American Comics: BOSS Invasion

Qi Shan sighed.

“You tell me, my dad is the famous wealthy tycoon Qi Da Jing, known as the richest merchant in the world. Our Four Seas Bank has branches everywhere, with no less than 500 branches, spread throughout the Central Plains.

My mother came from Jade Butterfly Valley, studied under the Medical Immortal for 16 years and received her true teachings. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call her a medical sage.

How is it that these two people combined can't cure my tuberculosis-ridden body?

Could it be that my dad is exaggerating, and he's actually just an ordinary merchant? Is my mother unskilled and actually a mediocre doctor?”

The two young maids quickly lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

How could they respond to such words? Speaking out would get their legs broken!

Rarely in the mood for a joke, but no one picked it up. Qi Shan shook his head, completely losing interest.

“Alright, you can both leave. Let me be alone for a while!”

The two maids gently curtsied and quickly walked out of the small courtyard side by side, leaving only the thin and frail Qi Shan sitting there.

This time it is indeed a bit troublesome, but the problem isn't too big.

Even if the body is temporarily trapped, causing the current possessed body to be unusually weak, Qi Shan's abilities have not diminished in the slightest.

When deeply immersed in the illusion, he didn't investigate carefully. Now, re-absorbing the memory fragments, he could feel the difference between the two.

As expected, there are some differences.

The system still met Qi Shan's wishes, knowing to find someone with the same name and surname to possess.

There wasn't much information in the memory fragments, only a rough explanation of the background here and his own situation.

Despite his thin body, he wasn't actually sick, but rather had a strange constitution. He wasn't much different from ordinary children at birth, but as he slowly grew up, he became thinner and thinner, as if something was constantly drawing nutrients from his body.

His father is the richest merchant in the world, with countless riches. He wears gold and silver every day, and delicacies are sent over like flowing water. All kinds of precious medicinal materials have been chewed on like radishes since he was old enough to understand. Famous doctors and sages came and went, one after another.

However, despite such efforts, Qi Shan's body still showed no improvement, and instead gradually deteriorated with age.

A few years ago, he could still walk on his own, but now he can only sit on the couch and look at the scenery.

His mother was born into a sect famous in the martial world for its medical skills, and is usually respectfully called a medical sage, but she is helpless with her son's strange illness.

This has led to his mother being away all year round, searching for various immortal prescriptions to save her son's life.

His father, in order to continue the family line, had gradually given up as early as 10 years ago, and had married several concubines, who seemed to have given birth to several children. However, Qi Shan's predecessor didn't care about this and didn't understand it.

Even so, his father fulfilled his responsibilities. Various precious medicinal materials were never lacking, and large sums of money were sent, but Qi Shan couldn't even leave the house, so where would he spend the money?

The family background is ordinary, except for the strange disease on his body, there is nothing else worth noting.

In comparison, the world background is a bit strange.

Similar to when he was in the illusion, this world is also said to be vast and boundless.

It is said that hundreds of years ago, after the righteous and evil sects in the martial world disintegrated the last country, the entire world no longer had the concept of a country.

Those in a ruling position are all kinds of large and small sects.

Or rather, gangs are more appropriate, because all their ways of doing things are similar, making it difficult to distinguish between good and evil.

The Four Seas Bank opened by this body's father is actually a powerful force.

However, its operating form is somewhat similar to the shareholding system of later generations. In every place, it cooperates with several major sects to pave the way for the bank's channels.

No one will go against money. Under the drive of interests and with superb methods, the Four Seas Bank has developed quite smoothly so far.

Apart from the killer forces hidden underground, intelligence organizations, and several powerful sects that can shake the world.

The Four Seas Bank has a lot of face, for no other reason than because it is rich.

Breaking free from the illusion of cultivating immortals and martial arts, it turned out to be a martial arts world. This inexplicable feeling of demotion made Qi Shan feel a little dumbfounded.

In general, the people of this world are divided into ordinary people and martial artists who can cultivate.

They temper themselves with all kinds of strange techniques, and can achieve various magical effects between gestures, but somewhat different from those in martial arts novels, there is no so-called internal force here, nor will there be cheating situations where one can instantly learn moves with profound internal force.

