“Haven’t you seen enough?”
As soon as Lin Hao spoke, a cold snort echoed from the grove.
Immediately, several figures rushed out, surrounding Lin Hao.
The newcomers were none other than Vermilion Bird from the Special Department.
Lin Hao, looking at Vermilion Bird in her black, tight-fitting leather suit, was momentarily stunned.
He had sensed people hiding in the grove by the shore long ago.
He hadn’t expected the one hiding to be Vermilion Bird.
“What are you doing here?” Lin Hao asked Vermilion Bird, his voice calm.
Vermilion Bird was taken aback, then glared at Lin Hao and said angrily, “You killed so many people in one night, what do you think I’m here for?”
“Killed so many people?” Lin Hao frowned. Hadn’t he only killed Xu Da last night?
However, Lin Hao couldn’t be bothered to correct her. He said indifferently, “So, you’re here to arrest me?”
“Arrest you?”
Vermilion Bird wanted to say yes, but she finally looked at Lin Hao and gritted her teeth, “Don’t get happy too soon, I’ll definitely take you back sooner or later!”
“If you’re not here to arrest me, then what are you doing?” Lin Hao looked at the beautiful woman flailing her arms in front of him, completely bewildered.
In fact, Lin Hao had already prepared himself to go with Vermilion Bird.
At this point, it wouldn’t be appropriate for him not to go.
Unless he didn’t want to stay in the country anymore.
But he hadn’t expected…
That Vermilion Bird wasn’t here to arrest him.
This made Lin Hao feel a little confused.
As Lin Hao stood there, completely bewildered and feeling confused…
Vermilion Bird suddenly said coldly, “I’m here to warn you!”
“The higher-ups said I should warn you not to act recklessly anymore.”
“And you can’t touch the Hua family anymore, nor can you expel them from Modu.”
“Hmm?”
Lin Hao’s brows furrowed, and his aura instinctively surged forth.
This surge of power startled Vermilion Bird, causing her expression to change drastically.
At the same time, the heavily armed martial artists surrounding Lin Hao were forced to retreat.
“What do you want to do?” Vermilion Bird shouted at Lin Hao, her eyes wide.
“Nothing,” Lin Hao retracted his aura and said to Vermilion Bird, “What’s the reason?”
“No reason,” Vermilion Bird snorted arrogantly.
“Alright, let’s go then.”
“Go? Go where?” Vermilion Bird was startled and looked at Lin Hao warily.
“Go find your leader and ask for the reason,” Lin Hao said calmly.
Hearing Lin Hao’s words, Vermilion Bird was immediately shocked.
In fact, what she had said earlier, apart from the part about the Hua family being slightly true, the rest was all a lie to Lin Hao.
The higher-ups meant for her to visit Lin Hao, not to warn him.
At the same time, she was supposed to discuss the handling of the Hua family members with Lin Hao.
To ask Lin Hao not to be too ruthless and to not expel all the Hua family members from Modu.
After all, the Hua family had many people holding positions in important sectors of Modu, and not all of the Hua family members were bad people.
If all the Hua family members were expelled from Modu at once, it would inevitably have a certain impact on Modu.
Therefore, the higher-ups had asked Vermilion Bird to visit Lin Hao and to discuss it with him properly.
If they could avoid expelling the Hua family members from Modu, they should not do so.
However, Vermilion Bird had always looked down on Lin Hao.
So, she wanted to use this opportunity to put Lin Hao in his place.
But she hadn’t expected Lin Hao to say he wanted to go back with her to see the leader.
“Do you think you can just see our leader whenever you want?” Vermilion Bird said, looking up at Lin Hao.
“Also, I wasn’t finished with what I was saying just now.”
“The higher-ups mean that the Hua family members cannot be expelled from Modu, but the Hua family’s assets can be disposed of by you as you see fit.”
“As long as you don’t expel the Hua family members from Modu, you can do whatever you want with the Hua family’s assets.”
Lin Hao looked at Vermilion Bird, vaguely feeling that something was not quite right, but he didn’t dwell on it.
No matter what the higher-ups meant, since the words had been spoken, he had to give them some face.
After all, with him in Modu, the Hua family members, even if they stayed in Modu, wouldn’t be able to cause any major trouble.
Thinking about this, Lin Hao nodded and said, “Alright, is there anything else?”
Seeing Lin Hao’s arrogant demeanor, Vermilion Bird was furious and snorted coldly, then stared at Lin Hao and said, “You’d better be careful, or I’ll definitely take you back!”
“Let’s go!”
Vermilion Bird waved her hand and left with her subordinates.
Lin Hao watched Vermilion Bird’s graceful retreating figure and shook his head with a smile.
“Xiao Hao, who were those people?”
Li Qingyuan dared to ask only after Vermilion Bird had left with her men.
“I’m not too sure, they seemed to be from some department,” Lin Hao replied vaguely, then said, “Dean, you’ve been here for so long, shouldn’t you be heading back? The hospital must be anxiously waiting.”
“Yes, I do need to go back for a meeting.”
“Senior Brother!”
As soon as Li Qingyuan finished speaking, a call from Xiao Hei echoed through the night sky.
Then, Xiao Hei, with his robes fluttering, flew through the air.
“Senior Brother, I sensed the aura of several internal energy martial artists just now,” Xiao Hei said to Lin Hao as he landed. “One of them even seemed to be at the Great Accomplishment stage of internal energy.”
“Yes, there were a few internal energy martial artists, but they’ve already left,” Lin Hao smiled, indicating that everything was fine, and then said to Xiao Hei with a smile, “Have you broken through?”
“I’ve broken through.” Xiao Hei also revealed a smile.
He was truly happy.
His realm had been stagnant for over three years, and during these three years, he had been searching for a way and an opportunity to break through.
He hadn’t expected to break through so easily tonight.
In the past, he often heard people say that everyone below the Grandmaster realm was like an ant.
At that time, he had dismissed it, thinking it was an exaggeration.
But now, after truly stepping into the Grandmaster realm.
He realized that those people hadn’t exaggerated.
It was true that everyone below the Grandmaster realm was like an ant, or even less than an ant.
Before, he saw everything in the world as just things.
But now, after entering the Grandmaster realm, he realized that everything in the world was not simply things.
Now, with a single glance, he could see through the essence of things.
He could even see through his own body, clearly discerning the structure of every piece of flesh and blood through internal vision.
He discovered that his body was filled with impurities.
However, he knew that as he continued to cultivate and wash his body with spiritual energy, the impurities within his body would be completely cleared within a few months.
“Senior Brother, the Grandmaster realm is truly different,” Xiao Hei said to Lin Hao, suppressing his excitement.
“Indeed, otherwise, there would only be a handful of Grandmasters in all of Huaxia,” Lin Hao smiled.
Xiao Hei nodded in agreement, but then looked at Lin Hao and said, “Senior Brother, what about Hua Xian and Xu Da? Are they both dead?”
“No,” Lin Hao shook his head and said, “Xu Da is dead, but Hua Xian escaped.”