I practiced my spirituality alone in Hong Kong.

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At seven o'clock in the morning, Hu Xian hurriedly headed towards the snake pit.

Behind her, several bodyguards escorted her while whispering among themselves:

"That kung fu kid spent the whole night in that horrible place called the snake den yesterday. I heard he even got the key to the snake cage, planning to go in and get up close and personal with those dangerous animals."

"He's the most outrageous Asian I've ever met."

The bald Slavic white man spoke in a muffled voice, his arm still wrapped in bandages and covered with ointment, clearly indicating that the large tendon injury Li Chang'an had caused him had not yet healed.

"Let's bet on whether he dares to go into that green anaconda's cage, and he has to come out alive," one of the bodyguards suggested.

"I bet ten dollars that Kung Fu Kid won't dare go in. I've seen that green anaconda before; it's strong enough to swallow a cow whole." The bald white man joined the bet.

"I bet twenty dollars that he won't dare go in, and even if he does, he won't come out alive. No matter how powerful a human is, he can't compare to the top predators in nature."

A Southeast Asian bodyguard also participated in the betting.

He had ventured deep into the dangerous rainforests of Southeast Asia, and thus firmly believed that without weapons and firearms, the human body could never defeat those dangerous beasts.

The last and youngest South Korean bodyguard hesitated for a moment, recalling the incredible strength he had personally witnessed against Li Chang'an the day before...

He ultimately placed a bet of fifty dollars, choosing to believe that Li Chang'an dared to enter the Green Anaconda's snake cage and would come out alive.

While the group chatted, Hu Xian led them through the Hell Cave and arrived at the Snake Cave in the back mountain garden.

As the door was pushed open, the morning sunlight pierced the darkness inside the room.

Hu Xian squinted and called out:

"Li Chang'an?"

No one responded.

Hu Xian immediately felt uneasy. Why was no one there?

Did this kid leave Tiger and Leopard Manor in the middle of the night, or did he really die in the belly of a snake?

Damn it, you young upstart, don't cause me any more trouble!

Hu Xian, accompanied by her bodyguards, quickly arrived at the python area.

When Hu Xian saw the golden Burmese python in the first arena turn into a ball, her heart raced with fear.

Won't……

"Mr. Hu, we've found that kung fu prodigy... Mr. Li."

A somewhat broken Cantonese voice came through.

The South Korean bodyguard stood deep inside the snake pit, pointing to the Green Serpent's territory and exclaiming in surprise.

The other bodyguards around him reluctantly pulled out banknotes and handed them to him.

……

……

Young man, your diligent practice of the Snake Form Fist has increased your Snake Form Fist experience by 20.

[A snake sheds its skin to become a python, breaking through to rise again! Young man, congratulations on mastering the intermediate-grade skill, Python Fist!]

[Intermediate-grade skill: Python Fist (Mastery 19/300)]

Li Chang'an exhaled a deep breath and opened his eyes.

The snake cage door opened, and Hu Xian appeared before them.

She looked at Li Chang'an in the field, and the chickens and ducks leisurely strolling nearby, and frowned as she asked:

"Where's my snake?"

"In the water."

After Li Chang'an finished speaking, he added another sentence.

"I suggest you take it to a psychologist; it might be depressed."

Hu Xian: "?"

After half an hour.

After showering and cleaning himself in the guest room bathroom, Li Chang'an changed into a new set of clothes and went to Hu Xian's study.

Hu Xian looked at him coldly.

"You have broken the great snake that my father passed down in many places, and now it is not only refusing to eat, but also has developed a strong fear of outsiders."

I now have to spend a lot of money to bring a professional veterinary team from abroad to Hong Kong to treat it.

"I gave you this important feng shui location in our family to practice your skills, and this is how you repay me?"

Knowing he was in the wrong, Li Chang'an said:

"I am willing to bear all of Mr. Hu's compensation demands."

"No need, I don't need the money."

Hu Xian got up and went to the window, looking down at the entire Tiger Leopard Manor.

"You asked me before why I hired so many bodyguards, right?"

Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an knew that important business was about to begin.

Hu Xian slowly began to speak: "My father passed away in a hurry, and the will he left behind was extremely simple."

The Sing Tao newspaper business, all the real estate and hotels in Hong Kong, and even this Tiger Balm Villa, all belong to me.

The Tiger Balm business, banking, and insurance in Southeast Asia belonged to my father's younger brother, Uncle Hu Wenbao.

"But I am my father's adopted daughter, not his biological daughter. For the past twenty or thirty years, my uncle's lineage has never acknowledged me as his heir."

They've repeatedly tried to sue me and seize the Hu family's assets in Hong Kong from me.

As Hu Xian spoke, she scoffed and said sarcastically:

"But before they could compete with me, a few years ago, they ruined their businesses in Southeast Asia themselves."

My father's business empire, which he built in Southeast Asia, has now been taken over by the Singapore government and has completely fallen into foreign hands.

"That's why that faction covets my remaining Hong Kong assets more and more, and they've become increasingly obsessed with them."

"I don't know if Xiaolan has told you that Hong Kong will definitely take off in the next ten years."

Hong Kong today is a highly coveted prize, coveted by everyone, from dragons to snakes, all vying for a piece of the pie.

"The same applies to that lineage."

In order to return to Hong Kong, they were even willing to be pawns of the Southeast Asian powers, willing to give away all the family property left by my father to outsiders in order to bring me down.

They couldn't compete with me openly before, so now they've started resorting to underhanded tactics. With funding from forces in Southeast Asia, they're secretly colluding with the Number Gang to try and harm me.

Number assistance?

Li Chang'an remembered that Master Huang had told him that the father of Fei Zai Dong, who was detained in the police station a month ago, was a member of the Number Gang.

He later even made a special trip to ask Brother Chen, who knew all sorts of gossip, about it.

Like Wo Shing Wo, the Number Gang is one of the three major triad societies in Hong Kong.

Unlike Wo Shing Wo, which originated in Hong Kong, Wo Shing Wo was founded in Hong Kong by Ge Zhaohuang, a lieutenant general of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who fled to Hong Kong after the victory of the liberation of mainland China. It had a warlord background.

In the early 1970s, Southeast Asia's biggest drug lord, Limpy Ho, was brought down and his home was raided by the ICAC (Independent Police Agency).

The market and power gaps left by the Limpy Ho gang will not disappear; they will only be filled by other gangs that merge with them. Among them, the Number Gang has absorbed the most of the Limpy Ho gang's legacy.

The Number Gang has grown much stronger and has become the largest triad in Hong Kong. Chen Yuanlong said that the police estimate that there may be hundreds of thousands of members!

Now, Hu Xian has been targeted by this ruthless behemoth.

No wonder she hires foreign bodyguards and never hires any Hong Kong locals.

These foreign bodyguards even came from different countries and didn't know each other.

Given the size of the Number Gang, Hu Xian probably feels like she's being watched by their henchmen everywhere she goes when she walks down the street.

However, Li Chang'an remained calm.

He placed his hands, folded, on the table.

"So... how does Mr. Hu want me to protect you?"

If it's for close protection, I'm sorry I can't agree to that, because I don't have the time.

But apart from that, whenever you encounter difficulties in Hong Kong, I will come to your aid.

Hu Xian squinted and asked:

"No matter who you're facing?"

Li Chang'an nodded. "No matter who we're facing."