Chapter 37: Chen Kong's Subordinates

  "Tiger, someone has broken in from the transmission array, stop immediately!" Yin Nan shouted loudly.

  "Eagle, don't try to cheat me! How come every time you bring out the same old tricks, thinking I'll fall for them again? Anyway, I'm definitely winning this bottle of Qingye wine!" Longhu didn't show any weakness, and his hands continued to chop down.

  "Tiger, this time it's for real, at most I'll admit defeat is just a bottle of wine, which happens to offset!"

  Seeing Yin Nan admit defeat, and seeing his anxious appearance, it didn't look like he was lying at all. Long Hu's hands paused slightly, then stopped abruptly, slowly withdrawing them back.

  Taking advantage of this gap, Yin Nan quickly retreated several yards and escaped from the range of Longhu Ba Wang's seal.

  "This dragon and tiger, when did they come up with these moves? With their strength plus these moves, the power is truly not to be underestimated!" Although Longhu withdrew his hand in time, the gust of wind generated by that move was still incredibly powerful. Yinnan retreated several meters in time, but was still lightly swept by the gust of wind, and felt a wave of scorching pain all over his body.

  "It's just a blast of energy, but it's incredibly powerful. If you're hit directly by this move, I'm afraid you'll either die or be stripped to the bone!" Yin Nan couldn't help but break out in cold sweat, silently thanking his lucky stars.

  "It seems I also need to work hard to cultivate my skills, otherwise I'll only end up being bullied by this old tiger every time." The move that Long Hu used earlier still made Yin Nan feel a lingering sense of fear, although the two were just sparring and Long Hu would never really harm Yin Nan's life. But he was sure that he would have to spend several months lying in bed!

  "Eagle, you said someone broke in through the transmission array? Where is he? I didn't see him!" Longhu shouted at Yinnan with dissatisfaction.

  Yin Nan stretched out his hand, lightly pointed and smiled: "Look, it's right there, you didn't see it! You thought I was fooling you, although Old Eagle usually likes to swindle food and drink, but on this kind of thing do you think I would deceive you!"

  "Hmm, don't say that!" Long Hu said, though he didn't believe it, and still turned around to look back.

  Not far behind the dragon and tiger is a small path paved with white unknown stones, which winds through the entire bamboo forest, of course, it also penetrates the most important transmission array in this bamboo forest and the central lake.

  At this moment, on this white road, a group of people are slowly moving forward, and the direction they are heading in is clearly towards Longhu and Yinnan.

  Five people, four men and one woman. They all look very young.

  At the very front, a man in white clothes and a young man in brocade walked side by side at the head of the line, seemingly discussing something, while the other two men and that beautiful woman followed closely behind.

  Suddenly, the man in brocade at the very front seemed to sense his gaze, stopped talking, slowly raised his head and smiled slightly at Long Hu.

  Longhu was stunned, because the young man in brocade's faint smile seemed to have a very familiar feeling, just a smile, Longhu felt somewhat honored.

  Longhu dares to take Qingye wine as a bet, he has absolutely never seen these few people before, and he absolutely doesn't know them. These five people absolutely don't belong to this Emerald Bamboo Forest.

  Turning his head, Long Hu gave Yin Nan a subtle signal.

  Yin Nan smiled wryly and nodded, saying: "That's right, the transmission array just flashed, it must be these few people who came down from the first layer of Tongxian's Mausoleum. According to conventional reasoning, these few people should be the challengers from the mundane world!"

  "What are we waiting for! Let's go, the boss has given the order to kill a batch of people who dare to cross the border, and our monthly quota of Qingye wine will be doubled!" Longhu said, and was about to charge forward.

  Yin Nan grabbed Long Hu's arm and said, "Brother Long, hold on! Since those few people were able to rush all the way here, they're obviously not ordinary people. Brother Long mustn't be so reckless!"

  "What Big Brother Yin said is absolutely right! Let's listen to you then! Whatever you say, we'll do!" Long Hu nodded in agreement.

