Chapter 299 - 244: A Sudden Golden Wind Rises, the White Tiger Shakes the Mountain City (Part 2)

Chapter 299: Chapter 244: A Sudden Golden Wind Rises, the White Tiger Shakes the Mountain City (Part 2)

Under the chilly starlight, seven or eight women in white stood outside the city, looking minuscule.

Even the white tigers they rode, larger than calves, were insignificant before the magnificent city walls.

Facing them were members of the Huang Family, eleven of them spread out in an arc, forming a loose encirclement.

’What’s going on?’

Tang Wen took a closer look. Of the seven women in white, only the one in the center seemed to be at the Sixth Grade level.

’The others have completely unremarkable auras?’

’Hmm, and there’s a little loli too.’

’Her combat strength is probably less than a large dog’s.’

And yet, the Huang Family hadn’t attacked. They were merely in a standoff.

’Could they be from some major power?’

’They’re riding White Tigers... White Tiger Village?!’

’No way...’

’Isn’t the strongest person in White Tiger Village supposed to be only at the Sixth Grade?’

All this commotion tonight was to deal with them.

The more Tang Wen thought about it, the more confused he became.

Sensing someone pushing through the crowd behind him, he pulled Li Zi aside to make way and moved to where the masters from the Black Water Gang were gathered.

"Master, Mistress, Senior Sister."

"Bah! You brat! Call me ’Mistress’ one more time and see what happens," Aunt Lian said, her beautiful eyes flashing at him.

Tang Wen wrapped an arm around Shui Yun’s slender waist and hid behind her, peeking at Aunt Lian. "Mistress, Mistress, Mistress."

"You—!"

"Alright, that’s enough! This is hardly the time!"

"Hmph!" Aunt Lian shot Shui Qianjun a glare.

A faint black mist emanated from Shui Qianjun, enveloping Tang Wen, Vice Gang Leader Zhao, and the other members of the Black Water Gang.

"Outsiders can’t hear us now. I’ll make this quick, so listen carefully and remember every word. Down there is White Tiger Village. They’re the people Zhao Zhe recruited. They answer only to Zhao Zhe, not to us! If any trouble breaks out, pin it on Zhao Zhe.

"Second, White Tiger Village’s strength is astonishing. If they aren’t hostile toward us, we must cooperate with them if we can. Don’t worry about what the Huang Family thinks. Wen’Er!"

"Here!"

"They’re women. You will be responsible for liaising with them."

This wasn’t a hint; it was a blatant command.

He might as well have said it outright: ’Whatever tricks you have for charming women, use them all!’

"Uh, okay."

An old, edgy saying inexplicably popped into Tang Wen’s head, one that seemed all too fitting for the moment: ’If being handsome is a crime, then I’m guilty beyond forgiveness!’

’Sigh, it’s so hard, bearing the burden of a handsomeness far beyond my years.’

Shui Yun didn’t seem to mind. Her fair, slender hand quietly slid over and took his.

Their hands caressed for a moment before their fingers intertwined.

’Senior Sister is the one who really cares for me. I’ll be sure to repay her handsomely!’

Shui Qianjun wasn’t finished. "The Huang Family has mobilized everyone, save for a few old-timers guarding their estate. Those eleven down there are all Fifth Grade. The current City Lord is also from the Huang Family. White Tiger Village may be fierce, but if they only brought Fifth-Grade masters, this will be a one-way trip for them."

Just as he said this, a voice shouted:

"Lord City Lord!"

"Lord City Lord, you must get justice for our Huang Family! Those White Tiger demonesses down there killed our young men and ate their brains raw! The three of us went to reason with them, but they beat us back! Lord City Lord, you must see that justice is done...!"

As soon as he started speaking, everyone on the city wall collectively sneered.

Listen to him—in his telling, the Huang Family had become the victims!

Standing next to the Black Water Gang was a Fifth-Grade master from the Giant Rock Martial Arts Hall.

He didn’t bother being polite and immediately mocked, "Well, well, is that the lawless Huang San’Er I see? Anyone who didn’t know better would think you were some sort of whining housewife!"

The surrounding crowd burst into laughter.

Even more of the Extraordinary masters barely managed to stifle their laughter.

No one in Ganshan City believed a single word Huang San said.

Everyone knew perfectly well what the Huang Family was like.

Combine that with the celestial beauty of the women below the walls, and was there anyone who couldn’t guess what had really happened?

Most likely, the Huang Family had tried to harass them first.

They just hadn’t expected to bite off more than they could chew this time.

Shui Qianjun added for the benefit of the Black Water Gang members, "Keep an eye on those White Tigers. Every single one of them is at least as strong as I am."

His voice wasn’t loud, but his words landed like a clap of thunder.

’As strong as him?’

’That means they have the power of a Fifth Grade, or even a Peak Fifth Grade master?!’

’Is that even possible?’

Just as everyone was about to ask, ’Gang Leader, are you sure you saw that right?’, a deep voice interjected. "And that’s not all. Except for the two young women in the middle, the rest of the women are all Fifth Grade."

They were floored.

Utterly, speechlessly floored.

Tang Wen narrowed his eyes, carefully studying the seven women and eight tigers below.

’Hmm, not counting that ridiculously cute Little Jade Tiger, and not counting the two women—one older, one younger...’

’...the remaining five women and seven tigers are all Fifth Grade?!’

’With that kind of power, besides the Huang Family, is there any other faction in Ganshan City that could possibly stand against them?’

’Wait, the Huang Family left people to guard their home base. Does that mean White Tiger Village sent their entire force here?’

He sucked in a sharp breath.

’Where did such a terrifying village even come from?’

’Zhao Zhe must be an idiot. A village that can easily dispatch twelve Fifth-Grade combatants... you call that a Sixth-Grade power? Fucking hell.’

A wave of retrospective fear washed over Tang Wen.

’I have to thank the Thirteen Thieves of the Desert Sea and the Sixth Young Master,’ he thought. ’If they hadn’t secretly conspired to challenge me, forcing me to reveal my Swordsmanship Grandmaster abilities, the gang wouldn’t have started taking me so seriously.’

’And Master wouldn’t have ordered White Tiger Village to come here.’

’According to the original plan, I was supposed to go and subdue the Thirteen Thieves of the Desert Sea and White Tiger Village myself.’

’The Thirteen Thieves of the Desert Sea would have been one thing.’

’But if I’d rashly gone to White Tiger Village’s territory to throw my weight around... the consequences would have been unthinkable.’

Looking at the White Tigers below the city wall,

Tang Wen felt a surge of gratitude that he hadn’t ended up as "tiger feces."

"Lord City Lord! Lord City Lord!"

Third Master Huang kept shouting.

But the City Lord, standing unsupported in mid-air, remained motionless.

Gradually, the crowd began to sense that something was wrong.

Only the heavily injured Huang San, oblivious, continued to babble on, demanding the City Lord take action.

A young man who had only recently become Extraordinary asked in confusion, "Isn’t this Third Master Huang afraid that they might have a Fourth-Grade Master on their side too?"