Chapter 31

"You said it was people from the Bear Strength Gang who took the initiative to find you?"

Inside the study, Chen Lixin, who had been suddenly summoned, tremblingly recounted the entire process of him finding people to deal with Li Fei.

Upon hearing that it was people from the Bear Strength Gang who took the initiative to find Chen Lixin, Chen Yujing's eyes narrowed.

He stood up abruptly and walked to Chen Lixin.

Slap!

A loud slap landed on Chen Lixin's face.

"Dad?"

Chen Lixin covered his face, looking at his father in disbelief.

"Useless thing, you were used as a gun and didn't even know it!"

Chen Yujing scolded angrily.

"I—"

Chen Lixin still wanted to explain.

"Shut up!"

Chen Yujing interrupted him without any courtesy:

"How did I teach you before? If you really want to deal with someone, you should use all your strength, leave no loose ends, and not give the other party any chance to turn the tables! And you? You didn't even investigate the situation clearly beforehand and acted blindly!"

"Dad, I—"

"Fine, from now on, before going to the Martial Arts University, you will stay at home and reflect on your mistakes; you are not allowed to go anywhere. As soon as the school opening day arrives, get out of here and report to the Martial Arts University!"

Chen Yujing issued the order and then waved his hand to let Chen Lixin get lost.

After Chen Lixin left dejectedly, Chen Yujing summoned a steward:

"Regarding the third branch, has the beast feed for this quarter been delivered to the Tiger Blade Gang?"

"Master, not yet."

"Go to the warehouse and say that the goods won't be given to the Tiger Blade Gang for now; find any reason to delay it. I will inform the third branch about this."

Chen Yujing said.

He wanted the Tiger Blade Gang to know that his son, Chen Yujing's son, could not be used so casually.

"Yes, Master."

The steward received the order and left.

Wuping District in the south of the city was the old city area of Xingcheng. It wasn't as prosperous as the new city area and didn't have fresh things like cinemas or trams that had appeared after the Mingxin Reform.

The streets here were narrow, making it difficult for cars to drive in, and the vehicles that traveled the streets the most were human-powered tricycles.

It was a place where all kinds of people were mixed together, and public security was relatively poor. The Tiger Blade Gang had started here from the very beginning.

From a small gang with only a few people to becoming the number one gang in Xingcheng, dominating the entire Wuping District, the Tiger Blade Gang had only taken sixteen years.

In a large courtyard in the Wuping District, an old man who looked kind and had gray hair was standing in a horse stance in the courtyard.

After the old man finished his stance, he walked to a stone table nearby and picked up the teacup on the table to drink tea.

A sturdy man wearing a black short shirt trotted to his side and whispered a few words.

"Understood. Go and invite the Private Secretary over."

The old man ordered.

His name was Yu Hu, and he was the leader of the Tiger Blade Gang!

If one only looked at his appearance, it would be hard for outsiders to imagine that such a kind-looking old man could be the leader of the number one gang in Xingcheng.

A moment later, a middle-aged man wearing a blue long robe and black-rimmed glasses, who looked very scholarly, walked toward this side.

"Leader."

"Sit."

The person who came was the Tiger Blade Gang's Private Secretary, Zhang Mingze.

There were rumors outside that the Tiger Blade Gang was able to become the number one gang in Xingcheng by relying on "intelligence."

"Intelligence" was Zhang Mingze, and "Strength" was Yu Hu.

"The Chen family didn't send the beast feed for this quarter, saying there was a problem with the accounts and it needed to be recalculated."

Yu Hu said.

As the number one gang in Xingcheng, although the Tiger Blade Gang didn't have the legendary "three thousand gang members," all its members added up to over a thousand.

To support so many people, they were involved in both open and secret businesses, and naturally, they had business dealings with the local number one aristocratic family, the Chen family.

One of the most important businesses was the trade of beast feed.

To become a martial artist, one must have an implant, and implants came from exotic beasts.

In this era, except for the top-three-grade exotic beasts, the rest were basically raised by humans. Every force capable of cultivating its own martial artists raised exotic beasts.

