Chapter 606: Chapter 606: Reunion with the Prominent Disciple of the Taoist Sect_1
Although it was highly likely that the gang of criminals was hiding in that civilian residence.
How to enter became a challenging problem.
It was not like discussing life with Tian Yue’e and the others, where entering was as easy as saying so, without even the need for any emotional preparation most of the time.
But this matter, involving the life of Lü Zong, required careful and long-term planning.
After some discussion, they still couldn’t come up with a viable plan.
Now that they had already spooked the snake by hitting the grass, everyone was worried that another provocation might push the criminals to harm Lü Zong.
Even Wang Baichuan, who usually didn’t see eye to eye with Lü Zong, exhibited a high level of professional conduct at this juncture, insisting on the absolute safety of the hostage.
At this moment, Li Qing’s reinforcements arrived.
And they were old acquaintances, no less.
They were Hong Fang Zhenren’s two disciples, Shisan and Zi Ling.
Li Qing hadn’t seen them for many days and, at first glance, didn’t notice much, but Zi Ling seemed to have gotten a lover, with her chest significantly enhanced and robust.
Constrained by a tight sports outfit, two round and lofty peaks formed, surprisingly elastic.
"What’s the case about?" Zi Ling stepped forward, her look toward Li Qing was not exactly friendly, to say the least.
She always had a distaste for Li Qing, the fickle man with a wandering eye.
Li Qing suddenly remembered something Dian Chunqiu had mentioned before: Hong Fang sect, a not-so-large sect, seemed to be just an affiliate of Bureau 9, like temporary workers, not truly members of Bureau 9.
In other words, this proud and haughty girl and that yellow-haired kid were actually under his command now.
Thinking of this, Li Qing’s mood instantly brightened, and he said with a smile, "Are the two of you confident against five Qi Cultivation Stage criminals?"
"How many?!" Zi Ling’s face changed immediately.
Li Qing stretched out his right hand and gestured, "Just that many. You know, I’m just a noob, and my methods are useless against them. So, this case is up to you two."
Zi Ling’s face turned quite sour; she glanced at Shisan beside her and then turned to leave.
"Hey, hey, hey, senior sister, what are you doing?" Shisan quickly called out.
"That bastard wants us to die for nothing. Stay if you want, but I’m not joining this mess," Zi Ling said angrily. "You must be joking; five of them, do you think we can handle that?"
Shisan scratched his head full of blonde hair, "Senior sister, if we just leave now... it’s desertion in the face of the enemy. Don’t get worked up. Let’s think of another way. If that really doesn’t work, we can still seek external help!"
"Without our master here, where can we find external help near Tongcheng? Unless we call for backup from Suzhou. But by the time people from there arrive, do you think there would be any room left for us to get involved? I guess it’ll all be over by then," Zi Ling retorted irritably.
Shisan made a face at Li Qing and gestured with his mouth, "Senior sister, have you forgotten? Li Qing... has a sect."
Zi Ling paused for a moment and then bore a look of grinding teeth, "That damn guy!"
Li Qing, completely bewildered, watched the brother-sister pair. He had only said one thing; why such a big reaction?
Are five Qi Cultivation Stage criminals that strong?
While he was still somewhat clueless, Zi Ling and Shisan both made their way back to him.
"Seek assistance from your sect immediately; we are no match for five at the Qi Cultivation Stage." Zi Ling looked at Li Qing with displeasure and said in a muffled voice, "Hurry up, although I don’t know what case this is, don’t dawdle on any of them."
Li Qing looked at the newcomer with a pained expression, "So... what you’re saying is that the two of you together can’t handle five at the Qi Cultivation Stage?"
Zi Ling’s face turned dark instantly, and Shisan also looked a bit embarrassed.
"Brother Li, stop teasing us. Both of us are at the Qi Cultivation Stage, how could we possibly be a match for five people?" Shisan said with a wry smile, "Directly leaving this matter to us is definitely not going to work, and it could lead to trouble."
"If my master were here, he could handle them with ease, but he has gone on a long journey and won’t be back anytime soon."
Li Qing, intent on teasing the haughty little girl whose nostrils seemed to be flaring skyward, said with a troubled face, "Your master is away on a long journey, and my master is also in closed-door cultivation. If we send someone to the mountain for help now, it will take a whole day to go and return, and it would definitely be too late."
"Now that we’ve alarmed the snakes by beating the grass, if those bandits run out of patience and decide to ’tear the ticket,’ it seems there’s no need for us to look for help anymore."
Hearing Li Qing’s words, Wang Baichuan was the first to become unsettled.
He asked with a worried face, "Is there really no other way? We absolutely can’t delay on this matter."
Zi Ling’s delicate eyebrows instantly twisted into a knot as she persisted, "Can’t you get in touch with anyone else from your sect? Aside from your master, don’t you have any other contacts?"
Li Qing shook his head, "My master is too irresponsible. In name, I have a master, but he basically doesn’t care about anything."
"I can see that, your master is just like you, not a good man either." Zi Ling huffed in dissatisfaction.
Shisan quickly tugged at Zi Ling, "Sister, his master is Xuan Chen Zhenren, a fierce person who could pin our master to the ground and rub him in the dirt."
"I’m stating the facts. To take on a disciple and then ignore them completely, what kind of good master is that? Not responsible at all, just like some people, flitting from one wife to another, and by now I bet he has offspring all over the place." Zi Ling snorted.
Li Qing’s face turned dark at once.
Now he finally understood why this bratty girl always looked at him with such disdain.
It turns out that the root of the problem was here.
"I think you have a deep bias against me," Li Qing said.
Zi Ling raised an eyebrow with disdain, "Even if I were biased against someone, it certainly wouldn’t be you. My eyes aren’t blind."
"Enough talk, I just want to ask you, how many can you take on?"
Li Qing, annoyed, raised a single finger, "At the limit!"
"Then it’s decided, since we can’t find reinforcements in a short time, we’ll have to take the risk." Zi Ling said through gritted teeth, "You take on one, the rest are ours to handle."
Li Qing, who was just looking to have a bit of fun, nodded without further ado.
A joke here and there is fine, but continually delaying is fooling around.
After all, this is a matter of life and death.
"At this moment, they are most likely hiding in an underground tomb. Do you have a way to explore the underground situation first?" Li Qing said gravely, "We must ensure the safety of the hostages first, we can’t act rashly."
"There’s a way, but..." Xiao Huang Shisan looked towards Zi Ling, "The cost is a bit steep."
As soon as Wang Baichuan heard this, he became anxious, "Don’t worry about the cost, it’s more important to save the hostages first."
