Volume 8 Chapter 54 (1/2)

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TL: Zhao

Editing: Krisaia

With beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, Li Yiming stayed crouched while examining the nine foot steps Aunt Wu had left behind.

”Don't come here!” Li Yiming yelled out to stop an elderly man who was pa.s.sing by on a bicycle.

The sudden shout almost caused the old man to fall off his bicycle. As he looked ahead of him, only to find nothing, he began cursing at Li Yiming.

”Don't come!” Li Yiming shouted again with a severe countenance.

”Crazy!” The old man grumbled as he took a different path to avoid trouble.

”Chen Jiaw.a.n.g!” Li Yiming called out.

”I'm here!” Chen Jiaw.a.n.g, who had been observing his boss from inside the shop, instantly answered the call.

”Quick! Get a fence around this place!”

”What?”

”See these footprints on the ground?  We need to get a fence around them to prevent people from stepping on them!” Li Yiming said.

”What is it?” Fang Shui'er also came out. Although she did not dare to eavesdrop on the conversation between Li Yiming and Aunt Wu, she did pay close attention to the interaction between the two, and she was curious as to what caused Li Yiming to stay kneeled down.

”The Nine-Step Sword!” Li Yiming exclaimed.

”Aunt Wu's Nine-Step Sword?” Fang Shui'er instantly joined Li Yiming in staring at the ground.

Although Chen Jiaw.a.n.g had no idea what Li Yiming just said meant, he nonetheless rushed into the tea house and picked up tables and benches to put around the footprints.

”That's not going to work, boss.” Chen Jiaw.a.n.g said when he looked at the makes.h.i.+ft fence he had made after emptying half of the tea shop. ”It's right in the middle of the street. Plus, what if it rains? It would be nice if we can get a tent, but I don't think that the police are going to allow it…”

”If we don't own it, buy it…” Fang Shui'er said with a frown.

”Buy it?” Chen Jiaw.a.n.g was caught off guard by the idea.

Fang Shui'er took out her cell phone and began giving orders to her a.s.sistant, while Li Yiming remained focused on the footprints. The next day, a construction team arrived and built a tent right in front of the tea shop. Due to Li Yiming's disruption of the operations of Yunyu Corporation, it only took a few days for Fang Shui'er's connections to secure the property rights of that segment of the street. After all, construction was scheduled to start soon at the hands of Yunyu Corporation anyways, so the paperwork was already half-done.

A week later, a few temporary cabins were built right outside of the tent. On one of the houses hung a panel which indicated that construction was underway. Circling it was another fence to prevent any accidents.

Over the next few weeks, Li Yiming stayed kneeling down, trying his best to decipher Aunt Wu's demonstration. Having learned one of Wu Yun's moves earlier, he knew very well how powerful these kinds of techniques were, and he strived to gain the power necessary to save Liu Meng.

Although Li Yiming vanished from the sight of the public, the rumors about the organization he had created were brewing. This stood in stark contrast with the Star Alliance and Yunyu Corporation, both of which seem to have become invisible. It was not long before other guardians showed up at the door of the tea house, looking for a safe place to stay in the chaotic world. During Li Yiming's absence, Fang Shui'er, with Bai Ze's authorization, became the interim leader of the organization, as she was the only one strong enough to a.s.sume the role.

Another reason why many guardians chose to join Pure Water Herb Hall was due to Fang Shui'er fame as an international star — guardians were not immune to stardom, after all. Headlines were soon inundated by the news of Fang Shui'er's retirement and her heading into the real estate sector of Hangzhou. Fang Shui'er used the opportunity to further consolidate her position within the organization, and also to buy off more land from Yunyu Corporation. The sealing of the deals with Yunyu Corporation only reinforced the rumors of Yun Yiyuan's being scared of Li Yiming.

In contrast with the fast progress at Pure Water Herb Hall, on the other side of the city, in the military encampment reigned an atmosphere of doubt.

”What is Li Yiming up to… He's been very active recently.” Lin Lu's father asked Pan Junwei with a frown.