Chapter Forty-Four: The Flames of War

  "I've always been curious, what kind of existence are the Four Great Golden Guardians? Are they under your command, or do they stand on their own? If it's the latter, then wouldn't the four of them being connected by a shared energy be inappropriate? Is this not against your rules? Or perhaps, the Four Great Golden Guardians were originally under your command, but were separated to help you recruit and expand?" Xu Long asked with a smile.

  Actually, the Four Great Golden Arhats were originally all with Gao Tianwei. However, after Gao Tianwei became the leader, he felt that recruiting too many people was not suitable, so he only recruited the elite. But having too many elites without some ordinary soldiers to charge forward and take risks is also not feasible. Therefore, Zhang Kun came up with an idea for Gao Tianwei: separate out a Four Great Golden Arhats and have Gao Tianwei secretly support them, then recruit some mediocre thugs, who would later serve as vassals for Gao Tianwei.

  Although the Four Heavenly Kings violated some principles, Gao Yi was his Gao Tianwei's, and Gao Tianwei made a mistake, who dared to accuse?

  Today, someone finally pointed it out, which undoubtedly touched Gao Tianwei's reverse scales!

  "Xu Long, how dare you question me? You colluded with Rubin from Class 2 to rebel against the class leader and now you're helping them take down the class leader. I haven't even settled accounts with you for that yet." Gao Tianwei brought up old grievances.

  I stood by with San Jie, secretly delighted in my heart. I wished Xu Long and Gao Tianwei would fight each other, that way I could sit back and watch the two tigers fight.

  "Hey Wei Ge, your words are really unpleasant to hear. Ruben is my childhood friend, we grew up playing together since we were kids. If he's in trouble, shouldn't I help him out?" Xu Long sneered coldly.

  "That's a matter for the second-year students, it's none of your business as a first-year freshman"

  "Since it's a high school matter, then this thing doesn't concern you, Brother Wei, does it?" Xu Long retorted with a smile "Someone bullied my brother, I went to help out, what's wrong with that? Even Hei Zi Ge didn't say anything about us. Brother Wei, you seem to be overstepping your bounds."

  Turning his head, Xu Long looked at San Jie and asked, "San Jie, you've been in No. 1 Middle School for three years now, was I wrong about this?"

  "There's a mistake, but it's not up to Gaotianwei to handle. You interfered with the affairs of Class 2, so naturally, the leader of Class 2 should come and find you - however, at that time, Class 2 didn't have a leader, it was in chaos. And now, the leader is your brother Rubin. In principle, you were wrong, but in reality, although you were wrong, no one will blame you." Sanjie chuckled and said "The winner becomes the king, the loser becomes the bandit!"

  "However, you, Gao Tianwei, are you going to indulge your subordinates or brothers like this?" San Jie said. "Everyone knows that the Four Great Golden Arhats have established their own doors and flags, so why did Xu Long only look for Zhang Kun at first, but when it came to fighting, all four of them went? Although Xu Long won, what if he had lost? Would you go and drag out the Four Great Golden Arhats and scold them?"

  "My brother picked up He Shuai's flag, and Zhang Kun bit my brother the next day, insisting on taking revenge for He Shuai with the two of them. What right does he have? This is all happening under your nose, don't you care at all? They say you are fair and impartial, but I haven't seen any of that!" Third sister sneered, "Think you can strangle my brother in his cradle? It's not that easy!"

  "That's enough! Even if I was wrong, it's not your place to criticize me?" Ga Tianwei said, looking at San Jie with a somewhat flustered expression.

  "Wow, you even know you're wrong!" Third sister said with a smile "I'm not intervening, but since you admit your mistake, go apologize to Heizi. If you think you're not worthy of being the leader, then step down and let someone else take over. I think Xulon is pretty good, really suitable, I like him"

  "Third sister, what are you talking about? Although the four of us have a close relationship, Brother Wei has never covered for us, and our actions were all spontaneous. Just like Xu Long helping Rubin, they're brothers, and we four are also brothers. When brothers are in trouble, if we don't step out to help, wouldn't that be too unrighteous? Zhang Kun, fearing that Gao Tianwei had fallen into San Jie's trap, stood up and said, "In private, Brother Wei has never looked down on us."

  "Yeah, because of this, I was even beaten by Wei Ge!" Wang Dong said with a pretended tone of grievance.

  "Haha, since that's the case, then we don't have anything else to say." Xu Long chuckled and said "Wei Ge, I want to ask on behalf of my brother, can Zhang Kun bully my brother under the pretext of avenging He Shuai? Can I also stand up for my brother?"

  "You also know, my brother just went through a fierce battle and hasn't recovered yet. Zhang Kun is already saying he wants to take him down. Isn't that a bit excessive? Xu Long chuckled and said "If I lend a hand to help my brother out, won't you blame me, Wei Ge?"

  Xu Long's words were full of provocative flavor, no less than a declaration of war against Gao Tianwei.

  It's up to Gao Tianwei now, Xu Long is a very low-key person, always hiding in the dark, no one knows how many men, brothers and hidden cards he has, the only thing Gao Tianwei can be sure of is that Xu Long doesn't have any powerful backing.

  Otherwise, Xu Long would have rebelled against him long ago.

  "Great, you're not saying anything is equivalent to admitting it!" Xu Long chuckled and said "Zhang Kun, now I'm explicitly saying it, this Li Jie is my younger brother. If you continue to target him and can't get along with him, that means you can't get along with me, Xu Long. My brother is a newcomer, if you want to play, let's play together?"

  Zhang Kun's face turned iron-green and he was speechless.

  Play? How to play? At the beginning, Zhang Kun and the three golden men were all taken down by Xu Long, and that was before the flag was raised. Now they are even more powerful, how can we play?

  However, Gao Tianwei's refusal to respond is clearly a cover-up for Zhang Kun, which is inappropriate.

  If Zhang Kun doesn't dare to take it on, then he's slapping himself in the face, proving that he's afraid of Xu Long!

  This Xu Long has picked up all the face I lost, and I have to thank him. Looking at San Jie's satisfied smile, I seem to have guessed something.

  With Xulang's cautiousness, he absolutely wouldn't dare to help me by confronting Gaotianwei head-on, it seems that Sanjie must have said something to Xulang behind my back or they reached some kind of agreement!

  Wang Jian smiled and stood up at this time. "It seems that Brother Xu Long has made up his mind to oppose us?"

  "I just wanted to help my brother," Xu Long said calmly.

  "Then let's fight!" Gaotianwei suddenly took a sip of wine and said loudly, "Anyway, there will be such a day sooner or later."

  All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the room turned cold. This Xu Long not only came to solve my urgent problem today but also got himself involved, what a huge loss!

  The third sister smiled quietly and said, "Now this is going to be interesting."

  "Third sister, what are you up to?" I asked in a low voice, curious about her inquiry.

  "Don't be impatient, wait until I have time, and then I'll tell you slowly," San Jie said to me with a mysterious tone, making my heart itch. What exactly did San Jie promise Xu Long that made him so willing to go all out for me?

  At this time, Xu Long nodded and said "Alright, since Wei Ge has already spoken frankly, we don't need to pretend anymore. Let's just let the day that should come arrive a little earlier."

  In the distance, I feel the flames of war burning up.

  It's just that I seem to have escaped from this war-torn circle already.