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nChapter 63: Preparation (2)

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nAfter leaving the City Lord’s palace, Su Chen began to head back to his own residence.

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nHe didn’t take a carriage. All he did was have the Blood-Robed Guards follow him.

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nAs they walked, three youths appeared, and they walked in the opposite direction.

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nEven though they were still a ways off, Su Chen had a feeling as soon as he saw them that they were coming for him.

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nIn addition, the other party gave off a kind of aura that was oddly familiar to him.

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nHe squinted his eyes and stopped moving.

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nThe three youths continued to head in their direction.

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nThey stopped about ten feet in front of Su Chen.

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nThe youth in the middle had long hair that reached past his shoulders, and he had even brushed his hair through a golden hoop. He smiled, revealing his teeth, and said, “Su Chen?”

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n“How bold!” Upon hearing someone call Su Chen directly by his name, the Blood-Robed Guard Commander barked angrily and put his hand on the hilt of his blade.

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nSu Chen stopped him. “You are?”

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nThe youth with the golden hoop replied, “I am called Ke Mingshou. These two are my comrades, Zhou Bai and Wu Xiaoliang. They are both from the Hidden Dragon Institute as well. I believe you should be calling us your seniors.”

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n“So you three are my seniors,” Su Chen said with a slight smile. He bowed slightly to the three of them and said, “Su Chen greets the three seniors.”

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n“No need to be polite,” the person standing to the side called Zhou Bai said. “It seems like you understand social etiquette. That’s good. I heard that you don’t have the best relationship with the Bloodline Nobility Clans here in Clear River City.”

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n“So?”

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n“Nothing much. I just wanted to tell you that the Bloodline Nobility Clans are the cornerstones of the human race in resisting the various tribes. They’re absolutely essential. It’s best if you have a certain measure of respect for them.”

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nSu Chen’s eyebrows knit together. “So you three seniors came to me because of the Bloodline Nobility Clans? I believe that you have misunderstood me. I am just doing my duty as it pertains to my position. I don’t want to overstep my authority. If there are any issues, you should go to the Bloodline Nobility Clans and ask them, not me.”

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nWu Xiaoliang’s expression sank. “Su Chen, if you make excuses like that, does that mean you don’t want to make peace?”

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nSu Chen didn’t even look at him. Instead, he spoke to Ke Mingshou, the one with a gold hoop in his hair. “You guys aren’t genuinely trying to persuade me, are you? If you did, you wouldn’t stop me in the middle of the road like this, then try and force me to lower my head with just a few sentences. You should have paid me a visit first and tried to gain my friendship, establishing camaraderie before gently making an attempt. Instead, you guys appear here and spout such nonsense? Your true intentions are just to let me know that you are here now so that I’m aware of you, and it is as if you are making a declaration of war…… You act modest, but that is actually incredibly arrogant of you. In terms of acting pretentiously, I must admit that you have done quite a good job.”

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nThe three of them changed expressions immediately.

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nSu Chen was immediately able to pinpoint their true intentions. Their pretentious act had been called out, making them feel like their faces had been slapped a bit.

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n“Alright, now that you’ve demonstrated your existence and said all you wanted to say, I’m going to leave if there’s nothing else.”

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nAs Su Chen spoke, he walked past the three of them, completely ignoring them.

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nKe Mingshou’s gaze was icy. “Regardless, we are still you seniors, yet you treat us so rudely……”

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nSu Chen interrupted him. “Thousands of people graduate from the Hidden Dragon Institute every year. There are tens of thousands of people in Long Sang Country who can be considered my seniors. There’s no need for you three to try and establish a rapport with me.

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nAfter he said that, he left.

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nThe three of them were about to explode from anger as they watched Su Chen’s departing figure.

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n“Good! Very good!” Zhou Bai said harshly. “Who could have known that such a stubborn junior would come out from the Hidden Dragon Institute? Looks like he needs someone to teach him a lesson.”

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n“Of course!” Ke Mingshou and Wu Xiaoliang replied.

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nKe Mingshou and the others hadn’t expected their pretentious appearance to not have given Su Chen any additional pressure. In fact, they weren’t even able to leave a lasting impression on him.

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nSu Chen was still currently racking his brains, trying to figure out how to clean up those pirates.

