Chapter 468: Second Senior Brother, Can Master Protect Me?
Cheng Yuan waved his hand and said calmly, "Potian, there’s no need for such formality."
Xuanyuan Potian stood up straight. He swept a cold glance over the members of the Gu Family and asked respectfully, "Young Master, how should we deal with these people from the Gu Family?"
Cheng Yuan said indifferently, "Deal with them as they deserve."
A cold glint appeared in Xuanyuan Potian’s eyes. He said in a deep voice, "Men! Take everyone from the Gu Family to the Dongshan Defense Zone for strict interrogation! If any of them are found to be connected to the plot to murder the Young Master, throw them into the death cells immediately, to be executed after autumn!!"
"Yes, sir!"
The guards acknowledged the order and moved forward, aiming the dark muzzles of their guns at the Gu Family.
The members of the Gu Family were scared shitless, but they didn’t dare resist. They could only look to Gu Tiannan with pleading eyes.
Now that all pretenses were dropped, Gu Tiannan no longer cared about offending Xuanyuan Potian. He roared, "Xuanyuan War God! Even if you are the highest commander of the Dongshan Defense Zone, you can’t just treat human lives like dirt! This is an abuse of public office for personal gain! Believe it or not, I’ll go to Beijing and report you!"
Abuse of power for personal gain?
Xuanyuan Potian laughed. "It seems you still don’t know the Young Master’s identity. In that case, I’ll let you die knowing the truth! The Young Master is the Young Marshal of the Dragon Flame Celestial Dragon Camp and a Two Star General! For your Gu Family to attempt to murder a Two Star General is tantamount to treason!"
The Dragon Flame Celestial Dragon Camp?
That was a special unit that stood above all other defense zones!
And a Two Star General?
This was horrifying!
Gu Tiannan staggered and fell to the ground with a THUD!
Every member of the Gu Family looked ashen-faced!
At the precipice of life and death, the ugliness of human nature was on full display.
They couldn’t even spare a thought for their own flesh and blood!
"Celestial Tiger, you’re the one who arranged the helicopter for Yang Qiuyu! You must be in league with her!"
"Gu Yan, you introduced Gu Miao to He Tianci! You’re an accomplice!"
"Second Uncle, when Feiyun went to the War God Mansion, he used your connections! You’re definitely involved in this!"
"Whoever plotted against Mr. Cheng, just stand up and admit it! Don’t drag the rest of us down with you!"
...
In an instant, the Gu Family members began turning on each other, shifting the blame.
Cheng Yuan’s sharp senses caught something. He turned and looked coldly at Gu Tianhu. "You, come here."
Gu Tianhu shuddered with fear and stepped forward, trembling, looking at Cheng Yuan with a fawning expression. "Mr. Cheng, what are your instructions?"
"Someone just said you arranged a helicopter for Yang Qiuyu?"
"Yes."
Gu Tianhu quickly explained, "Mr. Cheng, please don’t misunderstand. I can swear to the heavens, I had absolutely no part in Gu Feiyun and Yang Qiuyu’s scheme! I didn’t know anything! I only arranged the helicopter for Yang Qiuyu because we were once relatives and classmates!"
"Tell me, where did Yang Qiuyu go?"
Gu Tianhu gave a bitter smile. "I really don’t know."
Cheng Yuan’s expression turned cold. "Then you have no value alive."
"No! Don’t! I really don’t know where Yang Qiuyu went, but the helicopter rental company must know! I’ll call and ask right now."
Gu Tianhu quickly took out his phone and dialed. To show his sincerity, he put the call on speaker.
The call connected quickly, and an enthusiastic voice came through: "Celestial Tiger, are you introducing another client to me?"
"No, no, Old Li, tell me, where did my sister-in-law go? Why can’t I get in touch with her?"
"Huh? Let me check!"
Soon, Old Li found the information and said amicably, "I just checked. Your sister-in-law went to Jinling! It must be a major family in Jinling; their estate has a helipad."
Jinling?
A major family, at that?
Cheng Yuan’s heart skipped a beat. He finally understood why he had suddenly felt a sense of panic back at Yuanxi Pharmaceutical!
