Chapter 381 Got it! I'm going to find the young master!
The strategist grabbed the air with both hands, clenched his fists, and everyone instantly stopped fighting.
The strategist looked at Cheqi Tianwang: "Today is your birthday. We're in a hurry to go back and find Xiaohou. You can leave."
Cheqi Tianwang struggled to get up: "You... just wait!"
The five of them all turned around and walked away. Hearing these words, they all stopped together, turned around, and looked at him.
Cheqi Tianwang gritted his teeth, picked up the unconscious Long Aotian, and with great difficulty threw him into the trunk. He climbed into the car, took a deep breath, started the engine, and drove away.
On both sides stood five people.
Facing each other.
Jintuo Wang clasped his hands in salute: "Brother, are you alright?"
Fubo Tianwang didn't even know them!
"Oh, oh, many thanks to you righteous men for your assistance! This kind of kindness will never be forgotten!"
"Hey! Eliminating evil and upholding justice is our duty. It's just a small matter, no need to take it to heart."
Fubo Tianwang thought to himself, this sounds almost the same as what they said earlier!
These bastards aren't going to turn around and start kicking me again, are they!?
"So... just who exactly are you all..."
Ah Hu stepped forward: "Big brother! You still haven't figured it out? They are the Four Great Tuo Kings—Gold, Silver, Copper, and Iron—along with Mister Strategist!"
Ah Hu squeezed past Fubo Tianwang: "Everyone, I've long heard of your great names. Today, I've finally had the honor to meet you!"
Jinyin Tongtie and the strategist all cupped their fists in salute politely. On the other side, Huxiao, Longyin, and Fubo also cupped their fists in response.
Only A Long looked utterly confused. His hands were raised, but his expression lacked confidence. He glanced back at his brothers.
He saw that A Yin looked quite depressed, while A Xiao had the same unsure expression as himself.
Fubo thought to himself, there's no turning back now.
He had originally planned to drag Cheqi down with him, and while Cheqi was indeed dragged down, he himself had no way out either.
On second thought, Cheqi had made it crystal clear just now—the original goal was to eliminate their group.
The fact that he had saved his ultimate move to deal with them at the end proved it!
"Everyone, we came here under Cheqi's coercion, and we are ashamed to face Lu Zong! Please pass on a message to Lu Zong—many thanks for his grace in saving us. If we meet again in the future, we will personally express our gratitude!"
The strategist smiled and said, "Lu Zong said you should go back—it's time to get paid."
Ah Hu immediately burst into tears.
"But… we haven't even been going to work lately!"
...
Cheqi Tianwang, carrying Long Aotian, drove to a hidden hideout.
He tied Long Aotian to a chair. Long Aotian had already groggily regained consciousness.
Cheqi Tianwang slapped him twice across the face: "I wasted so much effort just to catch you! If I don't get 30 billion, you can forget about walking out of here alive! What are you staring at me for!?"
Long Aotian glared at him fiercely, saying to himself: That face! Remember it! If I don't beat him into a pulp, I swear I'm not human!
Cheqi Tianwang gave him another two big slaps and then went off to heal his wounds.
After a long while, Long Aotian's kingly aura began to circulate slowly, and his injuries recovered as if by divine aid!
He looked around with a dark expression, then broke free from the ropes and turned to jump out of the window.
When Cheqi Tianwang had recovered some of his internal injuries and came out, he found that the person was gone.
His two elder brothers were sitting in chairs, waiting for him.
Elder Brother A: "Oh, hey, you're back? Damn, how'd you end up getting beat up so badly?"
Cheqi Tianwang was completely confused: "I... I just..."
Elder Brother B: "You don't need to say anything. We don't care how you got beat up. We just want to know—where is Lu Chengwen? Didn't you say you caught him?"
"He was just... right here..."
Elder Brother A looked around: "Are you playing with us?"
"No, I—"
"You think we've got time for this?"
