"Tell me your plans?" Shi Shuai didn't want to discuss this topic anymore, so he asked Gu Yu and Shi Polu about their plans. Since they had asked him to come back, they must need him to do something.
"It's nothing really. I've set up a gang, the War Department, and I need you to oversee it. Oh, and I've also reserved a vice-gang leader position for you." Gu Yu patted Shi Shuai on the shoulder and said. When it comes to gang management, Gu Yu knows nothing. He originally wanted Shi Shuai to be the hall master, but after thinking about it carefully, he thought it would be better to give him a vice-gang leader position.
"What's its name?" Shi Shuai seemed somewhat interested in the gang that Gu Yu had established.
"The War Department is all about war, and its mission is to fight the invaders from all four directions of the Source Gate in the future." Gu Yu said with a sharp look in his eyes. This was indeed the policy he had for establishing the War Department. Of course, the War Department was all about war; otherwise, what would it be called?
"Okay, I'll go right away." Shi Shuai agreed readily, but Shi Polu frowned.
This scene seemed familiar. Long Aotian had said the same thing to him back then, offering him a vice minister position in the Long Department. He was very excited at the time, but he never expected that Long Aotian would become a hands-off manager, leaving him to manage everything in the end. Gu Yu was probably going to be the same way, his poor grandson seemingly destined to be just like him.
"By the way, do you have any token?" Shi Shuai asked. If he went to the War Department rashly and said that he was the deputy leader of the War Department, who would believe him if he just made up a story? He might get beaten up.
"A token?" Gu Yu frowned; there really wasn't any token.
"Could it be that there isn't one?" Shi Shuai had a bad feeling when he saw Gu Yu's thoughtful expression.
"It was too rushed. I really don't have any token." Gu Yu shrugged. Actually, it wasn't that it was rushed; he hadn't even thought of that.
“Without a token, how can they believe me?” Shi Shuai frowned as he looked at Gu Yu. Gu Yu never seemed like an unreliable person before, so how did he become so unreliable now?
"How about a suicide note?" Gu Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
"A suicide note?" Shi Shuai frowned again as he looked at Gu Yu.
"Just go find Qian Duoduo! Tell him a story, and he should believe you," Gu Yu suggested, another idea popping into his head.
"What story?" Shi Shuai asked.
"Just tell me..." Gu Yu told Shi Shuai about what Qian Duoduo had said about the chosen one, but that something was missing, something like a diagram.
"Will this work?" Shi Shuai blinked, the more he listened, the less reliable it seemed.
“Believe me, that fat guy probably only told me that,” Gu Yu said.
"Alright then!" Shi Shuai nodded and left.
"I should go out and stretch my muscles too." Gu Yu stretched and yawned, and the next second his appearance changed again.
At this time, the War Department was relatively peaceful thanks to Ri Jiu, the future wife of the gang leader, and no one came to cause trouble.
"Things haven't been peaceful lately; several gangs in the Dragon Clan have changed leaders," Lu Yun said. At that moment, Ri Jiu had a pile of snacks in front of her, her eyes red-rimmed, and she was watching a Korean drama.
“Apart from the Divine Dynasty, the White Tiger Gate, the Vermilion Bird Gate, and ourselves, which remain unchanged, everyone else has changed hands,” Lu Yun continued, then looked at Ri Jiu, “Ri Jiu, our War Department is very likely being targeted as well.”
"What, Ri Jiu?" Ri Jiu suddenly looked at Lu Yun with red eyes. Lu Yun quickly looked away. He had to admit that Ri Jiu's unique temperament was too alluring. "Call me Madam of the Gang Leader."
“Madam, we need to be prepared. Yesterday, it was said that Ma Li of the Northeast Gang, after defeating a Sanzhui who was trying to seize his leadership, threatened that our entire army should surrender to them, or else…” Lu Yun said.
"Otherwise what? Let him come if he wants! At worst I'll just beat him to a pulp." At this moment, Ri Jiu's attention was entirely focused on the TV series, and she couldn't care less about anything else.
"Master Qian, someone outside requests an audience." Just then, an eleventh-rank Grandmaster walked in and said.
"Are they here to cause trouble?" Qian Duoduo asked.
"No, he said he was the deputy leader of the War Department," the eleventh-rank Grandmaster said truthfully.
"What the heck was it again?" Not only Qian Duoduo, but Lu Yun and Li Zhiran asked at the same time.
