Chapter Eleven: A Gathering of Heroes

  Villa No. 7 is one of Li Huaguang's properties, and it is also his most important property. Those who know Li Huaguang, whether they are enemies or friends, all know that he is a very cunning person, as the saying goes "a wily rabbit has three burrows", Villa No. 7 is one of them.

  Li Huaguang is well-connected in Jiangbei City, with friends all over the place, but of course, he also has many enemies. Therefore, he has prepared multiple escape routes, which can be seen from the construction and layout of Villa No. 7. Villa No. 7 is backed by a high mountain, and the winding highway in front is steep and dangerous. The villa itself is also built with great attention to detail, with extremely thick walls, making it almost like a military base. Moreover, it is said that there are complex tunnels here that lead to very far away places.

  "Li Shifu, this is a new noble guest, it's a bit of trouble, please take good care of him." The one who opened the large iron gate of Villa No. 7 to welcome them was not some kind of butler, but a middle-aged man, more precisely, a Taoist priest, although he wasn't wearing a Taoist robe, his Taoist hairstyle was very obvious.

  "Boundless Heaven Venerable, honored guest please enter, I'll arrange room number one for you." Li Shifu declared loudly after answering the door, but I can confirm that his gaze lingered on me for a long time, especially my right hand.

  "Master Li, it's all up to you now." I felt his gaze and withdrew my right hand slightly, although the golden light had long since disappeared and the bandage had been changed. But I wasn't sure if he could see anything. Now I'm extremely sensitive to people with identities like monks and Taoist priests. Before coming, Ning Ge had already told me that this Master Li was in charge of the feng shui problems at Villa No. 7, which means he's a high-level bodyguard responsible for dealing with supernatural issues here. If someone uses supernatural methods, he has to take care of it. In ancient terms, this Master Li is a guest official under Li Huaguang.

  "Please come in, please come in." Master Li didn't respond to me, but just smiled slightly and turned around to lead the way, guiding us inside.

  "Villa No. 7 Room No. 1 is the most heavily guarded room here, the entire room is bulletproof designed, unless it's a missile attack, otherwise no attack can open it within half an hour, and this half an hour is enough for us to support, even if strong enemies come, there are also tunnels for you to escape" On the way, Ning Ge started introducing me to the structure of Villa No. 7, especially some emergency places that must be understood.

  After listening to Ning Ge's words, I secretly frowned. Now all his arrangements are made with the purpose of absolute protection. Doing so may guarantee my safety, but it leaves me with no freedom at all. This is absolutely not what I want, because even if I spend three days like this, I will still be a dead person, as they won't protect me after three days.

  Death is no longer the most terrifying thing to me, what I fear is that my family will be implicated. On the way Ning Ge brought me, I made a phone call to my family, thinking of crying and seeking help, but when the familiar voice appeared in my ears, I couldn't say anything because I was afraid, I was afraid that my experience would bring disaster to them. Even if it's just the enemies that have appeared so far, even the police can't protect them. If they get hurt because of me, I'll go crazy.

  So even if I lived in the presidential suite's room number one, I would still be depressed. Not to mention sleepiness, every time I open or close my eyes, it's either a bloody scene or the eerie eyes on my hand. Under such extreme depression, I feel like drinking alcohol.

  "How could it be you, Lan Jie?" The wine was delivered quickly, but when the door opened, unexpectedly, it was Lan Jie who was carrying the wine.

  "I know you want to drink, so I brought some wine for you. I don't know what you'd like to drink, so there are all kinds of wines here." Lan Jie said, pointing at the basket in her hand, which contained various types of wines, white and red, beer, foreign liquor, as well as some snacks.

  "Thanks, Lan sister" I picked up a bottle of white wine, using wine to dispel the anger. Red wine and beer aren't very suitable, picking up the label to take a look, it's unexpectedly Moutai, suddenly a group of grass mud horses galloped past in my heart, so wealthy, if I were this wealthy wouldn't I be able to avoid being chased down like this?

  "Come on, just to dispel the sorrow with wine, I'll accompany you." I thought Lan Jie was only worried about safety and personally sent me wine, but she easily found two cups in the room and sat across from me.

  "I'm surprised, to be honest, if it were a few days ago I would have been curious about Lan sister being such a skilled and deadly female bodyguard, but after seeing too much bloodshed, she sitting down to drink with me like this makes me feel uneasy instead!"

  "What? Look down on me just because I'm a bodyguard?" Lan Jie raised an eyebrow as she saw that I hadn't sat down.

  "No, no, I'm just a poor loser myself, just a little curious"

  "Curious, is it curious that someone like me who can kill without batting an eye can also sit down calmly and have a drink with you?"

