Chapter 142 Gambling

As soon as the words were spoken, the long-lost greeting echoed in the farewell hall along with thunder.

The flowers were fragrant, the candlelight was dancing, everything was as solemn as before, even Lei Wuye lying in the coffin looked so peaceful.

But in a flash, the atmosphere on the scene became tense.

At this critical juncture, uninvited guests came one after another, and too much pressure and tension had accumulated from the dead silence.

And when Chen Xingzhou, who was supposed to be lying in the hospital, appeared in front of the farewell hall, it was like a spark, and the flames and impact spreading from the barrel of explosives could no longer be stopped.

The sharp sound of chairs rubbing against each other was endless.

In the entire hall, countless people stood up and looked coldly at Chen Xingzhou, as if on the verge of a fight. However, many people still stood up and looked at Lei Yaoxing.

In the sudden change, all the outsiders sat firmly in their original positions without saying a word.

In the seemingly frozen air, Lei Yaoxing silently stared at his opponent who was so close before him, observing his appearance that was no longer concealing or hiding.

Even though the gap between them is so huge.

For Lei Yaoxing, an ordinary person like Chen Xingzhou who repeatedly refused the blessing of the white deer and the inheritance ceremony, at least the slightest movement of his fingers would be enough to make him bleed to pieces in the mourning hall and his body be separated.

No, he didn't even need to do anything.

He could feel that Chen Xingzhou's condition at the moment was such that it was already a compliment to call him dying. He was truly a candle in the wind.

It would not be surprising even if he vomited blood and died the next moment.

However, the person who was in extreme decline in front of him had become his most formidable opponent. Just by adding fuel to the fire in the dark, Lei Yaoxing had been busy dealing with him for days. Faced with the position of the leader within reach, he found it difficult to succeed.

At this moment, when the other party finally appeared in front of him in this posture, he, who had a decisive advantage, actually began to...

As if facing a formidable enemy? !
Even though he didn't have claws to prey on opponents or teeth to tear flesh, something even more horrifying was surging in the aura of the man before him.

He was clearly already sitting in a wheelchair, barely breathing.

But at this moment, that look was as if looking down from the sky higher than an eagle.

It was as if... from the beginning to the end, he had never taken me seriously...

"Is that so?"

Amidst the unbearable murderous intent and anger, Lei Yaoxing had a blank expression on his face, as if he was sighing softly: "Really, I underestimated you..."

From a money-making glove that was originally used as a chamber pot, it has gradually grown to its current level.

In this dark war, relying only on a few insignificant stones, they have actually stirred up huge waves in the stagnant cliff city.

"When did it start?" he suddenly asked.

"Well?"

Chen Xingzhou smiled slightly, as if he was puzzled: "What exactly do you mean? Plan? Or ambition? That's a bit far away..."

"Seven years ago, Mr. Lei valued me and wanted to adopt me as his adopted son. Unfortunately, I am a troublesome person and don't know how to appreciate it. I don't want the wealth and honor that can be obtained by kowtowing."

He sighed softly and stroked the handle of his wheelchair. "More than 20 years ago, I went to the vegetable market to collect protection fees with a tattered folding knife. People saw that I was a coward, surrounded me and beat me. In the end, I knelt on the ground, cried and kowtowed for mercy... No, or maybe it was even earlier."

Chen Xingzhou said, "Even earlier than that..."

The moment when the fire of ambition and greed first sparked, burned the soul and raised smoke.

It was when he first felt despair.

"Don't cry, Yubo. From now on, it's just the two of us."

Under the bridge, a homeless boy hugged his crying brother and stared coldly at the cold neon lights in the distance, "Raise your head and wipe away your tears, we are not bastards.

Don’t be afraid, one day, no one will dare to look down on us.”

The rain falls silently and a cold wind blows from afar.

It was like the sneering and mocking of the undead buried in the darkness.

But when he looked back and recalled it all, everything became so blurry and no longer clear.

Some memories are too distant.

It's so hard to even remember it in nightmares...

“So many years have passed in a flash.”

Chen Xingzhou laughed at himself, looked at Lei Wuye's coffin, and shook his head slightly: "Now it seems that I have never been a person who knows how to repay kindness from the beginning."

"Indeed, when my godfather was alive, I'm afraid he wouldn't have thought that one day a bastard like you who eats leftovers would dare to be so arrogant in front of his spirit."

Lei Yaoxing's eyes flashed red, and he looked down and asked, "You are willing to be a traitor and invite so many outsiders to interfere in Huangji's internal affairs? Chen Xingzhou, have you thought about the consequences?"

Chen Xingzhou shook his head nonchalantly.

"Please rest assured, I invited them here as witnesses. They have nothing to do with what is going to happen next, and they have nothing to do with what happened between you and me.

They have to come today..."

Chen Xingzhou paused for a moment and stared at Lei Yaoxing calmly, "After all, the chaos caused by Huangji these days must be explained."

"Explain?"

Lei Yaoxing almost laughed, "Who will give the explanation? You? Who are you?!" Chen Xingzhou shrugged, "I just want to talk to you."

"You? Talk to me?"

Lei Yaoxing couldn't help laughing any longer, and asked in anger, "Are you worthy enough, Chen Xingzhou? What the hell do you have to talk to me about this?!"

At that moment, the sound of tables and chairs rubbing against each other could be heard again.

