Right at that moment, Su Tian frowned again. He suddenly heard the sound of screeching brakes outside. At the same time, operating his sensory abilities, a scene flashed into his mind: several vans had just parked right at the entrance of their residential compound.
"Still looking to die!"
He cursed inwardly, but Su Tian's face remained entirely normal. He simply said, "Dad, you rest here. I'll go take out the trash outside so we don't cause trouble for the neighbors."
"Go ahead, then."
Su Qiang didn't suspect a thing and nodded. Su Tian immediately headed out the door. As soon as he reached the entrance of the compound, he saw that the doors of those vans were already wide open, and a bunch of young men holding steel pipes and machetes were piling out.
"All of you, hit the floor!"
Su Tian shouted, his body instantly shooting forward right in front of the group of young men. He raised his hands and threw a flurry of punches!
Fueled by the power of his Semi-Immortal Body, dull thuds and non-stop screams rang out instantly. In the blink of an eye, all dozen or so young men were knocked flat to the ground by Su Tian!
After dealing with them, Su Tian fixed his gaze on a fat man wearing a thick gold chain, grabbed him by the collar, and hoisted him up. "Are you Jin Yuan, the boss of Jinyuan Company?"
"N-No..."
The fat man panicked. Without hesitation, Su Tian exerted a sudden burst of force with his hand. With a sharp crack, the fat man's left index finger abruptly bent out of shape!
This caused the fat man's mouth to fly wide open in a silent scream, but Su Tian swiftly moved his hand and clamped it directly around the fat man's neck. The fat man's face turned the color of a pig's liver, completely unable to utter a single sound.
"Now I'll ask you again: are you Jin Yuan, the boss of Jinyuan Company?"
"Yes... I am!"
A trembling voice escaped. Tears and snot were streaming down the fat man's face from the agony, and he no longer dared to deny it.
"Good thing you are. Now talk—what on earth is your relationship with Shen Hu? And what is the deal with that twenty thousand?"
"It's... it's like this. Shen Hu is a friend I've known for many years. Last night, he suddenly handed me an IOU, claiming that this family's son owed him twenty thousand and that he couldn't collect it himself, so he entrusted it to me. He said once it went through, he'd split ten thousand with me."
"Where's the IOU?"
"Right here."
Trembling, Jin Yuan pulled a contract from inside his jacket. Shockingly, the contract even included a photocopy of Su Tian's ID card and his signature!
"Despicable! Shen Hu, you actually plotted against me from the very start!"
Su Tian's eyes turned cold as he realized what the signature and ID photocopy were about. It was a resume he had submitted earlier to Xiangyu Company. He and Shen Hu were both recent college graduates; Shen Hu had claimed at the time that the HR supervisor position at Xiangyu Property was a good gig and invited him to submit resumes together. But now, it had been turned into a loan contract!
Of course, furious as he was, Su Tian knew this was not the time to lose his temper. With a sudden vibration of his palm, the contract was shredded into pieces.
Next, he tapped Jin Yuan on the chest. With a soft *thud*, Jin Yuan actually coughed up a mouthful of blood, his entire body beginning to convulse violently.
This was the Yama Hand recorded in the Dongxuan True Scripture, the most fundamental martial art of the Semi-Immortal Body. Once used on someone, it would make them suffer a fate worse than death. Now that he possessed a Semi-Immortal Body, he naturally put it into practice.
Seeing Jin Yuan's agonizing state, Su Tian nodded inwardly, thinking to himself that the Yama Hand was indeed formidable. Through his sensory abilities, he could actually see the other man's tendons and bones twisting. Therefore, right before the man was about to pass out from the pain, he tapped him on the body once more.
"Hah..."
With a long exhale, Jin Yuan finally stopped hurting, but his eyes were now filled with sheer terror.
"I've just used my technique to plant something inside your body. That means your life belongs to me now. Unless I lift the technique, within three days, you will undoubtedly die in that exact same agony."
Su Tian said coldly, making Jin Yuan's face drain of all color.
