Chapter 127 Comes and goes in a hurry
The stars are twinkling under the bright moonlight.

Waves, tides, sea, mountains.

The modernist-style manor villa stands on the cliff, as magnificent as a palace.

Outside the door, there is green grass, swaying giant trees, and blooming flowers, just like a fairyland.

If it were daytime, I wonder how beautiful it would be. Even in the middle of night, it is still brightly lit and solemn and deep.

At the gate, the flawless marble surface was so bright that it easily revealed a poor bastard named Ji Jue.

"Come on, Brother Ji, don't you know me? I am the most low-key, the most low-key! These are all my brother's private property! I haven't even been here!"

Seeing Ji Jue was about to back out, Chen Yubo burst into tears.

He held his cat in one hand and held Ji Jue tightly with the other hand: "Besides, at this point, what's the difference between mine and yours? Mine is yours, and yours... is still yours! For the sake of brotherhood, please give me a hand, otherwise why would I come back?"

If he doesn't have trustworthy help, what difference does the most magnificent palace or villa make to him? It's just like a prison cell for a death row prisoner.
It would be better to continue hiding in the stinking ditch under the bridge.

Since death is inevitable anyway, it would be better to seek death yourself.

At least it feels good.

Seeing the magnificent palace-level villa in front of him, Ji Jue couldn't help but feel hatred and his heart, which hated the rich, was beating fast and couldn't stop.

That’s a lot of money. That’s a lot of fucking money.

"If you can really pass this test, we can discuss everything!" Chen Yubo has let it go: "I can't get it anyway, so I'll give you half!"

"No, please don't!"

Ji Jue felt that his heart was being judged. His conscience, which had been standing next to the cliff like the villa, was already eager to commit a crime.

"Don't mention money or anything. Just think of it as your own good. Otherwise, if I make a small mistake, you'll be gone, okay?" Ji Jue advised: "Let's just think of it as bad luck. Get through these few days, and the future will be bright and beautiful, okay?"

Chen Yubo hugged the cat, his eyes blurred with tears and he remained silent.

Perhaps he was thinking of his brother whose life or death was in danger.

Of course, it could also be that he was thinking about the money that he was destined to lose.

It’s better to give it to your brother than to give it to others, damn!

Ji Jue's thoughts began to slip again. He felt that Mr. Chen next to him seemed more attractive than Xiao An. The latter was just good-looking, while the former was really rich... Money was gradually making him blind.

Especially, as long as they are tied up and squeezed gently, the delicious and juicy federal coins will flow out.

Ji Jue couldn't help but touch the gun several times.

The entire villa was empty, even the original servants had been dismissed. There were only a few of Chen Xingzhou's trusted chosen ones and a dozen armed bodyguards.

It looks like an obvious cover-up.

If there is really no other choice, it is the same to live in the city. At least those flies who come for the money should not dare to use bombs or weapons of mass destruction in the city.

If Ji Jue came for the money, he might have used several hundred kilograms of explosives to make a missile, or at worst a suicide truck, right?
Once the mind starts to slip, the inspiration for crime cannot be stopped.

Like a spring.

If I bribe a traitor here, it would be a lot of fun.

But after meeting Chen Yubo, most of Chen Xingzhou's confidants were indifferent. Even though they knew they had to protect their boss's last relative, they didn't seem to care. Even those who patted their chests and shouted "loyalty" at this time could not be trusted.

The boss is lying in the emergency room, with a man worth at least 4 billion lying next to him. Who wouldn't have some evil thoughts?

Internal and external troubles.

Ji Jue's heart was broken with worry.

Damn it, how come I worked for free? I didn't get any benefits, but got a lot of troubles... Ji Jue was so angry that he wanted to kick Chen Yubo's grandson.

There are so many people in the world, why is your brother Chen Xingzhou?

Can't you change to something else that's less troublesome?
And what’s even more fatal…

It is Ji Jue’s course.

He looked over and saw that it was past one in the morning. He probably thought Professor Ye was still awake. He called and said after a long pause, "Teacher, I..."

"Ask for leave?" The professor understood instantly.

"Correct."

"What about Chen Xingzhou's mess?"

The professor asked again, but Ji Jue was speechless. Then, he heard her voice: "Okay, if you intervene, I won't have to bother you anymore... Just consider it as a business trip for you this time."

Ji Jue’s eyes couldn’t stop twitching.

The master has something to do, so the disciple has to do the hard work. So, if I round up, I am doing the hard work for Professor Ye? Even if I shake my hands, I won't shake them so fast, right?
Can't you at least give me Ball?

Unfortunately, the professor didn't mention it at all, but just asked, "How long will the leave be?"

"About a week?" Ji Jue was not sure.

No matter how big the mess is, it should be over after a week.

You guys can't possibly have an internal conflict that lasts for two or three years, right? Don't you guys want to live your life?
It doesn’t matter whether there is infighting within Huangji, but other people’s lives are important. If you can’t stop, everyone doesn’t mind helping you stop.

So according to Ji Jue's estimation, since it has been a week, then another week should be about the same.

"it is good."

