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Xia Jing Wu stroked his beard and continued, “Yao Qing, don’t be impulsive. I don’t know what the strength of that young man is exactly, but since he can defeat Deacon Min with one palm, he is definitely not someone you can capture. Even if everyone in the Chamber of Commerce were to join forces, we likely would not be his opponent. If you really went to provoke him now, you will only bring shame upon yourself!”

Yao Qing thought about it for a moment and an embarrassed look appeared on his face as he knew it was true. The more he thought about it, the more he began to sweat.

Hua You Meng looked at Xia Jing Wu with a wry smile and said, “This method won’t work; please talk about the second one, Uncle Xia.”

Xia Jing Wu sighed, “I knew that President wouldn’t agree to this proposal.”

How could Xia Jing Wu not know what kind of temperament Hua You Meng possessed? As someone who was charitable and caring, even able to stand up for a stranger like Yang Kai outside the city gate, how could she be willing to turn him over to Purple Star City for punishment now? If she were to really do this, she would not be Hua You Meng anymore.

“Since we cannot capture and hand him over, we can only choose the second option to avoid this crisis,” Xia Jing Wu said before solemnly declaring. “President must bring some people here and leave the Chamber of Commerce quickly; this old master will stay behind and manage the fallout.”

Hua You Meng was surprised when she heard these words and said in amazement, “Uncle Xia, what are you…”

“Since the crime has already been committed, someone must naturally take responsibility. It is impossible for Purple Star City to simply let the matter drop. In fact, we should not have even entered the city just now and left directly; but at the time, all of us were in a daze so it couldn’t be helped. Now that we are already inside the walls though, I’m afraid that trying to leave will be as difficult as ascending to the Heavens. However, now is a time for decisive measures! This old man has been in the President’s care for many years and hopes that in the end he can serve the President one last time,” Xia Jing Wu stood up and straightened his short body, seemingly preparing himself to meet whatever end was to befall him.

“I’ll stay with Uncle Xia!” Yao Qing got up quickly.

“I will stay too!” Outside the door, the beautiful woman named Sister Hong walked in and said in a deep voice.

“You can’t!” Hua You Meng’s expression finally changed as she flatly rejected the idea.

“Hehe, you truly can’t. If you all stay, who can assist the President in the future? If that happens, our Five Paths Chamber of Commerce will really meet its end, so all of you must go. Bring as many of the Chamber of Commerce’s value assets with you as you can while this old man stays behind to bear the burden,” Xia Jing Wu smiled lightly, as if already indifferent to the prospects of life and death. “Not to mention, this old man has some friendship with a certain Sir in Purple Star City. If I can contact him, I may not lose my life.”

“No!” Hua You Meng shook her head vigorously and said, “If Purple Star City really wants to make an example of someone, it is absolutely impossible for me, as the President, to not be here. I am the one who should remain while the rest of you leave.”

The group immediately began to argue, no one able to convince anyone else about who should go and who should stay.

After a fruitless debate, Xia Jing Wu slapped his thigh anxiously, “President, time is running out. If you continue to argue with this old man anymore, none of us will be able to leave! Do you want this old man to kneel and beg you? Good, this old man will kneel and beg!”

Saying so, he actually kneeled down towards Hua You Meng.

“Uncle Xia!” Hua You Meng’s complexion changed drastically as her figure disappeared from the chair she sat on and arrived right in front of Xia Jing Wu.

Just when she was about to reach out to support Xia Jing Wu though, Xia Jing Wu suddenly raised his hand and tossed a fistful of powder towards Hua You Meng.

Meng imagine that Xia Jing Wu would do something like this to her at such a time? Before she was able to react, she had already breathed in some of the powder and in the next

you doing!?” When Yao Qing saw that something was wrong, he roared and rushed towards Xia Jing Wu in

quickly understood what was happening and warded off Yao

Xia… you…” Although Hua You Meng felt incredibly

Even if the President has a Third-Order Origin Returning Realm cultivation, you won’t be able to use

find a safe place to hide in the city

as she stared at Xia Jing Wu for a moment before she nodded solemnly and said, “Uncle Xia may

too!” Xia Jing Wu turned his head and looked at

the twenty-something-year-old woman heard this and nodded one

rugged exterior, could not help crying at this moment, “Uncle Xia, you must take

won’t die,” Xia Jing Wu smiled lightly before motioning

Yao Qing and Hai Tang quickly gathered up whatever they could get their hands on, preparing to

and righteous, the people from this small chamber of commerce are quite interesting,” Yang Kai sat cross-legged in his pavilion and could not help raising his brow as he nodded

not evade his senses. Among these people, Hua You Meng was the strongest at the Third-Order Origin Returning Realm, while the cultivations of the others were mixed. With Yang Kai’s

what I had expected,” Yang Kai rubbed his forehead as he muttered to himself. His original intention was to sneak into Purple Star City quietly, then steal what he needed from Purple Star’s Treasure Vault under

certain he could accomplish this without anyone noticing. Even

the incident at the city gate

although he did not need to fear such minor

unconsciously invited him to Five Paths

this disaster because of him, so Yang Kai could not just ignore

of Commerce members thinking they could escape now was nothing more than

of commerce. After these cultivators entered the building, they immediately began using force, causing all the cultivators who had come here shopping to flee in panic while the employees were knocked to the ground as they

Hong and the others, who had just run out into the backyard, had time to escape, a number

angrily, “Injuring my Purple

as these words

was the first to bear the brunt of this assault, causing her pretty face to pale as she hurriedly shielded Hua You Meng who she was holding, exposing her back

as they

*Hong long long…*

loud bang, most of the backyard of the Five Paths Chamber of Commerce was destroyed while Gao Hong, Yao Qing, and Hai Tang were all sent flying. Coughing up blood mid-air, all of them crashed to the ground looking

*Hualala…*

armoured cultivators flooded in from the back door, each of them holding a spear in their hands as they quickly

figure stepped forward to the front of this group next, his hands folded behind his back and a cold,