"So you have the next three days to do something for me: bring Shen Hu and Liu Qian to me. If you accomplish this within three days, I'll lift the technique for you. But if you fail within three days, you'll only have death. Understand?"
"I-I understand!"
Jin Yuan trembled. "Big Brother, don't worry. Within three days, I will definitely bring that pair of adulterers right to you!"
"Very well, now get lost."
Hearing this, Jin Yuan waved his hand frantically, and the group of young men scrambled back into the vans in a panic and sped away.
Watching them leave, Su Tian turned around and headed back inside. Upon entering, however, he found that his parents had already gone to rest.
Not wanting to disturb them, Su Tian walked straight into Fenghua's room. Seeing Su Tian arrive, Fenghua smiled. "I didn't expect you to be so formidable. You must be a martial arts master, right?"
"Traditional martial arts?"
A flash crossed Su Tian's eyes. Of course he knew what traditional martial arts were—they were Chinese martial arts. The Dongxuan True Scripture he had obtained contained countless records of Chinese martial arts, so he nodded naturally. "You could say that."
"Great, then I really did find the right person."
Fenghua nodded. "I come from a large family, and the reason I ran away this time is because my family arranged a blind date for me with someone I despise..."
"That has nothing to do with me."
Su Tian interrupted Fenghua. "I'm just getting paid to do a job. I came here now to ask how many days you plan to stay at my house."
"About a month, I suppose. After all, the person my family arranged for me to meet is also quite busy; he can't stay in Teng City for more than a month."
"Fine, a month it is. But I need a deposit now. Give me fifty thousand first, and another hundred and fifty thousand a month from now. Any problem?"
"No problem at all. Tell me your card number."
Su Tian immediately rattled off a string of digits, and Fenghua began tapping away on her phone. In less than two minutes, the transaction was complete.
Su Tian went to the family computer, logged into the online banking system, and checked. Seeing that his balance had indeed increased by fifty thousand, he nodded. "Alright, get some rest. I'm heading back."
With that, Su Tian turned and left. Fenghua's pretty eyes flickered, a faint smile blooming on her face.
"Quite cold and ruthless, but that's the demeanor of a true master. Looks like I can rest easy hiding here for a while..."
Back in his own room, Su Tian let out a long breath. He then sat cross-legged on the bed and began to circulate the Dongxuan True Scripture to cultivate.
The Dongxuan True Scripture was the core inheritance of True Immortal Dongxuan. This scripture contained not only martial arts, but also medical science, physiognomy, Feng Shui, and more. It could be called a supreme manual that brought together various branches of knowledge. Especially the martial arts and the Divine Sense Art within it—the former increased his combat power, while the latter granted him terrifying sensory abilities capable of penetrating all obstacles to form images directly in his mind. Naturally, he had to practice diligently.
"Inhale... exhale..."
A long, steady sound of breathing came from Su Tian's nose and mouth. Gradually, a faint greenish glow began to emerge around his body, and his mind completely plunged into a wondrous, carefree state of profound tranquility.
The night passed just like that. By six o'clock in the morning, when a faint streak of pale white had just appeared in the eastern sky, Su Tian left his house and broke into a jog toward People's Park.
He needed to practice his martial arts. The martial arts chapter of the Dongxuan True Scripture recorded that the morning is the most crucial part of the day; if one wants their skills to progress rapidly, practicing alongside the rising sun is the best method. Naturally, he had to seize this opportunity.
Jogging all the way to People's Park, Su Tian found that there were already quite a few elderly people doing their morning exercises.
Naturally, he headed toward a secluded area at the back of the park. It wasn't that Su Tian wanted to be overly secretive; rather, the technique he was about to practice next was the Dragon-Tiger Primordial Chaos Technique from the Dongxuan Scripture. This technique generated quite a commotion, and he didn't want to attract unnecessary attention.
"Inhale!"
A sharp sound of intake echoed as Su Tian drew in a massive breath, causing his chest to instantly swell outward!