436: Chapter 80 Master, please enjoy yourself...

An hour later, an Everywhere Connect specialized vehicle arrived at the entrance of Meng Li's manor.

The car door opened, and Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao stepped out.

"Brother Meng."

Zhang Chulan waved at Meng Li, who was walking over, and greeted him.

Meng Li nodded and said politely, "Chu Lan, Baobao, sorry to trouble you with this trip."

He had previously called Xu Si, explained the situation regarding the intruders, and asked him to bring people to take them away.

However, since the funeral arrangements for Xu Xiang were not yet finished and both Xu San and Xu Si could not get away, they had sent Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao to handle it.

Meng Li had no objections to this; after all, it was just escorting a few greenhorns.

Upon hearing this, Feng Baobao said indifferently, "It's no trouble."

Zhang Chulan smiled and said, "Not at all, we get a service fee. Since you've already caught them, Brother Meng, we just need to escort them back to get the bonus."

"Barring any accidents, this job should be the easiest task I've had since joining the company."

"I'm the one who should be thanking you, Brother Meng."

Then, he got straight to the point: "Where are they?"

Meng Li waved toward the guard room not far away, and several Guard Automaton, looking like bodyguards, emerged while dragging the intruders who were tied up like trussed ducks.

Once the Guard Automaton brought them close, Meng Li said, "Just these few. I interrogated them briefly after catching them; they're all newbies. They came for the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, just like Liu Yanyan, who caused trouble for you back then because of the Qi Source Flow."

Seeing Meng Li mention the time Liu Yanyan caused him trouble, a flash of embarrassment crossed Zhang Chulan's face.

That experience had been quite a blow to him; he had originally thought his charm had exploded and he could break the Guardian Sand, but he hadn't expected to fall for a honey trap—it was truly an embarrassing affair.

However, after a moment's thought, Zhang Chulan didn't take it to heart.

After all, compared to the "strolling naked under the moon" incident, falling for a honey trap was completely insignificant.

Subsequently, Zhang Chulan had the accompanying employees take over the intruders from the Guard Automaton, applied the Bi Yuan Needle to them, and escorted them to the vehicle.

Taking advantage of this time, he coughed lightly and said to Meng Li, "Brother Meng, I've experienced situations like this where having a treasure is a crime. This group definitely won't be the last to come looking for you because of the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements; others will certainly come knocking in the future."

"I think you could join the company."

"With the company as your backing, anyone else who wants to target you will have to think twice."

"After I joined the company, the number of people looking for trouble because of the Qi Source Flow decreased significantly."

"And with your abilities and your relationship with the company, if you joined, your status and treatment would definitely be above mine."

"So, Brother Meng, would you like to consider it?"

Meng Li shook his head and smiled, "I know what you're saying, but I'm used to being free-spirited. I don't want to be constrained by rules and regulations, and I certainly don't want to deal with internal power struggles."

"As for the matter of people coveting the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements, I've already thought of a solution."

"Come to think of it, I'll need Xu San and Xu Si to help out with this."

"I originally intended to tell them directly, but since you and Baobao are here, you can just pass the message along for me when you go back."

Zhang Chulan was slightly stunned, then immediately patted his chest in assurance, "Whatever it is, Brother Meng, just say it. Sister Baoer and I guarantee we will pass on the message exactly as you said."

Meng Li replied, "It's nothing major, I just want Xu San and Xu Si to use their connections to help me spread a piece of news."

"What news?" Zhang Chulan asked.

Meng Li stood with his hands behind his back and said with a serious expression, "One week from now, I will take the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements Secret Manual to the Xilin Gol Prairie and set up a fighting ring. Anyone in The Realm of Extraordinary People, regardless of age or gender, who wants to obtain the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements from me can come and challenge me then."

"If they can defeat me, I will hand over the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements with both hands."

"If they don't win, they leave their life behind, or trade their life for a Cultivation Technique or extraordinary art that catches my eye."

After Meng Li finished speaking, Zhang Chulan was stunned on the spot.

Feng Baobao and the few Everywhere Connect employees who were busy working also cast sidelong glances.

Meng Li was using the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements as bait to openly flex his muscles against the entire Realm of Extraordinary People!

This approach was too flashy—no, it should be called arrogant!

Because Meng Li had said "regardless of age or gender."

One must know that the previous Luotian Grand Ritual, which also had the temptation of the Heavenly Scroll, had restricted the age of the participants.

Meng Li was not setting such a restriction.

Once this news spread, it would be a huge spectacle!

By then, not to mention the Quanxing, even some famous sects and masters from the older generation would enter the fray.

The temptation of the Eight Peculiar Skills was enough to make them disregard their reputation.

It took a full several seconds for Zhang Chulan to react.

Afterwards, he smiled and said to Meng Li, "Brother Meng, this solution of yours is playing a bit too big. What if... I don't mean to doubt your strength, it's just that, as the old saying goes, 'a single palm cannot clap,' 'two fists cannot fight four hands,' and 'human strength has its limits'..."

Before he could finish, Meng Li raised his hand to interrupt him: "I have seriously considered this matter, and I will not change my mind."

"Besides, the outcome isn't as serious as you think."

"If I happen to lose, I'll just hand over the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements."

"Anyway, I got this Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements from Ma Xianhong, and I have already fully mastered it. Ma Xianhong didn't instruct me not to pass it on, so I assume he doesn't mind more people knowing it. If he does care, he might show up at the scene to stop it, and then I can just happen to ask about the matter regarding Uncle Xu."

Zhang Chulan was stunned, thinking that made a hell of a lot of sense.

If Meng Li couldn't hold his ground, he could just hand over the Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements. It wasn't an heirloom, so he wouldn't feel bad about giving it away.

Moreover, doing this might indeed lure out Ma Xianhong, who was currently missing.

At this moment, Meng Li added, "If it really doesn't work out, I'll just join the company."

Zhang Chulan immediately stopped talking.

Since Meng Li was even using joining the company as a fallback plan, it was clear he had indeed considered it carefully.

Since that was the case, it wasn't appropriate for him to say anything more.

In this short time, all of those intruders had been escorted onto the vehicle.

Zhang Chulan took the opportunity to say goodbye: "Brother Meng, I will pass this on to Third Brother and Fourth Brother. If there's nothing else, we'll be heading off."

"Alright."

Meng Li nodded in response.

Soon, Zhang Chulan and his group drove away.

Meng Li turned and returned to the manor, greeted Chen Duo who was watching TV, and then went to the secret room where Xia He was staying.

"How have you considered it?"

Upon seeing her, Meng Li asked nonchalantly.

Xia He looked up at him, and instead of answering, she asked in return, "If I become your pet, what will I need to do? Provide you with a release for your desires, or be toyed with like a cat or dog, or perhaps both?"

"As for that, it depends on my mood."

"That is a terrible answer."

"What is your choice?"

Xia He licked her pink lips, her eyes filled with seduction: "Master, if you have any needs, please feel free to command me."

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