First, a future gang leader's wife appeared, and now a vice gang leader? What a coincidence!
"Damn it, what kind of strength does this guy have?" Qian Duoduo, the chubby boy, was furious. Was this guy treating them like idiots? If someone came in a few days and said he was the leader of the War Department, wouldn't the War Department have to hand over the position?
"Probably a seventh or eighth-grade Grandmaster," the eleventh-grade Grandmaster said after thinking for a moment.
"A mere seventh or eighth-grade Grandmaster dares to speak so arrogantly. Go and teach him a lesson. Also, tell the outside world not to let just any Tom, Dick, or Harry pretend to be something they're not." Qian Duoduo said angrily. If it were just a Cone Realm cultivator, that would be one thing, but a seventh or eighth-grade Grandmaster dares to call himself the deputy leader of his battle department? Isn't he just taking advantage of their intelligence?
"Master Qian, I'm afraid that won't work," the eleventh-grade grandmaster said with some difficulty. "Although the newcomer is not very strong, we can't afford to offend his background."
"What's his background? Could he be the deputy minister of the Dragon Department?" Qian Duoduo's anger rose even higher upon hearing this.
"No, that's not it," the eleventh-grade grandmaster quickly shook his head and said.
"That's settled then. As long as it's not the deputy minister of the Dragon Division, even if it's the hall master, kick them all out. Even though the gang leader isn't here, the morale of our war division can't be suppressed," Qian Duoduo said.
"But…………"
"But what? Hurry up and go." Qian Duoduo frowned at the eleventh-grade grandmaster, Zhao Han, who was previously under Lu Yun's command. "How can an eleventh-grade grandmaster like you be so cowardly?"
"The person who came is Shi Shuai. Although he is not the vice minister, he is Minister Shi's grandson," Zhao Han explained.
"Minister Shi's grandson?" At this, the people present frowned again. The widely circulated story in the Dragon Division was that Shi Polu had forced Gu Yu to his death, so the people in the War Division seemed to hate Shi Polu very much.
“Shi Shuai said he’s the deputy leader, could it be…” Li Zhiran said thoughtfully.
"Shi Polu forced Chief Gu to his death. Could it be that he wants to control the War Department?" Lu Yun said what Li Zhiran hadn't said.
"Control War Department?" Qian Duoduo was taken aback.
"You people are really brainless. What's the point of Shi Polu controlling the War Department? He can control the entire Dragon Division." Ri Jiu rolled his eyes and said.
“That’s true!” Lu Yun nodded and said, having to admit that Ri Jiu’s words made a lot of sense.
"That's not entirely true. We have resources, a lot of resources. The Dragon Clan is also short of resources right now. It's possible that Shi Polu is after our resources," Qian Duoduo said. "Our War Clan is different from other gangs. We provide cultivation source stones. That old guy Shi Polu might be eyeing our source stones."
"How many Originium do we have? Would the Dragon Clan be short of Originium?" Lu Yun asked, frowning.
“Don’t underestimate us. Let me tell you, we have a low-level source stone that can be exchanged for 30 billion Chinese yuan. In the past, the Dragon Clan wouldn’t have lacked such resources, but things are different now. I’ve heard that the battle at the Southwest Source Gate is extremely resource-intensive,” Qian Duoduo said.
"Is it really that dark? The Dragon Clan would go so far as to frame a genius student and force him to self-destruct for a mere low-level source stone." Li Zhiran looked incredulous, as this was far too alarming to be true.
"Hmph! I knew that old bastard was no good." Qian Duoduo cursed. And so, another version of the story emerged: Shi Polu killed Gu Yu for the sake of the war department's resources. If Shi Polu knew this, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood.
Although Shi Polu would stop at nothing for resources, he would never do such a thing.
"If we can't deal with the old ones, we'll start with the younger ones. I don't believe Shi Polu would dare to bully the weak. At worst, we'll have our families step in." Qian Duoduo said indignantly.
While waiting outside, Shi Shuai suddenly felt his right eyelid twitch a few times. For some reason, he had a bad feeling.
Suddenly, a figure rushed towards him. Facing this figure, his pupils widened abruptly. During this time, due to the King's Seal, his cultivation had made another breakthrough, advancing from a fifth-grade Grandmaster to the eighth-grade realm. However, the strength of the newcomer far exceeded his own. Although not yet at the Vertebra Realm, the newcomer was infinitely close to it, and he was simply unable to contend with him.
