Chapter 28 - The bank comes knocking on the door.

Without the sword, Li Hao was in a miserable state. The yin spirits pounced on him, tore his soul apart, and devoured it bit by bit. Li Hao rolled on the ground, holding his head. Before long, he bled from all his orifices and died. Li Hao, who had committed numerous evil deeds, finally vanished from this world, not even having the qualification to be reincarnated. Xiao Jiu, being a good Samaritan to the end, directly used his magical power to draw a hole in the ground, urging those yin spirits to go down and be reincarnated. Those yin spirits knelt down and bowed to Xiao Jiu three times, saying, "Thank you, Master Mage." Xiao Jiu said, "Hurry up and go. What are you lingering for? My injuries haven't healed yet, and I can barely hold on using my magical power to open a path to the Underworld for you." Only then did these yin spirits quickly crawl into the hole, and Xiao Jiu retracted his magical power. Just this once had consumed 80% of his magical power, leaving him somewhat exhausted. If it weren't for pitying them, who would be willing to waste their magical power? Just as Xiao Jiu was about to leave, a ray of golden light from the sky directly rushed into his Yang Spirit. His injured Yang Spirit was immediately restored. Xiao Jiu hadn't expected such a benefit. This was the merit bestowed by the Heavenly Dao, which completely healed his Yang Spirit. After healing Xiao Jiu's Yang Spirit, there was no merit of the Heavenly Dao left. Xiao Jiu thought that this was a precious thing. With the merit of the Heavenly Dao, it would be useful for helping others to defy fate in the future. It seemed that he should do more good deeds in the future to see if he could accumulate some merit, but this kind of thing was something that could only be encountered by chance, not sought after. Xiao Jiu's Yang Spirit returned to his body, and he called Li Mei's family together. He told Li Mei that the spellcaster was already dead, in a rented room in the town. He told Li Mei and the others the address and asked them to go and take a look the next day to see if they recognized the person, and to call the police by the way. He told Li Mei's family not to reveal his involvement, and they all promised to keep it a secret. To express their gratitude, they gave a red envelope. Xiao Jiu didn't even look at it and directly threw it to his elder brother, saying, "Well, the matter is settled. I'm going back to sleep." As soon as it was dawn, Li Mei asked her husband, Zhu Chenggang, to go and check the house in the town. They found that it was indeed Li Hao. Although Li Hao had aged and his appearance was a bit unrecognizable, there were still some similarities to his former self. The two of them also went to the police station and said that the door of a house was wide open, and when they went in, they found a dead person lying on the ground. They asked the police to go and check it out immediately. When the police went to look, the deceased had no identification. They asked the landlord, but he also didn't know the person's name. However, the deceased had bled from all his orifices, and they initially thought it was poisoning. But during the autopsy, it was found that all the internal organs of the deceased were gone, while the outside of the body was intact, as if something had eaten them. They also found a large amount of gold, silver, and jewels in the deceased's bag, as well as a magic altar and some strange things at the scene. Since the police couldn't find out anything, they could only classify this case as a supernatural case and leave it unsolved. Li Mei and Zhu Chenggang knew what had happened but didn't dare to reveal it. When they got home, they saw that their daughter-in-law had woken up. They told their son about the past, and only then did the son know that his father had saved his mother's life and eventually married her. From then on, the family never talked about this matter again, as if it had never happened. The next day, the two brothers started their journey home. While waiting for the bus on the way, Liu Heping said, "Little brother, you've put in so much effort and saved two lives, but they only gave a red envelope of 330 yuan." Xiao Jiu gave his elder brother a glare and said, "How much more do you want? They're farmers. How much money can they earn from farming? Do you think everyone is like Boss Xu? Even if they have no money, we should still help when we encounter such a thing. For us cultivators, it's about accumulating merit. We should help those who have no money, and when we encounter those rich fools, we should take advantage of them. So we should treat different situations differently. Don't always be so obsessed with money. It won't do you any good." Liu Heping was extremely depressed, having been lectured by his younger brother. The two of them got off the bus in the town, bought some fruits and other food items, and