My Super Beautiful Lady Boss-Chapter 663 - 653: The Crisis of the Song Family

Song Tianbao brought many experts to his treasure hiding place, where Li Tianming used a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus as a trade to make Jing Gangzhi maintain order for him.

Seeing so many treasures, Li Tianming felt that action was better than excitement, for all these belonged to him. Selling any of the items at auction would fetch an astronomical price.

How could the other experts not be tempted? They only refrained because they couldn’t defeat Jing Gangzhi. Witnessing someone just now being kicked to death by Jing Gangzhi for grabbing too much, they were afraid, but as the saying goes, "A man dies in his pursuit of wealth as a bird dies in pursuit of food," the experts still wanted to take their chances.

The strength of one individual might be small, but the strength of a group of people was formidable.

"Jing Gangzhi, we didn’t come all the way to Mount Everest for nothing but to seek wealth. Are you really not going to leave us a way out?"

The experts said in unison, indicating a readiness to break off relations.

"It’s not up to me to decide."

Jing Gangzhi said coldly.

Everyone’s eyes turned to Li Tianming, but Li Tianming’s own eyes were fixed on the gold and jewels; his eyes were practically shining. Seeing some of the treasures that were internationally rare, he remembered that a high-quality fake of this jade piece had been auctioned for a hundred million. And now he had a real one in his hands. Haha, this was going to be a huge profit, it felt too good to be true!

Li Tianming had some opposition within the Li Family as well. To achieve some results, he was constantly busy here and there. Now that he had all this wealth, he could finally slap those dissenters in the face, making them open their eyes and see who would dare to say he was unfit.

"Move all of these out, I’m going to use Song Family’s jets to take them away. Not a single box must be left behind."

Li Tianmian said with a laugh.

But the experts were already getting restless. It’s better to share joy with everyone than to enjoy it alone. Wouldn’t it be better to distribute the treasures to everyone?

"Attack! Kill Jing Gangzhi and we’ll divide the treasure among us!"

In an instant, the place turned into a battleground of clashing short swords. Seeing them fight, Li Tianming was terrified and quickly found a place to hide.

Jing Gangzhi’s strength was at the Fourth Layer of Power Transformation, and there were few lesser-cultivated experts among the others. Therefore, it wasn’t difficult for Jing Gangzhi to deal with them. What was tough was that there were many of them—a dozen or so experts whom Li Tianming had hired from outside. In the end, however, only Jing Gangzhi succeeded in killing Su Xuan.

Song Tianbao was quick-witted. After bringing these people in, he ran away. He wasn’t foolish and knew the principle of surviving to fight another day. And as these people began their bloody battle with Jing Gangzhi, the door to the treasure vault suddenly shut!

Instantly, those inside were plunged into darkness, enveloped by boundless terror.

This place was rigged with traps from the beginning, but Song Tianbao did not activate them right away. Only when everyone’s attention was on the treasure did Song Tianbao manage to slip away.

After the door to the treasure was sealed, that wasn’t the end. What was even more fatal was that poison gas began seeping in slowly. Song Tianbao intended for these people to die inside, perish with the treasure. No, he planned to collect the treasure after their death.

"Song Tianbao, fuck your grandfather!"

Li Tianming couldn’t help but curse vehemently inside, having just realized that Song Tianbao had slipped away.

"Hurry up and block the outside door!"

At this time, Song Tianbao called over the Song Family people to seal the door in the stone wall again, creating two layers of solid doors. This way, those inside would suffocate if the poison didn’t kill them first.

Inside, the experts had descended into a state of chaos, the toxic gas was viciously deadly, crafted specially by Song Tianbao without an antidote.

Jing Gangzhi was rather clever and knew that he might not escape this disaster. He tore off a piece of cloth to cover his mouth and then dampened it with urine. Now was not the time to worry about dignity; staying alive was the most important thing.

Li Tianming was physically weak and soon passed out inside.

Boom, boom, boom!

Jing Gangzhi punched at the beast-patterned door repeatedly. As long as there was a glimmer of hope to escape, he wouldn’t give in.

While Jing Gangzhi was teaching the others a lesson just now, at this moment, he yelled to others in the dark, "If you want to live, hit the door with me! Keep the rhythm consistent— one, two, one, two, one, two!"

The door was violently shaken. As the saying goes, when the wall falls, everyone pushes. Song Tianbao never expected so many people would push together.

Many hands make light work, and the beast-patterned door indeed started to loosen little by little. Jing Gangzhi was overjoyed—it seemed that heaven hadn’t abandoned them after all, or perhaps his time had not yet come.

"Together now, one, two, one, two, one, two!"

The door gradually loosened and even started to crack open. Truly, the collective strength of many was powerful. The original designer of the door had not anticipated so many people inside, let alone skilled martial artists. Now, this converging force was beyond Song Tianbao’s expectations.

At this time, Song Tianbao was holding a family meeting at Song Family house. Li Tianming’s visit had caused chaos, and even Song Tianbao’s own daughter, Song Shuangshuang, had gone missing. Now Song Tianbao was starting to suspect that Li Tianming was behind his daughter’s disappearance. Considering Li Tianming’s subsequent attitude and pondering it over, it seemed quite probable that he had hidden his daughter away.

