Chapter 233 232: Too Much Money to Burn

While Mu Lin and the other two were celebrating, Su Longfei, lying on the floor, was plunged into deep terror.

The great number one man of Songyang had actually been brought to this.

'How can I go on living here after this!' he thought.

But he couldn't bear the thought of dying. He had so much money he hadn't spent yet; how could he be willing to die?

"Grandmaster Mu, I'm sorry, so sorry, I was wrong!"

He shouted, "I'm begging you, don't kill me!"

Mu Lin looked Su Longfei up and down. There wasn't a single patch of unscathed flesh on his entire body.

"And why should I? Because of that worthless, broken body of yours?"

"I have money!" Su Longfei roared. "I'll give you all my money, just spare my life!"

"How much?" Mu Lin's expression didn't change in the slightest; he just asked calmly.

Su Longfei said, "Five or six billion! I'll give it all to you! How about it?"

Mu Lin narrowed his eyes. 'A mere Grandmaster like Su Longfei could earn this much money?'

'If my old man had actually put his mind to making money, how rich would he be!'

'But the old man preferred a free and unfettered life over money, which is why there was still room in this world for people like this to make a profit.'

Tang Zhi stepped up behind Mu Lin and said in a low voice, "Mr. Mu, Su Longfei has a great number of businesses and considerable funds. If he's willing to make a huge sacrifice, I think it wouldn't hurt to let him go."

But Mu Lin paid him no mind. "You, hand everything over, and I can give you something... stimulating."

Su Longfei gritted his teeth and said venomously, "What did I ever do to you that makes you so determined to kill me? In that case, I wouldn't give you my money even if it grew moldy!"

Mu Lin clasped his hands behind his back, walked over to Su Longfei, and felt a kraft paper packet on him.

"Hehe, now this is interesting."

Su Longfei's eyes widened. "You, what are you doing? Don't!"

If he still had his cultivation, he could at least resist the pain somewhat.

If he was crippled by the Immortal Drunk, he would be completely useless.

He really wouldn't be able to go on living then.

Mu Lin calmly poured the powder into Su Longfei's mouth.

The vortex of energy in Su Longfei's Dantian scattered in an instant, dispersing as if its components had never met.

He was like a deflating balloon, visibly shrinking.

"Mercy, have mercy!"

But Mu Lin's face was ice-cold as he grabbed a silver needle and began stabbing rapidly.

Su Longfei's body was wracked by alternating waves of pain and itchiness, an unbearable torment.

In just a few moments, a whole gamut of emotions—joy, anger, sorrow, and glee—had played across his face.

Tang Zhi stood to the side, his face growing dark as he watched.

'Mu Lin seems so well-behaved on the surface, but he's actually a complete madman!'

After just a few of these techniques, even a man of iron like Su Longfei wouldn't be able to take it.

And he was no man of iron.

"I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you! Just give me a quick death!"

Su Longfei couldn't take it anymore. This agonizing torment was worse than death itself...

Mu Lin nodded. "You're the one who said it."

He turned his head to Tang Zhi. "Brother Tang, I don't really understand this stuff. Can you find a few lawyers to help me?"

Tang Zhi said, "Sure, no problem. Wait a moment!"

Tang Zhi immediately called over a few ace lawyers. Besides preparing the contracts, their job was to take inventory of Su Longfei's assets.

Time crawled by. Four or five hours passed before the assessment was complete.

Mu Lin looked at Su Longfei and asked, "Who's backing you?"

Su Longfei said scornfully, "Didn't you just say you already knew?"

Mu Lin jabbed another needle into Su Longfei, who howled in even greater agony.

Mu Lin said flatly, "I just want to verify my guess. Hurry up and talk."

"Wang Zuguang!" Su Longfei glared at Mu Lin with venomous eyes, vowing to curse him from the grave for all eternity.

'No matter how strong Mu Lin is, he's just a Grandmaster. There are plenty of experts in the world. If Mu Lin is blind enough to challenge Wang Zuguang, the result will be a sight to behold.'

The reason Su Longfei gave up the name so readily was because he had the idea of borrowing a knife to kill a man.

'Just let Wang Zuguang kill Mu Lin for me, and everything will be fine.'

'Wang Zuguang would definitely do it. A pity I won't be around to see that day.'

Mu Lin just said, "Oh." 'So it really is him,' he thought.

He raised his hand and struck Su Longfei.

Su Longfei's head took a heavy blow, and he died instantly.

"Brother Tang, I'm really sorry for leaving a corpse in the room. You're all going to be investigated now."

