Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

"You... Fine, I've lost. Just kill me."

Gong Qing seemed resigned to his fate and stopped arguing.

“Kill you? That won’t do.” Zhou Fengliu shook his head: “I still need to collect the reward for you.”

“It’s no use… I’ll die even if the mission fails, even if I don’t die now… My life doesn’t belong to me,” Gong Qing said.

"Then you'll die later, thank you," Zhou Fengliu said, trying to comfort Gong Qing.

Gong Qing: "..."

Hey, he's actually quite polite!

Seeing that Gong Qing stopped talking, Zhou Fengliu didn't say anything more either, and turned around and went back into Tian Jinzhong's room.

"Old Tian... Gong Qing didn't hurt you, did he?"

Hearing Zhou Fengliu's question, Tian Jinzhong smiled and nodded: "Young man, I know you... Zhou Fengliu, thank you for saving me this time."

"I'm glad you're alright."

Zhou Fengliu stared at Tian Jinzhong, whose eyes were wide open. He recalled the story in the original novel where Tian Jinzhong stayed awake for decades to keep the secret of having met Zhang Huaiyi, fearing that talking in his sleep would expose the secret.

Living is a kind of suffering.

Zhou Fengliu sighed silently in his heart.

However, Tian Jinzhong has held on for so many years... If that kid Gong Qing leads people to steal the secret, then all his efforts will have been in vain.

Regardless of whether keeping this secret is meaningful or not, just live on... Living to the end with this secret can be considered an explanation for Tian Jinzhong's many years of perseverance.

Chapter 103 When happy, one is second only to one person; when unhappy, one is even lower than one person (Second Update)

After a moment.

Rongshan finally realized something was wrong and rushed back. He walked into the courtyard and saw Xiaoyuzi floating in mid-air, looking utterly dejected.

"Xiaoyuzi...what happened?"

Rongshan frowned and asked.

However, Gong Qing was so disheartened at this moment that he didn't want to pay any attention to him, which forced him to continue walking into the house. As soon as he entered the house, he saw Tian Jinzhong and Zhou Fengliu sitting and chatting.

"Uncle-Master... what's going on?"

Hearing Rong Shan's commotion, Zhou Fengliu, who had been watching over Tian Jinzhong for a while, finally stood up: "Referee, you're finally back."

"Referee...brother?" Rong Shan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this address.

"From now on, if anyone tells you that the Celestial Master is in danger because he's being ganged up on, don't believe them. With the Celestial Master's strength, even if the entire Quanxing Sect came out in full force, they probably wouldn't be enough to kill him."

Zhou Fengliu looked at Rong Shan with a meaningful expression.

He was chatting with Tian Jinzhong when he heard the news that Rong Shan was going to support the Old Celestial Master, and he almost burst out laughing.

The highest level of expertise in modern times cannot be grasped by mere general skills.

In the original work of this old-age shonen anime, when the Old Celestial Master is happy, he is Second to One Person; when the Old Celestial Master is unhappy, he is First to One Person.

"What...what's going on?" Rongshan was somewhat confused.

"Well, how should I put it? Your Celestial Master's Mansion has a traitor, that guy who's been lurking outside... his real identity is Gong Qing, the acting leader of the Quanxing Sect."

Zhou Fengliu picked up his black backpack and then said:

"Luckily I arrived in time, otherwise you would have been robbed of your base. Anyway, thankfully it was a close call. Now that you're back, I'll be going now."

Zhou Fengliu slung his backpack over his shoulder, patted Rong Shan on the shoulder, and then turned and left.

"The leader of Quanxing Sect? Is it Xiaoyuzi?"

After Zhou Fengliu walked outside, Rong Shan had not yet digested this shocking information. He was somewhat unwilling to believe it and turned to Tian Jinzhong for confirmation.

Tian Jinzhong nodded first and then said, "Rongshan, let's talk about the rest later. Go and see them off first."

"Yes... Uncle-Master."

After verifying with Tian Jinzhong, Rong Shan hurriedly caught up with Zhou Fengliu. He called out to Zhou Fengliu in the courtyard and then bowed, saying:

"Thank you very much, young man. On behalf of the entire Celestial Master's Mansion, I thank you."

Zhou Fengliu turned around upon hearing the sound, thought for a moment, and then said to Rong Shan:

"It's nothing. This is what I should do as an employee of Nadutong Company. Please don't report this to the company or write any thank-you letters or anything like that."

what?

Rong Shan was slightly taken aback by Zhou Fengliu's words. He watched Zhou Fengliu's departing figure, his mind still a little confused.

...

Add one to the performance.

