"Yeah, I made the transfer. I think ten billion is still too little, a hundred billion is safer."
"If there's anywhere else you need to use money, just decide on your own. Also, quicken the improvement of your strength and that of your subordinates."
"If you can challenge the Level 9 Ghost Emperor, that would be even better," Mu Rufeng said solemnly.
"Yes... Master, I will definitely work hard. However, Spiritual Items capable of challenging the Level 9 Ghost Emperor are really rare and are almost priceless," Lilith said.
"Don't worry about that. I'll mention it when I visit Treasure Tower, they surely must have some in stock," Mu Rufeng replied.
Spiritual Objects capable of challenging the Level 9 Ghost Emperor, Treasure Tower definitely has quite a few, but they are almost never put up for sale.
After all, they can't even use them all themselves, let alone facilitate the emergence of an external Level 9 Ghost Emperor.
Of course, the auction hosted by Lu Xueqing last time had breakthrough Spiritual Objects, and that was certainly due to her identity.
When Mu Rufeng last visited the Treasure Tower's warehouse, he hadn't thought of this, as he was only third-level at the time and didn't consider the breakthrough to a Level 9 Spiritual Item.
Now that he had thought of Lilith's issue, and since Mu Rufeng had helped Lu Chengfeng out, speaking to Lu Chengfeng about it, he should be willing to show some favor.
After all, he wasn't asking for a handout; he wasn't short on cash now.
"Thank you, Master. However, even with the Spiritual Items, I don't have much confidence in challenging the Level 9 Ghost Emperor," Lilith was deeply moved, but she also didn't want her master to waste money needlessly.
"You don't have to worry about that, go on and get busy. I also have some things to deal with here."
After hanging up the call, Mu Rufeng stripped off his clothes, then entered the bathroom.
Though he didn't stink, he had spent the whole day bustling around in a stinking garbage dump, so taking a bath was indeed more comfortable.
As for working out, he had already done that early in the morning today.
After the bath, Mu Rufeng lay on the bed, and it didn't take long for him to drift off into sleep.
In the blink of an eye, it was 11 PM.
Mu Rufeng was still deep in sleep.
"Thump thump thump!" A series of knocks sounded.
Mu Rufeng didn't react, still sound asleep.
"Thump thump thump! Thump thump thump!" The knocking became more urgent.
Mu Rufeng's eyelids fluttered, and an annoyed expression appeared on his face, but he continued to ignore it.
"Thump thump thump~~~~!"
Mu Rufeng's eyes snapped open, then he glared hard at the door.
But soon, Mu Rufeng realized, the knocking noise was actually coming from the small balcony.
Mu Rufeng immediately woke up.
The small balcony wasn't sealed, but it was still part of the apartment. Could someone have gotten onto the balcony?
Mu Rufeng immediately stood up and moved onto the small balcony.
"Thump thump thump~~~!"
The knocking persisted.
Mu Rufeng pulled aside the curtains on the side and looked out the window.
Instantly, a woman in a skimpy Christmas outfit stood outside the door.
Like those Christmas costumes on short video platforms, red short tops and shorts, with a red little hat on her head.
Exposing a pair of snowy long legs, her face masked by a Santa Claus mask.
The woman was holding a red cloth bag, puffed out, certainly filled with many items.
Her other hand was still knocking on the room door, trying to wake Mu Rufeng up.
"Oh my, you've finally woken up; hurry up and open the door," the woman said, relieved when she saw the lifted curtain inside the window.
"Who are you?" Mu Rufeng naturally wouldn't just open the door.
The person was clearly a Contractor, also Level 4. Although Mu Rufeng wasn't afraid, he still needed to understand the other party's intentions.
"Didn't you see what I'm wearing? I'm Santa Claus, here to bring you a Christmas gift," the woman said.
"I don't want any, you can leave now," Mu Rufeng refused directly.
"How can that be? If you don't accept it, I can't return. Handsome, I'm Ling Xue from the Shanghai-related departments; could you help me out, please?" Ling Xue said.
"Shanghai-related departments?" Mu Rufeng looked at Ling Xue with some suspicion.
"Of course. Do you think I would lie to you?"
If it weren't for the fact that Ling Xue couldn't bring her credentials into the instance, she'd have shown her ID to Mu Rufeng.
Mu Rufeng didn't reply, instead, he pulled out his phone and silently opened the system backend of the related departments.
Then he searched for the personnel information of the Shanghai-related departments.
Although he was inside an instance, he could use the apps on his phone, just without internet access. He also had already downloaded these offline materials.
This way, he could check the related department personnel's information at any time.
Indeed, Ling Xue's information was found.
Ling Xue, captain of Team Three of the Pudong Branch in Shanghai, 24 years old, 1.75 meters tall, weighing 105 jin, bust size~~~
He glanced at the photo, quite pretty.
But she was actually from the Pudong Branch. If Mu Rufeng remembered correctly, his own uncle was the vice director there.
"Take off the mask," Mu Rufeng put his phone away and said.
"No way, during work hours, it is forbidden to take off the mask, otherwise I wouldn't be Santa Claus anymore," Ling Xue refused.
"Then leave the gift here, and you can leave," Mu Rufeng said again.
"That won't do; the gift must be placed by myself at the head of your bed," Ling Xue insisted.