Chapter 196 Investment and Danger

At this moment, a lot of people gathered on the first floor of the Peace Financial Building. These people were relatives and friends. They didn't want to leave Tianchang City with their families, so they chose to take shelter here to avoid danger and accidents at night.

"Li Yi, you have made great progress recently. That's great. Your father would be very pleased if he knew you were so capable. Uncle Biao has benefited from you this time. Otherwise, I really don't know where to hide these days. I don't know what Lin Yue was thinking. She suddenly sold the house in Anding District, leaving her with nowhere to go now."

When Uncle Biao saw Li Yi at this moment, he immediately greeted him warmly.

"Uncle Biao, don't say that. We are all acquaintances and it is only natural for us to help each other. But Uncle Biao said that Sister Lin sold the house in Anding District? What's going on? How come I didn't know about it?" Li Yi said in surprise.

Lin Yue came over and said, "Don't listen to uncle's nonsense. It's not true. I have always rented a house in Anding District. How can I afford to buy one?"

She didn't want Li Yi to know that she had sold her house in Anding District to use the money to buy the guidance technique.

Uncle Biao finally realized what was happening. Lin Yue had warned him not to tell anyone about this matter. He quickly slapped his head and said, "Yes, yes, it was a rental house. I may have just started to use my spiritual medium and seen too many unclean things recently, so my mind is a little confused and I remembered it wrong."

Li Yi looked at Uncle Biao and then at Lin Yue, and finally said, "Is that so? Why do I feel like Uncle Biao is hiding something from me?"

"How could that be? Li Yi has thought too much. You should discuss the next task with Lin Yue." Uncle Biao smiled and said, "But I can't help you with the matter of the old city. I'll go talk to your dad. I saw on the news recently that many Silent Ones have woken up one after another. I wonder if your dad can wake up soon. If he can, I'd like to treat him to a drink."

"My parents are in the room over there. Uncle Biao, if you go there, please say hello to Zheng Lan and ask her to help open the door." Li Yi said.

"Okay, I got it." Uncle Biao said hello and left.

"Li Yi." At this time, someone on the first floor shouted again.

Li Yi looked in the direction of the voice, and saw Lu Jue waving at him beside the sofa in the hall not far away.

"Lü Jue." His expression changed and then he walked over.

Later, Li Yi discovered that Lu Jue did not come alone this time, but was accompanied by a group of practitioners. Among them were Kong Sheng, who had helped him deal with Ning Wu before, Zhao Xiaoxiao, who had worked together with him, and Fang Hang, Cheng Pingfang and others who had been rescued from the danger zone before. Among these practitioners, there were mediums and inspirations, and their strengths varied.

But they all have some friendship with Li Yi.

"Li Yi." When everyone saw Li Yi coming, they greeted him.

"Hello, everyone." Li Yi nodded and responded.

Lu Jue said: "Li Yi, I have something I want to talk to you about."

"What's the matter?" Li Yi asked.

"Under the current situation, we practitioners can't accomplish anything if we act as a group, so I thought about it and talked with them before. They all expressed their willingness to invest in you and hope that Li Yi can enter the Golden Academy and become a cross-border person. I just don't know if you agree." Lu Jue did not hide anything and went straight to the point.

"Investing in Li Yi? This is a good thing, but we are not short of money. If we really want to invest, we have to contribute, and we have to contribute a lot. It is risky, and if we are not careful, people may die."

Lin Yue came over at this moment, her eyes flashing, and she said very seriously: "You all know the current situation. The entire Tianchang City is looking for important people to invest. Among them, Li Shaoqing, Yang Yilong, Gu Mengping from the Investigation Bureau, and Taoist Peter have invested the most people because they are the strongest and have the best chance of becoming cross-border people. The probability of getting a return is very high."

"But Li Yi has great potential, but he is still growing and improving, so many people don't think highly of him. But I think Li Yi will definitely stand out, so if you just want to give it a try, I advise you to forget it. Don't make a fuss and end up not even being friends with him."