After leaving Tian Jinzhong's courtyard, Zhou Fengliu felt that his efforts tonight had not been in vain.

He glanced at Gong Qing, who was floating in mid-air, and then saw him take out his "far ahead" phone. Just as he was about to call Xu Si, he saw the message from Xia He and the missed call from Xu Si.

Seeing this, he first called Xu Si back.

"Hey? Fourth Brother... I'll send you a location. You can bring your men and take over the Quanxing Sect Leader first."

"?"

Xu Si, who was directing the operation on the other end of the phone, was slightly taken aback upon hearing this: "Xiao Zhou, what did you say? You captured the leader of Quanxing Sect? Are you sure it's the leader?"

"It's confirmed. It's in Tian Jinzhong's old courtyard. This kid was trying to cause trouble. Luckily, I caught him while I was passing by. He was quite troublesome. It took me a lot of effort to catch him."

Hearing Zhou Fengliu's words, Xu Si scratched his hair, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up in a smile.

This Zhou... he always accomplishes great things without saying a word.

"Alright, I understand. I'll take the men there now. If it really is the leader of Quanxing Sect, then you'll have done a great service tonight."

After the call ended, Zhou Fengliu thoughtfully offered a reassuring remark to Gong Qing in the sky above:

"Um... Gong, just hang in there a little longer... we'll be liberated soon."

Gong Qing: "..."

Seeing that Gong Qing still didn't speak, Zhou Fengliu didn't press him for answers, but continued walking towards the designated location.

...

As time passed, the lawless Quanxing demons, accompanied by a beam of golden light reaching the heavens, gradually began to flee, as if this farce of attacking the mountain could not last long.

"How many times have I advised you not to relentlessly pursue me? Now look what's happened... you've been surrounded, haven't you?"

In an open space, a member of the Quanxing sect looked at Lu Linglong, who had fallen into an encirclement not far away, and mocked her.

At this moment, Lu Linglong was in a very sorry state. She had originally been chasing a Quanxing demon with Zhi Jinhua, but who would have thought that they would fall into an ambush? Zhi Jinhua fell into the hands of the enemy, and she was surrounded by a group of Quanxing demons.

"Hehe, let's see what Lu Jin does after we get his great-granddaughter!"

"We'll have him exchange it for the Tongtian Talisman then."

All the Quanxing demons present were very excited, but the most excited of them all was the big fat man who was pressing down on Zhi Jinhua.

The fat man sat on Zhi Jinhua's soft body, using iron spikes to impale her limbs, making it difficult for her to escape.

"You want to trade these two little girls for the Heavenly Talisman? Are you even human?" The fat man said, indicating his disapproval upon hearing his companion's voice.

"Such a beautiful girl...of course she deserves to be handled properly." He said, leaning down to kiss the hibiscus flower.

The excruciating pain of her limbs being pierced by iron spikes, coupled with the fat man's humiliation, completely shattered Zhi Jinhua's mental defenses. She cried out to Lu Linglong:

"Linglong! Help me!"

Seeing that the time was almost right, one of the Quanxing demons spoke up: "You are good friends, right? Can you bear to see her suffer like this? As long as you stop resisting, I promise I will treat you kindly."

Listening to the other party's persuasion to surrender, and looking at the miserable state of Zhi Jinhua in front of her, Lu Linglong swallowed hard and calmly spoke to Zhi Jinhua:

"Hua, you're smarter than me. Please think about this calmly. If we give in to these guys, do you think they'll let us go?"

"No matter how painful it is, I hope you can grit your teeth and endure it. I believe this is the kind of resolve you should have had from the day you decided to deal with Quanxing!"

"As a friend, I cannot guarantee your safety right now. I can only guarantee that if anything unfortunate happens to you, it will be after I die in battle!"

Lu Linglong was very determined; there was no such thing as compromise or submission in her dictionary. After saying that, she launched an attack on the group of Quanxing demons.

She was fairly skilled, but even she couldn't fight off four opponents.

Clearly, she hasn't yet mastered the skill to deal with so many Quanxing demons single-handedly.

At this critical moment, a lotus flower on the tree silently watched everything and hesitated whether to lend a helping hand.

...

P.S.: I pray for everything as usual. Goodnight and sweet dreams, godfathers.

Chapter 104 So you're the leader of the Quanxing Sect?! (First Update)

This lotus flower is none other than Zhang Chulan. He has just left the old Celestial Master and has not yet accepted the so-called Celestial Master's inheritance. At this moment, he is searching for the missing Feng Baobao.

Before he could even find Feng Baobao, this incident happened.