Chapter 41: Riding a tiger is difficult to get off, the loss outweighs the gain
It was completely quiet outside.
Tianbao opened his little mouth and yawned, feeling sleepy and confused.
The breathing and snoring of her parents sleeping beside her made her want to fall asleep immediately.
After running the space continuously today, she found that she was not completely unharmed.
I feel sleepy.
Others fight with energy, but she fights with energy.
If only there was an easier way than fighting.
It was almost dawn.
Tubei Mountain was still quiet, and only three or four people knew what happened outside the Su family's yard.
Huo is one of them.
When she heard something unusual and looked out, she saw a flying figure falling in mid-air above the gray sky.
It fell less than ten feet away from her doorstep.
"..." Mrs. Huo tiptoed back to the house.
Pier 12 really didn’t give up.
The master of invisibility is indeed amazing.
Hitting people is like shooting birds, every hit is accurate.
She got up three times in the middle of the night when she heard the noise.
Every time they returned, they happened to see someone falling from the sky.
"You bastard, I discovered a secret!" After returning to her room, she said mysteriously to the man sleeping in the other bed, "I discovered that the master doesn't need to sleep!"
Huo Ziheng, "..."
"Tsk, don't you believe it! No one from that side can get within ten feet of the Su family's house at any time. It's like a trap. Anyone who crosses the line will die!" Mrs. Huo was amazed. "This skill, I am convinced!"
She refused to sleep, and Huo Ziheng knew that he certainly couldn't sleep either. He said helplessly, "The Su family is safe. You don't need to keep getting up to check. Go to sleep. It's almost dawn."
"This is so mysterious and exciting, how can I sleep?"
"What does the Su family affairs have to do with you? There is someone else who can't sleep." After saying that, the man pretended to cough a few times.
The woman immediately became nervous. "Okay, okay, I won't bother you anymore. Go to sleep. I'm going to lie down too!"
The low whispers disappeared, and Tubei Mountain returned to silence before dawn.
In Wanjia Village on Tu'nan Mountain, five miles away from Tubei Mountain, the lights were still on.
The lights in the hall were as bright as day. There were three people sitting in the hall, all of whom had not slept all night.
Several objects were placed on the ground in the center of the lobby, all covered with white cloth.
This time Wanfu sat in a solid wood armchair on the left. Opposite him was a burly man in his forties. Sitting above him was an old man with a deep and dignified look, his hair and beard were gray, and his eyes, which seemed to be half-opened, were shining with brilliance.
"We've already lost four masters tonight! Even Guardian Chen was defeated. Among all the masters at the Twelve Piers, his martial arts skills could be ranked among the top three!" Wanfu's face turned pale. Looking at the fallen master covered by a white cloth on the ground, he almost gritted his teeth. "I thought they were just a small peasant family. I could always take them out by sending out masters for a sneak attack. I didn't expect that I was wrong! I underestimated the person behind this! Sixth Uncle, what do you think of that person's background?"
The old man called Sixth Uncle also had an ugly expression on his face.
Wasn't he also mistaken?
If not for this, four masters in the gang wouldn't have been killed, especially one of Elder Chen's level!
You have to know that if you want to secure a place in the Land of Exile, in the end, it all comes down to your fists!
In this lawless place, whoever has a harder fist and is more ruthless will grab more, and others will not dare to bully them.
The Twelve Piers dominated half of the world outside Fengyun City because they had twenty-six experts in the gang. Now four of them were gone, which was a huge loss for the Twelve Piers!
The one sitting to the right was the leader of another branch of the Twelve Piers. He spoke in a deep voice, "Those in Fengyun City who possess this level of skill can be counted on one hand. Bai Kui is one, and Bai Xiaofeng from Wangque Tower is another. But given their status and position, they wouldn't have the time or the leisure to meddle in the affairs of small-time retail investors like that. Excluding them, there's only one left."
Wanfu blurted out, "Broken Knife!"
"Besides him, I can't think of anyone else who could be the possible person, unless there's a new expert coming into this area and we don't know about it."
But that's simply impossible.
Every year, people are exiled to the penal colony.
The various forces entrenched here will conduct thorough checks on newcomers when they arrive. If they find someone with some ability, several forces will compete to recruit him, and those who refuse to be recruited will be killed.
Over the years, Huo Ziheng, who also lived in Tubei Mountain, was the only exception. He had not been recruited and had survived. But that was also because he had sworn to never get involved in any power struggles, and this was the opportunity to live in peace.
Therefore, the three people in the hall immediately denied the possibility that a master had sneaked in, and then there was a long silence.
It is impossible for other forces to be unaware of the actions of Pier 12 tonight.
All in all, Pier 12 was badly beaten in the face.
"Damn the Su family! Their lives are as cheap as ants, yet they're so irritating to the throat!" Wanfu cursed again, feeling a rare sense of defeat. "We're in a difficult position now! Continuing to send people over is just another way to hand them heads, and the losses will only get worse! But if we just let it go, where will our gang's reputation be?"
He looked at the old man sitting above him, feeling powerless and unwilling. "Sixth Uncle, what should we do next? You tell me, I'll listen to you!"
Uncle Wan Liu closed his eyes and spoke slowly, "The gang can't afford to lose another talented person. Throwing so many people into this for a small family like the Su family is already a loss. Once the gang's strength is weakened, those surrounding people who are eyeing it will immediately pounce on us and attack us. That would be a case of losing the big picture for the small! The Su family—let's put it aside for now. Once we have a clear understanding of their strength, we can slowly take action."
"But--"
"Let them go for now. They can only grow vegetables and, at most, cultivate wasteland. They won't cause us much harm. And what's the harm in letting them roam around for a while? At most, we'll just lose a few tenant farmers. Besides, do you think I'm afraid of the Su family? I'm afraid of the people who repeatedly help them from behind! There are ways to deal with the Su family. Arrange archers to launch sneak attacks, fire rockets, poison... They can certainly be left in turmoil. But if we really do that, there's no guarantee that the people behind the scenes won't come looking for trouble with us. What will we do then? Those who accomplish great things must be able to let go before they can take on great things!"
Wanfu was speechless and finally shut up.
The old man stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked out of the hall solemnly.
There is light in the sky, and dawn is approaching.
"I'll leave the city after daybreak and personally meet with Broken Blade to clarify things. If he wasn't the one who attacked, then we must be even more cautious. The power structure of Fengyun City might be re-divided."
Wanfu and the other man were both startled when they heard this, and their faces turned serious.
A rooster crowed from somewhere, its crowing clear and distant.
The early morning of April in Tubei Mountain begins with the rising sun, white mist and birdsong.
There was a noise in the Su family's yard and the people in the house got up.
In the morning mist, the sounds of gargling, low conversations and the curls of smoke rising from the kitchen interweave to create the atmosphere of human life.
The weather is nice.
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