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Chapter 140 Poor In Literature, Rich In Military Strength
Chapter 140 Poor in Literature, Rich in Military Strength
Yes, Miranda knew about Lachlan's dragon-shaped jade pendant. She couldn't forget it since hewas holding onto it tightly when she hit him with her car.
When Summer showed her the painting earlier, Miranda tried to hide her confusion.
Upon hearing this, Lachlan's face changed and his eyes became cold. "Are you threatening me?"
Miranda felt his gaze and couldn't help but stare at him with resentment. "Yes, I am threatening you.What are you going to do about it? Are you going to listen to me or not?"
Lachlan frowned as he noticed Miranda's expression. He softened his tone and said, "Okay, I'lllisten to you. But my dear wife... you have to keep this a secret for me."
Mason glared at him hatefully and snorted coldly. "We'll see how well-behaved you can be."
"I've been behaving pretty well so far," Lachlan retorted defensively.Contents belong to NovelDrama.Org
"You've been a disaster!" Miranda ground her teeth together as she spoke in an icy tone.
Lachlan scratched his nose awkwardly as he realized that women could change their minds quickly.
What did he do wrong tonight?
As soon as Lachlan arrived home, a small figure ran out excitedly towards him waving its little hand,"Daddy! Daddy is back!" Nora shouted happily.
A smile of indulgence appeared on Lachlan's face as he crouched down and picked up Nora in hisarms before spinning around once with her in tow. "Daddy is back now! Where did Daddy go?"
"Nora missed Daddy so much," the little girl pouted cutely while looking up at him expectantly.
"I'm here now," replied Lachlan while playfully pinching Nora's nose before turning towards thenanny who had just come out of the house, "Have both of you eaten yet?"
"Yes sir," nodded the nanny respectfully while smiling warmly at them both, "Miss Nora has beenwaiting for your return."
Lina's words made Lachlan feel tender-hearted inside…
An hour later!
After soothing Nora to sleep, Lachlan found himself in the courtyard, once again practicing theDragon Soul Immortal Technique in an attempt to break through the bottleneck and enter theUppecia realm.
However, he failed once more, unable to successfully liquefy the true energy within his body.
"The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is too thin, and I can only rely on treasures like theHeavenly Spirit Jade to break through!" Lachlan shook his head with a sigh.
Nora's illness had him feeling helpless, but Lachlan firmly believed that as he increased hisstrength, he would find a solution.
However, Summer's appearance tonight also made Lachlan feel a sense of crisis. A young womanof similar age who was almost as strong as him? There were definitely many people in this worldstronger than him. His strength was still far from enough!
Just then, his phone rang. It was Mason calling.
"Brother-in-law, I have some news about what you asked me to look into! In one week at theGraham family auction, they're going to auction off a piece of spirit jade. I don't know if it's theHeavenly Spirit Jade you mentioned, but it seems like it's used for martial arts cultivation andcontains very rich spiritual energy!"
Mason told Lachlan everything he knew about the upcoming auction at the Graham family estate inEdoland. The Graham family was an extremely low-key martial arts clan with much greater powerthan even their first-class Lowe family clan.
They held auctions every so often where they sold rare items that were useful only to martial artistsor other eccentric individuals - items that usually went for astronomical prices.
"For example," Mason explained further, "a single pill they make could cost tens of millions or more;a set of martial arts techniques could easily go for billions..."
Lachlan raised an eyebrow at this information."Billions? How many billions?"
The Graham family may be reclusive and secretive but their wealth and power were not insignificant- after each auction event they held they would typically earn tens or even hundreds of billions inrevenue alone!
In addition, there were many skilled martial artists in this family who would do jobs for others, buttheir prices were exorbitant. Of course, the strength of these hired experts was unquestionable.
Jay claimed to be the number one expert in Kreanford, but in reality, it was possible that there werestronger individuals within the Graham family who simply didn't make a show of it.
After Mason finished speaking, Lachlan furrowed his brow. Whether or not the Graham family hadany unbeatable experts wasn't his concern; he cared more about the astronomical prices for auctionitems that Mason mentioned.
According to Mason's words, that piece of spirit jade could easily fetch billions! It seemed like thesaying "poor scholars and rich warriors" was true indeed. The path of cultivation really did require alot of money.
Erik had given him 2 million dollars before and Grace had also deposited 1 million into his account -enough to offset what he spent buying back his factory. He still had around 2 million left over now.
He thought he was pretty wealthy until now; however, those 2 million didn't seem like muchanymore...
Lachlan hadn't considered asking Miranda for money - otherwise he'd truly become a freeloader.Besides, Lowe's Pharmaceutical funds weren't entirely Miranda's; they also needed to be investedinto production costs such as purchasing raw materials or even expanding factories...
"Brother-in-law! Are you short on cash? No worries - I can lend you 20 million!" Mason seemed tosense Lachlan's predicament and offered generously.
The businesses under him belonged nominally under him but most of their income went straight intoVictoria's pocket instead... 20 million dollars was currently all that Mason could offer Lachlan withoutreservation as a brother-in-law.
"Well... alright then! Consider it borrowed." Lachlan hesitated briefly before accepting with someembarrassment because he urgently wanted to break through this bottleneck stage and couldn'trefuse help from others at this point in time.
Mainly because Lachlan believed that with his current abilities alone, paying back these 20 millionwouldn't be an issue eventually anyway...
"What borrowing? Don't talk nonsense with me!" Mason snapped impatiently at him over the phonebefore they chatted briefly again then hung up.
Meanwhile on another side,
Victoria's face remained very ugly even today inside her old mansion belonging to Lowe family…
After being so angry that she coughed up blood, there was always an unhealthy flush on her face.
"Cough, cough..."
She coughed a few times and there was another bloodstain on her handkerchief.
A doctor was massaging her meridians beside her with a slightly furrowed brow.
"Dr. Hughes, how is my mom doing?" Romeo asked with concern on his face.
"Well... your mother had anger attacking her heart before. I gave her a prescription to take regularlyevery day. She should be fine!" Dr. Hughes replied.
"Make sure she adjusts her mentality and takes good care of herself!" Dr. Hughes pulled Romeoaside and instructed him in a low voice.
Romeo nodded and glanced at Victoria before flashing a hint of coldness in his eyes.
After the doctor left, Victoria asked suspiciously, "Romeo, what's wrong? What did the doctor say?"
Romeo's eyes flickered for a moment but he looked hesitant as he said, "Mom... nothing! Thedoctor said you just need to take good care of yourself."
Although he said there was nothing wrong with his mother's health, he still had the look of someoneattending a funeral about him.
The way he acted and spoke didn't seem like everything was okay at all.