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nAfter returning to the Su Palace, Su Chen immediately summoned the Shadow Servants and commanded them to inform Wang Wenxin to bring fifty Long Clear Gang members who he trusted with him.

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nAfter Wang Wenxin took control of the Long Clear Gang, it had undergone a period of restructuring. Now, he had complete control. On the surface, he still listened to the Lai Clan, but he had been on Su Chen’s side for a long time. Su Chen had intentionally planted a thorn amongst the ten Bloodline Nobility Clans and hadn’t allowed Wang Wenxin to publicly reveal himself. To Wang Wenxin, this was a good thing; after all, this mitigated the pressure that would be on him for fighting the Bloodline Nobility Clans.

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nToday, however, Su Chen was finally going to get the Long Clear Gang to do something for him.

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nFifty people. This number was neither large nor small, but the critical point was that they had to be people Wang Wenxin could trust. This would immediately take away many backbone members of the Long Clear Gang, and it could be considered the first test for Wang Wenxin.

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nWang Wenxin didn’t know what Su Chen wanted these people for. After receiving his message, he hesitated and deliberated for a substantial period of time before agreeing in the end.

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nTwo days later, the fifty Long Clear Gang members appeared in the Su Palace’s main courtyard. They combined with the bandits under Su Chen’s command to form a platoon of around a hundred fifty individuals.

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nNo one knew what Su Chen wanted these people for. In the following days, however, extremely piercing howls would come out from Su Chen’s research lab every so often.

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nThese howls seemed filled with despair and torment. If it weren’t for the fact that everyone who entered would return alive and healthy, their expressions filled with joy, these cries would have been enough to cause everyone to collapse.

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nWhen they saw the strength that the people who emerged from the research lab now possessed, however, they were all filled with expectations.

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nPower filled them with expectations, while the price they would need to pay for that power filled them with fear.

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nThe days passed by steadily as they were tormented one after another.

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nTime passed extremely quickly. In the blink of an eye, half a month had gone by.

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nOn that day, Su Chen finally finished improving the final bandit.

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nWorking on ten of them a day was extremely taxing even to Su Chen. During this period of time, he had basically used all of his energy and focus on this. Now that he was finally finished, he couldn’t help but feel as if he had been released.

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nJust as he was still admiring his creation, someone said from outside his door, “Young Master, someone would like to see you.”

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nIt was Mingshu.

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n“Who is it?”

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n“The visitor called himself Jiang Hanfeng.”

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n“Hanfeng?” Su Chen’s mind was jolted. “Quick, invite them in…… No, I’ll go out and greet them myself.”

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nIgnoring his exhaustion, Su Chen went to the main entrance and found a few youths standing outside. It was Jiang Hanfeng, Zhou Juanjia, Ma Xuan, Wei Yang, Tang Ming, Wu Shao, Zhao Xin, Yan Ling, and Gan Haoli, nine in total.

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nWhen they saw Su Chen, the group of youths all began to yell.

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n“Su Chen!”

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n“Third Senior Brother Su!”

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n“Knowledge Executor Su!”

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n“Senior Su!”

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nA commotion broke out.

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nSu Chen laughed and greeted them all. “You guys are finally here.”

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nYes, they were the reinforcements Su Chen had received from the Hidden Dragon Institute.

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nAll of the students in the same year as Su Chen had already graduated. If Su Chen wanted to find some helpers, he could only ask for those younger than him.

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nJiang Hanfeng and the others were already tenth-year students. In just a few more months, they would officially graduate from the Hidden Dragon Institute. Before then, they had been entrusted with helping Su Chen. Not only could they earn contribution points for this, but they would also be helping out a good friend.

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nTo them, being able to fight alongside Su Chen was something that made them very happy.

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n“That’s right,” Jiang Hanfeng, who loved to speak, said with excitement. “Unfortunately, Han Linxia and Little Forty had business to take care of and weren’t able to make it. Otherwise, we would all be here.”

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n“No worries, your arrival is perfectly timed. It just so happens that I’m in need of people. You guys will be a great help.”

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n“Third Senior Brother, just give the word! Who are we fighting? We’ll fight wherever you point,” the group said animatedly. Only Tang Ming, like always, crossed his arms proudly and remained silent, but the desire to do battle was evident in his eyes.

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n“What if I point at the water?” Su Chen asked, laughing.

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