Beauty Chairwoman's Bodyguard Expert

"What did you say, you said even those black-clothed men who broke into the Huang Family back then couldn’t withstand a single slash from him?"

Zhao Long was so shocked he almost jumped up from the sofa. As for the three black-clothed men who had broken into the Huang Family back then and beaten the Huang Family to the point they had no power to fight back, Zhao Long naturally had a very clear understanding of their strength. In terms of power, they were absolutely top experts among the Middle-stage Mythical, yet these top experts had actually been killed by someone with one slash each, like slaughtering little chicks, effortlessly. The strength of the one who struck was simply too terrifying; at the very least he had to be at the Late Stage of Mythical, otherwise there was absolutely no way to do this.

"Is the other party from the Huang Family, or from the Yama Palace?" Zhao Long asked again.

"He should not be from the Huang Family."

The voice on the other end hesitated for a moment before finally giving Zhao Long an answer.

After all, he was sent to keep an eye on the Huang Family, not a member of the Huang Family. If he got too close, he might be directly cut down by the Huang Family as an enemy, and then he wouldn’t even have a place to cry about it.

"Do you know what his name is?" Zhao Long asked again.

"It... it seems he’s called Ge... Ge Cangtian."

The voice on the other end hesitated for a moment before continuing, "That’s right, Dragon Lord, his name is Ge Cangtian."

"What did you say, his name is Ge Cangtian?"

This time Zhao Long really couldn’t control himself and stood up from the sofa, his face full of disbelief. As someone from the Zhao Family back then, he was naturally no stranger to the name Ge Cangtian. With Middle-stage Mythical power, he had actually forced the Yang Family to send out a Late Stage of Mythical expert to hunt him down, and even in the end they still couldn’t manage to kill Ge Cangtian, only forcing him to jump into the sea and commit suicide.

Over these ten years, everyone believed Ge Cangtian was dead, but who could have imagined that ten years later Ge Cangtian would reappear, and that his strength would be even more terrifying than ten years ago? The realm of Middle-stage Mythical, in his eyes, was no different from ants—he could annihilate them with a flip of his hand.

And now Ge Cangtian not only appeared in Xiangjiang, he even made a move to help the Huang Family weather this catastrophe. Didn’t this mean Ge Cangtian had joined the Yama Palace? Even if Ge Cangtian hadn’t joined the Yama Palace, his relationship with Lu Tianxing was definitely not shallow, otherwise Ge Cangtian would have had no need to step in to help the Huang Family.

As for whether Ge Cangtian had any ties with the Huang Family, once the person on the other end told him that, Zhao Long never considered the question again. If Ge Cangtian really did have ties with the Huang Family, he wouldn’t have chosen to join the Yama Palace—he would have wiped out the Zhao Family long ago and unified Xiangjiang; he wouldn’t have needed to borrow the power of the Yama Palace to accomplish that.

"Dragon Lord, the other party is indeed called Ge Cangtian. That’s the name those two dead black-clothed men cried out before they died."

Although he didn’t know why Zhao Long reacted so strongly to this name, the man on the other end still answered.

"I got it."

Having received this confirmation again, Zhao Long took a deep breath and said, "Come back. There’s no need to keep an eye on the Huang Family anymore. Also, prepare a congratulatory gift for me. Tomorrow I’ll pay the Huang Family a visit."

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Long slowly stood up from the sofa, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, reached out and pulled open the curtains. His gaze, deep and unreadable, fell on the night outside the window as he stared in silence, leaving others unable to see what he was thinking.

...

At the same time, in Beijing.

The night was as cold and clear as water. Although it was already past midnight, Lu Tianxing had not gone to sleep.

Originally, Lu Tianxing had indeed planned to go upstairs to sleep, but just as he was about to go up, he received a call from Xue Bing in Xiangjiang, informing him about what had happened there.

When Lu Tianxing learned that the Huang Family had suffered an attack, he did not show the slightest trace of surprise. For him, he had never once believed that this mysterious force would keep its word and wait three days before making a move. So after receiving Xue Bing’s call, Lu Tianxing showed no hint of surprise, as if everything was already within his grasp.

After hanging up on Xue Bing, Lu Tianxing casually tossed his phone aside, picked up the goblet and the bottle of red wine on the table, poured himself a glass, and gently swirled the wine in the cup. Under the illumination of the light, the red wine in the glass appeared extremely crimson, like scalding hot blood, a dazzlingly妖艳 shade of red that was especially harsh on the eyes.

Suddenly, a faint fragrance drifted over, causing Lu Tianxing’s spirit to jolt involuntarily. He turned his head subconsciously to look.

He saw Lin Yafei wearing a black silk nightgown; beneath it, her graceful, fair body could be vaguely seen, sultry and enticing. Her exquisite collarbones were exposed to the air. The black nightgown further accentuated Lin Yafei’s skin, white and smooth as jade. Her shoulder-length hair, like a waterfall, cascaded down her back, with a few droplets of water at the tips, clearly showing that Lin Yafei had just taken a bath.

At this moment, Lin Yafei exuded a kind of allure that made men want to commit a crime. Her whole person was like a fully ripe peach, making one’s heart blaze with just a glance, stirring an uncontrollable urge to take a bite.

Yet when Lu Tianxing faced Lin Yafei at this moment, not the slightest spark of desire rose in his heart. His face was filled with calm, without the slightest ripple.

This wasn’t because Lu Tianxing was indifferent to women, but because too many things had happened recently. First, Bai Zhiqing’s inexplicable transformation into another appearance, and then the situation in Xiangjiang. Although the matter with the Huang Family had been resolved, the mastermind behind the scenes had not been found, and not to mention that the fifth day of next month was already drawing close.

This string of events piled together left Lu Tianxing with very little mind to spare for anything else.

After Lin Yafei came downstairs, she took three brisk steps to reach Lu Tianxing’s side and said softly, "Little man, didn’t you say you were going to rest? Why are you still sitting in the living room? What happened?"

Just now, Lin Yafei had been sitting in the living room chatting with Lu Tianxing. It was only when she saw it was getting late that she went upstairs to take a bath.

Originally, after her bath, Lin Yafei had planned to go to bed, but she noticed the light in the living room was still on, and Lu Tianxing was sitting on the sofa in the living room, even pouring himself a glass of red wine. This filled Lin Yafei with curiosity. She knew that Lu Tianxing never drank red wine; every time it was her and Bai Zhiqing drinking it. Even when Lu Tianxing drank, he would choose other liquor, yet now he was actually drinking red wine.

What was more important, Bai Zhiqing had been extremely abnormal today. By all logic, Lu Tianxing, as her husband, should have gone to see her and comfort her. Yet it was almost one in the morning and Lu Tianxing was still here. How could this not make Lin Yafei curious and puzzled?