An Chen originally wanted to take Su Xiaojiu to the beach again, but Su Xiaojiu took many photos on the bridge and then said she was tired and wanted to go home to rest.
Naturally, An Chen was happy to oblige.
Besides, there wasn't much to see at the beach at night, unlike a river view where the modern buildings on both sides could serve as lighting. At night, it was pitch black, and there was nothing to do but feel the sea breeze.
Wait, the wind at night seemed to blow from land towards the ocean…
However, An Chen didn't think too much about it and just took Su Xiaojiu back home.
There were actually two bedrooms at home, but only one bed was left. An Chen had sold the bed in the other small bedroom before, and that bedroom was now used by An Chen to store miscellaneous items.
Previously, An Chen didn't use that bed much, and when Su Xiaojiu came, she slept on it.
Today, both of them were home, and An Chen finally had a chance to sleep on the bed, but he suddenly realized there were too many people and too few beds.
“How about… I sleep on the floor? I have a mat and blanket in my qiankun bag, which I prepared when I ran away from home.”
“Okay, but you don’t need to sleep on the floor. You can sleep on the living room sofa; it’s more comfortable than the floor.”
“Wait, aren’t you going to be a little humble?”
Su Xiaojiu was shocked.
She felt that An Chen wasn't like this before.
“Who told you to eat ice cream?”
An Chen said with a smile.
In fact, An Chen also knew that even if he were humble, Su Xiaojiu would probably insist on sleeping on the floor.
Su Xiaojiu was still a very principled person; she would feel guilty if she thought she was disrupting An Chen's life, so she naturally wouldn't try to take An Chen's bed.
Although their sleeping places were different, their pre-sleep actions were surprisingly consistent.
Take out their phones and scroll for a while.
An Chen walked out of the bedroom and almost laughed when he saw her lying on the sofa, covered by her small blanket, scrolling on her phone.
He didn't expect this girl to adapt so quickly; her actions were so standard.
“An Chen, look!”
An Chen was drinking water when Su Xiaojiu suddenly called out, sat up from the sofa, and scurried over to An Chen, holding her phone in front of him.
“Look at this, isn’t this the person you saved?”
An Chen took Su Xiaojiu’s phone and clearly saw the content on it.
“Heroic Youth! A Young Man in South City Single-Handedly Subdues Two Robbers! Reward of 130,000 Yuan!”
The content below revolved around this theme, without much description of how this so-called heroic youth subdued the two robbers, but rather detailed how vicious, dangerous, and evil these two robbers were and what bad things they had done.
As for how the robbers were subdued, and what extraordinary abilities this so-called heroic youth possessed, none of that was mentioned. Even the time and place of the incident were not stated.
The article did say that this heroic youth was a Transcendent, which was why he was targeted by the two robbers, but this young man had “special self-preservation abilities” and subdued the two robbers.
There was also a picture below, showing two people: one was Zhang Wei, and the other was a person wearing an Ultraman mask.
Both of them held a large “check” made of foam board, with “130,000 Yuan” written on it, which was probably the reward money.
Although he couldn't see his head, and most of his body was blocked by the large check, An Chen knew that it was definitely Wang Zhaoyang.
“It really is…”
However, An Chen was not concerned about Wang Zhaoyang but about the news itself.
He scrolled the news to the top and found that the news was not published by some small marketing account but by a well-known major media outlet.
The related news recommendations below also showed several major media outlets reporting the same event, with similar headlines and almost identical content.
Further down, even several local official media outlets had published this news.
“This is a signal.”
An Chen muttered.
“A signal? What kind of signal?”
“Kunpeng is sending out a signal: Transcendents are not to be trifled with. If you want to kidnap a Transcendent, you'd better first assess your own strength.”
The two robbers who wanted to kidnap Wang Zhaoyang could already be considered quite vicious; there weren't many such people in the entire Huaguo, perhaps even fewer than Transcendents.
If even such people couldn't gain an advantage against a Transcendent, then other small fry shouldn't even think about it.
“I guess they will continue to publish a series of news about Kunpeng striking down and apprehending criminals, showing off their strength.”
“Oh… really! This award-receiving news was from noon, and they published several more news articles in the afternoon!”
Su Xiaojiu took back her phone and clicked on an article in the news media's history.
The content of these news articles was surprisingly similar, almost all about Kunpeng striking down and apprehending criminals. Although no information about Kunpeng members was leaked, it was clearly stated in the news: Kunpeng members are powerful Cultivator, much stronger than ordinary people.
There was even a description like this:
“A Kunpeng member easily apprehended this vicious armed gangster.”
Easily! And the gangster was vicious and armed!
For ordinary people, just seeing that would make them step back two paces.
If a Kunpeng member could take down the opponent so easily, wouldn't that mean they weren't afraid of guns?
After becoming a Cultivator, An Chen also gained an intuitive understanding of a Cultivator's abilities.
Ordinary people using ordinary knives and swords have little effect on Cultivator; it might just cause a small cut.
With An Chen's current physique, if someone put all their strength into striking him with a knife, it might not even cut very deep.
As for handguns, they were still effective against him.
For Cultivator in the Qi Refinement Stage, small to medium-caliber firearms are generally effective, while those in the Spirit Nurturing Stage are basically immune.
Of course, this excludes large-caliber anti-material weapons.
And weapons like cannon shells, grenades, and rockets should also have some effect on those in the Spirit Nurturing Stage; at least, An Chen felt that someone like Manager Yang should not be able to withstand several cannons firing at him.
As for the Soul Transformation Stage and above, An Chen didn't know; perhaps such strong individuals would no longer fear such firearms.
Therefore, An Chen judged that the Kunpeng member who made the move must at least be at Qi Refinement Stage level ten or above, or even a master in the Spirit Nurturing Stage.
To An Chen, dealing with such a gangster, a strength of Qi Refinement Stage six or seven should be sufficient, even if the opponent had a handgun.
Cultivator are not only powerful because of their thick skin; Cultivator would not be so foolish as to let someone hold a gun to their forehead and fire. With their mobility, a gunman might not even hit them.
And the fact that Kunpeng used such a strong person shows how much importance Kunpeng placed on this matter.
“They really are showing off their strength…”