"I really did catch him—"
"You think we've got good tempers?"
"Big brother, I swear I really—ahhh!"
The two elder brothers began a mixed-style beatdown.
...
Lu Chengwen sat on the sofa, his face stern and serious.
Jiang Xiaohou lowered her head, playing with her fingers, not daring to meet Lu Chengwen's eyes.
Lu Chengwen slapped the tea table: "Where did you run off to!? Who told you to wander around!? Do you have any idea how worried I was just now!?"
Jiang Xiaohou pouted, her tears falling like beads: "I saw people fighting... I got scared... so I hid."
Lu Chengwen was stunned: "You... you saw it?"
He quickly walked over: "Uh... come here, let big brother hug you."
Jiang Xiaohou naturally leaned into Lu Chengwen's embrace. Lu Chengwen patted her head: "There, there, don't cry, it's alright, big brother is here, what's there to be scared of..."
"I was scared they would hit you. I wanted to find you, but I couldn't..."
"It was my fault, I'm sorry." Lu Chengwen patiently reassured her: "You did very well. Big brother is proud of you. Remember, in the future, if you ever see people fighting, just hide and don't worry about me."
"But what about you?"
"Ha!" Lu Chengwen started boasting: "Your big brother is super strong! I'm incredibly powerful! They're all scared of me. No matter how many of them come, they can't beat me!"
Jiang Xiaohou's eyes widened—pure, innocent, and full of wonder.
"Wow! Big brother is that strong!?"
"Of course!" Lu Chengwen said proudly. "I made them all flee in panic today! A bunch of top-tier masters from the Four Great Schools couldn't even take a single move from me—I knocked them all down instantly!"
"Big brother, what are the Four Great Schools?"
"It means... really powerful people." Lu Chengwen said, "Xiaohou, I'm getting you a new place to live somewhere else. You can stay with Shihan-jiejie, alright?"
"No! I just want to be with big brother, only with big brother..."
Lu Chengwen had no choice: "Then from now on, if someone comes to fight, you must hide and ignore everything else. Understand?"
"I understand."
Long Aotian escaped and contacted his personal guards before returning to heal his injuries.
Lu Chengwen briefly reassured Huxiao Longyin and sent them back.
Dangkou Tianwang was chased by Hua Xue Ning for dozens of miles—this time, no matter how he tried to lie, he couldn't deceive her.
Hua Xue Ning now had a rule for herself: she could be foolish, she could be deceived, but she would never fall for the same trick twice.
This time, Hua Xue Ning was determined—if she didn't stab him to death, he would just come back again.
Dangkou Tianwang was one of the elites of the Upper Four Gates, but against Hua Xue Ning's inherited power, he was completely outmatched.
He was beaten so badly that he had to fake his death to escape.
Lu Chengwen had his face changed once again. Although it was a close call, he survived without any major issues.
However, deep down, he was still shaken—Long Aotian's move was too ruthless!
The damage he suffered was off the charts!
No! He couldn't let Senior Brother keep getting the upper hand!
From now on, he had to be on guard against that bastard—otherwise, if Long Aotian disguised himself as him and ran around scamming people, that would be a disaster!
He dismissed a group of elite fighters and arranged for Jin, Yin, Tong, Tie, and the strategist to stay in a row of villas behind the main mansion.
Lu Chengwen was exhausted. He decided to leave everything for tomorrow and went to bed early.
Cheqi Tianwang had been beaten up several times today and felt utterly hopeless.
But his nightmare wasn't over yet.
It was still that same room. The moment Cheqi Tianwang stepped inside, he immediately knelt down.
Jiang Xiaohou hunched over like a wild beast, making terrifying noises from his throat.
His hair was a mess. He suddenly whipped his head around, scaring Cheqi Tianwang into a shiver.
"Why didn't you kill Lu Chengwen? Why!?"
Jiang Xiaohou leaned in close to Cheqi Tianwang and sniffed him: "Why?"
