The Jia Lie Family.
In the brightly lit hall, many people sat, their attire clearly indicating they were high-ranking members of the Jia Lie family.
At the head of the hall, slightly to the left, a young man in white robes leaned lazily against the back of his chair, one hand slowly slipping inside the clothes of a pretty maid beside him, groping haphazardly.
His unbridled behavior showed no restraint despite the large crowd.
"Mr. Liu Xi, we have prepared all the medicinal herbs. Now, we must rely on you!"
Jia Lie Bi ignored the young man's rude behavior, a fawning smile on his face.
This man in white was none other than Liu Xi, the alchemist Jia Lie Bi had managed to contact.
Perhaps it was because of Xiao Lei's crippling of Jia Lie Ao that Jia Lie Bi's actions had been brought forward considerably.
Gareo, wrapped up like a mummy, leaned back in a soft chair. He looked at Liu Xi and provoked,
"Brother Liu Xi, the Xiao family has many beauties. If we join forces to destroy the Xiao family, then all their beauties are yours to enjoy."
Liu Xi replied casually, "As long as you pay the agreed-upon profit share on time, the pills will naturally be fine too."
Gareo's face twitched upon hearing this, feeling a pang of regret, but he still promised, "Don't worry, Mr. Liu Xi, I promise you my share, not a single gold coin less!"
"That's good. It's too late today, and I'm tired from my journey, so I need to rest. Let's talk about the pill refining tomorrow," Liu Xi said, while groping the pretty maid.
"No problem, everything will be done as Mr. Liu Xi says," Gareo forced a smile.
Liu Xi stood up, put his arm around the maid, and said, "Take me to my room, I need to rest."
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Liu Xi," Jia Liebi said, standing up quickly as well.
"What else is it?" Liu Xi frowned, somewhat annoyed.
He was eager to get back to play games with the beautiful woman, and had no time to listen to Jia Liebi's nonsense.
Jia Liebi smiled and said, "My son was ambushed by the Xiao family and seriously injured. Could you please treat him, Mr. Liu Xi?"
This was also an important reason why Jia Liebi had inquired beforehand and invited Liu Xi.
"Heh, Chief Jia Lie, according to our agreement, I am only responsible for refining healing medicine, and I have no obligation to do anything else, right?"
Liu Xi glanced at Jia Lieao beside him, his eyes darting around, and chuckled strangely.
With a slight change in expression, the cunning and shrewd Jia Liebi knew exactly what this guy was up to, but he could only force a smile and say, "Then, Mr. Liu Xi, how much will it take for you to help?"
"More money!" Liu Xi's eyes flashed with greed as he said, "Increase my share of the profits by another ten percent, and I'll treat your son."
Whoosh!
Hearing Liu Xi's words, Jia Liebi and several other high-ranking members of the Jia Lie family paled.
The profit share Liu Xi had previously proposed was already very high; if it were increased by another ten percent, the Jia Lie family would have worked for nothing.
"Brother Liu Xi, perhaps a different kind of reward would satisfy you more," Jia Lie'ao said, a venomous glint in his eyes.
"What reward?" Liu Xi glanced at Jia Lie'ao and asked casually.
Jia Lie'ao said, "Brother Liu Xi, please come to my room and you'll find out."
"Then let's go see what you're up to," Liu Xi frowned, thought for a moment, and then said.
So, Galebi had someone carry Galeo, while he accompanied Liu Xi, to Galeo's room.
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The other high-ranking members of the Jialie family remained in the hall, exchanging bewildered glances and muttering curses.
Jialiebi and Liu Xi, however, were unaware that a pair of eyes were watching them intently from the darkness.
This person in the darkness was none other than Xiao Lei, clad in an invisibility cloak.
Xiao Lei, wearing the invisibility cloak, silently infiltrated the Jialie family compound and quickly spotted the assembled high-ranking members, along with the alchemist Liu Xi.
Originally, Xiao Lei planned to unleash his spirit puppet to wipe them all out, but after hearing Jialie's words, he decided to wait.
Xiao Lei silently followed behind Jialiebi and the others, intending to see what treasures Jialie was hiding.
Jialiebi and the others, however, remained completely unaware.
Soon, the group arrived at Jialie's room. At Jialie's instruction, a maid retrieved a painting from his cabinet.
The painting was a portrait of Xiao Xun'er, and it bore an eighty-nine-tenths resemblance to her.
Upon seeing Xiao Xun'er's appearance in the painting, Liu Xi was stunned. After a long while, a fiery light flashed in his eyes, and he excitedly said,
"As long as you bring me the woman in the painting, I will immediately treat Young Master Jia Lie."
"It's a deal!" Jia Lie'ao's eyes flashed with malice as he gritted his teeth.
Jia Lie'ao had clashed with Xiao Lei because of Xiao Xun'er, and then Xiao Lei crippled his limbs. This made him hate not only Xiao Lei but also Xiao Xun'er.
Jia Lie'ao's mind was twisted. Since he couldn't have Xiao Xun'er, he would destroy her!
Damn it!
What a waste of time!
Seeing this, Xiao Lei couldn't help but curse inwardly, and the murderous intent in his eyes intensified!
Without further hesitation, Xiao Lei deactivated his invisibility cloak, his figure flashing to Jia Lie'ao's side. His right hand shot out like lightning, slapping him hard across the face!
"Slap!"
A crisp slap rang out.
Caught off guard, Galeo was slapped across the face, his head buzzing,
and his body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing heavily against the wall of the house with a "thud."
It all happened so fast that by the time Galeo and Liu Xi reacted, Galeo was already on the ground, half his face swollen like a pig's head.
"Who goes there!"
Galeo was shocked and furious when he saw Xiao Lei, who had suddenly appeared wearing a strange cloak!
Galeo hadn't expected that someone could infiltrate their Galeo family so silently and, in front of him, slap his son! Galeo also couldn't have
imagined that if Xiao Lei hadn't intended for Galeo to die in pain and despair and hadn't rushed to kill him, Galeo would be dead by now.
"What? It's only been a short time, and you don't recognize me anymore?"
Xiao Lei casually removed his invisibility cloak, speaking sarcastically.
"Damn it, Xiao Lei, you deserve to die!" Galeo instantly recognized Xiao Lei and roared furiously, "Father, kill him for me!"
"You little beast, it's you!"
Galeo's expression turned slightly surprised upon seeing Xiao Lei's face, then he spoke in a chilling voice,
"You dare to trespass into my Galeo family? You're courting death! Today, I will kill you to avenge my son!"
As his voice fell, Galeo moved swiftly, unleashing a storm of fighting spirit as he hurtled towards Xiao Lei!
At the same time, his right hand, with its five fingers slightly bent, formed a claw, carrying a chilling killing intent, and viciously grabbed at Xiao Lei's chest!
(End of Chapter)