"No, I won't do it." Fang Ziqiang flatly refused.
Yujie said, "I bet everyone in the world of Tianji knows that the bastard Tianji is a sworn villain beyond redemption. If we become your subordinates, and something happens later, if we say you forced us to do it, who wouldn't believe us?"
Fang Ziqiang shook his head violently.
The five choked. Tianmo spoke indignantly, "Why do you only bully us? Why don't you say the same about Boss Tianji?"
Yujie glared. "What are you laughing at? That Tie guy, and you two ducks, and that little demon, from now on you'll all call us 'Big Sister'."
Yujie smiled and lowered her voice. "Good boy, Brother Fang." Then she shouted to the others, "Alright! Since Big Brother Tianji said he'll have our backs from now on, we can all go ahead and do bad things with confidence. As long as we don't get caught red-handed, Big Brother Tianji will take the heat for us!"
After sealing the mine shaft, Xiaoji drew a Wuxing Bagua pattern on the ground. The seven of them took their positions and chanted a spell. In an instant, they were teleported to the teleportation array that was originally set up near the tent.
The six were immediately speechless. Was this a joke? Who had the ability to take the blame for a top-tier wanted criminal like "Tianji Bastard"?
"What do you mean by that?"
Fang Ziqiang said, "The more people, the greater the strength. Besides, the enemy is the Golden-winged Fire Phoenix and the Golden-eyed Silver-winged Roc. Our mine isn't guaranteed safe anyway. If we have allies, we can carve out a permanent territory later, isn't that a better idea?"
"Younger sisters?" Yujie and Bingqing looked at each other. "Why should we be the younger sisters?"
"Are you older than us?" Yujie asked. "I don't believe it."
Before they even stepped off the array, everyone heard the cry of a phoenix. The air around them grew scorching hot. They turned to look, and the original tent was engulfed in a roaring blaze. A Golden-winged Fire Phoenix flew out from the tent. Its body was entirely golden, with three rainbow-hued feathers on its head. The tips of its wings emitted a white light, and its whole body was burning with flames. Its seven rainbow-colored tail feathers fluttered and sparkled in the wind. For a moment, everyone was stunned speechless by the dazzling beauty.
"I don't have any objections," Li Yitie said. "I've already collected a few kilograms of ore. If I sell it, I won't have to worry about the rest of my life."
Xiaoji walked over with a grin and whispered a few words into Yujie and Bingqing's ears. Their eyes went wide. "You… how do you know…?"
Fang Ziqiang forced a bitter smile. He had no choice but to grit his teeth and put on a show of "generosity." "Fine," he said. "From now on, I'm your boss. If there's any trouble, I'll take the heat for you." As he said this, he quietly asked Yujie, "Didn't that bastard Longyan say you wouldn't contact me until I established the number one organization in Tianji? How did you pop up here?"
Yun Feixiang nodded blankly. Yujie then said, "Alright, from today onward, you will call Sister Xiaoji 'Sister Ji'. From now on, Sister Xiaoji will call you 'Little Cloud Brother'. Got it?"
Bingqing smiled sweetly and was about to say something, when another beautiful girl walked out of the blazing tent. She was wearing a small white gauze shawl over her upper body, and a purple dress underneath. "Of course!" she said. "We were already beautiful. And after successfully evolving, the system gave us an eighty percent beautification. If we weren't pretty after that, it would be a problem!"
Fang Ziqiang's face changed. "I'm not doing it."
Xiaoji asked, "How many days ago did you two sisters successfully evolve?"
Everyone couldn't help finding the situation amusing.
Yujie said, "Big Brother Tianji, don't refuse so quickly! Your reputation is already notorious. No matter what, whoever messes with you is as good as dead, right? So it doesn't matter if we pile on a little bit more. Besides, even if we don't use your name to do bad things, others will."
Yun Feixiang didn't have the heart to keep arguing. The things he had stolen before were enough to keep him in food and drink. Now he kept his mouth shut only because he was naturally sensitive about wealth and a little unwilling to give up his portion of the benefits so easily. It wasn't that he was truly stingy.
Yujie walked over and patted Fang Ziqiang on the shoulder. "Brother Tianji, surely you know the principle: it's better for one person to die than for everyone to die."
Fang Ziqiang almost choked. He gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, "When did you find out who I am? And when did you decide to come and 'assist' me?"
Fang Ziqiang raised his voice. "Oh, right, there's one more thing I forgot. Didn't you promise to give us the three rainbow feathers from the Golden-winged Fire Phoenix's head?"
"What?" Yun Feixiang's eyes widened.