Chen Nan chuckled, "Isn't boasting about myself just boasting about you?"
Cao Rufeng shook his head helplessly, "Your shamelessness actually has the demeanor of this master in his youth!"
Chen Nan cleared his throat, "Perhaps, this is what people often call 'close to vermilion, one gets stained red; close to ink, one gets stained black'!"
"Scram!"
Cao Rufeng kicked Chen Nan flying into the air and roared, "Don't bother me until the communication array is successfully set up!"
"Junior also takes his leave!" Yu Fei bowed, then summoned her immortal sword, carrying Chen Nan towards Zhongzhou City!
Watching the two depart!
Cao Rufeng looked at the Wu Lao Jiu beside him, "This communication array matter has far-reaching implications. Do you want to give those few a heads-up?"
Wu Lao Jiu scoffed, "If you want to pull strings for Chen Nan, just say so. Why be so circuitous?"
"You've seen his methods. If he really goes berserk, the consequences are unimaginable!" Cao Rufeng snorted coldly, "You truly are like a dog biting Lü Dongbin and showing no gratitude. I'm clearly thinking of you, alright?"
Wu Lao Jiu said lightly, "At our age, we should be more open-minded about things!"
"Survival of the fittest. Some things cannot be forced!"
Cao Rufeng: "I hope you don't regret it one day!"
"Brother Chen, what should we do next?" Yu Fei frowned, "If Liu Yingying was really faking madness, she will definitely seek revenge!"
She knew Chen Nan's strength was formidable!
But as the old saying goes!
Open guns are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are hard to guard against!
Especially with the Sifang Chamber of Commerce behind Liu Yingying!
This was simply not something an ordinary person could contend with!
"As long as we don't leave Zhongzhou City, even with the Sifang Chamber of Commerce behind her, Liu Yingying can't do anything to us!" Chen Nan's face showed a cold smile!
Leaving Zhongzhou City today was to lure the snake out of its hole, to draw out the enemies behind the scenes!
And within the city!
He could fully control Zhongzhou City's city-guarding array!
"The immediate priority is to have the communication array cover the entire Zhongzhou City!"
Yu Fei nodded, "I once heard my master say that the reason the Sifang Chamber of Commerce became the number one chamber of commerce in the Wu Kingdom was ultimately because they controlled a large amount of information!"
"In the early years, they made huge profits through intelligence gaps!"
"If your communication array succeeds!"
"It would be a dimensionality reduction strike against the Sifang Chamber of Commerce!"
Chen Nan frowned, "If that's the case, doesn't the Sifang Chamber of Commerce have high-ranking officials in the court as their backers?"
"Certainly, without high-ranking officials in the court as backers, could the Sifang Chamber of Commerce be where it is today?"
Chen Nan said nothing more!
It would be very difficult to bring down the Sifang Chamber of Commerce!
However!
What he lacked the least was fighting spirit!
Upon returning to the Star-Gazing Tower!
He immediately asked Yu Weiwei to go out and purchase jade plates to refine communication jade tokens!
As for him, he busied himself in his room!
If nothing unexpected happened!
Liu Yingying would definitely make a comeback!
With the Liu family's financial resources and methods!
Even within Zhongzhou City, they would surely have ways to retaliate against him!
Therefore!
He had to prepare in advance!
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Meanwhile!
Liu Yingying had also returned to the Immortal Palace!
She was furious!
She smashed all the furnishings in the room!
Countless servants dared not even breathe, fearing utter destruction!
"Yingying, who has angered you?" Liu Sifang, dressed in a black brocade robe, was slightly portly and exuded an aura of authority with every movement!
As the richest man in the Wu Kingdom, his prestige was indeed considerable!
"Father, you must avenge me!" Liu Yingying tearfully recounted the events!
"A junior at the Mahayana stage actually killed two Immortal Emperors?"
Upon hearing of Chen Nan's methods, Liu Sifang's expression changed!
Liu Yingying's eyes were red and swollen, and she said aggrievedly, "That fellow is skilled in formations, and besides that, he has the Dragon Clan's Heaven-Swallowing Bowl, as well as a mysterious black long staff!"
"If I hadn't feigned madness, you wouldn't be seeing me!"
"My dear, rest assured, your father will definitely seek justice for you!" Liu Sifang was enraged, after all, losing two Immortal Emperor level experts in one day.
This loss was also quite heavy for him!
However!
He simply didn't believe Chen Nan possessed the Heaven-Swallowing Bowl!
That was a sacred inheritance artifact of the Dragon Clan!
How could it be in the hands of a mortal?
Liu Sifang gently comforted her, "My dear, you should rest well first!"
"I will send someone to kill Chen Nan immediately!"
"Don't worry, before dawn, I will definitely bring his head to you!"
"No, you mustn't kill him!" Liu Yingying revealed a sinister gaze, "Just cripple his cultivation. I want him to become my male servant!"
Liu Sifang sighed!
He had intended for his daughter to marry the son of the Minister of Justice!
But now, his daughter's condition was too poor!
He didn't mention this matter either!
Then Liu Sifang left and summoned his bodyguard!
It was a person wearing a black mask and a black robe!
He simply stood there!
Yet he gave the feeling of being both close at hand and impossibly far away!
Like a phantom!
His name was Yingzi!
He had followed Liu Sifang for many years!
Of course!
He had also helped Liu Sifang eliminate many rivals!
Without Yingzi!
Liu Sifang would never have achieved his current status!
"Yingzi, go to the Star-Gazing Tower, find a way to cripple that fellow named Chen Nan, and then bring him here!" Liu Sifang said indifferently!
"Remember, do not reveal your identity!"
Although Liu Sifang was the richest man in the Wu Kingdom!
Possessing wealth that could rival a nation!
However!
Before the imperial dynasty, he was as insignificant as an ant!
And the Star-Gazing Tower had Fifth Master as its backer, whom he could not afford to offend!
"Yes!"
Before Yingzi's voice even fell!
His figure vanished into the heavens and earth as if scattered sand blown by the wind!
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"I'm exhausted!"
Just before sunset!
Chen Nan finally breathed a sigh of relief!
In half a day, he had set up seven small misfortune arrays!
He placed these seven invisible misfortune arrays on the six windows and the doorstep respectively!
No matter who!
As long as they forcibly broke in, they would trigger the misfortune array!
As the saying goes, pulling one hair moves the whole body!
As long as one misfortune array was triggered, the other six would also be activated simultaneously!
Chen Nan did not know what would happen when enveloped by seven misfortune arrays!
But one thing was clear!
Previously, Hou Yuan, the prefect of Zhongzhou City, had only been hit by one misfortune array...
"Brother Chen, let me massage your shoulders!" Yu Fei walked out of the bedroom. She had not disturbed Chen Nan while he was busy, but had been cultivating in the bedroom.
Chen Nan closed his eyes and enjoyed her gentle massage, "Actually, massaging the shoulders isn't enough to relax a person!"
Yu Fei's movements paused for a moment, and she couldn't help but ask, "Where can be massaged to make a person feel relaxed?"
Chen Nan: "The balls!"
Yu Fei was puzzled, "You don't have any balls on you!"
Chen Nan smiled, "I didn't say I had them on me, did I?"
A blush appeared on Yu Fei's cheeks, and she shyly said, "If you want to do that kind of thing, just say so, why be so indirect!"
Chen Nan raised an eyebrow, "Mainly, do you want to?"
Yu Fei, her face red, ran into the bedroom, and then a gentle and charming voice came from within, "Come in, and I'll tell you the answer!"