My Ability Pool is Superior - Chapter 197: Do Me A Favor
“Brother Jinbao…”
Big Flower Arm opened the door and saw the group of people standing at the entrance, immediately becoming so nervous that his speech became stammering.
Mixing on this street, there were others he might not recognize, but who the leader of this street was, he absolutely had to keep in mind.
Hei Jinbao’s complexion was ashen. He pushed Big Flower Arm to the ground with one hand, then stepped forward and stomped heavily on Big Flower Arm’s head.
Big Flower Arm’s head burst open like a ripe watermelon, gore splattering everywhere.
The two remaining thugs in the room were terrified, their expressions changing drastically, but they didn’t dare to flee in front of Hei Jinbao.
Although Shrimp Brother’s heart skipped a beat, when he saw Shrimp Girl in the corner, he threw all thoughts of fear to the back of his mind and rushed over eagerly to check on Shrimp Girl’s situation.
In fact, Shrimp Girl hadn’t been knocked out; she had just been hooded with a black hood over her head.
Shrimp Brother ran over and took the hood off her, asking eagerly, “Are you okay? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere? What did they do to you?”
Suddenly receiving strong light made Shrimp Girl instinctively close her eyes, her whole body like a startled little rabbit.
“Hahaha, Brother Jinbao, this isn’t very honorable of you.”
Shi San Yao had his hands in his pockets, tilting his head towards Brother Lu Bai’s position: “Good thing our Brother Lu Bai kept an eye out, or this matter wouldn’t have ended well for you.”
Hei Jinbao stared at the puddle of mushy flesh and blood under his foot in silence for a moment, then turned his head, revealing yellowed teeth.
“Brother Lu Bai, are you satisfied with how I handled this?”
“This matter is settled. Now let’s go see Dao Master.”
Lu Bai maintained a friendly smile throughout, making it hard for anyone to tell what he was really thinking.
At the corner of the wall, Shrimp Brother had already described the general sequence of events.
Shrimp Girl instinctively looked towards Lu Bai standing next to Shi San Yao. She wanted to thank Lu Bai, but after anxiously scanning the room, she couldn’t find any paper or pen.
“That’s great. Let’s go.”
Shi San Yao pulled his hands out of his pockets and made a “please” gesture.
Lu Bai nodded to Shrimp Brother, then gave Shrimp Girl a gentle smile in return, before leaving with Shi San Yao and Hei Jinbao.
……
It was worth mentioning that although the Dao Master they were going to see was the leader of the entire Chikan Bay.
Shi San Yao didn’t take Lu Bai to the core area of Chikan Bay; instead, he took a vehicle and left Chikan Bay.
After about half an hour of driving, the vehicle finally stopped by the Chikan River, far from the urban area.
A man with thick hair was standing with his back to everyone, fishing by the shore.
Shi San Yao led Lu Bai to the man’s side and bowed excitedly: “Dao Master, we’ve brought the person you wanted to see.”
Hei Jinbao didn’t even dare to speak, completely lacking the presence he had shown in front of the thugs earlier.
Dao Master turned his head, looking to be only in his forties. It was unknown if it was due to some technique for preserving youth.
An utterly ordinary appearance; no one would suspect if he were called a middle-aged office drone.
Dao Master didn’t rush to say anything to Lu Bai. Instead, he turned his head and smiled amiably at Shi San Yao: “Didn’t Little Thirteen bring a fishing rod? This might be boring from now on.”
The implication in these words was too obvious.
Shi San Yao naturally had good eyesight. He made up an excuse about having something to do on his side and left, pulling Hei Jinbao along.
Watching the two drive away, Dao Master then turned his gaze back to Lu Bai.
“Lu Bai, right?”
Dao Master casually set the fishing rod on the ground, patted the stone stool next to him, gesturing for Lu Bai to sit: “Do you know why I wanted to see you?”
Lu Bai brushed the dust off the stone stool and sat down directly: “Not really.”
“I’ll get straight to the point.”
Dao Master looked into Lu Bai’s eyes, somewhat solemnly: “I’d like to ask you for a favor.”
“What matter would require someone like me, a small fry, to help?”
Lu Bai tilted his head slightly. He was even a bit curious how Dao Master knew about him.
“Don’t sell yourself short. You’re no small fry. Anyone well-informed probably knows about you by now.”
Dao Master turned his head, gazing distantly towards the prison: “Since that Bear Warden took office, you’re the first prisoner to successfully jailbreak and stay alive.”
“So?”
Lu Bai vaguely guessed what this Dao Master wanted.
Dao Master quickly gave the answer: “I’d like you to go back to the prison one more time and help me rescue someone. Of course, I won’t let you work for free—name your price.”
Everyone has their own secrets. Dao Master didn’t domineeringly force Lu Bai to hand over that method of releasing darkness; instead, he chose this negotiating attitude.
However, since the words had come to this.
“Then give me a Body Tempering Method as payment. And I hope for upfront payment—that’ll make it easier to rescue the person, right?”
“Very good…”
……
Chikan Bay, Heping Branch Road.
Squeak~
A black vehicle in front of an inn’s door.
The driver, dressed in a neatly pressed suit, respectfully opened the car door: “Mr. Lu, we’ve arrived.”
“Thanks for the trouble. You can go back now.” Lu Bai nodded and got out of the vehicle.
“Contact me anytime if you need anything.”
The driver bowed ninety degrees to him, then added: “Please don’t forget Dao Master’s order. I’ll leave you to rest undisturbed.”
After the driver finished speaking, he returned to the driving position, and the vehicle soon disappeared around the street corner.
“Within a week?” Lu Bai murmured, sensing the nearly dissipated fuel smell by the roadside.
The time limit Dao Master gave was quite generous, clearly showing he really hoped Lu Bai could successfully rescue the person.
“Time is still a bit tight.”
Lu Bai was well aware that he actually had no room for choice.
Although Dao Master appeared quite amiable, don’t expect the leader of criminal forces to be some kind-hearted person.
If nothing unexpected happened, if Lu Bai dared to refuse this transaction, the moment he rejected it, Dao Master would start considering where to bury him the next second.
That said, he glanced down at the ancient booklet in his hand.
His mood was actually pretty good.
……
Looking back, the old woman at the inn was dozing off.
Lu Bai didn’t wake her. He went upstairs lightly, and while passing the corridor, he even had to deliberately block out some lascivious sounds coming from the rooms on both sides.
He silently recited Amitabha Buddha in his mind, stopped in front of his room, took out the key, opened the door, and entered.
He closed the door and locked it, conveniently turned on all the lights in the room, then placed the ancient booklet on the only table.
The ancient booklet didn’t have any flashy names like Buddha’s Palm or Nine Yin Manual.
The cover only had two words—Wu Gang.
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