At those words, Chi Feng immediately said, his face alight with excitement:
"To think that I, Chi Feng, would live to wield such immortal powers."
At this point, a flicker appeared in Chi Feng's eyes as he asked the three men:
"Upper Immortals, when the time comes, could I simply kill my old gang leader and take his place?"
Du He grinned at that.
"Never mind killing that good-for-nothing gang leader and replacing him. Even killing the emperor of your Cloudrise Kingdom would be no problem!"
Chi Feng immediately waved his hands repeatedly.
"Oh, no, that won't do! I'm only a butcher who sells dog meat. How could I possibly be an emperor?"
"I'd be perfectly satisfied just becoming the leader of the Iron Tiger Gang and taking over their butcher shops in the Cloudrise Kingdom!"
At this, Du He and the others all burst out laughing.
Then Du He pointed at Chi Feng and said:
"That's as far as your ambitions go, eh?"
Far from finding anything wrong with Chi Feng's shortsightedness, the three rather liked it.
The more a man was like this, the easier he was for them to control.
As he spoke, Du He patted his chair and rose.
"The day of the viewing is the day after tomorrow. It's time we set out for Hongling Town."
Jiang Jiuxuan also rose with a smile.
"This time, we'll start by watching the fire from across the river!"
Jiang Li, who had risen as well, added with a smile:
"And then, while the snipe and clam fight, we fishermen will reap the spoils!"
At this moment, the three were truly riding high on the spring breeze of success!
Two days later.
In the Gu family's mud-walled small courtyard in Hongling Town.
Xu Taiping glanced at the sky,