Chapter 877 - 882: Him? (2)
Chapter 877: Chapter 882: Him? (2)
Lin Xi shrugged. Well, he did go a bit overboard. He shouldn’t have spoken about Su Qiaoqiao like that; after all, she was just worried about her father’s safety.
He quickly said, "If you keep crying, I’ll send you to the city, and you’ll have to figure out how to deal with the people who hurt your father on your own!"
Instantly, Su Qiaoqiao stopped crying.
She looked at Lin Xi incredulously, "Do you mean, you won’t send me back to the village?"
"Of course!" Lin Xi nodded, "The village isn’t that safe anymore!"
Su Qiaoqiao quickly wiped the tears from her face, "So you mean, you’re going to help me?"
At this point, she looked Lin Xi up and down, wondering how this guy, only two or three years older than her, could help her.
She admitted that the first time she met Lin Xi, he was indeed a good fighter and had astonishing medical skills.
But could he fight better than Uncle Shi? Could he fight better than her father?
And what good would high medical skills do in a fight anyway?
She looked at Lin Xi skeptically, or rather, with disbelief.
Seeing her expression and hearing her tone, Lin Xi knew what she meant. He didn’t bother to explain much, saying, "I’m definitely stronger than you!"
Su Qiaoqiao gave a cold snort and turned her head towards the car window, acting as if she didn’t want to pay attention to Lin Xi.
In her heart, she was thinking about whether to look for her father or to confront those people once she got to the city.
But if even her father couldn’t beat them, what could she do?
If she went looking for her father, would she expose their whereabouts and, as Lin Xi had just said, put her father in more danger?
So what should she do once she got to the city, or what could she do?
At this moment, she was very conflicted, and after a while, she decided to stop overthinking it; she would ask Uncle Shi later.
Meanwhile, Lin Xi leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes to rest.
For him, the people causing trouble for Su Xiong were not a big deal.
If they were a big deal, those people would probably have already come for him, as everyone likely knew he had the most Spirit Stones in his possession.
The fact that they hadn’t come for him meant they feared him.
After breaking through to the Innate Realm, he had become very confident in his abilities.
When confronting the fully-powered elder in the robe, he only used the Great Strength Bull Fist.
And in the fist skills he knew, that one could only rank second.
There was a considerable difference between second and first.
Basically, fighting the robed elder, he hadn’t even used his full strength.
After driving on the country road for two to three hours, the car finally reached the national highway.
During this time, they hadn’t encountered any suspicious vehicles.
"Those people haven’t come for Su Qiaoqiao?" Lin Xi questioned internally but didn’t dwell on it.
Regardless, since Su Qiaoqiao was already with him, it meant she was absolutely safe.
Actually, less than half an hour after they got on the highway, two cars sped past them unnoticed in the direction they’d come from.
There were six people in these two cars, including the drivers.
All six were around forty or fifty years old, dressed casually, and none were weaker than a King of Soldiers, with two among them being Peak Soldier Kings.
Not long after, the two cars drove onto the country road from which Lin Xi and his group had just come.
It was clear that these people were heading to capture Su Qiaoqiao.
With such a lineup, failure was not an option.
After all, the only person protecting Su Qiaoqiao was Shi Bao, who was merely a junior King of Soldiers. Even though he was strong among junior Kings of Soldiers, could he really stand against the Peak Soldier Kings?
Moreover, there were six Kings of Soldiers in total, with two drivers being junior Kings of Soldiers, and the remaining four being two Peak, one high-level, and one mid-level King of Soldiers.
With such strength, except for the top families of Chuzhou City, they could wipe out whichever they wanted.
Lin Xi, Shi Bao, and the others, who were continuing towards Chuzhou City, didn’t know anyone was already heading to the village.
But even if they were, it would be a wasted trip.
As for whether the villagers would be in any danger, there was more than a ninety percent chance they wouldn’t be.
Those people wouldn’t find trouble for themselves unnecessarily.
If they indiscriminately killed innocents, some mysterious departments in Huaxia would intervene.
At that time, even if they had an Innate Powerhouse leading them, they most likely wouldn’t get away with it.
To all the powerful individuals worldwide, Huaxia was a very mysterious Eastern country, where one couldn’t act recklessly.
Otherwise, they would most likely remain there forever.
After another seven hours, around three o’clock, Lin Xi and his group returned to Chuzhou City.
The car didn’t head to Su Xiong’s place, nor to Su Qiaoqiao’s home, but directly to one of Shi Bao’s private residences.
Only he and Su Xiong knew about this residence, so it should be absolutely safe here.
The house had an aunt and security guards who didn’t know Shi Bao’s identity, thinking he was an out-of-town businessman who had bought property in Chuzhou City and only visited two or three times a year at most.
In some years, he only visited once.
The four of them rested for a while in the living room, ate some prepared meals and fruit, but Su Qiaoqiao couldn’t sit still. She looked at Shi Bao and asked, "Uncle Shi, what are we going to do now?"
"Aren’t we just going to sit here and do nothing?"
Shi Bao showed a look of helplessness, sighing, "Miss, if the boss hasn’t figured it out, then we have even less of a chance!"
"Right now, all we can do is sit here and wait for the boss’s news."
"Once the boss breaks through his current stage, then everything will be alright."
Hearing this, Su Qiaoqiao looked quite unwilling, and asked with some confusion, "Isn’t my father’s strength unable to improve further?"
"How can he still break through, and what do you mean by stage? Is this like in novels?"
Although Shi Bao had been staying in the countryside with Su Qiaoqiao, he was aware of what was happening outside, and Su Xiong didn’t hide anything from him.
He was quite familiar with the situation in the Secret Realm.
Next, Shi Bao briefly explained that above the King of Soldiers was the Innate Realm.
The boss was now about to break through to the Innate realm, as were Wang Wudao and Ice and Fire Maiden.
Su Qiaoqiao’s eyes widened in excitement, "Uncle Shi, is it too late for me to start training now?"
Shi Bao gave a wry smile, a hint of bleakness passing through his eyes, "It’s probably not possible, Miss. Your body..."
Her body had always been invaded by cold energy, to an alarming extent. When it acted up, she felt like an ice block.
She had suffered from this since childhood and was unlikely to survive past eighteen.
Fortunately, she met Lin Xi, giving her hope for a cure.
Recently, Su Qiaoqiao had experienced the least painful days of her life.
Previously, she would suffer from the chill poison at least four times during this period, with pain that made her wish for death.
But after Lin Xi treated her and left her with a bottle of Red Fire Pill, she hadn’t experienced a single chill attack, nor did she feel any pain in her daily life.
"I understand!" Su Qiaoqiao smiled wryly.
Before she asked, she knew her body surely couldn’t handle training.
But now wasn’t the time to worry about that; the most critical thing was still her father. She couldn’t help but worry and asked, "Will my father be able to break through smoothly? Didn’t I hear last night that my father is seriously injured?"
"Will the injury affect the breakthrough?"
Shi Bao shook his head, "That depends on the boss himself. I don’t know on my end."
"However, if you want to help the boss seek justice or even teach those people a lesson, there is a way!"
Upon hearing this, Su Qiaoqiao’s eyes immediately lit up. She quickly asked, "What way?"
"Let Mr. Lin help!" Shi Bao looked at Lin Xi, with a faint hint of hope in his eyes.
Su Qiaoqiao was taken aback, her hope instantly shattered, and she questioned, "Him?"
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