Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 370 - 367: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

Chapter 370: Chapter 367: The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!

He Lu was shocked to hear that Mei Ruohua was going to assassinate the Muay Thai Master alone.

However, seeing the confidence with which Mei Ruohua spoke, he didn’t say anything more, only telling her all the information about the Muay Thai Master.

Before Mei Ruohua set off, Li Chen secretly slipped her two talisman.

One was called the Mystic Thunder Talisman, capable of unleashing the power of thunder and lightning, its might roughly equivalent to a full-force blow from a Grandmaster.

The other was an Invisibility Talisman, but its effect only lasted for fifteen minutes. Moreover, during the period of invisibility, one could not use True Yuan. Otherwise, the effect of the talisman would vanish on its own.

After Mei Ruohua left, Basha was still somewhat worried and asked half-believingly, "Mr. Li, can one of your maids truly kill the Muay Thai Master?"

Li Chen took a sip of his drink, smiling as he responded, "Commander Ba just needs to have the twenty kilograms of top-grade jade I asked for ready, don’t worry about the rest!"

Basha smiled sheepishly and said, "Alright, I’ll await the good news!"

"Drinking like this is too boring. How about this? I’ll invite a few beauties to come up and dance to liven things up. Mr. Li, what do you think?"

Having said this, without waiting for Li Chen’s reply, he clapped his hands loudly.

The music started, and a dozen young women with veils began to sway their hips and slowly approached.

The women here were of various figures and came from different countries. There were Japanese maids, maidens from Flying Donkey Country, Russian beauties, and Caucasians from Europe and America. If one didn’t know, they might think it was a Miss World selection event!

Basha pointed to the beauties below the stage, grinning at Li Chen, "Only such wares are available in this remote place; Mr. Li, please forgive our modest offerings!"

Li Chen smiled indifferently, "Commander Ba, enjoying such a blessing of beauty, I’m truly envious!"

Basha was always very proud of his luck with women and said, "Mr. Li, if there’s any you fancy, just pick one and have her serve you well tonight!"

Li Chen waved his hand, refusing Basha’s kind offer.

However, Basha was quite persistent.

"Mr. Li, when in Rome, do as the Romans do. It is a traditional virtue of you Huaxia people. You don’t mean to look down on me, Basha, do you?"

Without waiting for Li Chen to reply again, Basha pointed to several girls with decent appearance and ordered, "You girls, go and keep Mr. Li company with a drink!"

The girls curtsied and walked towards Li Chen.

Basha pointed at those girls and said with a laugh, "Mr. Li, these are all new. All are untouched virgins; I believe you’ll definitely like them!"

Each of the girls knew how to read the room and did their best to offer Li Chen a toast.

To this, Li Chen was not one to refuse. He drank heartily regardless of who offered him the drink.

Seeing Li Chen indulging in a life of debauchery, a barely noticeable cold gleam flashed in Basha’s eyes.

The allure of the gentle county is truly the grave of heroes!

As long as he had such desires, there were ways to control him.

If he could be made to serve his own purposes, dominating the black forest would come soon enough.

At the very least, he could not let them take away the Black Stone Ring and the twenty kilograms of top-grade jade directly.

The Black Stone Ring was worth five hundred million, and that twenty kilograms of top-grade jade, if crafted carefully by a jade expert, could be worth ten billion on the market. Adding the three billion they had swindled, the total sum reached nearly twenty billion.

In the black forest, a million alone could drive a village tribe of hundreds into madness, let alone twenty billion. This amount could topple the government of a medium-sized country in Africa.

With this in mind, Basha raised his glass to Li Chen and cautiously invited him, "Mr. Li, as you can see, this black forest is a paradise on earth. Would you be interested in staying here and pursuing grand ambitions with me?"

Li Chen’s reply was brief and to the point, just three words: "Not interested."

Basha hit a soft nail, but there was nothing he could do about it; he just smiled awkwardly and said he had a pressing need to relieve himself and left to urinate.

Li Chen didn’t bother with him and let him go.

After leaving the hall, seeing that Li Chen was still immersed in pleasures, Basha gave a low command to his deputy, He Lu, "Prepare some explosives and place them in the mines!"

