Chapter 249 – Feel Free to Ask If You Need Anything

Longyao City, City Center.

In this area located at the center of Longyao City, there were many extremely important facilities.

The Base City Management Building was here.

The Professional Assistance Center was here.

The Longyao City branch of the Sorcerer Guild was here.

Even the estates and related facilities of various top-tier families, first-rate families, and major organizations were established in this place. There was even a Key Protected Area specifically provided for the families of Professionals to reside in. It could be said that the most important locations in all of Longyao City were concentrated here.

Naturally, the Yun Family Estate’s headquarters was also located here.

However, as the main family that had consistently held the position of President among the twelve families of ‘Cloudflow Commerce’, the Yun Family Estate did not possess an extensive estate like those top-tier and first-rate families.

The Yun Family Estate only had one mansion situated here, which served as the entire family’s headquarters.

This was quite normal.

Although the Yun Family Estate held considerable status in Longyao City and even among the Four Coastal Base Cities, they were neither a Hunter Family nor had they produced any Sorcerers with Spirit Constitution—they were merely an ordinary family.

The Yun Family Estate’s current status was entirely due to Yun Langyue’s father, who started from nothing and achieved great success at a young age. With remarkable boldness, he even ventured into the trade of Extraordinary Items, gradually expanding ‘Cloudflow Commerce’. Eventually, he accepted the other twelve families in a manner similar to shareholding, allowing ‘Cloudflow Commerce’ to grow into a behemoth over thirty years.

In other words, the Yun Family Estate was originally just an ordinary family. It was only because Yun Langyue’s father was a Genius in business that they achieved their current status.

Before this, the Yun Family Estate was merely an extremely inconspicuous small family among the masses.

Such a family naturally wasn’t a great clan—let alone being a Hunter Family, they had never even produced a single Sorcerer.

For such an ordinary family to manage ‘Cloudflow Commerce’ into what it is today could be said to be nearly miraculous.

Yun Langyue’s father was indeed a man of great boldness and perseverance. To prevent ‘Cloudflow Commerce’ from becoming a vague family business, he resolutely accepted the inclusion of over a dozen families, pooling their strengths to expand and elevate ‘Cloudflow Commerce’. To reassure these families, he consistently avoided involving himself in extraordinary powers, preventing others from viewing ‘Cloudflow Commerce’ with the bias of a family business.

Otherwise, given ‘Cloudflow Commerce’s current financial resources and the numerous precious Extraordinary Items they had handled, Yun Langyue’s father could have easily prepared a high-quality Phantom Demon Potion for himself. Supplemented with various treasures to increase adaptation rates, becoming a Hunter with a remarkable Bloodline would have been effortless for him.

But if he had done so, other families would have become wary of the Yun Family Estate possessing extraordinary powers. They wouldn’t have been as willing to join as shareholders, nor would they have unconditionally trusted the Yun Family Estate and confidently invested in ‘Cloudflow Commerce’.

It could be said that the development and growth of this commerce guild were absolutely inseparable from Yun Langyue’s father’s various bold decisions.

Unfortunately, this also planted the seeds of future trouble.As the Cloudflow Commerce grew increasingly powerful and its status became more transcendent, it was inevitable that some ambitious individuals would emerge among the high-ranking families within the Chamber of Commerce.

To them, it made no sense that such a massive trading company remained under the control of an ordinary person.

The fact that the Yun Family Estate was an ordinary household without any supernatural abilities further eroded any sense of caution toward them.

Even though the Yun Family had, over the years, gone to great lengths—through costly deals and transactions—to recruit and employ numerous powerful individuals to safeguard their interests, this still paled in comparison to the deeply rooted, long-established major families in Longyao City. It was hardly a reason for those families to back down.

Thus, as expected, they made their move against the Yun Family.

This was the truth behind the sudden upheaval that struck the Yun Family years ago, and the reason why the entire family fell into hardship.

Everyone assumed the Yun Family would vanish, becoming nothing more than a footnote in Longyao City’s history.

But no one could have predicted that the Yun Family would produce a prodigy of a woman who single-handedly wrested control of the Cloudflow Commerce back from the grasp of those major families.

