“Commander, as you carry out your duties, we naturally cannot obstruct you! Please produce the relevant documents; otherwise, we won’t let you through!” Li Hu was after all the godfather of Cloud City’s underworld and had seen his share of major events.
After a brief moment of panic, he immediately settled down.
A comatose family head of the Xuan Family, who usually behaved himself, what wrong could he have done?
Moreover, the man was now unconscious, and yet the military personnel still came, which was certainly not normal!
“Documents…” With just a word, Li Hu had Guo Fei and his adjutant at a loss, fumbling for words and unsure how to explain.
They came this time mainly to intimidate Li Hu and Ye Fan on behalf of Xuan Zhengguo; what documents could they possibly have?
“How dare you! We from the Military Department are carrying out a top-secret mission, what documents do we need? Do we have to explain ourselves to you lot, mere ants? Move aside, and if you don’t, don’t blame the bullets for not having eyes!” Guo Fei, being a major, reacted very quickly, defusing the situation with a single sentence.
“Without documents, without Young Master Ye’s orders, we cannot comply!” Li Hu coldly responded, gesturing to his brothers around him, “Brothers, grab your weapons and prepare for battle. I want to see just how the military men dare to take action against us.”
Clatter!
In the corridor, all of Li Hu’s brothers revealed the weapons they carried, confronting Guo Fei’s men.
The attendants Li Hu brought with him were all from the legitimate line, had licked blood off their knives for him, and carried out his orders with absolute determination.
At such a close distance, even if Guo Fei’s men had guns in their hands, they were outnumbered, and if it really came down to a desperate fight, Guo Fei’s men might not come out on top.
“What do you think you are doing? Rebelling?” Guo Fei fiercely scolded Li Hu and the others, his gaze sharp, while simultaneously feeling a bit worried.
Are these people so reckless with their lives?
Doesn’t his camouflage uniform command any respect?
Guo Fei was also concerned that if the situation really got out of control and his superiors found out, he would be in big trouble!
“Commander, don’t pin such a big label on us. We just want to see the documents, that’s all!” Li Hu continued to retort, “A patient lying in a hospital bed, unconscious—we really can’t see how he would be connected to any top-secret mission.”
“Insolence!” Guo Fei scolded, but could not find any words to counter, “Brothers, prepare to take action!”
Click! Click!
It was the sound of gun bolts being pulled!
All of Guo Fei’s men raised the muzzles of their guns, and the tense atmosphere filled the air instantly.
A major battle could break out at any moment!
Creak!
At that moment, Ye Fan and Xia Hao stepped out of the room. Seeing the situation before them, Xia Hao’s expression froze, and before he could speak, Ye Fan did, “Eh! Why are there so many soldier brothers here? Are those guns real?”
Ye Fan approached, curiously reaching out to touch the barrel of a gun held by one of the young men.
The young man staggered and stepped back from Ye Fan, “Get lost! Move away!”
While speaking, the young man pushed Ye Fan.
Clang!
As Ye Fan staggered, a metallic object fell from his body, rolling to the feet of Guo Fei’s adjutant.
The adjutant picked up the metallic object without much thought, glanced at it casually, and turned to throw it into the nearby trash bin.
“What is it?” Although Guo Fei only had a quick glimpse, he felt the pattern on the item was vaguely familiar, and his heart skipped a beat.
“Oh! It’s just a round metal block with a turtle pattern engraved on it, um… and there are four golden stars…” The adjutant took another look at the object in his hand and reported to Guo Fei, “Who knows which junk heap this came from!”
Thud!
The adjutant directly threw the item into the trash bin.
“Wait!” After hearing the adjutant’s description, Guo Fei’s heart thumped wildly, he quickly scolded his adjutant, but it was already too late. freewebnoveℓ.com
Ni Ma!
If the patterns described by the adjutant were correct, that would be the token of one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Xuanwu Exhibition Area, a rank above a Four-Star General. It holds enough authority to command a million military martial forces of the Southeast Eight Provinces.
This token was actually in the hands of that idiot Ye Fan?
“What’s wrong?” The adjutant didn’t understand Guo Fei’s reaction, but the next moment, Guo Fei, like a madman, dashed towards the trash can, frantically rummaging through it.
“Boss!” The adjutant was utterly startled, “The trash can is dirty, isn’t it? What’s going on with you, was that thing just now very important?”
“Shut up!” Guo Fei was already sweating profusely, as he had a premonition that the item on Ye Fan was indeed real. If so, not even ten heads would save him.
The subordinates around Guo Fei looked at each other in confusion.
So… are we still fighting or not?
Li Hu and Xia Hao’s men, as well as Wang Fugui and others, were also baffled by the scene before them.
What exactly was happening?
A random item dropped by Young Master Ye caused such panic in a major?
Only Xia Hao knew that Ye Fan definitely didn’t drop that item by “coincidence”—it was intentional!
“Found it!” Guo Fei tore the trash can into eight pieces, finally finding the token that the adjutant had just thrown away.
Looking closely at it, Guo Fei completely collapsed.
The counterfeit mark, the encoding—everything was completely correct!
Ni Ma!
The young master of the Ye Family, whom everyone thought was an idiot, was actually one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Xuanwu Battle Zone?
Who could know that?
“Subordinate! Greetings to the Heavenly King under the Xuanwu flag, we deserve death!” Guo Fei prostrated himself on the ground and simultaneously berated his subordinates to kneel as well.
Guo Fei’s area was under the domain of the Xuanwu Battle Zone.
A Heavenly King, second only to one and above tens of thousands, crushing a minor major like him would be as simple as lifting a finger, wouldn’t it?
Although Guo Fei’s subordinates didn’t understand what was happening, seeing Guo Fei’s actions, they knew things were definitely problematic.
“Begging the Heavenly King for forgiveness!”
Hisss!
The situation at the scene, because of the appearance of a token, reversed 180 degrees instantly?
This flip was too sudden; Li Hu, Wang Fugui, and others were still struggling to grasp the situation.
Ye Fan watched the reactions of Guo Fei and the others, his lips twitching slightly. Pretending to be surprised, he said, “Huh? Why did you suddenly kneel down? Are you paying New Year respects already? It’s not even New Year yet! Get up, get up!”
“We dare not!” Guo Fei kneeled there without daring to move, “We didn’t know it was the Heavenly King, please forgive us!”
While speaking, Guo Fei respectfully handed the token to Ye Fan.
Ye Fan curiously took the token in his hand and looked at it, “Is this thing mine? I had no idea!”
“Forget it, forget it! Don’t kneel on the ground; it’s cold!”
Ye Fan casually stuffed the token into his pocket, “It looks like gold, probably can be exchanged for a lot of money, thanks! Keep this a secret for me, otherwise, others might try to steal my gold!”
Ye Fan’s words left Guo Fei completely flabbergasted!
Heavenly King… What does it mean?
Was Ye Fan truly foolish, or was he pretending to be?