Zhao Mo'er was also there. Upon seeing Gu Chen, she called him "Master." Gu Chen nodded to her, then told her Wen Ziqi to wait outside before heading straight into the operating room. Zhao Haiqing, seeing Gu Chen, excitedly tried to sit up, but Gu Chen held him down. After dismissing everyone else, Gu Chen said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhao, I'm so sorry for making you suffer such serious injuries, almost costing you your life."
"Young Master Gu, please don't say such things."
Zhao Haiqing forced a smile and said heartily, "My life originally belonged to you, Young Master Gu. If it weren't Young Master Gu you, I would have died long ago. How could I be alive now, let alone have experienced what it's like to be among the upper class? Haha, even if I were to die like this, I would have no regrets."
"Don't talk nonsense." Gu Chen took a deep breath and said, "I'll treat you now, but I can't give you anesthesia. The process might be a little painful. Can you bear it?"
"What's there to be unable to endure!" Zhao Haiqing laughed. "Young Master Gu, just go ahead. I've experienced all kinds of pain at the hands of those bastards. I'm not that dramatic!"
"Okay!" Gu Chen's heart skipped a beat. He placed the prepared materials by the bedside and said, "I'll begin."
The process of restoring Zhao Haiqing was a method used by cultivators. Ordinary martial artists in the mortal world, unless they had reached the Bone-Forge Realm, would find it difficult to endure. Especially when tendons were being severed and reconnected, the pain was unbearable for ordinary people. But even though the pain was so intense that his veins bulged and he was covered in cold sweat, Zhao Haiqing gritted his teeth and did not utter a sound!
What a man!
Gu Chen sighed inwardly, his eyes filled with approval. If Zhao Haiqing's martial arts foundation were a little better, he would be perfect. With such a temperament and loyalty to him, he would definitely be suitable to be cultivated.
However, now was not the time to think about that. Gu Chen began to concentrate on treating Zhao Haiqing.
Time ticked by, and finally, seeing that Zhao Haiqing couldn't hold on any longer, Gu Chen knocked him unconscious before continuing the tendon reattachment. Gu Chen was extremely careful throughout the entire process, which lasted for nearly two hours before he finally emerged from the operating room.
Wen Ziqi stepped forward and asked, "Young Master Gu, how is the situation?"
"It's alright." Gu Chen glanced at him and said, "The surgery went smoothly."
"Brilliant! Young Master Gu is simply miraculous, turning the rotten into the miraculous!" Wen Ziqi exclaimed immediately.
Gu Chen glanced at him indifferently and said, "Stop flattering me, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" Wen Ziqi asked with a forced smile.
Although the Wen Family has a deep foundation, their backers have now collapsed, so Wen Ziqi and the entire Wen Family have long placed their hopes on Gu Chen.
Furthermore, Wen Ziqi had personally witnessed Gu Chen's methods and received his guidance, so he was determined to cling to this powerful figure.
"Go and tell those families who haven't surrendered to Su Zhenbei that everything will remain the same after I, Gu Chen, return. I won't blame them for what happened before."
Gu Chen said calmly, "As for those who want to see Su Zhenbei's fate, you can tell them that in two days, Su Qingqing will take over the Su Family, and everything will be under her control!"
Wen Ziqi was shocked. The power structure in Zhou City was about to be reshuffled! And Gu Chen, the mastermind behind the Son of Heaven Gang's Gang, was going to put Su Qingqing in power!
In this way, the Su Family would likely become the number one family in Zhou City, regardless of whether it was the legitimate or illegitimate world! The dream that Su Zhenbei had painstakingly tried to achieve would ultimately be realized by his daughter, whom he had the least faith in and whom he had used as a bargaining chip!
Wen Ziqi dared not disobey Gu Chen's orders and immediately went to deal with these matters.
Gu Chen made a phone call and summoned Zhuge Kun, then said to him, "I've decided to go to the Shangjing in two days."
A look of surprise flashed in Zhuge Kun's eyes as he said, "So fast?"
He certainly knew why Gu Chen was going to the Shangjing, but the mess in Zhou City hadn't been resolved yet, Zhuge Kun didn't understand why Gu Chen was in such a hurry.
"I've reached a bottleneck in this seclusion," Gu Chen said calmly. "I absolutely must go to the Land of Heaven and Earth."
"What do you mean, Young Master Gu?" Zhuge Kun asked.
"Zhou City, you'll be in charge of guarding it for me. Zhao Haiqing will provide you with full support." Gu Chen said calmly, "I need a base of operations. Even if I fail in Shangjing or in the Land of Heaven and Earth, as the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows; there will always be a place to heal and rise again."
"Understood." Zhuge Kun nodded and said, "I will definitely handle things properly here and ensure that Young Master Gu no worries."
"After tomorrow, I will head to the Shangjing. The future is uncertain, and the outcome is unknown..." Gu Chen stared at Zhuge Kun and said in a deep voice, "After this is over, I will enter the Land of Heaven and Earth."
"Whatever Young Master Gu wants to know, whatever he wants to ask, I will answer to the best of my knowledge," Zhuge Kun said respectfully, bowing his head.
"Alright!" Gu Chen said, "When the time comes, I'll need a map to enter the Land of Heaven and Earth, including its geography and the distribution of families. Please give it to me as soon as possible."
"No problem," Zhuge Kun readily agreed.
Gu Chen patted his shoulder again and said, "Don't worry, if I can safely return from the Land of Heaven and Earth this time, I will definitely do my best to help you break through to the Grandmaster Realm and allow you to enter the Land of Heaven and Earth!"
Zhuge Kun was taken aback and said, "I will follow Young Master Gu's arrangements."
Zhao Haiqing woke up quickly, Gu Chen came to his side, saying in a deep voice, "Brother Zhao, you've suffered. Do you want your Zhao Family to continue its legacy in Zhou City?"
"Young Master Gu, what do you mean?" Zhao Haiqing was taken aback.
"The Black Wind Hall has already been destroyed, so there's no need to rebuild it. I think you probably don't need the Black Wind Hall anymore either," Gu Chen said.
"Young Master Gu, what are you saying?" Zhao Haiqing was taken aback, then said, "I can assure you, give me some time, and I can rebuild."
"Let me finish," Gu Chen interrupted Zhao Haiqing, saying calmly, "Although the Black Wind Hall is gone, Zhou City will have a new Zhao Family!"
Zhao Haiqing was taken aback at first, but then he understood what Gu Chen meant and was so excited that he couldn't contain himself!
No matter how powerful underground forces are, they are ultimately hidden from the public eye and cannot surface. Many once-powerful and dominant underground forces have collapsed under the ravages of time. Such forces have no lineage and their lifespan is the shortest. Therefore, the Zhou Family in Zhou City, as well as some other families, eventually cleansed their ways and became powerful families that could move freely among various high-level social circles.