Chapter 1 A Pleasant Surprise

Hearing Chen Xiao’s words, Xiao Tiance was overjoyed and said excitedly, "Okay, Chen Xiao, then I won't stand on ceremony with you!"

Calling him Chen Xiao was much more intimate than calling him Mr. Chen.

Chen Xiao smiled and nodded, "I'd be upset if you were polite."

Xiao Tiance patted Chen Xiao's shoulder with relief and laughed heartily.

"A good young man, just too much of a troublemaker."

Chen Xiao awkwardly touched his nose. "Marshal Xiao, I wonder what you're referring to?"

Chen Xiao had caused countless troubles; he didn't know which one Xiao Tiance was specifically referring to.

"I'll give you a heads-up. The Zhao family is gathering people, preparing to deal with you."

Xiao Tiance said directly.

Chen Xiao wasn't surprised by this. He had killed Zhao Hongyuan; it would be strange if the Zhao family didn't target him.

However, Chen Xiao didn't care.

He smiled faintly, "Let them come at me."

Xiao Tiance also said, "The Zhao family isn't worth fearing. Besides, even without this incident, given your relationship with Li Ziqing, you would have clashed with them sooner or later."

Back then, the five great families of Imperial City joined forces to deal with Li Ziqing. In the end, Xiao Tiance helped plead for her, and the five families spared Li Ziqing's life.

And based on Xiao Tiance's understanding of Li Ziqing, that woman would definitely not let things rest.

Now that Li Ziqing had Chen Xiao as her backer, going back to Imperial City for revenge was, in his opinion, only a matter of time.

Chen Xiao naturally understood what Xiao Tiance was saying. He asked, "Marshal, what exactly was the feud between the Li family and the five great families back then?"

"Li Ziqing hasn't told you yet?"

Xiao Tiance couldn't help but be taken aback.

Chen Xiao shook his head.

"Hehe, since she hasn't said it yet, then I won't pry."

Xiao Tiance smiled and shook his head, then continued, "In short, I hope you can turn hostility into friendship. But in the end, I'm just an outsider. The one who tied the knot must untie it. The grudges between you still need to be resolved by yourselves. I won't interfere."

Chen Xiao was speechless. It seemed that Li Ziqing would have to tell him about this personally.

Then Xiao Tiance added, "Of course, if you ever need my help, I will not hesitate."

"Then I thank you in advance!"

Chen Xiao cupped his fist, accepting Xiao Tiance's good intentions.

"Besides the Zhao family, people from the Liu and Huang sects have also been acting up recently. Although their strength is average, you still have to be on guard. After all, behind them is the Five Gods Sect. Although hidden sects rarely interfere in the secular world, there are always exceptions. It's best to be careful in everything."

Xiao Tiance gave another reminder.

His understanding of Chen Xiao was more profound than Chen Xiao realized.

Chen Xiao nodded. "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"That's good. I have a mission in the army and will be returning to the Northern Territory soon. Chen Xiao, we'll meet again someday!"

Xiao Tiance cupped his fist at Chen Xiao, ready to say goodbye.

Chen Xiao was slightly surprised. "So soon?"

"Yes. You killed four S-class ability users today, which will soon alarm the whole world. With you here, those messy foreign forces definitely won't dare to cause trouble again, so there's no need for me to stay here any longer."

With Chen Xiao around, Xiao Tiance could leave here with peace of mind.

"Alright then, Marshal Xiao, we'll meet again someday!"

Chen Xiao reluctantly bid farewell to Xiao Tiance.

On the helicopter flying back to the Northern Territory, Gongzi said with dissatisfaction, "I didn't expect us to come and go in such a hurry. I thought you would have a match with that kid, but nothing happened!"

Xiao Tiance smiled. "There's no need to compete. I'm not as good as him."

"Hmm?"

Gongzi was suddenly stunned.

This was the first time since he had followed Xiao Tiance that he had heard him admit that he was inferior to someone else.

"Marshal, are you serious? That kid is strong, but you've already entered the Divine Realm. You still can't beat him?"

Xiao Tiance smiled wryly and shook his head. "I can feel that if we were to fight to the death, I would surely die at his hands. Moreover, the Divine Realm is already my peak, but for him, it seems like he's only just beginning."

Hearing these words, Gongzi was silent for a long time, with only four words left in his heart: Terrifyingly powerful!

Just as Xiao Tiance had said, after Chen Xiao single-handedly wiped out four S-class ability users, all the foreign forces that had been trying to get their hands on Anchen Technology had scurried out of Jiang City the next day.

The cooperation between Li Ziqing and Song Anran officially began, and massive amounts of capital were injected into Anchen Technology, putting everything on the right track.

The two women entered workaholic mode one after the other. Compared to them, Chen Xiao was simply too carefree.

At this moment, he was sitting in his director's office, his legs propped up on the desk, leisurely following a web novel.

"This author named 'The Whale in the Mountains' writes really well!"

Chen Xiao took a sip of tea and shook his head, full of emotion.

Just then, the deputy director rushed in, flustered. "Director Chen, something terrible has happened, Director Chen!"

Chen Xiao was just getting into the story, and this shout immediately annoyed him. "What's the matter? Why are you so flustered? What happened?"

"Chu, Chu Luo... Chu Luo is in trouble!"

Li Dafu said intermittently.

He was panting for breath after running all the way.

"Director Li, can you speak slowly? What happened to Chu Luo?"

Chen Xiao frowned.

"That kid Chu Luo has been kidnapped!"

Li Dafu said with a worried face.

"What? Chu Luo has been kidnapped?"

Chen Xiao jumped up from his chair. "Who kidnapped him?"

"A group of fierce-looking strangers."

Li Dafu said, "Originally, Xiao Chu was seeing patients in the clinic when suddenly a group of people came, said a few words, and then directly kidnapped Chu Luo."

"Damn it, who is so bold as to dare to kidnap my people in my territory!"

Chen Xiao's eyebrows shot up.

Jiang City was his base of operations. Daring to cause trouble in his territory was like pulling a tiger's whiskers!

"Director Chen, don't worry. Xiao Chu seems to know those people, and those people even called Xiao Chu something like, Young Lord..."

Li Dafu added.

Young Lord?!

As Chen Xiao had expected, this Chu Luo's identity was indeed not simple.

"Do you know where they took Chu Luo?"

Chen Xiao asked.

"They put Xiao Chu in a car and drove away. Director Chen, look, this is the car."

Li Dafu was quite clever and took a picture of the car, with the model and license plate number clearly visible.

Chen Xiao took it and immediately called Qi Tianhu, asking him to send people to find the car.

In just over ten minutes, Qi Tianhu's call came.

"Boss Chen, the car and the people have all been found. They went to the Shuiyun Hotel. The room number has been found. Do we want to go in and arrest them now?"

Qi Tianhu asked for instructions.

"Don't alert the enemy yet. Wait for me to get there!"

Hanging up the phone, Chen Xiao went straight to the Shuiyun Hotel.