  "No, I thought a capable bodyguard like Lan Jie would be indifferent to people, the kind of person who speaks coldly and briefly. It's strange that you're so approachable." To be honest, although I've only been in contact with Ning Ge and Lan Jie for three or four hours, I haven't exchanged a single word with her, almost all the conversations were initiated by Ning Ge.

  "Who would be willing to be a bodyguard?" Lan sister whispered, but she immediately raised her voice and said "Come on, the first cup is to thank you for saving me and my brother today."

  Lan sister poured a glass of wine in front of me, "Cheers!" I'm not one to decline, especially since the wine was already taking effect, so I just tilted my head back and drank.

  A cup of white wine went down the hatch, and the topic suddenly opened up. The two people started drinking and chatting enthusiastically, and before they knew it, their relationship had become much closer.

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  Jiangbei City, suburbs, inside the warehouse, Pao and Lin Ling were sitting in the middle with their eyes closed, wearing ancient long gowns. The Xuanwu and Qinglong symbols on their clothes made them look completely different, no longer the frivolous and playful people they used to be, but rather had a steady and noble air about them.

  In front of the two, there were two rows of chairs, like those ancient armchairs, with at least several dozen in a row. However, not a single person was sitting on the chairs. The quiet environment surrounded by candles made people feel somewhat eerie.

  "Now that you're here, why hide? Do we need to invite you?" a loud voice called out after a gust of wind.

  The fat man's voice had just fallen, and it was quiet for a few seconds, but soon a whirlwind appeared on the flat ground and blew towards the two fat men at an incredible speed. What was even more eerie was that the center of the whirlwind seemed to be hiding a strange smile.

  But the two of them were not afraid at all, they just calmly opened their eyes, and then their hands quickly fluttered, as soon as they finished, the light from the surrounding candles was pulled out to form a firelight shield, covering the whirlwind. And with the downward pressure of the two people's gestures, the light shield slowly descended, finally, with a loud crash, the light shield shattered, and the whirlwind also disappeared.

  The whirlwind disappeared without a trace, and the surroundings of the two were still quiet, as if nothing had happened. The fat man and Chicken Grandpa looked at each other and nodded, then their hands flew again, shouting "Since you're all so polite, we'll invite you out!"

  As the two men's hands joined together once again, a dark turtle's shadow flew out from Fatso's body and circled above his head. A green dragon emerged from Jiye's body, but what changed even more was the warehouse they lived in. The outermost bowl-shaped light screen had already covered the warehouse, and from the outside, no changes could be seen. However, the people inside all felt a killing aura, and it turned out that a killing array had been set up here long ago.

  "Good, good, good. The two heroes of Jiangbei are indeed formidable. The four great guardian families also have a worthy successor. It's just that being confined to a small city like Jiangbei is somewhat regrettable." A middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, exuding masculinity, was the first to appear. Despite walking slowly, he suddenly covered dozens of meters in just a few steps and arrived in front of the two fat men.

  "It turned out to be Mr. Liu Tianxiong from the Liu family of Jiangnan, one hand shrinking the earth into a seal is really beautiful, please sit down." The fatty made a polite remark and pointed to the chair on the left side. In ancient times, the left was honored and the right was humble, so as the representative of the orthodox faction, the fatty had to let Liu Bowen's descendant sit on the left side.

  "Thank you!" Liu Tianxiong didn't beat around the bush. He didn't come alone tonight, and the best part is yet to come!

  "Haha, even the young Liu can't hold back, I'll join in on the fun too!" A sudden burst of air-piercing sound came, and another figure appeared before Fatso. This time it was an old man, wearing a Taoist robe that stood out very much.

  "It turned out to be Mount La's Qin, senior. Sorry for the disrespect, please sit down," said Ji Ye with a bow, but he didn't get up at all, because they had planned to offend him to death today!

  Qin, a Taoist priest, didn't pay much attention and only slightly furrowed his brow before sitting down in the left seat. Within a minute or so, seven or eight more people appeared, each with impressive backgrounds, all well-known figures in the Taoist world. In no time, the chairs on the left were almost fully occupied.

  "Tsk, tsk, the two heroes of Jiangbei, it seems that you don't have enough face to protect your family's reputation. The chairs on the other side are empty." Someone immediately spoke up with a sarcastic tone, pointing out that only one side of the chairs was occupied.

  "No rush, everyone will be here soon, and once they're all here, it'll show up," explained the fatty. Under their powerful killing formation, those evil cultivators wouldn't dare to appear like them. They only believed in themselves and would never believe others, so they wouldn't take risks. The people present were confident that the two of them wouldn't dare make a move against them, because once the two took action, regardless of whether anyone died or not, the four great guardian families would become the target of pursuit by many righteous families, and overthrowing them wasn't impossible either.

  As expected, not long after the fat man finished speaking, everyone heard a muffled sound, and a gust of dark wind blew out more than half of the candles in front of the two men. However, in the blink of an eye, the chairs on the right were filled with people.

