"A trial period of a few days?" Mu Yuanying asked after some thought.
"A week, how about that? I'm quite a conscientious boss, wouldn't you say?" Su Fan said after a moment's consideration.
Mu Yuanying pondered for a bit. A week to obtain a breakthrough pill, this was a profitable deal.
"Alright, a week it is," Mu Yuanying agreed.
Su Fan smiled slightly.
"Good, but during this week, you must guard my house well. You have to deal with anyone with ill intentions for me. Furthermore, after a week, you'll have to guard my house for another month. Is that acceptable?" Su Fan asked Mu Yuanying.
"Yes," Mu Yuanying agreed without a second thought.
It was only a week, and as for the following month, she could deal with it then. If she didn't want to, could Su Fan tie her here?
Su Fan immediately smiled.
He hoped she wouldn't regret it within this week.
Su Fan returned to continue his cultivation. Breaking through to the Yuheng realm as quickly as possible was the most important thing.
If he didn't work harder, he would be overtaken by the rising Su Yutong.
...
In a certain basement in the new city.
Long Hua, covered in dirt and looking like a homeless person, was wolfing down leftovers scavenged from a trash can.
He was severely injured. Since his elder brother had gone to seek revenge on Su Fan a few days ago, he had never returned.
Long Hua was now unable to care for himself and was afraid of being discovered and eradicated by Su Fan. Thus, he had been hiding in the dark basement, only venturing out at night when no one was around to find something to eat with his severely injured body.
It had been a week, and due to malnutrition, his injuries had not improved at all.
This was the first time Long Hua had suffered such hardship in his life.
"Su Fan! I'll go to your ancestors!" Long Hua roared in a low voice, tears welling up in his eyes.
It was all Su Fan's fault. If not for him, his second brother wouldn't have died, and his elder brother would not be missing to this day.
With no news from his elder brother, he suspected he might have also fallen victim to Su Fan's treachery.
He wondered what sins their Long family had committed to have their members successively killed by Su Fan. If he were not unable to return to the Long family now, he would definitely go home and ask the Long family's ancestor to come out and eliminate Su Fan to prevent future trouble!
However, his current condition did not allow him to travel long distances.
"Did I just hear you mention Su Fan?" a person who also looked like a homeless man suddenly said to Long Hua in the dark basement.
There were many homeless people here, not just Long Hua.
However, Long Hua had never interacted with these people.
As a dignified member of the Long family, a noble scion of a prominent clan, how could he possibly associate with lowly homeless people?
But today, Long Hua's angry roar had made that homeless man hear the familiar name of Su Fan.
Long Hua was taken aback.
Could this person be Su Fan's subordinate?
Impossible, right? How could a homeless person know Su Fan?
"Who are you?" Long Hua asked the other person with confusion.
"You can call me Beiluo. Do you have a grudge against Su Fan?" the homeless man asked Long Hua without moving, his head bowed.
"Beiluo?" Long Hua murmured, having never heard this name before.
"Who are you to Su Fan?" Long Hua asked back, not answering the other person's question.
"I suppose I'm an enemy," the homeless man calling himself Beiluo said slowly.
Long Hua immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as he wasn't Su Fan's person, it would be manageable.
Besides, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Perhaps he could use this person to recover his injuries quickly.
"Su Fan killed my family. I have an irreconcilable blood feud with him!" Long Hua said with a look of hatred.
The homeless man showed no reaction.
Long Hua frowned, unsure of the other person's intentions. What was the meaning of asking and then falling silent?
Also, this person was too strange. He sat there with his head bowed, not moving at all from beginning to end, as if he were dead. There wasn't even any rise and fall in his chest.
"Do you want revenge?" Beiluo suddenly spoke again.
"Yes! Can you help me?" Long Hua's heart leaped with joy upon hearing the other person speak, and he asked.
"I can make your body healthy and improve your strength," Beiluo continued.
"Who exactly are you? Why do you want to help me?" Long Hua suddenly calmed down. What was this person's motive for helping him?
"Someone asked me to cause some trouble for Su Fan. Since you have a grudge against Su Fan, helping you would achieve my goal, and I wouldn't have to expose myself. Is this reason acceptable?" Beiluo said softly.
Long Hua fell silent. If the other person had given some high-sounding reason, he might have been suspicious, but since he directly admitted to using him, his credibility increased somewhat.
"How do you plan to help me?" Long Hua asked Beiluo.
"It's simple. I need to install some 'parts' inside your body. I hope you can cooperate. This is the fastest way to help you recover," Beiluo said to Long Hua without any concealment.
Long Hua was stunned, not understanding what the other person meant by installing 'parts.'
"When can we start?" Long Hua no longer cared about anything else for the sake of revenge. He just wanted to kill Su Fan now!
"We can start now, but it will be a bit painful, so you'll have to bear with it," Beiluo told Long Hua.
"Bring it on!" Long Hua gritted his teeth and said to Beiluo.
'Beiluo' was silent for a moment, then suddenly stood up and walked towards Long Hua.
However, 'Beiluo' was somewhat strange. His limbs were stiff, and his movements were awkward.
"This body is a bit 'rusty.' My apologies for the display," Beiluo's apologetic voice came from his mouth.
At this moment, Long Hua also saw 'Beiluo' clearly. He looked like a homeless man, with a beard and a dirty face, but his eyes were hollow and lifeless, as if he had lost his soul. As he got closer to Long Hua, he could even smell a scent of decay.
"A dead person!" Long Hua was instantly startled. This guy in front of him was actually a dead person!
But how could a dead person move?
Long Hua was somewhat surprised and also began to resist.
"Wait!" Long Hua stopped 'Beiluo,' telling him not to come any closer.
"Don't worry, it'll be over soon." 'Beiluo' completely ignored Long Hua's words and walked straight towards him. His stiff movements and the homeless man's hollow, lifeless eyes were extremely eerie.
Long Hua, in his severely injured state, was completely unable to resist.
Once caught by 'Beiluo,' Long Hua couldn't break free at all. The homeless man's hands were like iron clamps.
Long Hua was terrified. How could a frail homeless man exert such great strength!
"Ah!" Long Hua let out a scream.
'Beiluo' brutally broke Long Hua's limbs, then, from somewhere, produced a small knife and, in the absence of any protective measures, cut open Long Hua's body.
He then inserted some strange 'parts' into Long Hua's body.
Long Hua felt his body being hollowed out, and strange things being inserted into him. Especially since he was fully conscious now, he could clearly feel the changes in his body, as well as the intense pain.
"Ah!!!" Screams echoed continuously from this remote basement.