After the professor hung up the phone, Ji Jue's phone kept ringing. On the communication app, several megabytes of PDF scans popped up one after another. They were all photocopies of materials in the library.

Many of them are unique copies and we don’t know when they were scanned.

All of them fell into Ji Jue’s phone.

If converted into text, there would probably be several million words. Unfortunately, it is not a brainless novel, but a professional document that makes every word difficult.

Finally, there was Professor Ye’s notice.

【Write your own thoughts after reading it and come back to check. 】

Ji Jue only felt a black screen before his eyes.

The good alchemy course has been changed to correspondence course, right?
Why can't I even take a break from work...

But Professor Ye always assigns homework like this: if you can do it, do it. If you can't do it, get out. There is no possibility of giving you a passing grade after only doing half of it, and there is no room for negotiation.

He could only accept it with tears.

Being a bodyguard requires studying. Isn't this a bit too fulfilling of a life as a bodyguard?

He sighed, turned off his phone and stopped looking at it.

Looking out the window at the bay.

Following Ji Jue's advice, Chen Yubo gave up the best master bedroom in the entire villa to Ji Jue and slept in the nanny's room himself.

Although there was a bit of a desire to take advantage, at least there was no need to worry about a large ship floating on the sea and taking Chen Yubo away with a sniper shot.

Ji Jue looked at the bay outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and the Yazhou City across the bay. The lights were bright and countless neon lights flickered, but he could not see the life-and-death fighting and irreconcilable blood feud.

Between the flashing neon lights, there seemed to be an explosion of fire rising up and then quickly disappearing, like fireworks.

The darkness buried everything equally, and only the sound of the tide echoed in the silence.

"It's so lively."

Ji Jue murmured softly, but no one responded.

On the sofa in the corner, Xiao An was sleeping soundly with his eyes closed.

But in this long silence, Ji Jue had an inexplicable sense of sudden realization and enlightenment.

If it were in the past, he would certainly be extremely confused and unable to understand - it was obvious that everyone already had more money than they could spend in a lifetime, beautiful women who could be summoned and dismissed at will, and everything that the once poor Ji Jue had dreamed of, but they were still not satisfied.

Are you even willing to risk your life and participate in this game with no way out, a life-and-death gamble?
In this vortex created by Huang Ji, some people, like Chen Yubo, never had a choice and were thrown into the storm against their will.

But some people take the initiative to jump into the pit, not hesitating to sink into the mud. Just like Ji Jue himself.

Even though he no longer had nothing and could live a good life, he had new ambitions and wishes - he wanted to be a craftsman, to have his own workshop, and to make a difference.

Even, want to do whatever you want.

Just like now, wanting to get involved in troubles that don't belong to you.

They both overestimate their own abilities and have the same ignorance of life and death. Is one of them nobler than the other?

The younger brothers want to stand out, the poor guys want to rise to prominence, the older brothers are eager to go further, and even the overlord of a region will covet the noble position above the group of snakes when he looks up... Even if they are as high as the leader, they will attack and fight each other for their own goals.

The chaotic wilderness of the White Deer exists in everyone's heart. When all the high-sounding excuses and disguises are stripped away, what is revealed is only the most straightforward ambition and desire that needs no concealment.

It wasn't the white deer that caused all this. It was just the traces left by the wild beasts in the wilderness chasing the white deer. But when the white deer looked down, would it be happy about the fight offered to it?
The highest good is ignorance; the highest good is no awareness.

From beginning to end, Shangshan witnessed everything.

For a moment, he seemed to see the vague outline again in the reflection of the floor-to-ceiling windows, between the neon lights and the blur of lights.

The blood-stained white deer in the wilderness looked back indifferently and cast a glance in this direction.

As if observing the newcomer to this blood feast.

But soon, as if disappointed, he withdrew his gaze and disappeared. Behind the white deer, something invisible seemed to rise, but Ji Jue could not see it clearly.

Everything disappeared into the blurry vision that gradually rose in my mind before going to sleep.

Ji Jue fell into a deep sleep.

Only Xiao An on the sofa got up silently, turned around and looked at Ji Jue, whose sleeping posture was getting worse and worse on the bed, full of confusion and curiosity.

The fleeting breath of the wilderness just now...

Is it the call of the Supreme Good?
But it becomes increasingly difficult to understand.

Why are you in such a hurry?

Why did you leave in such a hurry?

The next day, early in the morning, Ji Jue slept until seven o'clock before getting up.

If he followed the workshop's schedule, he would already be in the warehouse, taking advantage of the time to use dissociation to replenish his energy before breakfast.

But now, he washed and brushed his teeth slowly, yawned, went to the kitchen to make breakfast for himself and Xiao An, and sat at the table while eating, casually browsing his phone.

Ignoring the resentful look of Chen Yubo who had suffered a sleepless night, there was a kind of beauty that did not care about the boss's life or death.

That’s what free service is like, the boss just has to wait to die, but as a bodyguard, Ji Jue has a lot more to consider.

Thank goodness last night was Christmas Eve.

There was no werewolf in the villa that suddenly transformed and swallowed Young Master Chen whole.

