“If not for you today, we would have suffered higher casualties. It’s already a miracle that we could eradicate the Wang family menace with only three deaths. A few centuries ago, the battle between Mao Mountain and the Wang family was a lot more horrific.”
Tang Hao opened his mouth to say something, but eventually sighed and said nothing.
He went to help the Taoist masters clean up the scene of the battle.
They gathered everything from the base and burned them to ashes. Then, they brought the three bodies of the Taoist masters onto the buses and returned to Mao Mountain.
On the trip earlier, they were chatting and laughing, but on the return trip, the mood was solemn.
The Taoist masters’ clothes were torn and tattered. Everyone had injuries on their bodies.
Back at Westridge District, they got off the buses and got on their cars. Tang Hao followed them back to Mao Mountain because he wanted to send off the deceased Taoist masters.
The sun was setting as they arrived at Mao Mountain.
The Taoist masters who stayed back to keep watch were already informed about the news. As the cars drove up the mountain, a bell could be heard from the top.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The clarion, yet sorrowful toll of the bell echoed throughout the entire mountain range.
Taoist masters came down from the mountain and stood on both sides of the road.
They were the next generation of Mao Mountain Taoist masters.
The Taoist masters came out of their cars and brought the three bodies up the mountain. After that, they performed the funerary rites for the three Taoist masters.
Finally, they lit a pyre in front of the main hall.
The flames of the pyre raged under the sunset, consuming the bodies and reducing them to ashes.
The wind rose and brought the ashes away.
Just like that, they were gone with the wind.
It was some time past seven o’clock after they had dinner. The sky was completely dark, and Mao Mountain was dotted with lights.
Tang Hao sat in the main hall. Next to him sat several elderly Taoist masters.
“You said that you have something to tell us, Little Brother, what is it?” One of the elderly Taoist masters said.
Tang Hao hesitated for a while, then said, “My friends, have you wondered why I’ve reached such a high cultivation base when I’m still so young?”
“Well…” The elderly Taoist masters were shocked by the question. They smiled sheepishly.
Indeed, the young fellow cultivator sitting in front of them was a freak. He was still young, but his cultivation base was shockingly high.
“I guess that you must have had a fortuitous encounter, Little Brother?” One of the elderly Taoist masters said.
Tang Hao smiled. “Indeed, I was quite lucky. However, I have a prescription in my hands to help a cultivator increase their qi in this modern age, where qi flow in the air is thin.”
The elderly Taoist masters were surprised. Their breathing became faster.
“Little Brother, do you mean…” The leader looked at Tang Hao with sparkling eyes.
“That’s right, I want to hand over the prescription to Mao Mountain,” Tang Hao said.
The elderly Taoist masters exclaimed in surprise. They were incredibly emotional and excited.
“How… How can that be? This prescription is a rare treasure in these modern times!”
Tang Hao smiled. “What rare treasure? It’s just a piece of paper. I don’t have any use for it anymore.
“I’ve learned a lot from what happened today. All of you said that your mortal lives are ending soon. Once you’re gone, Mao Mountain would be in a predicament.
“In the next generation, Taoist Master Qian Ji shows the most promise, but his cultivation base isn’t high enough. The younger ones are worse. If that continues, Mao Mountain would continue to decline generation after generation.”
“Well… Sigh!” The elderly Taoist masters sighed with heavy hearts.
Tang Hao continued, “However, I have one condition. The knowledge of this prescription can only be known by two people. One is the generational leader, and the other is Shabby… No, I mean, Taoist Master Xuan Ling.
“I don’t want the prescription to fall into other hands.”
“Don’t worry about that. We swear that it won’t happen,” the Taoist masters quickly agreed to it.
“That’s good. Right, the prescription needs a lot of medicinal herbs, especially ginseng and lingzhi. You can turn some of the land around the mountain into plantations,” Tang Hao said.
“We’ll do that tomorrow! I’ll send the young ones to start farming.”
They chatted for a while more before Tang Hao left.
Tang Hao gave Mao Mountain the prescription because he did not want to see them decline. Also, he had no more use for the prescription.
It was late at night when he returned home.
There was a light on in the mansion.
Qin Xiangyi came out to the door when she heard the sounds of Tang Hao’s car.
She seemed concerned when she saw the gloom in Tang Hao’s eyes. “What’s wrong, Lil Tang?”
Tang Hao came to his senses. He stepped forward and hugged Qin Xiangyi tightly. “Nothing, I just feel like hugging you!” He mumbled.
Qin Xiangyi was surprised. Her gaze softened, then reached out and hugged him.
She could sense from his expression that something must have happened, and it was not a good thing.
She did not say anything. A hug was better than a thousand words.
