The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

A figure landed on the roof of the Nanhai Hotel. It was Chen Dong, who had rushed over the moment he got off the plane.

After ascending to the Inner Scenery Realm, Chen Dong's perception had been greatly enhanced. Standing on the rooftop, he carefully sensed the aura of every person in the hotel.

A moment later, Chen Dong frowned. Murong Qing wasn't in the hotel.

'Nanhai is so vast. How am I supposed to find her?'

Chen Dong thought for a couple of seconds, then pulled out his phone, opened his navigation app, and typed in the two words "Wu Family." He immediately took to the air. 'If I can't find Murong Qing, I'll go after the Wu Family. I'll make damn sure they can't have this wedding!'

Meanwhile, in front of a stone cave, one of the men spoke to the other after a kiss. "You keep watch. We brothers got stuck with this crap job, so I'm gonna go have some fun first!" With that, he wrapped his arm around a dazed-looking Murong Xi and headed into the cave.

The moment their figures disappeared inside, the other man spat forcefully on the ground. Then, he said to Murong Qing, "Bring me the lantern!"

Murong Qing now felt deeply suspicious and terrified of the ceremony. With Murong Xi gone, she was already planning to escape.

'I need to gauge his strength,' she thought, 'Can I outrun him without using my True Qi?'

But the moment the thought surfaced, the Gu Insect inside her seemed to answer a summons, desperately compelling her to enter the cave.

Murong Qing fought to suppress the urge. Just as she was about to turn and flee, a gust of sea wind blew the man's mask up, revealing eyes that shone with a green, fluorescent light.

In that single glance, it was as if Murong Qing forgot all about escaping. As if possessed, she handed him the lantern.

The man took the lantern and gave a strange laugh. He breathed a puff of True Qi into it, and the lantern instantly lit up.

Handing the lantern, now glowing with a yellow light, back to Murong Qing, he chuckled. "Go on in!"

Murong Qing took the lantern like a puppet and walked into the cave.

The entrance to the cave was rough and uneven, but the path beyond was perfectly smooth, clearly worked on by human hands.

After she rounded a bend, Murong Xi's cries and a rhythmic slapping sound echoed from behind a rock in the corner's shadow.

But the current Murong Qing seemed not to have heard a thing, continuing her slow walk along the path.

She walked through another stretch of the cave, which then opened up into a large stone hall. Inside, twenty or thirty women dressed in black cloaks already stood waiting, each holding a lantern.

Murong Qing joined them, waiting as well.

During the time she was waiting, Chen Dong arrived before the Wu Family's private villa community.

According to the information on his phone, the entire villa community belonged to the Wu Family. As fury blazed in his heart, Chen Dong was about to storm the place when he sensed a familiar aura. He looked over and saw a crippled beggar rummaging through a trash can beside the community gate. It was a miserable sight—his right hand and left foot were gone from the joints down.

Chen Dong's heart jumped. He walked over and asked in surprise, "Director Wu? How did you end up like this?"

The beggar was none other than the Li Group's finance director, Wu Haichao.

Wu Haichao steadied himself on the trash can and turned around. His grimy face was a mask of world-weariness. He seemed embarrassed to see Chen Dong and quickly lowered his head, saying calmly, "You have the wrong person."

Chen Dong stated firmly, "I might mistake a face, but never an aura! You are Wu Haichao!"

Wu Haichao struggled to move away, but his crippled body made it impossible. "Get lost!" he snarled at Chen Dong impatiently. "I already told you, you have the wrong person!"

Chen Dong asked quietly, "What happened to you? How could a direct heir of the great Wu Family end up like this?"

Wu Haichao looked up and laughed sardonically. "Heir? The Wu Family? You've got to be kidding me. If you came here to laugh at my misfortune, you've seen it. Yes, I'm Wu Haichao. Now you can leave!"

'The once-dashing young master of the Wu Family, despite his despicable methods, had fallen to this state before I even had a chance to deal with him. Something major must have happened within the Wu Family. Otherwise, an heir would never end up this wretched, no matter what mistake they made.'

Since his trip to Nanhai was related to the Wu Family, Chen Dong was eager to figure out what was going on. "Tell me about it," he offered. "Maybe I can help you."

Wu Haichao swung his left arm with great effort, almost toppling over. He grabbed the trash can again to steady himself and roared coldly, "Scram! There's nothing to say! As if someone like you could help me!"

Chen Dong sighed and shook his head, then asked, "Fine. Then do you know who from the Wu Family is getting married tomorrow? And where are they, especially the bride?"

Wu Haichao cackled at his words as if he'd just heard the funniest joke imaginable. A hint of pity even crept into his eyes as he stared at Chen Dong. "What, is the bride a friend of yours? Don't tell me she's your woman?"

Chen Dong's expression turned cold, his brow furrowing. Still, he nodded. "She is."

Wu Haichao let out a dramatic sigh. "You should just go home. Forget you ever knew that woman. Getting married tomorrow... heh! At this point, she's probably already become a breeding tool for that Evil God!"

At these words, Chen Dong's aura erupted. The surrounding trash cans, flowerbeds, and ornamental trees instantly exploded!

This display made Wu Haichao jump in fright. He stared at Chen Dong in terror and stammered, "W-w-w-what Realm are you in?!"

"Inner Scenery," Chen Dong said coldly. "What exactly do you mean, 'a breeding tool for the Evil God'?"

Wu Haichao's eyes went wide, a glimmer of hope shining within them. He scrambled forward and fell before Chen Dong. "I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything! All I ask is that you help me get my revenge!"