After the Protagonist Ascended, I Set My Eyes on His Woman - Chapter 17:

Chapter 17: Training Assassins

About ten minutes later…

“Stop,” Li Wanji said.

The two women immediately stopped and looked at him.

“Bai Ya, go to work,” Li Wanji stood up, wrapped his arm around Chen Lanyi’s waist, and led her toward the stairs. “Lanyi, let’s go upstairs and make a baby.”

“You pervert! Even in broad daylight? I have class today…” she protested.

For the next two days, Li Wanji didn’t go to the company—he stayed home indulging in day-and-night pleasure.

…

Three days later.

At the CEO’s office of Qingcheng International—

“The effect is still just as good as before. How is this possible!?” Gu Qingning was dumbfounded.

“Yes, CEO. The lab detected a compound that comes from polygonatum root,” the secretary reported.

Gu Qingning thought for a moment. “Seems like they substituted the original ingredient.”

“Hmph, does he think that’ll stop me? My spy already uncovered the truth!”

She sneered. Last night, the undercover agent she had planted in Wanqing’s factory sent back a message. The reason Wanqing’s beauty cream outperformed Jade Skin Powder was because it contained blood-invigorating ingredients—and the most critical among them was safflower!

There were two types of safflower. One was saffron, which was extremely expensive and usually only affordable by powerful people. The second was Sichuan safflower—cheaper but slightly less effective.

Gu Qingning took out her phone and made a call. “It’s me, Gu Qingning.”

She called the Ling family of Shu Province, who controlled the purchase and export of Shu region’s medicinal herbs.

The Ling family’s old patriarch, Ling Zhongtian, had once been terminally ill and was saved by Chen Fan. Since then, the Ling family had submitted to him.

Now, with just one command from Gu Qingning, the Ling family could monopolize all safflower in Shu Province and cut off supply, causing prices to skyrocket.

Without safflower, Li Wanji’s beauty cream couldn’t be produced!

After arranging this, Gu Qingning left work, ready to wait for the results.

…

The next morning.

Li Wanji was still fast asleep, hugging a stunning girl in his arms.

Suddenly, his phone rang.

The girl in his arms was woken up by the noise and punched him angrily with her small fists.

“Hello?” Li Wanji answered.

“What?” Upon hearing the news, Li Wanji opened his eyes. “They cut off the safflower supply? This woman’s tactics are pretty ruthless.”

“Yeah, Gu Qingning said she wants to negotiate. She’ll be waiting for you at 1 PM in the Tian character private room at Paradise Hotel,” Xiao Dai said.

“Tell her I’ll meet her—but not today.”

Li Wanji hung up and thought for a moment, then threw back the blanket, gently unwrapped the girl’s limbs from his body, and got up to dress.

Leaving the room, he called Xiao Dai. “Find out who controls medicinal herbs in Shu Province.”

“It’s the Ling family,” Xiao Dai answered immediately—she didn’t even need to check. Her family also dealt in medicinal herbs, so she knew the industry well.

“The Ling family?” Li Wanji recalled that Chen Fan had once saved their old patriarch.

“Yes. The Ling family is an old powerhouse in Shu Province, rooted there for hundreds of years. Even my Xiao family wouldn’t provoke them lightly.”

“Heh. Tell Hong Yue to come to the villa,” Li Wanji sneered. A mere mundane family meant nothing to him.

“Oh, and bring Zhao Xueji too. I want to train her.”

“Alright,” Xiao Dai responded.

After that, Li Wanji went to the kitchen—and as expected, breakfast was still warm.

Having a housewife at home really was a great thing.

A while later, Chen Lanyi came downstairs. When she saw Li Wanji, she glared at him fiercely.

She was annoyed—why did she always end up hugging this bastard in her sleep?

It made them look so close…

She didn’t say anything. She quietly finished breakfast, tidied herself up, and went off to school.

Shortly after she left, Hong Yue and Zhao Xueji arrived.

“Boss, you called for me?” the two said as they entered and looked at Li Wanji.

Zhao Xueji’s eyes were no longer gloomy. She was now dressed stylishly and radiated confidence.

Hong Yue was the same as always—tight jeans and a basic T-shirt.

“Yes. But before we get into things—Xueji, I want to ask you something.” Li Wanji nodded.

“Grandmaster Li, please ask,” Zhao Xueji replied respectfully, not daring to show the slightest irreverence.

After all, this man had saved her life.

And he was a Grandmaster.

Following him meant she was protected—not only from physical danger but from the backstabbing common in the entertainment industry.

“I plan to train several cultivator assassins. You’re beautiful and have the public identity of a superstar—perfect cover.”

“So, I want to ask—are you willing to join me?”

Li Wanji looked at her beautiful face. As expected from a celebrity—she was indeed very attractive and easy on the eyes.

“I’m willing!” Zhao Xueji didn’t hesitate at all.

Her voice was resolute.

She had agreed so quickly because she had suffered too much in the past—being without protection led to pain and trauma that caused her depression.

From now on, she wanted to be strong.

And following Li Wanji was the path to becoming a true powerhouse—strong enough to look down on all those who once looked down on her.

“Very good!” Li Wanji was satisfied.

“I’ll help open your meridians and teach you some martial techniques. In half a month, I’ll need you to kill a few people for me.”

He then led the two into the training room next door.

As a cultivator at the peak of early stage Foundation Establishment Realm, he was already half a land immortal.

Training a few martial artists far stronger than ordinary people was easy for him.

He used the abundant true essence in his body to channel through their meridians—cleansing and refining them.

Then, he passed on a portion of the Supreme Yang Divine Technique to them.

The technique had three main stages: Body Tempering, Qi Refining, and Yang Awakening.

He taught them the Body Tempering portion.

Cultivating this stage would strengthen their bodies and allow them to generate a strand of true Qi.

That single strand of true Qi was enough to give them power beyond any mortal!

“Next, I’m going to infuse true Qi directly into your heads and raise your strength to the Internal Strength level!” Li Wanji declared.

The mortal-level realm progression was:

Bright Strength → Dark Strength → Internal Strength → Transformation → Grandmaster → Supreme Grandmaster → Earth Immortal → Celestial Being

With Internal Strength, one could perform light body techniques—like jumping off a hundred-story building without harm.

Even the Canglong organization didn’t have many Internal Strength experts.

But Li Wanji could mass-produce them.

The two women sat cross-legged in front of him. Li Wanji gathered immense true essence and poured it into their backs.

“Remember my Qi circulation route. Begin practicing the Body Tempering technique I gave you!”

…

Two and a half days later—

Li Wanji exited the training room.

“Train well over the next few days. I’ll have someone bring your meals.”

It was now 6 PM.

Back at the villa, he found Bai Ya cooking.

“For the next few days, make extra meals and send them to Hong Yue and the others,” Li Wanji instructed.

“Okay.” Bai Ya agreed.

“What are you making now?” Li Wanji leaned in, breathing in the rich fragrance of a mature woman.

Then he wrapped his arms around her soft waist.

“Braised pork trotters,” Bai Ya replied as she subtly twisted her body, trying to get away from his wandering hands.

“It’s not done yet, right? Then let’s start a round first.”

With a tap of his fingers, the kitchen door closed with a swish.