Collecting Rent From All Realms, Even Empresses Must Pay Tribute
Ch. 91 - I Only Used Half My Strength

Since Zhang Chao and Lan Xiaoke were going to spar, Wang Yanran took them to the presidential suite. 

The suite was spacious, and after moving the furniture, there was plenty of room.

"No holds barred, no problem, right?" Wang Yanran glanced at Zhang Chao and Lan Xiaoke. 

She had only recently subdued Lan Xiaoke and didn't understand why Ye Chuan brought this low-level ghost along.

And he even wanted her to spar with Zhang Chao. But Wang Yanran believed that Ye Chuan must have his reasons.

Ye Chuan, however, hadn't thought that much about it.

He simply didn't want to bring Zhang Chao along. After all, with such a difference in strength, he would just be a burden.

As for Wang Yanran, she was the one paying, so he brought her along.

"I won't bully you. How about I let you have three punches first?" Zhang Chao said, acting like a gentleman, considering his superior strength.

"Oh? Three punches?" Lan Xiaoke, who had been a bit timid, immediately perked up. "Heh heh."

She could just surrender after three punches.

Lan Xiaoke floated in front of Zhang Chao, looked at her small fists, blinked her single visible eye, and asked, "Ready? I'm… really going to hit you, okay?"

Zhang Chao sneered. "The Zhang family is known for its defensive abilities."

"Then why did Ye Chuan knock you out with one punch?"

Zhang Chao: "..."

Zhang Chao took a deep breath and composed himself. "Are you going to hit me or not? If not, I'm starting!"

"I'm hitting you, right now!" Lan Xiaoke looked at Zhang Chao, then channeled spiritual energy into her fist. 

She asked again, "I'm really going to hit you."

"Hit me! Hard!"

Hearing this, Lan Xiaoke punched, her movement soft and weak, like a playful nudge.

Zhang Chao sneered, but as Lan Xiaoke's fist landed on his stomach, a heavy thud echoed, and his sneer froze.

"..."

For a moment, Zhang Chao's life flashed before his eyes.

He remembered wetting his bed on his first day of elementary school.

He remembered his first girlfriend in university.

Wait.

Something wasn't right.

Zhang Chao clutched his stomach, his face pale. Why did he just see his life flash before his eyes?

"What the—?!" This little thing was so strong?!

Hadn't her talent all been allocated to speed? Or did she simply not understand her own strength?!

Zhang Chao's legs trembled like jelly. He stammered, "D-did you even use any force?!"

"You didn't feel anything?" Lan Xiaoke scratched her head.

"My posture was wrong, I only used half my strength."

Zhang Chao: ?

"Alright, second punch." Lan Xiaoke tried to adjust her stance, but Zhang Chao stumbled backward, pressing himself against the wall!

"Zhang Chao, what are you doing? Why are you backing away so far?" Wang Yanran asked, seeing his retreat.

What was he doing?

Zhang Chao's forehead was covered in cold sweat. 

He looked at Lan Xiaoke's raised fist. "Uh, I suddenly have a stomachache, and my pet turtle is about to lay eggs, I need to go home."

"Next time, next time, I'm going back!"

With that, Zhang Chao clutched his stomach and ran off without looking back.

"Huh?"

Wang Yanran was dumbfounded, seeing Zhang Chao run away. What was going on?

Realizing that he wasn't joking, and after hearing the door slam shut, she looked at Ye Chuan. "Senior, what do we do…?"

"It's fine, we'll go ourselves," Ye Chuan said.

He knew why Zhang Chao had run away. That punch had been quite powerful; it almost made him faint.

Hearing this, Wang Yanran could only nod.

They would go on their own.

Wang Yanran drove, with Ye Chuan in the passenger seat. They drove for about three hours, until dusk, before she finally stopped.

"Senior, we're here."

Lan Xiaoke, who had been dozing in the back seat, popped her head up and yawned. "Mm, we're here?"

She floated out of the car and saw that the surroundings were dark, with only a dilapidated building visible in the distance.

[Lanshan Psychiatric Hospital]

The faded sign, the rusty, moss-covered iron fence, and the broken warning tape all gave the place a creepy vibe.

"Wow, this place looks scary," Lan Xiaoke said, hugging herself, feeling a chill.

"Aren't you a ghost?" Ye Chuan got out of the car, looking at the cowardly Lan Xiaoke. He felt that he needed to train her courage.

The bigger the backpack, the smaller the guts, that wouldn't do.

"This is the place?" Ye Chuan looked at the dark building. 

There weren't even any lights around, as if they were in a remote mountain area.

And the temperature seemed to have dropped as soon as they got out of the car.

"Yes, according to our intel, a Ghost King resides here." Wang Yanran took out a compass and looked at the reading, her expression turning serious.

A Level 4 Ghost King wasn't something she could handle.

She was only a Level 1 superpowered warrior.

"Senior, please be careful," Wang Yanran explained the situation.

"According to our information, the Ghost King has already killed several people here, which is why this psychiatric hospital was abandoned."

"No one took care of it?" Ye Chuan was surprised.

"A Level 4 Ghost King is very powerful. Someone from the Wang family tried to deal with it before, but failed…" Wang Yanran explained. 

"And this Ghost King doesn't appear during the day, and since this is a remote mountain area, and it doesn't leave this place, the Wang family has been monitoring it, waiting for a stronger member to deal with it."

Ye Chuan nodded.

Just then, headlights appeared in the distance. They turned and saw a jeep approaching.

Several people got out of the jeep, seemingly members of the Wang family. 

They immediately addressed Wang Yanran as "Young Miss" upon seeing her.

"What's the Ghost King's status?" Wang Yanran asked.

These two were responsible for monitoring the Ghost King and reporting any unusual activity to the Wang family.

"No unusual activity so far, it's been staying inside and hasn't left."

They glanced at Ye Chuan. Was this the person Young Miss had hired? Was he reliable at such a young age?

A Level 4 Ghost King was a formidable opponent, even for a Level 5 superpowered warrior.

"Senior… shall we go in?" Wang Yanran asked Ye Chuan.

"Let's go," Ye Chuan said with a smile.