This prodigious woman was not the current President of the Cloudflow Commerce, the wife of the former pillar of the Yun Family, but rather their daughter.

At just twenty-one years old, and like her parents, an ordinary person with no supernatural abilities, she managed to reclaim everything that belonged to the Yun Family in just a few years. She cast all the families that had acted against the Yun Family into hell and restored the Yun Family to its pinnacle.

The sheer incredibility of this feat speaks for itself.

Within the industry, many marveled at this, calling both father and daughter of the Yun Family monsters. Despite being ordinary people, one had built the colossal Cloudflow Commerce from scratch, while the other, left alone and destitute, lifted the fallen Yun Family back to the top. Their methods were so formidable that they left countless leaders of major families and powerful organizations in the professional circle utterly astonished.

Recalling these past events and the history of the Yun Family, even Su Ming couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

“Human potential truly knows no bounds. Even without supernatural abilities, there are those who achieve miracles beyond imagination.”

With such thoughts in mind, Su Ming arrived at the Yun Family Estate on this day.

However, he did not appear in his true form. Instead, he donned a cloak, combat attire, and a mask, with even his right hand concealed by fingerless gloves.

Yes, this was the exact appearance he adopted when operating under the alias of Ming Wang.

Today, Su Ming had come here in the identity of “Ming Wang.”

And since he was here as “Ming Wang,” Su Ming could not openly walk into the Yun Family Estate, lest he stir up trouble.

After all, the current “Ming Wang” was under the scrutiny of countless people. The slightest hint of his whereabouts would instantly draw targeted attention.

If possible, Su Ming had no desire to bring the “Ming Wang” alias back into the Jianghu.

Especially using the “Ming Wang” identity to visit the Yun Family—it would only bring trouble upon them.

Currently, under Yun Langyue’s official declaration, the Yun Family had publicly severed all ties with the existence known as “Ming Wang.”

If it were discovered that “Ming Wang” had come to the Yun Family, all of Yun Langyue’s statements would be dismissed as lies.At that time, for the Demon Emperor Sword, the Yun Family Estate would inevitably face targeting and even censure from various factions.

If things went poorly, the Yun Family Estate, which had just managed to rally and return to its peak, would be dragged down by Su Ming and face another catastrophic downfall.

Yet Su Ming had no choice but to come.

There was no other way.

The issue with the Demon Emperor Sword in his right hand had to be investigated thoroughly.

For this reason, Su Ming accepted Yun Langyue’s invitation and came here.

Su Ming picked up his phone and dialed a number.

“I’m here.”

As soon as the call connected, Su Ming immediately stated succinctly.

The other party didn’t respond but instead took direct action.

Under these circumstances, in a secluded corner near the back door of the Yun Family Estate, an enchanting woman quietly appeared and approached Su Ming.

“You came quite fast.” Yun Langyue looked at Su Ming, who was fully armed, and said with a faint smile, “It seems you’re in quite a hurry.”

“Can I not be?” Su Ming shrugged. “There’s a problem now. If I don’t figure out what’s going on, I probably won’t even be able to sleep peacefully in the future.”

“No worries.” Yun Langyue blinked. “If needed, feel free to tell me. I’m always available to sleep with my family’s great benefactor, ensuring you rest very peacefully.”

Hearing this, Su Ming nearly choked.

“Are you sure that’s meant to give me peace, rather than eternal rest?”

The Young Miss of the Yun Family Estate sleeping with him?

That would likely get him torn to pieces in minutes.

This woman was a seductress with countless admirers. If Su Ming accidentally revealed his identity, he’d probably be harassed by a bunch of mindless followers in no time.

That wasn’t even the worst of it.

The most terrifying part was that if Yun Langyue actually came to sleep with him, her overprotective mother would probably rush over and tear him apart instantly.

Thinking of Yun Langyue’s eccentric mother, Su Ming felt uneasy all over.

“Let me ask one more time—your mother really isn’t home today, right?”

Su Ming asked with both concern and caution.

This made Yun Langyue both annoyed and amused.

“You’ve asked this countless times on the phone, and you’re still asking now?” Yun Langyue rolled her eyes. “I told you my mother isn’t home today, so she isn’t. Even Uncle Wu isn’t here. You can do whatever you want to me; no one can stop you.”