Lin Yue was very happy that someone was willing to invest in Li Yi, but she didn't want these people to invest with a try-it-out attitude. Such an investment would be fine under normal circumstances, but it would definitely not work now.

"Lin Yue, we certainly know what the word investment means. As the saying goes, it is difficult to help someone in need, but it is easy to add icing on the cake. Our investment in Li Yi at this time is naturally a timely help." The cultivator named Fang Hang said seriously: "To be honest, if it weren't for Li Yi, what I lost in the danger zone before was not this arm, but my life."

"Li Yi saved me and helped me. Now he wants to compete for a place in the Golden Academy. I am willing to help him."

"Since we have opened our mouth to invest in Li Yi, we are naturally prepared to go all out." Cheng Pingfang said seriously.

Zhao Xiaoxiao, a woman, also said very seriously: "Lin Yue, I know you are a master of spiritual perception and look down on ordinary practitioners like us, but I know Li Yi's potential better than you. When I worked for Yang Yilong before, I wanted to invest in Li Yi, but I was rejected at that time, but my idea has not changed."

After saying that, she looked at Li Yi again: "From the beginning to now, I have saved a total of 20 million. This time I plan to use it all to support you. I hope you don't think it's too little."

"Li Yi, I will not hesitate whether it is to contribute money or manpower. I hope you will seriously consider it." Kong Sheng also said.

For him, there is no one in the entire Tianchang City who is more suitable for investment than Li Yi.

Because he had dealt with Li Yi before and knew that Li Yi was a trustworthy person and not the kind of person who would burn bridges after crossing them, so he dared to take a gamble.

If it were someone else, he would definitely ignore them.

"Li Yi, you know these people, you make the decision." Lin Yue didn't say anything at this moment, just glanced at Li Yi and said.

At this moment, everyone looked at Li Yi, waiting for his reply.

Li Yi's face was calm at the moment, thinking, and after a moment he spoke: "Everyone trusts me and invests in me, which is indeed a good thing for me, but at this moment, there are incidents one after another in the old city, the abandoned city, and the dangerous area. Once you invest in me, you will not be able to stay out of many things. Just like Sister Lin said, you will lose your life if you are not careful."

"For example, tonight, there is a mission. The Bureau of Investigation is going to conduct a large-scale cleanup codenamed Exorcism against the zombies and evil spirits in the old city. The risk is very high and many people will die. Consider whether you want to join."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Jue immediately said, "I'll join. If you need me, just tell me. I will never refuse."

"I'll join in too." Fang Hang touched his broken arm and said, "Although I'm missing a hand, I still have the strength of the Spiritual Realm, so I can help."

"Me too"

These people did not hesitate at all, it was obvious that they had already made preparations and made up their minds.

To them, Li Yi is not just a friend, but also a hope for cross-border development. Only if they unwaveringly invest in Li Yi will they have a chance to cross-border development. Otherwise, with their potential, they will never be able to leave Tianchang City in their lifetime. If a second Tianqing incident really happens in the future, they can only stay here with their families and leave it to fate.

This is something that they, as practitioners, never want to see.

If you retreat at this time and refuse to give it a try, then you will deserve to be doomed when disaster strikes in the future.

Being able to become a practitioner and reach this point, everyone may have their own shortcomings, but no one is a fool. Even Zhao Xiaoxiao is determined to invest in Li Yi at this moment.

She had witnessed with her own eyes how fast Li Yi rose.

This is something that ordinary practitioners can never dream of, so she will definitely not miss the opportunity again this time like before. So now she does not hesitate to bet everything and put all her efforts into winning back everything she had lost before.

Facing such an attitude of the crowd, Li Yi wanted to say something, but at this time Zheng Lan walked over quickly: "Li Yi, there is a helicopter outside. It seems to be a staff member of the Investigation Bureau. They said they have something important to talk to you about."

Li Yi immediately handed Zheng Lan a resurrection pill that he had prepared long ago: "I know about this. Give this thing to the people in the Investigation Bureau. They know what this is. You don't need to explain."