went to their second elder brother's school to give them to him. Liu Hebin was very happy to see the two brothers. However, it was time for class, so they had a brief chat and then he went back. The two brothers then took the bus back to their own town and walked home. When they got home, their mother asked Xiao Jiu how things had gone. Xiao Jiu said proudly, "With me taking action, is there anything I can't handle?" Zeng Wenxiu stretched out her hand and asked her eldest son, "How much money did you earn?" Liu Heping said helplessly, "They only gave a red envelope of 330 yuan. I spent dozens of yuan buying some things for the second brother and also on the bus fare, leaving only 200 yuan." Liu Heping said with a苦瓜脸 (bitter expression), "Mom, you're not going to confiscate these 200 yuan, are you?" Zeng Wenxiu sneered and said, "Aren't 200 yuan money?" Liu Heping could only take out the 200 yuan and put it in his mother's hand. Liu Heping couldn't believe that his mother was holding a bankbook with more than 200 million yuan, yet she wouldn't let go of these 200 yuan. If the two brothers hadn't secretly saved some money, they would have lived worse than beggars. Zeng Wenxiu was so happy to receive the 200 yuan that she went to cook. The two brothers both shook their heads. It seemed that their mother was so used to being poor that she was this happy about 200 yuan. Xiao Jiu reminded his elder brother to be more careful in the future and to deposit money in several bankbooks. If their mother took all the money at once, both brothers would have to live in poverty. Just then, the two brothers noticed a Santana car arrive. Someone carrying gifts walked in and asked, "Excuse me, which one is Mr. Liu Heping?" Liu Heping stood up and said, "What do you want with me?" "Hello, Boss Liu. We are bank employees. My surname is Hu, Hu Weiguo. You are now a major customer of our bank, so we've come to pay you a special visit. During the Spring Festival, we were afraid you were busy and didn't want to bother you, so we waited until today." Hu Weiguo handed a business card to Liu Heping. Liu Heping looked at the business card and found that this Mr. Hu was actually the president of a bank in the city. Hu Weiguo said, "Boss Liu, if you have any matters in the future, feel free to call me. It's more convenient to handle things with our bank's connections." Hu Weiguo had only learned from his subordinates' report during the Spring Festival that there was a major customer in the bank with 200 million yuan in the account. This shocked Hu Weiguo. Even the largest enterprise in the city didn't have 200 million yuan in cash in its account. And this was an individual, a proper big money maker. As long as this big money maker didn't transfer the money out and kept it in the bank for a year or two, he could directly get promoted and go to the provincial level. So he wanted to visit the money maker and stabilize him to prevent him from transferring the money to another bank. At first, when they came to this mountain village, they were a bit skeptical. Why would a big money maker live in such a remote place? But when they saw this villa and the Crown car parked in front of the door, they knew that the big money maker had the financial strength and was so rich yet so low-key. Just then, their mother called the two brothers for dinner. Liu Heping invited the bank employees to stay and have some food. President Hu put down the things and said, "We won't bother you. I'll treat you when you come to the city in the future. Boss Liu, when you go to the city, be sure to call me and let me know." Then he left with his subordinates in the car. In fact, only the matriarch of the family could make decisions about this money. But the money was deposited in Liu Heping's name, so they all thought that Liu Heping was the big boss. Liu Heping was already used to being misunderstood, so he put on an act. Xiao Jiu watched his elder brother show off and didn't say a word. He just thought that his elder brother looked quite imposing when he put on an air of importance, and he didn't blush or breathe heavily when he lied. He was a natural born liar. After dinner, Liu Heping went to learn how to drive. He had already paid the tuition fee a few days ago but hadn't gone even once. Looking at the Crown car parked at home, he felt uncomfortable and wanted to take it for a drive. Xiao Jiu wanted to go with him, but his mother caught him and took out a textbook, asking Xiao Jiu to practice writing, saying that if he didn't finish writing, he couldn't go anywhere. Xiao Jiu could only watch his elder brother leave in style, and he had to stay and write obediently. Otherwise, his mother would be ready to punish him with the family discipline. Xiao Jiu just felt that his life was hard. He had just come back from hard work and was being mistreated. He could only hope that he would grow up quickly and be as carefree as his elder brother.