Chapter 78: Defecting to the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect

Chen Yuhe returned home and immediately found his father, Chen Zhenhe, shouting, "Dad, someone hit me! You have to stand up for me!"

Chen Zhenhe immediately slammed the table and stood up, shouting, "What? Who dares to bully you!"

Chen Yuhe immediately said, "It was a Daoist named Zhang Cheng. His subordinate slapped me today, and then they took Li Feng away!"

Chen Zhenhe frowned and asked urgently, "How did you provoke him? This Zhang Cheng is a disciple of Maoshan; why did you have to go and provoke him of all people?"

Chen Yuhe said aggrievedly, "Dad, your son was beaten, aren't you going to avenge me? Besides, so what if he's from Maoshan? There are plenty of sects in the world, and don't they all still listen to the government?"

Chen Zhenhe gave a cold snort and said, "You make it sound so easy. Tell me, how exactly did you provoke them?"

Chen Yuhe said righteously, "The woman I like likes this Daoist. I couldn't stand the sight of him, so I found some people to teach him a lesson."

"You, oh you!" Chen Zhenhe pointed at Chen Yuhe, angry at his lack of restraint, "Keep a low profile for these days. This matter is not as simple as you think. Let me handle this first."

Chen Yuhe said aggrievedly, "Dad, what are you afraid of? With Uncle stepping in, what could possibly be the problem? Anyway, I must return this slap, and I have to teach Zhang Cheng a lesson, otherwise how can I continue to hang around the Shanghai Bund!"

Chen Zhenhe waved his hand and said, "Stop shouting. I'll talk to your uncle first."

Chen Zhenhe immediately called the Chen family in Jinling and explained the situation. The person on the other end replied, "Although this matter is a bit troublesome, it's not a major issue. I will speak with the people from Dragon Tiger Mountain and let them step in to handle it."

Chen Zhenhe hurriedly thanked him, "Many thanks, Big Brother, many thanks, Big Brother... Big Brother just needs to say the word, and I will take care of the expenses."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Zhenhe said, "Alright, I'll handle this matter."

Chen Yuhe was furious, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

Chen Zhenhe shook his head helplessly.

Chen Yuhe immediately called his lackey to drink away his sorrows. This lackey was the son of a wealthy merchant named Yu Zeshun, and Yu Zeshun could see that Chen Yuhe's complexion was very poor.

He hurriedly said, "Brother He, what's wrong? How about I go find a few girls for us to have some fun?"

Chen Yuhe snorted coldly, "What's fun about those common, vulgar women!"

Yu Zeshun hurriedly asked, "Brother He, what is bothering you? Let me think of a way to solve it for you."

Chen Yuhe whispered, "There is a Daoist I want to kill. Do you have any ideas?"

Yu Zeshun naturally knew about what had happened to Chen Yuhe recently, but he had just pretended not to know to avoid Chen Yuhe taking his anger out on him.

He also knew that Zhang Cheng had powerful magic, and many Maoshan Daoists had entered the city recently, so it was unlikely that he could get other cultivators to act. He could only try hiring assassins.

He immediately suggested, "Brother He, I know people from the Axe Gang. Their Gang Leader Wang is most skilled at assassination; perhaps we can ask the Axe Gang to take action."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuhe immediately said, "Hmm? That's a good idea. I don't believe there's anyone tougher than a bullet. Xiao Shun, I'll leave this matter to you!"

In the intricate slums of Shanghai, several heterodox practitioners were huddled in a small room whispering. An elderly man in a long gown with a somewhat pale face said, "The Maoshan people are currently scouring the area around Shanghai, and they have already put the word out that they are determined to catch us."

"Damn it, we shouldn't have taken this job in the first place. Now we really have nowhere to die!"

"We were truly blinded by that money back then. The Maoshan people have connections in the Underworld; even if we die, we won't escape our fate."

Everyone's faces were very ugly, and a few people began to curse Li Feng.

The old man spoke again, "There is no one left who can protect us. Now it's not just the Maoshan people who want our lives; the Chen family also wants us to take the fall."

"Ah? This is truly having wolves in front and tigers behind!"

"Then what should we do? Run away to the Nanyang?"

The old man waved his hand and said, "Why run so far? I see that the Japanese invaders are powerful now. They have been heavily suppressed by the major sects and have been recruiting people. I plan to defect to the Japanese invaders."

"Defect to the Japanese invaders? Wouldn't that make us traitors?"

"Save our lives first! I'm going too, forget it!"

Many heterodox practitioners followed the old man's suggestion and went straight to defect to the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect in Hongkou.

At this time, Daoist Master Simu, Daoist Master Qianhe, and their group arrived at the scene. Daoist Master Qianhe immediately set up an array to track them and obtained some scent.

He immediately used a piece of talisman paper to fold a paper crane, sent the scent into the paper crane, and cast a spell. The paper crane immediately flew into mid-air and then flew toward the slums.

Daoist Master Simu hurriedly shouted, "Fellow junior brothers, follow the paper crane!"

The group immediately set off and ran into the slums following the paper crane. Half an hour later, they arrived near the slums, and the paper crane was still flying inside.

Daoist Master Simu immediately said, "Fellow junior brothers, you watch from the outside, and I will go inside with Junior Brother Qianhe to take a look."

Daoist Master Simu and Daoist Master Qianhe immediately followed the paper crane inside.

In the room where the heterodox practitioners were hiding, a group had already left to defect to the Nine Chrysanthemum Sect, and the remaining few were still hesitant.

As the paper crane flew halfway, a paper doll rushed out, grabbed the paper crane with one hand, and crushed it with force.

Simu was greatly shocked and hurriedly held a spiritual talisman and struck it onto the paper doll, which immediately began to burn.

The hiding heterodox practitioners shouted "Bad" and immediately rushed out of the small room, while the other heterodox practitioners immediately fled in all directions.

Daoist Master Qianhe immediately gathered his strength to cast a spell, and a large number of paper cranes flew out, following closely behind the fleeing heterodox practitioners.

Daoist Master Simu pinched a hand seal, cast the Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams, and shouted, "Fellow junior brothers, stop those who are fleeing!"

The Maoshan Daoists on the outskirts of the slums took action one after another, and all the heterodox practitioners who were fleeing in all directions were intercepted.

Someone shouted, "Maoshan people, don't force me, or I'll make the ordinary people below go down with me!"

Daoist Master Simu was furious and shouted, "You bastard, you dare to threaten me? When you die later, let's see if you want to taste the flavor of the eighteen levels of hell!"

Seeing that they could not escape and fearing that they would suffer torture even after death, a heterodox practitioner immediately shouted, "Stop fighting, I surrender! Just give me a quick death!"

Daoist Master Qianhe replied, "Fine, we only want your life to pay for your crimes."

With Daoist Master Qianhe's guarantee, the heterodox practitioners who had originally wanted to fight to the death all surrendered.

Daoist Master Simu immediately questioned, "Where did the others go?"

A heterodox practitioner scrambled to answer, "They have already gone to defect to the Japanese invaders' Nine Chrysanthemum Sect."

(End of chapter)