Seeing the cold-faced, intimidating crowd before him, Li Rufeng was somewhat flustered.
"You...what do you all mean?"
These martial arts circle figures were originally those that Li Rufeng and Gu Chenan did not want to offend, as one had immense power and influence while the other was exceptionally skilled.
But from just now, everyone understood that not only did Gu Chenan wield immense power and influence, his skills were also tremendously formidable.
More importantly, Gu Chenan had saved their lives. If he hadn't come, Gong Fei would have killed them all.
"Director Li, what do you mean by this!" the group raged.
Xiao Jian's expression was also unpleasant.
The Xiao family had a close shave today. The martial artists he had invited were mostly dead or injured, and the bodyguards at the manor were also killed or wounded.
The losses were devastating!
Gu Chenan's skills were exceptionally strong. He effortlessly killed the leader of the Black Hawk group.
If only he had come ten minutes earlier, the Xiao family would not have suffered such heavy losses!
And all this was because Li Rufeng had obstructed Gu Chenan halfway!
One could only imagine how furious Xiao Jian and the martial artists felt.
Li Rufeng was quite renowned in Suhang, and he had never been questioned like this before.
Even those in the martial arts circle who usually followed his words were interrogating him.
"Slap!"
Li Rufeng slammed the table and abruptly stood up, angrily pointing at the martial artists, "So what if Gu Chenan broke my disciple's arm? Can't I even ask about it?"
"Ask? What right do you have to question Young Master Gu? Liang Bufan actually wanted to use such a despicable tactic like poisoning. He has disgraced Suhang's martial arts circle!"
The martial artists were not backing down either. It was because of him that so many of their people died. Why should they give him any face?
"Fine, I did obstruct Gu Chenan today. What are you going to do about it?" Li Rufeng was also completely enraged.
He adopted a stance like he was ready to fight at any moment, glaring at the group before him.
Li Rufeng's disciples also immediately stood up, and the two sides were at a standoff, as if a battle was about to erupt at any second.
"Enough, enough, it's not that big of a deal."
At this time, Gu Chenan spoke up.
The plan to sow discord between Li Rufeng and the martial arts circle had already succeeded, so there was no need to watch the show any longer.
However, before this play concluded, he still needed to solidify his image in the hearts of the martial artists.
Gu Chenan walked forward and gave Li Rufeng a martial salute, "Director Li, today's incident was just a misunderstanding. You were unaware of the major event that occurred at the Xiao family."
"I struck Liang Bufan because he tried to poison me, so I absolutely will not apologize to him."
"Let's just end this matter here. Neither of us owes the other anything, how about it?"
Based on Gu Chenan's understanding of Li Rufeng, he would absolutely not let this go.
Then, when facing Li Rufeng's retaliation, Gu Chenan would have the absolute justification to eliminate Li Rufeng, or even the entire Li family!
At that time, not only would Suhang's martial arts circle not clash with Gu Chenan, but they would even feel that everything Gu Chenan did was completely reasonable.
They would feel that Gu Chenan was magnanimous, while Li Rufeng was overbearing, and in the end, Gu Chenan had no choice but to take lethal action. Perfect!
Regarding Gu Chenan's proposal, no matter how unwilling Li Rufeng felt inwardly, he had to agree.
The Xiao family and the martial artists were all surrounding him and demanding an explanation. If he didn't agree, a conflict would truly erupt.
"Since Young Master Gu has given me this way out, then I shall also give Young Master Gu some face." Li Rufeng surveyed the crowd and said, "Liang Bufan's matter and today's incident will cancel each other out. Let's end it here!"
Upon hearing this, the martial artists approached Gu Chenan and said, "Young Master Gu, we lost so many people, could it be that..."
Before they could finish, Gu Chenan raised his hand and said, "Director Li was acting for his own disciple, and he was also unaware of the situation. We should understand."
"But..."
The group wanted to say more, but after thinking it over, they nodded, "Understood, Young Master Gu."
Gu Chenan was their life-saver, and moreover, the Gu family's bodyguards had also suffered casualties. Since Gu Chenan could forgive Li Rufeng, they had no reason to dwell on it further.
