Chapter 209: Astrology

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"Very good. Tell him for me that from now on he will act together with Sampson Brute and follow the latter's orders."

Li Mochen then asked, "How is the recruitment on your end?"

Yesterday he had Sampson Brute expand the combat group, and naturally he would not neglect Li Tailai's side. Comparatively, the men under Li Tailai and the Collinson brothers were his direct line, the force he trusted most.

But these three had yet to fully mature, so Li Mochen could only invest to a limited extent.

"We've already contacted Southeast Asia. We expect to bring in thirteen people: two Outlaws, and the rest are Level 10 magic-energy professionals. Half of them are veterans of the Counterattack in Self-Defense Against Annan, having experienced the most brutal warfare. Getting them into America is troublesome; I've already entrusted a powerful snakehead at great expense, but it will take at least three days. Also, the commissions you wanted to issue, Boss, I've already transmitted them to the major organizations in the underworld. These two expenses are expected to cost five million gold shields."

"The transaction with the Teutonic Order is also complete. All the gold bricks were sold to them at 95% of market price. As per your instructions, we didn't take cash but had them deposit into three secret accounts left by Mr. Li, two at Union Bank of Switzerland and one at Swiss Banking Group. When you have time, Boss, you can go through the procedures to inherit these accounts. Although we can use them without hindrance now, there are still some hidden risks. You can rest assured, these are foreign banks, transactions abroad require no tax, and the banks will keep your client information and fund flows confidential."

"Besides that, we've purchased about seven million gold shields' worth of supplies. The total includes—"

Just as Li Mochen was listening to this, his expression shifted slightly as he sensed the 'Divine Fortune Purple Gold Pagoda' behind him trembling faintly. At the same time, a mysterious and profound sensation arose in his mind; anomalies occurred in both the Yuan Chen spirit within his consciousness and the constellation in his dantian.

He immediately understood what was happening: someone was using astrology to divine the whereabouts of the Dragon Might components, and had targeted him specifically.

Li Mochen was not at all surprised. After the Craig Community Bank heist, the Vanderrick family would certainly have grown suspicious of him. If he weren't now under the protection of the Nathan Sports Group, they might have acted against him directly without even resorting to divination.

So another urgent task for him now was to gather spatial materials and craft his first spatial artifact since beginning his cultivation—

Although the three components of Dragon Might were already hidden in the space of the Divine Seal of Heaven and Earth, to be absolutely safe, he still needed to create a spatial tool with a special function that could suppress spiritual energy.

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Inside the Vanderrick Manor in the northern suburbs, in a reception room, several men of varying ages stood or sat around a fireplace before a woman in exotic attire with bizarre makeup.

All of them wore solemn expressions, even holding their breath, afraid to disturb her.

After a quarter of an hour, when the woman awoke holding a crystal ball, the oldest man immediately asked, "Mrs. Brown, how is it? Is it this Mr. Wiltonshire?"

"According to the astrological results, no."

Mrs. Brown shook her head, looking slightly weary. "This kind of targeted divination should be very precise. The likelihood that the three Dragon Might components are in his possession is negligible. I later made some further deductions, and all signs point to the Dark World."

"The Dark World? How can that be?"

One of them asked in confusion, "But our sensing array detected the aura of Dragon Might near Lynden a few days ago."

"That was several days ago."

The elder shook his head. "Mrs. Brown is the best astrologer below Legendary in all of Eastern America, bar none! And as she said, the probability of error in targeted divination is extremely low."

Mrs. Brown gave a wry smile. "Your praise pleases me, but the word 'best' makes me ashamed. As far as I know, there are five or six in America who surpass me in astrology. You shouldn't trust my divination results too much. You should know that sometimes astrology is very unreliable, especially when the subject has sufficient luck or is an astrologer themselves—the results can be distorted. So this does not completely rule out his suspicion."

"Of course! We won't stop monitoring Andre Lee Wiltonshire. If possible, I think it's best to send someone to his side. I feel that this young man of the Wiltonshire family will be quite remarkable in the future."

"Speaking of sending someone, didn't Uncle Derek say he would go directly to check the kid's safe? I think he should have results by now?"

"Derek inspected it not long ago. The safe was open, containing nothing but some personal items. It's worth noting that the Nathan Group is very attentive to the boy's safety; the magical defense array in the room is almost the highest level. Even a legendary Shadow Walker like Derek had to wait until their security personnel left with the boy before he could enter."

The elder spread his hands. "So those things really aren't in his possession. Apart from the Unicorn Apartment, the boy has no safer or better hiding place."

"In fact, I thought so from the start. You don't think the Craig Community Bank job was his doing, do you? A mere kid? Dwight Payton behind him is the one who truly needs attention."

"I've done some investigation on this matter. I believe that if all the forces Andre Lee Wiltonshire hired at the Red Sparrow Club were combined, they would have the capability to take down the Craig Building. However, at the time, both Zhang Wei and Sampson Brute were at the Rising Sun Corporation headquarters and one of their warehouses recruiting personnel for the kid, so they couldn't be involved."

"Let's stop discussing this. The Craig Community Bank heist is shrouded in mystery; even the top magical hunters at the FBI haven't figured it out yet. Our current target is only Dragon Might."

The elder's eyes now sharpened. "From now on, we need to shift the focus of our search toward the Dark World. Field, you go to the Dark World today and set up a magical sensing array. And Shaya, Andre Lee Wiltonshire is your responsibility. Choose a suitable person to get close to him and keep him under tight surveillance, understand? You know what to do?"

"Understood!"

That was the youngest among the group, who stood up from the sofa with a light laugh. "If it's just placing someone under his command, that's simple enough. But to infiltrate his inner circle is no easy task. You'll have to give me some time."