Half an hour later, Chen Jie's car appeared in front of a villa.
A blur, and Chen Jie vanished inside the villa.
Subsequently, Chen Jie's figure materialized before the door of a bedroom.
With a bang, Chen Jie kicked the door open. Inside, Yin Qiuran was embracing a woman, about to do something.
"Mr. Yin, who is this!" The woman, her pretty face facing the bedroom door, screamed in fright upon seeing Chen Jie.
Yin Qiuran also saw Chen Jie. His body stiffened, and his face turned ashen, as if he had seen a ghost. "You, how did you get in?"
He was almost scared to death.
When he returned home today, he had specifically instructed his bodyguards to maintain strict surveillance, fearing Chen Jie would retaliate.
He hadn't expected Chen Jie to find him after all.
"Your subordinates are all a bunch of good-for-nothings. Isn't it normal that I could get in?"
Chen Jie flickered and appeared before Yin Qiuran. In front of the woman, he grabbed Yin Qiuran by the neck and lifted him into the air.
"Mr. Yin!" The woman trembled with fear, her face a mask of horror.
"You, quickly, get out..." Yin Qiuran said.
"Ah, this..."
"Get out!" Yin Qiuran rasped.
The woman quickly grabbed her clothes, covered herself, and ran out.
"Immortal Chen, let's talk properly..."
Seeing the woman leave, Yin Qiuran breathed a sigh of relief and pleaded with Chen Jie without reservation.
After all, it was his subordinate. Seeing him beg for mercy would damage his image.
Bang!
Chen Jie pushed with his hand, and Yin Qiuran's body broke free from Chen Jie, crashing into the headboard of the bed.
"I have nothing to say to you! I am here today to take your life." Chen Jie said coldly, about to make a move.
Thump!
Yin Qiuran knelt on the bed in terror, begging Chen Jie, "Immortal, to you, my life is but a worthless one. Keeping me alive is far more suitable than killing me! For if you kill me, no one will support Miss Wang, and she will not be able to secure her position as president!"
Chen Jie frowned.
He did need to consider Wang Xiaoyan.
Then, Chen Jie sneered, "Whoever dares to oppose her, I naturally have ways to retaliate. Do you think I need your support?"
Yin Qiuran repeatedly kowtowed, "You are an immortal, so you can easily teach these mortals a lesson! But I don't deserve to die."
Chen Jie said coldly, "What, you wanted to kill me, but I can't kill you?"
"No! I didn't know you were so powerful before. If I had known you were this formidable, I wouldn't have dared to lay a hand on you, even if you gave me a hundred more guts!" Yin Qiuran said, cold sweat trickling down his face.
"Is that so? If I weren't so powerful, would I have already died at your hands?" Chen Jie asked.
Yin Qiuran's heart raced.
He felt the oppressive aura emanating from Chen Jie, filling him with dread.
An idea struck him, and he said, "If the great immortal wants revenge, you can choose another way. I am willing to compensate you!"
"Oh? How much are you willing to offer?" Chen Jie's interest was piqued.
"Ten billion, no, fifty billion!" Yin Qiuran said.
Chen Jie said, "Two hundred billion, to buy your life."
"Ah... this..." Yin Qiuran hesitated, "Great Immortal, although our Yin family is wealthy, it's not all in my possession, and we don't have that much liquid capital..."
"However, I can find a way. Give me an hour!" Yin Qiuran gritted his teeth.
Chen Jie nodded with satisfaction, "You have made the right decision. If you had hesitated any longer, your head would have been separated from your body."
Yin Qiuran gasped.
He was too ruthless.
Chen Jie took out his bank card and placed it in front of Yin Qiuran.
"Memorize the number," Chen Jie said.
"Yes, yes..."
Yin Qiuran nodded and quickly used his phone to record the card number.
"In an hour, if I don't receive the money, I will come back for you."
Chen Jie added, "Oh, right, Yin Chuji is your son, isn't he? Tell him it's best not to cross me, or he will face certain death."
With that, Chen Jie left the Yin residence without further delay.
After Chen Jie's departure, Yin Qiuran's face turned extremely grim.
Damn it, did he think he was a fool to be extorted like this? Two hundred billion, even for the formidable Yin family, was a considerable sum, and he just asked for it so casually.
He immediately ran outside and shouted, "Security! What are you all doing!"
No one responded.
Yin Qiuran frowned and walked outside. Upon seeing the scene, he gasped in shock.
In the distance, all the security guards were lying unconscious on the ground, not a single one spared.
Yin Qiuran shivered and immediately made a phone call to start arranging the money.
No matter what, he had to send Chen Jie away first.
"Chen Jie, is it? Even if you can fly, I don't believe you're truly an immortal! One day, I will find someone who can kill you!"
The Yin family was worth hundreds of billions. Two hundred billion represented one-fifth of their hard-earned assets.
If it were ten or fifty billion, he could accept it, but to give away such a vast sum all at once was unacceptable!
...
It was already the early hours of the next day when Chen Jie returned to Pingcheng.
"Master, you're back!" Lin Mengjiao rushed out to greet Chen Jie as soon as she learned of his return.
Chen Jie nodded and then hurried into the villa.
Earlier, on Mount Wutai, due to the urgency, Chen Jie had not had time to fully inventory everything in the storage ring.
Therefore, upon returning home, his first act was to take out all the contents of the ring and meticulously check them.
Thus, the two of them began to search through a pile of items.
"Master, some of the characters in these cultivation techniques are not any known scripts from our Earth," Lin Mengjiao said.
Chen Jie nodded, "I noticed that too. I suspect the owner of the storage ring was not from our Earth."
"However, the existence of a cultivator's遗物 (yíwù - remains/relics) suggests that there are still quite a few cultivators on Earth," Chen Jie added.
Chen Jie then discovered that none of the cultivation techniques were comparable to the immortal cultivation techniques he had found underwater.
Most of them were extremely inferior, and progress was slow when cultivating them.
Nevertheless, they were still many times stronger than martial artist techniques.
The immortal cultivation methods he had found underwater during his mission were only a few scrolls, with no pills or spirit stones, and only recorded some knowledge about cultivators.
They seemed to have formed naturally.
After the inventory was complete, Chen Jie took out a spirit stone and handed it to Lin Mengjiao. "The spiritual energy in the villa is sufficient for your cultivation. Take this spirit stone for emergencies. It should last you for a while."
"When you've used it up, I'll give you more."
"Yes, Master."
"Oh, right, contact Zhou Wei and have him help He Yufei establish a pharmaceutical company. Invest an initial capital of two hundred million yuan," Chen Jie instructed.