RETURNING FROM THE IMMORTAL WORLD

Chapter 361 - Chapter 370

Chapter 361: Cutting off the Tails

With spiritual sense in his arsenal, Tang Xiu was like a gamer who had a cheating tool when playing games. Under the cover of his spiritual sense, he could observe anything within the radius of a few hundred meters.

Hence, as long as he spent some time to circle around the villa's surrounding area, he could find the trails of suspicious people. However, with the great effect binoculars provided nowadays, if those monitoring them were too far away, there may be some fishes that could avoid it.

"Still, we must search them." Tang Xiu said with all seriousness, "When we start to clean up the suspicious people following us, I'll take up the rear."

"Being discrete and careful is always good." Tang Wei nodded and said, "So, how should we do it?"

"Just pretend that we're going out to get some fresh air," Tang Xiu said. "If we find any suspicious people, we have to figure out their identities. If they are enemies, then straightly kill them; if they are not, we'll go back and organize our retreat."

"Alright!" Tang Wei nodded as he touched the pistol in his waist.

The duo then openly went out of the villa's front entrance and straightly went toward the villa complex gate. Releasing his spiritual sense, Tang Xiu then observed the situation in the surrounding.

What Tang Xiu didn't expect was that his spiritual sense already caught traces of the enemy the moment he came out of the villa. It was from atop the roof of another villa a few hundred meters away from their villa. There were two young men with binoculars quietly monitoring any movements in their villa.

But Tang Xiu didn't act rashly. After he and Tang Wei arrived outside the villa complex, the duo pretended to take a stroll, smoking cigarettes and puffing out rings of smoke from time to time.

"If my memory serves me right, the SUV parked on the left side of the road in front of us should've been there for several hours, right? I saw it already parked there when we came back from Changbu Town." The pale-yellow dim-light of the night couldn't obstruct Tang Xiu's sharp eyesight.

Back when he just returned from Changbu Town, though he noticed that SUV, he just glanced at it and didn't find anyone in the car. But at present, there were two men inside. One of them was in the back seat and silently smoking by the car window.

Tang Wei's vision was not as sharp as Tang Xiu's. Since the distance between them and the car was about three to four hundred meters away, he couldn't see anyone in the car. Tang Wei then shook his head and said, "Well, a car parked on the roadside is normal to me! But I didn't notice that car before, though."

"I know it's normal for a car to park on the roadside. But what if someone is inside?" Said Tang Xiu.

Witn slight a change in expression, Tang Wei then said, "At such a crucial time like this, I'm afraid that the problem is not as simple as it looks if some people are camping inside cars for several hours."

"Let's have a look!" Said Tang Xiu as he walked toward the car.

At this time, a young man who was sitting in the driver seat of the SUV was currently looking toward the villa complex gate. At the time Tang Xiu and Tang Wei walked out of the villa complex, the youth had already noticed the duo. What made this rather accidental was that the duo actually came out to take a stroll.

"Huh?"

When he realized that the duo was walking toward his position, he immediately turned his head and spoke to the man in the back seat, "Elder Brother Hu, according to the intelligence, from these two guys coming out of the villa complex, one of them is a junior of the Tang Family, Tang Wei."

"They're looking for death!" The man pulled out a pistol as a cold light flashed in his eyes.

The youth was startled, "Elder Brother Hu, our task is to monitor those Tang Family's people in Red Maple Villa Complex. If we were to kill them now, wouldn't the young master punish us?"

"Don't worry!" The man sneered, "If we can kill a direct member of the Tang Family, not only young master won't punish us, he'll probably give us a reward. You didn't know, but we got news from Changbu Town before. We've lost many people and the young master is extremely furious due to that. If we kill Tang Wei, that will surely make young master satisfied."

"Good!" The young man also pulled out a pistol from his waist.

The distance between both sides was getting closer.

With his spiritual sense already released, Tang Xiu had already covered the two men inside the car. He could clearly see that both of them were holding pistols with killing intent covering their faces. At this instant, he had determined the identity of these two men. They were either from the Yao or the Sun Families.

Likewise, they were enemies.

"Elder Brother Wei, be careful. They should have guns." Tang Xiu whispered.

"Rest assured. They won't shoot us easily since they are currently monitoring us." Said Tang Wei.

Tang Xiu sighed inwardly. From their actions, how is it that they wouldn't shoot? They perhaps wished that they could shoot them right now, no?"

"Give me your gun." Tang Xiu's pace came to a halt as he stopped before Tang Wei and spoke.

Tang Wei hesitated for a moment before he took out his pistol and handed it over to Tang Xiu.

After receiving the pistol, Tang Xiu instantly stuffed it into his pocket and then moved to the sideway. He then slowly walked toward the other side. As the distance was getting closer and was only about thirty meters away from them, Tang Xiu suddenly stopped and moved lightning fast. The instant he took out the pistol, he released the gun's safety lock and aimed the muzzle toward the two men in the SUV.

Bang! Bang!

The sounds of gunshot sounded. The bullets hit the windscreen, hitting the youth's head in the driver's seat and the other one hit the heart of the man in the back seat. Tang Xiu never had any firearms training, yet his marksmanship was extremely accurate. In his eyes, shooting a gun was akin to using a concealed weapon; he could easily do it.

Tang Wei's complexion changed. He could see that the man in the driver's seat was hit. He quickly dashed toward Tang Xiu and rapidly said, "Brother, why did you shoot so anxiously?"

Patting his shoulder, Tang Xiu's action warmed his heart. He then smilingly said, "Let's go back!"

Puzzled, Tang Wei pointed at the SUV and said, "Then, their..."

"Some people will come to gather their dead bodies. We should circle around the villa complex now. If we don't find any other enemies, then we'll clean up those two enemies inside the villa complex and then evacuate immediately." Tang Xiu let out a pale smile and replied.

"There are two enemies inside the villa complex?"

Tang Wei was stupefied, his expression when looking at Tang Xiu getting more and more strange. He had been with Tang Xiu all along and also quietly observed all the way. Yet, how could he not find any enemies at all?

After they returned to the villa complex ten minutes later, Tang Xiu stopped in a secluded corner and said, "Wait for me here. I'll be back fast."

Tang Wei opened his mouth, wanting to follow Tang Xiu. But he didn't know the situation and was afraid he would implicate Tang Xiu. Eventually, he could only nod silently.

A short while after, Tang Xiu returned to Tang Wei's side and smilingly said, "I've taken care of those two guys. Let's go and tell everyone to evacuate immediately!"

Tang Wei silently nodded.

Such a gap! Ever since Tang Xiu came with him to Guangyang, from each issue handled by Tang Xiu, he realized that there was a big gap between the two of them.

Quickly after, more than a dozen vehicles rapidly left Red Maple Villa Complex like the wind. After converging with Xue Jie and the others outside the villa complex, they then headed toward Hongpo District's direction.

However, the car rode by Tang Xiu stopped on the roadside after driving for a dozen kilometers. He then released his spiritual sense and quietly observed the following vehicles. After he stalled for several minutes and found no vehicles following them, only then did he accelerate and catch up with the others.

Twenty minutes later.

At a place some distance away from Hongpo District, the cars parked on the roadside. Except for those driving, everyone got off one after another to change directions, taking buses or taxis, and then rushed toward the factory in Hongpo District.

Nowadays, electronic eyes were present on the road everywhere. With the abilities possessed by the Yao and Sun Families, it was very easy to find their cars' whereabouts from the Transportation Department. Hence, it was necessary for them to abandon the cars halfway and then take other means of transportation.

2 AM.

Inside the worker living quarters in the rented factory, the lights in a dozen rooms had been lit. A few hours ago, Guo Sen had personally led some people to buy a large amount of bedding, pots, pans, and other articles of daily use. Accordingly, they joined up with Tang Xiu and the others to clean up the place.

"Young Master Xiu, we're done."

Li Xiaojie, together with several strong men, reported to Tang Xiu who was inside a smoke-filled conference room.

Nodding to him in response, Tang Xiu then pointed to the chairs, motioning them to sit down. He then slowly asked, "How did you deal with the cars?"

"We abandoned them near Guan City's traffic police squad." Said Li Xiaojie.

A touch of a smile appeared on the corner of Tang Xiu's mouth as he nodded and said, "Well done! This time we'll take the initiative to launch a strike. All of you take a good rest today, and at most at noon tomorrow, I'll devise the operation plan."

"Understood!"

Inside the conference room, Xue Jie, Tang Wei, and Li Xiaojie nodded in unison.

"Auntie Xue, I'm afraid you'll have to work hard. I need to know the details about the businesses belonging to the Yao and the Sun Families in Guangyang. That will include their company's address and the list of their staffs. I want it done before 2 PM tomorrow." Said Tang Xiu.

Xue Jie nodded, "I'm good in this regard. Leave it to me!"

Tang Xiu nodded and then looked at Tang Wei, "You'll in charge of this place. Immediately capture any suspicious person who approaches the factory. Should they resist, don't hesitate to shoot them."

"Copy that!" Tang Wei nodded.

Then, Tang Xiu looked to Li Xiaojie, "You'll go with me to Fukang tomorrow. I must personally visit the Bai Family's head."

"Roger that!" Said Li Xiaojie immediately.

After Tang Xiu's arrangements, the trio left the conference room.

In the corridor outside the conference room, Hei Long was smoking while leaning on the wall. He now fully realized that what Tang Xiu told him before was true. Killing him was easy as pinching an ant if Tang Xiu wished it.

He had secretly observed. Those forty to fifty strong men were professionals. Furthermore, he could tell that they were once soldiers.

However, worries still lingered inside his heart. From Tang Xiu and these people's actions, he could tell that Tang Xiu was going to make a great move and highly like start a war with someone else. Though he couldn't guess who the other party was; however, they were definitely very powerful given that they could drive the Tang Family into a critical situation.

Additionally, till now he was still clueless as to what Tang Xiu picked him for. What would be his role?

"Hei Long, Tang Xiu wants you to come inside."

As Xue Jie came out of the conference room, her eyes fell on Hei Long.

Chapter 362: Tang Xiu's Visit

Hei Long startled inwardly. He quickly nodded and walked toward the conference room. As he entered the room and saw Tang Xiu sitting in a chair and smoking, the then asked cautiously, "Young master Tang, what's your command?"

"Sit!" Tang Xiu pointed to the chair at the side and said.

"Alright!"

With a straight and tightened body, Hei Long took a seat and then asked, "Young master Tang, I already resolved myself. After joining you, I will never turn south if you order me east. Likewise, I will never dare to fall to the ground after you tell me to go up to the sky. Whatever your command, please order me. As long as this Hei Long can do it, I'll absolutely do it, even if I have to throw my life."

"I need you to do a simple thing." Tang Xiu said, "This Hongpo District is your turf and you've been here for many years. I believe your intelligence network should be good, yes?"

Hei Long confidently replied, "Yes. Though I have only a little more than twenty trusted men, there are still many little brothers following me. Plus, there's still many small forces that have very complex relationships with me. I can easily inquire some news for you."

"Then your task is to assign some people to each street within a radius of ten kilometers surrounding the factory. Report to me immediately should any situation arise." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "To be frank with you, though I'm a junior of the Tang Family, this is my second time facing our adversary. The enemy's strength is very substantial and is on par with ours. Hence, our Tang Family is about to contend with the other party here in Guangyang, exactly in this Guan City. Our main base, later on, will be in Hongpo District."

A light flashed in Hei Long's eyes as he asked, "Could you tell me who our enemy is, Boss?"

"It's the Yao Family from Beijing and the Sun Family from Guangyang." Said Tang Xiu indifferently.

Hiss...

Hei Long couldn't help but take a cold breath. He had never heard of the Yao Family of Beijing, but he was crystal clear about the Sun Family of Guangyang. The latter was a family with huge power and influence that definitely ranked in the top five families among the major families of Guangyang.

"Don't be that shocked." Tang Xiu said, "Though our Tang Family is contending against these two families, it's limited to just the Guangyang and Fukang Provinces. Nonetheless, it's only a small-scale game; the outcome won't affect our family too much. And you, since I'm the one who picked you, I'll guarantee your safety. And, regardless of the outcome, I'll give you a lot of benefits when I leave this province."

The worries inside Hei Long's heart eased down a lot. He straightened up his chest and said, "Young master Tang, after this Hei Long becomes your underling, I'll still become a ghost under you even after I die. Please command me!"

