Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 132 - 132 0142 He Does the First I Do the Fifteenth

Chapter 132: Chapter 0142: He Does the First, I Do the Fifteenth Chapter 132: Chapter 0142: He Does the First, I Do the Fifteenth Just one chapter today. Word keeps crashing and it’s driving me nuts.

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“Li Yuman, don’t pretend you’re so saintly. Isn’t your goal the same as mine? Isn’t it Wang Haiyan’s property you’re interested in? Hoping to get a piece of the pie, right?” Lin Xugang exposed Li Yuman’s true intentions. “I actually have a proposal. How about we join forces? Let’s make Wang Haiyan hand over his property, then you and I split it five-fifty. What do you say? That’s the most Hongmen can compromise.”

Li Yuman frowned, “Lin Xugang, who do you think I am? A sly opportunist? I just said I would protect Brother Haiyan. I would never allow others to covet his property. Show some wisdom and get lost.”

Lin Xugang’s face darkened, “Li Yuman, consider carefully. You may be powerful, but Brother Li is quite formidable too. And don’t forget, Brother Huang Lei, Brother Li’s brother-in-law, is even more outstanding. Are you sure you want to spoil our Hongmen’s plans?”

Li Yuman’s expression slightly changed. She wasn’t afraid of Li Hongbin, but she was slightly apprehensive about Huang Lei. Plus, this girl harbored certain special feelings for Huang Lei. If she anger Li Hongbin at this moment, whether Huang Lei’s perception of her would change was an uncertain matter.

Grinding her silver teeth, Li Yuman turned around and left. Seeing Li Yuman’s departure, the other female cultivators who came with her naturally didn’t stay behind either, and also left together with her.

Just a few words were enough to scare Li Yuman away. Lin Xugang was rather smug. However, he knew that he shouldn’t delay any further. He glanced at Wang Haiyan, and coldly said, “Wang Haiyan, I’ll give you ten seconds. If you still refuse to hand over the astronomical property to our Hongmen, that means declaring war against us. How we Hongmen deal with enemies, I assume you’ve heard. Ten, nine, eight, seven, six…”

“Shut the hell up.” Qi Tian didn’t wait for Lin Xugang to finish counting. He rushed over like a gust of wind and punched Lin Xugang in his stomach.

Lin Xugang never expected Qi Tian to strike first, and much less that Qi Tian’s punch was so powerful. After taking the punch, he doubled over and vomited blood, then collapsed on the ground.

“You dare to…” The cultivators who came with Lin Xugang started shouting at Qi Tian.

Qi Tian didn’t bother to talk to them and charged straight on. In no time flat, he had floored them all. Despite being fellow disciples and being near the safe house, which meant breaking the rules wasn’t a good idea, Qi Tian didn’t kill them. Even so, they were all pretty badly hurt, and they’d probably have to recuperate for a long time.

“Kid, you’re screwed. Offending Hongmen, you’ll have nowhere to run.” Cheng Guirong didn’t expect Qi Tian to be so ruthless, and even less that Qi Tian didn’t care one bit about offending Hongmen, which left him furious.

Qi Tian waved his hand without speaking a word. Hu Niu understood and pressed hard on Cheng Guirong’s chest. With a snap, Cheng Guirong’s ribs broke, he spat out a mouthful of blood and blacked out.

“This… this…” Wang Haiyan was at a loss for words seeing this scene. He couldn’t blame Qi Tian since Qi Tian was just defending him.

This situation was nothing unusual for Qi Tian. He said, “Brother Wang, a kind man gets bullied, a kind horse gets ridden. With people like this, if you’re not tough, you’ll always end up hurting yourself.”

“Yes, brother. If they make a small move, we’ll make a big one.” Li Xue indignantly said.

Wang Haiyan sighed, “Nothing can be done about this situation. We are at odds with Li Hongbin and his group. Brother Qi Tian, I have an idea, just please don’t think I’m trying to use you.”

Qi Tian laughed, “Tell me your idea.”

