[Meeting With Manager Lu]

Jian Ning headed towards VIP Room No. 1 with a relaxed stride.

After a few seconds of walking, he reached his destination and met a young and beautiful receptionist waiting for him at the door.

"Dear guest, please come in, Manager Lu is expecting you inside," the receptionist said with a professional smile.

Jian Ning wasted no time and entered the room, where he found an elegant man in his thirties sitting in front of a large table made of precious wood.

Jian Ning smiled at the elegant man.

"Manager Lu, it's good to see you again," said Jian Ning, smiling.

"Good to see you too, young master Ning," replied Manager Lu with a smile.

Their smiles made it obvious that they had known each other for quite some time. And indeed, that was true.

In fact, Jian Ning had known Manager Lu for a few months. Due to his regular hunts, he often came here to sell his prey, and the money he obtained was used to buy cultivation resources. After all, it should not be forgotten that Jian Zhi is not his biological father, so Jian Ning did not want to take advantage of their kindness by asking for too many resources, especially knowing that they had already invested heavily in Jian Shi.

"I see you've become much stronger since our last meeting, haven't you, young master Ning? It seems the Jian family didn't want to show all your potential," said Manager Lu with a mysterious smile.

Jian Ning's gaze hardened.

'He knows that my cultivation level is higher than level 1 Qi Gathering!!' he thought to himself.

The Jian family had only revealed that he had the cultivation of rank 1 Qi Gathering, and unless Jian Ning himself revealed his level, it required at least the cultivation of the Spiritual Sea to see through his cultivation.

But he looks so young! About 30 years old, so even within the Lingyun sect, he would be considered a great genius.

I must verify this.

"Ling, show me the status of Manager Lu," ordered Jian Ning, curious.

[Displaying status of Lu Han]

[Name: Lu Han]

[Cultivation: Rank 2 Spiritual Sea]

[Age: 37 years]

[Body: None]

[Talent: Mid Black Rank Cultivation Talent // High Yellow Rank Earth Element Talent // High Yellow Rank Sword Talent // Low Black Rank Water Element Talent]

[Cultivation Technique: Medium Black Rank Technique]

[Martial Skill: Impossible to see]

[Luck: Black Rank Luck]

Analyzing Manager Lu's status, Jian Ning was surprised.

This type of genius, though not comparable to the supreme geniuses of sects like the Lingyun sect, was still far above people like Jian Zhi, Jian Ning's adoptive father.

"It also seems that your strength is not known to the general public, is it, Manager Lu?" said Jian Ning with a smile as mysterious as Manager Lu's.

Jian Ning had already guessed that Manager Lu must have a secret and a connection with someone important living here.

Who is important enough in this town to attract the attention of someone capable of sending a Spiritual Sea rank cultivator so young so easily?

Even the most powerful sect could not do that.

Therefore, this person must be in contact with one of the three suzerains of the continent!

By gathering all the clues, Jian Ning quickly found what he was looking for.

Su Xiao!

'His family would never send someone to take care of such a waste! So it must be someone else linked to one of the three suzerains!!' Jian Ning thought, delving deeper into his thoughts.

Jian Ning could not imagine a family as large as the Su family sending help for someone so useless, especially in a small place like Tianjin City.

'Maybe it's a close relative who sent him,' thought Jian Ning internally.

"Manager Lu, can you tell me when you joined the Tianjin City branch?" asked Jian Ning with a smile.

Manager Lu remained silent for a moment before asking in return, "Why do you ask this question so suddenly?"

"Oh, nothing, nothing! I just want to know since when such a powerful cultivator has been in a low-rank branch led by an innate rank," replied Jian Ning nonchalantly.

Manager Lu smiled at Jian Ning and then let out his murderous aura, of course, controlling it so it would not extend outside the room.

"It seems your talent is not limited to cultivation," said Manager Lu as he increased his pressure.

Jian Ning listened to Manager Lu quietly without interrupting, enduring the murderous aura without any problems.

It should not be forgotten that Jian Ning, in addition to killing thousands of monsters since he was eleven years old, had killed his first human two years ago.

It was a group of low-rank hunters who wanted to steal his prey. The strongest among them was only a Tempering Body 4 cultivator, while Jian Ning himself was already a Tempering Body 6 cultivator.

Being two minor ranks above them, and despite Jian Ning, at the age of twelve, hesitating greatly and even releasing the small team.

Unfortunately, the hunters were foolish and tried to exploit Jian Ning's sensitivity, which cost them their lives.

From that point on, Jian Ning no longer hesitated to kill, whether man or woman, and over three years, he killed twelve people, who were either bandits or foolish people trying to rob him.

Thus, his killing intent became stronger and stronger.

His killing intent far exceeded that of Manager Lu, who had probably only killed a few humans and mainly focused on monsters.

Seeing that Jian Ning was not afraid of his killing intent, Manager Lu smiled. His smile was filled with mystery and a touch of curiosity.

Since when could a fourteen-year-old boy stand up to him?

"I have been in this branch for about two years," replied Manager Lu with a smile hinting at some bad intentions.

Jian Ning smiled at Manager Lu's response. This answer confirmed his previous assumptions.

'It seems that Jian Shi will have some problems in the future,' Jian Ning thought to himself.

"The branch is lucky to have you, isn't it, Manager Lu?" said Jian Ning.

"It's rather I who is lucky to be in this branch," replied Manager Lu with the same professional smile, but with a touch of horror, as his smile continued to stretch as Jian Ning kept asking questions until the corners of his lips almost reached his eyes.

A frightening scene.

Seeing that Manager Lu was becoming impatient, Jian Ning decided to end his little investigation game and focus on the task that brought him here.

"I suggest we conclude our exchange, Manager Lu," said Jian Ning, shaking his hand to make dozens of monster carcasses appear.

"Of course! I certainly wouldn't want to waste your precious time," said Manager Lu as he began to state the prices of the monster carcasses aloud for Jian Ning.

And thus ended a verbal and spiritual duel between two frightening men, each seeking to extract as much information as possible from the other.

Jian Ning wanted to know more about Manager Lu's intentions and who had ordered him to come here.

And Manager Lu wanted to know more about Jian Ning, both in terms of his power and the limits of his intelligence, as well as his lack of fear towards his killing intent.