"I've lived with your family for three years, Marilyn. Even if hadn't done anything that deserves credit,
I have at least worked hard for you. But the way you're treating me makes me feel that you don't have a conscience at all! This slap is my way of getting even with you! From now on, our relationship will be completely cut off!" Leon's eyes were cold and stern, and his expression was more indifferent than anger.
In his mind, he drew a clear line with Marilyn, and from then on, the two of them would become strangers who had nothing to do with each other! "How could you…"
Marilyn was stunned. She covered her aching cheeks and looked at Leon in disbelief.
There used to be a time when Leon was beaten and berated by the Mansons in addition to living a life that was worse than that of a dog.
At long last, however, Marilyn finally understood that Leon's patience was not a sign of weakness. Once that ruthless spark in him was ignited, he could trample both her and Brody under his feet without batting an eye!
"Your grandfather has treated me like one of his own for three years, Marilyn, and I'm only letting you off the hook today for his sake! You and I will walk separatepaths from now onward, and I promise that things will be much worse for you if you try to mess with me again!" Leon snorted coldly and stepped forward to pick up his bag of jade. After that, he turned around and left without looking back again.
"Just wait, Leon! I'll make you pay for this!" Brody let out a hoarse, enraged roaras he watched Leon's figure drifting further and further away. There was a profound hatefulness and resentment in his eyes.
It was already more than ten o'clock at night by the time Leon came home to Dragonbay Villas.
At this time, Jenny just made dinner, and she was eating with Iris in the kitchen.
"Leon! I thought you got off work earlier than I did? Why did you come back so late?" Iris asked curiously. "Oh, I needed to buy some stuff."
Leon smiled, walked up to Iris, and sat down next to her. "Why are you having dinner Chapter 79 eating so late?"
"I just came back after working overtime at the company…" Iris replied curtly.
"Is it for that project again?" Leon quickly understood. 2/2
Iris worked overtime until past nine the previous night, and her overtime hours extended to nearly ten that night, which just goes to show that cooperation was very important to the company! "Yeah. There isn't much time left to discuss it, and
we need to prepare some of the frameworks and make several decisions as soonas possible in the next few days…" Iris was a little absent–minded, apparently still worried about it."What exactly is this project about? Could you tell me more aboutit?" Leon hesitated for a while and could not resist asking her about it.He asked Iris about it the previous night, but Iris did not tell him what it was at the time."It's
… Ah, never mind. The company will be holding a high–level meeting tomorrow, so do tag along with Gracie and attend. You'll find out more when the time comes, Iris said after pondering for a moment. It involved various aspects that made it a little tedious for her to explain it to Leon.
"Sure." Leonsmiled happily.That Iris allowed him to participate in the company's high–level meeting so quickly was something of a sign of trust in him, which made himfeel rather happy."It's just a meeting. Why are you happy?"Iris rolled her eyes atLeon, but his joy seemed to rub off on her and she could not help but burst out laughing.
Her smile was undeniably charming and as beautiful as a hundred flowers in full bloom.Iris knew that Leon was lacking in the business department and so probably could not help her much, and she never really planned to let Leon attend such high–level meetings so soon. Despite that, she could see from his persistent questionsthat he cared about her and wanted to do his part to help the company.
it for a brief moment that Iris decided to let Leon participate in the meeting, since his presence there would not affect them much.
After dinner, Iris went back to her room and had some rest. Like the previous night, Leon quietly went to the top of the mountain out back and brought the jade with him. He took them out, laid them out according to the set pattern, and planted all 18 pieces of white jadeites in the soil. The Energy Convergence Circle was soon set up.
The next step was to activate the core of the circle, which in turn activated the circle as well.
Everything would seem just as usual if the core was not activated, and no one would be able to find the mystery that was hidden there. Leon then walked to the core and sat crossed–legged on the ground. He then took out the last piece of clear jadeite tablet and placed it at the circle's core. A gust of cold wind blew, and as soon as the Energy Convergence Circle was activated, the spiritual energy on the top of the mountain formed a small cyclone that gathered into the circle within seconds and surged into Leon's body.
As he began his refinement within the circle, the effect and speed turned out to be more than three times faster than the previous night.
Leon needed more than two hours to complete one cycle, but the circle reduced it to justover half an hour. Furthermore, the Energy Convergence Circle was nourishing his body
as well as the jadeite tablet at the circle's core.
Unbeknownst to him, the ancient jade pendant he wore on his chest was also being nourished by the spiritual energy! Such was the sheer powerful effects of the Energy Convergence Circle!
After some time, Leon's body vibrated and his refinement level successfully broke through
the bottleneck in the initial stage of energy refinement, and he reached the middle stage with the help of the Energy Convergence Circle, Leon was not in a hurry to verify it though. He continued to refine and reinforce his refinement stage, and it was not until after five o'clock in the morning of the next day that he called it a day and stood up. "Phew..." Leon exhaled a drawn–out breath and smiled. The effect of the Energy Convergence Circle was even better than he imagined. It did not only help him break through to the middle stage of energy refinement, but also spurred it to within reaching distance of later stage energy refinement.
"This Energy Convergence Circle was incredibly effective! I managed to absorb most of the energy on this mountaintop in less than a night! I might need to reduce my refinement time in the future and avoid spending the whole night here!" Leon lamented.
The flowers, plants, and trees on the mountain can generate spiritual energy, but the speed of energy generation could not keep up with the speed of his absorption. If he wanted tomaintain some sort of balance, he needed to limit his use of the Energy Convergence Circle to about two or three hours a day.
"Rushing isn't going to do any good. I'll refine my energy slowly from now on, since it's not the future. Impatience won't be conducive to energy refinement." An excited Leon retrieved the clear jadeite tablet from the core of the circle and descended down the mountain.
As for the 18 pieces of white jadeite that he already buried, he did not have to worry about them being discovered or destroyed since no one usually went up to the top of the mountain anyway. Besides, even if anyone did find the place, the 'key' to activating the circlewas still with him.
Upon reaching the company, Leon just parked his motorcycle in the parking lot when thedoor of the car next to him swung open. A pair of slender, well–proportioned, long legs stepped out of the car on high heels.Those legs were incredibly beautiful and appeared rather familiar to him. Leon looked up and saw that it was none other than Ariel."It's again, Leon! Why is a man like you driving a women's motorcycle? Can't youbuya new car?"Ariel glanced at Leon with contempt.Her tone, however, was much gentler than previously and was more of a teasingremark than one of ridicule."I don't have a driver's license…"Leon sniggered to himself and thought, 'A woman like me will never know what wonderful things I get to experience when riding a motorcycle!'