Peng Chunlong looked at the transfer notification on his phone, and cold sweat immediately broke out across his forehead.
A day earlier, a stranger had called him and offered fifty million to kill a student named Liu Kun. The caller had then sent him the student's information, including the incident involving Zhang Wei.
Afterward, fifty million appeared in an overseas account he had opened many years ago.
He had opened the account when he was planning to join a gambling and money-laundering ring, but before he could officially join, the organization had been wiped out by the authorities. The account, which was linked to his phone number, had been left untouched ever since.
Fifty million Dragon Country Coin had incredible purchasing power, so Peng Chunlong immediately told Zhang Wei to find a way to bring Liu Kun to him.
Hoping to make a little extra, he had called Liu Kun's father to demand a ransom. He'd planned to wait until midnight, then kill Liu Kun if the ransom hadn't arrived—and he wasn't going to let his underlings live, either.
After all, they could enter the Reincarnation Sacred Hall at any time after midnight.
But he hadn't expected the mysterious caller to find out as soon as he'd finished making the ransom call with his newly purchased phone and SIM card, and immediately call him back.
That had scared Peng Chunlong half to death. He'd planned to kill everyone in the building and flee at once.
But just as he was about to return inside, he felt something burrow into his mind. Before long, his eyes grew vacant. He put his phone in his pocket, walked to a secluded corner, and said to the empty space, "Master."
Temptation Light. Chen Feng had hidden in the corner and cast the spell, then