Cheqi Tianwang wanted to back away but didn't dare to. Not moving was just as terrifying—this person seemed like he could bite his throat off at any moment.
"I had already caught him, completely crippled him. I was planning to bring him back alive for you. But while I was recovering from my injuries, he managed to escape."
"Heh... Ugh..." Jiang Xiaohou let out a chilling sound from his throat. "I hate excuses."
"It's really not an excuse! Everything today was under my control. The entire script played out exactly as I planned. But then, at the last moment, five bastards suddenly appeared and beat the hell out of me without a word. I was exhausted! Lu Chengwen is just too damn tough! It took everything I had to beat him up!"
Jiang Xiaohou thought back to today's chaotic battle. This fool still believed he had been hitting Lu Chengwen. He suddenly laughed.
His laughter was crazed and eerie.
"So what you're saying is... you don't have the ability to kill Lu Chengwen, right? If that's the case... then keeping you alive... is meaningless!"
"No! No! Please... I... I can go again!"
"Hehehe... Ahahaha..."
Jiang Xiaohou grabbed him by the collar. "Lu Chengwen has so many experts by his side. How do you plan to kill him? What can you do alone?"
"I..." Cheqi Tianwang was truly terrified of this lunatic—he feared him down to his bones. As a grown man, he had never imagined he would be this afraid of a woman.
"I'll go find Shaozhu."
"Shaozhu?"
"Long Aotian! He's powerful. If I team up with him—no, if I manipulate him—get him to join me, we can crush Lu Chengwen and capture him for you."
"Oh?" Jiang Xiaohou found this more and more interesting. "Then go quickly, hurry up and find your Shaozhu, team up with him! Remember, your time is running out! And your little brother's time... is running out too!"
"Yes, yes! I'll go right away, right away!"
Cheqi Tianwang spent the whole night recovering his energy.
The next morning, he meditated for four hours straight, took healing medicine, and applied wound ointment...
Once he felt he was in decent shape, he headed to Long Aotian's villa at noon.
The only person who met him was Luo Shiyin.
The only one who had ever seen him before was Zhuge Xiaohua, but she had collapsed from exhaustion after healing Qi Meishao.
And Qi Meishao herself had been severely injured by "his subordinates" and was still recovering.
Long Aotian was even more heavily wounded, but thanks to his King's Domineering Aura, his recovery speed was far faster than anyone else's. By now, he was already almost fully healed and was on the second floor using his energy to repair the last of his injuries.
Luo Shiyin had never met Cheqi Tianwang before, but she had heard of his name.
She pretended not to recognize him. "Oh? Your organization still dares to send people here?"
Cheqi Tianwang smiled slightly. "The fools who caused trouble for Shaozhu before have already brought enough headaches. The Branch Master and the strategist feel deeply regretful, so they sent me to help Shaozhu turn the tide and push the plan forward."
"Hmph." Luo Shiyin scoffed. "Who knows if you're human or ghost? The Northern Branch of your organization really is full of talent. Every person who comes to join Shaozhu insists on beating him up first. Fubo Tianwang did it. Dangkou Tianwang did it too."
"Oh, please don't worry, Miss!" Cheqi Tianwang was full of confidence. "Fubo Tianwang and his subordinates were all severely injured by me yesterday. I doubt they'll dare show their faces for at least a year or two."
"As for Dangkou Tianwang, he is now back under my command and can be used as a backup force for Shaozhu."
"And that Lu Chengwen? He's nothing special. Yesterday, I was just testing the waters, and even then, my men and I kicked him around for hours! Heh, by now, he probably doesn't even look human anymore. Unfortunately, he managed to escape at the last moment."
Cheqi Tianwang sighed with regret. "But that bastard sure can take a beating... He's like a turtle with a shell on his back..."
Behind the folding screen, Long Aotian had already come downstairs.
His face was ashen.
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