The Beautiful CEO’s Close Bodyguard
Chapter 405 - 0405: Searching for Flaws (First Update)

Chapter 405: Chapter 0405: Searching for Flaws (First Update)

These two people were both jealous of Chu Ge’s talent, and they couldn’t wait for Chu Ge to be defeated and die earlier. If his cultivation were to be crippled by Elder Gui, that would be even better.

What they didn’t know was that, among the crowd present, besides these onlookers who were full of jealousy for Chu Ge’s talent, even Elder Gui, who was fighting against Chu Ge, was also filled with jealousy for Chu Ge’s talent.

He watched the pure white spiritual power radiating from Chu Ge, a glint of greed flashing deep in his eyes.

In his entire life, he had been pursuing the supreme cultivation method. He didn’t feel there was anything wrong with using living people to cultivate poisonous insects; those people were merely ordinary humans. To be his vessels for cultivating poisonous insects was their fortune; they should be thanking him instead.

On this continent where the strong are esteemed, there is nothing wrong with everyone pursuing greater strength. Besides, he hadn’t killed that many people over the years. Why can’t these people just tolerate him? And even a youngster like Chu Ge, who has just begun his journey, wants to oppose him.

"Chu Ge, I advise you to stop while you can, you’re definitely not my opponent," Elder Gui arrogantly declared, still very confident in his own strength.

Even though the strength he had cultivated made his actual power seem incongruent with its appearance, deep down, he still retained a delusional confidence, believing he could easily defeat Chu Ge.

In Elder Gui’s view, besides strength and talent, experience in battle was also very important. Chu Ge was so young now; when he was Chu Ge’s age, Chu Ge hadn’t even been born, so how could Chu Ge be his opponent?

Of course, when Elder Gui said this, it wasn’t because he was kind and wanted to let Chu Ge off the hook. On the contrary, it was because he wanted to obtain the spiritual power within Chu Ge. Spiritual power, if one stays alive, can grow more and more, but if one dies, it all vanishes.

To obtain spiritual power, Elder Gui naturally wouldn’t let Chu Ge die. But the current situation did make it somewhat difficult for him, as if he had "mounted a tiger and found it hard to dismount." Chu Ge’s resolve seemed unyielding, as if he wouldn’t let go until he killed him. Although Elder Gui wasn’t afraid, he still felt regret for the spiritual power.

In order not to let the spiritual power be wasted in vain, Elder Gui deigned to speak so.

Chu Ge was unaware of the convolutions in Elder Gui’s heart, but he felt great disgust for him. Looking at Elder Gui’s face with the silver mask, Chu Ge frowned.

"Do you really hate showing your true self that much? You even dare to say you haven’t done those atrocious deeds, but if you truly haven’t, why not face the world with your real face instead of just living in cowardice behind a mask?"

Faced with Chu Ge’s interrogation, Elder Gui did not panic in the slightest. He just sneered, a hint of disdain on the face hidden beneath the silver mask.

He, the founder of the Ghost Poison Sect, how could he possibly need to explain so much to a greenhorn kid like Chu Ge.

"Brat, enough with the nonsense. Since you provoked my Ghost Poison Sect first, don’t even think about leaving here safely. You’re no match for me. I advise you to be sensible and surrender. That way, I might even leave you a whole corpse. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless!" Elder Gui said with a cold voice. His cruel and ruthless words startled even the onlookers.

In the corner of the crowd, those two young men felt an extra surge of excitement upon hearing Elder Gui’s words, secretly hoping that Elder Gui could quickly finish off Chu Ge as their emotions surged with anticipation.

"Pah, spare your life? You’re thinking too highly of yourself. The moment I challenged the Ghost Poison Sect, I never intended to live in harmony with you. A scum like you shouldn’t exist on this continent, having killed so many innocent people. How are you any different from a devil?"

Chu Ge spoke with righteous indignation, and the upstanding folks around him nodded in agreement. This was their Xinhong’s Chu Ge, who even at such a young age, showed not a hint of fear in the face of Elder Gui.

"Enough with the nonsense, if you want to duel, let’s get on with it. This young master is busy." A trace of an evil smile formed on Chu Ge’s handsome face. Arms crossed, he stood there relaxed, not taking Elder Gui seriously at all.

If there were young girls among the crowd, they would surely be captivated by such a smile from Chu Ge, because he was indeed that charming.

Elder Gui snorted coldly, seeing not a single ounce of fear in Chu Ge, his heart was filled with annoyance. His initial greed for Chu Ge had turned into complete hatred.

"Hmph, you brat, you’ll regret this!" Elder Gui snorted again and his body suddenly leaped forward, attacking fiercely like a fierce eagle.

Elder Gui did not use his full strength, using only fifty percent of his power. This was both a test for Chu Ge and a trial for himself. After all, because of his reputation, no one had dared to trouble the Ghost Poison Sect for years, and he had enjoyed the peace. It had been years since he last dueled like this.

Everyone was nervous for Chu Ge – Elder Gui’s strength was no laughing matter, after all.

But Chu Ge didn’t even frown; he easily avoided Elder Gui’s probing attack.

Elder Gui’s move missed, and a flicker of irritation crossed his face, as well as a hint of fear that was apparent only to himself.

It was through this probing that Elder Gui realized a terrifying fact — he had regressed!

To be more precise, rather than regressing, it was more like his displayed power did not match his true strength.

What he showed to others was the power of an Innate Grandmaster, but his true power had not reached the level of an Innate Grandmaster. He vaguely felt that his real strength was probably at the Late Innate stage, which meant that his abilities were about the same as Chu Ge’s.

Elder Gui’s heart tightened, naturally realizing why he had become weaker. It was because his Cultivation Technique was different, even against nature, to put it bluntly – his method of cultivation was akin to forcing the growth of a plant.

Though he was startled about his real strength, Elder Gui was still relieved at that moment. Fortunately, Chu Ge was also just a Late Innate talent. With his combat experience, defeating Chu Ge shouldn’t be too difficult.

Without the advantage of a higher level, Elder Gui could only pin his hopes on his rich combat experience, after all, over a decade ago, he was also a figure who caused storms in the world of martial arts.

However, what Elder Gui didn’t know was that although Chu Ge appeared to only have the strength of the Late Innate stage outwardly, his true power had indeed reached the Innate Grandmaster level.

Chu Ge relied on his genuine cultivation, coupled with his exceptional talent. His inner strength had long surpassed those of his age.

Of course, these were things Elder Gui was naturally unaware of. Unable to defeat Chu Ge instantly, he could only keep engaging with Chu Ge while looking for an opening.