"it is good."

Zheng Lan didn't ask any more questions. She took the resurrection pill and immediately walked out of the building.

After receiving the resurrection pill, the staff of the Investigation Bureau expressed their gratitude to Li Yi. Then the helicopter took off again and left at an extremely fast speed.

Obviously, they went to deliver medicine to Zhang Lei.

Under Engineer Zheng's guarantee, no one would doubt that Li Yi's medicine was fake. They just prayed that the medicine could play the desired role and wake up the unconscious Zhang Lei, so as to stabilize the current bad situation. After all, Taoist Priest Pete, Gu Mengping, Lin Yue and other foreign combat personnel could not hold the situation, and Zhang Lei's presence was indispensable.

When everyone saw this little episode, they didn't ask any more questions and continued to wait quietly for Li Yi's reply.

Li Yi said at this time: "Since everyone has made a decision, I will not say anything more. Thank you for your hard work on tonight's mission."

Seeing that Li Yi agreed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and immediately showed joy.

However, despite his joy, his expression began to become serious.

Once you participate in the investment, you have to bear risks and responsibilities. This mission is also a test for them to demonstrate their value.

Seeing that Li Yi agreed to these people's investment, Lin Yue was both happy and regretful. She was happy that Li Yi had gradually built up his own staff and team, but it was a pity that the people investing this time were too weak, and there was not a single spiritual master. But then again, if they were spiritual masters, why would they come to invest in Li Yi? They would have invested in Li Shaoqing, Yang Yilong, Taoist Pete and others long ago.

"Forget it, at least there is a good start, which is better than having no one to use." Lin Yue thought to herself. Just as everyone started to prepare, it was already dusk.

The night is getting closer.

During this time, Li Yi asked Zheng Lan to settle everyone down and prepare all the necessary supplies. Although not much, it was enough for everyone to survive for more than ten days.

I thought the Peace Financial Building could survive these few days in peace.

Until a gunshot suddenly rang out, waking up everyone in the building.

"What? Gunshots? They sounded very close, just outside the building."

"Someone is driving this way, in a hurry. It seems he is in danger."

"The gunshot was from the Investigation Bureau's special M200 sniper rifle."

At once, everyone who was resting in the hall on the first floor stood up in unison.

"Go out and see."

Li Yi was the first to move. His arms glowed, and the guiding technique was activated. He then rushed out holding the hanging spear.

Seeing this, others immediately followed suit.

The practitioners moved very quickly. In just a few seconds, everyone arrived at the square outside the building.

At this time, a pickup truck came speeding, and then it almost overturned due to a sudden turn. Finally, it braked and stopped at the gate. Then, Zheng Gong and Yuan Mingjin were seen each holding a sniper rifle and shooting in a direction behind them.

Two more shots rang out.

A figure was hit instantly and fell to the ground.

It was a rotten corpse, its face was pale and bloodless, but for some reason it was able to move. Even after being shot and falling to the ground, the corpse was still twitching, as if it wanted to stand up at any time.

However, after struggling for a while, the body was too badly broken to move further. At this time, a cold and illusory figure floated out from the body.

"That's a ghost."

Everyone present had activated their psychics and could see ghosts, and they recognized the thing above the corpse at a glance, and their faces suddenly changed.

Under normal circumstances, such wronged souls and evil spirits in the environment of the earth would be corroded by the polluted energy and eventually completely perish. But for some unknown reason, this evil spirit that floated out was able to resist the erosion for a short time and did not dissipate immediately. Instead, it pounced towards Zheng Gong ferociously.

Zheng Gong was shocked and fired again, but it was of no use.

The bullet passes through the body of the evil ghost but cannot cause any harm to it. Instead, the evil ghost will invade the ghost itself, eliminate its consciousness, and take over its body.

But at this critical moment, a bronze spear of illusory color flew past.

A spear directly hit the flying evil spirit and nailed it to the ground.