  "Longhu, how can you still be so reckless!" Suddenly, a voice entered Longhu's ears.

  "Who? Who is it? Come out!" Longhu was startled, looked around, but didn't see any sign of anyone. Then, his gaze slowly shifted to the five people who were not far away.

  "What are you looking at? It's me, your grandfather, who said that!" The voice rang out again, and Longhu this time saw clearly that the speaker was indeed the brocade-robed man standing in front of the five.

  "You, how did you know about your family's Tiger Grandpa!" Long Hu's voice was actually a bit stuttered.

  "Alas! Longhu, you're still like this after all these years. It's been over thirty years and I thought that by now you would have reached the Pre-Heavenly Realm, but who knew you'd still be stuck at the bottleneck of the Pre-Heavenly stage!" The person in the brocade robe shook his head and let out a sigh.

  His gaze swept to the side, and the brocade-robed man sternly said: "And you, Yin Nan. Thirty years have passed, yet your strength hasn't increased much! What exactly did you cultivate during these thirty years?"

  "You, you're the Second Master!" Long Hu stared at the brocade-robed man in front of him, his voice trembling with disbelief.

  That brocade-robed man smiled faintly and said, "Correct, it's me. However, I still prefer others to call me Chen Kong, Wind-chasing Chen Kong!"

  "Second Master, it's really you! Thirty whole years, thirty years, and you've finally remembered to come back here!" The two great masters who once shook the Jiangnan region now stood before Chen Kong like children, their voices even trembling slightly as they spoke.

  Chen Kong nodded and said: "Yes, after being separated for thirty years, I finally returned here today! How have you brothers been all these years?"

  "Second Master! We're all fine!" A neat and tidy chorus of voices rose up, it turned out that just as they were speaking, the many people guarding the transmission array in this bamboo forest had already rushed over here due to the sudden abnormal movement of the transmission array.

  These people were all brought here by Chen Kong from the secular world, and some of them can be said to have been raised by Chen Kong since they were just children when he brought them here.

  After being separated for thirty years, looking at his old subordinates, Chen Kong suddenly felt as if there were sparkling tears rolling in his eyes.

  "Second Master! Who are these people? Are they also like us? Then I've gained a few more sparring partners!" Long Hu chuckled, suddenly noticing the people beside Chen Kong, including Ling Luo Yu.

  "I'm afraid there are a few more opponents who can be bullied!" Yin Nan chuckled and said beside him.

  Ling Luo and several others exchanged glances, smiled wryly, their faces filled with embarrassment. In fact, what Yin Nan said was not wrong. With the strength of these few people, facing this group of people, they would definitely only be trampled.

  "Longhu, Yinnan, Xiu's nonsense, they are all adventurers, and Ling Gongzi is my sworn brother!" This was Chen Kong speaking up.

  Intimately holding Ling Luoyu's hand, Chen Kong loudly said to the crowd: "From now on, in the second layer of Tongxian's tomb, seeing Brother Ling is like seeing me. What he says represents what I say. Does everyone understand?"

  Although they were somewhat surprised by Chen Kong's words and also had some doubts about Ling Luoyu's strength, since Chen Kong said so, no one would object. Everything was just because the person who said this was Chen Kong. In their minds, Chen Kong was everything. Even if Chen Kong told them to go die, they might not hesitate to do so.

  "Unexpectedly, Chen Kong has such a loyal and dedicated group of subordinates in the second layer of Tong Xian's tomb! How did he manage to do it?" Ling Luoyu looked at Chen Kong with surprise and admiration, feeling both curious and envious.

  Chen Kong's empty hand flipped lightly, and a crystal-clear jade token appeared in Chen Kong's palm. He tossed the jade token to Long Hu and ordered: "Long Hu, you and Yin Nan go together. Take my token and get some more wine and meat from the warehouse. Tonight, I'll drink with all of you brothers until we're drunk!"

  "Right! Tonight we won't leave until we're drunk!" The cheers of dozens of people rose up to the sky.