69: Boy, aren't I worried that you'll be cheated?
Tang Gao arrived at the Guardian Bureau, first changing his aura to Justice Qi.
After entering, he reported his name and title, and proceeded unimpeded, quickly arriving at the office of the Guardian Bureau's highest commander.
General Liu was seriously reviewing official documents, his brows furrowed tightly.
Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw Tang Gao enter, his expression softening slightly: "Junior Brother, you're here.
Are you anxious about the Magical Artifact set?
Don't worry, custom Magical Artifacts don't come that quickly; they'll be delivered in a while."
Tang Gao walked to the side of the desk and said with a smile: "Senior Brother, am I really that greedy for wealth?"
General Liu chuckled, stopped writing, and put away the documents: "You wouldn't come here for no reason.
Tell me, what is it?"
Tang Gao asked, puzzled: "Uncle Liu said you had something to tell me, so I came over."
General Liu's expression changed slightly.
He hesitated for a moment, then took out a Demon Suppressing Talisman from the drawer: "To be honest, I hadn't thought of what to say yet.
This is a Demon Suppressing Talisman Revered Master gave me, saying to find an opportunity to give it to you."
Tang Gao was full of question marks: "Demon Suppressing Talisman?
For me?"
Isn't my attribute the Shadow System, which belongs to the dark system, my talent is the Demonic Cultivation system, I kill without batting an eye, my Evil Qi is enough to scare a Third-Order Cultivator to death, all my techniques are Killing Techniques, my attacks are always fatal, and last night I collected a hundred thousand Souls...
Setting aside these facts, why would I need a Demon Suppressing Talisman?
General Liu stopped beating around the bush and placed the Demon Suppressing Talisman in front of Tang Gao: "Revered Master and I suspect you've become entangled with a Demonic Cultivator Great Power, and we're afraid you'll be harmed.
Keep this Demon Suppressing Talisman on you.
Even if an Eight-Order Demonic Cultivator tries to harm you, this Talismanic Incantation will be enough to buy time for Revered Master's true body to arrive and protect you."
Tang Gao was speechless for a moment, then picked up the Demon Suppressing Talisman and saw that it was strung with a red cord.
He could only put it around his neck: "I don't think I'll encounter that kind of Demonic Cultivator."
General Liu chuckled: "What, do you think Demonic Cultivators engrave the words 'bad person' on their faces?
Many Demonic Cultivators have extremely strong disguise abilities; it's hard for someone with your experience to distinguish them.
It's better to be careful."
Tang Gao nodded: "Indeed, many Demonic Cultivators' disguise abilities are indeed very strong."
Seeing him accept it, General Liu's heart, which had been in his throat, finally relaxed: "Kid, aren't we just worried you'll be tricked?
You don't know, last night a medicinal material reserve base of the Three-Leaf Clover Group was massacred by a Demonic Cultivator Great Power; a Fourth-Order Cultivator was even driven mad."
Tang Gao's acting was exceptionally natural; he widened his eyes slightly in surprise: "Really?
That terrifying?"
General Liu looked at his performance, a fake smile on his face: "Let me tell you a little knowledge point: starting from the Fifth-Order Golden Core Stage, Cultivators will Revered Master a kind of 'Heart-Questioning' ability, capable of sensing the emotional fluctuations and aura of weaker individuals.
Sixth-Order Cultivators can even determine whether you're telling the truth or a lie."
You're acting all innocent, but if this matter has nothing to do with you, I'll wash my hair standing on my head.
Tang Gao clicked his tongue, hisMindset was unusually calm: "Alright, then I won't pretend anymore.
So what if the Three-Leaf Clover Group was attacked?
What does that have to do with me?"
General Liu rolled his eyes, not wanting to deal with this little fox trying to trap him, and directly stretched out his hand to begin divining.
He found Tang Gao's lifeline to be even more vigorous, and his expression softened: "I'm not trying to hinder you; I just want you to know that when you do some things, be careful.
If you encounter danger, immediately speak up.
Revered Master can even exchange a few moves with a Ninth-Order Great Power to protect you.
You're still young, and it's normal to be aggressive in your actions, but don't harm yourself."
Tang Gao's heart warmed, and he smiled: "Senior Brother, don't worry, I didn't kill anyone at the medicinal material storage base."
Because the last one to act was Li Yuan, it was Li Yuan who killed them all, what does that have to do with me, Tang Gao?
The last time I acted, I didn't kill a single person.
At most, I just crippled Leng Yue, but I didn't kill anyone.
General Liu looked at Tang Gao suspiciously.
This kid actually spoke the truth; how strange.
Then what did this kid contribute if not effort?
