Chapter 24: The Sun Rises in the East

  "A student actually sent the toad along with several of his men to the hospital? Not simple, huh." Huo Ge lit a cigarette and said, "Investigate for me, I must get to the bottom of who did this!"

  My little brother was beaten by someone, as his big brother, I certainly cannot just sit back and do nothing.

  "Huo Ge, didn't you have a cousin studying at Min University? Ask him to investigate carefully and see if he can find the person who beat the frog." Xiao Ba said to Huo Ge, who was smoking on the side.

  "You're talking about monkeys."

  Mentioning his younger brother, Huo Ge's mouth corners had a hint of proud smile, then he spat out a smoke ring and said: "Alright! Later when I call him, let him help me keep an eye on things."

  "Hmph, that little brat who hit the toad had better not fall into my hands, or else, he'll be in for a good deal of suffering." Xiao Ba said viciously, his mouth curling up at the corner, his face twisted and terrifying enough to scare people to death.

  "Alright, Xiao Bao, don't think about those unhappy things, just live each day well. Come on, let's have a drink." As he spoke, Huo Ge picked up the wine bottle and started drinking.

  That was an entire bottle, and it was gone in just a few sips.

  Xiao Ba was not weak either, picked up a bottle of wine and started drinking, but his speed was clearly slower than Huo Ge.

  At this time still in sweet dreamland, dreaming Shao Yang, if he knew someone was still thinking of him, definitely wouldn't be sleeping so soundly.

  He's just a student, didn't think he'd offend so many people. This is good, offended Su Tianzhuang, provoked the monkey, and was also targeted by the Qingbang.

  Xiao Yang only acted when he had no choice, once was because someone wanted to rob him and Wang Ziyu, so he had to act, another time was because someone wanted to bully Qin Xiaoyu, so he had to act.

  As for the monkey, Xiao Yang didn't do anything and it came to his door on its own. Su Tianzhuang was the one who bumped into Xiao Yang first, but instead of apologizing, he got angry at Xiao Yang.

  Ah, damn it, this is going to drive Xiao Yang to death!

  ……

  Inside a certain palace in the world.

  The palace is very large and magnificent, but it's not very old because it was built with modern high-end materials. However, the feeling it gives people is quite different, deep and dark, as if there's something eerie inside.

  The decorations inside the palace are luxurious and grand, with golden halls and jade pillars, dazzling lanterns, a throne made of precious stones, gold-cast lamp posts, stone columns that two people can barely wrap their arms around, and even the floor tiles are made of high-quality marble, allowing people to see their reflections clearly as they walk on it.

  Such grandeur, such majesty, it is clear that the owner of this palace is extremely powerful and wealthy in this region.

  But it has to be said that despite the brightness and clarity inside the palace, there is always a hint of gloominess lingering.

  At this time, there were two people inside.

  One was a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a special necklace with the letters 'SS' around his neck, sitting majestically on the throne.

  Smooth skin, angular face, clean and neat lines, as if cut out by a ghostly axe, slightly raised nose bridge, pointed chin, and a sly smile that is very good-looking.

  He actually looks younger than his real age by over ten years.

  Another was an old man wearing a long Taoist robe, with white hair and a long white beard, his entire attire had the air of an immortal.

  The old man held a compass with the eight trigrams pattern in his left hand, his eyes slightly closed, and his right hand pointed to the sky and then to the ground, muttering to himself as if he was divining.

  After a while, the old man stopped his movements, suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the signs on the compass, and there was a slight frown between his eyebrows.

  It seems like the result is not very ideal.

  "This is terrible! This is terrible!" The old man shook his head and muttered a sentence.

  Although the old man's voice was very small, the middle-aged man on the throne could hear it. As the old man shook his head and whispered, he asked: "What's wrong?"

  The middle-aged man's tone was very calm and didn't seem to care at all.

  "Just now I did a divination for you as you requested, but from the divination symbol, it's not very good, an ominous sign of great disaster." The old man truthfully told him the situation he had divined.

  "Oh?" The middle-aged man raised an eyebrow.

  "The Bagua Luo Pan shows, Double Stars Clash and Penetrate," said the Taoist robe old man.

  "What's a Double Star Clash?" asked the middle-aged man with an imposing demeanor.

  The old man in the Taoist robe looked at the man on the throne and said slowly: "What is meant by 'Double Star Clash' is that your original fortune star has encountered a powerful evil spirit. In simpler terms, a more powerful star has collided with your fortune star, and this star is gradually eroding your good fortune."

  "What does this mean and what's the outcome?" The middle-aged man was indifferent to the process, only wanting to know the answer.

  "Alright, this was originally a heavenly secret that absolutely cannot be revealed. If I reveal it, I will not come to a good end. However, considering you once saved my life, I'm willing to risk shortening my own lifespan to tell you."

  The old man in the Taoist robe stroked his long white beard, looked straight at the middle-aged man on the throne and said with a worried expression: "As a result, not long from now, due to your exhaustion of good fortune, your fate will be filled with evil spirits, and death will follow."

  "Death?" The middle-aged man couldn't help but laugh upon hearing it.

  Who is he, a high-ranking figure with great power, prestige and wealth, with millions of capable subordinates at his command. And as for his own martial arts skills, he has already reached the pinnacle of this world. Who can make him die?

  So in his view, death is such an easy thing, and now the old man actually says he won't live long, it's really ridiculous.

  "How long will it be in the future?" asked a middle-aged man with great interest.

  Although I don't think I would die for no reason, I still want to know what the old man will say and figure out the situation.

  "This... I also can't be certain, it might be a few days, maybe several months, maybe several years, or even tens of years. The Taoist robe-wearing old man is not a god and cannot calculate everything."

  "So you're saying that I still have some time." The middle-aged man's stern face drew a beautiful arc.

  "It should be."

  "Can you calculate where this threatening star comes from? I want to know!"

  "The sun rises in the east, fortune arrives at the divine state." The old man said quietly.

  "The East? Divine Land?"

  Upon hearing these two words, the middle-aged man on the throne supported his chin with his hand, his eyes were vacant, his eyebrows furrowed, and a skeptical expression appeared on his face.

  "It's impossible, as far as I know, in this world, the number of people who can pose a threat to my life is no more than the number of fingers on one hand."