A Man of Status

Lu Yuan glanced at the open door and said,

"Mr. Feng is dead. I heard the young lady just now, so I came over to check on her."

Li Qinghe's eyes flashed, and she revealed a terrified expression.

"Mr. Feng is dead?! What happened??"

Lu Yuan said, "Do you remember that Black Shadow I told you about last time? The young lady said she saw that Black Shadow kill Mr. Feng."

Li Qinghe's pupils contracted slightly, and her expression grew even more tense.

"You mean that Black Shadow?! That was real? Could there really be ghosts??"

Lu Yuan: "..."

He twitched the corner of his mouth. "Qinghe Jie, so you thought I was lying to you before? It looks like it might be a special kind of Mutation Event. Things have been pretty dangerous around here lately. Be careful at night. That thing seems to only appear at night."

Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Li Qinghe nodded repeatedly.

She glanced at the door. "Ma Jie is inside? I'll go in and comfort her."

Lu Yuan nodded.

He and Li Qinghe returned to the young couple's room, keeping Ma Lingling company while waiting for the police to arrive.

The police in the slums worked with very low efficiency.

Even though there had been a murder, they did not arrive until more than two hours later.

Two Imperial police officers in red uniforms with white trim and maple leaves examined Feng Wei's body, asked a few routine questions, and left soon afterward.

As for the cause of the case, they said further investigation was needed.

Lu Yuan was not surprised in the slightest.

Gangs ran rampant in this area and might even have ties to high-ranking officials.

The police turned a blind eye to the gangs and did not dare interfere too much.

Any kind of murder case might be connected to a gang. All two insignificant police officers could do was take notes and register the case.

Ma Lingling was still grieving.

Li Qinghe stayed with her, while Lu Yuan left the room.

He returned to his own room, took out his phone, and wanted to ask Pete whether there was any new information about that Black Shadow.

There were quite a few chat records on his phone, most of them from the class group and the Future War God Group.

Someone had even @ mentioned him in the Future War God Group.

He opened it and saw people asking how his cultivation was going and whether he had made it out of Origin Land alive yesterday.

Lu Yuan was a little afraid of frightening Zhuo Ming and the others, so he did not mention that his Tempering Level had already reached 20%.

Other than that, they talked about what they had obtained in Origin Land and exchanged ideas about body art cultivation.

Lu Yuan was not in the mood to reply to them.

Besides the chats, there were quite a few friend requests.

In fact, ever since Lu Yuan had awakened, the friend requests had never stopped.

Lu Yuan had always been handsome, but because his family was poor and he had previously experienced a Mutation Event, people had not dared approach him.

But now that Lu Yuan had awakened as a Gene Warrior, many people wanted to get to know him.

Naturally, they were mostly girls.

Lu Yuan did not even look at the requests and deleted them all.

He opened Pete's chat window and sent a message.

"Any news about the Black Shadow?"

A few minutes later, Pete replied.

"Mr. Lu? I'm sorry, but there's still no news. I'm afraid it'll be difficult to get any new information over the next few days."

Lu Yuan frowned. "What happened?"

"It's like this. The Wild Dog Gang has no sense of honor. Yesterday, they killed our gang members and seized our territory. Our boss has decided to have a proper fight with those dog-bastards from the Wild Dog Gang. So we don't have the energy to investigate the Black Shadow right now."

"The Wild Dog Gang?"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

Even though he did not know much about the gangs in the slums, he had occasionally heard the name Wild Dog Gang.

After all, the Wild Dog Gang was the most arrogant gang in the entire slums. They did nearly every bad thing imaginable.

As long as it made money.

Their style was like wild dogs fighting over food in the slums at any cost.

Not only that, the Wild Dog Gang was also the largest gang in the slums, with immense power.

Pete sent another message.

"The Wild Dog Gang is getting more and more rampant! They've developed rapidly over the past few years and no longer take the other gangs seriously. Some time ago, they invaded the Poisonous Snake Gang's territory. In the end, the Poisonous Snake Gang could only swallow their anger because of how powerful they were. But our Black Rat Gang isn't like those spineless sissies from the Poisonous Snake Gang!"

Lu Yuan had little interest in gang affairs.

He was only somewhat helpless. He had not expected something like this to happen at such a time.

"Investigate the Black Shadow as soon as you can."

"Don't worry, Mr. Lu. Once we teach the Wild Dog Gang a lesson, we'll continue investigating."

Lu Yuan took a deep breath and could only accept the situation.

If the gangs wanted to fight, there was no way he could make them stop and continue the investigation.

After exiting the chat window, Lu Yuan thought about it and realized there was nothing he could do right now.

