Chapter 219

Tang Tang Qian, male, forty-one years old, is a Great Group.

Middle Earth mercenary, DiDi Hit-People gold medal salesman, rental-type bouncer with only 41% positive reviews on the Wasteland Market, runner-up in the 14th Thousand Islands Northern Region Competitive Eating Contest, Red Phoenix Nightclub silver card member... and even, the Great Group's Monarch Chosen.

Common names: Tom, Jerry, Shi Misi, Nakanojo, John Wang, Honest Chen, Qiang Yu, etc.

Changing a name after doing a job is perfectly normal.

Combat power unknown, touches when meeting the weak, lies down when meeting the strong; gathering all ancestors in one body, he is truly a model of one person eating and the whole family not being hungry.

Unlike the terrifying aura of the Asura peak's three heads and six arms, Old Tang is currently in a state of one head and two arms, full of fog, with a dumbfounded face, not having figured out the situation yet.

What happened? Where is the enemy? Who the fuck am I?

How come in the time it took to take a shit, the target the employer asked him to protect was already covered in blood and dead?

Even more unexpectedly, he could meet an old acquaintance in this ghost place of Quancheng...

——What the hell are you guys doing!

In shock, he looked at the corpse on the ground, then at Ji Jue, then at the corpse.

Ji Xue bowed slightly in vigilance, her hands on the two short swords behind her back, her expression turning cold.

But Ji Jue's hand pressed on her shoulder.

He patted it, signaling her to rest well, and leave this to him.

He stood up from the chair.

Old Tang seemed to have finally reacted.

He let out a sigh of relief.

"Hey, Ji Jue?!"

He grinned in surprise, beaming: "Is it really you? Long time no—"

Boom!

Blood-colored torrents wrapped around the spear that appeared out of thin air.

The storm whistled, the blood wind roared, charging forward!

Like sweet dew after a long drought, meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

How gratifying!

——Might as well shoot him in the back first to show respect!

Instantly, the spear tip broke through the air, piercing into the mercury iron wall that had risen from the ground and had long been prepared in secret, almost to the hilt. With one surprise attack, it broke through three mercury iron walls like bamboo, and the dozens of layers of tough structure overlapping in each one were all stabbed into a mess by the spear!

Behind the iron wall with cracked gaps, Ji Jue tilted his head, the spear tip narrowly grazing his ear.

Just a little bit...

This dog thing is indeed a genuine Great Group; when he moves, he's like a mad dog, not holding back at all!

"Really sad."

Ji Jue sighed, "I thought our friendship could at least last until we finished saying hello."

"Haven't we already said hello?"

Tang Tang Qian tilted his head without thinking, dodged Ji Xue's accelerated slash, pulled out a hand axe with his right hand, shattered the bullet Lou Feng shot from outside the bank, pulled out the long sword at his waist with his left hand, swept horizontally, and cut the obstructive iron wall into two sections.

The remaining momentum didn't stop, sweeping toward his back, forcing Ji Xue, who was rushing up again, to retreat.

Ji Xue couldn't even brake in the accelerated time, jumping backward like a pole vaulter to avoid the disaster of being cut in half, her back already covered in cold sweat.

So fast, so strong.

It was as if he had eyes on his back.

With one strike, he countered while defending... If Ji Liu were here, with the siblings cooperating, two against one, maybe they would have a chance!

Then, she saw muscles bulging on Tang Tang Qian's back, two arms stretching out from thin air, gripping a flail and a throwing spear, charging forward, crashing through one iron wall after another that could only obstruct, shattering countless flexible threads that spread over, and chasing after them... Asura!!!

This one probably can't be fought!

Tong Shan was currently unable to pull away, Ji Liu and Jiang Xuan were too far away, and even Little Niu Ma wasn't by his side.

May I ask, as an Ember, how can Ji Jue fight?

The answer is, fight my ass, surrender!

Tang Tang Qian's goods are still using basic attacks and skills until now; he hasn't even used his blessing!

Boom!

Smashing the barbs that suddenly rose from the ground under his feet, Tang Tang Qian charged again, the throwing spear left his hand, pierced through the defense, grazed Ji Jue's head, and nailed into the wall, piercing through four layers and disappearing.

Fierce attack!

If he could, he really didn't want to fight an old friend; if Ji Jue turned around and left, he might even cooperate and act a little, and if he couldn't catch up, so be it.