Most people had not had time to receive the news, or to confirm Young Master Chen's location and condition. They just watched and calculated as the night of killing and fighting dragged on.

As soon as Ji Jue opened the chat software, he saw the collection of chat records forwarded by Ye Chun. After clicking on them, there were a lot of videos and photos uploaded by local netizens.

On a long and messy street, cleaners drove a water truck and used water guns to wash away the dark red dirt on the ground, and the clear water was also stained scarlet.

Like a small river, dirty water surged, flowing down the sides of the street and disappearing into the darkness of the sewer.

On the fishing boat, swollen corpses slipped from the fish in the net to the deck, chaos spread in the bustling nightclub, life-and-death fights took place under the neon lights on the streets, and even... the high-rise buildings blocked by cordons had cracks on the outer walls and were crumbling.

At the end of the chat history, there is a photo.

In Nanlu District, on the elevated bridge at the mouth of the Beijiang River, a tragic corpse was hanging from the railing between the bridge arches, swaying in the wind.

The hideous face with eyes open even after death belonged to the boss of the largest building materials company in Yacheng, and the seventh brother that Lei Wuye favored the most before he was admitted to the ICU!

Overnight, the sky and the clouds changed color, and a violent storm swept through. Even while most people were sleeping, death and blood had already flowed like a river.

On the first floor of the villa, in the restaurant that was as spacious as a hotel, everyone who sat down looked worried and had a lot on their mind. But at the same time, there was a sense of relief that the second shoe upstairs had finally been thrown on the floor.

The fight broke out, it finally broke out.

If before this, the parties had hoped to determine the winner in the clash and gain an advantage in the negotiations, then now, when the path to a solution through negotiation has been cut off by invisible scissors, all that is left is pure survival of the fittest, a fight to the death.

What makes people tremble and fear is the determination coming from Lei Yaoxing.

In just one night, after clearing all the internal traitors and allies who wanted to jump ship into the sewers, they launched an all-out war with all their opponents.

Before this, I wanted to talk to you as the successor of Lei Wuye, but you didn't take it seriously, so I'm sorry.

Alpaca, I’m going to stop pretending and show my cards on the table!

I’m killing, killing, killing, killing!!!

Traitors were stuffed into the meat grinder, opponents were thrown into the sewer, and those who dared to resist were hung on the bridge one after another, becoming the unique sunny dolls of Yacheng.

The Golden Tooth Leopard, who once overestimated his own abilities and wanted to compete with him, had died in his mistress's bed this morning. His death was horrible.

It can be said that with just one move, it stunned everyone overnight.

When he threw aside all his concerns and made it clear that he was going to repeat Lei Wuye's past deeds and forcibly unify the dark side of Yacheng, everyone finally felt the terrifying power hidden beneath the surface.

Now, with the big boss gone, the little Karamis in Nanlu District have knelt down and kowtowed at lightning speed, changing their allegiance, and Lei Yaoxing is the only sun in their hearts.

The map coloring game has begun.

Who's next? Lihua? Beishan? Or Longhai?

Or, will the monster lurking in the quagmire turn around and swallow them, the ants hiding nearby?

Everyone is at risk.

It was almost noon when Uncle Lin, who had disappeared for a long time, finally came back.

It was obvious that he had not slept all night, and his eyes were bloodshot. Even the Chosen One could not hide his fatigue under such pressure. After asking about Chen Yubo's condition, he took out a crystal ball from the box.

"Alchemical items?"

Ji Jue pinched his chin and looked at it curiously: "Ether?"

Uncle Lin nodded: "As expected of Master Ye's disciple, Mr. Ji has a sharp eye."

"No way, this kind of thing can be seen clearly at a glance." Ji Jue waved his hand. After the spirit essence read the structure, he felt that his eyes were opened:

"The rules are strict, the format is clear and flexible, and the creator's understanding of the Way of Ether is dozens or even hundreds of times better than mine. It's really amazing."

After inputting enough spiritual essence, it was put into the hands of the still confused Chen Yubo, and suddenly, spots of light appeared one after another on the crystal ball.

Uncle Lin and Ji Jue's faces gradually became stiff.

"What's this?"

He held the ball in confusion, not understanding what was going on. Then he became excited again: "Could this be a test of the Chosen One's aptitude? There are so many spots of light. Could I be the legendary one-in-a-million genius?"

"I'm sorry, that's totally irrelevant."

Ji Jue didn't have the heart to burst his beautiful fantasy: "This is a counter."

"What's the plan?" Chen Yubo was at a loss.

"Record the touches and interferences from the Ether Path on you, and then display the data to determine how many Ether Path 'radars' are shining on you now."

Ji Jue stretched out his hand and counted the light spots above: "That is to say, um, from last night to now, there are almost eleven Ether's Chosen Ones who are looking for where your Master Chen is sitting, who is around him, and where he plans to go next."

"In other words, whether there are bullets or not, whether or not to fire is another matter..."

Ji Jue sighed and revealed the cruel reality: "Now, you have been locked by the sights of eleven guns at least."

For a moment, Chen Yubo's smile collapsed.

The tears finally flowed.

(End of this chapter)