He could only cultivate diligently and keep getting stronger, so that Black Shadow would not come after him.

"I'll sell the materials first, make some money, then buy some potions."

Lu Yuan left home and arrived at the Nine Lakes Business District.

Not far from the Mad Wolf Materials Shop, Lu Yuan saw a black Hover Car parked silently. A ferocious dog head was emblazoned on its door.

Lu Yuan gave it a glance before walking to the entrance of the Mad Wolf Materials Shop.

Just as he was about to push the door open, he heard voices coming from inside.

"Young Master, the boss wants you to go back."

"Get lost! I'm not going back! I will never return to that cold-blooded person's side!"

"But, Young Master... if you don't go back, we'll be punished."

"That's your problem. What does it have to do with me?! Is there any less blood on your hands? Get out! All of you, get out! Don't force me to make a move! Woof woof woof!!"

Then Lu Yuan saw the shop door open, and two men in black suits and dark sunglasses stumble out somewhat awkwardly.

Their faces were pale. They glanced at Lu Yuan, then lowered their heads and hurried away.

Lu Yuan turned and watched them get into the Hover Car. The vehicle rose into the air and then departed.

Lu Yuan pushed open the door and entered the shop.

The owner, who was looking down at his phone, shouted coldly,

"Didn't I tell you to get lost?! You dare come back??"

Lu Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Boss, you told me to get lost?"

The owner's body stiffened. He looked up at Lu Yuan, then immediately broke into a brilliant smile.

"Oh! So it's you? I was talking about those dogs. They should be gone already."

The owner glanced outside.

Lu Yuan smiled. "They left. I watched them get into their car."

The owner looked at Lu Yuan and smiled. "You saw that just now?"

Lu Yuan examined the owner. He had curly brown hair and looked rather thin and frail.

He smiled and said,

"I didn't expect the boss to be a man of status too. Those two Men in Black didn't seem ordinary. They actually called you Young Master."

"Heh... status?"

The owner shook his head and did not continue talking about it.

He said, "By the way, are you here to sell materials again, buddy?"

Lu Yuan nodded and tossed out a pile of materials.

Seeing this, the owner whistled. "Wow! This much again? You're too strong, brother! Is Origin Land your personal cash machine or something?"

Lu Yuan smiled but did not answer.

Honestly, Origin Land really was basically a cash machine to him now.

Of course, that required strength as well.

"Name a price."

"Sure, let me count them first. Little Stone Man's Heart is 300 each, Scorpion Tail Needles are 400 each, giant pincers are 250 each, Dungeon Spider silk is 600 each... the total is 213,000. How does that sound?"

Lu Yuan nodded. "Fine."

The Mad Wolf owner was rather shady, but Lu Yuan had calculated the price before coming here. It was roughly right.

The owner looked Lu Yuan over, his eyes full of astonishment.

"Brother, you're too strong. You can already kill Dungeon Spiders so quickly? Your improvement is way too fast, isn't it? Could you be some family's genius?"

Lu Yuan smiled. "I'm just an ordinary person. By the way, do you buy Gene Armaments here?"

"Gene Armaments? Of course I do. Don't tell me you have Gene Armaments to sell?"

The owner's eyes lit up.

"Yeah. Take a look and name a price."

Lu Yuan took out three sets of leather armor and a pair of dagger light orbs.

The owner looked them over. "These leather armors came from Dungeon Fanged Rats. I'll give you 45,000 for each set, 90,000 for two sets. This leather armor came from Black Scorpions, so it's worth more—60,000 for one set. As for the daggers, they're worth a little more than armor. I'll give you 80,000 for the pair. That's 230,000 in total. How does that sound?"

Lu Yuan nodded. "Fine, that price works."

"Alright then. That comes to 443,000 altogether. I've already transferred it to you."

The owner operated his phone, then quickly grinned at Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan was secretly delighted.

Last time, he had only earned 130,000. This time, he had earned more than three times that.

And that was after he had already sold plenty of materials in Origin Land.

Making money was way too easy.

With this money, he could buy more potions and should still have some left over.

"Then I'll be going."

"Hey, wait a moment, brother. You've come to my shop a few times now, but I still don't know your name. How about we add each other as friends?"

The owner said with a smile.

Lu Yuan thought for a moment. "Sure. My name is Lu Yuan."

"My name is Xue Wang... woof woof woof!!"

"...Xue Woof Woof Woof Woof?"

Lu Yuan's face darkened slightly.

Xue Wang's mouth twitched. "Just Xue Wang. Haha, it's an old habit. You understand."

"...I understand."

Lu Yuan nodded.

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