Chapter 162 - Ambush (2/2)

The four of them plodded on the path that hugged the lake sh.o.r.e. Except for the murmurs of waves kissing the stones on the sh.o.r.eline, there was no other sound around them. Suddenly, Miao Xiaoqian had a premonition that something terrible was going to happen; fear seized her and made her s.h.i.+ver a little.

“Xiao Fan, Big Cousin, don’t you think it’s… too quiet?” Miao Xiaoqian asked.

“Yes, I agree. I have walked this way before and I don’t remember the path to be so empty.” A cool breeze from the lake had woke up Xiao Xue.

“That is because we have visitors.” Chen Fan said lightly.

“Visitors?” The two girls asked dumbfoundedly.

Suddenly, a shadow emerged from behind a street light pole. The man was holding a dart knife and his lips curled into an ugly grin. “Mr. Chen noticed us.” The shadow said.

“Sounds like my elixir is highly sought after.” Chen Fan shrugged. “Are you Ding Peng?”

The shadow s.h.i.+vered a little and retreated deeper into the darkness. He was a gangly young man in his early twenties. His fingers played with a glinting throwing knife restlessly. “You have a good memory, Mr. Chen. I only introduced myself once, and you remembered my name.”

“Second Lord Xin, Mad Sun, come out now.” Chen Fan said lightly.

A pin drop silence fell over the path; no one answered Chen Fan’s summon.

However, Chen Fan had detected a half dozen people hiding behind the bushes. Among them were Second Lord Xin and Mad Sun.

“Haha! Chen Beixuan, hand over the recipe for the Physic Refining Pill and the Essence Enhancing Pill!” With a string of sinister laughter, another few shadows emerged behind the bush.

The leader of the pack was Second Lord Xin, Mad Sun and the brawny man from Diamond Temple.

“Xiao Fan, what is going on? Why are they in our way?” Miao Xiaoqian asked fearfully.

Miao Xiaoqian nearly fainted when she saw these menacing faces. She hid behind Lu Yanxue. Lu Yanxue announced hotly at them: “I don’t care who you are. This is the Lu family’s territory, leave or I will tell my cousin Haoxuan. You won’t get away with this!”

“Haha!”

The group of ambushers laughed out loud. Second Lord Xin shook his head and said: “Silly girl, do you think we would take action before we knew who we are dealing with? Your father Lu s.h.i.+xun was from an off shot branch of the Lu family. Therefore, your complaints are as good as nothing. They only let you into the event because you are friends with some of the main family’s third generation kids. What would the Lu family do even if I did away with you today? Will they risk offending all of us just to avenge you?”

Lu Yanxue’s face paled after she heard the hurtful, yet to the point, remark.

Her biggest benefactor was the Lu family, it was a ruse she played all the time. However, having her ruse seen through by these ambushers, she felt helpless and naked.

“Second Lord Xin, I have told you that if you help me, I will not short you on the Body Tempering Pills. Why are you still doing this?” Chen Fan heaved a sigh.

“Hehe, because you are a useless kid in possession of something very precious. Chen Beixuan, you are not a martial artist, we all knew it. Why do you carry so many precious elixirs while you know you are defenseless? This is not stupidity, this is a sin! Plus, why would I have to work for it while I can just take it away from you by force?”Second Lord Xin sneered.

Such was the rule of Martial arts: the survival of the fittest.

“Indeed. Kiddo, we will let you go alive if you hand over your recipes and the elixirs. Otherwise…” Mad Sun wagged his head and said.

“Stop wasting our time, let’s do it! Break his leg and take him somewhere far from here. We are too close to the conference venue, and I don’t want trouble.” Ding Pen said with knitted brows.

His beady eyes scanned Lu Yanxue from head to toe, and the intent behind his glare scared Lu Yanxue.

“I call dibs on the Physic Refining Pills! “The big framed man from the Diamond Temple announced firmly.

“Very well.” The other replied.

In their minds, Chen Fan would not escape even if he was an incarnation of an immortal.

“What should we do? Xiao Fan… Xiao Xue…”

Miao Xiaoqian was shaken by the turn of events. Tears welled in her eyes and trickled down her cheeks. Meanwhile, Lu Yanxue managed to appear calm. However, life was draining very quickly from her overwrought face, and her legs were about to give in. A pang of despair suddenly came over her as she realized that no one would come to their rescue.

Suddenly, Chen Fan heaved a sigh. “I had thought that the mortals would play by the rules this time around. However, in the end, a strong fist is still more useful than anything else.”

“Thus it is, power is the only truth in this world.”

“Stop mumbling!” A few shadows shouted at Chen Fan.

Ding Pen threw the knife at the boy. Moonlight ran down from the s.h.i.+ny blade as the knife traced an arc in the air. It was flying toward Chen Fan’s feet.

Chen Fan shouted under his breath.

“Tong Shan!”

A huge figure emerged in front of Chen Fan all of a suddenly. It was as if a large Buddha statue was airdropped there to block the attacks.

Before the hulking frame, even the brawny man from the Diamond Temple looked like a small boy.