Who Approves, Who Opposes

"Mr. Qing Mo, perhaps you don't understand Dragon Blade. Our Dragon Blade is like this and like that, and so on and so forth!"

Yang Jinhuan thought he had refused because he did not understand Dragon Blade, so she rattled off a long string of explanations, hoping that once he understood clearly, he would consider it properly.

"No need to explain. I said I refuse. You people simply value my ability, but there is no force worth my service."

Qing Mo was getting sleepy listening to her. Liu Yurou had been even more ferocious last night. He had fought her until dawn before finally defeating her. Even though she had been on the brink of defeat several times midway, she still refused to give up, and even turned the tables on him, launching several large-scale countercharges.

"Mr. Qing Mo, please consider it carefully again!"

"No need. Your attitude is decent, so I'm saying a little more to you, but I will not agree to this matter! Boss Mo, see the guest out!"

Yang Jinhuan lowered her head, her face full of dejection, as Mo Yanyu saw her out. She had to report this matter to her leader.

Mo Yanyu, however, returned to Qing Mo's room. Over the past few days, she had faintly revealed the intention of wanting to throw her lot in with Qing Mo. Qing Mo understood as well; he was simply keeping her hanging for the time being.

"Leader, I've investigated the matter clearly! Mo Yanyu's strength was indeed improved with his help. I extended an invitation to him, and he rejected it outright!"

"Didn't you explain it clearly to him?"

The voice coming from the other end of the phone carried a trace of restrained anger.

"I already explained it very clearly, but he still isn't willing to join us. He also knows we value his ability, but he said he won't be bound by any person or matter."

"That won't do. Someone with this kind of ability must be subject to the state's control. We can't let him roam freely outside. If there's really no other way, then we can only..."

"Leader, I suspect his strength exceeds Grandmaster! And he looks about the same age as me!"

"Mm... try contacting him again! You must think of every possible way to rope him in!"

After hearing Yang Jinhuan say this, the other end of the phone fell silent for a while before speaking again.

By the time Yang Jinhuan planned to go look for Qing Mo again, Mo Yanyu was already on the road to Rong City with Qing Mo and Liu Yurou. Tomorrow night was the day they would vie for the position of leader of Rong City's underground gangs.

Qing Mo and Liu Yurou were especially relaxed. This kind of small scene was practically no different from playing house. Mo Yanyu, on the other hand, was very excited. As long as she could sit in the position of underground gang leader of two cities, even Xiangjiang would not dare look down on her, and at the same time, it could slightly satisfy her ambitions.

Qing Mo sensed that Ye Fan had already arrived, and Lin Fan was there too. In the few days Qing Mo had holed up inside, Lin Fan had actually taken control of one of Rong City's underground gangs without a sound. It seemed Lin Fan had also been tempted by this position.

"Mr. Qing Mo!"

Just as Qing Mo and the others were about to enter the venue and see how they planned to fight for Rong City's underground leader position, Yang Jinhuan appeared in front of them.

"Miss Yang, we meet again."

"Mr. Qing Mo, you're interested in such trivial matters too?"

"Boss Mo is also interested in this leading-sheep position, so she invited me over to take a look."

"I'm also curious who will ultimately be able to win this position, so I came over to take a look too."

Qing Mo glanced at Yang Jinhuan but said nothing, walking straight into the venue. Yang Jinhuan also followed behind Qing Mo and the others.

Mo Yanyu saw a middle-aged man in the crowd, and a trace of anger and killing intent showed in her eyes. That middle-aged man also looked toward Qing Mo and the others. After discovering Mo Yanyu, he licked his lips, then looked toward Liu Yurou, the desire in his eyes completely undisguised.

The so-called contest was nothing more than relying on martial force. After a period of fighting among the various underground gangs, the only one standing at the end was currently that middle-aged man who had made killing intent rise from Mo Yanyu.

"I remember who he is!"

"Li Tiande, Grandmaster Li, a Grandmaster expert from Xiangjiang!"

"It's actually him! No wonder he's so powerful!"

