After a bit of thought, He Wuji suddenly turned to the butler that had been waiting on the side the entire time and said, "Get me information on the herbs, I don't want to miss a single one."
The butler gave a bow before walking out to follow this order.
In his arms, his wife was still crying and seeing this, He Wuji's expression relaxed as he tried to comfort her.
However, while he was comforting her, there was someone else that suddenly came into this hallway. The moment that he heard this person come in, He Wuji immediately turned to glare at them with his cold gaze as he said in a dangerous voice, "What is it?"
That person who came in couldn't help stopping and taking a step back, but then they lowered their head and put the report in their hand in front of them as they said, "Lord He, there's a communication request for you from the Hunters Organization."
He Wuji immediately knitted his brows when he heard this as he thought, "Hunters Organization? What do those people want now?"
After thinking for a bit, he asked his wife to wait for him as he followed that subordinate out to the main hall.
Once they were in the main hall, He Wuji immediately turned around with an ice cold look and said, "Report the situation to me."
That subordinate fell to one knee and said, "The Hunters Organization suddenly called using the official line and stated that they wanted to talk to you, my lord."
He Wuji's brows knitted when he heard this.
Official line, it seemed like it was even more serious than he had thought.
Since he was someone that was being employed by all twelve great factions to manage Harmony City, all of the factions would want a way to directly contact him if anything had happened. That was where these official lines came in.
These were special communication lines that linked the City Lord to each of the twelve great factions, allowing them to pass down their instructions when they needed to. However, as for whether the City Lord would follow those instructions or not…That was up to his discretion.
However, even if this was an official line, it was rarely used because the moment it was used, the other factions would learn of it since they were all connected. This was one of the failsafes put in place to make sure that there weren't factions that went against the other factions.
So for the Hunters Organization to use the official line this time, it could be seen that it was serious.
He Wuji didn't waste any more time since he knew that the Hunters Organization was still waiting for him on the other side of the official line. While he wasn't scared of them, it wasn't good for him to tear off all face.
He Wuji quickly came to the room where all twelve lines were stored and picked up the one for the Hunters Organization before saying in a polite voice, "Hello, what is the problem for you to use the official line?"
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After twenty minutes of waiting and ten minutes in a call, old woman Mao put down the receiver and gave a sigh.
Old man Qiao on the side noticed this and asked, "What is it? Is he not going to play along?"
Old woman Mao gave a shrug and said, "He'll play along, but you should hear the anger in his voice. It's almost like he wanted to bite right through my throat."
Old man Qiao gave a laugh and said, "That kid was never good at holding back, was he?"
Old woman Mao didn't reply to this and instead, she gave a sigh before saying, "That Xiao Lin, he really is something. My old heart really can't take any more surprises from him."
Old man Qiao laughed even harder as he said, "That Xiao Lin really gave us an interesting surprise this time. He's even strong enough to defeat two Child Soul Realm Experts, it seems like my eyes were right about him, ha, ha, ha!"
Old woman Mao glared at old man Qiao before saying, "You, you, you, do you even think about all the work I have to do to take care of this?"
Old man Qiao said with a smirk, "Well, that's just the duty of the president. Good luck with that."
Old woman Mao gave a snort and said, "Maybe I'll retire then. I'm sure they'll be happy to make you the next president."
Old man Qiao stopped laughing and he raised his hand to stop her while saying, "If they do, I'll retire as well."
Old woman Mao saw the serious look he had and then she gave a sigh before saying, "Even if it is a joke, we can't both retire just yet. If we did, the Hunters Organization wouldn't last. The younger generation just aren't ready to step up just yet."
When old man Qiao heard this, he didn't say anything in response. The only thing he did was give a sigh and reveal a look that made it clear that he agreed with her.
The Hunters Organization wasn't what it used to be, there was a lack of new talent, so they were no longer as powerful as they once were. Otherwise, how could there be people foolish enough to have plots under the nose of the Hunters Organization.
After a moment of silence, old woman Mao revealed a serious look and said, "But speaking of this, did you see the report?"
Old man Qiao revealed a confused look as he said, "No, what did it say?"
Old woman Mao said in a slow and deliberate voice, "They mentioned that He Wuji had been making contact with Shi Yan lately…"
Old man Qiao couldn't help revealing a bitter smile as he said, "I really don't know if I can call Xiao Lin lucky or unlucky."
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On the other side, He Wuji was fuming after he had finished the call with the Hunters Organization, but there was still something more pressing to deal with.
He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down before heading back to where his son was.
His son was still unconscious and before he was certain that his son was safe, he didn't have the heart to deal with any of this.
As soon as he arrived in the room that his son was resting in, he immediately heard someone call out, "Papa!"
The moment He Wuji heard this, his face lit up since this was a voice that he couldn't be more familiar with.
Pushing the maids that were by the bed aside, he leaned down beside the bed to look at his son who had woken up. Seeing him all wrapped up in bandage, there was a part of his heart that broke.
He hadn't even been willing to hit his son and now someone else had dared to beat him up?
If he didn't get revenge, he wouldn't consider himself a man anymore.
However, when he thought of the call that he had just had, he couldn't help feeling frustrated.
That was right, he couldn't be considered a man since he couldn't take revenge.
Looking at his son, his eyes relaxed as he asked, "Ah Yong, are you alright? How do you feel right now?"
He Yong had a tearful look as he said, "Papa, it still hurts all over! Make the pain go away!"
He Wuji's wife came forward and hugged her son with tears in her eyes, but there was nothing she could say to him.
He Wuji gave a sigh and said, "Papa is trying his best, but it's not easy to cure this."
He Yong then revealed a look of rage as he roared out, "That peasant, it's all that peasant's fault! Papa, you have to take revenge for me! Please drag him in front of me and let me take care of him myself!"
He Wuji knitted his brows when he heard this and he didn't say a thing, but his wife could tell that something was wrong.
He Wuji's wife said in a sharp, "What's wrong? Are you going to tell me that you're not even going to take revenge for our precious baby? What kind of a man are you if you can't even take revenge for your son?"
If it was anyone else, He Wuji wouldn't have let them talk to him like this. If it was anyone else, they would already be dead, but this was his darling wife…
He Wuji gave a sigh before saying, "It's not that simple, there's other forces getting involved and they're protecting that fellow. Not to mention that there's the unknown expert in his store who is protecting him. If I were to charge in without any information, it wouldn't end well."
He Wuji's wife knitted her brows and asked, "Who is interfering? Aren't you the City Lord of Harmony City? Is that just an empty title?"
He Wuji looked at his wife for a bit before leaning in to say in a low voice, "It's the Hunters Organization, they called with the direct line."
He Wuji's wife knitted her brows even more when she heard this before she said in a low voice as well, "They're going this far to protect him? Just who is the owner of this store?"
He Wuji shook his head and said, "I don't know, I just know that it's not someone who's easy to deal with this time…"
He Wuji's wife then asked, "What do you plan on doing then?"
He Wuji fell into thought for a bit before suddenly asking, "Do you remember your cousin Shi Yan?"
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