"Can I leave now?" Li Rufeng raised his brows.
"Wait a moment." Xiao Jian suddenly stepped forward.
Li Rufeng immediately frowned, somewhat angrily saying, "Does the Xiao family master still wish to demand an explanation from me?"
"No." Xiao Jian's expression was still unpleasant as he calmly said, "When I invited Director Li here, I promised to give him a reward. Regardless of what happened before, a promise made is a promise. I must give you the reward."
Upon hearing this, Li Rufeng's expression immediately brightened, "The Xiao family master is indeed righteous!"
...
Soon after giving Li Rufeng a bank card with one million yuan, Li Rufeng and his group left the Xiao family estate in high spirits.
After Gu Chenan checked on Hoshino Kannon's injuries once more and confirmed that she was not seriously hurt, he carried her into the car.
"Young Master Gu, thank you so much for today. You saved me, Xiao Jian, twice. I, Xiao Jian, have no way to repay you!"
"From now on, no matter what happens, just give me one word, Young Master Gu, and I, Xiao Jian, will mobilize the full power of the Xiao family to make it happen for you!"
In front of the car, Xiao Jian bowed deeply at a ninety-degree angle, expressing his sincere gratitude.
Gu Chenan waved his hand and instructed, "Remember to order everyone not to leak any information about today's events to the outside."
Xiao Jian nodded, "Understood!"
"Young Master Gu."
At this time, Xiao Yajie walked over.
"What is it, Miss Xiao?"
Xiao Yajie pursed her lips, somewhat shyly saying, "Young Master Gu, this young lady is injured and needs someone to take care of her, right? She...she was injured for our Xiao family. I want to go and take care of her."
Gu Chenan did not know Xiao Yajie's true intentions and shook his head, "No need, I can take care of her."
"Oh." Xiao Yajie's eyes dimmed.
In the end, Gu Chenan drove back to the Gu family manor.
After parking the car, he carried Hoshino Kannon into the main hall.
Bai Yutian heard Gu Chenan return and opened the door, peeking her head out to observe secretly.
"Don't just watch, come out and help."
Bai Yutian saw Hoshino Kannon and frowned slightly, "Who's that?"
"Never mind who it is, go get the acupuncture box for me." After urging her, Gu Chenan carried Hoshino Kannon into his own room.
Watching Gu Chenan's retreating figure, Bai Yutian frowned.
Her cherry lips pursed as she muttered, "Who is that, how did she get injured so badly?"
"Why did Young Master Gu even carry her into his own room? Strange."
With a hint of curiosity, Bai Yutian retrieved the acupuncture box and entered Gu Chenan's room.
Inside the room, Gu Chenan had already stripped Hoshino Kannon completely naked.
Although Hoshino Kannon was not seriously injured, she lacked vital energy and qi. Acupuncture could help her quickly recover her vitality and qi.
Gu Chenan took out the silver needles and was just about to begin acupuncture when he suddenly raised his brows.
[Oh my, another white tiger?]
[You know, I must say, Hoshino Kannon's figure is quite something...]
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
pression Bureau] Transported to a fantasy world overrun by demons and monsters, Gu Qingfeng becomes a jailer in the Demon Suppression Prison of the Great Yan Dynasty's Demon Suppression Bureau. From this point on, bizarre cases frequently occur in the Demon Suppression Prison, once known as hell on earth and infamous for its gloomy, terrifying atmosphere! Why do the demons and monsters in the prison wail miserably every night? Why has the corpse demon, capable of transforming into various beauties, donned black stockings and switched careers to become a foot massage therapist? Why has the eye demon, expert in soul-snatching and illusions, turned into a VR headset? Why is the fox spirit performing otaku dances? Are all these occurrences a twisted expression of demonic nature, or a descent into moral depravity? After peeling away layer upon layer of mystery, all clues ultimately point to a jailer named Gu Qingfeng. Gu Qingfeng: "Hehehe... My dear demons and monsters, whose card shall we flip today?"