Chapter 391 - Teacher Jiang Asks For Help
The sunlight outside the window was bright and warm.
Tang Hao sat on a chair next to the window. Teacher Jiang was conducting the lesson on the teaching podium. Her voice was crisp and melodic. It was a joy to listen to her speak.
She was dressed quite plainly in a thin black cotton top and a pair of skinny jeans.
No matter how plainly she dressed, her clothes could not hide the charm of her body. She was almost as attractive as Officer Zhao.
Her long, black hair was tied in a ponytail. It bobbed whenever she moved.
Her fair face was lightly adorned with foundation and powder. She looked pure and innocent.
Tang Hao appreciated his teacher’s body. With such a beautiful female teacher, the mood of the lecture was different.
Two periods of classes passed in the blink of an eye.
The bell rang, signifying the end of the class.
The students got up from their seats and streamed out of the classroom.
Tang Hao packed his textbooks in his backpack. He was about to leave the classroom when he heard Teacher Jiang call him from the podium. “Stay back for a while, Tang Hao. I have something to speak to you.”
Tang Hao was surprised.
He turned around and saw that Teacher Jiang’s expression was fraught with anxiety.
“Oh!” Tang Hao replied and stopped walking.
After everyone left, he walked over and asked, “Is there something, Teacher Jiang?”
Jiang Wanying’s brows were locked even tighter. She hesitated for a while before she took out her phone, tapped it a few times, and showed it to Tang Hao.
Tang Hao took the phone. He saw a text message with only one word in it: Careful.
Tang Hao furrowed his brows. When he saw the name of the sender, he was shocked.
The sender of the message was Jiang Wanying’s father.
“What… What’s going on?” Tang Hao was confused.
‘Careful? What should she be careful about?’ He could not discern any clue from the message.
Jiang Wanying shook her head and said in frustration, “I don’t know. I got this message late at night. I didn’t see it immediately, and only read it when I woke up at seven o’clock this morning.
“When I tried calling him, his phone was already out of service. I tried calling my mother, and her phone wa
s out of service as well. No one picked up the landline phone in the house either.”
She became more anxious as she spoke. “I called my father’s office, and they said that they hadn’t seen him since morning. My father never misses work. Something bad must have happened.”
Tang Hao looked at the message on the phone with a grim expression on his face.
Putting together all the information he knew, something must have happened to Teacher Jiang’s father. The message was short, which meant that it might have been sent during an emergency.
According to Teacher Jiang, her father was a regular high school teacher, while her mother was a civil servant. Those were very mundane jobs, and they were very mundane people. Why would they be caught up in any trouble?
“Did your parents tell you anything when you last called them?” Tang Hao asked.
Jiang Wanying shook her head. “Nothing out of the ordinary. I can’t imagine what might happen to them.”
Tang Hao thought for a while and spoke, “If we can’t contact them, then we’ll have to go and find them.”
“I’ve thought of that. That’s why I’m asking you for help,” Jiang Wanying said while looking at Tang Hao expectantly.
She knew that Tang Hao was a martial arts expert.
Jiang Wanying knew that Tang Hao was reliable after the previous two incidents. Now that she was in danger again, she immediately thought of him.
“So… are we leaving now?” Tang Hao asked.
“Yes, we should leave now. The sooner the better. I’ve already taken time off in the afternoon. As for you, it’s not like you usually come to class anyway. You disappear for weeks at once. You don’t mind missing a few more classes, right?”
Tang Hao coughed awkwardly.
It seemed like Teacher Jiang was not too happy that he was frequently absent for classes.
“Let’s go then. We’ll ride in my car,” Tang Hao said.
“Shouldn’t we take the high-speed rail?” Teacher Jiang was surprised.
“My car is safer!” Tang Hao said with a smile, then headed toward the exit.
Tang Hao’s car was still at his apartment. He had to return home to take it, then go to River Delta City, where Teacher Jiang’s parents’ house was.
They walked out of the university gates together.
It was noon, and there were many students gathered at the gates. Jiang Wanying’s appearance there caused a commotion. Many male students crowded around excitedly to see her.
Jiang Wanying was popular because she was Z University’s most beautiful teacher.
Tang Hao was used to such scenes. He was not too surprised about it.
He swept his gaze across the crowd and focused on the white car parked at the opposite side of the road. Several people were sitting inside it, looking toward them.
They were dressed in business suits and did not look friendly.
He immediately understood what the message meant. The people who had done something to Teacher Jiang’s parents must be coming for her.
He had an ominous feeling in his heart.
If Teacher Jiang’s parents had not contacted her since morning, it most likely meant that they were in those people’s hands.
‘I hope they’re still OK!’ Tang Hao thought.
He hailed a cab and returned to his apartment with Teacher Jiang. Then, he drove out of the residential area.