Wisdom?
General Liu's curiosity was still stirring.
He glanced left and right and whispered: "So you planned it out?"
Tang Gao shook his head: "No."
Planned it out?
Wasn't it just a head-on charge?
Where was the strategy?
General Liu was baffled; this was also the truth.
No, if you didn't contribute effort or intelligence, did that Great Power really just personally cultivate you for nothing?
The Great Power does the hard work, and you monopolize the benefits?
Are you the Reincarnation of the Great Power's father?
General Liu almost couldn't process it, truly unable to understand this situation, so he just wordlessly cast it aside: "Alright, it's best you don't get involved in this matter.
Next, we're going to deal harshly with the Three-Leaf Clover Group; we're going to expel them from Liang City."
Tang Gao frowned: "Just expel them?"
General Liu looked at Tang Gao meaningfully: "Is expulsion not enough?
Do you know the identities of the expert team they sent?"
Tang Gao asked curiously: "What identities?"
General Liu pulled out a stack from a folder and placed it in front of Tang Gao:
"Wei Lan, President Wei's elder sister, head of one of the Wei Family's branch lines, possessing solid Fourth-Order Cultivation and a genuine Ph.D. in Management.
She's a true strong woman, with strong capabilities and connections.
Xu An, a high-level executive at the Three-Leaf Clover Group headquarters, is the brains of this expert team, possessing an extremely strong network of connections and intelligence.
He's the lowest in Cultivation among the three, but the most intelligent talent.
Zhao Shan, also a key figure in this expert team, is one of the inheritors of this generation of the Three-Leaf Clover Group's Zhao Family.
If it weren't to prepare for the upcoming Clan Chief inheritance, he wouldn't have personally come here to stabilize this matter."
Tang Gao nodded in understanding, flipping through the documents: "So, these three people cannot be killed?"
General Liu placed his hands on the table and said with a serious look: "The Wei Family, the Xu Family, and the strongest Zhao Family—these three Families standing together are not something our Liang City can afford to offend.
With my connections and ability, I can only leave one Wei Lan, as a warning."
Tang Gao looked up in surprise: "What about Revered Master?"
General Liu smiled: "If Revered Master were present, even if two inheritors of the Zhao Family died, the Zhao Family would just have to swallow their anger and accept it.
But unfortunately, I am not Revered Master; I am General Liu, General Liu at the Early Stage of Sixth-Order Nascent Soul."
Tang Gao's mouth dropped open, looking at General Liu in surprise.
Only now did he suddenly realize something.
General Liu rose during the war between the Human Race and the Yao Race, which means Senior Brother advanced to Nascent Soul within twenty years.
How did he do that?
General Liu raised an eyebrow: "What, are you very surprised?
What are you surprised about?"
Tang Gao's mouth twitched: "Advancing to Nascent Soul, shouldn't it take five hundred or six hundred years?
How did you manage to advance in such a short time?"
General Liu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What do you think I relied on to become the commander?
By sitting in meditation and Cultivating bitterly?
Kid, I am a Golden Core Cultivator who rose in war, relying on the war system.
The risk of this lineage rising is very high; perhaps not one in a thousand succeeds, and without war, one cannot advance.
The drawbacks are quite significant."
Tang Gao was surprised: "Was that war so terrifying?"
Otherwise, it wouldn't have nurtured such strong Cultivators.
General Liu looked deeply at Tang Gao: "Among the current locals, if you count back three generations, how many are genuinely from Liang City?"
A general's success is built upon ten thousand withered bones—that's the reality.
General Liu never took pride in this.
Because he had personally witnessed how many people died for him to become this great general.
It was the blood and lives of his clansmen that nurtured him, this Guardian.
Tang Gao fell silent.
He had heard his grandfather talk about it when he was young, that they had migrated here.
This kind of situation was not uncommon in his class.
In such a large Liang City, most of the original Liang City residents were probably wiped out, which is why his grandfather's generation migrated here.
General Liu tapped the table: "Alright, let's not talk about that.
In short, if there isn't an Eight-Order Great Power, it's best not to touch those three people."
Tang Gao nodded: "Understood.
If those three people die, will it affect Liang City?"
General Liu hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "If an Eight-Order Great Power steps forward, then this matter is nothing."
Tang Gao nodded deeply: "Understood."
It seems that at that time, I'll have to find a way to make an Eight-Order Great Power appear.
It would probably be very difficult to Cultivate to that level myself.
Forget it, just charging in recklessly will also work.
At worst, I'll just keep taking on missions from the Three-Leaf Clover Group in the future, and I imagine they won't have time to bother Liang City anymore.