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Chapter 101 A Place You Must Go

The merchant smiled mysteriously, but still didn't say anything.

Cheng Mai considered many possibilities, after all, Shang Xingjian was capable of anything.

On the way, Cheng Mai's phone kept popping up with messages. With a puzzled look, Cheng Mai opened them and found messages from Xiao Qian and others: A City reporters' stories had collapsed, and a new way of collapsing had emerged.

Cheng Mai glanced at Shang Xingjian, clicked on the link, and found it filled with pictures and text, along with video clips showing when and which platform's reporters did what illegal things, specifically prostitution, drunk driving, and other behaviors that trampled on the law.

The ones at the top are the reporters who surrounded Cheng Mai today, and they were also the ones who asked the most pointed questions.

After reading it, Cheng Mai looked at Shang Xingjian and asked, "Did you make this?"

Although it's not exactly honorable, it does feel somewhat satisfying to watch. Don't they like to use public opinion to suppress people? Well, they should experience what public opinion is like.

"I casually found some videos and then casually showed them to their rivals. People like that have definitely offended more than just one or two people," Shang Xingjian said frankly.

Cheng Mai put away his phone and turned to look at Shang Xingjian. "Doesn't this count as leaking someone's privacy?"

"Surveillance video from public places is available for everyone to see, so how can it be considered privacy?" Shang Xingjian added after finishing his sentence, "He has no money but still thinks about prostitutes, and he dares to go to any shady place. Whose fault is that?"

Cheng Mai couldn't help but chuckle; what he said seemed to make sense.

The surveillance and management in that kind of place are lax to begin with, so naturally no one would care. If Shang Hangjian hadn't gone to look for them, those people probably wouldn't have known about these things.

"You deliberately dragged a few more people into this, intending to make those people suffer not only online but also in real life."

"That's what you call getting both principal and profit." Shang Xingjian didn't think there was anything wrong with what he did.

Cheng Mai agreed. She liked Shang Xingjian's vengeful nature, and he truly embodied every trait she admired.

"Mr. Cheng, we've found the old bald monk who was previously seen at the Shen family's house." Xiao Qian called, and his address to the master was impolite.

Cheng Mai looked at Shang Xingjian and thought he was either a Taoist priest or an old monk. He figured that this group of people would get their comeuppance sooner or later.

"Where?" Cheng Mai asked, pulling himself out of his thoughts.

"Hanshan Temple is in Jersey."

"I thought it was in Suzhou," Cheng Mai replied casually, then found Jersey on his phone. It was a place that required zooming in on the map to see, but it wasn't too far from City A, about four or five hundred kilometers away.

"Mr. Cheng, shall I go and take a look first?" Xiao Qian said.

"No need, I'll go check it out with Shang Xingjian tonight." Having learned from Shen Luo's experience, Cheng Mai didn't really want them to go first; he wanted to at least rule out any danger before sending anyone over.

"Then I'll wait for your news," Xiaoqian replied quickly.

After ending his call with Xiaoqian, Chengmai looked at Shangxingjian and said, "Jesi, where that old monk is."

“Jersey?” Shang Xingjian repeated the name. “A dragon trapped in shallow waters, dwelling by the marsh, is indeed a place it should go.”

Upon hearing this, Cheng Mai thought of the golden dragon whose dragon bones had been removed. The implication was that the golden dragon's dragon bones had been removed from that place.

"So the dragon bones might be in Jersey?" Cheng Mai thought, going from the surface to the core. If that were the case, then they should go even more.

The golden dragon coiled around Shang Xingjian's wrist began to stir, but it didn't make any bigger noise. Shang Xingjian gently tapped his fingertips, seemingly trying to soothe the golden dragon.

"Go to sleep for a while, you still have to stay up late tonight." Shang Xingjian didn't answer her, but instead reclined the chair so that Cheng Mai could rest first.

Cheng Mai wanted to say something, but after lying down, he was overcome with sleepiness. He only had time to yawn and say, "Wake me when it's almost time. There are still things to take care of."

The sound grew softer and softer until she finally fell into a deep sleep.

Once Cheng Mai fell asleep, the golden dragon finally emerged from Shang Xingjian's wrist.

"Is the boss really going to Jersey?" Jinlong didn't seem too worried about his dragon bones, but rather about the business guild's plan to go to Jersey.

"With the Dragon Bone guarding the Jersey Trapped Land, even a Great Immortal would be trapped there."

Shang Xingjian looked down at the sleeping Cheng Mai and said, "A Great Luo Golden Immortal is indeed an immortal. Don't worry, it can't trap me."

Jinlong circled twice more, his beady eyes landing on Cheng Mai. "Jersey isn't a place Little Cheng can go."

“The only thing trapped under Jersey can be released by her, including your dragon bones.” Shang Xingjian knew this was risky, but he had no other choice.

The golden dragon circled around irritably a few times, but then seemed to have thought of something, and its boneless dragon body almost stood up. "Jesus was once the territory of the God of Wisdom. Only the God of Wisdom has the ability to control Jersey. But didn't Mr. Cheng only inherit the God of Wisdom's intelligence?"

After Jinlong finished speaking, he looked at Chengmai again, a premonition creeping into his mind.

However, Shang Xingjian was already resting with his eyes closed and would not answer any of his questions.

Jinlong: "..." It is said that the God of Wisdom, Jupiter, and the God of Xuanhe were born together in the world. The two have been at odds since birth. They fight every time they meet. The few quiet years were probably when the God of Wisdom went into seclusion, while the God of Xuanhe descended to the mortal world to experience a love tribulation.

Later, the heavens and earth collapsed, and all the gods perished.

Did he discover something extraordinary?
Xiao Cheng is not just someone who inherited the wisdom of the God of Wisdom?

He was curious, but no one told him the answer!

It seems only the boss knows the answer to this question.

In the void, the old tree showed signs of decay again, and Shang Xingjian once again infused it with divine power.

"Why bother? You know the outcome all too well." The old tree sighed. "My current power can no longer conceal much, Divine Lord. The destruction of heaven and earth is inevitable."

An old tree blossoms in spring; Shang Xingjian withdrew his hand. "Nothing in this world is inevitable. You are like this, and so am I."

"Today it's Jersey, tomorrow it could be somewhere else. Things that the world cannot tolerate will gradually emerge. My Lord, it's too late." The old tree twitched its leaves, looking quite helpless.

“Just give her a little more time, just a little more time will be enough.” Shang Xingjian sat down under the big tree, his face revealing his exhaustion. “Just give her a little more time, that will be enough.”

"If she knew the truth..."

“Zhongqiu, the common people and you, me, and her have never been a choice. You know, I know, and she knows even better.” So even if she knew the truth, she knew how she would choose.

Even if she eventually hates herself, their choices will always be the same.

"I'll rest for a while and then leave, Zhongqiu, don't worry." He was just too tired, too tired on the road to the end.