At the back, the one-eyed woman who was smoking stood up first, threw away her cigarette butt, and walked towards the mourning hall. Facing Lei Yaoxing's almost cannibalistic gaze, she stood behind Chen Xingzhou. She was Lei Wuye's eleventh adopted daughter.

Next, the second person stood up with a helpless look on his face, as if he was forced, and walked behind Chen Xingzhou.

The third, fourth, fifth...

From the dead silence, those defeated soldiers who were not taken seriously by Lei Yaoxing at all, and those trash who were wagging their tails and bowing to him and begging for mercy a few days ago, stood up one after another... Even Lei Wuye's right-hand men during his lifetime, and several top leaders in other societies, stood up without hesitation, shook off the pull of the people around them, and stood opposite Lei Yaoxing.

In the mourning hall that was originally crowded, now about 50 to 60 percent of the chairs are empty!
But there are only a few people left sitting in their original positions, except for the society directly under Lei Yaoxing and a few inseparable allies!
At this moment, the territory that Lei Yaoxing had worked so hard to build over the past few days suddenly fell apart in an instant.

Click.

Ji Jue heard a crisp sound.

Next to Tong Shan, Tong Ting had already taken out some melon seeds from his pocket and spat out the shells with great joy, which made his eyes hurt.

No matter where you go on the Ether Way, you will never forget the two handfuls of dried fruits and melon seeds in your pockets even if you risk your life, right?
He really eats all kinds of melons.

Tong Hua can only try to figure out the motive for the murder at the crime scene, and can only say "good afternoon, Brother Ji Jue" every day, but her elders are all sitting right under Bai Lu's nose watching the drama of the split between Huang Ji and Huang Ji... Isn't the gap in status a bit too big?
Noticing his gaze, Tong Ting turned around and looked at him, seemed stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, and then... shared a handful of melon seeds in his pocket with him.

Warm invitation.

"..." Ji Jue's expression twitched, and he subconsciously wanted to wave his hand, but the hand he stretched out opened up inexplicably and grabbed a handful of things without any hesitation.

click!
Clear and crisp sounds came from the back, scattered across the room.

Ji Jue's eyes lit up. These ether melon seeds... are really fragrant.

Give me more!
Sitting among so many big guys is like sitting in an invisible fortress. The ants that would have been crushed to death by the giants at the slightest disturbance are now safe.

To the extent that one could not even feel the pressure that had already solidified into something tangible in the mourning hall.

Killing intent, hatred and anger, hatred and hunger...

The beasts in the wilderness met with their claws and fangs. The cold air crisscrossed the air. Even the raindrops falling from the eaves were frozen in mid-air, as if solidified.

In the air, the dancing dust particles trembled in fear but dared not fall.

In this silence that is so short that it is barely noticeable but so long that it torments the soul, just a command, a look, or even a movement is enough to ignite the final fuse and trigger an unprecedented civil unrest in Huangji.

But before that, Chen Xingzhou in the wheelchair sighed softly and coughed hoarsely.

He raised his hand in embarrassment and wiped the blood oozing from the corners of his mouth and nose.

Under the formal suit he had just changed into, a shocking dark red spread out, and the wound burst open, but he didn't care at all, and just said slowly:

"Before that, there is something I must tell you."

He paused for a moment and said slowly, "I went to Yingtai Mountain a few days ago and had the honor of meeting the leader."

Yingtai, the leader.

When these two words carrying a tremendous weight appeared in the mourning hall, even the heavy breathing and swallowing sounds disappeared in the dead silence.

It seemed as if even the soul and ferocity of the wild beast were subdued.

On the Yingtai Mountain wandering above the sea, there is only one leader who is admired and respected by all the White Deer followers... The White Deer Tianren, who was once the leader of the dark side of the entire federation, single-handedly quelled the disaster of the Huangji split a hundred years ago and ascended to the position of leader by stepping on the corpses of his predecessor!

Ever since he lost interest in the authority above everyone else and gave up, there has been no news about this leader known as the Hermit for more than ten years. As expected, the dark side of the federation, which was once unified, has once again been divided and is fighting each other endlessly.

And now, when the leader's will reappeared, everyone instinctively held their breath.

"I told him that Mr. Lei is old and getting more and more confused, and he is gradually deviating from the Way of the White Deer. If he passes away one day, I'm afraid the people under his command will immediately get out of control.

The longer Huang Ji loses his position and the struggle gets out of control, the more likely he will become the target of public criticism, and the hundreds of years of achievements of successive leaders will be destroyed in an instant.

It’s like, now…”

In between his intermittent coughs and gasps, Chen Xingzhou slowly said, "The leader asked me what I wanted to do. I answered that I wanted to calm people's hearts, eradicate the disasters, and restore order to the wasteland.

If I succeed by chance, I will make a clay sculpture with a wooden frame. Wild growth may also be a rule of the wilderness... He agreed and said, let me try.

So, we made a bet.”

"——I bet that I can survive, and after I die, the events in Cliff City will be within my expectations and control."

Chen Xingzhou smiled and spread his arms.

The scarlet color from the bullet hole on the chest was revealed.

This is the order issued by the leader.

Until now, that dark wound still cannot be healed. Even with the help of panacea, it still leaves a pain that cannot be erased for a lifetime.

At the same time, this pain is the honor of the winner in the fight against death!

So, look down at the opponent in front of you with arrogance and tell him:
"I won this bet."

(End of this chapter)