Chapter 1620: The Only Other Choice is Death (1/2)

“Lord Jia Yuan!”

“We pay our respects to Lord Jia Yuan!”

Gu Fei hastily flew towards him and a brilliant smile broke out on his face. Cupping his fists, he greeted respectfully, “Lord Jia Yuan.”

Gu Zheng hesitated for a moment and he contemplated not going up to greet Jia Yuan.

Before he could move, Jia Yuan stared at Gu Fei with an indifferent expression before turning to Huang Xiaolong.

Gu Fei felt a little disappointed when Jia Yuan turned around and ignored his warm greeting, but when he saw that Jia Yuan had called Huang Xiaolong out in front of everyone, a burst of joy emerged in his heart. Under the gazes of everyone present, he slowly walked towards Huang Xiaolong.

By the time they could react, Jia Yuan was already standing before Huang Xiaolong.

“Lord… are you alright?” Jia Yuan broke into a smile and asked politely.

Lord?! LORD?!

Everyone nearly dropped their jaws in shock. Gu Fei and the members of the Gu Family felt their vision spinning as they stared at the scene before them with their mouths agape.

Everything seemed to fall silent in the instant Jia Yuan addressed Huang Xiaolong as ‘lord’.

Everyone looked at Jia Yuan whose face was about to split apart from his smile and felt that their world was about to start spinning.

This……

Gu Fei’s mind seemed to have experienced a massive explosion and he turned muddle headed in an instant. His previous guess was wrong, and he couldn’t be further from the truth. Jia Yuan was indeed there for the brat, but it was unexpected that Jia Yuan wasn’t there to capture Huang Xiaolong!

His expression changed.

Is Lord Jia Yuan here to…

If Gu Fei was able to think of it, then all the members of the Gu Family were naturally able to reach the same conclusion. Their expression turned sour and their bodies started to tremble.

Huang Xiaolong stared at the smiling Jia Yuan and a trace of suspicion welled up in his heart. Even though his results were extremely terrifying, someone like Jia Yuan shouldn’t have been able to learn of his identity.

“I’m fine.” Huang Xiaolong seemed to be lost in his thoughts as he shook his head at Jia Yuan.

By the time the words left his lips, the five captains and the Netherguards army arrived. When their gazes landed on Huang Xiaolong, a look of shock flashed through their eyes. Was Lord Jia Yuan acting as though the sky was collapsing because of this Asura noble?!

“Hehe, it seems like brother Jia Yuan is already acquainted with him.” Gu Zheng snapped back to reality and chuckled, “Brother Jia Yuan, it has been years since we last met. It seems like you have already risen to the position of the person in charge of the branch in Brookspring Plane… Congratulations.”

Gu Zheng then turned to Huang Xiaolong and he feigned magnanimity. “Since that is the case, I’ll pardon you on account of my old brother, Jia Yuan.” He cupped his fists and spoke to Jia Yuan, “Brother Jia Yuan, you should come over to my place when you’re free.”

“We’re leaving!”

As soon as he spoke, he led the members of the Gu Family and got ready to leave.

He could see that Jia Yuan’s relationship with the Asura noble before him wasn’t simple. Huang Xiaolong’s identity wasn’t as simple as he had thought either. After thinking about it, he decided to beat a hasty retreat.

“Wait.”

Just when everyone was thinking that everything was over, a casual voice ordered them to stop.

Everyone stared in shock and their stunned gazes landed on Huang Xiaolong once again.

Gu Zheng turned around as well.