The Tiger Blade Gang had risen too quickly, its foundation was a bit lacking, and it didn't yet have the ability to cultivate its own martial artists.

So Yu Hu had been dedicated to raising exotic beasts all these years, and buying customized beast feed from the Chen family was for this purpose.

Now that the Chen family wasn't delivering the goods on time, it would inevitably affect the exotic beasts raised by the Tiger Blade Gang.

"Hmm, I have already understood."

Zhang Mingze nodded. "A-Dao's handling of this matter was still a bit too rough."

Yu Hu grunted, took a sip of tea, and looked at Zhang Mingze: "A-Dao explained to me that the student named Li Fei he targeted this time was Hao Yi's student. Not only did he win the championship in the vocational school graduation exam, but the implant he used for the Embryo Nourishing stage was also second-grade superior steel armor. A-Dao felt this person would be a threat in the future."

Zhang Mingze clearly already knew about these things and wasn't surprised: "The commotion this time is so big not only because the son of an Inspection Bureau squadron leader was attacked, but the dissatisfaction within the Inspection Bureau toward the Tiger Blade Gang is also key. Looking at Huang Weiguang's attitude this time, he won't let us successfully maneuver Wu Yihua into a promotion."

Yu Hu frowned: "If it's not Wu Yihua who gets promoted, then the Inspection Bureau—"

"Hmm."

Zhang Mingze's eyes behind his glasses were deep. "Leader, so that matter must be hurried; time waits for no one."

A flash of extremely fierce expression crossed Yu Hu's eyes, and his expression became murderous.

At this moment, he was no longer a kind-looking old man, but the leader of the number one gang in Xingcheng:

"Since that's the case, I will immediately send someone to the Chen family to apologize and settle the matter as soon as possible. As for Hao Yi..."

Zhang Mingze said: "As for Hao Yi, just don't provoke him for now. I will warn A-Dao about that side; next, let's compete with that kid named Li Fei based on ability."

Xingcheng under the night sky was filled with ten thousand lights.

Li Fei, who had returned home, completed his embryo nourishment training as usual.

This time, while taking the medicine, he also felt movement from the implant beneath his skin, as if it wanted to burrow out, and the hunger produced was more obvious than last time.

According to Hao Yi's statement, this was embryo movement. The more frequently embryo movement appeared and the stronger the feeling, the closer it was to the Body Breaking stage.

And the embryo movement also caused Li Fei's medicine dosage to increase further. The Withered Fire Pill, Embryo Nourishing Pill, and Jin Kui Ointment he had bought were almost used up and needed to be repurchased.

The Withered Fire Pill was 58 yuan a bottle, and a full set of Embryo Nourishing medicine was 95 yuan per portion, but Li Fei had no money left...

"Sister Tianyu is going to the Martial Arts University soon, and she will definitely have more places to spend money than me. It wouldn't be appropriate to ask Li Shu for money again; I can only rely on myself."

Li Fei muttered to himself.

He made a decision, put on his clothes, packed his things, walked out of the room, and found Li Lei:

"Li Shu, the Martial Arts Hall's monthly exam is approaching soon, and the teacher asked me to go for extra training at night."

Li Lei didn't doubt him and nodded:

"Fine, then be careful."

"Okay."

Then Li Fei went out.

Of course, he wasn't really going to the Martial Arts Hall for extra training, but intended to go out with a different identity.

To be able to make money and absorb more energy, there was only one method Li Fei had thought of before—fighting in underground boxing matches.

He had already eavesdropped on intelligence related to underground boxing from Li Lei in advance:

There was a place to fight underground boxing in the Qingyuan District in the north of the city, and this place wasn't controlled by the Tiger Blade Gang; even the Tiger Blade Gang had to follow the rules of this place.

Li Fei wanted to try it out.

After going out, he first ran to a wig shop.

This was a fresh novelty that had become popular in the last year, introduced from the West. Now, many women on the streets of Xingcheng wore eye-catching wigs.

Li Fei bought a men's wig for himself, and then bought a mask from a street vendor.

Half an hour later, a person with long hair, braided into a small ponytail, and wearing a green evil ghost mask walked into the Qingyuan District.

(End of chapter)