So it was because of Yang Qiuyu!
Cheng Yuan gave a bitter smile. He thought that by wiping out everyone from the Yang Family, there would be no witnesses left, but he had unexpectedly missed this one loose end, Yang Qiuyu!
It seemed his cover was blown!
The Yang Family could come knocking at any time!
Cheng Yuan’s mood suddenly soured. He waved his hand, annoyed. "Potian, I’ll leave this to you!"
With that, Cheng Yuan turned and left, not even in the mood to go plunder the Gu Family’s treasury.
After leaving the Gu Family estate, Cheng Yuan took out his phone and dialed Yang Qianhuan’s number. The call quickly connected, and Yang Qianhuan’s slightly irritated voice came through.
"Junior Brother, you’re quite the hands-off boss, just dumping the Celestial Dragon Camp on me. When are you coming back to see your warriors? They all miss you."
"Second Senior Brother, I’m afraid I won’t be able to come back this time."
"What happened?"
"Old Jiu from the Jinling Yang Family brought men to forcibly seize the Spiritual Spring from our Yuanxi Pharmaceutical, killing and injuring dozens of our people! In a fit of rage, I killed all the invaders. I thought I could keep it under wraps, but unexpectedly, one fish escaped the net and fled back to Jinling. If the Yang Family brings out its full power, I’m afraid I’ll be in great danger. Can Master protect me?"
Yang Qianhuan was furious. "The Yang Family is that arrogant? Forcibly seizing a Spiritual Spring? They really don’t take our Dragon Flame seriously! Don’t you worry. Our master is the Martial Arts Alliance Leader of the Dragon Country Ancient Martial Realm, a man whose word is law. If even he can’t protect you, then who can?"
Cheng Yuan breathed a slight sigh of relief. "So, should I go back to Dragon Flame Headquarters and hide out for a while?"
"I’ll go ask Master for his opinion. Wait for my reply."
"Alright."
At Dragon Flame Headquarters, Yang Qianhuan went to the Old Dragon King’s secluded meditation chamber to await an audience.
「Meanwhile.」
「The Jinling Yang Family.」
The Matriarch was in seclusion, so the Yang Family’s Second Grand-Master, Yang Jian, was presiding over the clan meeting.
Yang Jian was seated in the highest position, with the direct descendants of the Yang Family lined up on either side.
Chang Yingjiu, Chang Yingfa, and Yang Qiuyu knelt on the floor, faithfully recounting the entire sequence of events.
"Second Grand-Master, esteemed masters, gentlemen, that is the course of events. It was our failure of duty that we could not protect Master Jiu. We ask the masters to punish us."
Yang Jian looked at the three of them coldly and said without any expression, "The servant lives when the master lives, and the servant dies when the master dies. That is the rule of our Jinling Yang Family. The two of you, commit suicide."
Without the slightest hesitation, Chang Yingjiu and Chang Yingfa drew daggers and slit their own throats, their expressions unchanging.
Beside them, Yang Qiuyu trembled all over in fear, but the surrounding Yang Family members remained impassive. Clearly, they were used to such scenes.
A junior member of the Yang Family asked, "Second Grand-Master, how should we deal with this bitch?"
"Kill her and feed her to the dogs."
"Yes, sir!"
Several Yang Family guards stepped forward and seized Yang Qiuyu!
Yang Qiuyu’s face turned pale with fright. She screamed, "You can’t kill me! I’ve awakened the Merak King Body!!"
The Merak King Body?!
The expressions of the Yang Family members changed drastically. Even Yang Jian, whose face had been as still as an ancient well, showed a look of utter shock!
SWOOSH!
Yang Jian’s figure flashed, and in an instant, he was in front of Yang Qiuyu.
Yang Jian raised his hand and grabbed Yang Qiuyu’s wrist, probing her physical condition.
Soon, Yang Jian let out a hearty, unrestrained laugh.
"HAHAHAHA! It really is the Merak King Body! The heavens have eyes! The heavens have blessed my Jinling Yang Family! With a second Merak Saint Body, my Jinling Yang Family is secure for a hundred years!! Quick! Go and report to the Matriarch! No, I will go report to the Matriarch myself!!"