Instead, all the techniques are almost based on tempering one's own blood and energy.

It feels a bit like training the body to the extreme, to the point where one can shatter stars with a fist and tread the earth with a foot.

But the memory in his mind showed that the so-called predecessors were far from reaching that level.

At most, their bodies are resistant, and they just beat some people with greater strength and faster speed.

It feels like 80% of the battle scenes are similar to Fist of the North Star.

Usually, the predecessors are all muscle-bound, with thick arms, big fists, and bodies that are strong to the point of exaggeration.

Qi Shan's memory contains a technique that his father personally taught him called the Giant Whale Diagram.

It only requires constantly simulating the movements of a giant whale emerging from the water to temper the muscles of the whole body and achieve the purpose of increasing the body's strength.

Qi Shan looked at his thin arms, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly. Forget it.

After thinking for a while, since his physical condition does not allow it, then don't easily change his persona. Choosing a more hidden power may have some advantages.

Then it's decided, it's you—Shadow Magician!

After obtaining the Shadow Fruit, Qi Shan used it very few times. Apart from forming a legion for experimental purposes, it seems that there have been no more opportunities to use it.

This time, it can finally come in handy.

With a slight thought in his mind, the shadow behind him became inexplicably deep, and an eerie smile flashed in the shadow.

Just then, a man dressed in short, close-fitting attire suddenly appeared at the entrance of the courtyard, bowing his head and kneeling on one knee on the ground, respectfully saying: "Young Master, the eldest Miss is here!"

Qi Shan was slightly stunned: "Then let her in!"

The eldest Miss in the mouth of his subordinates is Qi Shan's biological elder sister, more than three years older than him, and is exactly 18 years old this year, which is the most youthful and romantic time.

However, being the young lady of a wealthy family, her environment and perspective from childhood were different. The personality she developed was naturally different as well. Normally, she should have the personality of a proud and aloof young lady. Even if she didn't look down on the world, she should at least look down on ordinary men.

But she just happened to have a naive and innocent mind and often yearned for love, getting tricked left and right.

She probably came this time to complain.

After a while, a girl wearing a light pink, gorgeous long dress ran in with tears in the corners of her eyes.

She was only sobbing at first, but when she saw Qi Shan's helpless face, she burst into tears and cried, "Brother, I'm heartbroken again!"

She rushed over and threw herself onto Qi Shan's legs.

Qi Shan's mouth twitched: "What kind of man is it this time? Don't tell me you fell for another young actor? How many times have I told you, actors are just acting, and they flatter you to get you to spend money. Do you really think it's a matter of exchanging sincerity for sincerity?

You never learn your lesson after being fooled 100 times. I really don't know what you're thinking."

"It's not!"

Qi Yue said with some grievance: "This time it was a swordsman. We were getting along so well, but suddenly he changed and said that his swordsmanship had passed the stage of sentimental feelings and entered the realm of ruthlessness. He's going back to inherit the First Pavilion and won't see me again!"

Speaking of this, she cried again.

Qi Shan was a little speechless: "I won't ask about anything else, how much money did he get from you?"

Qi Yue was at a loss: "He didn't take much money? I only gave him 50,000 taels of gold."

Qi Shan couldn't help but roll his eyes. With 50,000 taels of gold, someone would be ruthless to you with just 10,000 taels of silver.

Of course, he has to run away after getting the money. You fool, you still don't know what's going on. Of course, you've been tricked again!

But considering that this girl was his own sister, Qi Shan didn't say it explicitly. He just sighed and clapped his hands gently.

A girl wearing a light purple long dress suddenly appeared from behind the screen on the side, bowed slightly, and said respectfully: "What are your orders, Young Master?"

"What's the situation with the First Pavilion?"

"The First Pavilion is a network of assassins in the Yunnan area. They are known for their populism and madness. Most of their members are mountain people and pirates, and their numbers are extremely large. Each time they accept a mission, they carefully select the assassins, and once they accept it, they will definitely complete it.

If an assassin fails, they will immediately send out a second wave of assassins, and a third wave of assassins, until the mission is successful.