Everyone discussed animatedly, mainly because Li Tiande had stepped into the Grandmaster realm five years ago and had also made a tremendous name for himself in Xiangjiang.

Suddenly, Ye Fan went up onto the stage. In just a few short days, he had stepped from half-step Grandmaster into the Grandmaster realm. A chosen son of heaven really did level up fast! Lin Fan was currently only a half-step Grandmaster. He sensed that Ye Fan's true strength definitely exceeded the early Grandmaster stage. His current main focus was still on business; these underground forces could be schemed for slowly.

"Ah-ha~"

Originally, because Ye Fan had gone onstage, the venue had fallen quiet once more, but then the sound of a yawn came over. Everyone looked in Qing Mo's direction and discovered that after yawning, he slowly lit a cigarette, making it feel as if he really had come here to watch a show.

Ye Fan also looked over. The instant Ye Fan saw Qing Mo, he remembered what Qing Mo had said and done to Su Xue previously at the drink shop, and also saw the three peerless beauties by his side. Jealousy once again gained the upper hand, and his gaze became the same as when they had first met.

Just as Qing Mo held a cigarette in his mouth, turned his head to the side, and said a few teasing words to Liu Yurou, Mo Yanyu did not feel there was anything wrong, but Yang Jinhuan rolled her eyes hard.

He sensed that Ye Fan's gaze was the same as before and directly met Ye Fan's eyes. Qing Mo's smile slowly surfaced.

While Ye Fan and Qing Mo kept staring at each other, Li Tiande was the first to speak. He sensed that Ye Fan had only just broken through to Grandmaster not long ago, while he himself was already in the mid-Grandmaster stage. So he launched into a round of disdainful mockery, and most people in the venue followed along.

Qing Mo shook his head. It was the familiar mockery-and-face-slapping plot again! It truly was the standard entrance of a chosen son of heaven! Wherever he went, he invited dislike!

As expected, Li Tiande was violently beaten by Ye Fan, and all the people in the venue who had been mocking him earlier turned into mutes. Yang Jinhuan nodded instead. She had discovered another genius. He had only just stepped into the early Grandmaster stage, yet he could violently beat an old-school Grandmaster like Li Tiande. In her heart, she had already decided that she could try roping Ye Fan in later.

"Pfft..."

Li Tiande spat blood, his entire body covered in wounds. In less than five minutes of fighting, Ye Fan had beaten him into this state. Taking advantage of a moment when Li Tiande was not paying attention, Ye Fan kicked him off the arena with one foot.

"Who else?"

Ye Fan stood on the arena and swept his gaze around the crowd, shouting this. Unfortunately, no one dared go up. The scene of Li Tiande being violently beaten by him was still echoing in their minds, and they had no intention of going up to embarrass themselves.

"Since no one else is coming onto the stage, then I will take the position of Rong City's underground leader as my rightful—"

"Wait. The fact that they don't dare doesn't mean we don't dare! Since Jiang City and Rong City's underground forces have all gathered, wouldn't it be better to directly decide the leader of both cities?"

Qing Mo spoke up at this moment. He had not forgotten what he had said to Ye Fan at the drink shop. As for the leader position, he could just give it to Mo Yanyu. In any case, she was currying favor with him every day now. Whether he accepted her or not, and when he accepted her, wasn't that just a matter of one sentence?

When everyone heard Qing Mo's words, curses broke out everywhere, and some even planned to attack outright. Yang Jinhuan stared at Qing Mo with wide eyes. She had not expected his appetite to be so large that he actually intended to become the underworld dragonhead of two cities!

Listening to the noisy clamor in the venue, Qing Mo frowned slightly. He glanced at Liu Yurou, and she immediately understood!

"Shut up. Whoever dares say one more word, there'll be one more corpse here today!"

Liu Yurou rose and flew into the air, releasing thread after thread of her aura. Those fellows who had been planning to charge over and attack were directly shaken into blood mist, and the entire venue fell silent as crows and sparrows!

"What I said just now—who agrees? Who opposes?"

Qing Mo's voice at that moment sounded in everyone's ears like the summons of the Yellow Springs!