Dongmen Gaozhi could be considered a lucky man. His later actions had grown increasingly targeted. If Li Yan had not learned about Zuo Qiudan, this man might already have had his soul return to the underworld during this period.
But Dongmen Gaozhi's hostility had never diminished. Li Yan had no intention of keeping such a person by his side. Though many people here probably knew about Dongmen Gaozhi's dissatisfaction with Chen Ying,
Li Yan was absolutely confident that after Dongmen Gaozhi died, others might initially harbor suspicions, but they would never ultimately believe it had been Li Yan's doing. The other man could only have died in an accident.
For example, he could die in the cultivation chamber, with the outward appearance suggesting he had secretly practiced some wicked art. Or he could die in the pill-refining room, supposedly because he had refined some improper medicinal pill.
After all, they were all cultivators of the trading firm. Their greatest advantage was that they sometimes made private deals with clients and obtained cultivation methods and pill formulas unavailable to outsiders.
Such matters were strictly forbidden by the trading firm. Once discovered, the lightest punishment would fine one until one was nearly stripped bare; the severe punishment would leave one with neither person nor wealth, followed by harsh punishment before expulsion from the firm.
Yet everyone knew that, despite knowing better, no one could always withstand temptation. Just like how Dongmen Gaozhi had originally been meant to sell the "Blood Diamond Light Soul" to the trading firm, only to make a private deal with the other party himself in the end.
Of course, the seller would not know about such things. The person appearing before them was still someone from the trading firm, and as long as their conditions for the deal