The light in Brand's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
"Although we know how to refine the Philosopher's Stone, and also know how to use the Philosopher's Stone to carry a soul, if the body carrying the Philosopher's Stone is still just a body of flesh and blood, we still cannot achieve eternal life..."
"This carrier not only needs to be absolutely exquisite like a human body, and not be corrupted by ti, it would be best if it could be easily dismantled or replaced. Most importantly, it needs to be able to withstand the massive energy brought by the Philosopher's Stone."
"We have been searching for a carrier capable of carrying the Philosopher's Stone for three hundred years..."
"I didn't expect to actually encounter a [Stitcher] that is hard to et in a thousand years now!"
Brand's tone beca increasingly excited, "If there is a [Stitcher] around, we can even mass-produce artificial humans. As long as the quantity of Philosopher's Stones can keep up, all mbers of the Alchemist Association can achieve eternal life!"
Compared to the young Brand, Lord Chong's performance was much calr. He opened his mouth unhurriedly:
"You think too simply. To create an artificial human that can withstand the Philosopher's Stone, the rank of the [Stitcher] must be high. Relying on his current bit of strength, it definitely isn't enough..."
"However..."
"This Li Shangfeng must beco our person."
"Understood." Brand nodded. "Leave this matter to , I'll handle it well."
...
Li Shangfeng tucked a thick wad of banknotes in his embrace. While humming a little tune, he pushed open the main door of the factory building.
Although that Taishi Division part was sowhat difficult to handle, the remuneration was still very considerable. Such a large sum of money was enough for his and his younger sister's living expenses for several months, and the factory could also operate for a longer period of ti...
Of course, he was now a man carrying three Gold Bars in his embrace. His confidence was already different from before. Previously, he would have saved this money and split one piece into two to spend. But now, he could calmly use this sum of money to improve their lives.
Thinking of this, Li Shangfeng's mood beca even better. Even the rust-spotted main door that he usually always disliked looking at, now had a kind of elegant atmosphere of modern art at this mont.
When Li Shangfeng pushed open the factory building's main door, his entire person froze in place.
"...What's the situation?"
He only saw that the originally dirty and ssy factory building was completely brand new at this mont. Not a single thing on the shelves had been moved, but the floor, walls, and even the machine tool's control lever seed to have been sanded and polished, unbelievably brand new.
The sunlight from outside the window spilled onto the spotless floor of the factory building. It was as if this place had transford from a ssy Repair Shop into an exquisite and elegant chanical museum...
Li Shangfeng rubbed his eyes again to confirm he wasn't dreaming, only then uttering a shocked "Holy crap".
Between the shelves,
A youth wearing an elegant waistcoat raised his head, glanced at Li Shangfeng who was making a fuss at the door, and silently rolled his eyes...
Then he lowered his head and continued carefully scrubbing the mold spots on the shelves with a towel.
Li Shangfeng: ???
"This is..." Li Shangfeng found it bizarre.
"My distant cousin." Chen Ling's voice calmly sounded from the side. "He just happened to co look for . Seeing that he was too free, I found so things for him to do."
"This... how embarrassing is this!" Li Shangfeng beca anxious. "Boss Chen, taking your money is already embarrassing enough for us... How can we trouble you and your cousin to do these chores again!"
"It's fine, this cousin of mine just likes to clean."
"..."
Veins bulged one by one on Li Laide's neck.
Li Shangfeng was just about to say sothing when that noble youth silently stood up from the ground. Gripping a twisted and deford towel, he walked expressionlessly in front of Chen Ling:
"...Finished cleaning."
"Not bad."
Chen Ling nodded, turning his head to look at Li Shangfeng. "You busy yourself first, don't mind us."
"Eh... Eh, alright! If you need anything, look for anyti, Boss!" Li Shangfeng tactfully turned around and left.
When Li Shangfeng walked far away, Li Laide fiercely glared at Chen Ling with those eyes suppressing anger and unyieldingness, opening his mouth through gritted teeth:
"What... is there anything else that needs to be done?"
"You did well." Chen Ling said slowly. "I don't plan to toy with you. Although I'm not so good person, I don't have that bad of a taste either... You've helped complete two things. Next, you can choose what reward you want."
"Intelligence, a Gold Bar, or..."
"Freedom!" Li Laide didn't hesitate at all.
"No."
"Why?!"
"These two things aren't enough to exchange for your freedom."
Li Laide's expression was incomparably ugly. He subconsciously wanted to curse 'scoundrel', but thinking of Chen Ling's thods, he still silently held his words back... Rather than being forced to swallow back the words he said, it was more decent to just not say them.
"Then... I want intelligence."
"Oh? What intelligence?"
Li Laide looked at Chen Ling's eyes and asked in a deep voice, "Just who... exactly are you?"
Before Chen Ling could open his mouth, Li Laide added another sentence, "If you're going to lie to even about this, then everything is aningless... You might as well just directly kill , there's no need to insult either."
"Relax, the intelligence I give you is absolutely true." Chen Ling opened his mouth unhurriedly,
"My na is Chen Ling, I am the Sixth Generation Red King of the Dusk Society."
"Dusk Society... what is that?"
"This is the second question, do you want to use your second opportunity to exchange for it?"
"..." Li Laide felt like he had been tricked again. After being busy for half a day, he only knew a na and a title he didn't know what it was.
"No, I want to exchange for a Gold Bar." He imdiately changed his strategy, planning to get sothing substantial.
Chen Ling didn't say a second word, directly stuffing a heavy Gold Bar into Li Laide's hand.
Feeling this solid weight and Chen Ling's relaxed expression like throwing away trash, the corners of Li Laide's mouth twitched slightly, unable to help asking: "Is the Dusk Society... such a wealthy organization?"
"If this also counts as a question, then pretend I didn't ask." He added.
"No, this question I'll give to you for free." A brilliant smile surfaced on Chen Ling's face,
"That's right... We, are quite wealthy."
When he said the last two words, Chen Ling deliberately raised his intonation, those slightly narrowed red pupils like a demon captivating people's souls.
Li Laide froze in place.
Knock knock——
Right at this mont, a burst of careful knocking sounded from the side.
He only saw Li Shangfeng leading Li Wanhua, who was still wearing her school uniform, sneakily poking their heads and looking here. After hesitating for a long ti, Li Shangfeng still asked proactively:
"Um... Boss."
"Wanhua and I are planning to go out and have a good al together, do you and your cousin want to co together?"
Before his words fell, Li Shangfeng patted his chest. "Relax, this al is my treat!"
Chen Ling raised his brow, just about to reply, when a burst of slight stomach rumbling sound rang out from the side again... He turned his head to look, only to see Li Laide keeping a straight face, seriously lowering his head to look at nonexistent ants on the ground...
Chen Ling smiled slightly:
"Alright ah."
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