Chapter 116: Reconciliation

About thirteen minutes later, Li Mochen smoothly returned to the top floor of the Unicorn Apartments.

Brent Goodman, who was on duty today, was completely unaware of his departure. After returning, Li Mochen's first action was to take out the 'Divine Sky Purple Gold Pagoda of Fortune' and observe its movements.

The result was quite gratifying: the multicolored spiritual light swirling around this object had increased by a small amount.

Although the Heavenly Mind Li Mochen had used some earlier, the feedback from killing that little bat and Hancock was more than ten times greater.

If using the eleventh-level Blazing Mammoth from that day as a reference, it was equivalent to fourteen wish-strikes without paying any price.

Yet despite his delight, Li Mochen was still somewhat dissatisfied, silently criticizing his Heavenly Mind self.

Why use a wish spell in that situation? He could have taken a minor injury and directly activated the 'Avatar of the Gods' from that pocket watch, finishing the fight in two or three moves.

'Avatar of the Gods' could be used again after a week, but this merit power, once used, was gone forever.

Couldn't he, as the embodiment of Heaven's will, suffer a little injury? No one recognized him now, so why fear losing face?

Li Mochen shook his head, then a spiritual light flickered in his eyes as he gazed solemnly at the base of the 'Divine Sky Purple Gold Pagoda of Fortune'.

He could clearly see specks of red fluorescent light swirling beneath the tower's foundation.

This was karmic sin. While he had gained considerable merit this time, he had also reaped some evil karma.

Merit could help him interfere with his own fortune, but evil karma—trivial for those on the demonic path—was more dangerous than poison for someone like him, who aspired to the immortal way.

It would pollute and assault his divine thoughts, cloud his mind, and when concentrated enough, trigger various calamities.

But for now, things were fine. Those red fluorescent lights were firmly suppressed beneath the tower's foundation by the 'Divine Sky Purple Gold Pagoda of Fortune', posing no immediate threat.

Compared to the merit he had gained this time, the proportion of evil karma was only one-fortieth—Hancock and his men were indeed thoroughly wicked and deserving of their fate.

After examining the 'Divine Sky Purple Gold Pagoda of Fortune', Li Mochen made some minor arrangements around the area, mainly drawing temporary runes to isolate aura.

Then he took out the three parts and examined them closely. After about three minutes, having memorized the magical rune arrays on them, he placed them back into the sealing box.

This box had remained unfound in Hancock's hands until now, so it should be very safe, but Li Mochen still added an extra layer of immortal sealing magic on the outside to ensure absolute security.

Finally, he stuffed the item into a safe—one thoughtfully provided by the decoration company commissioned by Nathan Sports Group. Located in the partition between the weapon room and the changing room, the large safe, weighing over three thousand kilograms, was embedded in the wall and integrated with the entire mansion's protective array, making it very secure.

After securing this bomb that could explode at any moment, Li Mochen looked with conflicted expression at his other gain—the black onyx wristband.

This item had limited value in Hancock's hands, but for him, it was a treasure no less than the Ice Blood Stone Necklace.

A fourteenth-level Molten Lich under his control could unleash power comparable to an Outlaw. Its help to Li Mochen would surpass even the Frost Princess. He also had sufficient ability to control this lich.

But unfortunately, just like those two ninth-level magical guns, this was something that could expose his identity.

Li Mochen considered whether to transform the Molten Lich and its phylactery into a Fire Corpse Fiend, but doing so would inevitably reduce the lich's combat power, and Fire Corpse Fiends from the Primordial Dome Realm had never existed in this world—a factor he could not ignore.

Finally, Li Mochen sighed and tossed the wristband into the safe. Then he returned to the meditation room, entered a meditative state, circulated his primal energy, and began cultivating the 'Binary Profound Transformation Art'.

Although he was reluctant to get involved in the struggle for the Van Derrick family's artifact, since things had come to this, he could only wait and see how events unfolded.

He had no room for regret in this matter, nor would he regret it. If time turned back, could he possibly let Hancock go and not kill that scumbag?

…

The next day, Li Mochen simply didn't go to class. Due to the 'beating' in the garage, he felt his psyche had been injured and needed a few days to recuperate, so he requested leave from the school early.

The school's dean readily agreed, apparently having heard about his situation, and even comforted him a few words over the phone.

But after hanging up, Li Mochen went to the Pearson-Darby-Specter Law Firm in Black Star Tower to sign a settlement agreement with the two defendants.

The Caglen Law Firm paid 4.8 million gold shields, and the Allen Appraisal Company paid 1.35 million, totaling 6.15 million.

According to the pre-signed contract, Li Mochen received thirty percent, or 1.845 million gold shields, with the remainder going to the Pearson-Darby-Specter Law Firm.

Since the compensation was tax-free, Li Mochen received the full amount.

This was all the result of pressure from the Schloesser Group. Although Attorney Specter had played a crucial role in the lawsuit, the reason the two defendants had readily paid was that the Schloesser Group was eager to secure the Archibald Apartments project.

The latter intended to sign a contract with the Sunrise Company as soon as possible, but this required Li Mochen to inherit the company. Otherwise, as a professional manager, Cadiren Jebsen had no authority to make decisions involving millions of gold shields on behalf of the Sunrise Company's owner.

And before the Schloesser Group, whose business empire spanned nearly half of America, both the Caglen Law Firm and the Allen Appraisal Company were insignificant.

After signing the contract, Li Mochen left Black Star Tower directly. He noticed that Remington Daniel seemed to want to speak with him.

Li Mochen knew what he wanted to say but didn't give him the chance. He stepped straight into the elevator and went to the Star Flag Bank on the left side of Black Star Tower's first-floor lobby to cash the checks from the two companies.

When the total of 1.845 million gold shields was credited, raising the balance in his passbook to over two million, Li Mochen felt a great sense of fulfillment in his heart.

As Li Mochen had anticipated, the fusion of his soul with the original owner had improved slightly.

Then Li Mochen, along with Attorney Specter and Mike Ross, hurried to the tax bureau and the court to pay the inheritance tax and complete the final procedures for inheriting the estate.

The final assessed value of the Sunrise Company was 3.2 million gold shields—the best result the two defendants had fought for him. Li Mochen's inheritance tax was 960,000 gold shields, which reduced the funds in his passbook by nearly half that day.

The entire process was faster than Li Mochen could imagine. Everything was handled by specialists through the fastest channels. By the afternoon, Li Mochen was able to return to the Sunrise Company and sign the contract with the team dispatched by the Schloesser Group.

They had been ready for a while. Within ten minutes of Li Mochen signing the contract, a total of 8.6 million gold shields was deposited into the Sunrise Company's account.

Then Li Mochen even had time to return to Linden Academy to attend Angela's lecture.