The next morning, when the beautiful teacher Ju Yang called to report the success of the Thermophilic Streptococcus Preparation and tell Shen Qiang about it, the shy Xiu Ju, bathed in sweat and exhausted, was weakly nestled in Shen Qiang's arms.

Upon hearing this news, Shen Qiang was incredibly excited.

Because the success of the preparation meant that as long as the clinical trial indices all met the standards and he smoothly obtained the authorization, Shen Qiang's Thermophilic Streptococcus could officially go into production and go on the market. By then, it would bring unimaginable wealth.

It would also save countless households.

Not only that.

These days had been full of good news; first, Shen's Holding was established successfully, followed by the triumphant opening of Kiduobao, and the recovery of Nalan Xingde's lost ring. Now, with the successful preparation, the future looked utterly bright.

And just as Shen Qiang was ecstatic, the phone rang again.

However, the caller this time was Bianyi.

"My dear boss, there's something I think I must tell you. Right now, a group of cultivators are sitting on the third floor of Kiduobao, demanding you sell Kiduobao. They are very imposing, with those two guys from Yaqiu and Ancient Moon Pavilion hanging around behind them."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang abruptly sat up and pondered for a moment. He said, "Wait for me at Kiduobao."

After speaking, Shen Qiang hesitated for a moment before making a call.

He got up directly.

Xiu Ju, lying on the bed, cooed, "Where are you going?"

Shen Qiang, unable to help but smile, raised an eyebrow and said, "Stop sleeping. There's trouble at Kiduobao; get up quickly and go call Chu Qing. I'll head down first and wait for you in the underground garage."

Hearing about the trouble at Kiduobao, the lazy Xiu Ju immediately perked up.

Then she sat up, began looking for her clothes, and said, "Okay, we'll be there soon."

After leaving the room, she quickly washed her face.

Shen Qiang went downstairs immediately, contemplating who in Provincial City would dare to swagger into Kiduobao and show off.

He could only think of the Long Yan Sword Sect and Doushi Temple.

In Doushi Temple, there were monks who were quite formidable but rarely interfered in such matters.

If it was people from the Long Yan Sword Sect, that would make sense. Shen Qiang had previously taken a health product company from them, and they had vowed to have an ongoing feud with him. If Yaqiu and Ancient Moon Pavilion were involved with them,

then their disruption at Kiduobao wouldn't surprise Shen Qiang.

But these were all speculations; Shen Qiang didn't know the specifics yet. He would find out everything once he arrived at Kiduobao.

Shen Qiang rushed downstairs.

Just as he reached the underground garage,

the already cool air in the garage suddenly turned colder.

And almost instinctively, just as Shen Qiang sensed that something was amiss, accompanied by the sweet scent of roses,

a stunningly beautiful girl with a cold expression appeared in front of Shen Qiang.

The moment he saw her, Shen Qiang instantly activated Plague Source.

Countless germs instantly enveloped the area within a sixty-meter radius centered on Shen Qiang.

With just one look, Shen Qiang recognized the girl as Jing Haotian's sister, the girl who claimed in a phone video that she would chase Shen Qiang to the ends of the earth to tear him to pieces.

Watching the vigilant Shen Qiang, the beautiful girl coldly raised her eyebrows and said, "Shen Qiang, I know the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra is in your possession, and now I want to buy it. You cannot refuse me."

Shen Qiang was taken aback, "You're not here to kill me?"

The beautiful girl proudly raised her eyebrows: "I would never stoop to killing a Golden Core Stage cultivator like you."

Oh, crap!

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang immediately realized that although the girl had found her way here, she hadn't yet guessed that Shen Qiang was the same man who, in front of her, had killed Jing Haotian and crushed the phone underfoot.

Nevertheless, Shen Qiang remained highly alert, continuing to poison her with the Plague Source, while at almost the same moment, he received a strange sensation from those germs.

Shen Qiang was stupefied.

Because she simply couldn't be infected!

The girl in front of him was very beautiful, exuding a strong rose fragrance, her beautiful eyes moving as she spoke and smiled; she seemed no different from a normal person.

But at that time, the feedback from the germs clearly showed that her life signs were not human at all.

She had no respiratory system.

No pulse.

No heartbeat.

Apart from her human-like body, she had nothing.

Astonished, Shen Qiang immediately activated his Observation Skill.

The information that came back allowed Shen Qiang to relax a bit.

Rapidly grown rose vines.

Existence time: less than a quarter of an hour.

Such feedback not only made Shen Qiang immediately deactivate the Plague Source, but it also made him somewhat amused.

Undoubtedly, it was Jing Haotian's sister who had used some Techniques to control a section of vine, transforming it into her likeness, and was here conversing with him.

Even if her cultivation was formidable, a vine transformed in such a way likely couldn't cause much damage.

Moreover, what made Shen Qiang curious was that the girl clearly was not in the basement garage at the moment, and might not even be within the residential area. How had she managed it?

To be able to see, speak, and even emanate a strong oppressive force—if it weren't for the germ's reverse reaction, if it wasn't for Shen Qiang's Observation Skill, he would have been completely fooled by her.

"You want to buy the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, but I don't want to sell," Shen Qiang said with a slight smile, eyeing her lovely face, "Are you a Flower Demon? When I was buying the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, I once heard Jing Haotian mention he wanted to buy it for his sister."

The girl-shaped vine frowned deeply, "You have no right to talk about him, just sell the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra to me, and I can let you make some money."

"How much?" Shen Qiang asked with a smile, raising an eyebrow: "If your brother had the money back then, that book wouldn't have ended up in my hands. If you just want to add a few hundred thousand or a million, forget it. I bought it for either a hundred and forty million or a hundred and fifty million—I've forgotten. If you want to buy it, offer six hundred billion, and I might consider it."

"Shameless!" the girl exclaimed angrily.

Shen Qiang laughed, his gaze turning cold as he watched her avatar. In reality, Shen Qiang knew well that nothing in this world could be kept secret forever, meaning that one day, he would be revealed as the masked man from the Dragon Group, the most powerful emerging nightmare with billions at stake.

By that time, this girl would definitely come to kill Shen Qiang. Selling her the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra would be like sharpening a knife for her and then willingly stretching out his neck to be slaughtered.

How could Shen Qiang possibly do such a foolish thing?

His face turning cold, Shen Qiang said calmly, "Listen carefully, the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra is mine to sell to whomever I want, for whatever price I decide."

"If you don't sell it to me, you're going to run into big trouble!" the utterly beautiful girl barked a ferocious threat.

But her skill in making threats was like that of a kindergartener compared to Bianyi's.

"You can get lost," Shen Qiang said mockingly.

The stunning girl looked as though she wanted to retort.

But just then, a thread coiled around her body instantaneously, slicing it into equal-sized blocks.

Immediately afterward, Shen Qiang heard Xiu Ju disdainfully say, "Such an outdated Substitution Technique, dared to show off in front of this lady? Remember, if you dare threaten this lady's man again, I'll chop you to pieces and use you as fertilizer."

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