Enlightenment: Attaining the Dao at Age 8 - Chapter 343 - 180: Gu Ruilong, New Grudges and Old Hatreds
Although everyone here already knew Li Chang’an, Su Ruobing, as the team leader for this competition, still gave him another official introduction.
She didn’t focus on Li Chang’an’s strength, nor his speed of advancement.
Everyone else already knew about those things, so there was no need for her to re-emphasize them.
What she emphasized was Li Chang’an’s status within the Reincarnator Association, and that he was the one who had uploaded *Basic Martial Arts Truth 1.0* and *Basic Martial Arts Truth 2.0*!
Li Chang’an himself rarely mentioned this particular status.
In his view, he already had enough accolades and didn’t need to tack on the title of “Uploader of the *True Understanding of Basic Martial Arts*” just to burnish his reputation.
But he had clearly underestimated the prestige of this identity.
When they heard that Li Chang’an was also the one who uploaded the *Basic Martial Arts Truth 1.0* and *Basic Martial Arts Truth 2.0* evolution paths, the way almost everyone looked at him changed completely!
After all, strength only represented Li Chang’an as an individual, while the evolution paths represented the establishment!
To create a world-defying evolution path like the *True Understanding of Basic Martial Arts*—one that allowed ordinary people to cultivate the Martial Dao and become Transcendent—meant that Li Chang’an’s achievements in the Martial Dao had to be incredibly high.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible.
Everyone present was among the cream of the crop of Reincarnators, so they had at least some understanding of the value of the *True Understanding of Basic Martial Arts*.
After finishing the introduction and seeing the looks on everyone’s faces, Su Ruobing was very satisfied.
After all, Li Chang’an was the best card she had to play. No matter how you looked at it, this young man seemed to have no weaknesses.
’A true super-genius!’
’In the past, I was stuck in Linjiang and couldn’t show Li Chang’an off to anyone. Now that I finally have the chance, it’s time to earn myself some prestige.’
’As long as I have Li Chang’an, I’m not worried about being held accountable by my superiors, even if our results in this regional tournament are poor.’
With that in mind, Su Ruobing prepared to lead Li Chang’an and the others to their temporary residence, which wasn’t far from the Xiangnan Province Reincarnator Association headquarters.
The regional tournament wouldn’t officially start for another three days. Before then, the most important task was to get to know one another and synchronize their combat skills at the temporary residence.
After all, the regional tournament included not only individual matches but also team matches, and the team matches accounted for a significant portion of the score. The contestants on each team needed to develop good chemistry to have any hope of winning.
But just as everyone got up to leave, a figure suddenly appeared and blocked their path.
Gu Ruilong held a cigar between his fingers. He put it to his lips, took a drag, and blew out a thick ring of smoke before finally speaking, “Ruo Bing, long time no see!”
Hearing his voice,
the smile on Su Ruobing’s face vanished instantly. With a smile that didn’t reach her eyes, she said, “Who are you? Do I know you?”
Gu Ruilong was clearly not surprised by her reaction. He flicked his cigar with a finger adorned with an emerald jade ring and continued, “Stop throwing a tantrum, Ruo Bing. The old patriarch of my family has been asking about you. If he finds out we’re at odds, it’ll blow up into a huge deal. It might even drag down your Su Family!”
At his words, Su Ruobing’s expression grew even darker.
Her eyes bored into Gu Ruilong, as if she wanted to devour him whole.
After a long moment, she ground out through clenched teeth, “What the hell do you want? My grandfather is just trapped in the Dark Source region—he’s not dead yet! If your family dares to make a move, aren’t you afraid of his revenge when he gets out?”
She snorted coldly and added, “Besides, I’ve already had a falling out with my family. You think I still care about all that messy family business? Don’t get the wrong idea!”
Gu Ruilong looked as if he’d heard a joke. Spreading his hands, he said, “Heh. Ruo Bing, are you taking me for a fool? As if I don’t know what kind of person you are.”
“On the surface, you’ve cut ties with your family, but in reality, you’re just trying to shoulder all the pressure yourself. I was willing to turn a blind eye and pretend not to notice, but you can’t really think I’m that stupid, can you?!”
Su Ruobing said nothing.
She was clearly in a very bad mood.
Seeing this, the most impetuous and direct member of their group, Caiyou, stepped forward. She stood in front of Gu Ruilong and demanded coldly, “Who are you? Why are you blocking our way? And why are you insulting our President?”
Hearing this,
Gu Ruilong shifted his gaze from Su Ruobing to Caiyou. “And what are you?” he said nonchalantly. “Since when do you have the right to interrupt while I’m speaking?”
Before the words had even left his mouth,
a man in sunglasses who had been standing behind Gu Ruilong suddenly stepped forward.
His eyes, hidden beneath the sunglasses, merely swept over Caiyou. Her entire body flew backward as if struck by a Giant Hammer, landing dozens of meters away!
It all happened so fast, so suddenly, that no one present saw it coming.
Even Su Ruobing was stunned for a moment.
She couldn’t be blamed; she never would have imagined that Gu Ruilong would dare have one of his Reincarnator subordinates attack Caiyou in broad daylight.
When she finally snapped back to her senses, fury erupted across her face. With a fierce wave of her hand, a massive waterfall of ice and snow materialized in the sky!
Gu Ruilong nonchalantly flicked his cigar ash. “Don’t get worked up, Ruo Bing,” he said with a smirk. “You’d better think this through. Just a few days ago, the old patriarch of my family became one of the twelve seats of the Human Alliance. Surely you know what that position signifies?”
