"Kensun?" Ye Lin frowned. "Why does this name sound so familiar?"
"He was just named one of the ten outstanding philanthropists of Qingcheng City and was on TV," Manager Wang whispered from the side.
Ye Lin: "..."
So that's why it sounds so familiar. On the surface, he's one of the ten outstanding philanthropists of Qingcheng City, but behind the scenes, he's the boss of all the underground forces, right? Alright, let's play along.
At the same time, Ye Lin was a bit troubled. Being targeted by such a big shot, his days ahead wouldn't be easy.
He could only hope that the heartless boss was telling the truth and hadn't passed the message to the behind-the-scenes Kensun. Otherwise, if Kensun found out that he could regenerate his organs, he might be able to deduce that he was immortal. That would be a big problem.
Ye Lin wasn't confident enough to go up against the underground king of the entire Qingcheng City. That would be too presumptuous. Who knew how many powerful transmuters Kensun had under his command?
In the end, it all came down to strength. If he were at level 50 or 60 now, he wouldn't care about Kensun. It would just be a matter of a single forbidden spell.
"Brother, I've told you everything I know. Can you let me go?" Manager Wang asked, trembling.
Ye Lin gave him a cold glance. "Get out of here. My blade doesn't fall on cowards."
"Thank you! Thank you!" Manager Wang scrambled to his feet and tried to run away.
"Stop!"
Ye Lin's voice suddenly rang out, causing Manager Wang's heart to tighten and his face to change color.
"What... what's wrong, brother?" Manager Wang asked, trembling.
"Do you have any cash on you? Take it all out and give it to me," Ye Lin said.
"Yes, yes, yes!" The feeling of narrowly escaping death made Manager Wang break out in a cold sweat. He trembled as he took out several thousand yuan in cash from his pocket and handed it to Ye Lin.
"Alright, go. Why are you so scared? I already said that my blade doesn't fall on cowards. Can I lie to you?" Ye Lin rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Yes, yes, yes. I'm sorry, brother. I judged you wrongly. I'm leaving now."
Manager Wang hurriedly left, but just a few steps later, he felt a scorching hot wave hit him from behind.
A beautiful yet terrifying purple-red fire lotus instantly engulfed Manager Wang. He let out a scream, and within a few breaths, his entire body was reduced to ashes.
"My blade indeed doesn't fall on cowards, but unfortunately, I also know a few forbidden spells."
Looking at the flames before him, Ye Lin kindly explained to Manager Wang, then slowly raised one hand.
"Forbidden spell? Burning Reincarnation!"
"Forbidden spell? Infernal Fire Consuming the Heavens!"
Ye Lin's face turned deathly pale in an instant. A magnificent yet terrifying fire lotus was brewing in his hand.
When the fire lotus bloomed, the entire farm was enveloped in boundless infernal fire, burning fiercely.
Perhaps there were some innocent people in this farm, but Ye Lin couldn't distinguish them. It was a matter of his own life and death, so he could only make their deaths less painful.
At such a terrifying temperature, the human body would even be vaporized directly, which could be considered a painless death.
After destroying all traces, Ye Lin put away the Soul Reaping Blade and vanished into the night, leaving behind only a charred black earth.
When Ye Lin got home, he washed his face and took several deep breaths, but he still couldn't calm his agitated mind.
He had killed someone!
This time, what he killed was a living person, not those monsters or other random creatures like before. What disturbed Ye Lin even more was the revenge that Kenson would take next.
Fortunately, he would be taking the college entrance examination in three days. Once he went to take the exam, he would be safe. Even Kenson wouldn't be able to touch him then.
The problem was, where would he go in these three days? Staying at home would be like waiting for death.
Just as Ye Lin was worrying, his door was knocked on again.
Ye Lin's heart skipped a beat. Could Kenson's revenge come so soon?
He didn't open the door directly but climbed out of the window, circled around to the front door, and held a forbidden spell in his hand. If it was Kenson's men at the door, he would throw the forbidden spell and run away to see if he could kill a few of them.
Just as Ye Lin was about to act, he saw by the moonlight that the person at the door was Ji Lingyu.
What was this kid doing here?
But... it seemed that the problem of where he would go for these three days could be solved.
Seeing it was Ji Lingyu, Ye Lin put away the forbidden spell, climbed back in through the window, and opened the door.
"Boss, you're finally back!" Ji Lingyu was excited to see Ye Lin, not realizing that he had just been on the verge of death. "I asked my dad for the money. We have two million, but..."
"Don't say anything more. Money is nothing. I accept you as my subordinate. Let's go! To your place! You called me boss, so from now on, I must protect you closely!"
Ye Lin put his arm around Ji Lingyu and walked out.
The Ji Group was one of the top enterprises in Qingcheng. No matter how powerful Kenson was, he couldn't come into the Ji Group and take him away, could he?
"Really?" Ji Lingyu still couldn't believe his ears. A sense of achievement rose in his heart.
His father was right. Ye Lin was both vain and poor. He had managed to get a free bodyguard with just a few words.
"Right! You're my boss! Come home with me!"
The two walked out, their shoulders touching, like good partners who had been working together for a long time. At this moment, their thoughts were perfectly in sync. Both felt they had made a great deal.
Just as Ye Lin got into Ji Lingyu's car and left, a dark figure flashed and disappeared into the darkness at a dark corner. ...
The underground black market of Qingcheng.
A man with a big cigar in his mouth was sitting on a sofa chair, and a curvaceous beauty was kneeling in front of him.
This man had a big oily hairstyle and was a bit overweight. When he smiled, his eyes were kind. If you didn't know, you wouldn't have guessed that the person in front of you was the boss of the underground black market of Qingcheng, Kenson.
Kenson took a puff of his cigar, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, then instantly relaxed, his pupils losing focus as he stared blankly at the ceiling. It took him a while to refocus.
"Why hasn't there been any news from Zhihu? He's been after a high school student for so long and still hasn't finished the job?"
The beauty stood up, took out a wet tissue to wipe her mouth and replied.
"Half an hour ago, we lost contact with him. When our people arrived, the farm had already been burned to the ground. Judging from the fire, it was done by a professional. And that high school student, Ye Lin, was taken away by Ji Lingyu of Ji Group five minutes ago."
"Ji Group? They're behind this too?"
Kenson's expression was unpredictable.
Just today, Xu Zhihu, who was in charge of selling human organs under him, told him that he had found something strange about a high school student and that the student might be hiding a big secret.
He asked Xu Zhihu what was going on, but Xu Zhihu didn't elaborate, only saying that he would report back as soon as he caught the high school student.
Then, Xu Zhihu disappeared.
"What kind of secret could that high school student Ye Lin be hiding that even Ji Group got involved...?"
Kenson leaned back in the chair, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.
"It seems I haven't been active for too long. Even Ji Group dares to mess with me! It's time for everyone in Qingcheng to know who the eternal king of the underground world of Qingcheng is!"