  "It's just a bunch of hocus pocus, nothing but petty tricks." Seeing the evil path's entrance method, someone from the righteous path immediately felt displeased and spoke sarcastically.

  "Hmph, so someone actually envies my minor skills. But I suppose it's true, some people cultivate for decades and still haven't achieved anything, leaving them with only a bit of jealousy." The evil path immediately had someone retort.

  "You, it turns out you're a yin-yang twin. What's wrong, didn't you have enough losses in the Demon Capital three years ago? Do you want to come again?" The person who was ridiculed became anxious, and after seeing that the other person was an acquaintance, they smiled and said.

  "Hmph, it seems that only you're left of the stinky Taoist sect of Maoshan Xiangqing. Believe me or not, I'll make your family line extinct!" This person had been taken advantage of by him three years ago and was now furious, starting to argue back.

  "Ho there, evil remnants are so arrogant, the demon is high and mighty! Looks like today is a day to slay demons and evil spirits!" Many people wanted to stir up trouble, and one sentence about slaying demons and evil spirits immediately sparked conflict. After all, those sitting on the right were either demons or evil spirits, and they were all despicable creatures that deserved to be slain. However, they thought that the righteous path wasn't much better, and they didn't accept the crimes they had been accused of, so a war of words began, and soon it would escalate into physical violence.

  Seeing the situation getting out of control, Fatso immediately took out a purple bell from his pocket and shook it vigorously. The crisp ringing sound instantly filled the entire warehouse, slowly calming everyone down.

  "Tu's Purple Bell, indeed a precious treasure." Upon hearing the bell's sound, many people couldn't help but quiet down and focus their attention on the purple bell in Chubby's hand. This purple bell was a treasured heirloom of the Tu clan, and although the one in Chubby's hand was a replica, its power was still considerable. If not for consideration of Chubby's ancestral heritage and today's important matters, someone might have already started fighting over it.

  "Hmph, I came here to discuss something. If anyone is not satisfied, they can leave. However, if someone wants to discuss the Tao with me, Lin family, it's not impossible." Ji Ye's eyes widened, and with a "pa" sound, he inserted the Xuanxin knife into the ground in front of him, and the sharp aura of the Xuanxin knife instantly dispersed in all directions.

  "Another good baby" Everyone in their hearts began to whisper, this family inheritance is really something, casually come a few juniors are holding precious treasures that are hard to come by, such a big hand can only be taken out by those thousand-year-old families, if it's Liu Tianxiong's Liu family, which has been around for hundreds of years, they don't have this kind of style, let alone those who cultivate alone. As for the sects, it's another story, their treasures are not few, but none of them are private, many things after death will be returned to the sect, and juniors who want to borrow or take also have many restrictions, unlike in families, where seniors can directly give their treasures to juniors.

  The words of the chicken elder were indeed very arrogant, but his arrogance was immediately automatically filtered out by the people who came here, because everyone understood what the chicken elder wanted to say, and that's why they gathered here today.

  Actually, everyone who was sitting knew that someone had discovered the secret of the Wheel Eye a month ago and had been chasing it all the way to Jiangbei City. After several investigations, the three Taoist priests were the fastest to find Kang Cheng's body, and soon killed Kang Cheng and found me. However, there was a small accident afterwards, and they were rescued by the Jiangbei Double Heroes. Later, they also forced back the left envoy of the Fire Worship Sect.

  The two Jiangbei heroes are descendants of the four major families, and to some extent, their actions also represent the attitude of the righteous way. Therefore, the news of their actions spread quickly, and in just a few hours, everyone was talking about it again. Also, because they had spent a lot of time alone with me, many people put their target on them.

  At this time, the elders of the four major families thousands of miles away also knew about this matter, so they immediately strongly demanded that Fatso and his group abandon me. If not, the family would have a disastrous fate. After all, the temptation of longevity had affected the entire cultivation world, and everyone knew what happened to the bird that stuck its head out. That's why there was the incident of two people sending me to Huaguang Entertainment City and the current events.

  "I just want to know what the Wheel of Reincarnation is like, it's said that it has something to do with longevity, can one live forever if they seize it?" Someone couldn't help but ask hastily.

  "Hmph, the cycle is now, longevity comes out, the words that have been passed down for thousands of years won't be wrong, no matter what kind of longevity it is, just grab it back first." Another person chimed in, and instantly everyone started arguing again.

  "Hold on, everyone! I have one more thing to ask you two young friends. Why did you stop me from snatching that kid's Wheel of Reincarnation last night? Is this the intention of your four families?" A loud and clear voice immediately covered up all other sounds and appeared in the ears of the two fat men, causing their faces to change color. What they dreaded most was someone linking their private actions to family issues, but now someone had brought it up.

  The scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence.