Chapter 1580 - 1574: Disagreement (Part 2)
Chapter 1580: Chapter 1574: Disagreement (Part 2)
After sitting down, Lin Xi looked at Su Xiong and the other two and asked, "If you’ve got something to say, just say it straight."
"We’re all this familiar already, so feel free."
He wasn’t being polite—that was just the truth.
If it were anyone else, they definitely couldn’t be this casual with him.
Su Xiong, Wang Wudao, and the Ice-Fire Girl—especially Su Xiong—had always stood on his side.
The three of them, even after seeing how ridiculously strong Lin Xi had become, still hadn’t changed the way they treated him.
All that tension in their hearts eased up a good bit right away.
Really, it was Wang Wudao and the Ice-Fire Girl who were nervous; Su Xiong was actually not that bad.
After all, his relationship with Lin Xi was noticeably better than Wang Wudao’s and the Ice-Fire Girl’s.
On top of that, there was Su Qiaoqiao’s connection, so his nerves relaxed even more.
Right then, Wang Wudao and the Ice-Fire Girl both turned to look at Su Xiong—obviously they wanted him to speak.
Su Xiong didn’t stall and directly opened his mouth. "Mr. Lin, we’d like to ask you to be our backing from now on."
"Of course, if you’d prefer to have us become part of the Dark Night Sect, that works too."
Basically, it meant they wanted to attach themselves to him.
Put simply: they’d pay tribute to the Dark Night Sect, and if they ran into danger, the Dark Night Sect would step in.
If the Dark Night Sect took action, that was equivalent to Lin Xi himself taking action.
Xu Hong and Wenhai heard this and didn’t show any expression.
To the two of them, as long as the boss decided something, they’d give it their full support.
If the boss opposed something, they’d fully resist it.
The two of them were basically the boss’s braindead fans—yeah, hardcore braindead fans.
Nurhaci, however, flashed a hint of worry.
Right now, he could be called the top expert in the Dark Night Sect after Lin Xi.
If these three came in, his status would take a serious hit.
Especially that Innate expert.
An Innate’s strength was definitely above his; that was beyond doubt.
So at that moment, everyone’s gaze was fixed on Lin Xi.
Lin Xi pondered for a moment, then shook his head and refused. "No need."
"The Dark Night Sect’s current size is already enough."
"As for being your backing, that’s even more unnecessary. If you run into trouble in the future and you’re standing on the side of reason, I’ll help you."
When they heard Lin Xi’s first sentence, the hearts of the three—Su Xiong and the others—instantly tightened.
They thought Lin Xi was displeased with what they’d just proposed.
But what Lin Xi said next made them freeze for a moment.
Because... this was way too good!
This was far, far better than the two options they’d just brought up.
You could even say Lin Xi wasn’t putting any constraints on them at all.
Was this for real????
Honestly, they felt like they were dreaming right now.
Lin Xi was actually willing to let them keep existing the way they had before.
In other words, the man didn’t have the slightest intention of swallowing them up.
"For real?" The Ice-Fire Girl couldn’t hold back and blurted out the question.
Su Xiong and Wang Wudao were also silently hoping for Lin Xi to confirm it again.
Lin Xi nodded. "I’ve got no reason to lie about this."
"And absolutely no need to."
A flicker of embarrassment passed across the three faces.
But there was nothing they could do about it.
After all, this concerned their own vital interests.
Xu Hong and Wenhai still showed no emotional fluctuation on their faces.
Honestly, they didn’t care.
Because with the boss around, they felt even breaking through to Innate was within reach.
So what did they need these three factions for?
Too many people would just be a pain to manage!
Nurhaci, on the other hand, couldn’t help letting a smile slip, or rather, he let out a sigh of relief.
Not joining!
That was the best outcome!
He was still the strongest one in the Dark Night Sect after Lin Xi.
In the future, he might even become the boss’s trusted right-hand man or something.
Once he became a trusted confidant, the boss would definitely give him benefits.
Maybe he’d even break through to the Drought Demon realm.
Besides, as long as Lin Xi was willing to help, he felt these extra people weren’t all that necessary.
After all, Xu Hong, Wenhai, and the others in the Dark Night Sect had all advanced at ridiculous speed, which was heavily tied to Lin Xi.
He didn’t believe his talent was inferior to theirs.
Plus, his foundation was extremely solid.
If it weren’t for Xu Hong and Wenhai, he might already have reached the Drought:.,>"" Demon realm by now.
Can’t be helped!
That’s just fate.
He was destined not to reach the Drought"~@... Demon realm.
And thinking about it, he was actually pretty lucky.
At least Lin Xi didn’t have subordinates like him back then.
If he had, that night Nurhaci would most likely have died.
As in, died again.
Wiped out from this world completely, gone for good.
"But there’s one thing I need to emphasize." Lin Xi suddenly thought of something.
"I don’t want to see large-scale presence of drugs:~@ and other criminal activities in Chuzhou City."
"Especially among us—this kind of trade should not exist."
The three of them heard this and immediately relaxed; they’d never allowed that sort of thing anyway.
It’s just that they all understood that, while they didn’t allow it, they’d never really hammered it into their subordinates regarding this kind of business.
Now they made up their minds to go back and seriously clean house.
Not just inside their own organizations and territories—there were also small forces in their areas doing that stuff.
They decided to wipe it out completely.
After that, there wasn’t much more to say.
Lin Xi still hadn’t eaten.
He went to a restaurant alone, ordered a pile of dishes, and started digging in.
The place was run by a woman.
The dishes were at least fifty percent more expensive than in normal restaurants.
Like a plate of hot-and-sour shredded potatoes.
Other restaurants might charge twenty or thirty; here it was forty.
Right now, he was the only one eating.
Didn’t matter.
He wasn’t short on money.
And he could tell that the woman’s cooking was pretty good.
After all, he was a kitchen god.
It absolutely wasn’t because the lady boss had an amazing figure and a face that easily scored above eight out of ten.
In his eyes, she fell into the "acceptable for him" category.
Besides, the woman had a certain charm.
Hard to describe in a few words, but there was a kind of magnetism that drew men in.
Like this???
Even with a fifty-percent markup, there still shouldn’t be no customers at all, right?
Which meant there had to be some other reason!
As for that, Lin Xi didn’t really care.
Even if the sky fell, he could handle it.
Half an hour later, the first dish came out.
Another half hour passed before the second dish arrived.
After that it sped up a bit, but it still took a full two hours before the remaining eight dishes were all served.
And the lady boss had a terrible temper.
When she served the dishes, it was like he owed her a million, slamming them onto the table with a bang, bang, bang.
No wonder!
No customers—most people really wouldn’t be able to stand this.
No matter how pretty she was, or how charming, it was still hard to swallow.
After all, this wasn’t the kind of woman they could actually end up with.
Any halfway smart person could see this woman was definitely not ordinary.
This location.
It wasn’t some back-alley corner; it was in a spot with pretty high foot traffic.
The rent and everything were quite substantial.
Judging by her current business, she was definitely losing a lot of money.
So she was basically burning cash to keep the place open.
Someone like that.
And you’re telling me she’s just a normal person?
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