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Chapter 157 - 157 An Qing in Danger (3rd Update)
Chapter 157 - 157 An Qing in Danger (3rd Update)
Chapter 157: Chapter 157 An Qing in Danger (3rd Update)
Translator: 549690339
Du Fan sat by the river, drinking his sorrows away.
Today, his mood was very low.
Because Xue An had returned, and with just a simple message, he had summoned all the elite families of the province to come together.
Such influence was enough to alarm him.
Du Fan also thought of the rumors he had heard about Xue An, each one chilling enough to make Du Fan shudder.
At that moment, Lu Kun arrived cheerfully with a skewer of grilled mutton, “Fan brother, the skewer is ready, try my cooking skills!”
As soon as Du Fan saw Lu Kun, he was filled with anger and kicked Lu Kun to the ground with a direct blow.
The mutton skewer fell to the ground as well.
Lu Kun was dazed by the kick, “Fan brother, what’s wrong? Why did you hit me?”
“Why did I hit you?” Du Fan said with a steely complexion, “If it wasn’t for you that day, would I have offended Mr. Xue? Now look, his power is growing stronger, and we are in for it!”
As soon as Xue An was mentioned.
The color drained from Lu Kun’s face as well.
“Then… what should we do? Should we go and apologize now?”
“Apologize?” Du Fan scoffed, “Do you think with our current strength, we even qualify to talk to him?”
Lu Kun was left speechless.
Du Fan sighed heavily and slumped back into his chair, “I’ve been thinking just now, if we really can’t manage it, let’s just leave Beijiang! After all, no matter how much money we make, it’s not as important as our lives!”
As Du Fan was reflecting, Lu Kun was staring dumbfounded at the man walking on the road not far away.
“Fan… Fan brother, is that thing over there a human or a ghost?” Lu Kun said tremblingly.
“Bullshit ghost, you’re even more cowardly than a mouse!” Du Fan cursed aloud, then turned to look.
And then he froze too.
Because the man was in such a sorry state, covered in blood not to mention, one leg twisted at an unnatural angle, clearly broken.
Even so, the man was still limping along.
In the middle of the night in the outskirts, to suddenly encounter someone like this would send chills up anyone’s spine.
Du Fan turned a bit pale too, but after all, he had been a big shot in Beijiang for years, and steadied his nerves before pulling a defensive dagger from his chest.
“Let’s go, let’s take a look!”
Lu Kun said hesitantly, “Shouldn’t we… shouldn’t we call the police?”
“Nonsense, if I call the police, won’t it be a laughing stock once it gets out?”
Saying so, Du Fan led the way onto the road.
At that moment, the man also came closer, and at this distance, one could even see the blank expression on the man’s face.
Du Fan, knife in hand, mustered his courage and asked, “Hey! Kid, where are you from? How did you get all these injuries?”
The man slowly turned his head, his eyes empty, mumbling to himself.
“Beijiang… Xue… An… save people!”
This hoarse and intermittent voice made Du Fan’s scalp tingle.
But when he heard the name Xue An, his heart stirred.
“Brother, are you trying to find someone in Beijiang?”
The man ignored him, still muttering to himself, “Xue An… save people… .”
This time Du Fan heard clearly and joy surged in his heart, then he quickly said, “I’m from Beijiang, are you looking for Mr. Xue to have him save someone?”
Finally, the man nodded.
Du Fan was overwhelmed with joy.
This was like a pie falling from the sky!
He had just been worrying about not having an opportunity to get close to Xue An, and then this man showed up.
Du Fan was no fool; judging by the man’s miserable state, he could tell this was an extremely urgent matter.
So he immediately turned back and yelled at Lu Kun, “What are you dazing for? Hurry up and prepare the car! I need to take this brother to the city!”
Startled, Lu Kun quickly scrambled to get the car ready.
Once the vehicle was prepared, Du Fan personally helped the man into the seat.
As soon as the man leaned against the chair, he fell into a deep sleep.
Du Fan also felt somewhat emotional, wondering how far this guy had traveled; he was completely exhausted.
Then Du Fan personally drove, reaching speeds of at least two hundred kilometers per hour toward the city.
They ran countless red lights along the way, and finally arrived under the residential complex where Xue An lived.
After getting out of the car, Du Fan was anxious, for he didn’t know which floor Xue An lived on.
But the matter obviously couldn’t be delayed, so in the end, Du Fan bit the bullet and shouted loudly, “Is Mr. Xue around?”
The voice traveled far in the quiet night.
“Mr. Xue….” Before the second call was finished,
Du Fan saw a blur before his eyes as Xue An had already appeared in front of him.
This ghostly speed made Du Fan’s heart pound fiercely.
Xue An looked at Du Fan and slightly furrowed his brow, “Aren’t you that… Brother Fan? What’s the matter so late at night?”
Du Fan nodded and bent over with a flattering smile, “Not dare, not dare, Mr. Xue should just call me Xiao Fan. I didn’t want to disturb your rest at this hour, but there really is something urgent, you see….”
Before Du Fan could continue, Xue An had already caught the scent of blood and, with an icy expression, walked straight to the car and opened the door.
The man was still in a coma.
“It’s this man; he kept insisting on seeing you and said he needed to rescue someone. I was afraid of delaying something important, so I hurried to find you!” whispered Du Fan from the side.
Xue An looked solemn, reached into his body, pulled out an Elixir, and directly stuffed it into the man’s mouth.
This was the Primordial Essence Elixir that Xue An had refined before. Although the effects were very minimal, it was sufficient for saving someone.
Indeed.
Less than a minute after ingesting the Elixir,
the man’s wounds began to heal at a rate visible to the naked eye, his broken leg gradually mended, and his complexion turned rosy. Afterward, he slowly opened his eyes.
This miraculous scene left Du Fan utterly dumbfounded.
Let alone anything else, just by this act alone, Xue An was considered an Immortal in Du Fan’s eyes.
At first, the man was still a bit confused, but as soon as he saw Xue An, he immediately said, “Mr. Xue, please save An Qing!”
“What happened to An Qing?” Xue An raised an eyebrow, his face full of killing intent.
The man spoke quickly, “I am a soldier of the Phoenix Immortal squad, my name is Xu Mu. We were on a mission when we were ambushed by a group of mysterious people, and Miss An was captured by them.”
“I was right beside Miss An when it happened; she told me that only you could save her, save the Phoenix Immortal! So, I risked my life to escape, and then tried to make it to Beijiang, but I got into a car accident more than a hundred kilometers away from Beijiang. I had no choice but to walk the rest of the way….”
Xue An nodded, “Understood. Where is the place you got captured while on the mission?”
Xu Mu hesitated for a moment, then his face flashed with a look of terror, “It’s… the port of Xiangjiang!”
“The port of Xiangjiang?” Xue An’s heart stirred.
“Yes!” Xu Mu nodded.
Xue An’s expression remained calm as he said softly, “Xiangjiang… heh, the Ming Family?”