The evil ghost struggled and wailed on the ground, his face looking ferocious and terrifying, but it was of no avail. Instead, as time passed, the illusory body quickly dissipated, and in the end it could not even maintain its form and completely disappeared from this world.

died?

Everyone was shocked.

I was surprised when I looked at the spear.

I didn't expect that the spear in Li Yi's hand was actually used to deal with evil spirits.

"Engineer Zheng, Yuan Mingjin, are you okay?" Li Yi strode over.

"No, it's okay. I was targeted by some dirty creatures on my way back. Fortunately, I drove fast enough and ran over. Otherwise, I would have died on the way. Taoist Pete's guess is correct. Once night falls, these zombies will surely spread, and then everyone nearby will be in danger." Engineer Zheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with some lingering fear.

Yuan Mingjin said: "To deal with these zombies, not only do we need guns, but we also need means to harm the evil spirits. Otherwise, it will be just like what happened just now. After killing a zombie, a evil spirit will invade us. Even if we don't die, our consciousness will be damaged and we will fall into a coma."

He hasn't finished speaking yet.

Suddenly, Lin Yue's figure suddenly appeared in front of him: "Be careful."

Right now.

A dried-up corpse suddenly jumped out from behind the shade of a tree in a nearby green belt. It moved as fast as a ghost, so fast that it was unbelievable. It arrived in front of Yuan Mingjin in just one or two seconds. However, just as the corpse was about to attack, Lin Yue noticed the abnormality first and threw a punch.

With the sound of the fist explosion, a fist mark was instantly left on the mummy's body. Then the remaining force knocked it away, and it rolled on the ground for several times before finally stopping.

A normal practitioner would definitely not be able to stand up after being hit by Lin Yue, but this mummy stood up immediately as if nothing had happened, and its lifeless eyes emitted a strange light as it stared at everyone.

"It's a powerful walking corpse. Its cultivation level is not low and its strength is close to spiritual perception." Lin Yue said in a deep voice.

"What? This mummy has the ability of spiritual perception?" Lu Jue, Kong Sheng and others were shocked.

Is this the evil spirit of the old city?
It's so terrifying.

Just one mummy that spread out had such power. No wonder all the people in the old city ran away. If they didn't run away, they would have no chance of survival.

"Sister Lin, don't do anything. I will kill it." Li Yi was not afraid. Before his voice fell, he rushed out. His energy was circulating, and his blood was boiling. In just a moment, a heat spread from his body to the surroundings. Then everyone saw that Li Yi was like a furnace, with red light all over his body.

Moreover, this red light shot straight into the sky like a wolf smoke, which was extremely magical.

As soon as Li Yi took action, the restless energy and blood could not be suppressed and spread out. He instantly pulled out the hanging spear on the ground and killed the mummy.

The mummy seemed to sense the danger of the hanging spear and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

But Li Yi acted too quickly and picked up the spear and stabbed out in an instant.

The mummy dodged instantly and imitated Lin Yue, punching towards Li Yi with an incredible speed that caught people off guard.

Li Yi was alerted and used a killer move of Chuanwu.

Elbow to the center.

After the two collided, the mummy was no match for the opponent. It was shaken by the terrifying force and couldn't keep its balance, so it retreated continuously.

During the Blood Burning Technique, Li Yi's energy was so abundant that his strength was no less than that of Lin Yue, a master of spiritual perception.

Taking advantage of the mummy's failed attack, Li Yi instantly swung his spear and hit the mummy's body.

Strange things happened.

The spear ignored the mummy's body and swept out an evil ghost that possessed it, revealing it in front of everyone.

"Good." Lin Yue couldn't help but praise when seeing this.

She finally understood that Li Yi's spear would not hurt the body but only the soul. Evil ghosts that inhabit the bodies of dead people and become zombies are most afraid of this kind of weapon. One strike would damage their roots and make them unable to commit crimes anymore.

The evil ghost that was hit by Li Yi's hanging spear fell to the ground with its body broken, struggling and wailing. Finally, under the erosion of the polluted energy, it began to quickly disintegrate and finally disappeared completely.

(End of this chapter)