Urban Cultivation: The master who has overcome the tribulation is reborn

Jiang Ran's expression remained indifferent.

There was not even a slight change in his expression, as if the voice coming from the phone was

It was a meaningless cry, not even interesting enough to attract anyone's attention.

The man didn't seem to want to wait for his response and continued talking to himself.

"Gu Longzhang is from my Li family. You should give an explanation to the Li family if you kill him."

"But Jiang Shoucheng said that your martial arts skills are far better than Gu Longzhang's. From now on, you will work for me. I will have people arrange everything for you regarding martial arts training."

"I can pretend that the killing of Gu Longzhang never happened."

The arrogant and casual voice on the phone said these words lightly.

He actually directly revealed the murder of Gu Longzhang. As for the group of elite soldiers brought by Xiao Songping, they were not even qualified to be mentioned.

After he said these words in a matter-of-fact tone, he paused for a moment before speaking casually.

"I forgot to tell Master Jiang."

"I am Li Haocheng, the sixteenth generation grandson of the Jiangdong Li family."

Having said this, he stopped abruptly.

Li Haocheng did not bring up his parents, nor did he provide a detailed introduction to the Li family's situation.

It seems that if you are confident enough to mention the name Jiangdong Li Family, everyone should know it.

After hearing what he said, Jiang Ran looked thoughtful, and after a while he spoke softly.

"I have a question, Master Li, can you answer it?"

The young man on the other end of the phone was leisurely leaning back in a chair fishing. A hint of interest suddenly appeared on his handsome face.

He couldn't help but straighten up slightly, with interest in his eyes.

This martial arts master is surprisingly young, and judging by his words, he is more natural than he pretends.

He is much more interesting than the tactless Gu Longzhang.

"Speak." Li Haocheng lowered his voice, maintained his posture, and uttered a word in a pretentious tone.

"Some time ago, I met a man named Zhu Tong in Yanshan City."

Jiang Ran was halfway through his words when Jiang Shoucheng's eyes flickered when he heard a familiar name.

"Before he died, he mentioned the name Li Haocheng."

"I want to ask, the person that Zhu Tong mentioned..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Haocheng interrupted him directly, "If you are talking about Zhu Tong, who is under Jiang Shoucheng, then the person he mentioned is me."

Li Haocheng's voice was obviously a little volatile, like the reaction of a person who was refuted.

But he suppressed this emotion in an instant.

"From what Grandmaster Jiang said, Zhu Tong also died in your hands?"

Jiang Ran looked at Jiang Shoucheng, who looked unhappy, and nodded without disguising, "Not bad."

"Master Jiang, can you tell me why you want to kill Zhu Tong?"

Li Haocheng's tone was a little stiff, but he didn't sound too angry.

"How did he offend Master Jiang to the point that you would sacrifice your reputation and kill an ordinary person?"

Jiang Ran sighed softly, which fell into Li Haocheng's ears and almost made it difficult for him to control his emotions.

"So, Zhu Tong is your man, and what he wants to do in Yanshan City is also related to you?"

When Li Haocheng heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but sneer.

"Which batch of contraband do you want to talk about?" He said it openly on the phone without any concealment, as if he was so confident that he would never get into trouble.

Jiang Ran's eyes suddenly showed a hint of coldness.

"Jiang Shoucheng's business is profitable. For the sake of profit and friendship, I will reluctantly take part in this mess."

Li Haocheng didn't take this matter seriously at all. To him, it was just an ordinary way to make money.

"I see." Jiang Ran raised the corner of his mouth slightly, his tone suddenly enlightened.

"It doesn't matter if Zhu Tong dies or not. This little money doesn't matter anyway." Li Haocheng couldn't see Jiang Ran's expression, so he didn't notice anything wrong with his words.

"Master Jiang, if you need some money for expenses, just ask me."

"But if you want to take over Gu Longzhang's position as a worshiper, you have to find time to meet my grandfather."

"Relax, this is a world where the strong prey on the weak. If Gu Longzhang dies because his skills are inferior to others, no one will be angry with you."

He said this with a little impatience, and then asked casually.

"I wonder what Grandmaster Jiang thinks?"

Li Haocheng's tone was very confident, as if he was sure that Jiang Ran would agree.

Whether from the perspective of the Li family not pursuing the deaths of Gu Longzhang and Zhu Tong, or simply from the benefits of becoming a Li family worshiper,

It is unlikely that any warrior would refuse his invitation. After all, this is a no-cost business and does not require paying anything.

Jiang Ran was able to become a martial arts master, so he must not be a brainless idiot.

