Chapter 157: Come Inside and Sit (Part 2)

The morning light was faint and hazy.

A corner of the rising sun peeked over the horizon, painting the earth in a brilliant red hue. A gentle breeze blew. When Lu Fei woke up, he discovered that the Dragon Girl was already gone. This creature never gave a heads-up when leaving, appearing and disappearing without a trace—truly something else.

Lu Fei got out of bed, brushed his teeth, washed his face, changed his clothes, and headed downstairs. He saw that breakfast was already prepared, while his parents were watching television and chatting happily.

"I heard the Li family has been completely wiped out, and a young man named Lu is going to become the guardian of the safety zone. That must be you, right?"

Lu Haoran smiled as he looked at his son. No one knew a son better than his father; he guessed it immediately. After all, in Jiuzhou City, the only ones with the surname Lu were him and his son.

"Haha... You guessed it, Dad."

Lu Fei smiled and replied, taking out a large bag of Body-Tempering Fluid from his person and placing it to the side. "You both need to keep cultivating and grow stronger. In this apocalyptic era, only by becoming strong will I not worry about you. Remember to practice the cultivation method I gave you; don't let it slip your mind."

"Understood, you rascal," Lu Haoran scolded with a smile.

"I heard a television station wants to interview you," Li Lian said, looking at Lu Fei.

"Oh, an interview won't be necessary. I'm not going anyway." Lu Fei walked over, finished his breakfast, and then stood up and headed for the door. "I'm going out for a bit."

"Mm, be careful," Lu Haoran said, then turned back to watch the television. Li Lian walked over to the bag of Body-Tempering Fluid. "Why does our son have so much of this stuff?"

"I'm not sure. It seems he keeps them in a spatial ring," Lu Haoran said after pondering for a moment.

"Oh, never mind. Let's try one first and see what it tastes like," Li Lian said.

"It's sweet. I wonder if eating too much of this will give us diabetes," Lu Haoran joked with a smile.

"Your joke isn't funny at all." Li Lian shot Lu Haoran a glare.

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Lu Fei arrived at the place where Zeng Hongsen and the others were staying, and together they headed toward the casino belonging to the Li and Chen families.

"Boss, if we just got a little stronger, we wouldn't need you to personally step in," Zeng Hongsen said somewhat sheepishly.

"You will become stronger. Keep it up." Lu Fei patted Zeng Hongsen on the shoulder and continued walking forward.

"Actually, you didn't need to come at all. I could have gone by myself," the Dragon Girl said.

"It would have been fine if I went too," Liu Mengyan told Lu Fei very earnestly.

"No need, it's fine for me to go," Lu Fei said with a smile as he looked at Liu Mengyan and the Dragon Girl.

"Hmph... You're just going to bully them," the Dragon Girl gave Lu Fei a sideways glance.

"Exactly," Liu Mengyan agreed.

"It's fine, I just happen to like bullying people," Lu Fei said with utter confidence, then continued onward until they arrived right in front of the casino owned by the Li and Chen families.

"This casino is still operating out in the open like this?" Lu Fei was somewhat surprised.

"With the Li family backing them up, who would dare to shut this place down?" Zeng Hongsen shook his head and remarked.

"Who the hell are you guys? Stop lingering around here, get lost!" Several fierce-looking men with tattoos walked out from inside, holding firearms as they strode toward Lu Fei and his group.

"Who are we? Do you know who Lu Fei's subordinates are? The Li family is already finished, and we are going to clear out all of the Li family's assets and bring them under the Lu family's name. It's as simple as that. You better hurry up and kneel down to beg for mercy."

Zeng Hongsen spoke with utmost seriousness. He wasn't joking around; if they didn't kneel on their own, he would beat them until they did.

"Hehe... This is getting interesting. The Li family may have fallen, but our Chen family is not going down. You still have to look at the master before beating his dog!" The leader roared fiercely and charged forward, his blade slashing directly toward Zeng Hongsen.

"Courting death."

Zeng Hongsen unleashed a fierce slash with the massive saber in his hand, sending a wave of blazing fiery blade-energy surging forward. It blasted those men flying, shattering the casino doors as they crashed straight inside.

"Elder Chen, someone's here to smash the place..." The man who crashed into the casino spat out a mouthful of blood and uttered those words before passing out cold.

"Interesting. To think someone actually dares to smash my Chen family's establishment."

An elderly man in his sixties walked out from the interior of the casino, his hands clasped behind his back, followed by several menacing subordinates.

"Who has a death wish to dare wreck the Chen family's place?"

"That's right, with Elder Chen personally taking action, those bastards are going to die a miserable death."

As they walked out and caught sight of the group, a cold sneer hung on their faces. However, once they recognized who the group actually was, their expressions completely changed. After all, these were people who had fought against both zombies and tidal waves of savage beasts; each and every one of them possessed peerless strength. Only Elder Chen could possibly fight against the weaker ones among them, while anyone else stepping forward would simply be courting death.

"You... you... are you Lu Fei?" Elder Chen had initially remained calm and composed, acting entirely leisurely, but upon seeing who had arrived, his composure shattered instantly. How could he remain calm when encountering such a terrifying existence? This was the guy who had repelled two zombie and beast tides, the very person who had eradicated the safety zone's two most powerful families—a true monster.

He was no match for this teenager at all. His eyes widened in absolute terror and panic.

"Thud..." Suddenly, Elder Chen dropped to his knees. Without any warning whatsoever, he collapsed onto his knees. The subordinates behind him wore expressions of utter bewilderment—one, two, and infinite layers of shock. None of them had expected Elder Chen to lack any backbone and drop to his knees right away, leaving them no choice but to kneel down as well.

When confronted with an invincible opponent, the only logical choice was to beg for mercy on bended knees, otherwise death was the only outcome.

Just thinking about it was terrifying.

"Good grief, I thought we were in for a massive battle. I never expected these spineless cowards to drop to their knees like that. It's totally mind-boggling."

Zeng Hongsen wore a bewildered expression as well, though he knew that if he were the one facing someone as powerful as Lu Fei, he would probably be scared into kneeling too.

"We'll leave immediately. This casino no longer belongs to us," Elder Chen said in a frightened tone, his voice trembling noticeably.

"Very well, go," Lu Fei said indifferently, not even bothering to look the old man in the eye. He had merely come to go through the motions; those sensible enough would leave on their own, and for those who weren't, a single finger would be enough to wipe them out.

It was as simple as that. Afterward, Zeng Hongsen and the others entered the premises to clear the venue, driving away all the gamblers. Naturally, the casino was shut down for good, though letting them run some other kind of business in the future wouldn't be a bad idea either.

Then,

Lu Fei started walking back home. "You guys continue."

"Got it..."

Zeng Hongsen and the others nodded.

It wasn't until Elder Chen had walked a long distance away that he finally drew in a cold breath. Not daring to breathe a single heavy gasp the entire time, his body drenched in cold sweat, he fled as if his life depended on it.

Meanwhile, Lu Fei returned to his neighborhood and stopped right outside Qin Bailing's front door, raising his hand to knock.

The door was soon pulled open by Chen Qi, who greeted him with a bright smile, "Ah, Lu Fei. Come on in and sit down for a while."