But this dog thing Ji Jue is stubbornly iron-headed to an outrageous degree, not even considering retreating at all!

Then there's no way...

Catch the thief first, catch the king; in a team fight, you have to kill the one with control first!

Moreover, the threat level of this Ji Jue, others might not know, but he, having been a teammate, knows too fucking well; as long as he can still breathe, he is a serious threat!

"Sorry, although I'm very familiar with you, our Great Group is like this; we only recognize money, not friendship."

The flail smashed the obstruction of the Quality of Gold and Iron, the long sword cut off the entanglement of the Type of Ultimate Resilience, the spear charged into the center, aiming at Ji Jue's face, no longer holding back.

"Is that so? Then that would be..."

Ji Jue sighed with regret, so disappointed:

"——Great."

Dead silence, sudden.

The whistling spear stopped abruptly, braking perilously, stopping in mid-air.

To be precise, it stopped in front of Ji Jue's raised right hand.

Between his index and middle fingers, like a magic trick, an ancient gold coin appeared.

The treasure left behind by the Eternal Empire had been tempered by time and had already revealed vicissitudes, but it was still shining; the meticulously carved side profile of the Emperor was majestic and solemn, lifelike.

The wind of the spear whistled over, blowing on the gold coin.

Hum~

The crisp sound was so pleasant.

It made Tang Tang Qian widen his eyes—99% new, a rare item!!!

"Since you've been so straightforward, I won't pretend to be a gentleman anymore."

There was no longer a warm smile on Ji Jue's face, his head held high with arrogance, as if overlooking.

Feelings?

Talk about what feelings?

"Tell me."

He tossed the gold coin in his hand, causing Tang Tang Qian's pupils to move up and down constantly, "How much for one time?"

"Fart!"

Tang Tang Qian was furious, "Who do you think I am? I am a dignified Great Group; wealth cannot corrupt me, power cannot bend me! You want to seduce me with a broken gold coin from who knows where? Just kidding!"

"It's okay, I can talk to 'Fourth Great-Grandfather' the same way."

Ji Jue said indifferently, not caring at all about his evasive appearance: "My fence partner told me a few days ago that there is a fool on the market who is buying gold coins from the Eternal Empire period in large quantities, at a premium of several times the price.

And then, I, this person, turned back and flipped through our previous recordings..."

Why pretend!

I know your needs clearly!

Tang Tang Qian's expression twitched, still wanting to act, but the voice in his ear became the ten-thousand-ton straw that broke the camel's back: "I have two boxes of this kind of gold coin, at least."

As he spoke, in front of him, he pulled out his gun, pulled the slide, ejected a bullet, and threw it over.

Inexplicable.

But the bullet was abnormally heavy in his hand.

This weight, it's like... grass, gold?

Ji Jue added: "I use the extra ones to make armor-piercing bullets; if you don't want them, I'll melt these down later and give you two to play with, how about that?"

Tang Tang Qian froze on the spot.

For a long time.

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva dryly.

Reason and conscience were fighting each other; conscience said: Why are you talking so much, aren't they all yours if you kill him? Reason said, the Sin-Tainted Sect is worth a chicken feather, little money and lots of work, are you crazy to follow such a down-and-out thing and guard it? Why not jump ship quickly and wait for death?

As for the hesitation and struggle of betraying the employer?

Sorry, not at all.

No way, even if wealth cannot corrupt, Ji Jue is just too wealthy!

Being corrupted a little is no help.

Facing the company leader who came to visit suddenly, and that hand that was almost rubbing a ball on the black silk, for the sake of Fourth Great-Grandfather's wish, Tang Tang Qian could only...

Enjoy it first!

"Who do you take me for!"

He scolded: "The Sin-Tainted Sect, they are my dearest friends and relatives!"

"Twenty pieces, no more." Ji Jue remained unmoved, saying coldly: "If not, let's have a fight and see if you can fight six alone!"

Tang Tang Qian shook his head decisively: "At least thirty-five!"

"Deal."

Without any hesitation, Ji Jue nodded, which instead made Tang Tang Qian's heart start to ache... Grass, I asked for too little!

Then, he saw Ji Jue flick his hand.

The gold coin was thrown over.

It was heavy in his hand; this familiar weight and familiar texture, plus the unfamiliar perfect preservation, almost moved him to tears.

