The incident at Xinglin Grass Hall continues to escalate, becoming the talk of the town two days later, with everyone discussing it. As soon as you open short videos or Lan Yin's live streams online, they are all talking about it.
Influencers cashing in on the trend are fiercely criticizing Xinglin Grass Hall, wishing they could portray it as a place that disregards human life, a veritable hell on earth.
Long Xiao hasn't shown himself at Xinglin Grass Hall for two days. Lin Xuan has inquired about the situation multiple times, and he's always said it's nothing, it will be fine in a few days.
Just as everyone is worrying about Long Xiao, Mi Tianfu receives a call from Iizuka Gorou. He wants to meet Long Xiao in person. Mi Tianfu agrees to tell Long Xiao once he finds him; as for whether Long Xiao will agree to the meeting, he doesn't know.
Mi Tianfu calls Long Xiao, and Long Xiao tells Mi Tianfu to let Iizuka Gorou set the time and place.
After Iizuka Gorou and Long Xiao agree on a time and place, Iizuka Gorou's face breaks into a smile only a victor possesses.
All the frustration of the past few days vanishes. He sees the dawn of victory and the hope of inheriting Iizuka Pharmaceuticals.
Iizuka Gorou has four brothers. He is the youngest. His three elder brothers are all vice presidents of Iizuka Pharmaceuticals, managing parts of the overseas market.
Iizuka Gorou's trip to China this time is an opportunity given to him by his father.
His three elder brothers have all been to China before, and all have failed.
If he can establish Iizuka Pharmaceuticals in China and become its chairman in the future, there will be no doubt about his succession.
Before entering Donghai, Iizuka Gorou conducted in-depth research on the various forces in Donghai. He was fully confident that he could defeat these forces and, together with Lin Chuan Pharmaceutical, split the Donghai pharmaceutical market.
In Iizuka's eyes, Chinese people are a scattered mess, and it's incredibly easy to defeat them by leveraging their own strengths.
Ever since he encountered Long Xiao and suffered successive blows, Iizuka Gorou's confidence has been nearly shattered.
As Iizuka Gorou was smugly calculating, Zhao Sikai walked in, his face covered in blood, followed by a servant from the Ji family.
"Mr. Iizuka, he said he's your friend, so I brought him here."
Iizuka Gorou glared at the Ji family servant and said, "Idiot, get out."
The Ji family servant, frightened, quickly ran away. Zhao Sikai looked at Iizuka Gorou with dissatisfaction and said, "Mr. Iizuka, we have no enmity. Why did you harm me?"
"How did I harm you?" Iizuka Gorou asked with a smile.
"You gave me a poisoned injection, telling me it was a cure for cancer. I believed you, and then two patients died after receiving the injection."
"You believed everything I said, which only shows you're foolish."
Zhao Sikai suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Mr. Iizuka, I have nowhere to go now. Please let me stay."
"Why should I take you in?"
"Mr. Iizuka, I have a medical doctorate from Boston University in the United States. I can serve Iizuka Pharmaceuticals."
"Iizuka Pharmaceuticals is full of talented people; it doesn't lack one more doctor."
Zhao Sikai seemed to understand something. He crawled forward a few steps and said, "Mr. Iizuka, please let me stay. I'll be your dog, your dog. Whoever you tell me to bite, I'll bite their dog."
Seeing Zhao Sikai kneeling so humbly before him, Iizuka Gorou laughed heartily, walked over, and patted his head, saying, "Good, I'm in need of a good dog. I'll take you."
A smile appeared on Zhao Sikai's blood-stained face. He barked a few times, showing his friendliness to Iizuka Gorou.
"Get up, wash your face, bandage your wounds, and we'll go see Long Xiao later."
After washing his face and bandaging his wounds, Zhao Sikai returned to Iizuka Gorou's room.
Iizuka Gorou had almost finished his plans and was chatting with Ono Jinken.
Ono Jinken had recently arrived in Donghai from Japan. He was a high-level expert hired by Iizuka Pharmaceuticals at a considerable salary specifically to deal with Long Xiao.
Seeing Zhao Sikai, Iizuka Gorou stood up and said, "Let's go, we're meeting Long Xiao."
Zhao Sikai followed him obediently, like a small, well-behaved and obedient teddy bear.
As Iizuka Gorou and Ono Jinken walked, they discussed Long Xiao's strength.
"Mr. Iizuka, Long Xiao's strength is at the peak of the Xuan realm. Did you hear this from someone, or did you deduce it yourself?" Ono Jinken asked.
"Long Xiao's strength was told to me by Matsushita Keshi. Later, it was verified by Long Nian and his subordinates. There shouldn't be any errors."
"Are there any other experts around him?" Ono Jinken asked again.
Iizuka Gorou informed Ono Jinken that Long Xiao had an expert named Luo Tianshui by his side. However, Luo Tianshui was at Banjianghong's electric vehicle factory today and wouldn't be with Long Xiao.
"If Long Xiao is only at the peak of the Xuan realm, your strength should be more than enough to defeat him easily."
"What if the assessment is wrong?" Ono Jinken asked worriedly.
"The possibility of misjudgment is small, and even if there's an error, it won't be too significant."
Ono Jinken nodded and said, "A difference of one or two levels doesn't matter. I should be able to kill an early-stage Earth realm expert now."
Zhao Sikai broke out in a cold sweat listening to their conversation. He had heard about the martial artist realms from a friend in the Martial Alliance.
An intermediate Xuan realm expert was already considered formidable. Peak Xuan realm experts were rare in Donghai; only a handful of major families had Grand Completion Earth realm experts.
It was rumored that there were no Earth realm experts in Donghai, only in the capital.
Zhao Sikai secretly took out his phone, typed a few words, and sent them to Long Xiao. If the Japanese killed Long Xiao, the child accompanying him would absolutely not spare him.
Long Xiao drove to the restaurant where he was meeting Iizuka Gorou. As soon as he got out of the car, he received the text message from Zhao Sikai.
"Iizuka Gorou brought an Earth realm expert. Heh heh, this makes things even more interesting." Long Xiao chuckled as he looked at his phone.
"Boss, how powerful is an Earth realm expert?" Xiao Ming asked.
Xiao Ming had no concept of martial artist levels. He had once asked Long Xiao what his own level was, but Long Xiao couldn't say.
"Probably just beyond what you can beat." Long Xiao said after thinking for a moment.
Long Xiao didn't have a precise定位 for his own realm, let alone for Xiao Ming's.
As the two walked into the restaurant, Long Xiao instructed Xiao Ming on the precautions for confronting a powerful expert.
Long Xiao wasn't confident about dealing with an Earth realm expert. If necessary, he would need to cooperate with Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming relied entirely on the powerful vital energy in his dantian. He knew no techniques and understood nothing of fist fighting or swordplay. Against opponents weaker than him, Xiao Ming could crush them purely with his powerful vital energy. If their strength was equal, he would undoubtedly lose.
They continued talking as they walked and soon arrived at the reserved private room.
As soon as Xiao Ming sat down, he ordered a large table of dishes. When the waiter left, Xiao Ming called out, "Hurry up and serve, the faster the better. I've got a fight to get to after I finish eating."
The waiter glanced at Xiao Ming, not daring to say much, and quickly retreated. He then reported the situation of the two people in the private room to the hotel manager.
The hotel manager, worried about trouble, went to the door of the private room. The door wasn't tightly shut. He saw Long Xiao through the crack in the door and was shocked. He quickly called Guo Jianglong to inform him that Long Xiao was at the hotel he managed and might be getting into a fight.