As an exchange, Prince Xue Xing had to use the power in his hands and the treasury of the Heaven Dou Empire to provide Luo Nan with massive amounts of top-tier Cultivate resources.
Although Prince Xue Xing was a prodigal son, his political intuition was extremely acute.
He deeply appreciated Luo Nan's unyielding character, who dared to negotiate conditions with the imperial power for the sake of benefits.
He realized that an equal partner was often much more reliable than a lackey who might backstab him at any moment.
Thus, both parties hit it off immediately.
Over these past years, Luo Nan had secretly eliminated quite a few political enemies for Prince Xue Xing and resolved many troubles that were inconvenient for the Heaven Dou imperial family to handle personally.
True to his word, Prince Xue Xing continuously sent rare treasures and precious medicinal herbs from the treasury of the Heaven Dou Empire into Luo Nan's hands.
Among them, the most important resource was top-grade whale glue!
Whale glue wasn't worth much nowadays and was basically used by some nobles.
However, top-grade whale glue was rare, and its price was not cheap.
It was precisely by relying on the accumulation of these massive resources, coupled with Luo Nan's own frantic, almost self-abusing training, that his physical strength could reach such a perverted level today, allowing him to forcefully withstand the impact of a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring without a Spirit Bone.
It could be said that without the resource support behind Prince Xue Xing, Luo Nan's Cultivate speed could never have been this fast.
"Speak, what shady business do you have for me to handle this time?"
Prince Xue Xing put away the smile on his face, his expression turning somewhat solemn.
"Recently, the activities of Spirit Hall within the Heaven Dou Empire have become increasingly frequent."
"I received a confidential report that a Platinum Bishop of Spirit Hall secretly contacted a real-power general of the Empire's military, seemingly plotting some conspiracy."
Prince Xue Xing lowered his voice, a flash of cold light crossing his eyes:
"I want you to go and... dispose of that general."
"No traces can be left behind; it must be disguised as an accident or a vendetta."
"We must absolutely not let Spirit Hall's conspiracy succeed."
Hearing this, Luo Nan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Assassinating a high-ranking imperial general was no small matter.
Once exposed, he would undoubtedly face the dual pursuit of the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
"The difficulty is not small."
Luo Nan tapped his fingers lightly.
"Your Highness, this is a big business. I wonder what price you can offer this time?"
Prince Xue Xing seemed to have anticipated long ago that Luo Nan would raise the price on the spot.
With a slight smile, he took out an exquisite jade box from his embrace and pushed it in front of Luo Nan.
"Open it and see."
Luo Nan raised an eyebrow slightly and reached out to open the jade box.
An extremely rich energy fluctuation carrying a faint fishy-sweet scent instantly permeated the entire study.
Quietly lying inside the jade box was a fist-sized, dark golden jelly-like substance that was as crystal-clear as amber.
"This is... top-grade whale glue from a fifty-thousand-year Deep Sea Demonic Whale?!"
Top-grade whale glue of the fifty-thousand-year level!
"How is it? Is this price enough to buy that general's life?"
Watching Luo Nan's excited expression, Prince Xue Xing smiled triumphantly.
"Deal."
Luo Nan unhesitatingly put the jade box into his storage spirit tool.
Night deepened.
Inside a heavily guarded luxury mansion somewhere in Heaven Dou City, that real-power general who held heavy military authority and secretly colluded with Spirit Hall was sleeping soundly on a wide soft couch.
Luo Nan transformed into a shadow and silently sneaked into the bedroom.
Although this general held a high position and wielded great power, his own cultivation was merely around the seventy-odd rank Spirit Saint. In front of the current Luo Nan, he was as fragile as a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Luo Nan didn't even use a Spirit Ability, relying solely on the perfect stealth characteristics of his Dark Demon Dragon Spirit to easily arrive before the bed.
He reached out his large hand, which resembled iron pliers, and neatly twisted the other's neck while the opponent was completely unaware in his deep sleep.
Accompanied by an extremely subtle sound of bone fracture, this general completely breathed his last in his sleep.
After resolving this little trouble, Luo Nan did not linger outside and went straight home.
At this moment, Tang Yuehua was draped in a thin silk outerwear, pacing back and forth in the parlor.
Her coiled beautiful hair was slightly disheveled, and her breathtaking face was filled with unmistakable worry and anxiety.
Although she knew Luo Nan's strength was formidable, this was after all the Heaven Dou imperial city, where undercurrents surged, and a slight carelessness could lead to utter destruction.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, Tang Yuehua's delicate body trembled and she turned around abruptly.
When she saw Luo Nan's familiar and tall figure standing intact at the door, her heart, which had been suspended high in the air, finally fell back into her stomach.
"Luo Nan! You're back!"
Tang Yuehua's beautiful eyes lit up, and she quickly hurried forward, looking Luo Nan up and down carefully for fear that he was missing a piece of flesh.
"How was it? Did any accidents happen? Are you hurt?"
Looking at the noble and elegant Master of the Moon Pavilion before her acting like a little wife waiting for her husband to return home and worrying about him, a trace of warmth couldn't help flowing through Luo Nan's heart.
He naturally stretched out his arms, pulled Tang Yuehua's soft, fragrant and delicate body into his embrace, and lowered his head to gently kiss her smooth forehead.
"Rest assured, what could happen to me?"
Luo Nan chuckled softly.
"He's just a trash Spirit Saint in the seventy-odd ranks, not even qualified to warm me up, easily handled."
"I also cleaned up the scene very well; they will absolutely never trace it back to us."
Hearing Luo Nan say this, Tang Yuehua finally let out a complete sigh of relief.
She obediently leaned against Luo Nan's broad and sturdy chest, listening to his strong heartbeat and feeling that reassuring sense of security.
But soon, Tang Yuehua seemed to remember something again, her pretty eyebrows furrowing slightly.
She raised her head from Luo Nan's embrace, her eyes carrying a trace of worry.
"Although the assassination matter has been resolved, but... I heard from the servants what happened in front of the Moon Pavilion during the day."
Tang Yuehua bit her red lips and spoke in a solemn tone.
"You beat Yu Xiaogang into serious injuries, and publicly humiliated and heavily injured Yu Xiaolie as well."
"They are the biological sons of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's Sect Master!"
"For you to slap the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's face so mercilessly, you have completely offended them to death."
"The Upper Three Sects support one another, and their foundation is unfathomable. I'm afraid there will be big trouble later."
Tang Yuehua came from the Clear Sky Sect and naturally knew the terrifying nature of the Upper Three Sects.
Although the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect ranked below the Clear Sky Sect, its Sect was filled with numerous experts.
Especially their Sect Master, Yu Yuanzhen, who possessed the number one attack system Beast Spirit in the world and was a top-tier powerhouse shocking the mainland.
Now that Luo Nan was all alone and had provoked such a behemoth, how could she not worry?
However, facing Tang Yuehua's deep anxiety, Luo Nan only scoffed disdainfully.
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