Tang Zhi chuckled. "Don't you worry about it. Collecting the bodies of Martial Artists is one of the functions of my Military Suppression Bureau. It's quite normal."

So that's how it is.

Mu Lin nodded in sudden realization. "Then can I leave it to you?"

Tang Zhi immediately made a call. His words were simple, confirming that this was indeed routine.

Seeing that the matter was settled, Mu Lin couldn't be bothered to meddle any further and cheerfully prepared to leave.

"Brother Tang, what's the deal with your Military Suppression Bureau? What kind of department is it, really? I'm so curious!"

Tang Zhi tilted his head. "Mu Xiaoyou, that's strange. You're so strong, yet you don't even know what the Military Suppression Bureau is."

Mu Lin said, "I really don't know..."

"Fine, fine. I'll explain it to you."

Tang Zhi beamed.

The Military Suppression Bureau's job is basically to handle all injustices in the world related to Martial Artists.

If there wasn't a powerful organization to manage the balance between the secular world and the Cultivation Realm, everything would really fall apart.

That's how the Military Suppression Bureau came to be.

Tang Zhi went on and on, his face flushed with excitement. It seemed like no one had ever listened to him speak like this before.

So he got all fired up.

Mu Lin could only dutifully stand by and listen until he was finished.

Then he patted Tang Zhi's shoulder. "Alright, that was a truly passionate speech."

Tang Zhi scratched his head. "Of course. I spend all my free time thinking about this stuff."

"My rank in the Military Suppression Bureau is crazy low, so thinking about these things is the only way I can get a thrill!"

After a while, a few of Tang Zhi's colleagues arrived. After some swift work, they took Su Longfei's body away.

By this time, the inventory of Su Longfei's assets was also complete. At Tang Zhi's direction, the transfer procedures were completed on the spot.

Now, all these assets were under Mu Lin's name.

Su Longfei's personal businesses alone were worth a full twenty to thirty billion.

The cash in his accounts amounted to a full five or six billion.

Mu Lin put on a pained expression.

Tang Shuang ran over and asked, "Brother Mu, what's wrong? Are you not feeling well? Is it because of that medicine?"

"No, I have too much money. I'm trying to figure out how to spend it."

Hearing this, Tang Shuang's face darkened. 'What is Mu Lin doing? Is he trying to humblebrag?'

Mu Lin remembered the scar removal medicine he had given to Zhao Ling'er. Zhao Yang had said they could set up a factory to produce it, and it would definitely be a huge hit.

So...

Whether it would be a hit or not, Mu Lin just wanted to spend the money as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, when he returned to the mountain one day, he would only have more regrets.

At that moment, the general manager of the Celestial Phoenix Hotel arrived.

Although Su Longfei had humbly claimed to be just a small shareholder, he actually owned over ninety-five percent of the shares.

Now, the owner was Mu Lin.

The general manager gave Mu Lin a deep bow. "Hello, Mr. Mu. I am the general manager of this hotel. My surname is Xu. You can just call me Xiaoxu!"

Manager Xu was clearly much older than Mu Lin. Mu Lin thought, 'If I get used to calling him that, it's bound to cause problems.'

"What's your full name? I think I'll just call you by your name!" Mu Lin felt a little uncomfortable.

"My name is Xu Lin. You can also call me Lao Xu!"

Seeing Mu Lin's youthful face, Xu Lin also suddenly understood why he was so uncomfortable.

At that moment, Su Longfei's body was slowly being carried out. When Xu Lin saw the corpse, his whole body trembled.

He wanted to vomit, but how could he dare to with his boss right in front of him? He could only force it back down.

One of Tang Zhi's colleagues smiled at Mu Lin. "Well then, I'll be taking the body. Do you have any last words for him?"

Mu Lin nodded. "No, nothing. We were enemies. No need for a tearful farewell."

They were supposed to take statements, but Tang Zhi's account had already been accepted, so statements from anyone else were suddenly unnecessary.

Mu Lin thought for a moment, then looked at Tang Shuang. "Miss Tang, after you were injured, I'm afraid you lost your job, didn't you?"

Tang Shuang nodded. "That's right. Who would dare hire a cripple as an employee!"

Mu Lin said, "In that case, would you be interested in working at the hotel? You can pick any position you want, as long as the hotel can continue to operate normally."

Xu Lin's expression soured. 'So Mu Lin still doesn't trust me.'

'He's bringing someone in to keep me in check!'

But with the image of Su Longfei's corpse still fresh in his mind, he didn't dare make a single move.