Just having the Li family help in collecting the things needed to practice martial arts is a hundred times better than doing it alone.

If he refused, it would be like his head being hit by the door.

However, Li Haocheng would never have thought that Jiang Ran was different from everyone he had met in the past.

"Offering?" Jiang Ran said calmly, "The gate of the Jiangdong Li Clan Temple is small, I'm afraid it can't accommodate me."

Li Haocheng did not respond immediately.

To be precise, he was a little confused by Jiang Ran's words.

If he remembered correctly, the words like "the temple is too small to accommodate such a big Buddha" should have been sarcastic remarks made by others, showing a clearly derogatory nature.

At this moment, he suddenly heard Jiang Ran saying that the Li family was of low status and not worthy of him being a priest. Li Haocheng actually suspected that he was hallucinating.

After he was sure that he had heard correctly, the image that Li Haocheng had worked so hard to maintain collapsed in an instant.

He suddenly stood up, kicked the fishing rod into the pond in the back garden, and spoke with a gloomy face.

"Jiang Ran! Don't think that being a Hua Jin Grandmaster is so great. Gu Longzhang's strength is nothing special compared to other Hua Jin warriors."

"If you look across Jiangdong, you will realize how big the world is. There are countless martial arts geniuses like the fish swimming across the river!"

"If you refuse the Li family's offer today, you will regret it in the future when you meet someone who is not as capable as you are!"

Li Haocheng's voice was obviously raised a lot, and even though the phone was not turned on, Jiang Shoucheng who was nearby could hear it clearly.

"Not up to the task?"

Jiang Ran repeated it casually with a hint of doubt, and then said.

"I don't know whether I am not strong enough to kill your lackeys or to make you stop looking down on others."

Li Haocheng went crazy in an instant, completely unable to control his emotions, and shouted out in anger.

"Jiang Ran! You are unworthy of being a master! Apart from relying on magical weapons, you bully ordinary people!"

"In my opinion, you are just a coward who hides his head and shows his tail. How dare you speak nonsense to me here?"

"Remember what you look like now. I hope that in the future, you can still be as arrogant and proud as you are today!"

Is Li Haocheng really defeated? Obviously not.

As the direct descendant of the Li family, he has been trained since childhood. I guess even he himself is not clear about how much of his attitude in front of others is true and how much is false.

At this moment, he pretended to be angry and exploded at Jiang Ran, but his real purpose was not to vent his emotions.

"The feud between you and the Li family has nothing to do with the rest of the people."

"If you still have self-respect, you should not implicate Jiang Shoucheng and Xiao Songping, otherwise you will be ridiculed."

Li Haocheng just listened to Jiang Shoucheng's brief words and had a general understanding of the situation at the scene.

To put it bluntly, except Xiao Songping and Jiang Shoucheng, no one present had any intention of following the Li family.

In this case, Jiang Shoucheng's phone call is particularly important.

He had to protect both of them.

Otherwise, the reputation of the Jiangdong Li family would have fallen into the gutter and become despised.

After all, if he met a strong enemy, he would become a coward and let the other party show off his power.

If he showed it to the outside world, it would be equivalent to announcing to everyone that there would be no good end to being associated with the Li family, and he didn't even have the confidence to stand up for his subordinates.

Once a rumor gets out, the impact it causes is difficult to completely eliminate.

Li Haocheng didn't want to take the blame for ruining the reputation of the Li family, so he took the opportunity of being angry at Jiang Ran's words.

I used a semi-provoking approach to make him shout out like this.

Even if any unexpected problems occur, his parents will cover for him, so nothing will go wrong.

After Li Haocheng yelled these words in a rage, he felt a chill in his heart for no reason, and then he heard Jiang Ran say.

"When will you be allowed to have a say in who I want to kill or let go?"

Jiang Ran's voice and tone were completely different from Li Haocheng's. Each of them was filled with various thoughts.

Probing, provoking, meaningful anger, and one person being completely calm.

Even in the face of Li Haocheng's extremely offensive words, Jiang Ran still maintained a calm expression.

"I have no intention of discussing the right and wrong of Jiang Shoucheng's actions, but he should never have sent Zhu Tong to Yanshan, and I happened to see him."

"Killing him is not for profit, but for the sake of peace of mind and soul."

When Jiang Ran said this, he looked at Jiang Shoucheng, whose body was stiff, with a sharp gaze, and there was a hint of coldness in his tone.

"I want him dead today."

"You, the Jiangdong Li family, will have to watch helplessly."

