Chapter 36: Liu Qian is about to cry—"Sect Master, we are truly going bankrupt!

Chapter 36: Liu Qian is About to Cry! Sect Leader, We Are Truly Going Bankrupt

Chen Feng glanced at Jack and the others, then condensed a ball of flame in his right hand.

The flame instantly flew toward Miss Park and the two Middle Eastern men.

A second ago, their expressions were filled with bewilderment; the next, they were engulfed in massive flames, turning into ashes in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Miss Park and the two Middle Eastern men burned directly into ash, Jack's mental defenses completely collapsed.

He fell to his knees immediately, begging, "Chen, don't kill me! Don't kill my friends!"

Jack kowtowed repeatedly to Chen Feng, knowing that in the East, kowtowing represented submission.

Chen Feng's ruthlessness filled him with terror; the man killed people as easily as swatting a mosquito.

Chen Feng's previous methods of killing those mercenaries had already shocked him.

But now, seeing Miss Park and the other two burned to ashes right before his eyes, Jack felt that Chen Feng was God—a deity.

Because only God or a deity could possess such power.

Chen Feng said to Jack

"Do one thing for me!"

Chen Feng had no intention of killing Jack; he still needed the man to help him pack up the equipment. Besides, if he killed Jack, he would lose his channels for purchasing weapons abroad.

Jack immediately replied, "Chen, I am willing to do anything for you. From now on, I am your loyal servant!"

Jack looked as if he were ready to acknowledge Chen Feng as his master.

Chen Feng waved his hand.

"You don't need to be my servant. Just pack up all these people's equipment. I will come to the Black Market Bar tomorrow to collect it from you. Do you understand?"

Aside from himself and Jack, the only others on this cruise ship were the crew members, but none of them had come over yet, clearly intending to stay out of this matter.

Chen Feng didn't want to bother cleaning up the mess himself. His transcendent state only lasted a few minutes, and it was safest to leave this place as soon as possible.

"Alright! I will make the arrangements immediately."

Jack hurriedly bowed in agreement.

After he finished speaking, there was no response. Jack looked up only to find that Chen Feng, who had just been standing before him, had vanished at some unknown moment.

Jack instantly slumped to the floor, his pants soaked.

The sheer terror Chen Feng radiated had caused his physiological functions to lose control.

Jack looked around; he was the only living person left in the room.

Everything he had experienced tonight was a complete nightmare.

However, when Jack saw Stone's corpse, his expression shifted to excitement.

Their boss was dead, and the entire gang was facing a state of leaderlessness. This was his perfect opportunity to rise to the top.

Without thinking too deeply about it, his priority now was to complete the task Chen Feng had assigned.

Jack took out his phone and began contacting his subordinates at the port to send a boat to pick him up.

He walked to the porthole, looking out at the vast, dark ocean, and felt a renewed sense of fear toward Chen Feng.

Although the cruise ship had not yet reached international waters, it was still several nautical miles away from land.

Chen Feng had simply vanished into thin air—what kind of divine technique was that?

***

In the Scroll World, Chen Feng appeared at the Xingfeng Sect.

After entering his transcendent state, he had used spiritual energy to walk through the air above the sea, finally reaching land just as the state was about to end.

If he had been any further out, he might have had to swim to shore.

Once back on land, he had used the scroll to return to the Scroll World.

It was currently night in the Scroll World.

The Xingfeng Sect was very quiet at night, with only the sounds of miners working echoing from the mountain.

Chen Feng then found Liu Qian, who was in his room recording accounts. Seeing Chen Feng arrive, he immediately stood up to greet him.

"Sect Leader!"

Liu Qian had grown accustomed to his Sect Leader appearing and disappearing at will.

He believed Chen Feng was cultivating, which was why he was so elusive.

Chen Feng asked, "Any movement from the Jiang family?"

"None for now. I have already sent people to infiltrate Liuyang Town. As long as the Jiang family makes any move, we will receive word."

Hearing that there was no movement from the Jiang family, Chen Feng did not assume they had given up.

Judging by Jiang Chen's behavior that day, they were definitely targeting him and were perhaps already in preparation.

However, as long as the Jiang family didn't act in the next few days, they wouldn't get another chance.

Once his modern equipment arrived and he taught Wang Hu and the others how to use it, he could take the initiative to wipe out the Jiang family.

"I have another matter to discuss with you today. Currently, the number of mortal miners is still too low, and the mining output is insufficient. I plan to increase the number of mortal miners and open new mines."

Chen Feng brought up this second matter, which was also an urgent issue.

"May I ask how many you plan to add, Sect Leader?" Liu Qian asked in surprise.

In truth, regarding the mining, Liu Qian couldn't understand why Chen Feng chose this business. Low-grade ores like Sun-Yang Iron weren't very valuable.

Another point was that despite Chen Feng mining for so long, the sect's money hadn't increased at all.

There were only expenditures every day. Liu Qian was constantly worried that the Xingfeng Sect would go bankrupt, but he didn't dare ask Chen Feng about it.

Chen Feng replied, "Increase it by five thousand for now."

"Huh? Five thousand!" Liu Qian thought he had misheard.

The Xingfeng Sect currently only had a few hundred miners, and Chen Feng wanted to increase that to five thousand.

That was five thousand people; the daily expenses would be astronomical.

"Sect Leader, isn't five thousand a bit too many..." Liu Qian mustered the courage to advise against it.

The wages for five thousand people every day would be a massive sum. With the Xingfeng Sect's current wealth, they would go bankrupt in at most half a month.

"It's not too many; in fact, it's a bit too few. Don't worry about the money. We will have funds in a while. Just do as I say."

Chen Feng wasn't worried about the money at all. He planned to take advantage of this trip to buy some small commodities in the Eagle Nation to sell in Liuyang Town.

Once he wiped out the Jiang family later, the Xingfeng Sect's financial problems would be solved immediately.

"Understood, Sect Leader," Liu Qian nodded immediately upon hearing this.

Chen Feng followed up with

"By the way, tomorrow go elsewhere and help me acquire some Sun-Yang Stones. Buy as many as you can, but leave enough money to maintain the sect's normal expenditures."

Reaching a production of ten thousand tons of Sun-Yang Iron would not be easy.

Buying up some Sun-Yang Stones first was the safest approach.

Cold sweat began to pour down Liu Qian's face.

"Yes, Sect Leader. I will handle it all tomorrow."

Liu Qian did a mental calculation. Given Chen Feng's rate of spending without regard for cost, he feared the Xingfeng Sect wouldn't even have money to pay the members by next week.

He could only pray silently that Chen Feng's claim of having money "in a while" was true, and hoped that this time would come soon.

After instructing Liu Qian, Chen Feng returned to the secret chamber to cultivate.

There was still some time before dawn.

He could not neglect his daily cultivation.

Although the amount of spiritual energy the hyperbaric oxygen chamber helped him absorb had become very small, it was better than nothing.

(End of Chapter)