23: Chapter 23 Undercurrents

That night.

In a private room of a luxurious restaurant in Jiangcheng, the lighting was dim, and the atmosphere was heavy.

"Liu Ruyan, can you take responsibility for what you've said?"

Wang Yu stared at the two people in front of him with a serious face and asked in a heavy tone.

Throughout the day, Wang Yu had exhausted his efforts and utilized a vast network of connections, all just to investigate Chen Yi's background information.

However, the results only left him more bewildered and confused the more he investigated.

On the surface, this Chen Yi appeared to have no background; he was just an orphan from the slums.

But as the investigation deepened, some details that made one's hair stand on end were discovered.

In this information-driven world, a person's activity track could absolutely not be completely covered up.

Yet, Chen Yi had no activity records for a full eighteen years, as if he had suddenly appeared in this world only after reaching adulthood.

It couldn't be said that Chen Yi was a transmigrator, could it?

Therefore, Wang Yu decided to change his approach and investigate through Liu Ruyan, the only person Chen Yi had interacted with, which led to the current scene.

But who would have thought that he would actually hear about how this Chen Yi was once nearly starved to death, awakened an E-rank talent half a year ago, and even just contracted with Lin Mengxue five days ago.

Damn it, breaking through from the first rank to the second rank in five days, are you kidding?

"I swear, everything I said is true!"

Liu Ruyan said with a serious face, "That Chen Yi is truly just an orphan, and he's just a stinky loser!"

Wang Yu scratched his head, feeling somewhat speechless: "It's really strange, then how on earth did he hook up with Lin Mengxue? And how did he let Lin Mengxue obtain that kind of power?"

At this moment, Qin Shousheng, who was on the side, interjected: "Brother Wang, I have some uncertain information on my end; if the information is wrong, please don't blame me."

"It's fine, go ahead!"

"Brother Wang, you know the Demon City Luo family, right?"

Wang Yu's brows furrowed tightly: "The Luo family, the number one Beast Tamer family in Demon City, how could I not know? Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

Qin Shousheng took out a few photos and explained: "After the assessment ended that day, I sent people to investigate Chen Yi. I obtained these photos through connections, Brother Wang, take a look!"

Wang Yu took the photos and examined them carefully.

Judging from the background of the photos, it seemed to be the hallway of the Beast Taming Academy's teacher office, with nothing particularly eye-catching.

However, when he flipped to the last few photos, his pupils shrank violently.

The old man walking out of the office in the photo was none other than the head of the Luo family, Luo Qinghe, one of the Seven Dragon Generals of the Dragon Kingdom!

Why would one of the Seven Dragon Generals appear at the Jiangcheng Beast Tamer Academy?

And stayed in the room with Chen Yi and Lin Mengxue for a full five minutes?

"When was this?"

"Five days ago, on the very night their Beast Tamer assessment ended."

"Damn it! If Chen Yi's background really is the Demon City Luo family, then it's going to be hard to deal with---"

Wang Yu muttered through gritted teeth, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy.

Although everyone on the school forum was speculating that it was Chen Yi's talent that allowed Lin Mengxue to gain such powerful strength.

But Wang Yu knew Lin Mengxue's family background like the back of his hand, knowing that her parents were both S-rank Beast Tamers, and it was impossible for their offspring to have an F-rank Bloodline.

Therefore, the greatest possibility was that Lin Mengxue's true bloodline was hidden due to some special reason.

It was Chen Yi who, by chance, activated Lin Mengxue's bloodline.

Given Lin Mengxue's personality, she chose to establish a Spirit Beast Contract with Chen Yi to repay his kindness.

As long as he killed Chen Yi, Wang Yu could still take over the Lin Mengxue who had already activated her bloodline.

However, the key to the problem now was.

What kind of relationship did this Chen Yi actually have with the Demon City Luo family?

Why would he let the head of the Luo family, Luo Qinghe, meet him personally?

Qin Shousheng looked at the frowning Wang Yu, glanced at the useless Liu Ruyan, and a bold plan gradually emerged in his mind.

