Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 48 - Who Dares Disrespect Me?

Seeing Lan XiaoKe huddled on the floor, looking half-dead, Ye Chuan said,

"I won't hurt you, and I won't let anyone bully you."

Lan XiaoKe froze, then looked up, her face streaked with blood and tears, a rather gruesome sight. 

"Really? You won't bully me? Is this… love? A love that transcends the boundaries between the living and the dead?"

"You're very handsome, but I think we need to get to know each other better." She looked Ye Chuan up and down, then said seriously, "I'm not… an easy girl… ghost."

"Love, my ass," Ye Chuan rolled his eyes. 

"Waaah, then you must be lying. Why would you help me for no reason?" Lan XiaoKe looked resigned, covering her eyes with her hands.

"Just do it. But I'm afraid of pain, can you just kill me quickly?"

"I just want to be a hamster in my next life," she muttered.

Ye Chuan: "..."

He was about to speak when a scream echoed from outside. "Ahhhhhhh?！！！！！！！！”

Ye Chuan froze. That sounded like the girl who ran away.

Hearing the commotion behind him, Ye Chuan instinctively turned around and saw Lan XiaoKe huddled in a corner, trembling. "Is… is there a ghost?"

Ye Chuan was speechless again.

Aren't you a ghost?

What a scaredy-cat, a busty coward. It seemed all her courage had gone to her… chest.

Realizing that something was happening outside, Ye Chuan decided to check it out. He needed to eliminate any potential dangers.

He pushed open the classroom door. It was still pitch black outside. Ye Chuan glanced to the side and saw—

A middle-aged man confronting Wang Yanran. The man was gripping her arm, a sneer on his face.

"Niece, you're quite bold, aren't you?"

"Wang Li?!" Wang Yanran hadn't expected this middle-aged man to be here. 

"Aren't you afraid of what my grandfather will do?!"

She finally understood why she had felt uneasy upon entering this building.

"That old man won't find out. My son must win this assessment," the man said sinisterly. Then, a shadow, as black as ink, appeared behind him. 

The shadow was as tall as the man, its crimson eyes glowing, emitting a chilling growl.

The shadow extended a claw and grabbed Wang Yanran by the neck.

"Ugh!" Wang Yanran struggled, gasping for air.

She tried to reach for the talismans at her waist, but the shadow's claws swatted them away, along with her phone!

Wang Li watched as Wang Yanran's struggles weakened. He grinned, then froze. 

Standing at the classroom door, a boy was recording everything with his phone.

Ye Chuan leaned against the wall, holding his phone in one hand. Seeing Wang Li look over, he casually waved. "Yo, uncle."

"Don't mind me, carry on."

Wang Li's expression turned icy, his eyes narrowing. "Who are you?"

"A man," Ye Chuan said.

Wang Li's face twitched. He shoved Wang Yanran aside; she crashed to the ground, her phone and talismans crushed under the shadow's foot!

"Kid, I don't care who you are, hand over the video!" Wang Li threatened.

"No can do. 'Late Night in the School Building, What is This Uncle Doing to a Lone Girl?!' What do you think of that title?" Ye Chuan shook his phone.

The coldness in Wang Li's eyes intensified. Wang Yanran coughed violently, seemingly recovering slightly.

"Run! Run! His spirit companion is a Level 3 Superpowered Warrior! You're no match for him!"

Level 3 Superpowered Warrior?

What kind of strength was that?

Maybe he should just run away.

"Too late!" Wang Li sneered, and the shadow beside him lunged towards Ye Chuan!

It's over.

Wang Yanran's heart sank, seeing this. What happened tonight would never be revealed. 

She hadn't expected Wang Li, a family elder, to attack her, a junior, and even ambush her in the dark.

He must have tampered with the security cameras in this building.

But in the next second, Ye Chuan reached out and grabbed the shadow by the neck!

"What?!" Both Wang Yanran and Wang Li exclaimed in shock.

How was this possible?!

Ye Chuan felt the shadow's strength and was a little surprised. "That's it? A so-called Level 3 Superpowered Warrior only has early Qi Refining strength?"

He activated his Azure Dragon Saint Body, and lightning crackled in his hand. With a boom, the shadow was blasted into dust before their stunned eyes!

"Hmph, insignificant ants." Ye Chuan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his t-shirt fluttering in the non-existent wind, no longer concealing his aura.

"I am a Qi Refining master! Who dares disrespect me? Who can disrespect me?!"

"You're just a kid, how can you be so strong?!" Wang Li said, terrified.

Without hesitation, Wang Li turned and ran. He couldn't risk his life here!

"Senior, stop him!" Wang Yanran shouted to Ye Chuan.

Before Ye Chuan could speak, Wang Li had already jumped out the window and disappeared.

"Just so you know, I'm not jumping out the window," Ye Chuan said, looking at the empty window frame. This was the fifth floor.

Wang Yanran sighed inwardly, disappointed, but she still managed to stand up, looking at Ye Chuan, who had almost attacked her earlier, with a complicated expression.

"I am Wang Yanran of the ghost-controlling Wang family. Thank you for your help, senior."

"Oh." Ye Chuan grunted and turned to go back to the classroom.

Seeing Ye Chuan ignore her, Wang Yanran gritted her teeth and followed him, swaying slightly.

…

Back in the classroom, Ye Chuan looked around and found Lan XiaoKe huddled in a corner, drawing circles on the floor and mumbling, as if cursing someone.

"Oi, come home with me," Ye Chuan nudged Lan XiaoKe's backside with his foot.

"Home? Aren't you going to kill me?" Lan XiaoKe looked back, her eyes filled with fear.

"Why would I kill you?" Ye Chuan chuckled.

Just then, Wang Yanran spoke, "Senior, could you send me a copy of the video you just recorded, and lend me your phone?"

"Why should I?" Ye Chuan glanced at her. "Weren't you just about to attack me?"

Remembering that even Wang Li wasn't Ye Chuan's match, Wang Yanran's expression turned awkward. "I…"

"Do you have money?" Ye Chuan asked.

"Money?" Wang Yanran was taken aback.

"This much, and I'll give you the video," Ye Chuan held up a finger.

"One million? No problem!" Wang Yanran immediately said.

"Pfft, cough, cough, cough." Ye Chuan leaned against the wall, staring at Wang Yanran in surprise.

He had only wanted ten thousand.