Li Haocheng's manic aura returned to calm. He lit up an unbranded cigarette.

He took a deep breath, blew out a smoke ring, smiled playfully, and uttered a few words softly.

"Ten million."

"I'll protect Jiang Shoucheng."

Under normal circumstances, any grudge between Jiang Ran and Jiang Shoucheng would have little to do with him, and he would not be able to control what they did.

However, at this moment he asked for ten million, wanting Jiang Ran to let Jiang Shoucheng go.

The reason was that the other party's words completely aroused his fighting spirit. He wanted to see Jiang Ran's behavior.

Is he really as hard as he says?

"You can't protect it." Jiang Ran said calmly, as if stating a fact.

"Thirty million, plus three months of residency on Xianluo Island." Li Haocheng narrowed his eyes and increased the bid without hesitation.

Even though Jiang Shoucheng vaguely heard this condition, he felt that if Jiang Ran refused again, it would be too ungrateful.

"Li Haocheng."

Jiang Ran was silent for a while, then suddenly called out the other person's name.

"Why don't I give you a condition as well?"

"Before he died, Gu Longzhang said that there was a 300-year-old ginseng in the Li family manor."

"If you can get it within three days, kneel down three times and kowtow nine times to present this old ginseng to me, I may spare your life."

Upon hearing Jiang Ran's words, Li Haocheng froze in his tracks.

When he reacted, there was a look of disbelief in his eyes and he laughed so hard that he was out of breath.

“Haha…hahahahaha…you’re saying that not only are you going to kill Jiang Shoucheng, you’re also going to kill me too?!”

"Master Jiang, Master Jiang, it's good to be young and frivolous, but you are a little too frivolous."

"It's true that you are a Hua Jin, but if you think that in Qingjiang Province, or even in the vast Jiangdong Province, there are only a few Grandmasters like you, Gu Longzhang, and Li Sutong, I'm afraid you are looking at the world from a well."

Li Haocheng could treat Gu Longzhang's death as an ordinary matter, and used not pursuing the matter as a condition to win over Jiang Ran.

In fact, it has been shown that in his eyes, Gu Longzhang, the worshiper of the Li family, is not a unique existence.

"The reason why Gu Longzhang holds a high position in the Li family is that he is a master of Huajin only for one reason."

"He is 96 years old. He taught my grandfather many years ago. Just now, a piece of incense and incense has been left."

"The Li family has been supporting him, wasting a huge amount of resources, but to this day, they have not been able to help him make further progress. He doesn't even have the courage to fight Li Sutong. What do you think of Gu Longzhang, a master of Huajin..."

"In my heart, or in Jiangdong Province, how high can their status be?"

When Li Haocheng said these words, his tone was full of disdain.

Jiang Ran nodded without comment and said softly, "So?"

Li Haocheng put away his smile and said solemnly: "I just want to tell Master Jiang a truth."

"People are born into different classes. Even in the martial arts, there are stupid and smart people."

"You have become a master at your age, which shows that you are very talented. If you have the help of the Li family, you may be able to achieve Baodan in 30 years. By then, you can kill Jiang and Xiao as you like."

"Just not today."

Jiang Ran raised his eyebrows, "What you said makes some sense."

When Jiang Shoucheng heard the young master of the Li family say that he could kill him if he wanted in thirty years, he did not feel despised or insulted.

Who can tell what will happen decades later? Not to mention that he doesn't care, even someone like Xiao Songping wouldn't care about it.

On the contrary, it was Jiang Ran's words that seemed to express agreement, which made Jiang Shoucheng, who had been in a state of anxiety, feel a little relieved.

"It's just that I also want to tell you a truth."

Jiang Ran's tone suddenly became somewhat erratic.

"I'm all ears." Li Haocheng's expression returned to normal and his voice became calm.

He might lose his composure sometimes, but he would always be able to adjust within a short period of time.

"The saying that people are divided into different classes is nothing more than a fig leaf for vested interests."

As soon as Jiang Ran finished speaking, Li Haocheng's pupils contracted.

"I am too lazy to argue whether this is right or wrong. I just want you to understand one thing."

"You are a direct descendant of the Li family. Your clan is well-connected to Jiangdong. You have seen masters of Huajin like Li Sutong and Gu Longzhang, and have also seen the more magnificent scenery of the provinces in Jiangdong."

"Perhaps you think that my previous gesture was just to gain greater benefits."

"But to me, whether it's Gu Longzhang, Jiang Shoucheng, or you, there is no distinction between the three."

"I am the One who is above all of you."