Chapter 747: This is truly too surreal!

"Therefore, these people are staying put now, but behind the scenes, they are sparing no cost to find evidence that you are a fake. Whoever can expose your identity will successfully become the next leader."

"So that's how it is." Xu Tian nodded in realization.

He had felt that besides Zhou Lao Si, the attitude of other high-level members of the Azure Wolf Hall toward him was ambiguous. It turned out they were playing this game.

"I, the leader of the Azure Wolf Hall, have instead become a tool for those old guys to use each other. How ironic!"

"Are you... really Brother Yi?" Zhong Ling still didn't want to fully believe it.

"Zhong Ling, you were rescued from the black market by me. After I rescued you, I let you follow me all along. If I am not Ding Yi, why would I know these things?"

Zhong Ling was silent. Her defensive line was loosening bit by bit.

Xu Tian saw the change in Zhong Ling's expression, and his heart relaxed.

He had asked about this when he was chatting with Zhong Yu, and now it had come in handy.

"Brother Yi, if you really..." Zhong Ling just opened her mouth when the reception room door was suddenly knocked.

"Come in."

An Azure Wolf Hall member pushed the door open and walked in, respectfully reporting.

"Lord, people from the Thorn are here."

"Thorn..." Xu Tian's expression changed slightly.

He didn't want to deal with people from the Thorn at all right now.

"Let them in."

No matter what, now that the other party had arrived, it wasn't a question of whether he wanted to see them or not.

A few minutes later, several middle-aged men full of murderous aura walked quickly into the reception room.

The leader sized Xu Tian up, and after a long while, he said to him.

"Leader Ding, we are members of the Thorn."

"Members of the Thorn coming to my territory, what do you want to do?" Xu Tian asked expressionlessly.

"Leader Ding, the various grudges between your Azure Wolf Hall and the Thorn, our Emperor won't hold it against you anymore. But now that you are doing business on the Emperor's territory, the monthly membership fee cannot be less."

The middle-aged man in the lead said very arrogantly.

"You need to pay 50% of your profits to the Thorn every month. No one can be an exception to this rule. Leader Ding is a smart man; you should know what to do."

"Presumptuous!" Xu Tian shouted sternly. "In my place, it's not your turn to talk about rules!"

"You want me to hand over membership fees? That's impossible."

"On Wuji Island, it has always been me collecting protection fees from others. No one has ever dared to set their sights on me."

"Why don't you Thorn transfer 50% of your profits to the Azure Wolf Hall's account every month? That will count as your membership fee! For the sake of money, I, Ding Yi, can reluctantly cover you."

"You... you actually want us to pay you membership fees?" The middle-aged man in the lead was shocked and shouted angrily, "You really don't know how to die!"

"The one who doesn't know how to die is you!" Xu Tian raised his volume. "Why don't you go back and ask your Emperor what happened to those people he sent to collect membership fees back then? If I were you, I would absolutely not pester..."

"Good! Very good! I will report Leader Ding's words to the Emperor truthfully!" The man snorted coldly and turned to leave.

"Remember to tell him, if he wants to collect money from me, come find me personally!"

Xu Tian didn't let his subordinates block them, letting them leave angrily.

In the conference hall of a manor on Wuji Island, a young woman wearing a black dress sat in the center position. Directly in front of her stood a middle-aged man in a suit, and behind the man knelt several middle-aged men in black.

If Xu Tian were present, he would recognize that these few people were the Thorn members who had just gone to the Azure Wolf Hall to collect membership fees.

"Emperor."

The man standing upright spoke, his tone slightly mocking.

"This leader of the Azure Wolf Hall is still as reckless as ever, actually daring to ask you to go find him personally?"

"We Thorn collecting membership fees from him is giving the Azure Wolf Hall face; he is actually ungrateful!"

"Since he is so ignorant of what's good for him, Emperor, you don't need to be polite to him either. Issue a kill order directly and kill that kid, so as to remind other gangs that although our Thorn has been silent for many years, it's not something just any stray cat or dog can provoke!"

