Gu Bai quickly sent out the order to have someone take Lian Hengwu to the meeting room.
Though to be honest, there wasn’t any need for him to have given that order. Cause, since Lian Hengwu’s power was already a High Leveled Wu Jun’s to begin with, no matter if he was gonna become a part of Tian Du Cheng or not, Da Guan Jia, Qin Xi Bo wouldn’t have left him with the impression of them not treating guests well.
And so, Lian Hengwu was already in the meeting room in the first place…
Gu Bai finished listening to Qin Xu Bo’s report and had a 囧 face on the inside.
Looked like no matter what, he would’ve still had to go.
So, he stood up and opened his mouth very coldly, “Xiao Shan, come along with me.”
Qi Guan Rui’s expression was soft as he spoke with a light voice, “Yes, city governor.”
Qin Xu Bo glanced at Qi Guan Rui, and some oddness grew in his eyes.
Towards this person, wasn’t the city governor over trusting him a little?
But then he quickly suppressed the suspicion, since they’d already checked his background, as long as the city governor liked him then it was…fine.
Wait, something still didn’t seem right here!
As a quality Da Guan Jia, Qin Xu Bo suppressed all his messy thoughts very well, and kept a respectful and sincere expression, following behind Gu Bai.
Which was also the spot of aligning his shoulder with Qi Guan Rui.
With one person in front and two at the back, they kept the quiet and solemn atmosphere while walking the whole way to the meeting room.
In there, a small skinny male around the height of seven chi sat on a big chair, and he was able to almost immediately feel the presence of people coming near.
Then he quickly stood up and smiled with a fist bow, “This must be the city governor of Tian Du Cheng, I have been long anticipating!”
Gu Bai glanced at him with no expression and also spoke, “Same here.”
Then he walked to the master seat and Qi Guan Rui stood behind him obediently. Qin Xu Bo stood on the side and started to order for servants to serve tea.
After Lian Hengwu had seen Gu Bai, he lowered the bit of underestimation he’d had.
He originally thought that a genius who was able to reach High Leveled Wu Jun at such a young age would be arrogant and look down on others. Those type of people were usually easily agitated and easily fell into the trap of other’s words. In the end, they’d seem full of pride and such on the surface, but in reality, they were just a fighter pushed out to be on the front line.
But looking at it now, the other was sure arrogant, but also had a very calm type of arrogance. He hadn’t even seen any ripples in Zi Ju Shu Bai’s eyes, as if he didn’t have any special emotions. This type of person was especially hard to make a move on.
Especially with the fact that he, a High Leveled Wu Jun, was seeking for an ally, yet the other still hadn’t shown any sign of happiness…so he immediately fixed his attitude.
Also…this city governor of Tian Du Cheng, did he have a bad impression of him or something?
Even though Lian Hengwu was a bit worried about that, but Gu Bai’s impression towards him actually wasn’t too bad.
All because Lian Hengwu was short!
To have a little kid he’d picked up when he was a child being half a head taller than him, wasn’t that just too annoying? His pride as the elder brother here was greatly impacted!
But now, seeing that Lian Hengwu was only that tall, thinking back to when he’d described Lian Hengwu as, “he had a medium build”…his inside instantly turned peaceful.
As expected, it wasn’t because Gu Bai’s genes made him not tall enough, but it was because that guy, Gu Xiao Shan grew very unscientifically.
Gu Bai looked at Lian Hengwu and said, “Sit.”
Lian Hengwu then realized that his own aura had been suppressed, the color on his face changed a bit, and he sat down as well. But after all, he’d had many experiences already, so he quickly calmed down and smiled, “My intention of coming here, I’m sure the city governor already knows.”
To say that he wanted to seek for help right out in the open would just be too shameless, so he did it subtly.
Gu Bai nodded, “Continue.”
Lian Hengwu’s smile stiffened.
Freaking, just give a straight answer on whether or not you’re gonna accept it, what does “continue” even mean?
