Chapter 33 Assault Party (2/2)

He was trying to bring Lu Tianzi to his side as a capable subordinate, but what good was a dead subordinate to him?

On the other hand, if he did not help out Lu Tianzi, and Lu Tianzi managed to find someone else to help him, then Gong Shengjie might just lose this potential subordinate to another man!

If that were to happen, then all the time and effort he invested up to now would go up in smoke as well!

”If Brother Zhanyuan really wants to do this, then I do have a way…” Gong Shengjie finally made up his mind.

”Don't even think about it! I won't let you do this!” Ye Xiangyuan's clear voice broke the silence in the room.

”Sis Xiangyuan, I am really not as weak as you think. Whatever those warriors in the assault party can do, I can probably do better!” Lu Tianzi could only try to persuade her this way.

”But…!” Ye Xiangyuan could not find the right words.

”Enough, Yuan'er. We are not martial artists so we will not understand his determination to help the city,” Uncle Ye sighed.

Uncle Ye knew how this young man had given up on the path of cultivation to become a worker, all so as seek a way of contributing more to Ivory Rock City. With that, it could be seen how much love and dedication he had towards the city. Thus it was not surprising that he would want to join the assault party upon hearing about it.

”Martial artist? Ah Zhan is…?” Ye Xiangyuan's eyes widened in surprise.

Not just her, but her mother was shocked as well. But seeing the other men in the room remaining calm, they realised that everyone else already knew about it.

At this point, Ye Xiangyuan finally stopped objecting, and could only bite her lower lip in frustration. Uncle Ye's wife patted her daughter's shoulders in consolation, her eyes similarly full of worry.

”Thank you, Uncle Ye,” Lu Tianzi nodded gratefully at the middle aged man.

”Don't thank me! I am against this as well!” Uncle Ye harrumphed. ”I just don't want you to live your life with any regrets!”

Gong Shengjie's plan was simple enough, giving Lu Tianzi two options.

The first option was to join the assault party using an alias. With Gong Shengjie's influence, it would not be too difficult to bring Lu Tianzi into the team as long as he had the capabilities to back it up. But that would also mean that he would be subjected to the scrutiny of the rest of the party, which might end up defeating the purpose of using an alias.

The second option was to sneak out of the city. Once again, that would be possible with Gong Shengjie's help. That way, he could follow the assault team on his own, maybe even joining up with them at a certain point. This option would place him in far greater danger, but it would also reduce the chances of his identity being exposed.

Depending on his priority, Lu Tianzi could choose the option that he preferred.

That said, everyone at the table unanimously voted for the first option.

After all, between keeping your life and keeping your identity hidden, it was obvious which was more important!

But unknown to them, Lu Tianzi had already made his decision the moment he heard the options.

The second option!

While Lu Tianzi was still wary of the dangers posed by wild beasts, he simply could not afford to show his face to the assault party.

The people in the Workers District did not know him well, and even Cui Zhenghao was the same, thus it was easy enough to mask his identity from them with just a piece of cloth covering his eye.

However, it was a completely different matter when it came to martial artists who had been training together with him at the Ivory Rock Martial Academy!

Gong Shengjie had no idea who the other members of the assault party would be, and Lu Tianzi simply could not afford the risk of being discovered. Otherwise, not to mention assaulting the demons, he would probably be the first to be assaulted!

Of course, he was not going to reveal his decision to the Ye family. If he did, it would just be asking for another session of heated discussion.

Lu Tianzi tactfully waited for the lunch to adjourn before looking up Gong Shengjie once more.

Gong Shengjie was naturally stumped by Lu Tianzi's decision, but eventually decided to help him out regardless. After all, Gong Shengjie was the one who came up with the suggestion in the first place.

He could only pray in his heart that Ye Xiangyuan would never get to learn about this. Or else, he would never hear the end of it from her!

As the date drew nearer to that of the assault party's operation, Lu Tianzi started to learn more details about the actual plan through Gong Shengjie as well.

Though it was said to be an assault party, their main objective was actually just to use guerrilla tactics to harass and take down any groups of demons that strayed out of the safety of the fortress.

The assault party was split into three different teams, each operating independently in order to spread the demons' attention over a larger area. This was decided so as to increase the efficiency of their guerrilla tactics.

Going through the names of the members passed over to him by Gong Shengjie, Lu Tianzi was dumbfounded!

There were not many of his peers from Ivory Rock Martial Academy since most of them were still at Primary Essence Building realm and below. However, some of the names included the instructors of the martial academy!

On top of that, the main group was unexpectedly even led by Hu Shenwei himself!

These people definitely had powerful perception capabilities that were impossible to deceive with a mere piece of cloth.

With such a line up prepared, how was Lu Tianzi supposed to do this without revealing his true identity?!