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The private room door swung open, and a man with the looks of a celestial god stepped in.

Several gazes converged on him instantly, and a few people were somewhat stunned.

"Who are you?" Qianye Lichuan furrowed his brows and asked.

They had investigated Li Xiaoyao's identity before coming here and had seen his photograph.

Li Xiaoyao's appearance was etched into their minds, and he definitely did not look like the man before them.

Lin Yuanyuan and the other two were also puzzled, who was this devastatingly handsome man?

"Who was it that just spoke with me on the phone?" Li Xiaoyao walked in at a leisurely pace and as soon as he spoke, Lin Yuanyuan's eyes lit up.

It was definitely Li Xiaoyao.

Even though his appearance had changed, she remembered his voice.

"You damn servant, how did you become so handsome?" Lin Yuanyuan stared at his nearly perfect face and cursed, "You're so handsome that I want to execute you on the spot."

Li Xiaoyao was speechless and shook his head with a wry smile, asking, "What happened? Fill me in."

Lin Yuanyuan glanced at the three people from Shui Country and said, "These people from Shui Country were discussing an overseas cooperation with me. I refused, and they wanted to force the issue. If you had arrived any later, I would've been lost to the world."

"From Shui Country?" Li Xiaoyao's eyebrow raised, he shared Lin Yuanyuan's lack of fondness for Shui Country.

The three from Shui Country exchanged glances, harboring some doubts.

This man didn't look like the one in the photo, and the aura he emitted was weak, not at all resembling that of a Cultivator in the Abstinence Realm.

Could the information be wrong?

Qianye Ming signaled Qianye Lichuan with his eyes, and the latter immediately stepped forward, demanding in stiff and awkward Chinese, "Are you Li Xiaoyao?"

"You people from Shui Country really lack manners," Li Xiaoyao said, his gaze ice-cold, "This is Xuan Country. You dare to run wild here, you must have eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard."

Qianye Lichuan's brows furrowed into an inverted "八", he loathed being addressed this way. His right hand gripped the handle of his katana and, quick as lightning, drew it with the tip pointing at Li Xiaoyao.

"Lichuan, come back," Qianye Ming called out, and Qianye Lichuan huffed angrily, sheathing his sword and stepping back a few paces.

Qianye Ming sat back in his chair, his gaze appraising Li Xiaoyao with the air of someone in an upper position. After a few seconds, he said, "Mr. Li, my main purpose in coming to Xuan Country was to discuss a cooperation with the Lin Family. The cooperation involves the sales of Spirit Fruits in Shui Country. I've discussed the specifics of the cooperation with Miss Lin. However, Miss Lin is a woman after all, and business matters should be more suitably discussed between men."

Li Xiaoyao interjected directly, "Yuanyuan's words are my words. If she doesn't agree, I won't agree either."

Lin Yuanyuan, hearing this remark by her side, felt blissfully content.

Qianye Ming's face darkened, and he sneered ominously, "Mr. Li, won't you reconsider?"

"No need to consider, I will not cooperate with people from Shui Country," Li Xiaoyao said without leaving any room for face-saving.

"Hmph! Such arrogance!" Qianye Ming said, "Li Xiaoyao, do you think that I don't know what you're relying on?"

"Oh? And what do you know?" Li Xiaoyao scoffed mockingly.

Qianye Ming said, "You're just relying on being a Cultivator to dare to speak to me with such an attitude. But what counts your Cultivation Level at the Qi Refining Stage in the entire Cultivation World? If you anger me, I need only one finger to kill you."

"At the Qi Refining Stage, huh?" Li Xiaoyao laughed. Ever since his Cultivation Level became undetectable, it seemed trouble always came knocking one after another.

And indeed, their intelligence was so low that they truly believed the cultivation level displayed to deceive others was their genuine strength.

"Today, even if you want to leave, you won't be able to," Li Xiaoyao said with a muted smile.

These fellows dared to trespass on his territory and threatened him using Lin Yuanyuan, hitting a nerve for Li Xiaoyao. If he were to let them go now, he would be leaving a threat for himself.

Qianye Ming's eyes were cold, and he let out sneers. "Lichuan, cut off his limbs."

"Yes!" Qianye Lichuan drew out his katana, stepped half a step forward with his left leg, held the sword with both hands, and raised it from below. As he yelled out, the katana made a whooshing sound as it slashed toward Li Xiaoyao's head.

This strike was exceedingly fast, and using just the power of the body to execute it, the blade had already fallen in a mere tenth of a blink of an eye.

In the eyes of Lin Yuanyuan and the other two, Qianye Lichuan's strike was incredibly fast, virtually impossible to dodge.

"Xiaoyao, be careful!" Lin Yuanyuan managed only to shout out in warning before the blade was already bearing down on him.

"Buzz~"

Qianye Lichuan was fast, but Li Xiaoyao was faster.

No one knew when, but two fingers reached out and firmly clamped onto the blade.

Qianye Lichuan's arms, gripping the sword, bulged with muscle, but no matter what, he couldn't advance even a fraction further. In contrast, Li Xiaoyao had an air of casual ease, as if he was dealing with a trivial matter.

"He actually caught Lichuan's katana!" Qianye Ming and the woman beside him were both somewhat shocked, but they quickly suppressed their astonishment.

"His cultivation might be weak, but his body is quite strong, at least reaching the pinnacle of a martial artist's Houtian level," Qianye Ming judged secretly, acknowledging the strength Li Xiaoyao displayed. But in his eyes, it was nothing more than that.

What if he was physically strong?

This world belonged to cultivators; martial artists could only swagger in front of ordinary people. Against cultivators, they would never have a position.

"Clang!" A crisp snapping sound rang out.

With a gentle vibration of his two fingers, Li Xiaoyao broke Qianye Lichuan's katana in half.

Qianye Lichuan's pupils constricted as he felt a tremendous force transmitted from the broken blade, numbing his arms and forcing him to stagger backward repeatedly.

"Impossible!"

"Did you think you could hurt me?" With a mocking smile, Li Xiaoyao flicked his fingers still clamping the broken blade.

With a "ting" sound, the broken blade flipped and shot into Qianye Lichuan's throat like lightning, piercing through it and embedding itself in the pillar of the private room.

Bright red blood slowly dripped down the broken blade.

"Bang!"

Qianye Lichuan's body stiffened as it fell backward, eyes wide open with indignation, dying with grievances unassuaged.

Brushing his shoulder as if flicking off dust, Li Xiaoyao looked up at Qianye Ming and said, "Now, it's your turn."

Qianye Ming replied with a cold smile, "You have indeed surprised me. I had thought you were merely an ordinary Qi-cultivating cultivator, but to my surprise, you've also cultivated your body. If I'm not mistaken, your physical strength must have reached the peak of a martial artist's Houtian level."

"Short-sighted." Hearing his words, Li Xiaoyao sighed and shook his head. "How can you understand my strength with your narrow vision? In your mind, the peak of a martial artist's Houtian level must be the limit you can conceive, right?"

[I had planned to postpone the additional release, but since it's New Year's Eve, let's continue! I'm asking for a New Year's gift!]