But just as he was flushed and wanted more, Ji Jue stood still.

Suddenly, his heart hung in mid-air, unable to go up or down.

Increasingly anxious.

"What about the rest?!"

"Pay the deposit first."

Ji Jue had an expression of 'I'm just drawing a cake,' "Let Tong Shan give you an IOU for the rest; the goods are all with his sister. Who has the leisure to carry so many broken things from the Eternal Empire when going out!"

Tang Tang Qian frowned: "That has to be forty!"

"Thirty."

Ji Jue slashed down, "Believe me or believe the Sin-Tainted Sect, you choose one."

He said, "If you believe me, stop, everything is negotiable; if you don't believe me, let's keep fighting, and that thing will be a gift from a friend. No matter if the Sin-Tainted Sect wins or loses, you will never be able to show your face in the Federation again.

The Tong family and the Security Bureau won't let you go; oh, there's a Lou family outside, and the one behind you is the Ji family."

"How come you're still bargaining after we agreed!" Tang Tang Qian was anxious, "How come there are five less!"

"Don't I need to charge for helping you wash clean?"

Ji Jue rolled his eyes, "I haven't even charged you for equipment depreciation and wear and tear!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and divided the mercury in front of him into two: "See? A perfectly good piece of equipment was cut into two semi-finished products by you; did I say anything!"

"You're being boring saying that!"

Amidst repeated pulling and probing, a trace of solemnity finally appeared behind Tang Tang Qian's smile: "You want me to be a double agent just by giving me a coin? If this gets out, what about my reputation?

If the Sin-Tainted Sect adds more money, do I have to stab you in the back too?!"

To this, Ji Jue didn't answer.

He just tilted his head and said to the communication channel that was always on: "Plant, did you hear that?"

No one responded.

Only the buzzing of telekinetic vibration, whistling, from the direction of the underground vault, suddenly a black dot shot over like a meteor.

Still probing at this time?

Tang Tang Qian sneered, just tilted his head slightly, and dodged the trajectory of the black dot; however, when they brushed past each other, his moving pupils fell on the black dot, and it seemed to be stuck by superglue.

Never to be released again.

It fell into Ji Jue's hand.

Between those two fingers was a pitch-black card, with only a dark LOGO and a line of numbers representing the serial number in the bottom right corner.

In an instant, Tang Tang Qian's eyes became as sweet as honey, as soft as water, the flowing light hidden, uniquely coquettish.

If he changed into a dress, he might just lean into Ji Jue's arms after a tiger-body shake.

Perpetual Bank VIP card!

A symbol of status that can only be held by clients with total assets exceeding ten billion or those who have purchased wealth management products exceeding five hundred million at the bank!

He knew this too well!

If you ask him who is the strongest and who is the most awesome after being a mercenary for so many years, he might shake his head and say he doesn't know, but if you ask who has money, you've asked the right person!

"I can strive for it, I can definitely strive for it!"

Tang Tang Qian grabbed Ji Jue's hand tightly, his tiger eyes filled with tears: "Since coming to this shitty place, I've just been a bodyguard; I haven't touched any bad things at all!

Give me a chance, Brother Ji, I want to abandon darkness and turn to light!"

As he spoke, his tiger body shook, then shook again, shaking off all the dust and even the evil-foolish pollution, revealing a pure, flawless, good-natured aura, the Great Group's personal choice.

"Shi Misi has drifted for half a life, only regretting not meeting a wise master; if you don't abandon me, Shi Misi is willing to worship you as a foster father!"

Ji Jue was helpless: "Aren't you surnamed Tang!"

"If the money is enough, I can even take the surname Tong with you!"

Nothing to say.

Filial, too filial!

This wave is truly a hall of great filial piety, family members.

But the family members seem to have gotten used to it, and are even too lazy to pay attention; maybe even when they are awake, they would nod to show their agreement.

What a big deal!

Just changing a surname, it's not like he hasn't changed it before, and he's getting paid, so it's not shameful.

But since everyone has talked to this point, being hesitant would be impolite.

Ji Jue turned his head without thinking, his finger flicked biu~ and pointed in the direction of the underground vault, at that priest: "Ten million, kill him."

"Okay, foster father!"

The blood wind rose suddenly.

Old Tang didn't think, galloping away!

Only Ji Jue hadn't reacted yet, standing still on the spot.

Is it that fast?