Long Aotian was dumbfounded.
He stared at the ground, brow tightly furrowed, his eyes filled with shock as he pondered carefully.
No, no... Something about this is seriously wrong. Lu Chengwen's a softhearted saint. He doesn't even eat dog meat. There's no way he'd let you drag an old man away right in front of him... What's wrong? Something must have gone wrong...
"What could possibly go wrong?" He Lixing looked at Long Aotian's pathetic demeanor with utter disdain. "Just wait for my good news."
Long Aotian raised his head. "Eleventh Brother, you need to explain this clearly. Otherwise, if something happens, I won't be able to help you!"
"Hey! I don't need your help! I never need your help! Let me be blunt, little brother—if you don't make trouble for me, I'll be thanking heaven and earth!"
"Eleventh Brother, you still don't understand the situation here..."
"Enough!" He Lixing said. "No matter what happens on my end, I don't need any assistance from you. As for you, you'd better not say a word or make a single move. If I lose money, that's on me. If I make money, hehe, I won't leave you out either. Don't worry."
He Lixing continued rambling and bragging, laying out his grand ambitions.
Long Aotian looked toward the side door behind him. An old man calmly walked out, and Long Aotian's eyes flew wide open—wider than they had ever been before.
He saw it with his own eyes: Chen Haonan had come out.
The moment the Branch Master turned around, Chen Haonan tapped him between the brows with one finger. The man dropped to the ground and fell asleep without even a moment's hesitation.
He Lixing was still babbling. "Why are your eyes bugging out like that? Don't be jealous of me. If