But when he looked at Gu Bai again, he met the other’s pitch-black eyes…immediately, he jumped on the inside.
Could it be, Zi Ju Shu Bai already knows that I have another plan?
It made Lian Hengwu not dare to think of the other as a little kid to fool around with even more.
Looked like even though he was a High Leveled Wu Jun, he still couldn’t just fool the other and have him accept. He still had to explain his plan clearly so that the other could do a stakeholder analysis and decide.
As he thought of many things in an instant, his expression also turned serious.
“Of course, I do have a favor to ask.”
Gu Bai nodded slightly again and continued to be cold and unapproachable, “Go ahead.”
That count as giving him enough faces.
As for Qi Guan Rui who stood behind Gu Bai, the moment he saw Lian Hengwu, his eyes had turned dark.
Even if this guy had turned to dust, there was no way he wouldn’t have recognized him; the culprit who’d turned him from a genius into trash in just one night!
He’d decided that he’d go find him after seeing Zi Ju Shu Bai, but he hadn’t thought that he’d come to him himself…and he even wanted help from Tian Du Cheng?
During that time, Qi Guan Rui had also had a lot of thoughts.
He was thinking, could it be that Lian Hengwu already knew that he had climbed back up, so he was gonna use Tian Du Cheng against him? Then push him over again, after all, he only had the power of a Beginner Wu Jun right now, so Lian Hengwu could just find the chance to cripple him again. But if he still dared to do so, then the result wouldn’t be what he wished for. Or maybe it could be said that Lian Hengwu was afraid of how he was able to recover so suddenly, so he didn’t dare to make an uncalculated move, and decided to find someone else to end him?
Of course, what he wanted to know more, was what decision Zi Ju Shu Bai would make.
Then, as expected, Lian Hengwu spoke about the bad blood between him and the Qi Guan Family, and even declared he’d be willing to pay with his life, as long as he could get rid of that family.
Gu Bai sat high above, looking unapproachable as one of his fingers slowly tapped on the armrest, it seemed like he was thinking over it.
…Actually, he wasn’t thinking about whether or not he should help him at all.
He was just very irritated.
Is he done yet? Fuck, I’m barely even avoiding the protagonist, and you want me to go up, head on, against the protagonist?!
Even if you think that your life is too freaking long, don’t drag me into it!
This is definitely impossible, okay?
So, under irritation, he endured through listening to Lian Hengwu talk to the end, then Gu Bai spoke, “I refuse.”
Lian Hengwu choked.
He actually hadn’t thought that the other would refuse at all, there weren’t any reasons for it, okay? He’d already said that the Qi Guan Family only had one High Leveled Wu Jun supporting them, either one of them could just go stall that person as the other destroyed the Qi Guan Family easily. Then afterward, he, as a High Leveled Wu Jun would be sold to Tian Du Cheng, wasn’t that a great big deal?!
Yet he was…rejected?
But in the instant that Gu Bai refused, the original harsh, cold look of Qi Guan Rui’s turned soft again.
Gu Bai said, “I won’t help you go against Qi Guan Rui.”
Qi Guan Rui’s raised his brow, according to his memory, Zi Ju Shu Bai’s spy should’ve only known some stuff on the surface.
Gu Bai stopped for a bit, then continued, “He’s a good seed.”
Lian Hengwu’s face instantly turned extremely ugly.
So that’s how it was, that’s how it was.
This city governor of Tian Du Cheng had his eye on the more talented, and faster-growing; Qi Guan Rui, no wonder he didn’t have eyes for him, who was an old High Leveled Wu Jun.
What a farsighted, clever and good city governor!
Since that was how it was, their eyes hadn’t met, so Lian Hengwu hadn’t continued to speak and gave a cold snort, turned and walked away in large steps.
They were already at that step, if he said another word, then it would just have brought shame upon himself!
Gu Bai looked as Lian Hengwu left and when he met Qin Xu Bo’s slightly puzzled eyes, he hadn’t explained, instead, he’d just beckoned to dismiss him.