The white car immediately tailed them once they were out of the residential area.
The traffic thinned when they drove into the countryside. Tang Hao abruptly turned the car around, floored the accelerator, and drove toward the white car.
Teacher Jiang was immediately dumbfounded. She did not know what Tang Hao wanted to do. She only came to her senses when she saw the people sitting in the white car.
They had been followed!
The people in the white car were equally confused.
They could not believe that they were discovered!
‘How is this possible? I thought the car in front only had a woman and a kid. The kid is a student, and the woman is only a university teacher.
‘How could they have noticed us?
‘And they’re driving their car right at us, too! Are they crazy? Do they have a death wish?’
The people in the white car came to their senses and started laughing out loud.
In their eyes, the two people were looking for death!
However, when they saw what happened next, their smiles froze on their faces. Their mouths and eyes opened wider and wider, and their facial muscles twitched in fear.
“Oh my god, they’re really crazy!” They yelled.
The driver tried to turn the steering wheel around to evade the oncoming car but did not manage it in time.
Bang!
The black Audi rammed into the white car and knocked it back for about five or six meters. The people in the white car were injured and bleeding. Two of them were even knocked out.
The other two people were dazed.
In the Audi, Jiang Wanying’s eyes were opened round and wide and her face was pale. She was equally scared as the people in the other car. She was screaming for her life as the two cars collided.
When she came to her senses, she realized that she was unharmed. In fact, she barely felt anything during the impact, except for a slight vibration, while the other car was knocked away.
She was utterly dumbfounded.
“Sit inside. Don’t come out of the car!” Tang Hao told her.
Then, he got out of the car and walked toward the white car.
Chapter 392 - : Number One Gangster of Province Z
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Tang Hao opened the twisted car door and sat inside.
A while later, he got out of the car with a peculiar expression on his face.
When he returned to his car, Jiang Wanying was still in a daze. She was wondering why Tang Hao’s car remained undamaged.
How was it possible? The other car was turned into scrap metal. According to physics, there should be a reaction that should have damaged Tang Hao’s car equally.
She turned around to look at Tang Hao as he got in.
“Your car…” She mumbled.
“What about my car?” Tang Hao was confused.
Jiang Wanying was at a loss for words. She opened her mouth but said nothing. She wondered if Audi cars had exceptional quality, which was why they were so tough.
Tang Hao smiled mischievously.
“You…” Jiang Wanying realized that Tang Hao was teasing her. “Hmph!”
She glared at Tang Hao and knocked his forehead with her knuckles.
“Were you teasing me? I’m your teacher! You shouldn’t have done that… You’ve modified your car, right?”
Tang Hao nodded. He might as well admit to it.
“Hmph!” Jiang Wanying grunted angrily. “Why did you tell me earlier? I was almost frightened to death!” She patted her chest as she said that.
“Did you manage to find out anything? Howe about my parents? Are they OK?” She asked worriedly.
Tang Hao’s expression turned grim. “They admitted that your parents are kidnapped, but they’re fine. Their order was to kidnap them and not bring them any harm.
“They also want to kidnap you and bring you to River Delta City.”
Jiang Wanying breathed a sigh of relief as though a heavy burden had been lifted from her chest. “Who are they? Why did they kidnap my parents?” She asked.
“Well… even they’re not too sure. They’re only carrying out orders from their superiors and don’t know the reason behind it. They’re gangsters from River Delta City, and their leader seems to be someone important. His name is Wu Qiye. Have you heard of him before?”
Jiang Wanying shook her head.
She had never heard of that person before.
Tang Hao was silent for a while. “Alright then, we’ll go and ask him.”
Jiang W
anying was stunned. “What did you say?”
“We’ll go and ask him! If we don’t know, then we’ll have to find out!” Tang Hao said matter-of-factly, “We’ll go and rescue your parents too.”
“But… shouldn’t we call the police in these situations?” Jiang Wanying said worriedly.
Tang Hao rolled his eyes. ‘What’s the use of calling the police?
‘Teacher Jiang is too naive. Well, she’s too innocent and doesn’t know the hidden dangers of society.
‘Just like last time, when that animal of a dean invited her to the dinner party.’
“Tang Hao, I know that you have incredible martial arts skills, but those people are gangsters! There are so many of them. Some of them might have guns too!” Jiang Wanying tried to convince Tang Hao that it was a bad idea.
Tang Hao rolled his eyes again. ‘Guns? I have plenty of those!’
He considered taking out some of his guns to show his teacher but eventually decided not to frighten her.
“Teacher Jiang, let me tell you, there’s no use in calling the police. Anyone worth their salt in a big city like River Delta City has powerful connections. They won’t be afraid of the police.
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