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Lu Xuan walked past as he spoke.
"I have other things to do, I'll give you an explanation later."
Xu San frowned, wanting to stop him, but Xu Si grabbed his hand.
Xu San was taken aback, but then he saw that Xu Si was unusually serious.
Xu Si frowned slightly, as if muttering to himself.
"I remember who he is now."
"what?"
Xu San turned around despite Xu Si's attempts to pull him back, and Xu Si followed suit.
The two of them looked at Lu Xuan's retreating figure.
Lu Xuan pondered the location of Shen Chong extracted from the dancer's memories.
From the dancer's fragmented memories, it seems that Shen Chong is about to meet with some masters of the Quanxing Sect to plot something.
And they were about to leave.
If we don't go now, we might not be able to catch Shen Chong.
"Time is a bit tight!"
Walking there would definitely be too late, and flying wouldn't work either...
Then we'll have to use stealth techniques.
The art of escape allows one to use the Five Elements to enter all matter in the world. Those with profound cultivation can go not only within the Five Elements, but also to all dimensions of time and space.
The Golden Elixir Path involves cultivating both body and spirit; when gathered, it takes form; when dispersed, it becomes energy.
Lu Xuan's life and body are one, and he can use escape techniques to go anywhere in the world.
The fastest thing in the world is light, and it's the dead of night. The only medium that can reach Shen Chong so quickly is...
Lu Xuan looked up at the bright moon in the sky.
Under Lu Xuan's gaze, the moonlight shone brighter and brighter, until it illuminated the place as if it were daytime.
Then, under the shocked gazes of Xu San and Xu Si, Lu Xuan's figure merged into the moonlight.
The moonlight slowly faded, and Lu Xuan's figure disappeared with it.
That's it... that's it... gone?
Xu San was shocked. He amplified his mental power to the extreme to confirm that Lu Xuan had vanished into thin air.
Right under their noses? It just vanished into thin air?
What kind of supernatural ability or Taoist technique is this?
Xu San stared blankly at Xu Si, only to see that Xu Si seemed to be deep in thought.
"Wudang, so young, with such high cultivation, it really is him."
"speak English."
"You should know him too."
Xu Si shrugged: "Have you forgotten the top-secret information on all the major sects that the company has sealed away?"
"Back then, when I received the inheritance of Lu Zu, it caused ten thousand swords of Wudang to resound, which shocked the entire Taoist sect. In the end, it was the company that had to step in to suppress the news."
"Wudang, Lu Xuan."
"Taoist sects have a tradition of going down the mountain to travel, and judging by the time, he has indeed reached the age to go down the mountain."
Xu San pushed up his glasses, reacting somewhat slowly.
"Wait, where's Bao'er?"
"Xu San called me Mo Zi?"
"Bao'er, where did you go just now?"
"Wasn't I supposed to stop the people who were trying to escape?"
"rest assured……"
Bao'er gave an OK sign.
"Under my close surveillance, not a single person escaped."
Chapter Fifteen: The Unprecedented Uniqueness of Intelligence
In an abandoned mine, two members of the Quanxing sect squatted outside the door, keeping watch.
Fortunately, although the place is abandoned, there are still two dim miner lamps. Under the light, there is no need to worry about wither skeletons spawning.
"Damn it, why do we have to stand guard outside?"
"Who knew? I should have never joined Quanxing."
"Before joining Quanxing, I was someone's lackey. Now that I've joined Quanxing, I'm still someone's lackey. What a waste of time joining Quanxing!"
Inside the mine, Shen Chong was calculating accounts in an account book.
That's right, loan sharking in the world of supernatural beings is just that simple and unpretentious.
If too many loans are made, although they will be automatically returned, once the amount reaches a certain level, they need to be recorded in the books.
"Recently, my earnings have decreased."
Shen Chong took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.
I used to wear non-prescription glasses to show off, but I've switched to prescription glasses in recent years.
Everyone says I'm bad, but those who owe money and don't pay it back are the bad ones!
Shen Chong put his glasses back on, and everything in front of him gradually became clear.
"Please, let me go!"
"Give me another chance, and I'm sure I can make it back."
"Grandpa! Grandpa Shen, Grandpa, could you lend me some more?"
Several emaciated, strange-looking men knelt on the ground before him, looking like they had inhaled laundry detergent or like gambling addicts who had lost everything, their eyes bloodshot as they stared at Shen Chong.
"It's so noisy!" Shen Chong rubbed his temples and sighed.
These people are so noisy.
His ability is to lend money at exorbitant interest rates. Those who borrow from him can steal the Qi (vital energy) of others by killing them, and this Qi will be divided among them according to a certain ratio.
It sounds wonderful, but don't forget that he's lending money at exorbitant interest rates. Soon the "interest" will inflate to the point that the person who signed the contract can't repay it, and the share of the profits will become smaller and smaller.
In the end, those who owed him their Qi were consumed by greed and killing, losing their minds and becoming madmen.
His lending targets are not limited to ordinary people or even the entire sect.
There are quite a few people like this who can't pay the interest, but because they are from Quanxing, they seek out others to beg for a delay.
It was so noisy listening to these people constantly begging for mercy and screaming!
"Mr. Shen, please, give me a little more time."
A tall, muscular but now thin middle-aged man with a red mouth and nose crawled up to Shen Chong, grabbed Shen Chong's feet, and burst into tears.
"Please, Mr. Shen."
"I said……"
Shen Chong slowly opened his eyes.
"You're so noisy!"
Shen Chong remained expressionless, raised his right foot, and delivered a powerful whip kick.
A blur of motion, accompanied by the sound of something tearing through the air, lashed out with a kick to the middle-aged man's head.
Like the dull thud of a watermelon being smashed open.
The middle-aged man's head was twisted abnormally and turned into a mess under the impact of the force.
The impact of the remaining force caused the body to form a strange "straight line" in mid-air before suddenly flying to the left.
The middle-aged man's body crashed heavily against the stone wall, turning into a human-shaped mass of flesh.
The mine fell silent instantly. The voices of several people who owed money were cut off, and their eyes were filled with terror.
Shen Chong shook his head, opened the ledger, and crossed out the name of the person from earlier.
What bad luck, another bad debt.
Although they had extracted more than ten times the amount of Qi from that man, he was just an ordinary superhuman, and there was nothing left for him after killing his entire family and relatives.
What a waste of space, couldn't you have killed a few more people?
Shen Chong frowned, deciding to extend his kindness.
He looked at the five useless people in front of him.
"I'll give you another five days, but double the interest."
Upon hearing this, the five people kneeling in front of Shen Chong all lit up.
He completely forgot about the death of his companion.
A feeling of gratitude suddenly arose in my mind: even though Master Shen could have exploited us to death, he still spared our lives.
"Thank you, Mr. Shen. Thank you, Mr. Shen."
"Thank you, Mr. Shen."
One of them crawled right up to Shen Chong and used his sleeve to wipe the mixture of blood and brain matter off Shen Chong's leather shoes.
He looked up, and his face, almost unrecognizable as human, broke into a wide smile.
"I will never forget Mr. Shen's great kindness and virtue."
Shen Chong kicked the man away, and the man rolled several times on the ground, breaking several ribs, but still smiled.