Chapter 981 Pressure
Zhou Qingming chuckled and lowered his voice, whispering into the other person's ear, "The Zhou family can't just fall apart like this. I think, why don't your lineage step up and become the main family?"
"Let your lineage become the legitimate heir, inheriting what remains of the Zhou family, wouldn't that be wonderful?"
As soon as Zhou Qingming said this, the person opposite him immediately stood up, looking at Zhou Qingming in shock.
The collateral line becoming the main family?
What did that mean?
Besides, what assets did the Zhou family still have?
What was the point of becoming the main family or not...
After expressing his doubts, Zhou Qingming chuckled and said, "Who says there are no assets? We are now in charge of the research base, doesn't that count as an asset?"
At this, the other person finally understood the meaning behind Zhou Qingming's words.
Ruthless! Extremely ruthless!
However, there were still some things he couldn't quite understand.
He could do this himself, but couldn't Zhou Qingming do the same?
"Qingming, what are you really thinking? Just tell me the truth. It's just the two of us here, and we've known each other for so long. I understand you, and you understand me."
"I was never very concerned about the affairs of the main family. If you have any ideas and need my help, I can help you!"
This was not just trying to pry information out of Zhou Qingming, but also sincere words.
Zhou Qingming shrugged helplessly and said with a wry smile, "My idea is very simple, I want to leave."
"Whether it's for the ancestor or the revenge of the Zhou family, I don't have the ability. If your lineage produces a strong person in the future, you can try to seek revenge, but I... am tired."
After Zhou Qingming became a peak Grandmaster, he had always been a target for others.
The reason was very simple: he was alone!
If he had descendants, wouldn't they have to take a share of the existing pie?
Zhou Qingming had liked a few people in the past, but the endings were not good.
Towards some people in the Zhou family, Zhou Qingming even harbored hatred.
But what could be done?
Even if he had acted, he would have been stopped.
Now that they were all crippled, he felt a sense of relief.
As for the kindness of the Zhou family's ancestor, Zhou Qingming had never forgotten it.
For this matter, he had fought with people in the southwest.
"You... you want to leave the Zhou family?"
Although the Zhou family was destroyed, Zhou Qingming's attitude still made the other person a little uncomfortable.
Hearing the tone of the other party, Zhou Qingming knew that he was very unhappy.
"Yes, if you agree, I will leave when Zhou Wenqun's arm has healed."
"Zhou Wenqun, after all, brought a lot of funds, and his talent is good. If he can be cultivated, try to cultivate him."
As Zhou Qingming left the room, he let out a breath of relief.
From now on, he was alone.
The affairs of the Zhou family had nothing to do with him anymore.
Meanwhile, Chen Yang had also received the investigation results from the Heavenly Doctor Hall.
"The person who left the factory is named Zhou Wenqun, and he has already gone overseas."
"It will be difficult to find him in the short term!"
Chen Yang felt that the name was very familiar, and only when he saw the photo did he recognize that he had met him once in the southwest.
Liu Ran, who was beside him, said with some hesitation, "Does the Zhou family have any hiding places overseas? Wei Zhenru mentioned before that a large sum of the Zhou family's funds had an unknown destination, even he wasn't very clear about it!"
Chen Yang nodded in agreement, "There should be such a place. I've already sent people to investigate. The place where the Zhou family produced the gene potion was not a pharmaceutical factory. Now it seems it must have been overseas."
"But there's no need to worry. The person Zhu Que chased down last time was ninety-nine percent of the Zhou family's forces, and the rest were unimportant personnel."
"Although there are still two peak Grandmasters who haven't been found, as long as we're not foolish, they won't come looking for trouble."
As they spoke, the two arrived in front of a thatched hut.
Zhu Que, who had been following behind them, exclaimed, "After so long, this house hasn't changed at all. I thought it would have collapsed by now."
The thatched hut was located deep in the mountains. In such a place, the climate was extremely volatile. It could be sunny in the morning, followed by heavy rain in the afternoon, and even hail at night.
In such a place, it was truly astonishing that a thatched hut could remain unchanged for so many years.
Chen Yang smiled and said, "You wouldn't understand this. My master set up a formation here back then, so the room wouldn't even collect dust!"
Since seeing the thatched hut, Chen Yang's mood had changed significantly.
In this place, Chen Yang had stayed for a long time; it was considered a home.
The few of them entered the thatched hut. Chen Yang first took out the food he had brought.
Although he had the Tree Tomb Space Necklace, the food he ate on the way was cold, which was very uncomfortable to consume.
"You guys tidy up first, I'll go to the back."
After Chen Yang left, Liu Ran curiously asked Zhu Que, "What is the place at the back?"
Although Chen Yang had only said a sentence earlier, Liu Ran still detected a slight abnormality in his tone.
"Master failed his breakthrough back then, and Chen Yang buried him on the back mountain behind the thatched hut."
At this moment, Chen Yang did not use the Heavenly Movement Secret Technique but walked step by step to his master's grave.
Chen Yang took out a bottle of Immortal Wine and poured it in front of him, smiling slowly, "The origin of this wine is not simple. There was a strong person in Snow Forest who called himself the number one peak Grandmaster. This wine was developed by him."
Chen Yang said a lot, and it was all jumbled. Whatever came to his mind, he said it.
Even as his lips became dry, Chen Yang did not stop.
It was only when a gentle breeze brushed past Chen Yang's ear, as if waking him up, that Chen Yang immediately stopped.
Chen Yang had already accepted his master's death.
Chen Yang sat there in silence until Zhu Que brought Liu Ran over.
Both of them were carrying a lot of things. Chen Yang quickly got up when he saw them.
The three of them cleared away the surrounding weeds and debris together. Just as they were about to leave, a giant figure suddenly appeared in the nearby woods.
The figure moved extremely fast, so fast that Chen Yang's eyes could not capture it.
He could only rely on his mental power to sense the other party, but the feedback from his mental power was ultimately too slow.
Every time Chen Yang sensed the other party's location, the figure had already moved elsewhere.
As the giant figure got closer and closer, the three of them simultaneously felt immense pressure.
It was not just mental pressure.
The movement of the other party was like mountains collapsing and the earth cracking, which was equally shocking: "What exactly is that thing?"
Liu Ran's voice trembled slightly. She had only recently become a martial artist, and her mental power was inferior to Chen Yang and Zhu Que. The pressure she faced was greater than theirs.