Gao Fei’s power was on another level compared with Xiao Bing’s. And yet he still needed to hide himself from that formidable person or organization. It seemed that Xiao Bing would be easily crushed into pieces if he ever encountered them.

Certainly, no normal person would take such a risk as continuing to accommodate Gao Fei. If the organization that Gao Fei had been hiding from knew the deeds he had done for Gao Fei, it would only endanger him.

But Xiao Bing was no ordinary man. He once had a conflict with the Teeth for a bunch of wanted men. He was even tortured physically and brutally during that time. And the wounds inside his body could sufficiently prove it.

And this time, Xiao Bing was also willing to take that risk for Gao Fei.

Xiao Bing grinned. “You think I’m a coward?”

“You asked if I’m afraid…” The resoluteness and dominance could clearly be seen on this man. Even Gao Fei was shocked. “I’m 26, the age of strength and youth. If I choose my safety over my friends, then what kind of a man am I? Will I still worthy of being called a Chinese man?”

Gao Fei stared at Xiao Bing in bewilderment as if it were the first time he had seen this man.

Xiao Bing grinned. “I have been an orphan since my memory started. And aside from this body, the only thing that has something to do with my parents is my name. Xiao Bing, a name that was discovered on my swaddling clothes when someone found me deserted on the street.

“Soldiers are the sword of the country. I don’t know why my parents abandoned me, but I know what a man they expected me to be—tough, decent, and brave. And besides, I was a soldier. What would others think of me if I cast these qualities aside?” Xiao Bing said gravely, “Just sit down like normal. I didn’t mean to ask you to leave by saying these words.”

Gazing at Xiao Bing with earnest eyes, Gao Fei suddenly spoke, “I apologize for what I just said.”

Xiao Bing grinned. “It’s all right.”

“But if they truly find me eventually, we will never put you in danger.”

Noticing that Xiao Bing was about to speak again, Gao Fei spoke first, “We have known each other for a long time, and my sister and I will never get you involved in this. They are just too powerful. You wouldn’t stand a chance.”

There was a hint of seriousness in Xiao Bing’s eyes as he listened to Gao Fei’s words. He stopped trying to convince this man. Xiao Bing was a fearless man, but that didn’t mean that he would risk so many people’s lives.

Now the only thing that he could do was pray—pray for the infinite delay of that day. But once the power in Xiao Bing’s body was unsealed, there would be no one that could stand in Xiao Bing’s way.

And the time left for him was less than two months.

Su Xiaoxiao had already left with Lil Bei trailing behind when Xiao Bing returned to the noodle house. Now, every night she would come to the noodle house to study with Maggie instructing beside her. At first, Su Xiaoxiao was too proud to regard Maggie as her tutor because Maggie was much younger than her. However, she was soon impressed by this little girl’s talent. She believed that Maggie was even more erudite than the teachers at school.

Maggie was a little girl with a strong mentality and a whimsical and erudite mind. Though Gao Fei and Maggie claimed to be brother and sister, Xiao Bing thought differently. In his eyes, Gao Fei seemed to be a loyal knight who was dedicated to his princess. So he deemed that this Maggie was no ordinary girl.

Yet, he just could not figure out her true identity. Xiao Bing had seen the royal princess of the Hawk Nation and he had not a single clue of Maggie’s identity.

There were still Gao Fei, Maggie, and Zhan Hongyan in the noodle house after everyone else had left. Zhan Hongyan now found a place of her own, so she left with Xiao Bing while the other two had taken their exits.

After they walked out of the noodle house, Xiao Bing asked, “Do you need a ride?”

“Yes.”

Then the two got into the car. Zhan Hongyan sat in the passenger seat and fastened her seat belt. The two then exchanged a look. Xiao Bing could not help sighing. “You look different than before.”

“Really? In which aspect?”

“You have become stronger. It seems that Gao Fei is truly a capable man. He did a wonderful job on you.”

“Gao Fei said that I have reached the peak of Clear-strength.”

Xiao Bing gasped. Zhan Hongyan was recently merely at the early stage of Clear-strength, starting to be one of the masters. And within half a month she had broken through two thresholds and reached the pinnacle of Clear-strength, which was only a step away from the Concealing-strength stage.

How was this Gao Fei capable of doing that? Did he have some strength-enhancing elixirs?

Zhan Hongyan put on a bitter smile when he saw the surprise in Xiao Bing’s eyes. “Mr. Gao has been training me hard and the outcome is positive. The stronger I am, the more intriguing he makes me feel. He said that my base of martial arts was weak, so I can advance this fast. It depends on my endowment of martial arts and my determination if I want to advance this quickly latter on.”

