"Clues?"
Ye Lei wore a stunned expression, forcing out a smile as she said,
"Director, over the past few years I've certainly dug up quite a few clues regarding the Evil God Cultists, but they're all just small fry—hardly worth a personal visit from the director..."
"I didn't come here to listen to you beat around the bush."
Li Qingshan waved a hand to cut her off, his gaze locked straight into Ye Lei's eyes.
"Tell me: clues regarding the Coiling Dragon 'source of goods'!"
"The source of goods?!"
Ye Lei's pupils shrank violently as she said with a tremor,
"Di... Director, this subordinate is incompetent and really doesn't know..."
"The Coiling Dragon Auction House's 'source of goods' is right in Sector Two. I don't believe you don't have the slightest bit of intelligence!"
Li Qingshan shook his head slightly. Watching Ye Lei's complexion shift and change continuously, he didn't press her further, simply saying with a faint smile,
"Think it over carefully! Once you've figured it out, come find me."
"A word of warning: time is running out."
As his voice fell, he took a casual step forward, crossing into the Hyperspace Channel, and his figure vanished.
Throughout the entire process, not a single sound had been produced, completely devoid of any worldly aura.
"How is that possible? It's only been four years—how can he have gotten this much stronger?"
Ye Lei stood frozen in place, watching the spatial rift seal itself as a conflicted expression washed over her.
A moment later,
Boom!
A leakage of vital energy twisted the gravity, instantly destroying the entire top floor of the skyscraper.
In the center of the ruins, Ye Lei shook her head frantically, muttering to herself,
"No, absolutely not!"
"No matter how strong Li Qingshan is, he could never be