"If you're confident, then show me a stellar performance." Said Tang Xiu with a smile, "Your influence in Guangyang will be no longer limited to just a small place such as this Hongpo District. Do you understand my meaning?"

Hei Long's eyes shined as he heavily nodded and replied, "I understand!"

Tang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Go then! After you go back, start on my order at once. I must ensure the security of our main base, and your people will play an important role for that."

"Understood!"

Standing up, Hei Long then prepared to leave. But his pace suddenly came to a halt as he hesitated for a moment before asking, "Young master Tang, would you mind if I ask you about that Jingying Internet Café's owner—Guo Sen, he..."

"To tell you the truth, he's the man of the Huang Family from Fukang Province. Not only that, he's also a intelligence personnel trained by the Huang Family. I have a special relationship with the Huang Family, so I asked for their assistance. If you wanna prove your ability, then do better than Guo Sen." Said Tang Xiu dully.

Instantly, Hei Long felt the pressure on him.

What Tang Xiu meant was something he was very well aware of. Aside from his people who were responsible for monitoring Hongpo District, there were also the intelligence people from the Huang Family. He knew what kind of existence the Huang Family was in Fukang Province. It was a big family ranked at the top one there. The details revealed by Tang Xiu gave him pressure; yet, at the same time, he was also somewhat excited. After all, the chance for the Tang Family to win would increase by several times with assistance from the Huang Family.

"Young master Tang, I won't let you down!"

Along with Hei Long's departure, Tang Xiu walked out of the conference room. He then faced Li Xiaojie who had been waiting outside and said, "Send some of our men to observe him closely! I don't want any complicated matters to arise because of him."

"I'll send my best scout to observe him closely," said Li Xiaojie with a nod.

The night passed with nothing more happening.

Early in the morning.

Tang Xiu and Li Xiaojie left the factory to head toward Fukang Province. On the way there, he contacted Guo Sen and told him to buy a dozen used cars.

Fukang Province, Zhou City.

It was Tang Xiu's first time visiting the city. He found that the city was not inferior at all compared to Shanghai with its high-rise buildings and continuous streams of traffic in its wide streets.

10 AM. Tang Xiu arrived at the Zhou City's Huang Family.

With the Huang Family boasting a very strong force in Fukang Province, they owned a land encompassing a large area where they built their family manor. When the car arrived at the front gate of the Huang Family's residence, they were stopped by the security guards at the main gate post.

"May I ask who you are? This is a private residential area. Outsiders are not allowed to enter."

As the security guard saw Tang Xiu and Li Xiaojie caming out of the taxi, he suddenly said in a deep tone.

Sending the taxi away, Tang Xiu then looked at the security guard and said, "Tell Huang Jinfu that Tang Xiu came visiting."

That security guard furrowed his brows as he stared at Tang Xiu with a somewhat ugly expression. There were not many people in the Fukang Province who addressed the family's head by his name. However, he could vaguely feel a peculiar aura from Tang Xiu and a military-man flavor from Li Xiaojie. He then immediately said, "Please wait!"

Having said that, he picked up a walkie-talkie and contacted the security captain of the Huang Family's Manor.

Five or six minutes afterward, Huang Jinfu along with four or five core members of the Huang Family rushed to the front gate in a hurry. When he saw the two men outside the gate, he instantly judged that one of them was Tang Xiu.

"Are you... Tang Xiu—Mr. Tang?" Bowing very low, Huang Jinfu's tone was full of respect.

"Ah, the Huang Family's head is too polite. Yes, I'm Tang Xiu." Tang Xiu said smilingly.

Huang Jinfu's eyes turned bright and he couldn't hide the excitement in his face. He respectfully said, "I've received a report from Guo Sen yesterday and I knew you'd come today. Please come inside quickly. I've prepared some tea."

Tang Xiu nodded and walked through the front gate of the Huang Family's manor.

Each and every one of the four security guards at the gate havd dumbstruck expressions as they looked at Tang Xiu and Huang Jinfu as they walked inside. Never once had they ever dreamed that the young man who arrived by taxi could make their family's head treat him with such an attitude.

"Who's this young man? Isn't this way too strange for the family's head to be that respectful before him?"

"Yeah, I never dreamed there could be anyone in this world who could make our family's head treat them with such an attitude. What sacred being this young man could be?"

"A powerful figure with such a low-key manner... Consider me having experienced it today. It was fortunate that we didn't treat him with disrespect. Else, we could have been severely punished by the family's head."

"..."

Two sightseeing cars were parked in front of the Huang Family's manor entrance. Under the warm greetings of Huang Jinfu, the two boarded the sightseeing car while Li Xiaojie and several other members of the Huang Family took the other car.

"Mr. Tang, your personal visit to our humble home is really an honor. I already called all the core members of our family yesterday. All of them are waiting inside." Huang Jie said with a smile.

"Family Head Huang, please don't stand on ceremony. We're not outsiders." Tang Xiu said smilingly.

Huang Jinfu's eyes brightened as he nodded, "Yes, yes. We're not outsiders at all. Since I heard that the Everlasting Feast Hall has a new boss, I actually wanted to visit you. But I didn't expect that you would come to visit our Huang Family yourself."

"Well, my visit to the Huang Family is because I have a request that I need your help with." Tang Xiu said.

"No, Mr. Tang. It's not correct for you to say that." Huang Jinfu replied with a severe countenance. "Please ask anything you need without any hesitation. First of all, needless to say, Boss Gu is my lifesaver. Merely by the present situation of we—the Huang Family, we truly owe the Everlasting Feast Hall way too much. I once told Boss Gu that without the Everlasting Feast Hall's assistance, there would be no Huang Family. Whatever you command, as long as you order it, our Huang Family will fully aid you even if it would exhaust our strength."

"If so, I would like to thank you first." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "After this, I'll tell Xiaoxue to foster a closer relationship between the Everlasting Feast Hall and the Huang Family."

Huang Jinfu's body trembled as ecstasy filled his heart. Yet, he couldn't help thinking about the subtle meaning from Tang Xiu's words.

Xiaoxue?

What kind of relationship is there between Tang Xiu and Gu Xiaoxue?

The two sightseeing cars quickly arrived at the main building of Huang Family's residence. A group of core members of the Huang Family welcomed Tang Xiu as they then went inside.

After introducing the Huang Family's members, Tang Xiu then straightly said, "Family Head Huang, shall we find a quiet place to talk?"

Knowing that Tang Xiu wanted discuss an important matter with him, Huang Jinfu immediately replied, "Let's head to my study room! No one will disturb us there!"

The study room was interesting and appealing, with refined and elegant decorations. Aside from a large number of books on the bookcase, there were also a writing-set, paper, ink, and an inkstone on the table. When Tang Xiu's vision shifted from the bookshelves and then fell on a shelf with handicrafts on its rack, his eyes suddenly fixated on it.

That is... an Inferno Stone?

Tang Xiu's heart suddenly jolted. He came before the shelf and reached out his hand to take the lion carving Inferno Stone.

"Do you find this lion carving stone good? It was carved by Grandmaster Huang Baiqing from our country." Said Huang Jinfu with a smile.

Gently stroking the Infernal Stone, Tang Xiu then slowly turned his head to look at Huang Jinfu and seriously said, "How about doubling the number of men the Huang Family can send to the Everlasting Feast for every three years in exchange for this lion carving stone?"

Huang Jinfu's eyes shined as he replied without hesitation, "Well, since Mr. tang likes it, please take it as you will."

He was really ecstatic and happy at this time!

It was because he didn't ever dream that such a fine lion carving stone would give his Huang Family a chance to double the number of men they could send to the Everlasting Feast Hall for every three years. Back then, they could only send three people every three years. Doubling the number meant they could send six people! Although there were deaths in almost every batch, the remaining people were the elites who then became the pillars of their Huang Family.

Chapter 363: Private Talk

Both sharing the same good and satisfied mood, Tang Xiu and Huang Jinfu sat on the sofa in the study room. Tang Xiu then put away the Inferno Stone and began speaking about the important matter, "Family Head Huang, you already know that I'm the boss of the Everlasting Feast Hall. I believe you have also guessed my other identity as well."

A peculiar color flashed in Huang Jinfu's eyes as he said, "You and the Tang Family of Beijing..."

"That's right. I'm also a member of the Tang Family." Said Tang Xiu.

"When you asked my help to investigate the whereabouts of the deputy director of Starlight Group's Finance Department, I had already somewhat guessed. The Tang Family and the Yao Family are having a battle for Guangyang and Fukang at present, and the Starlight Group HQ was burnt down by some people. According to the results of the investigation done by our intelligence, it was done by the Sun Family." Said Huang Jinfu.

"Yes, it was the Sun Family. Moreover, the battle between the Tang and Yao Families put my family in disadvantage as of now, so I personally came to Guangyang and Fukang to personally deal with the issues here."

"Mr. Tang, please freely tell me your thoughts! I had guessed that you were a member of the Tang Family, so I already ordered an assemble of the Huang Family's forces. We've also prepared our major group companies, so you only need to say a word for our Huang Family to fight side by side with the Tang Family."

Tang Xiu stood up and seriously said, "Thank you, Family Head Huang. I won't say more. Our coming days will be long, but I won't let the Huang Family pay everything in vain."

"This is what we should do." Huang Jinfu also stood up and smilingly said.

As the two men sat down again, Huang Jinfu continued, "So, what are your instructions for us, Mr. Tang?"

"I need detailed information about the Yao and Sun Families in Guangyang and the Yang Family in Fukang. Additionally, since we are stationed in Guangyang, I hope the Huang Family's intelligence network there would provide all the information I need and keep in touch with me at all times." Said Tang Xiu.

"I'll send the command down." Huang Jinfu nodded and said, "I'll give you the contact details of the person in charge of the Huang Family's intelligence in Guangyang."

"For the time being, I only need assistance from the Huang Family's intelligence." Said Tang Xiu.

"How about the armed forces, Mr. Tang?" Huang Jinfu promptly said, "According to the information I have, Fukang's Yang Family has trained a lot of martial arts experts; they have established several dojos for this purpose. Aside from the person in charge of each dojo, they also have a lot of martial arts trainees who are important components of the Yang Family's forces."

"The Yang Family did not send many manpower to Guangyang according to the information I've received thus far." Tang Xiu said, "The leading person from the Yao Family has probably planned to remove all of the Tang Family's forces in Guangyang by using the Yang Family's power as well, following which they want to eliminate the Tang Family's power in Fukang Province. However, as of now, the Sun Family is the target of utmost priority that must be dealt with in advance."

"I understand." Huang Jinfu nodded and said, "In short, you'll notice our Huang Family when you need us to strike!"

"There's also another thing that I must trouble Family Head Huang with." Tang Xiu nodded and said.

"Please do tell!" Said Family Head Huang.

"As far as I know, Family Head Huang and the number one figure in Guangyang Province should be old classmates, yes? Likewise, I heard that your relationship with him is also good?"

"That's right!" Said Huang Jinfu.

"The close partner of my Tang Family, the Bai Family's head in Guangyang, is currently arrested for investigation by government officials under the Yao and Sun Families. I hope Family Head Huang can contact your old classmate to help me save him. At present, the investigation results on him haven't come out yet. I hope that he can be reinstated to his former position."

Huang Jinfu frowned as he forced out a smile and said, "This matter is very difficult to deal with. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Asked Tang Xiu.

"Unless I promise him to give his family a quota of people to the Everlasting Feast Hall every three years." Huang Jinfu said, "In the recent years, he has been intensely asking me about the forces the Huang Family's experts have been trained under. I didn't dare disclose anything about the Everlasting Feast Hall, so I never answered him."

"Promise him!" Tang Xiu touched his chin and said.

Huang Jinfu's expression straightened as he nodded and said, "I dare guarantee that with this promise, he and his family will exert all of their power to preserve the Bai Family's head. Despite having very strong power and influence in Guangyang Province, his family lacks genuine experts. Else, his family would have surpassed my Huang Family."

"Then, I'll be waiting for your good news, Family Head Huang." Tang Xiu stood up and said.

Seeing Tang Xiu preparing to leave, Huang Jinfu promptly said, "Mr. Tang, I've already instructed the servants to prepare lunch. How about you..."

