White-Robed Chief

Chu Li nodded with satisfaction before he turned to step into the courtyard.

It was a heated battle in the Roaring Tiger Clan.

Chu Li raised his voice, “Alright, Hu Ya and the rest have surrendered. It doesn’t matter if the rest surrender or not. Let’s pull out!”

“Yes!” Radiance Clan’s ten masters solemnly answered.

The ten of them formed a circular formation and slowly withdrew. Close to a hundred men watched as they left the Roaring Tiger Clan. Once they were out of sight, someone ran into Zheng Tianhe’s courtyard.

Soon, a terrifying shriek was heard. “Clan Leader—!”

Chu Li shook his head. He then happily nodded at the ten masters before him. “Good, you will be rewarded upon our return!”

“Thank you, Clan Leader,” the crowd cried out in unison.

Chu Li waved his arm. “Let’s go.”

“Yes!” the mass answered.

With that, Chu Li brought the ten masters back to Radiance Clan.

Hu Ya’s party of thirty was waiting outside of Radiance Clan and had not entered. When they noticed that Chu Li was walking over, they greeted him with a fist salute.

“Let’s go. We’re a family now. Go in,” Chu Li said.

The trio, including Kou Qiong, was sat in Radiance Clan, looking pink in health.

Having consumed Chu Li’s spirit pill, their recovery was haste. After half a day, they had almost completely recouped and were no longer at their last gasp as they sat firmly in the main hall.

The trio got up to greet in fist salutes at the sight of Chu Li.

Chu Li waved his arm. “They belong to Radiance Clan from today onwards. Please help them settle here.”

Kou Qiong and the other two stared at Hu Ya’s party of thirty with surprise.

Hu Ya motioned a fist salute with a bitter smile. “We’ll be under your guidance.”

Kou Qiong and the two responded with a fist salute.

“Young master, this is…?”

“They have surrendered and submitted to us!”

“And Roaring Tiger Clan…?” Kou Qiong blinked his eyes. He was confused and failed to have a grasp of things.

Chu Li answered in frustration, “I killed Zheng Tianhe and have forced them to submit. I didn’t take in the remaining hundred useless people. These thirty will make do. It should be enough for the Gale Branch, right?”

“Young master has killed Zheng Tianhe?” Kou Qiong responded.

Chu Li frowned and impatiently added, “I say, Elder Kou, did Zheng Tianhe knock the brains out of you?”

Kou Qiong gave a bitter smile. “Yes yes, I get what young master means but Zheng Tianhe can’t be killed!”

“He can kill you but we can’t kill him?” Chu Li waved his arm. “It’s too late for you to say this now. He has already been killed. Are you planning to resuscitate him?”

“Can he be resuscitated?”

“No!”

“Sigh… Zheng Tianhe’s father is Zheng Yanwu, a reclusive master of White Tiger Sect. It’s said that he’s a master who made a name for himself twenty years ago!” Lu Shu shook his head and sighed. “If he were to catch wind of his son killed, his son who was conceived in his old age, he will probably disregard the rules to be in solitary after a hundred years to kill young master!”

“I’ll be waiting!” Chu Li snorted.

There was no chance to learn the White Tiger Power from young Zheng Tianhe as he was still at the beginning of his cultivation, but there was a possibility with Zheng Yanwu.

For the sake of learning White Tiger Power, what was a little risk?

Judging by Chu Li’s unconcerned look, Kou Qiong and the two knew that talk was futile. As he already made the kill, it was pointless to ask for forgiveness. They could not chop off their heads to gift to Zheng Yanwu anyway, so their only choice was to hold on.

They swept a glance at Hu Ya’s party and shook their heads.

This group was Roaring Tiger Clan’s elites and so naturally, it fulfilled the standard that the young master sought. Even the worst of the bunch was a perfected innate master. However, with only ten disciples in Radiance Clan versus thirty of them, buying them in was not going to be an easy task.

Fortunately, the young master was here to keep the situation under control. As long as he could put a stop to Zheng Yanwu, these people would submit wholeheartedly and become part of Radiance Clan or perhaps he should call it Gale Branch.

The crucial key lay on whether young master could resist against Zheng Yanwu.

