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"Madam Chen is indeed meticulous. I have no intention of concealing it either. The reason I am willing to lend a hand is, aside from my admiration for Great Hero Chen's character, naturally because I have my own purpose.

That is to borrow Great Hero Chen's lingering prestige and heroic reputation to help the forces under my command gain a foothold in Kunnan Prefecture City.

As for the opponents and enemies Madam faces, I do not truly care. So long as they are not Grandmasters, or major local powers ranking foremost and capable of influencing half the city, none of them are worth mentioning."

What an honest man—and what an enormous claim.

Meng Zhao's few words answered Chen Liu Shi's two doubts. Naturally, the content within them set the three remaining members of the Chen Family thinking in different ways, yet they all shared the same feeling: this man was truly bold and heroic.

Though the lame old man was now crippled, he had roamed the Jianghu Martial Arts World in his youth. He had seen the treachery of men's hearts and understood schemes and calculations, and he possessed no small amount of insight into the slaughter and struggle for supremacy among Jianghu factions.

If Meng Zhao truly intended to use the Chen Family's reputation to break into Kunnan Prefecture City and offset some of the locals' rejection and hostility toward outsiders, then he had indeed found the right people. It just so happened that this could bring into play the Chen Family's sole remaining advantage.

But what they feared was that his words were false, and that he harbored some other scheme.

Moreover, though the lame old man had keen, sharp eyes and could see Meng Zhao's extraordinary qualities, he could not for the life of him see how