A fist the size of a sandbag landed directly on his face, sending him flying backward. His left cheek, in particular, swelled up significantly.
Before he could speak, Lu Yun charged at him again. Lu Yun controlled his strength well, so he wouldn't seriously injure Shi Shuai, but he would cause him some physical pain.
Boom boom boom...
Several punches landed on Shi Shuai, who immediately cried out in pain.
"Your Excellency, I am... Ouch!" Shi Shuai got up from the ground and was about to speak when Lu Yun punched him in the face again, sending him flying backward once more.
"Get out of here right now!" Lu Yun snapped at Shi Shuai with an extremely dashing pose.
"I am the deputy leader of the battle department, and I want to see Qian Duoduo." This time, Shi Shuai learned from his previous mistakes and spoke very quickly. However, he did not know that if he hadn't said these words, things would have been better. As soon as he said these words, Lu Yun's face immediately turned angry, and he charged at him again, kicking him in the stomach.
He was sent flying backward again, clutching his stomach, unable to stand up. It was clear that Lu Yun's kick was not controlled like before, but a real, solid kick.
"I really am the deputy leader." At this moment, Shi Shuai was inwardly groaning; he knew it wouldn't be that easy.
Little did they know that Gu Yu had changed his expression and was watching this scene unmoved in the crowd, especially when he saw Shi Shuai's pig-head-like face, he couldn't help but laugh.
“I’m your grandpa, you son of a bitch.” Lu Yun cursed without any politeness.
“You…” Upon hearing this, Shi Shuai frowned, and the King’s Mark on his forehead suddenly emitted golden light. He stood up abruptly, his whole body covered in golden light.
Seeing this, Lu Yun frowned as well. The golden light emanating from Shi Shuai's forehead gave him a bad feeling.
"You've got some nerve!" Shi Shuai shouted and charged towards Lu Yun, punching him in the cheek.
At this moment, the power he unleashed was in no way inferior to Lu Yun's. The blessing of the King's Seal allowed him to rival a 12th-grade Grandmaster.
Lu Yun was instantly surrounded by energy. He dodged Shi Shuai's punch by turning his body to the side and kicked Shi Shuai in the abdomen.
Shi Shuai flipped over like a carp, and Lu Yun's kick missed, but at that moment Shi Shuai's foot came straight for his face.
He quickly crossed his arms, and with a bang... the two of them instantly staggered back a few steps.
Just as Shi Shuai was about to rush forward again, Li Zhiran suddenly charged at him, knocking him away.
Lu Yun and Li Zhiran stood side by side, one on each side, looking at the stone general who was enveloped in golden light.
Shi Shuai looked at Li Zhiran and Lu Yun, but he did not rush forward again. With the enhancement of his King's Seal, he could indeed fight against a 12th-grade Grandmaster, but the two in front of him were not 12th-grade Grandmasters, but beings who were infinitely close to the Spine Realm. If Lu Yun had not not gone all out, he would have been defeated long ago, not to mention that there was now another Li Zhiran.
"I want to see Qian Duoduo," Shi Shuai said to the two men. His sudden outburst was not to defeat Lu Yun, but to have a chance to have a fair talk with Lu Yun.
"You two, how dare you bully my Brother Shi Shuai!" Just then, a chubby girl with a ponytail, about 1.53 meters tall, suddenly appeared. She stood in front of Shi Shuai and glared angrily at Lu Yun and Li Zhiran.
"Yang Xinxin?" Upon seeing Yang Xinxin, Li Zhiran frowned. Yang Xinxin's identity was not simple; she was the young lady of the Yang family, one of the four great families of Shengjing, and her family was protected by Xuanwu.
"Brother Shi Shuai, are you in pain?" Yang Xinxin turned around and looked at Shi Shuai, whose face was bruised and swollen. Her eyes were full of heartache, and tears were about to well up in her eyes.
"Why are you here?" Shi Shuai was immediately struck by a headache when he saw Yang Xinxin.
"Brother Shi Shuai." Yang Xinxin said, a wisp of Origin Qi appeared in her hand, and she stroked Shi Shuai's cheek.
However, Shi Shuai was oblivious and instantly stepped back, dodging Yang Xinxin's hand.
