Chapter 660: Disappear, Then

After Larry began refining and absorbing the spirit turtle core, desires he'd never experienced before surfaced in his mind.

The desires were intense.

He stopped, temporarily halting the absorption and refinement.

After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and called Chloe.

Chloe was already on her way to the airport.

Receiving Larry's call, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Chloe, here's the thing. When I was absorbing and refining the Spirit Turtle core, as soon as I absorbed the core's energy, my blood started boiling, and strong desires appeared in my mind. It's similar to your turtle blood situation. I want you to give me the Flow Breathing technique you practice. I want to see if practicing it can eliminate the negative effects."

Larry explained the situation.

Chloe said, "Let me organize it, I'll send it to you in a bit."

"Okay."

Larry hung up the phone.

Chloe thought for a moment, then wrote out the Flow Breathing meditation technique and sent it to Larry.

After receiving the message, Larry began studying Flow Breathing.

After reading it, he thought it over.

This Flow Breathing was a meditation technique that could calm the mind and also had the function of suppressing the blood energy within the body.

He continued trying to refine the core.

While refining the core, he activated Flow Breathing.

This time, the negative effects from absorbing the core were much less. Although various desires still emerged in his mind, he could control them.

He began refining it seriously.

At this rate of refinement, in at most a month, he could completely refine this core.

As for what level his strength would reach after a month, he wasn't sure yet.

Larry went into seclusion in Sunset City.

Chloe headed to Aurora Citadel.

Aurora Citadel Airport.

A tall, stunningly beautiful woman walked out, talking on the phone—calling Paisley.

During this time, Paisley had been overwhelmed with work.

Mandla had made her the clan leader.

But no one in the Bennett family accepted her. The Bennett family members all believed she had no Bennett family bloodline and wasn't qualified to be the clan leader, but no one dared disobey Mandla's orders.

To avoid acknowledging Paisley as clan leader, the Bennett family brought back Tyrell, who had lost to Mandla in the competition for clan leadership years ago.

They had Tyrell return to take charge.

Now the Bennett family was divided into two factions.

One was the faction led by Paisley.

The other was the faction led by Tyrell.

Although no one supported Paisley, in just over ten days, she had won over quite a few Bennett family members and gained considerable support.

The Nelson Manor living room.

A beautiful woman's gaze rested on Paisley, her expression showing approval. "Paisley, I really didn't expect you to become the Bennett family's clan leader."

Paisley smiled. "What virtue or ability do I have? The Bennett family still has quite a few ancestor-level figures. Grandpa Mandla just asked me to manage the family temporarily. I came here mainly to discuss cooperation with the Nelson Family."

During this time, Paisley had been seeking allies everywhere.

Through various means, she had also gained quite a few allies. Her purpose in coming to the Nelson Family today was to form an alliance with them.

"Oh, cooperation?"

The Nelson Family clan leader Emma glanced at Paisley and smiled. "What kind of cooperation?"

Paisley said, "The Four Ancient Families are nominally in seclusion, but in recent decades, they've all been engaging with the outside world's business and have their own industries. As far as I know, the Nelson Family's company in the secular world has seen declining performance this year. Although there's no risk of bankruptcy, the Nelson Family's capital chain has already broken."

Emma smiled faintly. "We at the Nelson Family don't care about secular business at all. It's just some youngsters handling it. And the Nelson Family doesn't lack money. Over the years, we've accumulated enough wealth. Even if our outside enterprises go bankrupt, the Nelson Family can live comfortably for hundreds of years."

At this moment, Paisley's phone rang.

"Excuse me, I need to take this call."

Paisley took out her phone, walked to the side, and seeing it was Chloe calling, couldn't help but ask, "Chloe, what's up? Is something wrong?"

"Paisley, I'm in Aurora Citadel. I have something to discuss with you."

"Okay, go to the Bennett family first and wait for me. I'm out right now. I'll come find you after I finish here."

"Alright."

After a brief conversation with Chloe, Paisley hung up.

She walked back over, sat down, looked at Emma, and smiled. "Since the Nelson Family has no intention of cooperating, I've disturbed you. I'll take my leave now."

She stood up and walked away.

After a few steps, she stopped again and left a business card on the table. "If you change your mind, call me anytime. The reason the Four Great Families make the King wary isn't just because of their strength, but also because they control Summer Nation's economic lifeline."

She paused, then continued, "You may not care about the Nelson Family's industries, but in the past year, the Nelson Family's industries have been having constant problems. Is this simply due to poor management? Absolutely not. The King is making his move. The King doesn't want Summer Nation controlled by Martial practitioners."

With that, she turned and left.

Emma fell into thought.

Paisley left the Nelson Manor and headed straight back to the Bennett Manor.

When she arrived at the Bennett Manor, Chloe had already arrived and was waiting in the living room.

After Chloe came to the Bennett Manor, she also learned that Paisley was now the clan leader.

"Chloe."

Paisley walked over, her pretty face showing a smile, and asked, "How come you're here? Oh, and where's Larry? Has his injury healed?"

"Thanks for your concern. Larry's injury has healed. He's now in seclusion in Sunset City, absorbing and refining the Spirit Turtle core. It should take about one to two months."

"That's good."

Learning that Larry's injury had healed, Paisley felt relieved.

"By the way, why did you come to Aurora Citadel early? Is something wrong?"

"Yes." Chloe nodded. "There is something. Since the Heavenly Mountain gathering, the major sects in the Martial Arts World have suffered heavy losses, and the one who caused these losses is the current King. Larry is worried that Martial practitioners will gather in Aurora Citadel, so he asked me to come early to observe and understand the situation in the Martial Arts World."

"I see."

Paisley sat down thoughtfully.

"During this time, I've also been watching the Martial Arts World situation, but the major sects and families haven't made any moves. Even those powerful figures have disappeared without a trace."

Hearing this, Chloe frowned. "The calmer it is now, the stronger the coming storm will be. Once a powerful figure refines a spirit turtle core, there will be action."

Chloe paused deeply, then continued, "You don't know—the spirit turtle core is evil. It can greatly increase someone's power, but it can also create endless desires in them. Desire for money, desire for power—Larry told me all this."

Paisley glanced at Chloe and asked, "So what do you plan to do?"

"Paisley, you're now the Bennett family clan leader, but most of the Bennett family doesn't obey you. You must quickly unify the Bennett family, then have the Bennett family stand up and conquer other organizations."

Paisley's face showed bitterness. "I want to, but you don't know—the Bennett family has brought Tyrell back. He's the one who lost to Mandla in the competition for clan leadership years ago. Now that he's back, most of the family listens to him."

"Then make him disappear." Chloe's face was cold.

Paisley was stunned.

At this moment, Chloe seemed a bit unfamiliar to her.