Chapter 170 The Battle of Wits (2/2)

As Xiao Bing had expected, the old man had to hold great power in the Long family, otherwise Master Hou wouldn't have been so shocked.

Xiao Bing briefly told him what happened this evening. Master Hou pondered for a moment after Xiao Bing had finished. ”I know now, thank you for telling me this. Xiao Bing, I should go now,” he said with all haste.

There was a faint smile on Xiao Bing's face as he hung up. Sometimes, others would do the killing for him. Master Hou's reaction was within Xiao Bing's expectation.

After hanging up, Master Hou summoned several his men to his room. ”I need you to find out the hotel in which there is an old man called Zhuge Jiangnan. You can use all of my resources and I want to know in an hour. Now go!”

After his men had left, Master Hou slapped the handle of the chair. ”Zhuge Jiangnan, since you have the guts to come here, you will die in Jiang City!”

Master Hou just knew too well about this man. Zhuge Jiangnan was the Long family brain power, just as Mu Tingchuan was to Master Hou. Master did not care much because he had already declared war on the Long family. To accomplish greatness, courage is needed. If Zhuge Jiangnan died, then the family he served would suffer a great loss.

It was a golden opportunity for Xiao Bing!

But he did not know that Zhuge Jiangnan had already seen it coming and had left. He was probably on the highway to the provincial capital now. When two wise men were having a contest of intelligence, a single mistake would lead to defeat.

The next morning, Xiao Bing heard from Master Hou that Zhuge Jiangnan had already returned to the provincial capital. But he was not disappointed. Though Zhuge Jiangnan's death might make this less complicated for him, Xiao Bing did not fear that there was one more powerful enemy. It was not fear that made Xiao Bing what he was today.

Xiao Bing even wanted there to be a powerful rival to stimulate his potential. Zhuge Jiangnan and Lord Long were both qualified for that. One could give him the inspiration of wisdom, and the other could release his potential of martial arts. The reasons why Xiao Bing agreed with the alignment with Master Hou so quickly were that he needed to eliminate the Long family for Yezi, and he had already offended them and he needed a plight to break through.

Before the traitor was found out, all Xiao Bing needed to do was to keep growing stronger.

”Brother Bing, what are you thinking of?”

”Nothing.” Xiao Bing put these thoughts aside and hugged Ye Xiaoxi, who was only covered by her underwear. ”I just thought of something interesting and someone intriguing,” said Xiao Bing, smiling.

”Someone intriguing? Who?” Blinking, Ye Xiaoxi pouted, ”You're thinking of someone else while lying in my bed?”

Xiao Bing put on a wry smile. ”I'm here just to cuddle you while you're asleep. I didn't do anything...”

Seemingly angry, Ye Xiaoxi asked, ”Then what else do you want to do?”

”Ugh, nothing really. Well, have you ever heard of Zhuge Jiangnan?”

”Zhuge Jiangnan?” Ye Xiaoxi shook her head. ”No.”

”All right. He's from the Long family and he holds great power in this family. He's probably their adviser. He came to me last night and he tried to find out my strength. It seems that the Long family regards me as a pain in their ass.”

Upon hearing what Xiao Bing just said, Ye Xiaoxi tensed at first, then she sighed. ”It's all my fault. If it weren't for me, Brother Xiao wouldn't have so many issues with the Long family.”

”Silly girl, I have already told you about this. If I did nothing while watching my woman getting bullied, then what kind of a man would I be? Besides, actually it's not a bad thing for me. You know what? I fought Lord Long's adoptive son last night.”

”Really? Who won?”

”I won. But it's not something to be proud of. His adoptive son is at least six or seven years younger than me and yet he's already reached the early stage of Transforming Strength. He is truly a talent of martial arts. But what interests me most is not his strength. It's his martial arts of palm. It is the most dominant and fierce palm movement I have ever seen. The style of his martial arts must resemble Lord Long's, since it's highly possible that he learned it from his adoptive father.”

Ye Xiaoxi pondered for a moment and said, ”One's personality can be seen from the martial arts he is cultivating. We all can deem Lord Long to be a very arbitrary man from his history. And arbitrariness can lead to arrogance. The Long family is powerful. Their arrogance might be our only chance to defeat them.”

Xiao Bing put Ye Xiaoxi in her arms and kissed her forehead and guffawed. ”Little Yezi, sometimes I really feel that you are my female version of Zhuge Jiangnan.”

”Stop this!”