Inside the meeting room... Everyone had arrived. But only Shuobude was absent.

"Where’s Shuobude?" The old man scanned the entire meeting room, only to find Shuobude still hadn’t arrived.

"That flower monk, could he have snuck out to grab a bite at a time like this?" Nangong Shui joked with a smile.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the entire meeting room fell silent. No one spoke. It seemed everyone had realized something.

"Not good!" Huo Zhengfeng suddenly stood up with a swoosh.

"What’s wrong?" Bu Chen was the first to notice something. As brothers, they could naturally sense things.

"Damn it! The monk must have gone to the Hai Family!" Huo Zhengfeng suddenly shouted, his eyes filled with bloodshot fury. His body trembled fiercely.

"What did you say? Why would he go to the Hai Family?" Black Hawk seemed to sense something too and immediately stood up, slamming the table.

"No! No! No! I don’t know how to explain it to you now. I just called the monk, the call initially went through. But after a while, it was turned off. The monk is in trouble! The monk is in trouble! I need to save him! There’s no time to explain to you now. I need to save him!"

With that, Huo Zhengfeng’s hands were shaking. He dashed out of the meeting room, chasing in the direction of the Hai Family mansion.

Because earlier today, Shuobude had pulled him aside to talk about the possibility of Hai Zhilan defecting from the Hai Family, and he wanted Huo Zhengfeng to accompany him to the Hai Family. If he was not mistaken, that guy must have gone to the Hai Family! He must have gone to the Hai Family! At this critical moment, if anything happens to Shuobude, the impact on the South Heavenly Gate would be too severe.

"Sorry! This meeting cannot proceed temporarily!" Black Hawk couldn’t care less. Saving his brother was more important. This group of brothers had experienced countless life and death situations together, their bond was incredibly deep. Even if one of them was absent, it felt like they still had a tacit connection.

"Brothers! Grab your gear, turn the Hai Family upside down, and find Shuobude for me!" To everyone’s surprise, Jia Zhenjing, the most cunning one, kicked the table and leaped up, chasing after Huo Zhengfeng.

He knew the bond between these few juniors was just like that of their own Blazing Angel members. No matter what these few people did, he would help unconditionally. Just for the sake of brotherhood.

"Damn it! Everyone, rush to the Hai Family!"

The old man also slammed the table, his fiery temper flaring up, caring about nothing else. This group of eccentrics fiercely protected their own. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"Alright! If anything happens to the monk at the Hai Family tonight, even if we have to kill every last one in the Hai Family, I will avenge the monk!"

Bu Chen gritted his teeth and said harshly.

Quickly, everyone began to move, heading in the direction of the Hai Family mansion.

......

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Shuobude’s fat body was swept violently by a force, crashing into an artificial rock. Immediately, the rock exploded with a roar. Shuobude spat another mouthful of blood with a wow.

He couldn’t remember how many times he had already coughed up blood. His consciousness started becoming a bit blurry.

Even in this situation, he persisted in trying to escape. He believed that the people from the South Heavenly Gate would come to rescue him! A deep-seated conviction kept him holding on.

The elder from the Hai Family also seemed to be tired of fighting and didn’t bother to continue attacking. Watching Shuobude crawl forward little by little, blood trailing long from his clawing arms...

"I don’t know what the South Heavenly Gate gave you, why you persist so much, is it really worth it?" The elder squinted his eyes, puzzled by the fat man crawling on the ground.

"Faith... Faith! This is faith! You can never truly understand it."

While crawling forward with blood all over his face, Shuobude had a smile hanging on his lips. This faith drove him to persevere, to persevere. He firmly believed that the people from the South Heavenly Gate would come, and as long as he held out a little while longer, his brothers would come to rescue him. This faith constantly encouraged him, preventing him from collapsing.

"Faith? Hmph! In your current state, do you still believe in that damned faith?" the elder snorted coldly.

"Let me send you to the Western Heaven. Let your so-called faith remain in the heavens!"

At this point, the elder no longer had the patience to play with him. He raised his hand, a subtle energy wave gathering in his palm. A single strike would surely kill Shuobude!

"Wait! Uncle Hai!"

Hai Zhilan rushed up, accompanied by several elders.

"Uncle Hai, this person cannot be killed for now. I need him." Hai Zhilan slowly approached, his mouth twisting slightly, his eyes filled with pity looking at the crawling Shuobude. It was as if he sympathized with his situation.

"Why? Don’t you know who is behind him?" The elder furrowed his brows, his murky eyes flickering with intense light.

Hai Zhilan shrugged and smiled: "This person is very important to our Hai Family. If we kill him today, I think the demise of our Hai Family would not be far behind. If we use him as a bargaining chip, wouldn’t the South Heavenly Gate dare not touch us?" Hai Zhilan already had a strategy more valuable than killing Shuobude brewing in his mind.

"What do you mean?" The elder glanced at him.

"Uncle Hai, you know the current situation. The South Heavenly Gate has countless enemies behind it. If at this time, this guy died, it would most likely be traced back to our Hai Family. Why don’t we use this bargaining chip as our Hai Family’s shield? In this grand scheme, as long as the South Heavenly Gate is entangled by those forces, and we hold this guy’s life in our hands, the South Heavenly Gate would absolutely not move against our Hai Family.

Although the South Heavenly Gate seems to be aiding our Hai Family, who knows if I’m a pawn of their South Heavenly Gate? Once a pawn loses its primary function, it becomes a mere foot soldier to be sacrificed!"

"Are you saying you’re afraid the South Heavenly Gate will act against our Hai Family in the grand scheme, and keeping this guy is to bind the threat of the South Heavenly Gate against us?" The elder seemed to have an epiphany.

"Exactly. The days of the South Heavenly Gate shouldn’t be easy now. And this guy attacked our Hai Family at night. I reckon the South Heavenly Gate can surely find out. If he died, the South Heavenly Gate would definitely retaliate against our Hai Family at all costs. But if this guy didn’t die, unseen alive or dead, even if the South Heavenly Gate found out, so what? They would be reluctant to see their brother dead just like that."

"Are you sure the South Heavenly Gate won’t act against our Hai Family for the sake of this fat guy?" This was the elder’s greatest doubt. Everyone in the Hai Family understood that if the South Heavenly Gate truly acted against the Hai Family, the Hai Family would have almost no power to resist!