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Power Struggle

"Miss Qin Lian… I had a favour to ask of you…" Ao Shen sniggered, "If you don't mind that is?"

"Ha? Haha! How dare I refuse a request from senior!?" Qin Lian responded instantly, "What can this insignificant junior help you with?!"

Ao Shen smiled and dispelled all the veils of shadows surrounding them; the guards were still down on the floor, and stepping on them Ao Shen stepped inside his office. "Matriarch Qin has such a big heart; actually, I'm just a country bumpkin with barely any knowledge about current affairs of the world.

If you don't mind teaching me a few things, please guide me, Matriarch Qin." Ao Shen explained while taking his seat.

Qin Lian sucked in a deep breath and quietly entered the office while politely closing the doors behind her.

"As you know, the current province you live in is called 'Qinglong Province.' Though it isn't very backwards, it isn't a great province either; the powerhouses here are 'Nascent Soul Realm' at best.

Average people don't have resources to cultivate properly; most even cultivate, and the other half remain stuck at the Foundation Building Realm at best.

In the struggle for real power going on across the nation, the true powerhouses are the Five National Cultivator Families, Three Sage Sects, and 7 Underworld Clans.

Even the military and government don't dare to get involved with these organisations; their influence and power are enough to toy with whole nations. We constantly struggle to find resources, and the balance of power between us just barely keeps the power struggle stable."

"Hmm..." Ao Shen tapped his table, clearly amused. "So are all heads of these organisations at the Immortal Ascension Realm?"

"Yes, some are at the beginner stage while a few are about to reach peak stages of the Immortal Ascension Realm; that's why everyone avoids fighting against one another seriously, or else all-out war will destroy all organisations involved."

"Hah~" Ao Shen chuckled, 'Just like old times~ peace in the world because wars between a few will destroy them.'

Ao Shen smiled, clearly quite amused, and then his eyes fell on Qin Lian, staring at him nervously. "I won't hide it from you junior; my nephew seems to have been kidnapped by those people the Hao family sent here.

He was taken away in search of some ancient inheritance hidden in this province." Ao Shen stared at the shocked and horrified expressions of Qin Lian.

'They really dared to kidnap this man's nephew??! Do they not fear death??! But… to think there was an ancient inheritance hidden here?! If the Hao family really obtained some ancient treasure, then the balance of power is---!'

"Of course there was no treasure hidden here!" Ao Shen's sudden remark destroyed all the worries Qin Lian was having: "Those fools just brought him over to some old cave my nephew used to visit with his grandfather in his childhood and tried to kill him." Ao Shen scoffed lightly.

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But to Qin Lian it felt like she was enduring the burden of two mountains on her shoulders; it felt like if Ao Shen's mood shifted even a little bit darker, she would be losing her head any moment right on the spot.

"They failed, of course... Rats didn't even get their own graves." Ao Shen scoffed, "Miss Qin Lian is free to sponsor the university as you wish, but if you come in contact with the Hao family, tell them to know their place or find me. I will show them the path to their graves."

Ao Shen smiled, but the weight of his words was sharper than the edge of the blades. Qin Lian nodded, feeling goosebumps, and stood up. "Junior will remember your words; I shall take my leave---!"

"Oh, before you go!" Ao Shen suddenly paused her and stood up from his seat, and his hands pierced right through the space.

'D-did he just crush the space??!' Qin Lian was horrified and in awe at the same time as the next instant Ao Shen suddenly took out a pill container and placed it on the table in front of Qin Lian.

"Since junior addresses me as 'Senior,' it's only right for Senior to take care of his Junior," Ao Shen remarked, "This is the Empyrean Soul Ascension Pill, an advanced version of the Immortal Ascension Pill, which can help you break through to a higher cultivation stage. I don't like my juniors struggling like ants like this..."

Qin Lian nervously picked up the container; without even opening the container, with just the scent of the pill, she could feel through the overwhelming richness of essence ancient resources brewed inside that pill, inside, she could feel her cultivation already stimulating by mere presence of that pill in her hands.

"Ju-junior is overwhelmed in your debt!!!" Qin Lian collapsed on her feet, feeling goosebumps from head to toe; Ao Shen just scoffed, "Take this gift along with you."

Ao Shen took out another object; it was crafted from flawless, translucent jade, shaped into a coiled serpent with lifelike scales. Its emerald eyes gleamed faintly, and gold veins traced the edges of the coils. Light yet brimming with hidden power, the bracelet pulsed softly, as if the serpent slumbered, ready to awaken at its master's call.

"This is the 'Jade Serpent Bracelet,' a Heaven Grade Artefact. I think it will suit your clean wrist." Ao Shen sniggered, and before Qin Lian could even process it, Ao Shen had already slid the jade bracelet on her wrist.

In an instant a sudden surge of energy started to pump inside Qin Lian; it felt as if her power and majesty were amplified twice in an instant; she also lost control of the aura she had concealed.

"Se-senior?!" She was stunned, staring blankly at Ao Shen, just smiling in front of her, "I will take my leave then; it's about time classes end."

Ao Shen remarked and left the room, leaving Qin Lian watching blankly at his back with overwhelming awe and admiration.

'The Senior is simply incomprehensible! The artifacts are known to be Mortal, Spirit, Earth, Heaven, and Saint Grade! The major powerhouses will go to war for just an Earth Grade Artifact, but for him to casually gift a Heaven Grade Artifact! What sort of power is this?!'

She simply couldn't comprehend that level of resourcefulness; Ao Shen was showing off, and she sucked in a deep breath before taking her leave from the office.

'I need to command the Qin family fast. If some fool dared to mess with this hidden powerhouse here, the whole family will be doomed to no end; we have to be on his good side!!!!'

She came here for some other purpose, but now her eyes were full of a whole other level of resolve.

Qin Lian left the Qinglong Province as fast as she had come; meanwhile, Ao Shen also made his way outside, getting into his car parked outside.

'This is going to be fun...' he remarked while setting up the gear in the car. 'That 'Hao Family' or whatever, it seems they indeed had some degree of clue that it wasn't some random ancient inheritance but something related to Xiao Jun; they still dared to try to kill him in that place.

With such a degree of arrogance, I'm sure there is someone or some organisation backing them up.'

Ao Shen's car rode the wind, charging smoothly into the road. 'Even if Qin Lian warns them, their arrogance will surely lead them to my doors; when that happens...'

Ao Shen giggled, stepping on the gas, "It will be so entertaining~~~"

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