From the Metropolis to the Strongest in the Cosmos

In a short time, Li Yang’s funds had broken 120 million! He could finally buy a dose of the Anticancer Agent!

”Congratulations to bidder number eleven for winning the 506-jin Bluefin Tuna.”

At the auction house, the auctioneer announced with a smile, ”Alright, this concludes today’s auction...”

The auction ended, and the crowd began to file out.

Zhao Kun’s expression had returned to normal by this point. He glanced at Li Yang before quickly looking away.

He walked straight out. After leaving, he immediately called Zhao Qianxing to tell him what had happened.

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Qianxing sounded a bit surprised. ”You’re saying Li Yang caught thirteen Bluefin Tuna and made a hundred million at this auction?”

His attention had always been on Li Guohai and Zhao Rou. As for his grandson, Li Yang, he had paid him almost no mind.

”Yes, Dad. With this much money, it’s entirely possible for Li Yang to buy the Anticancer Agent. Should we intervene...?” Zhao Kun asked.

For the first time, Zhao Qianxing felt surprised by his grandson. A hundred million was no small sum. Without the right connections and background, it was practically impossible for an ordinary person to earn that much.

Take Li Guohai, for instance. He had earned ten million over more than twenty years, and that was already considered a minor achievement.

How many ordinary people only manage to save a million in their entire lifetime?

And yet, his own grandson had earned a hundred million just by catching thirteen Bluefin Tuna.

After hearing what Zhao Kun said, Zhao Qianxing paused for a moment before shaking his head. ”There’s no need to intervene. Even if Li Yang gets an Anticancer Agent, just let him. It’s only a single dose, after all.”

His expression was indifferent as he said, ”Doesn’t Li Guohai love Xiaorou? If this Anticancer Agent is used on her, then we won’t have to do anything.”

Zhao Rou was his daughter. No matter how furious he was, he couldn’t possibly watch his own daughter die of cancer, so he was definitely going to buy a dose of the Anticancer Agent for her.

Now that Li Yang had produced one, it was exactly what they wanted.

”If Li Guohai uses this Anticancer Agent for himself, it will be the perfect opportunity for Xiaorou to see what kind of man he truly is. The man she gave up everything to be with would watch her suffer from cancer, yet choose to use it on himself.”

In Zhao Qianxing’s eyes, Li Yang obtaining the Anticancer Agent had no impact on them whatsoever.

In fact, they were hoping Li Yang would get the Anticancer Agent and give it to Li Guohai.

As for a second dose of the Anticancer Agent... Zhao Qianxing felt it was utterly impossible for Li Yang to obtain another.

Encountering Bluefin Tuna was already a stroke of immense luck. Li Yang had gotten lucky and earned a hundred million from it; could he possibly get that lucky a second time? That was basically impossible.

”I understand, Dad.” Zhao Kun nodded.

...

”Li Yang, my aunt and I are leaving now,” Zhou Yao said with a smile, her arm linked with Zhou Xiaoyun’s.

Li Yang smiled and nodded. ”Okay. I’m planning to head back to Coastal City, too.”

Zhou Xiaoyun laughed and said, ”Li Yang, you should come see our Yaoyao more often when you’re free.”

”Jeez, Auntie, what are you talking about?”

Zhou Yao was instantly embarrassed by Zhou Xiaoyun’s words.

Seeing her reaction, Li Yang felt his heart stir.

”Alright, Li Yang, hope to see you again soon,” Zhou Xiaoyun said with a smile.

After Zhou Yao and Zhou Xiaoyun left and got back in their car, Zhou Xiaoyun couldn’t help but ask, ”Yaoyao, what’s the deal with this Li Yang? I don’t get the impression he’s particularly into you, yet you put up three million and deliberately had me use it to help him.”

She had come to bid on the Bluefin Tuna, but she hadn’t planned on deliberately paying a high price. It was Zhou Yao who had asked her to place a high bid and buy the second-to-last fish.

As for why the second-to-last one... because there would be fierce competition for the largest tuna, and besides, driving up the price of the second-to-last fish would make the final one sell for even more.

Hearing this, Zhou Yao said softly, ”Li Yang’s parents have cancer, and they desperately need money right now. I can’t help him much, so this was all I could do.”

She clearly knew something about the situation with Li Yang’s parents.

”Sigh, you silly girl, you’re completely love-struck. You’re going to get hurt one day!” Zhou Xiaoyun sighed and gently tapped Zhou Yao on the head.

Zhou Yao just smiled at her aunt’s words. She knew exactly what she was doing.

After a moment, she asked, ”Auntie, what’s the exact relationship between Li Yang and the Zhao family? Is Li Yang really Zhao Kun’s nephew?”

She had previously learned about his parents’ situation, but that was the extent of her knowledge; she didn’t know any other details.

At the mention of this, Zhou Xiaoyun’s expression grew serious and she nodded. ”Yaoyao, I only know about this because I happened to overhear my dad talking about it once. That Zhao Qianxing has two sons and a daughter named Zhao Rou. Apparently, Zhao Qianxing wanted Zhao Rou to be with Zheng Qian of the Zheng family, but she chose an ordinary man instead. After that, Zhao Qianxing kicked her out of the family completely. Li Yang must be Zhao Rou’s son.”

She looked at her niece and said, ”You’ve probably heard of the Zheng family. They’re a Cultivator family. One of them is at the Celestial Level, and another has even reached the King Level!”

As she spoke of this, Zhou Xiaoyun’s face was filled with gravity.

The more privileged one’s family background, the more one understood the power of Cultivators!

The world’s strongest Cultivator was said to be able to withstand a direct hit from a nuclear bomb without a scratch. It was simply unimaginable!

Modern nuclear weapons are countless times more powerful than those of the past, and yet even they are useless against that ultimate expert!

A single person being mightier than a nation—this had actually become a reality!

Zhou Yao fell silent. She hadn’t expected Li Yang’s family background to be so complicated.

Seeing Zhou Yao’s expression, Zhou Xiaoyun sighed. ”Yaoyao, let me give you a piece of advice now. It will be very difficult for you and Li Yang to ever be together.”

”You know how it is with our family. Most other wealthy families have one or two Cultivators, but our Zhou family doesn’t have a single one.”

You can’t become a Cultivator just by wanting to; you must have the necessary Talent. And that Talent is rarer than one in ten thousand. Otherwise, every rich person would have just chosen to cultivate.

The Zhao family had a Cultivator, as did other families, but the Zhou family, to which Zhou Xiaoyun and Zhou Yao belonged, had none.