126: Chapter 126 Ye Baiqiao is an idiot

Here, Mad Dog seemed a bit hesitant, but he continued, "Before that, there are some questions I still need to ask you. If you can't answer, don't say anything, but don't lie to me."

"Also, I know you have a background in The Sect, so do not mention the title of the strongest person in this city. That old guy is incredibly powerful; as long as those three words are mentioned, he can hear our conversation."

"And what I am about to do must absolutely not be known to him in advance."

Tang Long was deeply surprised, but seeing his serious expression, he nodded earnestly.

"Have you heard of Ye Baiqiao?"

"Of course."

"What is your opinion of this person?"

Tang Long secretly found it funny. Mad Dog was actually asking him for his opinion on his own master. This…

Oh?

His relationship with Ye Baiqiao… shouldn't be too secret, right? Since he knew he had a background in The Sect, why would he ask such a question?

After a moment of thought, Tang Long roughly guessed that this was another question that came with an answer. What Mad Dog actually wanted was his attitude.

So he replied with a strange expression, "You really want to hear it?"

Mad Dog nodded slightly.

"I think Ye Baiqiao is a fool."

"What did you say?" Mad Dog's face immediately twitched.

Tang Long sneered, "With great power comes great responsibility. It is precisely because he did not shoulder the responsibilities he should have that a series of chaotic events followed."

"Now Dongyu is fragmented and in disarray, the emperor and his officials are suspicious of each other, and the various governors are alienated from the imperial court."

"I'll put it this way: perhaps before long, there will be another Sangyu Rebellion, or perhaps an even greater disaster."

"If he had just become emperor back then, how could these messy things have happened? But what about him? He quelled the Sangyu Rebellion and then just quit?"

Mad Dog's expression was very ugly, but he didn't lash out, only explaining, "He was also helpless. After all, they were blood relatives. He had sworn an oath before the late emperor that he would never covet the throne…"

Tang Long interrupted him directly, "So he just let down the soldiers who followed him through life and death, and abandoned the future of hundreds of millions of citizens?"

"It's simple enough for him to just walk away. But if the emperor cannot subdue the army, and the army thinks the emperor is incompetent, then the governors of various cities will only grow more ambitious."

"With his status and strength, could he not consider these things? Or is it that he considered them but didn't want to solve them? Ignoring the danger of the nation falling, just to be a paragon of morality?"

"Is it excessive for me to label him a fool?"

This was Tang Long's true inner thought. In fact, after fully understanding Ye Baiqiao's deeds, he felt this person was unreasonable. It was fortunate that Ye Baiqiao was born on Blue Star and possessed immense personal power; on Earth, he would definitely have followed in the footsteps of Yue Fei and Yu Qian.

Mad Dog was rendered speechless for a long time, visibly quite angry, but he forced himself not to lose his temper.

"He is someone I highly respect. For my sake, don't speak so disrespectfully again."

Tang Long tilted his head, "I respect him too, but that doesn't stop me from thinking he is a fool."

"Alright, let's not dwell on this."

Mad Dog continued to ask, "If you committed a major fault, what punishment would The Sect give you? Let me rephrase: at what point would your life be in danger?"

This question was not easy to answer.

Generally speaking, Tang Long felt that… as long as he wasn't discovered to be a fake and didn't touch the High Priest's reverse scale, there shouldn't be any danger.

But the things Mad Dog was getting into were probably not small either.

Just at this moment, Mad Dog's phone suddenly rang again.

Mad Dog took a look and immediately displayed an expression of extreme shock.

"Brother, you've been followed!"

"Eh?" Tang Long was also quite surprised.

Because of today's operation, he had been very careful when coming, not even taking his usual route, and several anti-surveillance tests had revealed no tails.

"Are you sure they are following me?"

"If the target were me, they wouldn't just send one Blood Refining expert, and they certainly wouldn't barge directly into my territory. It's fortunate that we are at my stronghold, where half the street outside is filled with my people, otherwise, it would have been impossible to discover it so quickly."

This time, it was Tang Long's turn to scratch his head.

The power of Fire Eye was undoubted, but there were too many people in the city, and the difficulty of reconnaissance was far higher than in the wild. The opponent must have maintained beyond-visual-range tracking, which was why he hadn't detected it. In the end, it was because his strength was insufficient that such a thing could happen.

The question was, what to do now?

Once latched onto, the subsequent operations would likely all be affected, or even fall through.

He hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone and dialed 9 three times.

The other end of the line answered almost instantly, and then a slightly hoarse voice asked, "Do you have any instructions?"

"I am being followed, it's a Blood Refining expert."

The person on the other end immediately asked again, "My display shows your location is at Fenglai Hotel, 89 Changfeng Lane, Songjiang South Road. Is that accurate?"

"Accurate."

"If you stay in place for three minutes, will there be any danger?"

Tang Long thought about it and replied, "There shouldn't be. Oh, right, I'll have someone tell you the opponent's location and characteristics."

As he said this, he handed the phone to Mad Dog. Mad Dog's face twitched noticeably, but he didn't say anything. He just picked up his own phone and brought up the relevant information.

Although Tang Long felt it was strange, he still reported the relevant information.

"Wait in place, I will call back in three minutes."

As soon as the call hung up, Mad Dog let out a long sigh of relief, feeling… unburdened.

"Brother, who was on the other end of the phone?"

Tang Long chuckled, "If I said I didn't know either, would you believe me?"

"I believe you."

Mad Dog nodded very seriously, "Because that person's identity is also extremely special, and ordinary people cannot reach him at all. I didn't expect The Sect to actually have him protect you."

Tang Long was greatly surprised, "You know him?"

Mad Dog sighed, "He is the Commander of the First Guardian Knight Order of the Songcheng Sect, leading the most elite squad drawn from the entire sect, 'Hand of the Red God', so his nickname is Red Hand."

"His strength is said to be no less than that of the four bishops, and he is particularly adept at killing. He can be called the sharpest blade in the old guy's hand."

"Him taking action for you personally means you are under the highest level of protection of The Sect. It seems I still underestimated you, Brother Tang."

"So I am very curious, who exactly are you?"

Tang Long laughed, "If I said I was the incarnation of the God's son or the Reincarnation of the Saint, would you consider terminating our cooperation?"

Mad Dog shook his head, "No, because you are not a believer of the Red God at all."

This answer gave Tang Long goosebumps, and he even developed the thought of killing him to silence him.

"Don't be nervous. We all have secrets, it doesn't matter if you don't want to say."

"Actually, in all of Song City and even Dongyu, only I can perceive this. Others, even the Pope and… Ye Baiqiao, do not have this ability."

"No matter which god you believe in, as long as you are not a lackey of the Red God, we have a basis for cooperation. The reason I am friends with you is precisely for this reason."

"Now that I know your protection level, I am actually not that worried anymore. At least they won't easily take your life."

Tang Long raised an eyebrow, but before he could say anything, the phone rang again.

After connecting, that hoarse voice came from the other side again.

"Sir, the followers have been captured, a total of four people."

"There are actually four?" Tang Long and Mad Dog couldn't help but look at each other.

"Yes. After preliminary interrogation, these four people are a team belonging to the Huaidu Intelligence Bureau, led by Ye Qingzhou, the son of the Duke of Huaicheng. I tested them with holy oil and can basically rule out that there are any Blasphemers among them. Do you need to confirm in person?"

Tang Long looked at the time and couldn't help but gasp.