It was still good news to Xiao Bing anyway. Dumbass was at the Concealing-strength stage, Zhan Hongyan was at the Clear-strength stage, and Lil Bei and Gao Fei had reached the level of the Innate. It was a formidable force unknown to Master Hou. When the war between Master Hou and the Long family would begin, this unexpected force would be a great surprise to them.

However, the Long family sent him a gift first. The mansion of the Ye family was in a villa-cluster that was located at the mountainside in the suburbs. A giant rock blocked Xiao Bing’s way to the suburbs. Xiao Bing instantly began backing up his car, only to find a half-naked, white-haired man standing in the middle of the road with his hands holding a giant rock over his head. “Boom!” The rock tumbled on the ground. Once again, Xiao Bing’s way back was blocked.

It seemed that it was a carefully designed trap.

“Damn, who is this killer? His strength is probably not inferior to mine, otherwise he wouldn’t dare to come here.”

Xiao Bing shook his right hand, which was injured before. Though Xiao Bing’s body was superior to others and his ability of recovering was even more so, he knew that he could not exert all of his strength. He could exert 40 or 50 percent of his power at most, although he could move his right hand freely.

Xiao Bing had not expected this encounter… He opened the door, got out of the car, turned around, and exchanged a careful look with the white-haired man.

The white-haired man seemed to be about 40, stoutly built like an ox. The muscles on his upper body were horribly swollen and there were beams of golden light glowing around him.

The man seemed very tall with only a pair of trunks covering his body. His stout legs seemed full of energy and there were no shoes on his feet.

His countenance made him seem to be an aloof and dominant man. His white shoulder-length hair was billowing in the wind. His eyebrows were even as white as newly-fallen snow. His eyes was glittering with cruelty. His white teeth were out in the air as he grinned, yet the smile was somehow disturbing. “You’re Xiao Bing?”

“I am.” Xiao Bing felt the horror and dominance this man brought along with him, which made Xiao Bing feel that there was no way that he could defeat this man. He even surmised that this man had possibly broken through the threshold of Transforming Strength and reached the Innate level. Xiao Bing could not help asking, “Who are you?”

The white-haired man clenched his right hand into a fist and hit his left palm with a great force. There was a sharp light glittering in his eyes as he grinned. “This one is called Sima Hongchuan, the ‘Mighty King’. Any of your suggestions will be welcomed.”

Xiao Bing asked, “Why did you come here?”

“Long Yan asked me to kill you.”

Xiao Bing laughed as if he understood something and said, “I see.”

Sima Hongchuan struck a pose, and then a formidable momentum arose from his elixir field and spread out to his whole body. It was like inside his elixir field there was an energy stone that was consistently providing every inch of his skin with a sort of destructive and horrifying power.

The seriousness in Xiao Bing’s eyes grew stronger. He took a small step back and struck his pose. It was the first time that he had felt that there was a canopy of death looming over his head. He had reached the middle stage of Transforming Strength, thanks to his hard training and incessant, life-risking fighting against others. However, he still felt that it was impossible for him to defeat this man.

Though Xiao Bing’s power was sealed, the sharpness in his eyes was not. Sima Hongchuan revealed his Innate-level power as soon as he struck his pose. The formidable power accumulated in his elixir field was the best proof that he already was a master of Elixir-strength.

The acquired masters were divided into Clear-strength, Concealing-strength, and Transforming-strength. The innate masters were divided into Elixir-strength, Star-strength, and Void-breaking. At the moment, Xiao Bing was at the middle stage of Transforming-strength, which was somewhere far away from Elixir-strength. There was a huge gap between the strength the masters of these two levels could display.

Xiao Bing lifted his spirits as much as he could because it was the first time that he felt threatened by death. “Am I going to die here today?

“No. No one can kill me unless I want him to!”

At this very moment, Xiao Bing’s fighting spirit was ignited!

In Long Yan’s mansion, the occupant could not help laughing when he thought that Sima Hongchuan had agreed to what Zhuge Jiangnan had told him. He believed Xiao Bing would not even stand a chance in front of Sima Hongchuan.

Even though Long Yan was not a seasoned fighter, he knew that although the masters who were at the pinnacle of Transforming-strength may be considered as the best in terms of martial arts, Sima Hongchuan still could easily defeat one or even more of them.

Sima Hongchuan was the strongest before Lord Long had returned. But he was merely like a patron saint of the Long family because Sima Hongchuan would not take orders from the Long family that easily. That was why the Long family remained what it was before Lord Long’s return.

And now, Sima Hongchuan would not have any relationship with the Long family after he killed Xiao Bing. This returned favor was quite enough for Long Yan.

That was because Xiao Bing would definitely not have any chance of survival if Sima Hongchuan decided to kill him!