Although I'm not aiming for the rankings, I'm still asking for recommendation tickets.
****** Wen Feichen was sucking up to Long Hui for a very good reason.
Although Hu Man, the leader of the Blood Battle Gang, was a formidable figure all his life, fortune had not favored him. He had no sons, only two beautiful daughters. In Wen Feichen's eyes, the Blood Battle Gang's vast inheritance would inevitably fall into the hands of the Long family sooner or later. Naturally, he had to get along well with this young master now. Once the Long family took control of the Blood Battle Gang in the future, wouldn't he stand to gain?
Inside the room, the group had just finished their discussion and were about to rest when a soft knock came from outside.
"Enter!" Wen Feichen called out in a low voice.
The door opened, and a Blood Battle Gang disciple who had been standing guard outside walked in. He bowed to Long Hui, then leaned close to Wen Feichen's ear and whispered a few words.
Wen Feichen's expression immediately became strange. He couldn't help but mutter, "So that's how it is."
After speaking, he gave a subtle signal to the others in the room and ordered, "Go, capture those people. We can't let them ruin young master Long's important matter."
"Yes!" Several people responded and swiftly left the room.
"What happened?" Long Hui asked.
Wen Feichen chuckled. "Young master Long, this is truly amusing. Do you remember all the horse hoof prints we saw along the way when we were traveling? But the intelligence we received said Yang Kai's group only had two people. Initially, I guessed those extra prints were just from passersby. I never imagined... besides us, someone else was actually tracking Yang Kai!"
"Oh?" Long Hui exclaimed in surprise. "Who?"
"A few small fry from the Wind and Rain Tower. Right now, it seems they're about to make a move on Yang Kai. They clearly don't know that the woman with Yang Kai has strength they can't handle!"
"They're courting death!" Long Hui sneered relentlessly. "Hall Master Wen must have made arrangements, of course?"
"Naturally, we can't let them ruin young master Long's important matter." Wen Feichen nodded slightly, confident in his plan.
Just as the two were speaking, a crowd of people suddenly surged in from outside. The Blood Battle Gang disciples who had gone out earlier had all returned without a single one missing. Along with them were Nu Tao and his group, their faces pale with panic.
Nu Tao and his group were truly scared out of their wits. They had only managed to track down this location with great difficulty today. They had been inside the room planning to capture Yang Kai shortly to get information about the missing Nu Tao and Cheng Shaofeng.
They never expected that before they could even act, they would be captured by these fierce-looking experts whose strength far surpassed their own.
Terrified, Nu Tao wet his pants. After being thrown in, he immediately knelt and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Masters, we haven't offended you, have we? I beg you to be lenient!"
"Shut up!" A Blood Battle Gang disciple slapped him across the face without hesitation. Blood welled from his mouth, but he didn't dare show anger, only obediently fell silent.
Trembling with fear, the group from the Wind and Rain Tower looked around. Although their own strength wasn't high, they could tell that any one of these people could likely kill them, not to mention the six or seven powerful experts surrounding them.
Who had they provoked? The group racked their brains but couldn't figure it out. They hadn't done anything terribly wrong lately—except for the plotting inside the room just now to capture Yang Kai. But they hadn't even acted yet! Was this huge display of force really necessary?
Nu Tao kept looking, and suddenly he noticed a young man opposite him who seemed somewhat familiar. The young man was staring at him with a smile.
After a moment of thought, Nu Tao's face changed drastically. He asked cautiously, "You're Long Hui of the Blood Battle Gang?"