The most exaggerated record is the assassination of Sha Mo Luhan in the Mobei area. It is said that it took 15 years and a total of 1,374 assassins were sent to complete the mission. It is a very difficult assassin network to deal with."

Qi Shan was a little puzzled: "So powerful? If that's the case, they shouldn't antagonize our Four Seas Bank for just 50,000 taels of gold. We are connected to the underworld! Could it be a scam?"

The purple-skirted girl cupped her hands: "It's not. This person is called Pang Deyu and is indeed the heir of the First Pavilion. However, he is ranked above 30th and has almost no chance of inheriting the position.

But with the addition of 50,000 taels of gold, it should give him a great boost."

Qi Shan nodded: "Using the money obtained by empty-gloved white wolf to recruit soldiers and buy horses to expand his influence in the First Pavilion and seize the position of heir! He is a bit scheming, but his knowledge is insufficient, and he can't make up his mind, so he has made things worse!"

Qi Yue didn't understand: "What are you talking about? I'm still crying, can you comfort me?"

"Just cry, it'll feel better to cry it out!"

Qi Shan was a little helpless and waved his hand to let the purple-skirted girl retreat.

That kid's thinking is quite clear. With Qi Yue's status, if the two of them get together, he can only come to her house as a live-in son-in-law.

Although he would gain wealth for life, his status would be low, and he wouldn't be able to hold his head up high when talking to people, let alone venture into the world.

For a swordsman with great ambitions, this is more uncomfortable than killing him.

Taking the 50,000 taels of gold to take a gamble, if he can really inherit the First Pavilion, he will naturally pay it back double and try to repair the rift between the two sides.

If he fails, who knows if he can even keep his whole body, let alone worry about the gold debt?

No matter what, he won't lose.

Moreover, the bank values harmony for wealth. Although it has money and a certain amount of force, it is still far behind the assassin organization compared to the killer organization.

The path of force retaliation is not feasible, and it is probably this point that makes that kid so fearless.

Qi Shan looked at his tearful sister, and a thought suddenly moved in his heart.

He still has a mission on his shoulders. The hiding ability of the dark forces is very strong. If he doesn't throw a stone on the calm water, he can't see where the changes have taken place.

Using this incident as a starting point seems to be a good idea. After all, 50,000 taels of gold is not a small amount, and it is understandable even if things get a little big.

"Sister? Do you still like him?"

Qi Yue's face turned slightly red.

Qi Shan nodded: "Okay, I understand. Then I'll help you catch him back, okay?"

Qi Yue's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked: "Can you do it? Brother Pang is an expert, with superb skills and outstanding swordsmanship. The guards under my command are almost no match for him. The ones you make up should be similar. We don't have any experts!"

"A scholar who has been away three days must be looked at with new eyes. You don't have any experts, but I do!"

Qi Shan showed a hint of a smile: "Lü'er, take the young lady down to change her clothes. Her makeup is ruined from crying. Also, tell someone to prepare a carriage and tell the butler that we're going on a trip!"

The little maid came out, respectfully agreed, and carefully helped the young lady towards the back.

Qi Yue, with a hint of unbelievable joy, saw Qi Shan nodding with a smile, almost jumped up, and instead pulled Lü'er into the back house.

The city where Qi Shan was located was Qingfeng City, not too big, located in a second-tier city, less than 200 miles away from the provincial capital.

Although Qi Shan's physical condition was not good, he was, after all, the young master of the Four Seas Bank. Qi Shan was responsible for the branch here, although he had never managed things before.

The butler trotted over, asked a few questions in a low voice, and turned around to quickly prepare.

About half an hour later, a luxurious carriage appeared at the door, followed by 20 neat cavalrymen, tall and strong, uniformly dressed.

In front of the carriage, in addition to the coachman, there was also a thin and nimble servant, mainly for running errands.

With the support of two little maids, Qi Shan and his sister boarded the spacious carriage. With a command, the team slowly drove towards the city gate under the gaze of the servants.

The butler stood on the attic in the front yard and released a carrier pigeon with a blank expression.