Enemies Gather

"Gentlemen, since the Crimson Fire Branch Hall's main force can inflict enormous losses on any one of our three factions at any time, and none of us is willing to be the one left holding the bag, why don't we send out a force to wipe out the Crimson Fire Branch Hall's main force and eliminate our three factions' worries once and for all?"

Liu Qi spoke with utmost flair as he waved his folding fan, only for Man Chen, the chief leader of the Five Immortals Hall, to suddenly spit at him. A glob of phlegm shot straight at Liu Qi like a concealed weapon. Had Liu Qi not reacted quickly and blocked it with his folding fan, he would have been splashed across the face.

Even so, the fan surface woven from century-old ice silkworm thread was blasted clean through by that glob of phlegm.

"Chief Man, even if you are a chief leader, how can you humiliate someone like this?" Liu Qi flew into a rage, his eyes wide.

Man Chen, however, did not care in the least. He took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth. "I'm not humiliating you. Your so-called plan simply stinks to high heaven. Who doesn't know that we should deal with the Crimson Fire Branch Hall's main force?

"But who will do it? Who will selflessly step forward?

"Ask Chief Xu of your Heavenly Horse Gang whether he is willing to go. If he is, then before all the chief leaders here, I, Man Chen, will apologize to you!"

Xu Yueshan, the alliance chief leader of the Heavenly Horse Gang, slightly changed expression. He lowered his head to sip his tea, utterly unwilling to take up that thread of conversation.

"Chief Man, I never said that Chief Xu should do