He quietly pulled Wang Yu into the restroom, took out his phone, and quickly typed out two sentences.

When these two sentences appeared in front of Wang Yu, Wang Yu's brows furrowed even tighter.

[Tomorrow is the Beast Taming Academy's final exam. If we kill Chen Yi during the final exam and disguise it as an accident, wouldn't Lin Mengxue become yours, Brother Wang?]

Wang Yu was silent for a moment, and finally took out his phone to reply with a paragraph.

[Lin Mengxue's strength is very strong, how do you bypass her to kill Chen Yi?]

Seeing this, the corners of Qin Shousheng's mouth lifted slightly, revealing an evil smile.

He silently took out a syringe filled with dark green liquid from his satchel.

"This is?"

[Have you seen the recent news? The latest spiritual energy enhancement potion developed by Eagle Country; I got one through a friend in Eagle Country!]

[He claims that after injecting it into a spirit beast, it can at least erupt with power exceeding two or three ranks, and he even included a demo video, so it shouldn't be a lie!]

Wang Yu took the phone and watched it carefully.

In the video, the Spirit Beast Girls became extremely violent after injecting the potion, easily defeating dozens of demonic beasts several times stronger than themselves.

He had thought Eagle Country was just hyping up marketing again, essentially an advertisement selling spirit beast health supplements.

He didn't expect them to be serious this time?

[You want to have your Contracted Spirit Beast inject this stuff and then kill Chen Yi? With such a powerful effect, the side effects must be significant, right?]

Qin Shousheng grinned and continued typing his response.

[That goes without saying! Anyway, I've been playing with Liu Ruyan for a week, and I'm a bit tired of it!]

[I should be able to break through to the third rank after the assessment ends, so it's time to find some proper spirit beasts to contract and change my taste!]

[For a piece of trash with an F-rank Bloodline, being able to obtain such powerful strength before dying can be considered a form of consolation for her!]

Looking at the words Qin Shousheng typed, and recalling the figure of the demonic beast that was slaughtered by Lin Mengxue in Fengyue Canyon yesterday.

Wang Yu gritted his teeth and fell into a brief hesitation.

He naturally wanted to kill Chen Yi very much and then take over Lin Mengxue.

But the problem was the fear that Chen Yi had some connection with the Demon City Luo family.

If he really killed Chen Yi and took over Lin Mengxue, once the matter was exposed, it would be as simple as crushing an ant for the Demon City Luo family to destroy him!

However, in the end, desire overcame reason.

As long as it wasn't discovered, wouldn't everything be fine?

Thinking of this, a flash of determination appeared in Wang Yu's eyes.

"Fine! Let's do it! But Shousheng, you're helping me like this, you must have some ulterior motives, right?"

Hearing this, the smile on the corner of Qin Shousheng's mouth grew thicker.

He leaned into Wang Yu's ear and lowered his voice: "Brother Wang, don't you have a lot of stock on hand? I remember a month ago, you imported a pair of twins with B-rank Bloodline in Han City, right? Our Qin Corporation is a bit tight on cash recently---"

Hearing this, Wang Yu finally understood what Qin Shousheng meant.

No wonder he was so proactive today.

So he wanted to try something fresh!

B-rank Bloodline, plus they were beautiful twins; such twin spirit beasts were generally worth about five million in the eyes of some rich people.

They definitely counted as high-end goods!

But Lin Mengxue was an existence that could defeat a Third-rank Demonic Beast while at the first rank!

With such a bloodline, plus the looks of a campus belle, it simply couldn't be measured by this small amount of money!

Trading sesame seeds for a watermelon, it was absolutely a huge profit!

Thinking of this, Wang Yu patted Qin Shousheng on the shoulder and smiled: "These are all small matters! As long as I can get Lin Mengxue, those twins will be yours! But you should understand, right? In case the matter is exposed---"

Qin Shousheng smiled: "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong! Even if it really is exposed, I will absolutely not say anything about Brother Wang!"