This man was indignant and wished he could run to the Azure Wolf Hall himself to kill the Wolf King.

However, the reaction of the young woman sitting in the main seat was very calm. She just raised her hand slightly and instructed the few people who came to report.

"You all step back."

"Emperor... but the Azure Wolf Hall, they..."

One of the middle-aged men spoke reluctantly.

"They are truly too arrogant!"

"Do you not understand my words?"

The young woman's voice was like ice that hadn't melted for a thousand years, hitting everyone's heart word by word.

"Obey!"

"You go down too." The young woman looked at the middle-aged man in the suit again.

"Yes..."

Everyone had no choice but to respectfully exit the conference hall.

"Sister Bingyan, it's this Azure Wolf Hall again..."

At this moment, only Tang Bingyan and Lin Shanshan were left in the conference hall.

"Back then, their leader, the Wolf King, was the first to deal with us. Why should such a disaster be kept? Why not take this opportunity to eradicate them all and see which gang dares to oppose us in the future!"

Lin Shanshan was also very surprised by Tang Bingyan's decision.

The Tang Bingyan she knew was definitely not a soft-hearted person.

Once, there was a blind gang leader who not only didn't pay membership fees but also spouted nonsense, saying that he would definitely destroy the Thorn within half a month.

Afterward, that small gang was issued a kill order by Tang Bingyan, and no one in the entire faction survived.

That was why Lin Shanshan didn't understand why Tang Bingyan wouldn't take action against the Azure Wolf Hall.

Although the leader of the Azure Wolf Hall, Wolf King Ding Yi, was notorious, and this organization had indeed had a prosperous period a few years ago.

It was just that the momentum of the Azure Wolf Hall had long been far from what it used to be. They wanted to eliminate this organization; although it wouldn't be easy, there wouldn't be any losses.

"No, we can't touch them."

Tang Bingyan said coldly.

"Regarding Xu Tian, I cannot..."

"What? Xu Tian?" Before Tang Bingyan could finish, Lin Shanshan interrupted her.

If it were normal times, she would absolutely not interrupt Tang Bingyan's words, but this news was truly too shocking to her.

"Sister Bingyan, we are discussing the Azure Wolf Hall; why did you drag that kid in again?"

"He is a member of the Azure Wolf Hall."

Tang Bingyan completed the words she hadn't finished just now.

"That's why I won't touch the Azure Wolf Hall."

"..."

Lin Shanshan gasped.

Xu Tian was actually a member of the Azure Wolf Hall...

This is truly too surreal!

Back then, when she learned that the lover who made Tang Bingyan die for him was that pretty boy Xu Tian, her jaw almost dropped.

Now Tang Bingyan told her again that Xu Tian actually had a relationship with the Azure Wolf Hall.

A few months ago, when Tang Bingyan decided to return to Wuji Island, she told Lin Shanshan everything.

It turned out that Xu Tian was actually a person from Wuji Island and was the man Tang Bingyan had always liked.

After an accident, in order to protect Xu Tian, Tang Bingyan had to take him away from Wuji Island and go to a distant Eastern country.

Lin Shanshan still remembered her expression at that time, which could be described as being struck by lightning.

"Sister Bingyan, you only told me before that Xu Tian was a person from Wuji Island, but you didn't say the specific details. How did Xu Tian become a member of the Azure Wolf Hall... Back when several major forces attacked the Thorn, wasn't the Azure Wolf Hall the first to bear the brunt? Why would you..." ===== CHAPTER 748 =====

Lin Shanshan still remembered her expression at that time; it could be described as being struck by lightning.

"Sister Bingyan, you only told me before that Xu Tian was a person from Wuji Island, but you didn't tell me the specific details. How did Xu Tian become a member of the Azure Wolf Hall... When the several major forces attacked Thorn, wasn't the Azure Wolf Hall the first to bear the brunt? Why would you be with people from the Azure Wolf Hall..."