Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
âCon⦠Consequenceâ¦â Ju Niao stuttered. âBlack Dragon Faction is backed up by the Lu family⦠If the Lu family doesnât fall, then they will come after me⦠What⦠What should I do?!â
Ju Niao was terror struck.
The Lus were no ordinary family. They were powerful and have deep pockets. They also had a lot of elites in their family!
Ju Niao knew that Chen Xiaobei was good but not enough to fight the Lu family on his own!
If the Lu family still managed to stand even after the Atlantis incident, Ju Niao would be done for.
âMaster Chen⦠Why donât you say something, Master Chen⦠My whole life depends on you nowâ¦â
Ju Niao needed Chen Xiaobeiâs help to figure out a way to solve his problem. He could not just sit there and wait for things to fall apart.
âThis is what you are going to do.â The wheels in Chen Xiaobeiâs mind had been turning. âAsk your men to gather up all of these bodies and dispose of them in the Black Dragon Factionâs territory. If the Lus come looking for you, give me a call and I will deal with it.â
âReâ¦. Really?â Ju Niao begged, âCould you not leave? Based on the way the Lu family works, they will come tonightâ¦â
âThey wonât.â Chen Xiaobei shook his head and said, âTonight, the core members of the Lu family will be going to the governorâs place to discuss a plan for Atlantis with Wenren Jinghao and Dong Zhuo! Until they come up with a solution, which might take about 3â5 days, the Lu family will not have any time to come and deal with a nobody like you.â
Ju Niao was relieved to hear this. âIf thatâs the case, then itâs okay⦠Thereâs enough time for me to make a run for itâ¦â
âLook at you! It seems like you are not suitable to become a leader. I think itâs best for me to bring my friend over!â
âYouâre right⦠I am uselessâ¦â Ju Niao was in tears. âMy brother and I resigned from the army because we were too afraid of dying in the hands of the Demonic Beasts⦠It was not easy getting out of that. Now, we have to die in the hands of the Lu familyâ¦.â
âAlright. Thatâs settled for now. Settle whatever you have to, hold the fort for now and I will take care of the rest.
Chen Xiaobei gave the final instructions and then left.
âErâ¦â Ju Niao was pounding deep inside him. He chewed over it the whole day before he made abandoned the thought of running away. He decided to give fighting next to Chen Xiaobei a try.
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By the time Chen Xiaobei returned to the 2nd Regiment base camp, it was already dark out.
Ning Yuchen and Hu Ben had already finished their training and were resting in their room.
âBoss, why hasnât Zhufeng come back yet? Do you think he got lost?â Hu Ben asked worriedly.
âZhufeng is pretty smart. I donât he would get lostâ¦â Ning Yuchen replied. âBut I am a little worried because itâs his first time in the city. Iâm worried that he might have gotten into trouble with any of the faction membersâ¦â
âGive Zhufeng a call, now!â Hu Ben was on edge now. âHeâs just a Zero-Star Black Steel newbie. He canât even win over a normal thug. But if he messes with the factio members, then heâd be in deep trouble!â
Ning Yuchen shook his head and said, âLetâs just wait a little while longer. Zhufeng has a lot of self-esteem. If we get all worried, he would think that weâre looking down on his cultivationâ¦â
âBut Iâm really worriedâ¦â Hu Ben said, barely able to sit still. âZhufeng could be beaten and kicked by a bunch of thugs and is now cold and hungry and lost⦠poor boyâ¦â
âEr⦠Brother Hu. Donât you think youâre being a little too dramatic? Canât you expect a little better of me?â
A voice came from the door, chuckling. It was Chen Xiaobei.
âZhufeng! Youâre back! Let us take a look at you. Are you okay?â
Ning Yuchen and Hu Ben ran over to him and examined him.
They really thought of Chen Xiaobei as their little brother, and were especially caring and loving toward him.
âIâm fine. Iâm perfectly fine!â Chen Xiaobei grinned.
âHave you eaten?â Hu Ben asked.
âI have. I met an uncle in the city and we hit it off right away. He insisted on buying me dinner. It really was quite a good meal!â
âWhat uncle? Thereâs a lot of bad men around that age! Be careful!â Hu Ben warned.
âI wonât. He really was quite nice.â
Chen Xiaobei shrugged.
He wondered what sort of interesting expression Hu Ben would display if he had told them that that uncle was none other than Wenren Jinghao, and that Dong Zhuo and Wenren Muyue were eating at the same table.
âDid you meet any bad people? Like Ju Fei that kind of low-life thugs?â Ning Yuchen asked.
âI didâ¦â Chen Xiaobei nodded. âI think they were Black Dragon Faction. They were fighting and I was just watching from afar.â
âWatching?â Ning Yuchen cried out, âYou really are quite the daredevil! Arenât you afraid of getting dragged into the fight?â
âWhat is there to be afraid of? They wouldnât even be able to touch me!â Chen Xiaobei said.
Again, he tried to imagine what Ning Yuchenâs response would be if he told him that he unleashed a powerful spirit and killed a hundred over men from the Black Dragon Faction. Would his eyeballs fall out from their sockets?
Of course, he was just curious. Chen Xiaobei would never tell these things to Ning Yuchen and Hu Ben.
That was because, number one, they would never believe him.
Number two, Chen Xiaobei did not want to involve themâhis enemy was the fearsome Southern Town Lu family.
âAlright. You came back in one piece. Thatâs all it matters. Go shower and then get some rest. We have an early start tomorrow.â Ning Yuchen said.
âEarly? What for?â Chen Xiaobei asked.
âWe have to go out on a mission,â Ning Yuchen explained. âLately, there had been a lot of Demonic Beast activities. Weâre suspecting them to be the Beast Horde. Five other neighboring regiments are helping outâ¦â
âBeast Horde?â Chen Xiaobeiâs eyes lit up. âCould you get a lot of Beast Core?â
âOf course! But weâd need to alive to do that!â Ning Yuchen said, âBeast Horde is tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts blitz attack! Killing Demonic Beasts will yield a lot of Beast Cores but the Demonic Beasts will kill even more people! The 3rd Regiment you were in is the perfect example! The risk is directly proportional to the harvest! This is the true depiction of a Northern Wilderness soldier!â
Chen Xiaobei asked, âAll those who are afraid of death had already quit the army. Only those who are brave will continue to harvest and continue to get better, isnât that right?â
âYes!â Ning Yuchen nodded and said, âOther than those nobles with silver spoons in their mouths, no one else in Northern Wilderness Starfield can have an easy life! They will have to risk their lives to become stronger!â
âBrother Ning, can you bring me with you this time?â Chen Xiaobei asked, a smile on his face.