“The way you say that makes it sound like I have ill intentions toward you.” Su Ming retorted, then sighed in relief. “But it’s good that they’re not here.”

Otherwise, Su Ming really wouldn’t want to go in.

“Let’s go.” Yun Langyue was too lazy to banter with Su Ming any longer. “The people are already waiting inside. All that’s missing is you, the person involved.”

“Are they reliable?” Su Ming couldn’t help but ask. “Regardless of their skills, if they reveal that I appeared at the Yun Family Estate, wouldn’t you be in trouble?”

The identity of “Ming Wang” was just that sensitive now.

That’s why Su Ming didn’t want to come under this identity.

But if he didn’t come under this identity, the problem might be even more severe.After all, Su Ming intended to entrust his right hand to those so-called experts for analysis and examination, and he had to disclose his condition to them for their assessment. Thus, neither the matter of the Demon Emperor Sword nor the characteristics of his right hand could be concealed.

If he were to handle this matter under his real identity, wouldn’t it be equivalent to announcing to everyone that he was Ming Wang?

If the information were to leak, the trouble would truly escalate.

Out of necessity, Su Ming had no choice but to don his disguise again and undergo the examination under the identity of “Ming Wang.”

This way, even if the information were to leak, at least his true identity would remain unknown, preventing the worst-case scenario.

Even so, the appearance of Ming Wang at the Yun Family Estate remained a sensitive matter, capable of instantly turning the Yun Family into a target of public criticism.

Given this, Su Ming was far more verbose than usual.

In contrast, Yun Langyue was nothing like Su Ming, who was torn between hope and fear. She appeared completely at ease.

“Aren’t you confident in my ability to handle things?” Yun Langyue pursed her lips into a smile and said, “I’ve already had the experts and technicians sign contracts in advance, ensuring they won’t disclose any information related to today’s examination. Even if they wanted to feign compliance while acting contrary, they wouldn’t be able to.”

“Is that so?” Only then did Su Ming feel reassured.

“Feeling relieved now?” Yun Langyue chided, “Then can you come in with me?”

To be fair, if it were anyone else invited into her home, they would likely be overjoyed and lose all sense of direction.

Even just having tea and chatting would leave countless people ecstatic beyond measure.

Only Su Ming was like this, worrying about this and guarding against that, making one almost want to pry open his head to see what exactly was inside.

“Let’s… let’s go in.”

Su Ming seemed to realize he had overreacted and gave an awkward smile, saying nothing more.

The two of them entered the Yun Family Estate through the back door, one after the other, disappearing into the secluded alley.

……

Although the Yun Family Estate did not cover as vast an area as the estates of major Families, this mansion alone was in no way inferior to any building in those large Family compounds.

Even the Main Residence of the Xu Family, when compared to this mansion of the Yun Family, was likely on par.

Thus, the Yun Family Estate was still very large. Apart from Yun Langyue and her mother, the people living here included servants, attendants, and Professionals recruited by the Yun Family.

To avoid crowds, under Yun Langyue’s guidance, Su Ming did not wander through the spacious corridors of the Yun Family Estate but went directly underground.

“This is the area where some of the Yun Family’s important facilities are located.”

Yun Langyue led Su Ming through the underground passage while explaining.

“Facilities like the vault for storing precious Extraordinary Items, the treasury, and the Archive—we built them all underground for easier concealment.”

Hearing this, Su Ming nodded while surveying his surroundings.

Although this was underground, it was constructed like a high-tech advanced base. The walls were made of steel, and the corridor underfoot had a distinct metallic texture. Walking on it produced clear, clanging sounds, giving Su Ming the feeling of having stumbled into a heavily guarded military zone.Along the way, Yun Langyue went through fingerprint authentication, pupil scanning, password entry, and voice recognition before finally opening each automatic door one by one to proceed.

This scene made Su Ming almost doubt whether he had truly arrived in a world with supernatural powers.

“Does it feel quite special and rare?”

Naturally noticing Su Ming’s reaction, Yun Langyue chuckled softly.

“Rare? This is far beyond rare.”

Su Ming laughed in disbelief.

This was clearly something he had never seen before.

(End of Chapter)