Chapter 446: Instigation

Jian Changsheng: ???

"Don't say that, I’m not immortal!" Jian Changsheng immediately distanced himself from Heart of Red 9. "I can die very easily!"

Heart of Red 9 clicked his tongue and glanced at Jian Changsheng, his gaze as if calling him a coward.

"My point is, we can actually have a safer method." Chen Ling spoke up immediately. "As long as we can determine first whether there is that painting in these consortiums' treasure vaults..."

Heart of Red 9 and Jian Changsheng looked at each other and asked in confusion:

"But we can't get in, how can we determine if it's inside?"

Chen Ling smiled.

Almost at the same time, a knock on the door sounded:

"Special Envoy, the car for your dinner with Director Mu Chunsheng of the Big Dipper Consortium is ready. When would you like to depart?"

In the stunned gaze of Jian Changsheng and Heart of Red 9, Chen Ling put on his golden mask unhurriedly, and a sense of mystery and oppression rushed toward them...

"The opportunity, isn't it here?"

……

A car drove slowly into the tree-lined road.

As the car approached, the gardeners watering and pruning the gardens on both sides stopped what they were doing at the same time and bowed slightly toward the car. The sound of the fountain echoed around the garden, and a faint rainbow could even be seen in the sky where the water vapor dissipated.

Chen Ling looked at the scene outside through the car window, and couldn't help but sigh that the Red Dust Realm was indeed different...

Compared to the Big Dipper Consortium, the Star Chamber of Commerce in Aurora City had a strangely gaudy, nouveau-riche feel. But here, everything revealed design and elegance.

After the car bypassed the white fountain, it stopped slowly in front of a luxurious private residence.

At this time, more than a dozen people were standing in a neat row in front of the residence, as if waiting for Chen Ling’s arrival. As soon as the car stopped, a figure dressed as a butler stepped forward to open the door for Chen Ling.

"Special Envoy, please this way."

Passing through a straight road, Chen Ling arrived at the entrance of the private residence, and a familiar voice came from afar:

"Special Envoy, you’ve finally arrived!"

He saw Mu Chunsheng sitting in a wheelchair, approaching as his son pushed him. That mottled face was full of smiles, but to Chen Ling, it looked incredibly awkward... Perhaps it was because he was a Theater God Daoist himself, he still had a sense of awe for faces.

Although he didn't know what was wrong with Mu Chunsheng’s face, it made him feel uncomfortable every time he saw it.

"The Big Dipper Consortium is quite impressive."

Chen Ling scanned the large residence and spoke calmly.

"You flatter me, Special Envoy... The weather is just right, why don't I take you around for a tour?"

This suggestion hit the mark for Chen Ling. In fact, his previous sentence was intended to elicit this effect, but on the surface, he pretended to think for a moment before nodding slightly.

Mu Chunsheng immediately took Chen Ling around the residence, followed by a large group of butlers, maids, and bodyguards. Looking from afar, it was a massive group of people, like a leader coming for an inspection.

"These were all specially transplanted from the South Sea Realm. They are rare and precious varieties. Look at these roses; in the entire Red Dust Main City, only here can you find such a large patch..."

"This rockery is the work of a famous master, and it’s his posthumous work, symbolizing a white dragon emerging from the sea, bringing wealth rolling in."

"And this golden nanmu tree, I also specially invited someone to transplant it, and there is a team responsible for cultivating it. Now, just this tree alone is worth millions..."

"And..."

Chen Ling had seen the financial power of the Big Dipper Consortium. Along the way, Mu Chunsheng was introducing flowers, plants, and some common decorations. He could tell the origin of every single one, and they were all worth a fortune.

If not for this, he wouldn't have been able to spend tens of millions to bid for his gold at the banquet a few days ago.

But what Chen Ling wanted to see was naturally not these. He listened silently for a long time, then said slowly: "Director Mu, your collection... is it just these flowers and plants?"

Hearing this, Mu Chunsheng’s expression stiffened, then he laughed loudly:

"Of course not, these are just some decorations in the residence... I have many more collections in the underground treasure vault. Since the Special Envoy is interested, please come and appraise them."

Mu Chunsheng waved his hand, and the group turned back toward the residence.

On the way back, Chen Ling seemed to think of something and suddenly asked: "Director Mu, have you found that sandalwood peace Buddha from that night?"

Mu Chunsheng’s footsteps paused, and his face turned ugly in an instant. As he walked, he took a deep breath and said somewhat angrily:

"Speaking of that, I was just about to explain to you..."

"Oh?"

"At noon today, we received a tip-off and found that sandalwood peace Buddha in a suburban warehouse under the Flower Capital Consortium." Mu Chunsheng gritted his teeth. "I knew that old thing was up to no good! Special Envoy, don't look at Zong Wen’s smiling face; his heart is dirtier than anyone else’s... He did this to frame me, using a piece of rotten wood to drive a wedge between us and the Special Envoy!"

"I see." Chen Ling nodded expressionlessly. "What do you plan to do about it?"

"We have already declared war on the Flower Capital Consortium." Mu Chunsheng said in a deep voice. "Whether it’s in finance, entertainment, or media, we have started sanctions against the Flower Capital Consortium... However, the Flower Capital Consortium has been rooted in the Main City for a long time, and it is not easy to overthrow them completely, unless..."

Mu Chunsheng paused for a moment and looked tentatively at Chen Ling beside him. "Unless their current management and decision-making layer all die."

Chen Ling sneered in his heart and replied:

"Director Mu, are you suggesting that you want to use me to recreate the bloodbath of four years ago?"

"Special Envoy, you misunderstand." Mu Chunsheng immediately denied. "Since we are already friends, I will be blunt... Actually, I am also secretly accumulating strength, transferring some high-level personnel from other realms, trying to secretly eliminate the top management of the Flower Capital Consortium... But such people are not easy to find now, and even if they are, the price they ask is not something we can afford at the moment.

Furthermore, the Flower Capital Consortium also hides a lot of personnel. Although the Big Dipper Consortium is confident that we can solve them if we really take action, the cost would definitely not be small...

Of course, if the Special Envoy is willing to take action, it would naturally be different."

Mu Chunsheng changed the subject. "After all, for the Special Envoy, killing a group of smiling tigers who are secretly using you is just a flick of a finger... And even [Floating Life Painting] wouldn't dare to do anything to the Special Envoy."

Around and around, Mu Chunsheng still jokingly brought the topic back to Chen Ling, trying to use his "friendship" with Chen Ling, plus verbal instigation, to get the other party to take action.