"This is the supreme VIP card of our Wenshi Group. With this card, you can get free bills for consumption in any subsidiary of our group and enjoy president-level treatment!"
Elder Wen took out an exquisitely crafted golden card, handed it to Li Pingfan, and then said a lot of words of thanks.
Seeing this scene, all the members of the Wen family around showed eyes full of envy.
Enjoying president-level treatment!
This meant that Li Pingfan could be on an equal footing with Wen Tianyuan!
Across the entire Ivy City, only two such gold cards had been issued in total—they were extremely rare!
"I'll leave if there's nothing else."
Li Pingfan didn't quite understand what Wenshi Group really meant. He put away the gold card and left in a hurry.
As soon as he walked out of the box, he couldn't wait to take out his phone.
Because, just as Elder Wen woke up, his phone vibrated.
Compared to that gold card, Li Pingfan cared more about the trends in the Three Realms Red Envelope Group!
Ding—Saving an elderly person's life, you have gained 1 point of Three Realms Merit. You need 99 more points to reach the next level!
"Three Realms Merit? Next level? What's this?"
Li Pingfan was stunned. He had thought he'd received a red envelope, but it turned out to be just a system message.
—Three Realms Merit: The cycle of cause and effect in all things under heaven! Perform good deeds to accumulate merit! Used to improve your own level!
"Improve level? So it's like experience points? Accumulating enough merit allows you to level up?"
Li Pingfan continued to explore further.
Ding—Commoner, Kind Person, Great Kind Person, Three-Life Kind Person, Ten-Life Kind Person, Human Immortal, Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Taiyi True Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Taiyi Mysterious Immortal, 大罗真仙 (Great Luo True Immortal), 大罗金仙 (Great Luo Golden Immortal), 大罗玄仙 (Great Luo Mysterious Immortal), 混元教主 (Hunyuan Hierophant), 混元金仙 (Hunyuan Golden Immortal), 混元至仙 (Hunyuan Supreme Immortal)!
"Damn it! Accumulating Three Realms Merit can make you an immortal!"
Li Pingfan was shocked, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.
Becoming an immortal!
What did that mean?
Traveling between heaven and earth?
Living forever?
Li Pingfan was completely dumbfounded.
After being stunned for a long time, he calmed down: "I only have 1 point of Three Realms Merit now. I need to save ninety-nine more people to level up. That's almost impossible, let alone becoming an immortal... Just let things take their course..."
Li Pingfan put away his phone, went out to pay the bill, then called his three roommates to return to school together.
Sitting in the taxi.
Li Pingfan briefly explained the process of rescuing Elder Wen.
Of course, he omitted the fortune-telling part, and described the Small Hundred Herb Elixir as a folk remedy from their village.
After hearing this, the three roommates were extremely envious and begged to "hug Li Pingfan's thigh."
After all, Elder Wen was the backbone of the Wen family and the "supreme ruler" of Wenshi Group. Being able to connect with him was the dream of countless people!
"Is that car behind us a friend of yours? It's been following for a long time." At this moment, the taxi driver suddenly asked.
"We don't know that car. Maybe it's just going the same way." Zhang Fengyi and the other two took a look but didn't care.
But Li Pingfan kept it in mind and secretly pinched his fingers to divine.
"Bad! Ominous omen! We must go three miles west to resolve it!" Li Pingfan was shocked and immediately tensed up.
"Master, stop at the next intersection. Let me get off first." Li Pingfan said in a deep voice.
"Third Brother, what's wrong?" Zhou Zitao asked with concern.
"Nothing. You go back first. I have something to take care of." Li Pingfan briefly explained. As soon as the car stopped, he jumped down.
Then he immediately hailed another taxi and headed for the West City.
The car from earlier followed all the way—there was no doubt it was after Li Pingfan.
But Li Pingfan wasn't flustered at all.
Since his divination showed the disaster could be resolved, there would definitely be no problem.
West City.
It was home to a large number of bars, dance halls, and entertainment clubs. Besides being extremely lively, it had another major feature—chaos!
The people coming and going were a motley crew, and gang forces were intertwined. There were almost small fights every day and big ones every three days.
Li Pingfan had heard about this before, so he wondered in confusion: "How can such a place resolve my ominous omen?"
Just then, a harsh voice came from behind.
"You loser! Stop for me!"
As the words fell, a young man with a slap mark on his face rushed over.
It was none other than Wen Feng!
Beside him was a burly man, obviously a bodyguard!
"It's you!" Li Pingfan's eyes narrowed, and he immediately understood the cause and effect.
"All my life, my parents never bear to part with hitting me! But for a loser like you, Wen Tianyuan dared to hit me!"
Wen Feng said with a ferocious look: "Before my dad comes back, I can't touch Wen Tianyuan, but dealing with a loser like you is as easy as pie!"
Hearing this, Li Pingfan just smiled calmly: "I advise you to go back, otherwise, there will be bloodshed."
"Go to hell!"
Wen Feng flew into a rage and shouted at the bodyguard: "Do it! Beat that loser until he can't take care of himself!"
"Don't worry, young master. I can take on a carload of kids as malnourished as him!" The bodyguard immediately cracked his knuckles and approached Li Pingfan.
This man was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with arms as thick as Li Pingfan's thighs. In the past, he would have definitely scared Li Pingfan into running away.
But times had changed.
Li Pingfan was full of confidence. Instead of being afraid, he said coldly: "Wen, I warned you earlier—don't drag my parents into your insults! Today, I will slap you!"
"You bastard! Still acting tough when you're about to die! I can knock you down with one punch! What makes you think you can slap our young master?" The bodyguard's tone was full of disdain, not taking Li Pingfan seriously at all.
As the bodyguard approached step by step, Li Pingfan still felt panic and fear in his heart.
Although he was sure the disaster could be resolved, he was too weak and had to rely entirely on external forces.
If there was any unexpected change, he would definitely be beaten until he couldn't take care of himself.
Placing his safety in the hands of external forces made him feel insecure and uneasy, which annoyed Li Pingfan greatly.
"I want to get stronger! I want to have my own strength!"
Li Pingfan secretly decided that after this matter was resolved, he would ask Second Senior Brother about using the power of the Three Realms Red Envelope Group to improve his strength!
Fists were the Ironclad principle!
With his own strength, he could pass fear on to his enemies!
"You bastard! Die!" The bodyguard had already raised his fist. Two more steps, and he would hit Li Pingfan.
"Hey, hey."
But just then, a middle-aged man walked over from not far away, holding half a bottle of beer in his left hand and patting Wen Feng's shoulder with his right hand.