Chen Nan was burning with rage.
He wanted to end it all, to completely kill Leng Qingmei.
After all, this woman had tried to kill him repeatedly.
Leaving her alive would definitely be a source of trouble.
He was no longer a soft-hearted person.
He knew that letting Leng Qingmei live was detrimental to him.
But just as he had the thought of killing Leng Qingmei.
He felt an intense pain in his soul.
The pain was so severe that he almost fainted.
This was extremely rare for Chen Nan.
His soul power was exceptionally strong.
His ability to withstand pain was also extraordinary.
Yet, the pain in his soul just now was particularly intense.
It was no exaggeration to call it unforgettable.
"Chen Nan, Chen Nan, you are such a simp!"
"This woman has tried to kill you time and again."
"If you don't kill her, the future consequences will be endless."
"When this kind of person goes mad, she could very well harm your mother!"
"Why do you still have such a deep obsession with her?"
Chen Nan's face darkened.
He knew.
That pain originated from the obsession of this body.
If he were to truly kill Leng Qingmei.
His fate would definitely not be good.
Therefore.
His current situation was very passive.
Leng Qingmei's intention to kill him was obvious.
If he kept her alive.
There would surely be great trouble.
Conversely.
He couldn't kill her either.
"At this point, I can only hope to captivate her with my charisma and make her abandon the thought of killing me," Chen Nan sighed inwardly.
Then, he teleported to the main entrance of the Leng family.
He asked the servant at the door, "Is your young lady at home?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"Young Master, please come in!"
The servant quickly invited Chen Nan into the Leng family.
Although they had looked down on Chen Nan before.
But now.
Chen Nan had grown into someone they could only look up to.
A fifth-rank Yin Messenger was a distinguished figure, on par with the Prefect of Tongcheng County.
Not long after Chen Nan entered the reception hall of the Leng family.
Leng Qingmei, dressed in a white long dress, slowly arrived. She forced a smile, her eyes filled with complexity. "I truly didn't expect you to become a fifth-rank Yin Messenger."
If Chen Nan hadn't overheard her words before.
He would have believed that Leng Qingmei genuinely regretted divorcing him.
"You all may leave!"
Chen Nan dismissed the servants of the Leng family.
Seeing this.
Leng Qingmei suddenly became a little nervous.
Her body had been inconvenient these past few days.
She was afraid Chen Nan would act rashly.
To her surprise, Chen Nan took out a pill and said, "This is the Soul Gathering Pill I refined. Take it."
"With this pill, you can break through your limitations and become a cultivator of the Soul Gathering realm."
Leng Qingmei found it incredible.
Although Chen Nan had promised to help her break through her limitations before.
She hadn't expected him to refine a Soul Gathering Pill.
One must know that a Soul Gathering Pill was a priceless treasure.
The price of a single Soul Gathering Pill was at least three to four million taels of gold.
In the entire Tongcheng.
Besides the newly rising Ma family.
The combined assets of all other families might not be enough to buy a Soul Gathering Pill.
At this moment.
A wave of emotion rose in her heart.
After all, this was tangible wealth.
Before she could even recover, Chen Nan's voice sounded again, "The yamen plans to build a shipping terminal in the east city. Is the Leng family interested in this matter?"
Leng Qingmei: "Of course, we're interested. However, is that convenient?"
Building a shipping terminal would definitely require a considerable investment.
If the Leng family could secure this project.
Even if the profit wasn't much.
The world would know about her and Chen Nan's relationship.
Even though she and Chen Nan had already divorced.
As long as she could secure this project, the world would know that their relationship had been restored.
However.
She worried that if Chen Nan helped the Leng family secure this project, people would gossip.
Chen Nan smiled, "As the saying goes, competence is not deterred by kinship. What's inconvenient about that?"
"Since the Leng family wishes to get involved in this matter."
"I will speak to Lord Han tomorrow."
"And have the project for building the shipping terminal awarded to the Leng family."
For Chen Nan.
Handing over the construction of the terminal to the Leng family.
Was a mere matter of saying a few words.
Although he was just a small constable.
His current rank was on par with Han Zongyuan.
Would Han Zongyuan refuse such a favor?
"Alright, there's nothing else. You be busy, I'll take my leave!" Chen Nan said as he stood up and left the Leng family with a leisurely stride, much to Leng Qingmei's bewildered gaze.
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Leng Qingmei had no idea what was happening.
After all.
After divorcing Chen Nan, he had tormented her every time he saw her.
He didn't treat her like a person at all.
Why was he so polite today?
Something was wrong.
It was very wrong.
But she didn't know what was going on.
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In the evening.
Wu Jiu and others, with their families in tow, brought their wives and children to Chen Nan's home.
Then they drank.
Celebrating Chen Nan's promotion to fifth-rank Yin Messenger.
They didn't leave until late into the night.
Although Chen Nan drank a lot of wine.
Under the stimulation of yin energy, all the alcohol was evaporated.
After explaining the precautions for Guo Yu's medicinal bath.
Chen Nan returned to his room.
He didn't linger there.
As the saying goes, the master guides you to the door, but cultivation is up to the individual.
How Guo Yu would navigate his future path depended on himself.
As for himself, he sat down cross-legged.
And took out the fragments of laws.
In fact, after he had integrated several fragments of laws, he had reached a bottleneck.
Due to his own weak abilities.
He was unable to integrate more fragments of laws.
But now it was different.
He had already become a cultivator at the seventh level of the Yin Gathering realm.
His strength had significantly improved compared to before.
He could now absorb more fragments of laws.
And thus enhance his strength.
Piece by piece, Chen Nan absorbed the fragments of laws.
The coverage area of his spatial laws was also rapidly increasing.
Previously, he could cover an area of five hundred meters around him.
He could consider these five hundred meters as his territory.
But as time passed.
The coverage area of his spatial domain directly reached one thousand five hundred meters.
Centering on him, it could cover a radius of one thousand five hundred meters.
This was undoubtedly a huge leap.
After all, within this area.
Even if he wasn't the absolute master.
No one could harm him.
With the methods he possessed.
And his application of the spatial domain.
He could even kill cultivators of the Soul Gathering realm.
He even had the potential to contend with cultivators of the Transformation realm.
He retracted his spatial domain, then looked at the bright moonlight outside the window and murmured, "The Ma family shouldn't make a move against me. Not only that, but they will also try to appease me."
"And my plan is to play along with their scheme, and then find an opportunity to bring down the Ma family in one fell swoop."
"At that time, I will directly go to Guangling Prefecture to find Song Ziwei."
"Before that..."
"I need to improve my cultivation."
"And, while I'm at it, fleece the Ma family."
"Can't just keep extorting Steward Wang alone."
"That would be impolite."
"The Ma family can also be fleeced. They should be wealthier than Steward Wang, right?"
Chen Nan grinned.
But the next second.
He saw a strange incense burner on the desk by the window!
This sent a chill down his spine, giving him a feeling of dread!
This was not his incense burner!
He had never seen it before!
He thought of a possibility.
This incense burner was likely a manifestation of a Transformation realm expert.
Chen Nan faced a formidable enemy, instantly releasing his spatial domain, and warily looked at the incense burner, "Who are you? Why have you transformed into an incense burner and come to my home?"