Song Tianbao decided to send people to Qiutian City to look for Song Shuangshuang. If his daughter could not be found, Song Tianbao would feel guilty for the rest of his life. Now he suddenly remembered Su Xuan, who had participated in the Song Family’s Study Companion competition and passed successfully but did not receive the treatment a Study Companion of the Song Family deserved. Instead, he had been chased down the mountain by Song Tianbao himself. Thinking about it now, Song Tianbao felt somewhat guilty because Su Xuan was a good youth.

If he had the chance to do it over, Song Tianbao resolved not to make things difficult for Su Xuan again.

Suddenly, a subordinate of the Song Family hurriedly ran back reporting that the treasure vault’s door in the back mountain had been forced open!

"How could this happen?"

Song Tianbao sprang up from his chair, never having encountered such a situation before. He now realized that he might have brought too many people, coupled with their martial arts skills, the combined strength would naturally be greater. He truly made a mistake—how could he have made such an oversight.

"Mobilize manpower immediately, and attack those people with all our might."

Sweat covered Elder Song’s face; he truly hadn’t anticipated such a turn of events.

By this time, Jing Gangzhi had already emerged. Although many had made it out, there were still those who had died due to inhaling too much poison gas.

When Jing Gangzhi came out, he was carrying someone—it was Li Tianming. Jing Gangzhi was so good to Li Tianming because Li Tianming had once mentioned he had a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus. Jing Gangzhi wanted to obtain it. If Li Tianming died, the Snow Lotus he owed would be out of reach forever.

Jing Gangzhi also carried some medicine on him. He took out some black Detoxification Pills from a small bottle in his pocket and administered them to Li Tianming. Since Li Tianming hadn’t inhaled much poison gas, he soon regained consciousness.

"What happened, am I not dead? What exactly happened just now, and why am I outside? I remember I had a lot of treasures."

The first words Li Tianming said upon awakening were these, which made Jing Gangzhi speechless. Truly, greed was as important as life to him.

"You’re not dead. I rescued you. We were ambushed by Song Tianbao just now, and we all nearly perished inside."

Jing Gangzhi explained.

"Oh, so that’s what happened. That old coot Song Tianbao, I always thought he needed a beating. Watch how I deal with him later."

No sooner had Li Tianming finished speaking than he noticed figures appearing all over the mountainside—these were all people sent by Song Tianbao.

"Damn it, why are there so many of them?"

Li Tianming was frightened out of his wits. The area was wide open and flat. Although Song Tianbao didn’t possess much high-tech weaponry, he did have catapults. Stones weighing over ten or even twenty pounds were hurled their way—not something to be taken lightly. Song Tianbao had stored the finest catapults from the last century; they were fast and powerful, capable of reducing a person to minced meat upon impact.

Because Li Tianming said he had a Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, Jing Gangzhi, while dodging and fleeing, made sure to pull Li Tianming along, not letting him lose his life so carelessly.

After the stones flew past, they could hear the anguished cries of those who were hit, confirming the formidable power of the catapults.

Song Tianbao continued to command an unrelenting assault. Jing Gangzhi, with his superior intelligence, had dragged Li Tianming successfully out of Song Tianbao’s attack radius, circling to his rear.

Bang!

Li Tianming planted a kick on Song Tianbao’s rear end.

"Damn you, daring to mess with me? Tired of living, are you?"

Song Tianbao stared blankly at the two men, unsure how they had escaped, his heart in turmoil, wondering if they would kill him right there and then.

Meanwhile, with Song Tianbao threatened, his ability to command the battle plummeted, and the remaining experts also fled the attack radius. Once they were out, Song Tianbao’s fighting capabilities diminished significantly.

Now Jing Gangzhi and the other experts had consolidated into a force, ready to fight the Song Family to the death.

"Weren’t you acting all tough before? Where’s all that courage gone now?"

Li Tianming kicked Song Tianbao’s rear once more to vent his frustration.

"Old Man Song, aren’t you going to behave now?"

Since Li Tianming now knew there was treasure in the cave, he wasn’t in a hurry. He could simply have it transported to his home by airplane later.

Song Tianbao was deflated like a punctured ball, utterly listless and lacking spirit.

The only thing on Song Tianbao’s mind now was his daughter, Song Shuangshuang—his only child. If he could see her now, he would be content, even if it meant his death.

Now that Li Tianming had found the treasure, keeping Song Tianbao alive suddenly had value.

"Master Jing Gangzhi, kill him for me. I don’t want to see him anymore."

Li Tianming said.

Jing Gangzhi gave him a disdainful glance, didn’t move, and said, "He knows no Kung Fu, if it’s so easy for you then don’t trouble others."

Saying that, he tossed over a Short Sword.

"Haha, fine, I’ll do it myself. Self-reliance breeds plenty."

Li Tianming chuckled as he took the sword and approached Song Tianbao, "My apologies, blame your misfortune on meeting me."

Li Tianming sneered as he raised the sword to stab.

Bang!

Suddenly, a stone flew from nowhere and struck Li Tianming on the wrist, the pain making him drop the sword to the ground.

"Who is it? Show yourself! Hiding and skulking about, what kind of hero does that make you!"

Li Tianming cursed towards the surroundings.