"Brother Shi Shuai, do you not like me?" Yang Xinxin hesitated slightly. She wasn't stupid; she knew Shi Shuai was avoiding her.
"I..." Shi Shuai looked at Yang Xinxin, whose eyes were brimming with tears, and didn't know what to say. If he said he didn't like her, Yang Xinxin would definitely be very sad. Besides, it wasn't that he didn't like Yang Xinxin at all. If he said he liked her, Yang Xinxin would definitely pester him all the time. He was very conflicted.
“I understand, Brother Shi Shuai. You must think that my Yang family is powerful and will look down on you. It’s okay. My grandfather said that he will listen to me.” Yang Xinxin said, “Besides, we are betrothed as children, and our Yang family will never go back on its word.”
"Uh!" Shi Shuai was taken aback. Of course, he knew that the Yang family would not object, after all, his marriage to Yang Xinxin was arranged by the elders of the Yang family and Shi Polu.
As for why Yang Xinxin said that, we'll have to find out from the person in question. Shi Shuai once rejected Yang Xinxin in the same way, fearing that the Yang family wouldn't approve of him. It was a story made up on the spot, but the listener really cared.
"Brother Shi Shuai, I'll avenge you first." Yang Xinxin said, her body radiating a powerful aura, her two ponytails swaying with it, and her baby face turning icy cold.
"The Vertebra Realm?" Lu Yun and Li Zhiran frowned instantly. Although Yang Xinxin was also a student of the Dragon Division, no one had ever seen her strength before. Some people had guessed that she was at the Vertebra Realm. After all, among the four families of Shengjing, apart from the Qi family, the people from the other two families were all at the Vertebra Realm. Xiang Tianyou was at the second Vertebra Realm, and Kong Yue was at the first Vertebra Realm. As the little genius of the Yang family, Yang Xinxin could not be bad. However, because of her young age, some people guessed that she might not have reached the Vertebra Realm. But now, the strength that Yang Xinxin has shown is not just at the first Vertebra Realm, but at the second Vertebra Realm.
"You two, taking advantage of your numbers to bully Shi Shuai, today I'll tear you apart!" Yang Xinxin's upper body muscles bulged instantly.
Yang Xinxin suddenly changed completely, which startled the onlookers, who stared at her in disbelief.
The little girl has been transformed into a muscular Barbie; her muscles are so massive they could probably kill a bull with one punch, making her look exactly like the muscular Barbie Nezha from a certain animated film.
Buzz... Boom...
Yang Xinxin rushed towards Lu Yun and Li Zhiran in an instant, and the bluestone slab where she was standing instantly cracked into a spider web.
The scene resembled a bowling ball hurtling towards a pin. Lu Yun and Li Zhiran immediately assumed a defensive stance. Yang Xinxin was not only incredibly strong, but also remarkably fast, making it impossible for Lu Yun and Li Zhiran to dodge.
"Damn it." Gu Yu, who was watching everything from the shadows, frowned. This time, Lu Yun and Li Zhiran might be killed.
Just at the critical moment, Ri Jiu suddenly appeared in front of the two of them. Facing the unstoppable Yang Xinxin, Ri Jiu also frowned.
She suddenly unleashed her hands, and a protective barrier of qi instantly appeared. Yang Xinxin crashed into the barrier.
Snap... Boom...
A powerful energy shockwave instantly spread out, sending Yang Xinxin flying backwards. Ri Jiu also staggered back several steps, even knocking Lu Yun and Li Zhiran behind her flying as well.
"Huff..." After regaining her balance, Yang Xinxin took a deep breath, clearly showing her anger.
"Xin Xin, stop!" Seeing Yang Xin Xin gathering her strength again, Shi Shuai hurriedly stopped her. Others might not know Yang Xin Xin, but he knew her better than anyone else. The Vajra Barbie Body was Yang Xin Xin's fighting style, or more accurately, a fighting technique of Xuanwu. Although Yang Xin Xin's cultivation was only at the second level, she could fight against a third level using this fighting technique. Most importantly, Yang Xin Xin's defense was much stronger than that of a third level cultivator.
What is the strongest aspect of Xuanwu? It is defense, of course. In addition to being the young genius of the Yang family, Yang Xinxin has another identity: the successor of the Xuanwu guardian. Her primordial spirit is Xuanwu, the Xuanwu with the strongest defensive protection.
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