"I have to decline your goodwill." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "Time is very critical now, so I have to go back to Guangyang earlier."

Seeing that Tang Xiu had decided to leave, Huang Jinfu no longer tried to keep him. However, he had some puzzles he had yet to unravel inside. Looking at Tang Xiu who was about to leave, a thought crossed his mind as he accompanied Tang Xiu out, saying in an undertone voice, "Mr. Tang, may I ask about you and Boss Gu, your relationship with her is..."

"Someday in the future, Family Head Huang perhaps will know about it." Said tang Xiu calmly.

Secretly forcing a smile, Huang Jinfu knew that it was a tactful reply from Tang Xiu. It was clear that he didn't want to tell him about it. Regardless, he didn't dare to continue asking given Tang Xiu's identity. Other people may not know how terrifying the Everlasting Feast Hall was, but he was crystal clear about it. The Huang Family may be the topmost family in Fukang Province, but compared to the Everlasting Feast Hall, the difference between them tenfold.

In the case... that the Everlasting Feast Hall wanted to exterminate the Huang Family, all the members of the Huang Family would probably be completely killed overnight even if they only sent a small number of people.

Despite getting no answer, Huang Jinfu was still very satisfied and happy by Tang Xiu's promise. He could already imagine that the number of experts under the Huang Family would be many times over several years later.

What was the most important for a family? The answer was their military forces, of course!

Although power and wealth were very important, they were not beyond the importance of military force. In today's era, the genuine wealthy and powerful families must have absolute military force, only then could they be regarded as a genuine powerhouse and not in name only.

Shortly before noon.

Tang Xiu returned to Guan City's Hongpo District and headed straight to the factory. There, Tang Wei quickly met up with him and said, "Brother, there's an outsider visiting us. He said the Huang Family's head ordered him to come here to see you."

"I know." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "He's called Huang Bingcheng."

A peculiar light flashed in Tang Wei's eyes as he asked, "Brother, how exactly did you do it? Why the Fukang's Huang Family men would come to find us here? What exactly is the relationship between you and them, anyway?"

"I have some background story with the Huang Family's head." Tang Xiu said with a smile, "You also know that I've visited the Huang Family's head personally today. Hence, I've already borrowed the Huang Family's intelligence network in Guangyang for the time being."

Tang Wei raised his thumb and exclaimed in admiration, "Brother, I admire you more and more. I know you're resourceful, even grandpa gave you the full authority to deal with the issues in Guangyang and Fukang. To be honest, I was a bit surprised at that time, but now I understand. You're even more useful than Big Uncle!"

"Speak less nonsensical things, will you?" Tang Xiu involuntarily laughed and said, "Anyways, where's this Huang Bingcheng? Take me to see him."

"Okay!" Tang Wei grinned.

Immediately after, Tang Xiu met Huang Bingcheng in the conference room. The middle-aged man appeared to be gentle and brought along a scholarly aura with him.

"Are you Huang Bingcheng? The chief supervisor of the Huang Family's intelligence network in Guangyang? I'm Tang Xiu, I've phoned you before."

Showing a respectful look, Huang Bingcheng said, "I'm Huang Bingcheng, Mr. Tang. We've already mobilized all of our intelligence network in Guangyang Province under the Family Head's command and are currently monitoring all the movements of the Yao and Sun Families here. Though we dare not say that we can promptly discover they slightest sign of trouble, they absolutely can't escape the eyes of our intelligence personnel should they make any big moves."

"So, what are you going to do next?" Tang Xiu nodded and let out a trace of a smile, "Are you going to stay here? Or will you stay elsewhere and keep in touch through the phone?"

"I'll stay in our original place!" Huang Bingcheng said, "But I'll notify you the instant we receive any information."

"Sorry for the inconvenience." Tang Xiu nodded and said.

"No problem. It's what we should do." Huang Bingcheng promptly replied with a smile.

After Tang Xiu sent Huang Bingcheng off, Xue Jie gave the information she had sorted out to Tang Xiu. She fully understood all the information, as they were all the data of the Yao and Sun Families' businesses she had sent people to investigate. As a matter of fact, it also contained specific lists of the Sun Family members, people who were in charge of their businesses, official figures under them, and so on.

Tang Xiu's expression turned somewhat solemn after reading it. He found that the Sun Family's strength in Guangyang was really powerful. First of all, it was needless to say about their military forces. Just their three listed companies in Guangyang was a shocking solid strength in itself.

"Brother, I've read it. Taking care of the businesses mentioned above would be very great should we utilize cruel means and disturb the Yao and Sun Families' businesses. But the military forces of the Sun Family doesn't give the slightest chance for us to even peep on them. Coupled with the Yao Family's forces, we are simply not their opponent should we rely only on our people here." With a somewhat dignified expression, Tang Xiu caressed his chin and spoke in an undertone voice.

"True that." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "Not to mention this is just their apparent military force that Auntie Xue had investigated. Who knows how many armed forces they are hiding in the shadows? From the looks it, I still have to find some other helpers!"

Tang Wei's expression moved as he promptly asked, "Where are you going to find more helpers?"

Showing a faint smile in response, Tang Xiu took his out mobile and dialed a cell number. After it was connected, he spoke in a deep voice. "I need ten experts. Send them to Guan City's Hongpo District immediately. I'll text you the specific address later."

"Yes, Boss!" The other party replied lightning fast.

Chapter 364: A Bloody Night

After Tang Xiu hung up the phone, he looked at the curious expression on Tang Wei and Xue Jie's faces. He showed a pale smile and said, "Relax! Though I only called ten individuals, they are comparable to fifty or even a hundred people. Our next operation must be successful."

"Are they the Huang Family's people?" Xue Jie probed.

"No." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "They are my men."

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Tang Xiu." Xue Jie was perplexed and said, "Did you say that they are your men? Do you train some people as well?"

"Yes. I indeed have been training some people." Tang Xiu said with a pale smile, "I already started my own business before I recognized the ancestors of our family. Without picking up my own people, continuing the business would be a very difficult thing to do."

"You actually have been running your own business?" Xue Jie was astonished.

Tang Wei chimed in, "Auntie Xue, this matter is only known by a few in the family. As a matter of fact, this brother of mine had already set up a company and started a business when he was still in high school, before the family found him. Don't look down on him. Even the renowned Kang Xia, the world's most amazing gold manager, is the one helping my brother's work."

"Kang Xia?" Xue Jie cried out involuntarily, "Tang Xiu, that means, you're the Magnificent Tang Corporation's... Boss?"

"That's right." Tang Xiu smilingly said, "The Magnificent Tang Corp is indeed my company. But I just started it and have invested a lot of capital. So it hasn't had any profit yet."

At this moment, the way Xue Jie looked at Tang Xiu was completely different than before.

She admitted and admired Tang Xiu for his strategy, resourcefulness, and military force. But in regard to business, she thought that she was more skillful than him. However, never once did she imagine that Tang Xiu was actually the Big Boss of the Magnificent Tang Corp; even Kang Xia agreed to work for him.

Who was Kang Xia? She was the gold manager whom all businessmen in China longed for in their dreams. Her reputation in the business world was more resounding than any Big Bosses of the listed companies.

"Amazing!"

Even though Xue Jie had a thousand words she wanted to say, she eventually could only speak this out.

Tang Xiu only let an indifferent smile in response and then said, "All of you go rest. I need to think about the operation plan. We'll act tonight should there we receive any information from the Huang Family."

"You're going to take the initiative?" Xue Jie was astonished.

"The best form of defense in the world is always offense, to begin with." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "We did obtain a victory yesterday, but the Yao and Sun Families won't buy it. Thus, we shall take the initiative to strike in this kind of situation. And this is exactly the best time."

Xue Jie and Tang Wei exchanged looks as they nodded in unison. They could tell that Tang Xiu's argument was reasonable. In war, one should catch one's enemy with a surprise attack.

Two hours later, Tang Xiu came out of the room. He had devised a combat plan according to his knowledge about the situation of the Yao and Sun Families' forces. He dared not say the plan was perfect. Yet, he had confidence that, as long as the operation plan was executed well, it would bring about an enormous blow to the Yao and Sun Families.

"Tang Xiu, the ten men have arrived." After seeing Tang Xiu coming out, Xue Jie, who had long been waiting outside the room, quickly reported.

Nodding and handing over the operation plan to her, Tang Xiu said, "Have a look at this first. If you think there's no problem with it, we'll commence the action according to this plan. All right, I'll see them first."

Tang Xiu then left the building. As he arrived outside, he saw a row of ten men standing straight as javelins. He secretly nodded inside.

"Who among you is Gu Lang (Lone Wolf)?"

"I'm Gu Lang. Reporting to the Boss!" A lean man took a step forward and respectfully said.

"I'm very satisfied in your speed." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "Go rest now and wait for the next order tonight."

"Yes!" Gu Lang replied in a deep tone.

As dusk descended, Huang Bingcheng sent someone to deliver the collected information gathered by their intelligence, which was more detailed than Xue Jie's. After Tang Xiu and the others read them, he made some revisions to the previously devised combat plan.

"Brother, everything has been set. We're now awaiting your order."

Tang Wei strode in from the outside as he spoke in a deep tone.

Tang Xiu nodded. As he came outside the building and saw the five rows of men with ten men in each row, he then nodded with satisfaction and said, "You've already seen the combat plan devised by me. Tonight, we'll be divided into three squads. One squad of 20 men will be led by Li Xiaojie to attack the first and second targets. Gu Lang will lead another squad of 20 men to strike the third and fourth targets. While I will personally lead a squad of ten men to strike the fifth and sixth targets. Tonight's mission is to capture these six strongholds of the Yao and Sun Families and destroy their family businesses with lightning speed.

"The cars and weapons have all been prepared. In order to reduce casualties, we'll employ sneak attacks. Try not to use the guns as far as possible if the enemy has yet to detect us."

"We'll begin the operation at ten hundred sharp. After you have arrived at your target location, clearly scout the specific situation of the targets and report to me at any time should there be any unusual situation!"

Immediately after, Tang Xiu waved his arm as Li Xiaojie and Gu Lang's squads quickly drove away from the factory.

Standing beside Tang Xiu, Tang Wei seriously said, "Brother, I must take part in the battle. I'll follow your squad. You and I both are members of the Tang Family! If you can go forth to battle, likewise, I can do it too."

"Then who will take charge of this place if we are all going?" Said Tang Xiu.

"Tang Xiu, let Tang Wei go with you! Leave this place to me!" said Xue Jie.

Tang Xiu was silent for a moment before he nodded and said, "In that case, come with us! But you must stay with me and immediately retreat should you come across any dangerous situation."

"No problem!" Tang Wei let out a satisfied smile.

Guan City, Imperial Nightclub.

The younger brother of the Sun Family's head, Sun Feilong, was drinking with several of his friends while a bevy of young girls hang around them giving extravagant services.

"This Guan City is truly a good place! It's much better than our place in the Northwest. Boss Sun, we've been friends for more than ten years, right? We told you many times that we wanted to come here, but you always said that you're occupied with something. But coming to Guan City this time really didn't make us disappointed!" A bald middle-aged man, with a gold chain hanging around his neck, laughed loudly while embracing a girl.

A trace of a smile outlined on the corner of Sun Feilong's mouth as he said, "It's been more than ten years indeed. But all of you are busy men, when can you take the time to look after me, anyway?! Were it not because our Sun Family joined the Yao Family to fight against the Tangs, even if I thickened my face to ask you to come and help, you wouldn't be here now!"

"Haha ..."

"Hehe..."

Several big men invited by Sun Feilong laughed as they drank a glass of wine.

Bam!

The door was kicked open as six burly men armed guns burst inside and opened fire. The big middle-aged man in the forefront was a good shooter and his firing speed was extremely fast. He killed two men among the four inside the room. Even those four men around Sun Feilong had no chance to fight back and all of them were killed.

The six big men left the women alive.

After they quickly killed Sun Feilong and the others, they immediately left the room. At the outside, four corpses fell in the corridor, while dozens of others were killed throughout Imperial Nightclub. Most of them were killed by knives.

"Retreat! Let's rush to the second target!"

While glancing at the big man who killed the most people, Li Xiaojie said in a deep, low voice.

Guan City, Redstar Bath Center.

