelry she designed. They store owners would get 70% of the profit and they would only take 30%. When they found a good market, they would officially open the business of Jinxiu Jewelry. At that time, a series of jewelry would be launched in the limelight, which was all priceless, unique and customized. This was the most attractive part. A person's vanity was immeasurable, especially in this extravagant and prosperous capital city. Customization not only presented money but also a symbol of identity and status. This was power. This was wealth.

Exclusive customization, the symbol of one jewelry for one person only.

"But in this way, aren't you afraid of losing a large number of customers?" Xiao Hei hesitated, asking.

"No. Such kind of customization can't be afforded by all people. A large number of customers are common people, which is the largest consumer group. Therefore, most of the designs are for common people. And the middle level is these dignitaries of the capital city. The most luxurious is for top-level customers."