Chapter 133: All Eyes on Jiangnan

Ling Xiao left the Su family estate, personally escorted out by the eldest daughter of the Su family!

She even served as his driver, steering her own Bentley sports car as she respectfully saw him off.

On that day, all of Jiangnan was thrown into an uproar!

Someone had actually stormed into the Su family estate, then walked out completely unscathed—and had been personally escorted out by the Su family’s eldest daughter!

Good heavens, this had completely overturned everyone’s understanding of the world!

The Su family had always been the supreme power in Jiangnan. No one had ever dared provoke them.

Yet what had happened today had occurred in full view of everyone at Old Master Su’s birthday celebration. It was so outrageous that people could hardly believe it!

The news soon spread like wildfire.

On that day, Jiangnan’s entire landscape changed.

That night, a light rain fell over Jiangnan. Dark clouds blanketed the sky, pressing down so heavily that people could hardly breathe.

Everyone had vaguely guessed what was about to happen, yet no one dared say it aloud.

No one in Jiangnan dared casually trample upon the Su family’s dignity.

Nor did anyone dare lightly provoke the Su family’s fury.

…

At the hotel, Ling Xiao took a shower and wrapped a scarf around his waist, leaving his powerful, well-built upper body exposed.

Seeing those muscles, Su Yanran blushed slightly. Then she took a deep breath and said, “If you do anything improper to me, I’ll jump out of this window immediately. By then, forget about a hundred billion—even making it out of Jiangnan alive would be a problem for you!”

Ling Xiao glanced at her.

“You’re overthinking it. If I wanted to sleep with you, you’d already be lying comfortably in bed, turning on the faucet.”

With that, he walked over to the window and snapped his fingers.

Su Yanran frowned slightly, confusion written across her face.

A moment later, Ling Xiao knitted his brows.

“What? You don’t even know how to serve someone? Pour me a glass of red wine.”

Su Yanran froze, then turned pale with anger.

That bastard was actually treating her like a servant!

She was furious, but she did not dare say too much.

After all, Ling Xiao truly might kill her.

Suppressing the rage surging within her, Su Yanran poured a glass of red wine and carried it over to him. If she had not been wary of Ling Xiao’s astonishing abilities, she would have been unable to resist flying up behind him and kicking him straight out of the high-rise window.

Ling Xiao took the wine, swirled it in the glass, and said indifferently, “Stop making that stiff corpse face. If you annoy me too much, I’ll throw you out the window.”

Su Yanran was nearly livid.

He had forcibly abducted her and made her serve him like a slave—wasn’t that infuriating enough? Now he was even telling her not to look so grim. What kind of joke was this?

And what did he mean by “corpse face”? Her looks ranked among the finest in all of Jiangnan!

After taking a deep breath, she once again suppressed the jumble of emotions in her mind and said solemnly, “Actually, you should let me go.”

Ling Xiao said nothing, merely continuing to swirl the wine in his glass.

After a pause, Su Yanran spoke again.

“Let me be honest with you. Our Su family will never give you one hundred and thirty billion!”

“In Jiangnan, no one has ever been qualified to make the Su family bow its head.”

“And that is all because our family has the Martial Saint of Jiangnan, Su Yannan, backing us.”

“Since you are a martial cultivator, you should understand how powerful a Martial Saint is. I imagine you only entered the cultivation world recently, didn’t you? Martial cultivation is divided into Martial Artist, Martial Master, Martial Saint, Martial Venerable, and Martial Emperor. Becoming a Martial Saint is the lifelong goal of countless people. As for Su Yannan of our family, he is not merely a Martial Saint—he has reached the pinnacle of the tenth level of the Martial Saint realm! He is only one step away from the legendary Martial Venerable realm!”

“My grandfather has probably already gone to find Martial Saint Su. Once he arrives, you will certainly die!”

“If you let me go now and flee for your life, I can return and try to persuade my family. You may still have the slightest chance of survival. Otherwise, you… will surely be buried here in Jiangnan!”

After quietly listening to Su Yanran, Ling Xiao suddenly said, “I know.”

“You know?!”

Su Yanran instantly stared at him in bewilderment.

“If you know you can’t defeat Martial Saint Su, why would you come here looking for death?”

Ling Xiao glanced at her, and there was even a trace of pity in his eyes.

He took a sip of red wine and said indifferently, “I only said that I know your Su family won’t obediently do as I say.”

A suspicious look appeared on Su Yanran’s face.

“Then… what exactly are you after? Aren’t you afraid that Martial Saint Su will kill you?”

Ling Xiao smiled calmly.

“Su Yannan once had a disciple who ran wild in Jiangzhou. I killed him. Yet on the day of my grandfather’s birthday celebration, he sent his eldest disciple to cause trouble. If I didn’t teach that fool a lesson, he would never know whom he had provoked.”

With that, Ling Xiao threw the wineglass—and the several-thousand-dollar red wine that remained in it—into the trash. Then he turned and walked toward the rooms within the presidential suite.

“I’m going to rest. Don’t make any noise. If you disturb my sleep, I’ll throw you out the window.”

As she watched Ling Xiao disappear into the room, Su Yanran’s heart was seized by a storm of shock.

Ling Xiao’s true target was actually Su Yannan?

From the very first moment he had met her, he had already known that the Su family was connected to Su Yannan.

So from the beginning, he had set a trap and deliberately lured her into it.

Then, after coming to Jiangnan, he would have both the opportunity and the excuse to strike at the Su family and draw Su Yannan out.

That way, not only could he avenge himself, but if he defeated Su Yannan, he might even take control of Jiangnan and make all its wealthy families submit to him!

Merely from hearing her identity, he had devised such an enormous scheme?

Good heavens—just how terrifying was this man’s intellect?

His schemes were so unfathomable that he might not be inferior even to the legendary strategists Dongfang Shuo and Marquis Zhuge.

How frightening!

This man’s intelligence was practically monstrous!

But he had deliberately and arrogantly drawn Su Yannan out. Could it be that he was truly confident he could defeat him?

“Impossible! Impossible! I don’t believe it!”

Su Yanran staggered backward two steps, her face as pale as wax.

“There’s no way he can be a match for Martial Saint Su! Over the years, Martial Saint Su has defeated countless experts. He has never suffered a single defeat! This young man is simply courting death! Yes, Martial Saint Su will certainly kill him. Our Su family will never lose!”

Su Yanran clenched her delicate fists, her eyes filled with absolute determination.

As long as Su Yannan came here, no matter how monstrous Ling Xiao’s intelligence might be, he would certainly die.

Among martial cultivators, victory and defeat were determined by strength.

No matter how high one’s intelligence was, it would be utterly useless.