After Qin Xu Bo left, he heard another familiar voice.
“Gege, you, towards that Qi Guan Rui…”
“Don’t know him!” Gu Bai spoke unhesitatingly.
Qi Guan Rui choked a bit “…Then?”
Gu Bai turned his head, he glanced at this bro, hesitated for a bit; then spoke, “Anyways, he isn’t easy to deal with, you also shouldn’t go up against him.”
Qi Guan Rui nodded to agree obediently.
But in his eyes, at a time where no one saw, a flash of dark light slipped by.
Zi Ju Shu Bai…could he had known something?
No, if he really knew about those things, then his own identity would also be known to him.
But very obviously, towards “Gu Shan” and “Qi Guan Rui”, even if it was just a random mention, Zi Ju Shu Bai’s attitude was definitely different.
So, with Zi Ju Shu Bai’s power and position, what was it that made him see so much value in a normal family’s child?
With Zi Ju Shu Bai’s current actions, it made Qi Guan Rui feel like he already knew Lian Hengwu was Qi Guan Rui’s enemy. And as for the person Zi Ju Shu Bai had mentioned he was afraid of before, it would be him, Qi Guan Rui…then.
But Qi Guan Rui would not mention a single word, he revealed a kind smile, followed Gu Bai and walked out of the meeting room.
As for the Gu Bai who didn’t know at all that the protagonist had already been suspicious of him, he went to eat with his childhood friend joyfully.
He’d finally taken care of that guy, Lian Hengwu. Who cared where he’d gone off to, to be killed by the protagonist, as long as Tian Du Cheng was fine, then everything would be fine, hahahaha[1]!
It was another night of sharing the same bed to sleep, Qi Guan Rui used the usual ol’ method to make Gu Bai sleep.
Then, he transformed into the twisted snake shadow and quickly sped to the outskirts of Tian Du Cheng.
Because now that he was on bad terms with Gu Bai, Lian Hengwu hadn’t even stayed in the city and had just gone straight outside the city to stay for the night.
At a few hundred meters distance away from that tent, Qi Guan Rui appeared from the shadows and laughed mockingly, “This definitely makes it a lot easier, originally I was thinking…if I killed you in the city, then how was I supposed to explain it to Gege?”
Lian Hengwu had been enduring his anger from the day, as he sat in the tent with crossed-legs, he was preparing to pass the night by training.
Just as he was about to circulate, in an instant, he realized that a suspicious black shadow appeared on the walls of his tent. He hadn’t stopped himself and immediately called out, “Who is it?”
Just as his sound dropped, in the blink of an eye, many slips of thin black shadows surged in and crawled onto his body.
Then sharp pains occurred in an instant.
Lian Hengwu was greatly shocked and he quickly tried to use the power on his palm to get rid of them, but to his surprise, the places where he was bitten, his energy was actually being endlessly sucked out!
In that instant, cold sweat covered him, this didn’t look too good…
A human figure suddenly leaped in, and followed by it were violent, sharp pains in his dantian area.
Lian Hengwu originally wanted to avoid it, but to his surprise, under the great pain, his energy was being led by some unknown thing, which caused him to become powerless.
“Who…are you?” He yelled loudly, “Even if I die, you have to let me know at least!”
Under the pale white moonlight, Qi Guan Rui’s face was revealed, bit by bit.
Lian Hengwu’s eyes widened, “You…!”
Qi Guan Rui gave him a slight smile, “Of course, you wouldn’t pay attention to a normal guard, all I did was lower my head, and you couldn’t recognize me.”
So basically, it was his fault to die from stupidity.
Following the leaking of his energy, Lian Hengwu kept his disbelieving expression and quickly dried out.
Shortly, only a skeleton was left behind.
Then Qi Guan Rui stepped on it once, the skeleton roared out a “hong” and turned into dust.
Destroying the corpse and evidence.
Qi Guan Rui turned around and walked out of the tent.
Behind him, the tent was balled up by a great amount of power, then it too was turned into a million pieces of dust…