Bath entertainment centers were good business nowadays, and many visitors came to find women. The Sun Family's manager in charge was sitting in the office. A pretty girl sat beside him, stirring a cup of coffee while smiling at the manager.

It was 10 PM. A lot of visitors plunged toward the thugs around the venues nearby the bath center. Their actions were especially ruthless as almost anyone who met their knives died a violent death. Within just a minute or two, dozens of thugs had already been killed.

Bam!

The office's door was trampled open.

Someone's shadow flashed inside. The dagger in Gu Lang's hand accurately pierced the Sun Family's manager in charge, as the girl inside screamed. Gu Lang directly knocked her unconscious. Following which, he turned around and left.

Guan City, Golden Inn.

It was a small private club encompassing an area that was controlled by the Sun Family. The one in charge of the site was an outstanding junior of the Sun Family, Sun Xiaoyu.

However, in this place, there were many armed forces belonging to the Sun Family. Most of them were experts trained by the Sun Family who possessed real martial arts skills. The backyard of the clubhouse was a living quarter as well as the usual training place for those experts which was not opened to the public.

Tonight, the place was very quiet and peaceful. Due to the recent alliance between the Sun and the Yao Families' forces against the Tang Family, this group of martial arts experts under the Sun Family had rested earlier to recuperate and build their energy while waiting for orders.

Sun Xiaoyu hadn't rested yet, as he was having an intercourse with a woman at the moment.

Puff...

A sharp Mitsubishi army knife was stabbed into his back. The moment the knife was pulled out, Sun Xiaoyu's complexion turned ghastly pale. When he abruptly looked up, he was overwhelmed with shock as he discovered that the one standing near the bedside was very youth.

"Who are you?"

He flipped over extremely fast and involuntarily exclaimed in alarm.

A touch of a smile was revealed on Tang Xiu's mouth as he used his spiritual sense to observed the dozens of martial arts experts under the Sun Family in the surroundings being killed one by one in their sleep. He let out a cold and detached smile and said, "Sun Xiaoyu, you're the first batch of the dead members of the Sun Family. But you can rest assured, for there will be more of your clansman joining you on your travel. I guarantee that your Sun Family will soon vanish from Guangyang Province and will never reappear again."

Tang Xiu's voice had yet to fade away as the Mitsubishi army knife in his hand pierced between Sun Xiaoyu's eyebrows lightning fast. At the same time, Tang Xiu kicked the abdomen of the naked woman who attempted to pull out the gun under the pillow. After kicking her, Tang Xiu moved to the side to grab the Mitsubishi army knife on Su Xiaoyu's eyebrows and stabbed the woman's heart.

An enemy was enemy, regardless of men and women! And Tang Xiu was very well aware that women were sometimes more terrifying than men!

His face suddenly changed. Under the observation of his spiritual sense, the two men under him who were carrying the assassinations were found by one of the enemies after slaying the people in one room. The man sensed the sneak attack and was about to take out his gun to counterattack.

Chapter 365: Wailing and Despairing

The loud gunshot had woken up the remaining martial arts experts of the Sun Family. Tang Xiu moved at an extremely fast speed between the opened rooms in the corridor. Each and every strong man that came out from the rooms would be killed in an instant.

Like the saying that killing one man for every ten steps, not only did Tang Xiu achieve it, he even did it much better.

The corridor was tens of meters long. As he sprinted from one end to the other, the enemies that died in his hands amounted to a total of twelve.

The fierce combat ended in a short period of time.

After all the enemies in the clubhouse backyard were slain, Tang Xiu and his entourage poured the already prepared gasoline in the spots that were easy to set on fire. The entire backyard of the clubhouse was set ablaze.

"Brother, it's done." Tang Wei came before Tang Xiu with two bodyguards, grinning from ear to ear.

"Well done." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "The most important thing in this operation is not to expose our identity, so we must first destroy all the surveillance equipment. Let's hurry up! We gotta make the best time for the sixth target."

Tang Wei was startled as he asked, perplexed, "We won't burn the front office of the clubhouse?"

"There are many guests in the clubhouse." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "A lot of outsiders will be implicated if we burn the clubhouse now. Besides, even if we don't burn it, few people will visit this place after tonight."

Tang Wei nodded smilingly after hearing it, "You're right. Fire is something taboo everyone avoids. If I were to spend my time here and experience fire and murder, I'm afraid I'd not come here again in the future."

Immediately after, the group of twelve quietly left through the wall.

A faint smell of blood fluttered in the air as dark clouds had unknowingly covered the sky-filled stars. It was like the whole world had fallen into slumber.

From these six locations, over 200 experts trained by the Yao and Sun Families were brutally killed. Of the four locations, three Yao and Sun Families' group companies and an important warehouse had been completely burnt.

Guan City, Riverbay Manor.

In front of the window on the second floor of the villa, Yao Xinhua fiercely smashed a crystal cup with a ferocious expression.

A man and a woman standing in front him didn't even dare to breathe heavily due to the atmosphere, whereas Topherson and Ai Murui just smoked their cigars on the opposite sofa while fiddling with the firearms in their hands.

Bam!

The door was forced open as a pale-looking young man strode into the room and quickly called out, "Young Master, the Ming Ding Group's HQ was set on fire. Four security guards in the monitoring control room were killed. All the samples stored by the company inside were also burned. The most important thing... is that the new product's samples and data were inside. This time... our losses are huge."

Yao Xinhua's pupil contracted and his body suddenly trembled. He knew the new product that was researched and developed by the Ming Ding Group. It was a new drug for urethritis. This afternoon, the R&D Chief researcher of this new product had just sent the samples and R&D data to the headquarters and even explained to him the details of the product.

"Shit! Why did I put those things in the company headquarters?!" Full of regret and fury, Yao Xinhua's fierce expression became twisted.

Ring, ring, ring...

The ringtone of a mobile on the table was sounded.

Yao Xinhua grabbed the mobile, yet didn't see the caller ID. He snapped in a stern voice, "What happened now?"

"Young master Yao, a big incident! Unidentified people just attacked our Sun Family's nightclub and bath center. A large number of our armed personnel in the Golden Inn Clubhouse were killed and the clubhouse was burned down. The company group headquarters was also burned down and many security guards were killed. My... my younger brother—Sun Feilong also died." The voice of the Sun Family's head, Sun Feilei, came out from the phone.

Despite opening his mouth, Yao Xinhua couldn't say anything. After feeling stifled for quite a long time, only then did he bitterly say, "Come to the Riverbay Manor immediately. I'll be waiting for you."

"All right!" Sun Feilei replied and directly hang up the phone.

Yao Xinhua fell into silence. The fierce expression on his face slowly subsided. A trace of a smiling expression suddenly appeared on his face as he sat back on the sofa and muttered, "Interesting. This is very interesting. This kind of style and ability is not Tang Yunpeng's. He's the governor of Xusu Province, hence, he can't something crazy like this. Who is it? Tang Wei? That kiddo does have powerful capital, but how can the Tang Family's intelligence investigate us so clearly?"

Nested in the sofa, Topherson suddenly lifted his body and asked, "Captain Yao, do you know about this Tang Wei well? Has he experienced any harsh military training or something?"

"Where could he have received any military training?" Yao Xinhua shook his head and said, "He's a playboy of Beijing. He does run some businesses for the Tang Family, but he's not someone who can do something like this. He just practices Taekwondo, so he's just a bit stronger than an average person."

"It shouldn't be him." Topherson shook his head and said, "There had to be an expert among the ones who attacked our people at the Earth Cabinet Factory in Changbu Town. That guy is very powerful, and I'm afraid that I don't have such amazing skills. I've checked all the wounds on bodies of the dead. Many of them were killed by knife."

Yao Xinhua's expression flickered. He was very aware of Topherson's abilities. If even he felt inferior to the enemy, that meant he had to be vigilant.

Time fleeted by.

Half an hour afterward, Sun Feilei arrived at the Riverbay Manor with a dozen bodyguards.

"Family Head Sun, please take a seat!" Yao Xinhua pointed to the sofa in front and said calmly.

With a bitter expression, Sun Feilei said, "Young master Yao, my Sun Family has suffered a massive loss tonight! The Tang Family has gone crazy. They have no scruples in attacking our Sun Family's businesses. What is most difficult for me to accept is that they know the sites in our Sun Family's turf like the palm of their hands. The surprise attacks were very fast and they quickly retreated after succeeding. I had no time to rescue anyone."

"Two sites belonging to my Yao Family had also been attacked and we've lost a lot of people too. Our Ming Ding Group's HQ, just like the Starlight Group of the Tang Family, isn't a place where anyone can go and leave easily either." Yao Xinhua calmly said, "Shouldn't you've received this news before coming here?"

"Yes." Sun Feilei nodded and said, "But what did the Tang Family's people do, anyway?"

"I don't know." Yao Xinhua shook his head and said, "Tang Yunpeng is already back at Xusu Province. They were originally stationed at Red Maple Villa Complex, but that place is deserted now. The people I sent there to secretly monitor them had been killed too. I don't know where's their nest now."

"Then, what should we do?" Sun Feilei furrowed his brows and anxiously asked, "We just ate so many losses, do we just sit and wait to die?"

"Do you think sitting and waiting for death is within my disposition?" Yao Xinhua's expression turned cold and snarled, "We've lost their trails. The most important thing now is to find them and then gather up all of our forces to decimate them!"

"I have the order to spare no effort on finding those murderers!" Sun Feilei solemnly said, "My Sun Family's intelligence network is currently operating at maximum speed, so we'll be able to find them as long as they are still in Guangyang."

"The Tang Family had prepared to strike us a heavy blow this night." Yao Xinhua nodded and said, "Let's analyze our losses first before focusing on mobilizing our military force. As long as we can find their traces, I'll personally lead the attack. All the Tang Family's forces must no longer be in Guangyang Province."

"We must uproot the Tang Family's power and influence in Guangyang." Sun Feilei said, "Else, I'll have sleepless nights and will be unable to eat peacefully later. Young master Yao, wait for my good news!"

"I understand your anger since I am also very angry." Yao Xinhua nodded and said, "But now is not the time for us to be muddle headed. The Tang Family has a powerful figure. Though I don't know who the person is, I really want to play this game with him. Sometimes, playing with too weak an opponent is very boring."

"But this price is way too big for only having fun." Sun Feilei forced a bitter smile.

"Tonight was but only an accident." Yao Xinhua confidently said, "The opposite party has gained a big advantage tonight. Therefore, they will probably retreat and stay put for the time being. By the way, tell those government officials you've grasped to find any means to convict Bai Yang. As long as he's found guilty of his criminal charges, it will be easier to clean up and eliminate the Bai Family. It can be considered as cutting off one of the enemy's arms."

"Young master Yao, it would've been very easy to convict Bai Yang before tonight. It could have been done within a few days as long as we continued pressing." Sun Feilei helplessly said, "However, what happened tonight is too big. I believe it will definitely cause a stir in the entire Guangyang Province. I'm afraid that even those big forces in the country will know exactly what happened. This time, let alone my Sun Family, even the people above won't be paying any attention to the Bai Family's matter."

Furrowing his brows, Yao Xinhua then slowly said, "Since we have no way to convict Bai Yang for the time being, then we'll buy some people in the prison to make him suffer. If that still doesn't work, then kill him directly. Use any means to forge a scene of him committing suicide and announce it. I believe I don't have to teach you how to do this, right?"

"Young master Yao, rest assured!" Su Feilei's eyes turned bright as he nodded and said, "I guarantee that Bai Yang won't be alive by tomorrow night."

Before dawn.

Guan City, Hongpo District.

Not long after Tang Xiu led his squad back to the factory, Li Xiaojie and Gu Lang's squads also came back. Including Tang Wei and Xue Jie, the five then gathered in the conference room.

"Alright, let's talk! How was the completion of the operation?" Tang Xiu was smiling as he lit up a cigarette and took a deep puff.

Li Xiaojie grinned, "It's been a long time since I had a happy killing. Tonight, we've eliminated 62 enemies. Two men died and four are wounded. But the injured brothers are not in a life-threatening condition."

Gu Lan dully said, "We've exterminated 74 people, with only three of our people injured. None died."

Li Xiaojie fell into a daze for a moment as he then forced out a bitter smile.

He thought that his group had done the best, but compared to this mysterious Gu Lang, he turned out to be a bit worse.

Chapter 366: Excited

"You guys did a good job. You've killed many enemies at a very small price. This is truly a great merit." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "In my end things also went very smooth and we've killed nearly a hundred of enemy's men without any casualty. We removed probably one-third of the Yao and Sun Families men in Guangyang."

"If we report this victory tonight to our family in Beijing, grandpa will be ecstatic." Tang Wei laughed.

Light rippled in Xue Jie's eyes as worship rose inside her heart. Only a handful of people could make her worship them nowadays. Yet, after tonight's actions, she had this kind of feeling toward Tang Xiu.

Amazing and valiant! Using these words to describe Tang Xiu was too little.

Xue Jie took a deep breath and said smilingly, "You all did a great job. The result is ten times better than my expectations. I originally thought that we'd have to completely withdraw from Guangyang Province. But I didn't expect that with just two operations under Tang Xiu's leadership, the Yao and Sun Families would suffer such a heavy blow. So, Tang Xiu, what should we do next?"

"We'll lay low and go hunting." Tang Xiu smilingly said.

"I understand laying low, since tonight's battle was really big." Xue Jie was puzzled and said, "I'm afraid the top leaders in Guangyang Province won't be able to sit still; they will suppress us should we show up again tonight. But what do you mean by hunting?"

"Assassination!" Said Tang Xiu with a smile.

With a slight change in expression, Xue Jie asked, "Who's the target? The Yao and Sun Families' people?"

"I need your help to make an assassination list containing the Yao and Sun Families' people who come to Guangyang." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "If we want to finish the battle in Guangyang earlier, we have to kill the enemies and instill fear in them."

"That's right. Since they start this then we'll give them a heavy blow as payback." Tang Wei nodded solemnly, "I'm now actually hoping for the Yao Family to send a large number of men so that we can kill more of them."

"What I hope is that we can grab ample advantage under this kind of situation and finish this game earlier." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "I believe you also know very well what kind of situation our Tang Family is in at present. If our family were really to lose all decorum with the Yao Family, I'm afraid our family would also suffer a heavy blow even if we could completely destroy them. Once we arrive at that point I'm afraid that the other families in the country wouldn't miss this chance to take advantage of us, right?"

Tang Wei was dazed for a moment, as he silently nodded afterward, "Like grandpa said, what our family needs the most now is time. As long as we're given three to five years, by that time, let alone the Yao Family, our family won't even be afraid of the top families in the country."

"That's right, what we need is exactly time." Tang Xiu said, "As a matter of fact, this game between us and the Yao Family is simply the case of harming others without benefitting ourselves. Hence, when we commence the hunt, not only must we kill as many enemies as possible, but we must also obtain advantages. Furthermore, this was also the reason why I decided to call Gu Lang, to begin with. But Brother Wei, you'll have to stay here and wait for my orders."

"This..." Tang Wei somewhat hesitated upon hearing it.

"Tang Wei, since Tang Xiu already said so, you gotta listen to him!" Xue Jie said, "I believe you know what he's capable of. Nothing will happen to him."

"Okay! I'll stay here and take care of this place." Tang Wei nodded helplessly.

"Then, what about me?" Xue Jie looked at Tang Xiu as she smiled and said, "Should I continue staying here? Or..."

"Auntie Xue, though the Starlight Group HQ has been destroyed, there are still many issues in the company, so, you staying here is rather problematic." Tang Xiu said, "Hence, I suggest that you also come with me to Fukang. You'll take full responsibility for the management of the company's affairs in the branch office there. Don't worry, though. I'll send four experts to protect you aside from your current bodyguards. I believe they can protect you even in the face of a large-scale sneak attack."

"That's fine with me!" Xue Jie said with a smile.

Immediately after, Tang Xiu worked out a hit list with Xue Jie's assistance based on the Huang Family's intelligence. Aside from the Yao and Sun Families' people, this assassination list also included the Fukang's Yang Family's people. Furthermore, Tang Xiu had decided to immediately start the clean-up in Fukang Province after finishing the assassinations in Guangyang Province.

Beijing, at the Tang Family's ancestor home.

The two brothers—Tang Guosheng and Tang Guoshou—were discussing some issues, while Tang Min was serving tea at the side, adding some words to the conversation once in a while.

Ring, ring, ring...

With furrowed brows, Tang Guosheng's mind instantly shifted to the problem in Guangyang Province. Almost without hesitation, he grabbed the mobile and immediately pressed the answer button after seeing that it was a call from Tang Xiu.

"Xiu'er, why aren't you resting this late at night?"

"I have some things I need to tell you." Said Tang Xiu.

"What happened? Something happened in Guangyang?" Asked Tang Guosheng.

"Two hours ago I brought our people to attack the Yao and Sun Families' industries in Guangyang as well as raid their military forces. Thus far, we've destroyed nearly one-third of their forces in Guangyang."

"What?" Tang Guosheng abruptly stood, disbelief bursting from his eyes.

Shocking! Simply too shocking!

He simply couldn't believe his ears. It must be known that even though the Yao Family's forces in Guangyang was not big, but the Sun Family was a local tyrant there! How many manpower would it be needed to destroy one-third of their forces at the same time?

Tang Guosheng's lips quivered as he asked in a stuttering voice, "X-Xiu'er, how did you do it exactly?"

"Our Tang Family was supported by intelligence from the Huang Family. I also called some of my men. Thus, we attacked six different places belonging to the enemy. Didn't they burn our Tang's Starlight Group HQ? Hence, I also burned both the Yao and Sun Families' company group headquarters here. Rest assured, though. It was cleanly done. They won't be able to find any pieces of evidence even if they know it was our doing."

"Great, that's very well done! Since you have full authority of our Tang Family in Guangyang and I just got the news, I think that old fogey from the Yaos should also be receiving the news now. Hahaha.... I'm happy, very happy!"

"Grandpa, Xue Jie will compile a report with the details of the action here and she will send it to you by mail. By the way, I'll have to hung up now."

"Wait!" Tang Guosheng quickly called out.

"Do you have something else to say?" Tang Xiu asked.

"Xiu'er, though you've obtained a remarkable victory tonight, you must not underestimate the enemy. Should anything go wrong, you and Little Wei must retreat immediately. It's fine if you have to abandon Guangyang and Fukang." Said Tang Guosheng.

"I understand." Said Tang Xiu.

Tang Guosheng thought for a moment and then spoke again, "Then, what are your next plans?"

"I made a list of assassination targets." Tang Xiu said, "A very small part of the targets are the Yao and Sun Families' people in Guangyang, with most them being in Fukang. At the latest of two days I'll be leaving for Fukang Province to contend with the Yao, Sun, and Yang families there."

"What about the Huang Family in Fukang? Are they going to help?" Asked Tang Guosheng.

"No, I don't want the Huang Family to join in, unless as the last resort." Tang Xiu said, "But if I can't shoulder it, the Huang Family will give their all to help us."

"Is that for real?" Tang Guosheng was shocked, "They will give their all to help us? How could this be possible?"

"Grandpa, I can't tell you some things for the time being." Tang Xiu said, "I believe you'll learn about it when the time is ripe."

"All right, I see." Said Tang Guosheng.

After the phone call ended, Tang Min quickly asked, "Father, what happened in Guangyang? Your mouth is kinda crooked!"

With joy on his face, Tang Guosheng smilingly said, "Wait. Wait until you hear it! Ah, Xiu'er is really worthy as the offspring of the Tang Family. Amazing... Awesome!"

Tang Guoshou and Tang Min glanced at each other. The former forced a smile and said, "Eldest Brother, don't keep us guessing, will you? What exactly happened there in the end?"

Grinning ear to ear, Tang Guosheng said, "Just tonight, Xiu'er brought his forces to decimate one-third of the Yao and Sun Families' forces in Guangyang."

"What?"

"Heavens!"

Tang Guoshou and Tang Min abruptly stood up with hard-to-believe expressions on their faces. They stared at Tang Guosheng without blinking.

"I didn't lie to you. Xiu'er himself phoned me, and I believe he wouldn't lie to me." Said Tang Guosheng with a smile.

"Eldest Brother, if what Xiu'er said is really true, then... our Tang Family in Guangyang can be considered to have gotten the upper hand on the situation?" Tang Guoshou was excited. "We also know that the machinations of the Yao and Sun Families had originally been laid out for many years. Their power over there is at least twice of ours. To think that they suffered such a big loss now... I'm afraid that old geezer of the Yaos should be distressed to death by now."

"That's right." Tang Guosheng nodded and said smilingly, "Even if we have to fully abandon Guangyang, it's worth the loss with the Yao and the Sun Families suffering such a heavy blow."

Beijing, at the Yao Family residence.

The barking sounds of several dogs occasionally sounded in the secluded courtyard. Inside the main house, the sound of falling things was particularly loud.

Anger marked Yao Qingzun's old face. In front of him were three men and two women who looked similarly furious as they stood in silence.

"Father, the statistics of our losses has come out." Said Yao Chengqing after he strode into the room with a thick stack of documents in his hands.

Grabbing that stack documents, Yao Qingzun then quickly read them, his complexion getting uglier the longer he read. When he finished reading the last page, he fiercely dropped the documents stack on the table and furiously roared, "Did Xinhua not detect any of the Tang Family's movements at all? That damned Sun Family, are they not the local snake in Guangyang? How can they not be aware of any traces given their strong intelligence network?"

Yao Chengqing forced a wry smile and said, "The Tang Family's forces in Guangyang Province all vanished without a trace. Xinhua thought that they went into hiding and absolutely wouldn't make any moves temporarily. Who would have thought that..."

Chapter 367: Hunting

"He thought? His underestimating the enemy is because he's too conceited." Yao Qingzun angrily fumed, "Earlier we had strongly suppressed the Tang and Bai Families and decimated their forces. Yet, the losses were not as bad as tonight's. Didn't Tang Yunpeng leave Guangyang? Who was the one leading the operation tonight?"

"We haven't investigated it yet." Yao Chengqing shook his head.

Bang!

Yao Qingzun smashed everything on the table and lividly roared, "You haven't investigated it? The enemy has driven us to such a state, yet you haven't even investigated the identity of our enemy?"

Lowering his head without speaking, Yao Chengqing and the others didn't dare to breathe too heavily in such an atmosphere.

Shameful! They were deeply ashamed.

After a good long while, only then did Yao Qingzun took a few deep breaths and snapped, "Get Liang Teng to take some men there. Tell Xinhua that, if he doesn't make any progress, then get the hell out of there and stop disgracing himself further."

Liang Teng?

The expressions on Yao Chengqing and several others' faces changed.

"Father, Liang Teng is our family's strongest secret expert." Yao Chengqing hesitated, "If we send him to Guangyang Province, isn't it akin to treating a major issue lightly? Besides, he's currently leading our people to guard against the Tang Family in Beijing. If he were to leave and the Tang Family..."

"What would the Tangs do, anyway?" Yao Qingzun waved his hand to interrupt him and harrumphed coldly, "They are nothing but a paper tiger now. They may be able to scare those small families, but will they dare to strike our Yao family so brazenly? Hmph... it's not like I'm looking down on them, but they wouldn't dare to attack us even if they had more courage."

Staying silent for a moment, only then did Yao Chengqing slowly nodded, "All right! I'll notify Liang Teng to delegate the security work to the others tonight, and then to rush here tomorrow morning."

Shanghai Airport.

Wearing casual wear, Kang Xia led several employees of the Magnificent Tang Corp to leave the exit gate. A lean statured Su Quan, who looked very intelligent, was tightly carrying a combination-lock black briefcase in his hand.

"This ain't right." Glancing around a few times, Su Quan complained to Kang Xia at his side. "Big Boss Tang didn't even come pick us up?"

Glancing at him, Kang Xia let out a slight smile and said, "We didn't contact him before coming, to begin with. Let's go! I've booked rooms at the Kapur Hotel, so let's have a good rest tonight. We'll participate in the Wine Tasting Conference tomorrow. I've spent quite some effort to get our place, so I won't allow any mistakes to happen."

"Rest assured, Chief Kang!" Sun Quan said with a smile.

Kang Xia nodded slightly. The group took a taxi and then arrived at the five-star Kapur Hotel. After settling themselves, Kang Xia took a shower and changed her clothes to a beautiful dress before dialing Tang Xiu's cell number.

"You've arrived in Shanghai, Kang Xia?" Tang Xiu's voice was transmitted from the mobile after the call was connected.

"Yeah, we've already settled in the hotel. Anyways, where are you? Are you free now? I wanna see you." Kang Xia said with a smile.

"I'm currently in Guangyang. I got an important matter to deal with here." Tang Xiu said, "I'll go back after finishing it."

"Guangyang?"

A disappointed expression appeared on Kang Xia's face. After hesitating for a moment, she then asked, "Boss, what are you doing in Guangyang? The Wine Tasting Conference will be held tomorrow. Can you attend it?"

"I'm afraid not." Tang Xiu said, "Dealing with the matters here won't give me any spare time at all."

"Then your school..." Kang Xia said.

"I've properly arranged it, so I don't need to participate in the military training." Tang Xiu said with a smile, "The new term should be start by the 20th. It should be fine if I go back before class starts. Thus, I'll have to rely on you to oversee the Wine Tasting Conference's matter."

"Don't worry! I'll manage it well." Kang Xia forced a smile.

"All right. That will be all." Tang Xiu said.

Kang Xia hung up the phone and put down the handbag she just picked up. She then walked toward the window to the see night scene of Shanghai as the feeling of loss inside her heart intensified. She had put down a lot of work this time to leave for Shanghai and personally attend the Wine Tasting Conference. But the main reason was, in fact, because Tang Xiu was here. She wanted to take advantage of the conference to stay with him for a while.

But then, why did he go to Guangyang?

Shaking her head and secretly sighing inside, Kang Xia realized that Tang Xiu was becoming busier to the point that she often couldn't see him for long periods of time.

Guangyang Province.

Tang Xiu put down the phone and let out a forced, wry smile. How could he not understand what was in Kang Xia's mind? Were it not because of the Tang family's matter, he would have had to meet Kang Xia and have a midnight snack.

Having a beautiful day in such lovely scene with delicacies and a beauty is surely much better than racking my brains to scheme on the enemy here in Guangyang!

Shaking his head, the anger in Tang Xiu's heart toward the Yao and Sun Families swelled. He then strode out of the room after a moment of silence and shouted, "Gu Lang, come see me now!"

Shoo!

A silhouette came out of another room as Gu Lang appeared in neat clothes. He then respectfully said, "Boss, do you have orders for me?"

Tang Xiu said, "I'm in a bad mood and I can't sleep. Wanna go out and do some hunting with me?"

Gu Lang's eyes shined. He nodded without hesitation and said, "I'll absolutely follow your orders, Boss!"

"Don't be so serious." Tang Xiu waved his hand and said, "Let's go! Staying idle here means we're doing nothing. Let's give the Yao and Sun Families another scare. Ah, right. Call Li Xiaojie, too. Let him be our driver."

"Yes!" Gu Lang replied and immediately walked toward the next door.

"Boss, I'll bring the car right away."

Without waiting for Gu Lang to approach the door, Li Xiaojie quickly opened the door as he strode out and grinned ear to ear. He imitated Gu Lang's address.

A few minutes later, an SUV drove out of the factory's front gate. While driving, Li Xiaojie asked with a smile on his face, "Boss, where are we going hunting?"

"Head to the Sun Family." Said Tang Xiu.

Screech...

Braking, Li Xiaojie was appalled as he called out, "B-Boss? W-we... we'll go hunting the Sun Family? Are you not joking with me?"

"Do I look like I'm joking with you?" Tang Xiu calmly replied.

"Nope. You don't look like you're cracking a joke!" Li Xiaojie forced a smile and said, "But still, there are only three of us. If we are to break into the Sun Family's main base, then we... we're just courting death!"

"Regardless of courting death or not, we'll know after we get there." Tang Xiu said indifferently, "No more nonsensical talk. You must know where the Sun Family's main base is located, no? Just drive there."

"This..."

Despite hesitating for a moment, Li Xiaojie still drove ahead conscientiously. He always thought that Tang Xiu was mature, steady, and resourceful; a very outstanding scion of the Tang Family. Hence, he had never thought that Tang Xiu would devise a spur of moment plan and unexpectedly execute it in such a crazy manner.

Hunting the Sun Family in their main base?! This was not a joke at all!

The Sun Family's manor was very big, and one-third of their forces protected it. It was nearly impossible for three hundred people to lay waste to the Sun Family's manor, let alone the three of them.

Li Xiaojie secretly sighed and advertently glanced at Gu Lang. He shivered inside, however, because he found that not only the man did not show the slightest fear, his eyes even brightened up, looking highly spirited.

Freak! The Boss is a freak, and so are his men!

Groaning inside, Li Xiaojie could only focus on driving the car.

Guan City, at the Sun Family Manor.

The Sun Family manor resided on the bank of an autumn water lake with beautiful surroundings at an excellent geographical location. With the lake at the front and a hill behind, it was situated at the foot of the hill and beside a stream. There were all kinds of flowers and luxuriant greeneries around; even the night was unable to conceal its beauty.

A few kilometers away from the Sun Family Manor was a road fork, as Li Xiaojie parked the car on the roadside.

"Boss, you really don't want me to go with you?"

"Only Gu Lang and I will sneak inside." Tang Xiu shook his head and said, "Drive the car a bit far from here as to prevent the Sun Family's men from finding it."

"Roger that. But Boss, please pay attention to your own safety." Li Xiaojie said.

Giving an 'OK' gesture as response, Tang Xiu and Gu Lang silently approached the Sun Family's Manor under the concealment of the dim light of the night. Subsequently, Tang Xiu released his spiritual sense to cover a radius of two to three hundreds meters around the surrounding area. With this, he could clearly observe if the slightest sign of trouble appeared.

"Gu Lang, were you brought up by Yan'er as well?"

As they approached the outside of the Sun Family Manor's courtyard wall, the duo didn't jump over the wall directly but leaned on the bottom of the wall and whispered.

"Yes!" Gu Lang said.

"As far as I'm awared, Yan'er has bestowed her surname to six people altogether. Aside from Xiaoxue, you're the first person I meet with the surname Gu. Looking at your appearance, you should be less than 30, right?"

"29." Said Gu Lang.

Tang Xiu shook his head. Such a short interchange made him a bit helpless. He found a patrol of ten men passing by the wall with the observation of his spiritual sense; thus, he wanted to kill time and chat—despite in whispers—with Gu Lang. Yet, he had never thought that his disposition was unexpectedly true to his surname: solitary and unsociable.

Several minutes later, the patrol left the scope of Tang Xiu's spiritual sense. He then pointed to the power grid on the wall and whispered, "I'll throw you up there. It's a bit high so you gotta be careful to pick your landing spot and not fall to the ground."

Looking at the nearby three or four meters high courtyard wall and the power grid about a meter from the wall, Gu Lang nodded and said, "A four to five meters height is not a problem for me. I once jumped from the third floor and was safe and sound."

Jumping from the third floor?

Tang Xiu couldn't help looking at him with a strange expression, admiration emerging inside. Even the present him would probably get injured if he were to jump from the third floor without caution.

"Now!"

Tang Xiu shouted in an undertone voice as he grabbed Gu Lang's waist and strongly flung him above. A slight falling sound was heard afterward. Through his spiritual sense, he observed Gu Lang as he borrowed the leverage force and moved akin to an agile leopard cat into the nearby woods and immediately exclaimed in admiration inwardly.

The next moment.

By using his tiptoe to step on the wall, Tang Xiu's body dashed upward while his fingers grabbed the power grid under the wall. With the force of his fingers, he uplifted his body mid-air and then tipped his toe to the spot his finger just grabbed. Although it was only a slight touch, this slightest force pulled his body up more than a meter high as he easily entered the manor's courtyard.

Chapter 368: Assassination and Extortion

Tang Xiu's movements were as smooth as the passing clouds and the flowing water. The instant his feet stepped on the ground, he shuttled into the bushes as though a cheetah. With a bit of effort he dashed into the woods in the blink of an eye.

"The Sun Family is very cautious. Pay attention to your safety."

While looking at the flashing lights from the distance that were getting closer, Tang Xiu whispered.

"Roger that, Boss." Said Gu Lang.

While pointing at several garden houses covered by his spiritual sense, Tang Xiu whispered, "Our plan today is rather hasty, so we neither know the situation of this place nor their armed forces. Hence, we'll hit the names on the list; the others are optional. As far as possible, don't kill the elderly, children or women if they don't resist."

"Understood!" An unusual glint appeared on Gu Lang's eyes as he silently nodded.

When the flashlights of the patrol disappeared at the end of the alley in the distance, Tang Xiu led Gu Lang through the dead angle of several surveillance cameras. They silently approached the nearest garden house. With his spiritual sense, Tang Xiu "saw" the situation inside the house. Aside from a woman and two children, there was also a middle-aged man sitting in the study room fiddling with a pistol.

Li Yi, the Sun Family's son-in-law, an expert fighter with a smart mind and a lot of contributions.

After clearly "seeing" the man's appearance, data from the investigation emerged inside Tang Xiu's mind. That middle-aged man's photo was included in the information.

Inside the study room.

A touch of a smiling expression emerged in Li Yi's eyes as he fiddled with his pistol. He was currently thinking deeply about something.

That guy, Sun Feilong, has died. The Sun Family's control will be greatly reduced and the available manpower will be lesser as well. Then... won't I be able to be in charge of more businesses?

Hmph... someone outside the family will have a different heart?

So what if I don't have the Sun Family's blood? The more of you die, the bigger the authority I can get. At that time you won't even be able to find someone else even if you don't want to take me in.

As he put down the pistol, Li Yi was unaware of the shadows flickering outside his window. He reached out his hand to dial a number and said in a deep tone, "Big Baio, take good control of our people since the Sun Family doesn't know about your existence yet. They are now just a running dog of the Yao Family and they are in a life-and-death struggle with the Tang Family. The more the Sun Family's people die the more authority and wealth we can get from them later. Preserve our forces. We must not miss the chance should an opportunity arise in the future."

"Copy that!"

Li Yi hung up the phone and grabbed the pistol again.

Outside the window, Tang Xiu could clearly hear Li Yi's words as an unusual glint flashed in his eyes. He didn't do anything to alarm the man and quietly left. In a dark corner after joining with Gu Lang, Tang Xiu smiled slightly as he said in an undertone voice, "It's very interesting. Some people in the Sun Family who are not of the same surname seem to have a different mind. We shall keep him, I'll have a great use for him in the future."

Clueless as to what Tang Xiu meant by that, Gu Lang still obediently nodded and said, "Then, shall we go elsewhere?"

"Yup!" Tang Xiu replied and slowly fluttered toward the nearby garden house.

In the darkness, Tang Xiu and Gu Lang sneaked into the garden house. Nearly without wasting any strength, they arrived at the bedroom on the second floor. At this time, a man and a woman were asleep inside. Tang Xiu had identified the man as one of the Sun Family's branch.

Bam!

Puff...

As Gu Lang hit the woman and made her unconscious, the Mitsubishi army knife in Tang Xiu's hand sliced the man's throat, directly claiming his life.

"Next building."

The duo didn't linger and vanished without a trace. They soon appeared in another garden house. With his clear sense of perception, Tang Xiu easily observed the situation in each garden house and was able to find the enemy's position right away.

Though Gu Lang didn't possess Tang Xiu's cheat ability, he had been through numerous fights and was very experienced in assassinations. Therefore, with their teamwork, they had already swept six garden houses, either stunning or killing the people inside. As of now, the number of people that died in their hands amounted to a total of eight.

At the Sun Family Manor, inside another garden house.

Sun Feiwu hadn't rested yet. Standing in front of him were two big burly men reporting tonight's losses as they discussed how to solve tonight's issues.

He was the third son, a younger brother of the Sun Family's head, Sun Feilei, and a man with full authority. Furthermore, he alone controlled one-third of the armed forces of the Sun Family and nearly one-tenth of their wealth. It could be said that losing him was akin to losing one of their fingers.

"A Qiang, my second brother has been killed, so I'll give you an ad-hoc authority to control all the family's businesses he managed. I've discussed it with eldest brother and he already gave his approval. Remember, I'll send you 20 experts, and you have full authority to command them. Don't hesitate to kill the enemies once you found them." Sun Feiwu's vision landed on a tall burly man as he said with all seriousness.

"Rest assured. I'll shoot those Tang Family's dogs and make sure they die a very..."

Puff...

A Mitsubishi army knife fiercely stabbed his heart from the back as slender fingers then covered his mouth. From the door's direction, a figure holding a dagger backhandedly dashed as though lightning. In a span of a short breath the figure sprinted to another burly man's side as the dagger hacked down and slashed the man's neck.

"Who the hell are you?"

With a drastic change in his expression, Sun Feiwu reacted extremely fast to open the drawer and grabbed a pistol from inside, aiming the muzzle toward Gu Lang, who was sprinting towards him. However, Tang Xiu, who was the first to dash inside, had already moved to the side and slashed his knife to hack Sun Feiwu's hand which held the pistol.

"Be quiet!"

Tang Xiu grabbed Sun Feiwu's neck and covered his mouth while pressing the Mitsubishi army knife onto his neck.

The pain turned Sun Feiwu's face crimson and his body twitched. He didn't have any strength to make the slightest sound. He could only watch as his trusted confidants were killed in front of him as they fell into a pool of their own blood. His heart turned as though ice.

Tang Xiu smirked and lightly said, "Well, life is always the most important thing regardless of how much wealth is under your control. Once you die, however, there's nothing you can carry with you. So, staying alive is of the utmost importance. Give me your money and I'll spare your life."

Suppressing the aching pain, Sun Feiwu's lower lip twitched, hinting that he wanted to speak.

Loosening his hand on Sun Feiwu's mouth, Tang Xiu then coldly said, "Don't even think to call for help. The moment you speak out loud my knife will slice off your throat. Take your money and buy your own life. I wanna know how much money you'll give for your own life."

"Who are you?"

Sun Feiwu could feel his own blood dripping from his wrist as he rapidly asked.

"Don't bother with our identities. We brothers just arrived at Guangyang, and we quickly found that we are unable to eat." Tang Xiu let out a pale smile and said, "But then we heard that your Sun Family is very rich. We originally wanted to snatch your wife to demand some ransom. But since she's been staying in your house these two days, we could only take the risk to get some money from you."

With his pupils contracted, Sun Feiwu growled, "You're not the Tang Family's people?"

Raising his brows and pretending to be surprised, Tang Xiu asked back, "The Tang Family? Who are they?"

Startled inside, Sun Feiwu croaked, "You're not the Tang Family's men, but you have the balls to rush into my Sun Family's manor? Are you not afraid of not being able to leave? You must know that our manor has patrols everywhere. You'll die without a burial place once you are found."

"Do you even have patrols in this broken manor of yours?" With an odd expression, Tang Xiu replied, "How come we didn't bump into any when we sneaked here? I did see a few guys, though. They were entered inside and then left again, hence leaving the three of you here."

Damn it!

Sun Feiwu was truly furious inside. Never in his wildest dreams did he thought that these two bastards were not the Tang Family's men. They were just after his money, and were extremely fortunate to not bump into the patrols when they snuck into this place.

This was truly bad luck, however he had encountered it numerous times. But he dared to swear that this bad luck was one he had never come across in the entirety of his life.

"How much do you want? I'll give it to you." Sun Feiwu croaked.

"Well, I heard that your Sun Family is very rich and your wife seems to manage a big company." Tang Xiu said with a smile, "You should have lots of money, no? Name your price. How much your and your wife's life are worth? Do remember, though. If you're bold enough to cheat us and don't dare give us your wealth, then you'll die very miserably. You can be sure we'll shame your wife and then kill her afterward."

"You..."

Killing intent gushed out inside Sun Feiwu's heart. However, he was akin to a fish on a chopping block at the moment. Though he really wanted to kill them, he dared not to act.

"I'll give you the money. 10 million."

"10 million? You'll really give us 10 million?" Tang Xiu said in a pleasantly surprised expression.

"Your life is only worth 10 million? That's way too little!" Gu Lang said.

"Gu Lang, did you say 10 million is too little? Does their family have more money?" Asked Tang Xiu.

"Yup. I heard that their big company is worth more than a billion." Gu Lang coordinated.

Tang Xiu's face changed as he stabbed Sun Feiwu's thigh while covering his mouth and snapped, "You damn peckerhead! You actually wanted to give 10 million to dismiss me?! Do you think this Big Daddy is an idiot? Give me more."

"I think he can take out 200 million." Gu Lang said.

"200 million? Will he really take it out?" Tang Xiu exclaimed.

"Let's just see his ability. If he can't give us 200 million, just kill him and let's find his wife." Gu Lang said.

"You're right, women are very timid, to begin with." Tang Xiu nodded and said, "So, how about we kill him now? I heard his wife is quite a beauty, we can..."

"Alright!"

The moment Tang Xiu loosened his grip, Sun Feiwu broke free and abruptly growled.

Chapter 369: Cashing in and Calling it a Day

Tang Xiu looked at Sun Feiwu with a satisfied look. The Tang Family had suffered heavy losses. He didn't mind to simultaneously cashing-in while killing the Sun Family as to make up for his family's losses.

The conversation with Gu Lang just now was, in fact, a play. They had killed a good deal of high-ranked members of the Sun Family before coming to Sun Feiwu's place, and they had done the same thing before killing them.

"Gu Lang, give him your bank account."

Upon hearing it, Gu Lang immediately told Sun Feiwu his bank account.

A few minutes later, after Gu Lang had verified receiving the money, he indifferently said, "You preserved your life, but not your wife's yet. Gimme another 200 million, only then will we let you couple off."

"You..." Sun Feiwu was furious.

Raising his dagger Gu Lang only replied lightly, "Decide. You don't wanna pay for your wife's life. So you'll get knocked out while your wife will end up with a miserable fate."

"I don't have that much money. I should have only 100 million in my account now. That's the total sum of my and my wife's savings, while the rest are in the family's businesses." Said Sun Feiwu bitterly.

"Check your account balance and transfer all there to me." Said Gu Lang indifferently.

"All right!"

Though hesitating for a moment, Sun Feiwu quickly checked his account balance and then told the number to Gu Lang.

Gu Lang looked at it and said indifferently, "There's more than 100 million. Transfer it all to me!"

Sun Feiwu kept silent. After transferring all the money he then said, "Can you let us go now? Also, the money is all yours, I won't tell anyone if you accept my condition."

"What condition?" Asked Tang Xiu.

"Join me. I guarantee to make you rich and prosperous; to have a worry-free life for the rest of your life." Said Sun Feiwu seriously.

Loosening his grip on Sun Feiwu, Tang Xiu came before him and said with a smile, "Your condition is very tempting. If I were not surnamed Tang, I would have taken it without consideration."

Puff...

The knife in Gu Lang's hand pierced Sun Feiwu's heart.

"Bastard. You guys are really the Tang Family's people. But you obviously said if I give the money..." Sun Feiwu's pupil shrunk as he called out angrily.

Tang Xiu interrupted him as he smiled and said, "I said that I wouldn't kill you if you give me the money."

Gu Lang continued stabbing before finally piercing Sun Feiwu's neck. He then looked at Tang Xiu and said smilingly, "We made quite a harvest today, Boss."

"Indeed. Much more than I'd expected." Tang Xiu said with a smile, "It seems like raiding and plundering truly make people rich. What was that proverb again? Just like horses won't become fat without night grass, so won't men become rich without dishonest money. Anyhow, keep the money for now and then transfer it to a Swiss Bank account later."

"All right!" Gu Lang nodded.

Half an hour afterward, as Tang Xiu and Gu Lang killed the 21st Sun Family member, a furious roar came out from the garden house in the distance.

"MURDER! ENEMIES!"

Inside the garden house, Tang Xiu and Gu Lang exchanged looks as they nodded to each other. Without looking at the man in a pool of his own blood, they quickly dashed toward the outside.

Under the surveillance of Tang Xiu's spiritual sense, he could clearly observe anything within the scope of two to three hundred meters. His complexion slightly changed after seeing the squads that were previously out of his scope of perception turning back.

"The reaction speed and mobility of the Sun Family's patrol squads are very good. We'll encounter a patrol squad of ten men in front. Don't get entangled in a fight with them. We can kill as many as we can, but the most important thing for us now is to escape." Said Tang Xiu whisper after hiding in the bush.

"Roger that!"

Murderous intent glinted in Gu Lang's eyes. Such a situation was something he had gone through numerous times. He didn't fear it, and instead was somewhat excited since he could brave the danger and follow Tang Xiu. He was akin to a fish that struggled in the stream of a river, wanting to be a carp that leaped through the dragon gate and obtain the chance to turn into a dragon who can move unhindered in the ocean.

"Go!"

As Tang Xiu shouted lowly, the duo proceeded forward side by side. 20 seconds later they came across the patrol squad of ten men. Without demur Tang Xiu and Gu Lang mounted a fierce assault. A middle-aged man who had taken out his pistol didn't even have the chance to shoot as he had his throat sliced and his heart stabbed. At this critical time, Gu Lang, with his deft skill, struck and killed two other men.

"Be careful!"

Suddenly, Gu Lang's complexion drastically changed as he flung his body toward Tang Xiu in an instant. By the time he hit Tang Xiu, a bullet pierced his right arm, blood splashing right after.

A sniper?

Tang Xiu's facial expression greatly changed. Within the scope of his spiritual sense, aside from the two patrol squads who were rushing at them at a very fast pace, there was no sniper presence at all. Which meant that the sniper aiming at them was in a much further place.

"Let's go!"

Brandishing his knife and killing a member of the patrol squad, Tang Xiu grabbed Gu Lang's other arm and dashed lightning fast toward the manor's courtyard wall.

"Be ready!"

As the distance to the courtyard wall was about ten meters away, Tang Xiu growled. He sprinted forward, his figure akin to lightning, and got closer to the courtyard wall. About four to five meters away from it he forcefully flung Gu Lang while using his feet and hands to jump over the electrified cable and successfully rush out.

Puff...

The moment Tang Xiu's leg dashed away, a bullet hit where his feet were just at.

"Boss, look out!"

Slowing down his pace, Gu Lang was easily overtaken by Tang Xiu.

Tang Xiu didn't speak. He reached out to grab his shoulder and accelerated once more. Pushed his speed to the limit, he ran away as though a ghost.

In the Sun Family Manor, inside a garden house, Su Feng observed through his sniper rifle's telescope. He shot twice, one of which hit the arm of the enemy, and yet failed the second time.

But at this time, nobody knew how panicked and terrified he was. Because amongst all the powerful foes he had met, no one had such an extreme speed.

That speed... had already broken through the limit of what a human being could burst out. Even if he was very far away from them and was aided by the sniper rifle's sighting telescope, he could only catch a tad of the man's trajectory.

Is he still human?

Bitter and astringent, Sun Feng could only watch them disappear in the distance. He put his sniper rifle away and quickly ran downstairs.

On the roadside four or five kilometers away from the Sun Family Manor, Li Xiaojie was sitting in the driver seat, smoking and observing the surroundings. Suddenly, his expression slightly moved, his complexion changing after seeing Tang Xiu sprinting back from tens of meters away.

Fast!

Li Xiaojie's heart trembled. With his sharp eyes he could see Tang Xiu bringing Gu Lang along, whose clothes had already been dyed red.

Bam!

The door was opened and closed quickly.

"Go!" shouted Tang Xiu in a heavy and deep tone.

Li Xiaojie started the car and quickly drove out. After driving away for more than ten kilometers, he then asked, "Boss, is Gu Lang all right?"

At this time Tang Xiu had ripped open the clothes on Gu Lang's wound and sealed his acupoints to stop the bleeding. As he listened to Li Xiaojie's question, he shook his head and said, "It's not fatal, but we have to go back to Hongpo District as fast as possible. I need to remove the bullet on his arm."

"Got it!" Li Xiaojie replied quickly.

"Boss, this kind of injury is nothing." While grinning, Gu Lang smilingly said, "We can't go back to Hongpo District directly, we must abandon the car midway. Else, the Sun Family will be able to catch it on the surveillance video of the road we just passed. Wherever it appears, they will also find the factory in Hongpo District."

Pondering for a moment, Tang Xiu immediately took out his mobile and dialed Tang Wei's cell number. As Tang Wei's blurry voice came out, Tang Xiu said in a deep voice, "Don't sleep yet. Come fetch us up. I won't tell you the address yet, but we'll keep in touch."

"Hey, what do you mean? You are not..." Tang Wei sobered up and curiously asked.

"Well, we got bored tonight, so we went to visit the Sun Family and carried out a few assassinations. Gu Lang is injured and we gotta get back quickly to treat him. Just hurry up and don't let anyone trace you." Said Tang Xiu.

"All right!"

Though Tang Wei was shocked to learn that Tang Xiu and Gu Lang left to assassinate the Sun Family late at night, he also knew that it was not yet the right time to understand the situation. After replying, he dressed up and dashed outside.

Tang Wei arrived half an hour later. The trio abandoned the previous car and Li Xiaojie shot its fuel tank as the car exploded and burned down. Following which, the four left at an extremely fast speed.

"Though the license plates are fake, still, we can't let leave them."

Putting down the license places into the car and then sitting down, Li Xiaojie then moved his eyes toward the grim-looking Tang Wei.

At present, Tang Wei was truly livid. He was angry because of their boldness, even daring to run up to the Sun Family to carry out assassinations at this time. He had heard about the Sun Family's armed defense force. The defense was very tight and formidable. Yet, all three of them came back alive, leaving him feeling somewhat disbelieving.

"Tang Xiu, if Big Grandpa knows about this matter he'll be very furious, that I can be certain of. You were way too bold. It wouldn't be a problem If it somewhere else, but you dared to run up to the Sun Family? Are you tired of living or something?"

In the end, Tang Wei still couldn't hold it. He growled furiously as he looked at Tang Xiu through the rearview mirror.

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Tang Xiu's mouth as he said, "Brother Wei, I know you were worried. But haven't we just escaped? Besides, business tonight was quite great!"

"Boss, you were inside for only a little more than an hour, how many people could you kill?" said Li Xiaojie with a forced smile.

"You sneaked inside for more than an hour? And you even managed to escape?" Said Tang Wei with knitted brows.

"If we don't count the time we killed those few patrol squads, we killed a total of 21 members of the Sun Family. All of whom were members in the hit list and were also the backbone of the Sun Family. Pity that we didn't find the Sun Family's head, though. Otherwise, tonight's attack would have been a complete success."

"What?"

Chapter 370: A Few Families Rejoice While a Few Others are Anxious

Tang Wei greatly changed his complexion, as even Li Xiaojie wore a incredulous expression.

21?

The backbone clansmen with authority in the Sun Family probably amounted to a dozen people or so. Added with the top-level executives, the number was probably less than thirty. Prior to this they had already killed a few of them, yet, tonight Tang Xiu and Gu Lang had killed 21 of them in just under an hour?

Such being said! Wasn't this akin to nearly all members of the Sun Family being killed?

Gulping down his own saliva, Tang Wei probed, "Brother, you... you didn't lie, right? You've really killed 21 members of the Sun Family in the name list?"

"Of course, it's true. I made that list myself. So it's a given that I know the people I killed tonight!" Tang Xiu nodded and said, "Furthermore, I also found an interesting thing. The Sun Family will probably no longer be our enemies after tonight."

"What do you mean?" Tang Wei asked, puzzled.

"Just wait! You'll soon know." Tang Xiu let out a mysterious smile.

At this time, the Sun Family Manor had turned into a complete mess. Those who were old, frail, ill or disabled came out of the garden houses one by one, loudly crying out. Patrol squads constantly run between the garden houses as people cried and howled when dead bodies were brought out.

Leading two members of the patrol squad, Li Yi looked pale as he commanded for the dead bodies to be carried to the central square of the Sun Family.

He couldn't help but feel fortunate at this time, because he found that the enemy had snuck in from the wall nearest to his residence, yet, the enemy didn't get rid of him and only killed the Sun Family's people living near him instead.

Guan City, Riverbay Manor.

Sun Feilei and Yao Xinhua were devising the next action plan, sharing the two parties armed forces currently available to them. Though tonight's heavy losses had given the Sun Family a heavy blow, Sun Feilei was confident that they would be able to completely defeat the Tang Family. Following which, with the aid from the Yao Family, his family would thus become the biggest family in Guangyang Province in the future.

Ring, ring, ring...

The mobile's ringtone interrupted the two men's conversation.

Frowning, Su Feilei saw that it was a phone call from his wife. A trace of anger immediately flashed in his eyes. After pressing the answer button, he said in a heavy, firm tone, "I have important matters to deal with now and will go home late. Don't disturb me if there's no important thing."

"Husband, something happened!" A woman's crying voice came out from the mobile.

"What happened?" Sun Feilei's expression changed as he abruptly stood.

"Our Sun Family is finished." The woman sobbed.

"Hey, this old father has yet to die. There's no way the Sun Family would end. Tell me quickly, what happened, exactly?" Sun Feilei thundered angrily.

"Husband, enemies sneaked into our Sun Family Manor and killed a lot of our family members." The woman cried tearfully, "Feiwu, Sun Wei, Qianjin, and nearly all direct offsprings of our Sun Family died. All members who held important positions in our Sun Family have also been killed. Excluding the members of the patrol squads, 21 people died."

"WHAT?!"

Sun Feilei's pupils dilated as he furiously roared.

He couldn't believe his ears. His dignified Sun Family Manor had extremely formidable armed forces defending it... how could the enemy possibly attack it?

Moreover... the high-level clansmen of the Sun Family were also killed by them?

"Bitch, are you joking with me? This is no fucking funny at all!"

The woman cried even more, "I'm not joking. It's true! All of them died and our Sun Family is finished."

Sun Feilei's body shivered as his mobile phone dropped to the floor.

"Family Head Sun, what has happened?" Yao Xinhua asked in a heavy tone.

Raising his head to look at the concerned Yao Xinhua, Sun Feilei seemed to have lost his soul as he slumped down on the sofa, murmuring, "Everyone's dead. The core members of my Sun Family are all dead!"

Yao Xinhua's face changed. He grabbed Sun Feilei and indignantly shouted, "What nonsensical shit are you talking about? Who could possibly have the ability to kill all the core members of your Family?"

"I don't know. It was my wife who phoned me." Sun Feilei shook his head and said, "Excluding the dead patrol men, merely the core members of my family who died amount to 21."

Releasing Sun Feilei, a horrified expression painted itself on Yao Xinhua's face as he furiously gulped down his own saliva. The Sun Family was a local tyrant in Guangyang and the high-level, core members who controlled the real power in the entire family were about 30 people. A few of them had died before and now 21 more followed.

That... how many top level members who are still alive does the Sun Family still have now?

Yao Xinhua took a deep breath and suppressed the terrified feeling in his heart. He then shouted sternly, "Let's head to the Sun Family Manor immediately."

Fukang Province, at the Huang Family.

Huang Jinfu had fallen asleep but was awakened by his mobile ringtone. As he finished the call, a shocked expression was painted on his square face.

Yes! The information he just received shock him to the core.

The dignified Guangyang's Sun Family had their core members killed overnight. The number of enemies had yet to be investigated clearly, but it was said that the number was very few; only two people were seen.

"The Everlasting Feast Hall! Haha... with the Everlasting Feast Hall as the enemy, the Sun Family is probably done for. And the Yao Family... tsk, tsk... If the Everlasting Feast Hall were to mobilize all of their people, even they should also be able to... annihilated them overnight without a problem, wouldn't it?"

Taking a deep breath, Huang Jinfu immediately dialed a cell number.

"Old buddy, you had better speed up. Bai Yang had better be able to return to the Bai Family by tomorrow morning."

"I know. But I just..."

"You got the news too?"

"Yes!"

"Now you should realize how terrifying the strength the Everlasting Feast Hall possesses, yes?" Huang Jinfu forced a smile and said, "Let alone the Sun Family, even if it were my Huang Family... I'm afraid we'd also be annihilated overnight."

"Brother Jinfu, care to enlighten me as to what kind of power and influence this Everlasting Feast Hall possess precisely?" A middle-aged man's was voice transmitted from the phone.

"I don't know. I really know nothing." Huang Jinfu forced a smile and said, "They are very mysterious and very terrifying. But most importantly, their people are very low profile."

"I understand. You can rest assured that I'll never send anyone to investigate this Everlasting Feast Hall. Also, I'll try my best to build relationships with the Everlasting Feast Hall's people. Oh, if you meet that person again... I must trouble you to ask him whether the Everlasting Feast Hall is willing to open a branch in Guangyang Province. My Chu Family will definitely spare no effort to help with them."

"All right!"

The call ended.

Huang Jinfu's face looked somewhat complex. Dressing up and walking toward the window, he then watched the scenery outside covered by a profound silence. Inside, he secretly sighed, Who could have thought that such an unprecedented blow would hit the Sun Family in this tranquil night? More so that the Chu Family would help at once when they were asked for help. If the Chu Family was able to build a good relationship with the Everlasting Feast Hall, that would mean that the Huang Family would also reach a secret alliance agreement with the Chus as well.

Beijing.

Noises awakened Tang Guosheng from his sleep. After he listened to the phone call, he laughed wildly thrice and immediately called Tang Xiu.

Compared to Tang Guosheng, the Yao Family's head, Yao Qingzun, was struck with a psychosomatic silence. He fell into silence for a good deal of time. He also dialed Yao Xinhua's number and only said a few words: change from offensive to defensive.

The next morning, two Audis drove into Guangyang Province's South River Prison. Several middle-aged men then went inside as they left in a hurry a few minutes after.

Inside one of the detaining rooms in the prison, Bai Yang was looking at the walls, smoking a cigarette and looking dispirited. The cigarette was given to him by the prison warden. The man once owed him a favor.

He knew that he was finished! Perhaps, even his Bai Family was also highly likely to be finished.

He felt somewhat resentful. Resenting his own father from picking the wrong side, and resenting choosing to stand on the Tang Family's side in the past. He could consider himself as very clear about what kind of situation the Tang Family was in nowadays. They may still have a high reputation and could be regarded as one of the top families in Beijing, but they were no longer on par with their past self.

With the current Tang Family's power and influence in Guangyang, defending themselves is rather impossible, isn't it? Seems like staying safe and sound... would be difficult.

Bai Yang sighed inside.

Creak...

Bam!

The iron door outside sounded. Warden Jiang Yangwen brought several police officers to Bai Yang's prison room.

"Warden Jiang, are all of you...?" Bai Yang's heart sank as he asked aloud.

A thick smile hung on Jiang Yanwen's face as he said, "Brother Yang, I just received the order to release you. Furthermore, the order was simultaneously issued by the province's number 1 and number 2. Oh, number 1 also said to make the best use of your time to go home this noon. He invites you to have a lunch together at Cuiwei House."

"What did you say?" Shocked, Bai Yang doubtfully asked aloud.

Jiang Yangwen repeated himself and then laughed, "Brother Yang, all is well. Everything has been clearly investigated, and the person who framed you has been arrested. He's a member of the Sun Family who wrote that anonymous letter and spread the rumors. Nevertheless, the guy will be sent here for detention soon."

Gulping his saliva, Bai Yang's eyes glanced over at the several police officers.

Seeing this, Jiang Yangwen instantly understood Bai Yang's thoughts. He turned toward the police officers and waved his hand, hinting for them to leave. When there was only two of them left inside the room, he said, "Brother Yang, is there anything you wanna know?"

"Warden Jiang, what was the reason for all of these?" Asked Bai Yang.

Jiang Yangwen stepped back to look through the door outside. After he found nobody there, he came before Bai Yang and whispered, "Brother Yang, something big had just happened in Guangyang. Originally, it was only the Tang Family's Starlight Group HQ that got burned, right? But last night, some people burned the company headquarters belonging to the Yao and Sun Families. Furthermore, 200 to 300 people from these two parties died. I heard that they were assassinated."

"Yet, this is not the most startling news. The most startling news is that the Sun Family met a disastrous end. Late last night, some people sneaked into the Sun Family Manor and most of the high-level members of the family were killed. As of now, aside from the Sun Family's head, Sun Feilei, their remaining core members are in other provinces."

An ecstatic look emerged on Bai Yang's face.

Suddenly, he had a deep understanding, that there was always a way out for somebody, as every cloud also had a silver lining.

The miserable fate of the Sun Family; the losses of the Yao Family; the first thing to come to his mind was the Tang Family. He was sure that the party who was able to create such a major cause as this was absolutely the Tang Family.