Chapter 1123 - 373: I’ve Even Cursed Out Peak Experts, What the Hell Are You?

Hearing this, Su Yue quickly maintained his Invisibility.

He decided to lay low like a coward just in case they were his dad’s enemies, avoiding becoming a distraction.

"Eh, isn’t this Prince Qing? What a coincidence. It really is a small world!"

Bai Zhiyong led a large group of people from the Ketone Trust Group over in a mighty procession. He had calculated that Su Qingfeng would come looking for Su Yue today, so he had specially arranged this "chance encounter."

Su Qingfeng sneered. "A coincidence?

"Bai Zhiyong, you’re waiting for me on purpose, aren’t you!"

"Prince Qing, the Ketone Trust Group just obtained a gathering permit from the Research Institute. They might seal off the mountain to harvest the Jade Rhombus Bamboo!"

At this moment, a Rank-Six Major General hurried over from deep within the area. He knew Su Yue was in the bamboo forest and that the Ketone Trust Group was going to seal it off, so he came to inform Su Qingfeng in advance. Given Su Qingfeng’s personality, problems were very likely to arise.

The Ketone Trust Group had a special status, and more importantly, Bai Zhiyong was a relative of Marshal Yuan Longhan. It was crucial to avoid any misunderstandings. Of course, the Major General absolutely despised Bai Zhiyong. Relying on his filthy wealth, he stirred up trouble everywhere and never took the Martial Artists of the Military Department seriously.

He wondered if Bai Zhiyong was suddenly sealing off the bamboo forest to pressure Prince Qing. It was absolutely despicable.

Bai Zhiyong stepped forward and took out the lockdown order signed by the Research Institute. "Prince Qing, my apologies. Although you urgently need the Jade Rhombus Bamboo and Star Cleansing Stones to construct the Divine Return Tower, the Ketone Trust Group also bears the heavy responsibility of finding research materials for the Research Institute. My hands are tied!

"After all, we are all reasonable people who look at the big picture. Everything must prioritize the interests of the Divine Land."

In some safe zones of the Wet Realm, there were often independent Martial Artists adventuring. However, when the Divine Land urgently needed to collect raw materials in large batches, they would contract the work to large enterprises for the sake of efficiency. The Ketone Trust Group possessed the qualifications for this.

"Prince Qing, take a clear look at the seal on this lockdown order. It’s absolutely authentic!" Bai Zhiyong’s assistant held the seal and waved it in front of Su Qingfeng, looking rather arrogant.

So what if he was the legendary Prince Qing? Under the wisdom of CEO Bai Zhiyong, he was still being played like a fiddle. These Combat Martial Artists only ever knew how to use brute force. They had no idea how to utilize rules and leverage influence.

The Major General had originally only come to pass on a message, but seeing this group of people acting so arrogantly in front of Prince Qing made his blood boil.

"Boss Bai, I think you’re deliberately making things difficult for Prince Qing.

"You want Prince Qing to use his Qi Blood to help you refine elixirs, and you even want him to give you the ownership rights of Heiye. Then, you can manipulate things behind the scenes at the Elixir Group so that this special alien, Heiye, belongs to you.

"You want Prince Qing to risk injury using his own Qi Blood to refine Heiye for you, helping you become a Rank-Eight Qi and Blood Martial Artist.

"You’ve threatened Prince Qing and still want to steal the spoils of war belonging to the Divine Land. What a brilliant scheme.

"Bai Zhiyong, heaven is watching what mortals do. Don’t push things too far!"

When Prince Qing was slaughtering his way through the alien army until rivers of blood flowed, these people hadn’t even dared to enter the Wet Realm. Now that the Divine Land had finally managed to capture a Heiye, Bai Zhiyong wanted to steal the fruits of the Martial Artists’ blood, sweat, and tears. It was the behavior of a beast.

Yet, frustratingly, Bai Zhiyong’s actions were completely legal and unassailable.

The ownership rights of Heiye required Su Yue’s signature, but Su Yue had already publicly transferred the signing rights to Su Qingfeng. Although the Ketone Trust Group couldn’t monopolize Heiye, they could own the naming rights. As long as Su Qingfeng gifted or transferred Heiye to the Ketone Trust Group, they would have plenty of room for backdoor manipulation.

Heiye was a spoil of war; it was impossible for a private enterprise to take it away entirely. However, the naming rights could grant the Ketone Trust Group a certain degree of supervisory authority. With that, they could secretly pull all kinds of strings without anyone noticing.

The assistant licked his lips and suddenly glared at the Major General with a sinister expression. "As a First Army Major General, you shouldn’t run your mouth and spout nonsense. Our group’s legal department can easily send you a lawyer’s letter and sue you for defamation!

"The transaction between Mr. Bai and Prince Qing absolutely involves no threats."

His main job was to help Bai Zhiyong smooth over troubles. He didn’t care whether the other party was a Major General or a Vice Admiral; before the laws of the Divine Land, everyone was equal.

Bai Zhiyong’s expression remained calm as he looked faintly at Su Qingfeng. "Prince Qing, our transaction is still valid.

"I heard your son is chopping Jade Rhombus Bamboo in the bamboo forest. I can give Su Yue a few more hours. Perhaps your son can not only chop enough Jade Rhombus Bamboo for you but also gather enough Star Cleansing Stones!"

He had spent quite a bit of effort to seal off the bamboo forest this time, and his goal was to force Su Qingfeng to agree to his conditions. Previously, Bai Zhiyong had been testing Su Qingfeng’s bottom line step by step. He didn’t dare to rashly offend Su Qingfeng.

Through repeated probes, Bai Zhiyong had confirmed that the Divine Return Tower was very important to Su Qingfeng—even more important than he had imagined. This was the leverage that allowed him to be so aggressive. Bai Zhiyong was highly skilled at probing bottom lines, which was why he was always invincible and victorious at the negotiating table.

"You..." The Major General’s face turned livid with anger.

He had never seen such a shameless corporate CEO. This was clearly setting a trap for Prince Qing to step into. The Divine Return Tower was indeed exceptionally important to Prince Qing. The key issue was that the Ketone Trust Group’s lockdown of the bamboo forest didn’t even have a specific time limit, putting them in a very passive position.

Su Qingfeng interrupted, "Say no more. Once my son comes out, we’ll leave!

"Bai Zhiyong, I hope you won’t continue to provoke me. I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself."