My Pet Beast is Super Fearsome

Ding-dong.

Shortly after getting into the car, Li Yiren received a text message on her phone, which she glanced at: "Go to City Hall."

The driver, looking at her through the rearview mirror with surprise, said, "Yes, Miss Jiu."

After getting off at the City Hall, Li Yiren ditched the driver and went to the City Hall guesthouse alone.

Guided by the receptionist, Li Yiren arrived at the innermost room of the guesthouse.

Knock, knock!

There was a knock on the door in the quiet corridor, followed by a familiar voice: "Come in."

Pushing the door open and seeing two familiar figures in the room, Li Yiren felt full of grievance. She glared at Li Yiming with resentment before approaching Shao Zifeng, "Brother Shao, thank you."

Shao Zifeng smiled and waved his hand: "Were you scared just now, little Yiren?"

Li Yiren kept a straight face, holding back the grievances in her heart: "Brother Shao, by asking me to meet you here, did you discover something?"

"Smart," Shao Zifeng gave her a thumbs up. "My pet beast has a special ability to sense the emotional changes of the people around it. Before the explosion, our driver had a clear malice fluctuation."

Li Yiren's face turned unsightly, without any doubt about Shao Zifeng's words: "These guys, they really hide themselves deep enough."

She was somewhat frightened in hindsight. If it hadn't been for Shao Zifeng, Li Yiming might not have died today, but he would have been skin and bones, giving their second uncle plenty of time to deal with them.

After all, this was Bin City, the closest to Goryeo and the Da Xia city that the Li Family of Goryeo had the deepest operations in.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yiren said to Shao Zifeng, "Brother Shao, what are your plans then?"

"Let me say it," Li Yiming interjected, looking at his sister with a fawning face: "I just discussed with Brother Shao, and now, having so many bodyguards not only does not provide safety but may also expose our movements to the eyes of our second uncle at all times."

"So, it might be better to abandon them, and the few of us can act stealthily, crossing the sea to Jeollanam-do in Goryeo."

Li Yiren looked at Shao Zifeng, then at Li Yiming, and nodded gently, "I'll listen to you."

"Then it's settled. Rest for a while, and we'll set out to cross the sea tonight."

...

In Jeollanam-do on Wangxiang Island, a quaint traditional Chinese courtyard nestled among lush woods, with dense bamboo rustling in the wind.

The waves gently lapped at the rocky shoreline, and the brightly lit house flickered in and out of view among the rustling woods.

Inside the great hall, Li Fengting sat with his eyes closed in the master's chair, listening to the sound of the wind in the trees, gently tapping the armrest of his seat. The flickering candlelight cast reflections on the polished wooden floor, and in the distance, the faint sound of a guqin could be heard.

Thud, thud, thud.

The sound of hurried footsteps arose, and Li Fengting slowly opened his eyes: "How did it go with the matter?"

The middle-aged man in a suit opened his mouth, the color of his face showing distress: "I don't know."

The phoenix eyes of Li Fengting narrowed, his voice containing a hint of displeasure: "You don't know?"

The man in the suit gave a wry smile: "Second Master, after the Death Soldier launched the attack, the scene was quickly controlled by Bin City, and all those bodyguards were detained by the Abnormal Administration Bureau of Bin City. They are not allowed to be visited or bailed out. I have been trying to contact our undercover agents for the past few hours, but there has been no response."

"Useless!"

Li Fengting's eyes turned icy, scaring the man into lowering his head: "Second Master, the mayor of Bin City personally issued the order, we really couldn't do anything."

Inside the great hall, the candle flames flickered as the white magnolia trees outside gently swayed in the moonlight, a single petal slowly drifting down.

After a long silence, Li Fengting suddenly broke the quiet, "Let this matter be. The other matter I entrusted must not encounter any slip-ups, otherwise... do not blame me for turning hostile and disowning you."

"Get out."

As if he had been granted amnesty, the suited man scrambled and scurried out of the hall.

"Wait!"

The man's body halted, and with a face looking like he was at a funeral, he said, "Second Master, do you have any other orders?"

Li Fengting looked out the window at the magnolia trees, "Notify the security section to intensify patrols around the island's surrounding waters. If any suspicious individuals are spotted approaching, they are to be killed without question."

The man shivered, "Yes!"

Not long after he left, Li Fengting exited the hall, following the desolate sounds of ancient zither music to a simple and elegant courtyard.

Aside from the music, the expansive courtyard was filled with screams originating from an unknown place.

Bang.

The zither music halted, and an aged voice called from within the courtyard, "Come in."

Creak—

Li Fengting pushed open the gate, and under the clear moonlight, an old man with white hair and beard knelt above a fishpond. Dew-covered lotus leaves swayed under the moonlight, and tumbling dewdrops fell into the pond with crisp pinging sounds.

Incense smoldered in the burner, and as the old man's sleeves brushed over the ancient zither, several petals floated gently down.

Li Xizhu raised his head to look at his second son; father and son were silent for a moment.

After a while, he sighed lightly, "Second son, stop what you are doing. If this continues, our Li Family will truly be doomed."

Li Fengting smiled, sat down on the opposite side of the zither, and poured two cups of tea.

He handed a cup to Li Xizhu, "Father, you have toiled for the family your entire life. Now that you are older, you shouldn't have to worry about these household matters. Otherwise, if word got out, people might say that the Li Family does not practice filial piety."

Li Xizhu heard the underlying message in his words and accepted the tea cup with a despondent expression, "No matter what, Yiming is also your nephew, you..."

"Father." Li Fengting's mouth curved into a mocking smile, "As far as I am aware, you have never said such words to that nephew of mine. "

Li Xizhu's pupils contracted, disbelievingly looking at his second son.

Li Fengting drained the tea from his cup in one gulp, rose to his feet, smoothing out the wrinkles in his clothes, and before leaving, he tilted his head slightly, "Enjoy your blessings here. It won't be long before you will see with your own eyes me leading the Li Family to power in the great Xia again."

The night breeze stirred the lotus leaves, and Li Xizhu's body seemed to hunch, appearing to age considerably in an instant.

His withered fingers gently struck the zither strings, and with mournful eyes, he gazed in the direction of the great Xia, "Love and longing, a vast expanse divides us, endless thoughts on the saddled journey. Not understanding this shared destiny, endure through the endless night, my soul dreams of searching for Chang'an."

The zither sound ceased, and Li Xizhu got up and left, leaving behind only a long sigh in the courtyard.

Li Fengting left the small courtyard, heading in the opposite direction from which he came, the shrill screams in the night wind growing ever clearer.

Turning past a rockery, the well-lit training field was bustling with activity. Cages crammed with various mutant creatures.

A burly, bare-chested man pulled a shivering prairie rabbit from a cage, and with a slash of his blade, along with a piercing scream, crimson blood was splashed across the training field.

Li Fengting stood far behind the rockery, watching this scene unfold with a hint of a cruel smile on his lips.

"Come on, hurry up, I have indeed..."

"Prepared a grand gift for you all."