Wang Haiyan said, “Since we’ve already offended Hongmen, why not completely offend them? We’d like to appoint you our leader and ask you to help us take over Hongmen’s territory in the safe house. That way, we’ll have a place in the safe house, which is much safer compared to the outside. And with our own territory in the safe house, once the space gate opens, we can be the first to return to the Imperial Master Mansion, and report the truth about the situation here. It’ll prevent higher-ups from believing Li Hongbin’s slander.”

Qi Tian nodded. Oftentimes, who strikes first matters. His roots in the Imperial Master Mansion were shallow, so taking whatever advantage he could was a no-brainer. “Okay, let’s go take over Hongmen’s territory in the safe house.”

Qi Tian was not someone who repaid aggression with kindness. He preferred to seize every opportunity to strike at his enemies. Since he was fated to be an adversary of the Hongmen, there could be no room for compassion or mercy in his actions.

Although Wang Haiyan and the others felt nervous, their prevailing sentiment was one of excitement. All of them had witnessed the might of Qi Tian before, and they believed that under his leadership, they could perform miracles.

Qi Tian led them back into the safe house.

Li Yuman saw Qi Tian and his party return, with surprise written on her face. She knew the strength of Lin Xugang and his party well. If the latter attacked, Wang Haiyan and his comrades would not have escaped unscathed. They surely could not have surrendered and given their possessions to Hongmen. After all, their expressions didn’t match that possibility.

What truly perplexed Li Yuman was that a boy looking just twelve or thirteen years old, not Wang, was leading the party. Even though she had no frequent dealings with Wang, she knew him to be someone not easily bowing down to others. Anyone who could make him lower his head must be extremely powerful, not merely of prestigious status. Could this young boy be even more formidable than herself?

Such thoughts piqued her curiosity. She quit her meditation and rose, watching Qi Tian’s party from a distance. The safe house was not large, she could see them clearly without walking closer.

No one other than Li Yuman paid particular attention to Qi Tian’s party. Even the cultivators guarding Hongmen territory barely spared a glance. With their superior position in the safe house, akin to the sturdy Mount Tai, they felt unperturbed by any trouble caused by the other five factions.

Qi Tian led them into Hongmen’s territory, which was also clearly marked with ropes and a giant flag. Their flag seemed to serve as a warning to others that this was their territory.

Wang Haiyan has now fully realized his place as a follower. He preempted Qi Tian and commanded, “Hear this, Hongmen, you have one minute to evacuate from here. Your territory in the safe house has been requisitioned by us.”

Those from Hongmen laughed and one of them retorted, “Wang Haiyan, have you lost your mind? Are we somebody you can provoke?”

Wang Haiyan replied curtly, “It doesn’t matter if we can provoke you or not. From the moment you decided to rob us, reconciliation became impossible. I will not waste words with you. Leave immediately, or face the consequences.”

“How audacious, daring to cross us. Brothers, let’s teach him a lesson.”

The stationed cultivators took out their spirit weapons and charged towards Wang Haiyan’s party.

“Follow my lead.” Wang Haiyan dashed towards the Hongmen cultivators while Li Xue and others followed suit without hesitation.

Qi Tian stood still, observing quietly.

The guards assigned by Hongmen neither had numerical nor qualitative advantages. Sooner rather than later, Wang’s party gave them a crushing defeat. These bruised and battered cultivators were tossed out of the marked territory like trash. Following this, Wang removed the Hongmen flag, stamped several times on it, and spat on it. Such humiliating acts brought his enmity with Hongmen to light.

“Brother Qi Tian, please.” Wang signaled Li Xue and others to clean up the territory quickly and then respectfully invited Qi Tian to enter.

Qi Tian nodded and said, “Thank you, Brother Wang.” He stepped into the territory, initially belonging to the Hongmen.

Seeing this, everyone in the safe house burst into uproar. No one had expected Wang Haiyan and his party to be so audacious and forcibly takeover Hongmen territory. This act alone was enough to cause an uproar among them. Even more surprising was Wang’s deferential treatment of Qi Tian who seemed to be the mastermind of this operation.

Who is this young boy who appeared to be twelve or thirteen years old and is in the Fourth Stage of Qi Cultivation? How could he subdue Wang Haiyan and be so daring? Could he be the illegitimate son of the Mansion Master?