The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 278: Just the Jade Pendant

Chapter 278: Chapter 278: Just the Jade Pendant

"Can you feel the gap between you and me?" Chu Ge looked at Shi Tianlei and sneered.

"Kill!" Shi Tianlei’s eyes widened as he gathered all his True Qi and swung his other fist.

But this time, Chu Ge moved.

He did not use his fists or feet, but suddenly released all the suppression on his body and even stimulated a great amount of True Qi, pushing this aura to the limit.

In an instant, a terrifyingly powerful aura burst forth from him!

In a nearby creek, several fish were leisurely blowing bubbles on the water surface, but as Chu Ge’s aura exploded, the fish stiffened for a moment and then floated belly-up on the water!

A few mice passing by fell limply to the ground, red liquid slowly flowing from their ears and mouths, shockingly killed by the aura!

On Shi Tianlei’s part, his eyes were wide-open, as if about to pop out, and his halfway-swinging fist completely halted in mid-air, unable to advance even slightly.

At this moment, terms like Innate Grandmaster and Martial Arts Cultivation were thrown out of his mind, leaving only one feeling: fear!

As Chu Ge loosened his right hand, Shi Tianlei’s legs softened, and he just knelt down before Chu Ge, his face deathly pale, lips trembling, and large beads of sweat streamed down his forehead.

In that instant, his martial heart was forcibly shattered by Chu Ge!

This meant that for the rest of Shi Tianlei’s life, he could no longer advance even a bit.

For a practitioner of martial arts, this was undoubtedly a cruel fate, but Chu Ge’s face showed no hint of guilt. He never knew the meaning of mercy towards an enemy!

Ignoring Shi Tianlei who was kneeling on the ground, limp like a dead dog, Chu Ge simply walked past him, heading towards the manor.

Back at the manor, after making a routine call to Mu Bingtong to report his safety, Chu Ge sat down cross-legged in the pavilion and slowly closed his eyes.

At Mu Bingtong’s villa, Chu Ge spent each night cultivating like this. The pavilion had the richest Spiritual Energy in the entire manor, which he naturally wouldn’t waste. However, now Chu Ge’s actions were no longer for cultivation but to accumulate Spiritual Liquid.

A night passed without words.

The next day at noon, Duan Shaojie came to the villa and placed an ancient-looking Jade Pendant in front of Chu Ge.

The moment he saw the Jade Pendant, a flash of excitement passed through Chu Ge’s eyes.

Yes, it was indeed one of the Jade Pendants that contained the Cultivation Technique! Due to the same origin of the techniques, he could feel something in the Jade Pendant attracting him, and the Jade Pendant also sensed the True Qi fluctuations inside Chu Ge’s body, starting to emit a faint white light.

This made Duan Shaojie, who was standing by, widen his eyes. He had grown up in the Duan Family, and for over a decade, this Jade Pendant showed no abnormalities. The elders of the Duan Family said that since it was passed down from the ancestors, it had been completely ordinary, studied for generations without any results from the Duan Family.

Unexpectedly, as soon as it reached Chu Ge, something peculiar happened!

However, Chu Ge forcibly suppressed the fervor in his heart, refraining from absorbing the contents of the Jade Pendant in front of Duan Shaojie. Instead, he carefully stored the Jade Pendant close to his body.

"Mr. Chu, I have already brought the Jade Pendant for you, but I’m not sure about the matter you agreed to..." Duan Shaojie looked at Chu Ge, cautiously asking.

Chu Ge smiled at him: "Don’t worry, I’ll start dealing with the Ghost Poison Sect in a few days. But since you’re here, why not wait a little longer? Some guests are coming soon, and I presume you are quite familiar with them."

"Guests I know?" Duan Shaojie frowned slightly but didn’t ask further and simply sat down obediently on the chair.

He didn’t have to wait long, just about a minute later, footsteps came from outside the pavilion.

Duan Shaojie couldn’t help but turn his head to look, and when he saw the three people who arrived, he was stunned.

Mr. Ouyang and his two companions were also taken aback when they saw Duan Shaojie, their faces showing a hint of complexity.

As the Eldest Young Master of the Duan Family, Duan Shaojie was naturally known to them. If it were under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t matter, but now was the very time the three families were discussing how to jointly deal with the Duan Family, and encountering him under these circumstances inevitably led to much awkwardness.

At this moment, Chu Ge stood up and looking at Mr. Ouyang, he smiled and said, "Now that everyone has arrived, please take your seats. I will tell you everything about this matter!"

Although the reason why Mr. Chu had Duan Shaojie stay here was unclear, after exchanging glances, everyone took their seats one by one.

Then, Chu Ge explained the general situation to them.

After Chu Ge finished speaking, the pavilion fell into silence. Apart from Chu Ge, everyone else had complex looks, quietly drinking tea, seemingly pondering over something.

Chu Ge, holding a teacup, stared blankly at the sky outside the pavilion.

Finally, after a long time, it was Mr. Ouyang who first broke the silence: "So, Mr. Chu, you mean to suggest that our three families help Mr. Duan secure the position of Family Head of the Duan Family?"

"Correct," Chu Ge nodded, "Actually, if you think about it, perhaps this is the best result. Even if your three families join forces to destroy the Duan Family and then split its resources, when you tally up, you probably won’t gain much in comparison to the losses, right?"

The elders exchanged glances and nodded.

Indeed, no matter how weakened the Duan Family was, it remained one of the Four Great Families of Shanghai; its foundation was substantial. Even with the concerted efforts of the three families, there would likely be considerable losses, and after compensating for those, there wouldn’t be much left.

The only benefit would be that the Four Great Families of Shanghai would turn into the Three Major Families, and each family’s territory and resources would significantly increase.

Chu Ge glanced at Duan Shaojie then continued, "And as long as you help Mr. Duan ascend to the position of the Family Head, he will proactively give up half of the Duan Family’s assets for the three families to divide equally, and he will also lead the Duan Family to withdraw from Shanghai!"

"What?"

As this statement was made, not only the two elders and Xiahou Longhu, but even Duan Shaojie himself widened his eyes, looking incredulously at Chu Ge.

Half of the Duan Family’s assets, that’s what he brought for Chu Ge, and probably in this world, no one could resist being moved by such a vast fortune.

What he didn’t expect was for Chu Ge to so casually bring it out to be split among the other three major families, himself taking nothing!

Noticing the confusion in Duan Shaojie, Chu Ge gave him a smile and said indifferently, "As I said, I only want the Jade Pendant."