“Young master, why don’t we seek help from Great Light Peak?” Kou Qiong asked.

Chu Li threw him a side glance.

With that, Kou Qiong shut his mouth and stop talking about it. He turned his head and said, “Xiao Jiang, make the necessary room arrangements for them!”

“Yes!” a young man of slender build answered in a loud voice.

Handsome and keen, he shouted, “Come with me, I’ll find a room for everyone!”

Chu Li took a look at Xiao Jiang and nodded.

Jiang Kuai had made himself appear like this with the Bone Shrinkage Skill. With Li Dynasty martial arts imparted by him and an identity he had sought for himself in the dark, no one knew Jiang Kuai was here apart from him.

After the crowd asked for their leave, Chu Li commented, “Look at you guys scared. Is a hundred-year-old man that frightening?”

“Young master, don’t underestimate masters that are over a hundred years old,” Kou Qiong replied. “I heard that their abilities can be gruesome, unimaginable to those within a hundred years old. Young master, you may be a top-notch master but your cultivation is still lacking.”

“Don’t worry,” Chu Li answered, “just handle what concerns you. Don’t bother about it too much!”

“…Yes.” Kou Qiong nodded helplessly.

The young master was not going to listen even if he spoke more about it. However, having come to this, it did not matter whether he listened or not.

“Why don’t young master return to Great Light Peak?” Lu Shu remarked. “Find some friends to hang out with? It’s better than here.”

Chu Li gave him the side glance.

Lu Shu smiled uncomfortably. “This is a hundred-year-old master! It’s better to take cover instead than to forcefully go against him.”

“You guys won’t escape death if I leave!” Chu Li snorted. “It’s fine. Don’t come up with any more ideas. I’ll be here waiting for him. I want to see how capable he is. So don’t bother me now!”

He turned around and walked away.

Without the presence of Zheng Tianhe, there was no need for him to go to the courtyard in Roaring Tiger Clan. Hence, he remained in his original courtyard.

That night, he appeared in King An’s Imperial Residence to let Xiao Qi and Xiao Shi know that he would not be around for the next few days. Instead, he would remain there.

Without him around in Gale City, Zheng Yanwu would release his anger on Radiance Clan.

Xiao Qi seemed the same as before — cold and cheerless. Chu Li now understood her better and knew that she was not unconcerned about things; she seemed to have opened her heart.

Moreover, it seemed like his earlier speech has had an impact on her. As the saying went, only when acknowledged by a sentiment could the sentiment be let go of. With this, Xiao Qi no longer pushed him away intentionally.

“Let’s be in Isolated Cultivation in Spirit Cranes Peak for my return this time.” Chu Li smiled.

The lamp lit up the courtyard as bright as day.

The trio was sat by the stone table in the courtyard. Yang Xu and Menglan were not around so the three of them sat and talked while they ate dessert and fruits.

Under the bright lamp, it was as if time had turned back time and the two ladies were beautiful as jade.

“You two should go.” Xiao Shi smiled. “You’re going to cultivate but I don’t know any martial arts so it’s pointless for me to go.”

Xiao Qi said, “Second eldest sister, let’s go together.”

Xiao Shi was all smiles when she commented, “I’m being tactful.”

“Second eldest sister, I won’t go if you don’t go,” Xiao Qi responded.

Chu Li added, “Second lady doesn’t like it there? The scenery there is better. Isolated Cultivation there shouldn’t take too long in the beginning. We’ll start from three to five days and slowly prolong the time.”

“Mm, that’s okay then.” Xiao Shi nodded.

The trio was deep in conversation when Zhu Tianhua’s voice was heard coming from outside. “Head Chief, someone’s looking for you.”

“Who?” Chu Li asked.

Zhu Tianhua answered, “The person’s secretive about it and wanted me handover a waist tag to Head Chief in secret.”

“Come in!” Chu Li yelled.

The tall, sturdy Zhu Tianhua pushed open the doors and fished out a dark metal tag before he handed over with two hands.

Scrunching up his face, Chu Li solemnly ordered, “Bring him to my courtyard from the back door. Don’t let anyone see you!”

“Yes,” Zhu Tianhe answered.