61: Has the tea arrived at Zigong?

Bai Luo, that girl, was too anxious at the time and didn’t think about it. She probably remembered it at some point, wanted to act, but was then threatened by Wang Hengtian.

For a moment, all sorts of thoughts surged into Xu Xi’s mind, but he didn’t know where to begin. He could only follow the Thin Horse Gate disciples deeper into the gang’s interior to find out the truth… “What!?”

“A Xuanjian Sect Personal Disciple is here?”

“Did he tell you who he is?”

“Or… do you find him familiar?”

“I’ve shown you portraits of several important figures from the Xuanjian Sect; don’t tell me you still haven’t memorized them!”

After leading Xu Xi to the reception room and seating him, the Thin Horse Gate gang member immediately went to where Zhu Fengyu, the Thin Horse Gate Leader, was located.

In the spacious hall, a burly man sat on a soft seat made of monster hide.

He was bare-chested, stout and robust. A long scar stretched from his chest to his abdomen, a glorious mark left from a great battle with an enemy where he suffered heavy injuries but emerged victorious.

His face, with its fleshy cheeks, made people exclaim how round it was. It was also covered in pockmarks, making it quite ugly and abstract.

At this moment, hearing the report from his subordinate gang member, Zhu Fengyu roared with displeasure, the fat on his face jiggling violently and swaying non-stop.

It was clear how obese Zhu Fengyu was at this time. At the same time, the fierce look on his face made that obesity even more lethal, adding a sense of dread to anyone who saw him.

“Sub… Subordinate certainly remembers!”

“That person is Xu Xi, the sixth Personal Disciple of the Xuanjian Sect!”

“I don’t know what reason brought him here, and from what Xu Xi said, he’s here to demand an explanation.”

“But the problem is, nothing has happened with our Thin Horse Gate recently!”

“Could it be that he sensed our ulterior motives?”

Hearing Zhu Fengyu’s words, the reporting Thin Horse Gate gang member was terrified, answering tremblingly, his throat even a little hoarse, clearly scared witless by Zhu Fengyu at this moment.

Even if he hadn’t memorized all the portraits Zhu Fengyu mentioned, he couldn’t say he hadn’t remembered them now, or he would die a terrible death.

At the same time, he recounted some of Xu Xi’s words to Zhu Fengyu to appease his anger.

“Hmm?”

“Xu Xi?”

“What is he here for? The Spirit Stone Mine was only just recovered; aren’t these Personal Disciples all celebrating grandly?”

His eyebrow twitched, and his already ferocious face became even more brutal, making people tremble with fear.

At the same time, a strong sense of vigilance gradually rose in Zhu Fengyu’s heart.

Xu Xi’s arrival was beyond his expectation.

Apparently, Wang Hengtian, who had conspired with Zhu Fengyu, was not qualified to summon Xu Xi to complete their transaction.

“I’ll go meet this rising star, Xu Xi, first. You go brew a pot of the good tea we recently acquired.”

Collecting his scattered thoughts, Zhu Fengyu didn’t think further; he needed to scout the situation first.

He then instructed the gang members to prepare some tea for the polite exchanges that would follow.

“Uh…”

“Boss Zhu, the tea leaves haven’t arrived yet… the tea has gone to Zisong.”

However, it was clear that this gang member’s reply did not satisfy Zhu Fengyu, who found him so brainless.

“?”

“The tea has gone to Zisong?”

“I told you to prepare tea, and you’re playing dirty jokes with me, aren’t you?”

“Slap!”

Slapping the gang member across the face, Zhu Fengyu truly hadn’t expected his subordinate to be so foolish, daring to joke at such a time.

Do you think you’re very humorous?

His furious, fat face swung from side to side with the atmosphere, `duang`, `duang` twice, unexpectedly comical in this anxious moment.

Zhu Fengyu was even more humorous… “I… Boss, I’m not joking, really. The tea has gone to Zisong, and it will take another half a day to reach our Tingfeng Valley…”

Stunned by Zhu Fengyu’s slap, the gang member hadn’t expected that his casual statement of fact would make his boss associate it with strange things.

I’m so pure, but I didn’t expect you to be dishonest. Can you blame me?

Resentment welled up in his heart, but the gang member didn’t dare to express it.

He replied timidly, his tone humble, his voice not loud, just enough for Zhu Fengyu to hear.

“Get out!”

“I don’t care where your tea went. When I start talking with Xu Xi, if there’s no tea, I’ll take your life!”

Leaving that remark, Zhu Fengyu stormed off in a huff, his footsteps shaking the ground. The gang member could even feel the tremors.

An earthquake!

…“Xu Xi’s esteemed presence truly graces us. May I ask what exactly Xu Xi is displeased with us about?”

“So that we may ‘die’ with understanding.”

Upon entering the reception room and seeing Xu Xi sprawled idly in an armchair, Zhu Fengyu was furious.

As the Thin Horse Gate Leader, I don’t even sit this comfortably in the gang’s headquarters, and it’s your turn to enjoy yourself?

He emphasized the word “die” in his tone, Zhu Fengyu was probing, he wanted to know if Xu Xi knew about his transaction with Wang Hengtian.

“Very well, then I shall let you die with understanding.”

“You captured the young master of the Bai family in Luoyi Town, next to Tingfeng Valley, didn’t you?”

“You dare to capture the family member of a Xuanjian Sect disciple? Don’t you know that area is under our Xuanjian Sect’s jurisdiction?”

“Or… are you thinking of abandoning the dark and joining the light?”

With a twist of his mouth, Xu Xi looked at the plump Zhu Fengyu before him. He didn’t match the tall and thin Thin Horse Gate Leader he remembered at all. Xu Xi knew that the Thin Horse Gate had changed leaders.

Immediately, Xu Xi understood what was going on.

With a change in the gang leader’s position, the master they wished to serve would naturally also change.

“It’s just… you want to pledge allegiance to the Hall of Offerings? You’d better sit down for me!”

Directly stating his intentions to Zhu Fengyu, Xu Xi didn’t hide anything. At this point, there was no need. Xu Xi was neither a child nor an ant; he had his own way of solving problems.

“This, this, this…”

“That truly is a case of the dragon king’s temple being flooded by the great waters; we truly didn’t know that scoundrel was a family member of a Xuanjian Sect disciple!”

“Otherwise, even with a hundred guts, we wouldn’t dare to do such a thing. I’ll have him released immediately and apologize profusely.”

“As for abandoning the dark and joining the light… what is Xu Xi saying? How could I have such petty thoughts…”

Facing Xu Xi’s questioning, Zhu Fengyu immediately responded and offered countermeasures.

At the same time, Zhu Fengyu also realized that something had gone wrong with Wang Hengtian, otherwise, at this time and place, Xu Xi would not have exposed the matter with such an attitude.

But even so, Zhu Fengyu did not panic; instead, he replied in an orderly manner.

With a fake smile, his chubby face scrunched up like wrinkled tree bark, even more so, making one feel nauseous.