I'm invincible once I descend the mountain; the beautiful CEO is forcing me to get our marriage

Upon hearing this, Su Wanqing thought to herself, "Indeed, Ye An's needs have gradually become more than I can handle alone. If it were Qin Ruoxue... perhaps it wouldn't be so unacceptable?"

Thinking of this, she sighed softly and pointed to the chair next to her:

"Don't stand, sit down and eat. Business in the provincial capital will become increasingly busy, and we'll need your help even more."

This statement was a formal statement, tacitly approving Qin Ruoxue's participation.

In an instant, the two women reached a tacit understanding.

"Thank you, President Su." Qin Ruoxue visibly breathed a sigh of relief and pulled out the outermost chair to sit down.

Throughout the entire process, Ye An remained silent, focusing solely on the food in front of him. He ate most of the braised pork knuckle and roasted lamb chops on the table.

He has never bothered to try to guess the intricate thoughts and feelings between women.

His principle was simple: keep obedient women, and kick them out if they cause trouble.

For now, it seems that the two women get along fairly well, and that's enough.

As the dinner was nearing its end, the door to the private room was suddenly pushed open.

Su Wanqing's assistant, Xiao Li, rushed in, covered in sweat.

She ran so fast that she almost twisted her ankle in her high heels.

"President Su! Something's happened!" Xiao Li's face was pale, and his voice was trembling with tears.

Su Wanqing put down her teacup, her brows furrowing: "What's the panic? Catch your breath before you speak."

Xiao Li swallowed hard and pointed outside: "The three transshipment warehouses in the northern suburbs were just vandalized by a group of unidentified people! They drove in with excavators and destroyed all the goods!"

Su Wanqing stood up, her face turning cold: "Where are the security personnel? Didn't they stop them?"

"Those people were all wearing hoods, carrying steel pipes and machetes, and they were very skilled; the security guards couldn't stop them at all."

Xiao Li was so anxious that tears streamed down his face: "That's not all... The two transport trucks we brought from Jiangcheng were stopped at the highway entrance to the provincial capital."

"The car was doused with gasoline and burned to a shell. Old Zhang and Old Li, who were responsible for escorting the car, had their arms and legs broken and are currently receiving emergency treatment at the Provincial People's Hospital!"

The private room fell completely silent.

Destroy warehouses, burn vehicles, cripple people.

This is not fair business competition at all; it's a gangster tactic designed to destroy people.

Xiao Li shakily pulled his phone out of his pocket and placed it on the table: "Their leader used Lao Zhang's phone to make a recording, saying he wanted to play it for you."

Su Wanqing pressed the play button.

An arrogant male voice rang out, accompanied by the sounds of things being smashed and people screaming in the background.

"Su Family Pharmaceuticals, is that it? Listen up. This is just an appetizer. Since Ye An dared to touch anyone from the Ji family, all of you will be buried with him. Wash your necks and get ready, you're next."

Recording has ended.

It's quite obvious; Ye An killed Ji Ting with a single finger strike yesterday.

Today, Ji Yunhai, the head of the Ji family, has unleashed his furious revenge on the Su family's businesses.

With a billion-dollar bounty on the dark web, coupled with this direct violence and vandalism, the Ji family intends to make it impossible for the Su family to move an inch in Jiangnan Province.

Su Wanqing placed her hands on the table, her chest heaving.

Just as Su Family Pharmaceutical was starting to show promise, it suffered this blow. The loss of tens of millions is a minor issue; the real problem is that the morale of the employees has been shattered.

Ye An swallowed the last bite of meat; his goal had always been clear.

Clear away obstacles, earn money to buy elixirs, and improve your cultivation.

The Ji family has now become a huge and foul stumbling block, not only blocking their path to wealth but also threatening those around them.

We must nip this in the bud and eliminate it completely to prevent future troubles.

Ye An stood up, his tone as calm as if he were talking about something trivial.

"Send someone to keep an eye on things at the hospital. Have Zhao Wuji, Li Gui, and the other two protect you." Ye An looked at Su Wanqing. "The unveiling ceremony this afternoon will proceed as scheduled. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will be crippled."

Su Wanqing looked at him: "Where are you going?"

"I'm going to Shanghai later." Ye An straightened the hem of his clothes and looked out the window.

"I can't stand the Ji family's hypocrisy. I'll make them pay a heavy price."

……

When Ye An returned to the villa, Fang Hongda was pacing anxiously in the hall.

Upon seeing Ye An, he immediately came forward, followed by more than a dozen composed bodyguards in black.

"Master Ye, you're back!" Fang Hongda pointed to the group behind him. "These are my top-notch men. I've had them escort you to Shanghai so you can have someone to look after you on the way."

Ye An waved his hand and refused, saying, "No need. These people should stay and protect themselves. The Ji family's target is everyone around me, not just Su Wanqing and Qin Ruoxue. Your Fang family is also their target."

He looked at Su Wanqing and Qin Ruoxue behind him, both of whose faces were filled with worry.

"I will handle the Ji family's affairs personally." Ye An's voice was calm, revealing no emotion, "but not now. I need to make some preparations first."

His composure was like a reassuring pill, calming Su Wanqing and Qin Ruoxue's panicked hearts somewhat.

They trusted Ye An, but the thought of the Ji family's ruthless revenge made it impossible for them to feel truly at ease.

To them, Ye An's calmness seemed more like the brewing of an even bigger storm.

Seeing this, Fang Hongda dared not say anything more and quickly ordered his bodyguards to be removed.

He then presented three boxes made of special jade to Ye An with great care.

"Master Ye, I have delivered the three medicinal herbs you specifically requested."

As soon as the box was opened, a rich spiritual energy rushed out, making the air in the entire living room seem fresher.

Ye An nodded, took the jade box, and said to everyone, "I need to use the secret room. No one is allowed to disturb me until I come out."

Qin Ruoxue subconsciously wanted to say something, such as that she could stay and help out, but seeing Ye An's unquestionable gaze, she swallowed her words.

She understood that what Ye An was about to do was extremely important and extremely private, and it was not something she could participate in at the moment.

Ye An took the medicinal herbs and walked into the basement of the villa, into a secret room that had been specially prepared for him and modified with thickened steel plates and soundproofing materials.

The heavy alloy door slowly closed, completely isolating him from the outside world.

The room was dimly lit.

Ye An opened the three jade boxes one by one.

This wild ginseng, aged 300 years, has intact rootlets and a shape that closely resembles a human figure; its spiritual energy is almost tangible.

The two 500-year-old He Shou Wu (Polygonum multiflorum) are intertwined, one male and one female, with a faint purple sheen on their surface.

There was also a piece of deep-sea silver wood, about the size of a baby's arm, which felt cool to the touch and emitted a strange energy fluctuation.

Looking at the three main medicinal herbs brimming with spiritual energy, Ye An temporarily suppressed his original plan to immediately set off for Shanghai.

The Ji family has been operating in Shanghai for generations, with deep-rooted connections and relationships spanning both the legal and illegal worlds, far surpassing anything Ji Ting could achieve.

To eradicate them completely, we must strike with overwhelming force, leaving them no chance to beg for mercy.

This mission is one where only success is allowed, failure is not permitted.

With his current peak mid-stage Innate Realm cultivation, he could easily deal with Chaiya Anan, but it wasn't safe enough to wipe out the entire Ji family.

What he wanted was absolute domination.

Ye An made a decision: he would use these spiritual herbs to refine a true Qi-Nourishing Pill and break through to the late stage of the Innate Realm in one fell swoop.

He sat cross-legged, without taking out any alchemy furnace.

He slowly brought his hands together in front of him, and his true energy was pushed to its limit.

Strands of golden true essence overflowed from his palm, intertwining, swirling, and condensing in front of him.

A moment later, a semi-transparent golden cauldron appeared out of thin air, hovering in mid-air. The cauldron was radiant with light and exuded an ancient and powerful aura.

True essence transforms into a cauldron, spiritual energy becomes flames!

With a focused expression, Ye An flicked his finger, and the three main ingredients, along with dozens of auxiliary ingredients prepared by Fang Hongda, flew into the spiritual energy cauldron in a specific order.

He formed a hand seal, and a ball of golden true essence flames blazed up beneath the cauldron.

The process of alchemy was far from as smooth as imagined.

The small-scale Qi-cultivating pills that were previously refined for General Chen used only ordinary medicinal materials, which were nothing more than a piece of cake for him.

This time, the main ingredient is a true elixir, containing incredibly potent medicinal power.

The moment the medicinal herbs were placed into the cauldron, a terrifying energy erupted within it.

The golden cauldron of spiritual energy shook violently, its surface rippling as if it might shatter at any moment.

Ye An frowned slightly and immediately increased the output of his true essence to forcibly stabilize the pill cauldron.

The medicinal power surged wildly within the cauldron, nearly breaking free of its restraints several times.

During one of the most intense energy outbursts, the cauldron emitted a groan of unbearable strain, and even a tiny crack appeared on its surface.

At this critical moment, a method for refining medicinal power from a chapter in "Introduction to Elixir Formulas" suddenly flashed through Ye An's mind.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately changed his hand seal.

With highly concentrated spiritual awareness, like an invisible net, it probed into the cauldron, forcibly sorting, compressing, and fusing the violent medicinal power bit by bit.

This process is a hundred times more refined than simply suppressing with true essence, and it consumes an enormous amount of divine consciousness.

After an unknown amount of time, the energy fluctuations within the sealed room finally subsided.

The light from the spiritual energy cauldron in mid-air dissipated, turning into specks of golden light and disappearing.

In the air, only three round pills, each the size of a longan, remained suspended silently.

The pill is pale gold in color, with strange patterns flowing on its surface. A refreshing fragrance wafts out, and just one whiff is enough to invigorate the spirit.

Ye An looked at the three finished products and frowned slightly.

He was somewhat dissatisfied with the fact that he had only managed to refine three pills out of so many rare medicinal herbs, a success rate of less than 30%.

He immediately realized that the reason why the success rate of refining the Lesser Qi Cultivation Pill was so high in the past was entirely due to his cultivation level and divine sense, which far exceeded his current level, in order to "destroy it from a lower dimension".

Now, refining pills at the same level as his own cultivation is the true test of his alchemy skills.

It seems there's still a lot of room for improvement in my alchemy skills.

"Alright, three are enough."

Ye An stopped thinking about it, reached out and drew a Qi-Nourishing Pill into his palm, then swallowed it directly.

The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a powerful medicinal force exploded within his body.

The energy surged like a torrent, violently impacting his limbs, bones, meridians, and dantian.

Ye An was prepared. He immediately calmed his mind, circulated his cultivation technique, and guided the medicinal power to break through the invisible barrier.

He had already mastered divine sense, so the bottleneck of the Innate Realm was much easier for him than for ordinary cultivators.

At this moment, driven by the powerful medicinal force, the barrier leading to the late stage of the Innate Realm posed almost no obstacle.

"Snap!"

A shattering sound, seemingly existing only in the depths of one's soul, rang out.

The barrier of the late-stage innate constitution shattered instantly!

Above the villa, the once calm night sky suddenly became turbulent, and the surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be drawn in by something, forming a huge vortex that frantically converged towards the direction of the villa's underground.

Fang Hongda and the others who were guarding outside felt a terrifying pressure descend from the sky, making their souls tremble and making it hard for them to breathe.

In the secret room, Ye An slowly opened his eyes.

After the breakthrough, his spiritual sense increased several times over.

He immediately focused his mind on the "Preaching Jade Pendant" between his eyebrows.

Sure enough, as his cultivation improved, large areas of the jade pendant that had been shrouded in mist became clearly visible.

His divine sense swept through it quickly, and soon he was drawn to a technique called "Sword Control Technique".

This technique not only allows him to fly using weapons at a speed far exceeding his previous wind-controlling technique, but also enables him to "control a sword with his qi and take a person's head from a thousand miles away."

This is the true art of killing.

"Such power!" Ye An was secretly shocked. "Its power and range far exceed the sword energy I used to simulate with true essence."

Ye An's heart stirred, and he memorized the technique.

Immediately afterwards, his consciousness stopped in another area.

It was a book called "One Hundred Explanations of Basic Talismans".

It contains detailed records of the drawing and production methods for hundreds of low-level talismans.

From everyday items like cleaning talismans and dust-repelling talismans, to support items like lightness talismans and flight talismans, and combat items like poison talismans, entanglement talismans, and wooden shield talismans, it has everything.

Ye An's eyes lit up.

Alchemy requires rare and precious medicinal herbs, which are extremely rare and uncertain to obtain.

However, the materials for making talismans—good quality bamboo, animal blood, and cinnabar—are readily available on Earth and can be mass-produced!

This is a completely new and stable way to make money!

Ye An withdrew his divine sense, stood up from the futon, and pushed open the door to the secret chamber.

Outside the door, Qin Ruoxue and Su Wanqing were waiting anxiously. When they saw him come out, they immediately surrounded him.

However, they all stopped in their tracks as soon as they got close.

The Ye An before me still had that handsome face, but his entire demeanor had undergone a complete transformation.

He simply stood there casually, as if isolated from the surrounding space. His deep eyes made people afraid to look directly at him, and he exuded an indescribable pressure that inspired awe, yet people couldn't help but be attracted by his transcendent aura.

Ignoring the astonishment in their eyes, Ye An walked straight through the hall and into the villa's garden.

Ye An casually took out a sword from the Jade Pendant of Preaching.

The longsword was drawn; its blade was simple and unremarkable.

He silently recited the incantation, and with a thought, he poured his divine sense into the sword.

"Buzz—"

The longsword emitted a clear, melodious sound, flew out of his hand, and hovered steadily at his feet.

Ye An stepped onto the sword, his body swaying only slightly before he quickly regained his balance.

Downstairs, Su Wanqing and Qin Ruoxue were stunned.

Fang Hongda was so excited he trembled, gripping the doorframe and muttering to himself, "This is... flying on a sword? No wonder Master Ye didn't care if I sent someone to deliver it; so this is the method he used?"

The next second, the longsword beneath Ye An's feet shone with golden light.

He transformed into a golden streak of light and soared into the sky.

The speed was beyond imagination, swirling and whizzing above the villa, so fast that even the surveillance cameras couldn't capture its clear trajectory, leaving only dazzling golden afterimages in the night sky.

In mid-air, Ye An stopped, hovering under the moonlight, his clothes fluttering.

He took out his phone from his pocket, skillfully opened the navigation map, and set his destination to Shanghai!

The cold light from the phone screen reflected on his expressionless face.

He muttered to himself, his voice not loud, but carrying a chilling aura.

"Ji Yunhai, wash your neck clean. I will come and collect it myself."