Chapter 1718: Chapter 1720: They’ve Arrived
The Wine-Pouring Saint was about to lose his mind; he really couldn’t wrap his head around how these two got along!
They’d start fighting at the drop of a hat, make up just as fast, and be shameless whenever they felt like it—worse than clueless kids, just doing whatever they wanted!
He truly had no idea what was going on in the heads of these two from the Heavenly Dynasty!
Wasn’t it said that people from the Heavenly Dynasty cared about face more than anything?
So why did these two feel like they had zero shame?
He really couldn’t figure it out!
If Liang Lan were here, or if Housekeeper Jia were still alive, they’d definitely tell him—stop overthinking it! Overthinking is useless!
Forget you, even the two people who’d been hanging around these guys for ages often couldn’t figure out how they got along, let alone you, a foreigner!
The only thing you can do is get used to it!
The drinking continued, and the two of them kept up that incomprehensible way of interacting!
For example—
Lin Feng: "How’s your progress over there? Don’t show up nine months from now at our agreed time only to get smacked down by me in one move!"
Lu Xiaobu: "Tch, you should be worrying about the backlash from that heavy-handed policy of yours instead!"
Up to this point, the conversation was still fine, right?
The problem was what came next!
Lin Feng had just taken a sip of wine...
Lu Xiaobu: "You used to be a slave!"
"Pfft!"
Lin Feng sprayed the mouthful of wine out...
And then!
It turned into another one of their bizarre fights!
They weren’t trying to kill each other, not even trying to seriously injure each other. It was like they were purely aiming to make the other look as miserable as possible!
The Wine-Pouring Saint finally got used to it!
"Time’s about up. Let’s keep going." Lin Feng set down his cup and said, "I think the ones who’ll arrive first will definitely be people from the Divine Institute."
"Then I’ll bet that brat who headed Northeast is definitely the one who’ll run first!" Lu Xiaobu added.
The two of them began again.
One line from you, one line from me—anything they could possibly think of a way to bet on, they slapped a wager on it!
The Wine-Pouring Saint listened from the side as the two of them placed completely baseless bets, and his interest was practically nonexistent.
He really couldn’t see what the point of their gambling was!
In his opinion, they might as well bet some resources, or at worst some money!
Finally.
After three rounds of drinks!
This vast stretch of white finally had some other movement!
Someone was coming!
Lin Feng had guessed right!
The first to arrive were people from the Divine Institute!
However, the Witch Sect’s Speed wasn’t slow either; they basically showed up on each other’s heels!
As for that mysterious organization, there was no sign of them.
Anyone could guess they were probably hiding in the dark—groups that like to skulk around and show neither face nor tail just love doing this kind of thing!
The people from the Divine Institute stopped some distance away and didn’t rush forward.
The people from the Witch Sect also halted not far from them.
"So all the Great Witches are here too? I’m guessing you also came because of the Holy Court Saints’ notice?"
Five Divine Masters, each dressed in their own style but all wearing a badge on their chest, called out toward the Great Witches in the distance.
"Naturally!" The Great Witch glanced at the Divine Institute and nodded.
Compared to the Divine Institute’s casual clothing, the Witch Sect’s outfits were much more uniform!
Of course, their style wasn’t something most people could accept.
A primitive look: animal hides, bones, staffs, all sorts of tattoos—one glance and you could feel a surge of savage, wild Qi rushing at you!
Of course, that didn’t mean they were actually some kind of savages; it was just a religious style!
"Do the Divine Masters have any leads?" The Great Witch continued, "I heard that these two from the Heavenly Dynasty are terrifyingly strong! Eighteen Saints from the Holy Court, and they casually wiped out nine!"
"We can’t say we have leads, but we do basically know who they are!" One Divine Master narrowed his eyes toward where Lu Xiaobu and the others were.
"Oh?!" The Great Witch raised his brows, and all the colorful decorations on his face shifted with the movement!
They really didn’t know who these two were. They’d asked the Holy Court Saints, but the Saints kept saying they had no clue.
If it weren’t for the fact that the Holy Court Saints had come personally, their faces full of panic, they probably wouldn’t have bothered with this matter at all.
"I don’t know if Great Witch has ever heard the name Lu Xiaobu?" The Divine Master narrowed his eyes as he spoke.
"Lu Xiaobu?!" The Great Witch was momentarily stunned when he heard the name.
Even though information was global, their region’s intel was still somewhat closed off.
On top of that, when they were rising to power, it happened to be when Lu Xiaobu had disappeared.
So hearing this name suddenly now, it took him a second to call it to mind!
"Lu Xiaobu! The Heavenly Dynasty’s Lu Xiaobu!" The Divine Master repeated with extra emphasis!
This time!
The Great Witch finally remembered: "That Lu Xiaobu?!"
As he spoke, he was frantically dredging up Lu Xiaobu’s glorious exploits in his mind and couldn’t help but be a bit shaken.
Lu Xiaobu was absolutely a legendary figure. Just one of the things he’d done would make a normal person a top-tier figure for life.
Especially since it was rumored that the entire Spiritual Energy Recovery had been kick-started by this guy!
And yet for Lu Xiaobu, it was one miracle after another; he was practically the definition of the word "miracle"!
"That’s right! Never thought he’d really come back!" The Divine Master sighed. "And the one beside him is Lin Feng. He’s not as high-profile as Lu Xiaobu, but he’s the only person who can fight Lu Xiaobu to a standstill!"
There was actually one thing he didn’t mention.
The only reason he recognized Lin Feng was that after one of their Divine Masters died, they investigated all of Lu Xiaobu’s information.
They eventually confirmed that the one who killed their Divine Master hadn’t been Lu Xiaobu, but Lin Feng!
But at this point, he didn’t feel like explaining anything. If they’d wanted to explain, they could have done it a long time ago.
Back then, since they’d already decided to pin the blame on Lu Xiaobu, they obviously weren’t going to clarify anything now!
"So what does the Divine Institute plan to do?" The Great Witch snapped out of his shock, eyes narrowing!
"And you, Great Witch? What do you plan to do?" The Divine Master also smiled!
Even though they were phrasing it as questions, they already understood each other’s intentions!
Join forces! Take those two out!
There was no need to overthink it!
The Holy Court Saints calling them here because of those two definitely wasn’t to invite everyone to dinner!
Just think about it: the Holy Court suddenly lost nine Saints. That alone told you those two were definitely bad news!
Since that was the case, waiting around to be slaughtered was not on their to-do list!
Besides!
They had to understand that once those two were taken out, the benefits would be beyond counting!
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have teamed up before just based on one uncertain piece of intel from the Divine Institute!
All under heaven bustle for profit!
Once the profit’s big enough, people get bold. For fifty percent profit, they’ll take risks; for a hundred percent, they’ll trample any law; for three hundred percent, they’ll commit any crime, even risk the gallows.
And the profit on the table now? Three hundred percent doesn’t even begin to cover it! Even adding another zero wouldn’t be enough to describe it!
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