Chapter 1075: Birds of a Feather
It takes nearly five hours to get from the Jiang Family to Lingxiu Village, so after setting out, Liu Zixuan dialed Gu Yu’s phone number.
Once the call connected, Liu Zixuan said, "Investigate any new faces suddenly appearing in Ghost Wood City over the past half-month, focusing on martial artists."
"What’s going on, Zixuan?" Gu Yu asked curiously.
"The major hidden sects and the Jiang Family’s doorstep have all been infiltrated, and I suspect that our side in Lingxiu Village might also see some moves from the Netherworld Hall. The possibility around the village is small, but Ghost Wood City holds a significant chance!"
Gu Yu said in a deep voice, "Rest assured, once we find them, we will eliminate them at the fastest pace!"
"No rush, wait until I return!" Liu Zixuan smiled and said, "I’m heading back with Qiqi now. Just keep tabs on them once you find them. Don’t let them escape, and don’t directly eliminate them yet. I need to ask them some questions."
"Rest assured, I will handle these matters before you return." With that, Gu Yu hung up the phone.
Qiqi looked at Liu Zixuan, who was smiling broadly, and said cutely, "Brother looks really handsome when he is serious about his work!"
"You mean to say I’m not handsome on ordinary days?" Liu Zixuan lifted his eyebrows and smiled.
"In Qiqi’s eyes, you are always handsome." Qiqi giggled and grumbled, "But the Martial Realm is too chaotic, not giving brother a chance to live quietly, it’s really annoying! When I encounter someone from the Netherworld Hall, I’ll definitely help brother teach them a lesson!"
"Qiqi, you could easily defeat the monkey at the Innate Emperor Realm Second Heaven, yet even Jiang Yifan seems terrifying. What realm are you at now? Are you at the Innate Emperor Realm Third Heaven?" Liu Zixuan asked.
Qiqi shook her head, "Before I went into hibernation, I was about the same as the current Jiang Yifan, but after such a long hibernation, I’ve regressed a bit, barely considered at the Third Heaven."
Liu Zixuan drew in a sharp breath, his lips moving as he said, "You look like you’re only five or six years old and yet you’re already at the Innate Emperor Realm Third Heaven. This makes us who have lived over twenty years feel unworthy!"
Five or six years old, Innate Emperor Realm Third Heaven.
Placed on a five or six-year-old girl in the Martial Realm, children of this age are probably still enjoying their childhood.
Qiqi already being at the Innate Emperor Realm Third Heaven leaves so many old guys who have lived seventy or eighty years in the dust!
Qiqi laughed, "It’s not as impressive as brother says. Once you know everything in the future, you’ll feel my talent is mediocre. Compared to brother, I’m really far behind!"
Upon hearing this, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times.
Five or six years old, Innate Emperor Realm Third Heaven still considered mediocre talent; how is anyone else supposed to live? If Qiqi weren’t mysterious, she was just a five or six-year-old girl, saying this would probably make people accuse her of boasting.
Four hours later, Liu Zixuan and Qiqi arrived at Ghost Wood City, and after asking Gu Yu for an address, they headed directly to a place called Jingyuan Villa District.
After about ten more minutes, Liu Zixuan stopped the car in front of Gu Yu.
Getting out of the car, he asked, "How’s it going?"
"Those guys are hiding very discreetly. If Cheng Feng hadn’t timely led people to discover them, we might still be wandering around aimlessly in the city," Gu Yu said with a wry smile as he pointed to the villa cluster behind him.
"These villas started construction early this year, most have the main structure built but remain unrenovated, which is why we didn’t consider this area. A couple of brothers from the Thief Sect drank too much days ago and took a shortcut from here back to the City Center Restaurant, bumping into two villas lightly renovated with people living inside, though they didn’t think much of it at the time."
"But when we were just searching for those guys, suddenly remembered and came to check, indeed there’s something fishy. They have two hidden sentries outside watching the area. Preliminary checks show there are seven people inside, with the highest realm being an Acquired Emperor Realm expert, the rest mostly Half-Step Emperor Realm and Imperial Realm Middle Stage martial artists."
"Besides, has anything else happened in Ghost Wood City recently?" Liu Zixuan asked again.
Gu Yu furrowed his brows, "Nothing happened in Ghost Wood City, but news just came from Qian Nan. This place isn’t suitable for discussing these matters now. Let’s handle this first, and I’ll tell you the details when we return. If it’s all the Netherworld Hall’s doing, this situation might be very complex."
Liu Zixuan nodded, "Have all exits been sealed?"
"They won’t escape, but..." Gu Yu gave a wry smile, "Most martial artists above the Imperial Realm have already gone out to train. The brothers left from the Thief Sect are ordinary martial artists, Lingxiu Village does have a few top warriors, but I haven’t dared to bother them... Do you think we can handle those guys if we go in?"
Liu Zixuan raised an eyebrow, "Don’t worry, as long as the higher-ups from the Netherworld Hall don’t come, there won’t be any issues!"
Saying this, Liu Zixuan glanced intentionally at Qiqi.
Currently, Qiqi is undoubtedly Liu Zixuan’s greatest support, or perhaps his trump card!
Of course, in critical moments, Liu Zixuan is no pushover either.
The group of three headed directly into the villa cluster under construction.
Led by Gu Yu, they quickly found the two villas already occupied.
"Walking further will alert them. The villa ahead on the left and the little house also have their people. The two renovated villas, the left one is temporarily occupied by a friend of the villa complex’s real estate developer, and likely unrelated to them; the right one houses the Netherworld Hall people."
Standing behind a large tree, Gu Yu explained.
Liu Zixuan nodded, glanced at the villa on the left, then said to Gu Yu, "Have the brothers deal with the people in the two hidden sentries, keep it quiet, and we’ll head directly to the villa on the right."
Gu Yu nodded, took out something like a walkie-talkie, and issued an order.
Soon they saw several figures dart into an unfinished villa and the small house on that side.
Meanwhile, Liu Zixuan and his group headed straight for the villa on the right.
The villa was indeed minimally renovated and occupied, as the small yard in front of it still resembled a wasteland, and the villa door wasn’t the type installed by wealthy people, just an ordinary, standard door.
Liu Zixuan went forward and kicked the door open, then slipped inside the villa.
In the living room, three men were drinking and playing cards. Hearing the commotion, they immediately stood up, showing signs of having drunk quite a bit, staggering yet still putting on fierce expressions.
One of the men grabbed a bottle and cursed in Witch Country dialect.
Liu Zixuan raised his eyebrows, "Sure enough, they are birds of a feather. The Netherworld Hall even managed to draw in these beasts from Witch Country."