Chapter 101: A Storm Is Brewing

Li Qilang’s words at the commendation ceremony had, in effect, signed Dongjia Group’s death warrant.

Over the next two days, merchants from all over came to the pharmaceutical factory, all hoping to become agents for the Rejuvenation Pill.

Dongjia Group had already pushed out advertisements for the pill, and many people had come to know of this miraculous fitness drug.

Especially after Li Qilang’s speech at the commendation ceremony was broadcast, nearly everyone in Qian Province had heard of the Rejuvenation Pill.

The later advertising costs would be saved by a great deal.

Mo Han did not concern himself with the matter of the Rejuvenation Pill’s agents. He had neither the time nor the energy.

The security company mentioned by Li Qilang at the commendation ceremony was actually Mo Han’s idea.

At this moment, Mo Han was busy putting that plan into motion.

Although he intended to leave the security company in Li Qilang’s hands, there were still many early-stage matters that required his involvement.

This so-called security company was, in truth, the large training base he meant to build.

At first, he had planned to build a pure training base. But after he and Chen Jianpeng crunched the numbers, Mo Han realized that without at least a billion, it would be hard to get such a base off the ground.

So he changed course and turned it into a security company. The people trained there could work as security guards in major companies and institutions, or serve as auxiliary police and the like, thereby also solving the problem of income for this group of people.

In that way, it would not cost much.

It was essentially a way of using various companies and organizations to support these people.

Then, when war one day broke out, they would be able to serve their purpose.

As for the selection of personnel, of course the War Department would handle that.

As the chief instructor of the War Department, he also wanted to take on more responsibility and train another batch of elite talents.

“I’ll give the four of you another chance to atone for your sins.”

Mo Han looked at Xu Biao and the other three and said plainly, “Each of you will take out fifty million to invest in the security company. In return, each of you will become one of its shareholders.”

These four were the bosses of the four major underground factions in Qian City, and each had accumulated considerable wealth. Mo Han believed that fifty million was something they could still scrape together if they tightened their belts and gritted their teeth.

Xu Biao and the others changed color slightly. They all knew that Mo Han was extorting them, but they had no way to refuse.

They still needed his protection.

Otherwise, when the Zuo family arrived in two days, the four of them would die without a doubt.

“All right, all right. Everything will be arranged according to Brother Han’s wishes,” Xu Biao said with a bitter smile.

The other three also nodded with forced smiles. The bitterness and frustration hidden behind those smiles, however, were something only they themselves understood.

And so, with a start-up fund of two hundred million, the security company project was approved on the spot.

After that, all that remained was to wait for construction to begin.

The site chosen for the company was, of course, the tract of development land at the foot of Qianling Mountain.

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The time of the Zuo family’s arrival in Qian City was once again spread throughout the city.

It was set for ten o’clock tonight.

That time had been chosen by the Zuo family after consulting the calendar. They had performed rites for Zuo Wenshan and Zuo Lengqi for three days, and tonight Qian City would just happen to be under a heavy rain.

The Zuo family planned to use the stormy night to unleash bloodshed in Qian City.

The news spread like a plague, racing through the entire city.

Even the authorities were alarmed.

But the authorities would not interfere in private grudges within the underground world. Besides, the Zuo family had a powerful backer in the north, not someone ordinary people could afford to handle.

Still, whatever information they were supposed to provide, they passed on to the pharmaceutical factory.

“Brother Han, the Zuo family will reach the Qian City toll station in half an hour,” Xu Jing reported as soon as he received the news, and immediately informed Mo Han.

“Half an hour? About right. Let’s go. Tonight, I’ll let you see blood first,” Mo Han said with a nod, rising to his feet and heading outside.

At that moment, a bright flash of lightning split the night sky, followed by a roll of thunder.

Outside the window, rain had also begun to fall in a fine, steady drizzle.

“What a night for killing,” Mo Han said lightly, glancing at the black, cloud-choked sky.

He was training these men to become war gods for the War Department.

Of course he had to let them see blood first.

Only men who had seen blood could remain fearless on the battlefield.

Behind him, Xu Jing, Li Qilang, and the others all looked somewhat excited.

They had trained for so long. Though they had fought a few times, they had never truly struck to kill.

But tonight, Mo Han allowed them to give it everything they had, to strike without regard for life or death.

Their emotions had long since been stirred by Mo Han.

They had already become ruthless men.

When the pharmaceutical factory’s convoy set out, quite a few curious onlookers in Qian City followed along behind it.

Among them were Cheng Shu and his son Cheng Quan, the pair who most wanted to see Mo Han slaughtered by the Zuo family, as well as Qin Changqing and his son Qin Haoran, and Li Xianwu, Yan Yutang, and others.

In short, anyone who received the news, anyone who bore a grudge against Mo Han, wanted to be the first to witness his gruesome death.

“Haoran, tonight you’ll finally see Mo Han die with your own eyes,” Qin Changqing said to his son sitting beside him in the car.

“Dad, do you really think the Zuo family can kill Mo Han this time?” Qin Haoran asked with some doubt.

Last time, when Fifth Master and Overlord Blade had made their overwhelming move, he had even prepared firecrackers and fireworks, ready to celebrate in style.

Who would have thought that, in the end, Mo Han would unleash one mountain-breaking punch after another and directly wipe out Fifth Master and Overlord Blade?

He had been so furious at the time that he had nearly coughed up blood.

“Absolutely. The Zuo family is far too strong. Even the Chen family can only be their little brother in front of them,” Qin Changqing said with confidence. “The four brothers of the Zuo family are all true martial artists. They studied martial arts in the north and then returned, and they are immensely powerful. If the Zuo brothers join forces, I doubt there is anyone in the entire southwest who can stand against them.”

There was one thing he did not say: even if the Zuo family failed to kill Mo Han tonight, Mo Han would still not escape the assassination attempt by the diamond-ranked killer from the Heaven Slaughter Organization.

He had not paid yet, but contact had already been made.

If Mo Han were killed by the Zuo family tonight, then he would only lose a few million in deposit.

If Mo Han somehow survived, then he would pay the full fifty million at once and immediately have the Heaven Slaughter Organization make their move.

He had already learned how terrifying a diamond-ranked assassin truly was. They were simply monstrous.

Let alone an assassination, even in a direct confrontation, he believed Mo Han would definitely not be a match for a diamond-ranked killer.

After all, in the entire southwest, this was the first time a diamond-ranked assassin had been sent out on a mission.

It was not that the Heaven Slaughter Organization had no business in the southwest.

It was simply that there were no true experts in the whole region.

Since ancient times, genuine martial arts powerhouses had come from the Central Plains and the northern lands.

“That’s good. As long as Mo Han is slaughtered by them, I’ll set off the firecrackers at once!” Qin Haoran said excitedly.

He had waited far too long for this day.

“All right. Your father has already prepared a tent for you. If the rain gets too heavy, you can set them off inside,” Qin Changqing said indulgently with a nod.

He had only this one son, whom he spoiled beyond measure.

And now that his son had become a cripple, Qin Changqing would indulge him in everything all the more.