He Lu glanced at the living room and asked, "Commander, are you planning to kill them all?"

With a sly smile, Basha nodded and said, "Yes, blow them up!"

"That woman went to kill the Muay Thai Master, and looking at her abilities, I’d say it’s bound to end in mutual loss. If she gets killed by the Muay Thai Master, it saves us the trouble. But if she is lucky enough to return alive, we’ll lure them to the mine and blow them to pieces!"

Feeling pleased with himself, he even affectedly quoted, "He Lu, there’s a saying in Huaxia that’s really good, isn’t it? ’The praying mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the sparrow behind!’"

He Lu cautiously corrected, "Commander, it’s ’yellow sparrow behind,’ not just ’sparrow.’"

Basha was a bit displeased and chided, "Yellow sparrow, sparrow, aren’t they all the same? Besides, whether it’s a yellow sparrow or a sparrow, all that can catch the cicada are good birds!"

He Lu dared not talk back, nodding his head repeatedly in agreement.

Ba Sha waved his hand and said, "Alright, you go down and get ready. I will go in first to avoid raising any suspicion from that Huaxia guy if too much time passes!"

It had been only half an hour since Ba Sha went in when Mei Ruohua returned.

However, compared to when she left, she was covered in blood. On her shoulder, there was a gory wound so deep that one could see the chilling white bones within, stirring a sense of compassion.

Seeing this scene, Ba Kuo couldn’t help but show a face full of scorn, sneering coldly, "I knew it, the Muay Thai Grandmaster is widely respected; how could a woman be his match..."

However, before he could finish his sentence, Mei Ruohua fiercely opened the bundle she was carrying.

A bloody head rolled out, scaring the women who were drinking and dancing to such an extent that their faces lost color, and they screamed continuously.

Even Ba Kuo was shaken by the bloody scene, trembling all over. He stumbled and nearly fell to the ground.

Ba Sha stepped forward for a closer look, only to confirm that it was indeed the head of the Muay Thai Grandmaster. Moreover, his eyes bulged like bronze bells, and his face was full of astonishment, clearly dying with his eyes wide open.

Li Chen passed a cup of tea to her and said, "You’ve worked hard. Have a drink first to soothe your throat!"

Mei Ruohua squeezed a smile towards Li Chen, took the cup, and drank it all in one gulp.

Li Chen took a closer look at Mei Ruohua’s injuries and said, "It shouldn’t be like this. The two talismans I gave you should’ve been enough to kill the Muay Thai Grandmaster. How did you get so seriously injured?"

Mei Ruohua didn’t answer, just pursed her lips tightly.

Li Chen frowned slightly and asked, "You didn’t use either of them, did you?"

Mei Ruohua still did not answer, but this time, she nodded lightly like a pecking chicken.

Li Chen, seeing he had guessed correctly, was astonished and pressed further, "I gave them to you to use. Why didn’t you?"

Mei Ruohua hung her head and responded softly, "That was the first gift you gave me. I didn’t want to use it!"

Li Chen was speechless, finding himself unable to reply for a moment.

After a silence of three seconds, he finally spoke, "Don’t you have a Spirit Refining Pill with you? Now is the perfect time to use it, take it quickly!"

Mei Ruohua nodded like an obedient child, took out the Spirit Refining Pill from her undergarments, and swallowed it.

...

Seeing the Muay Thai Grandmaster’s bloody head on the ground, Ba Sha became even more determined that these two Huaxia people could not be spared.

He signalled He Lu with a gesture when Li Chen and Mei Ruohua weren’t paying attention, asking him if everything was ready?

He Lu replied that everything was arranged, and the mine explosives could blast ten Grandmasters into fragments.

Seeing that everything was ready, Ba Sha nodded in satisfaction. His look towards Li Chen and Mei Ruohua was as if he was staring at dead people.

He calmed his mind and then showed an extremely grateful expression, saying, "Thank you both for taking up the cause and killing my enemy, eliminating a major thorn in my side!"

Li Chen smiled faintly, his voice cold as he said, "Commander Ba, we’ve done what you asked. Now, isn’t it time for you to bring out the jade we’re after?"

Ba Sha nodded and said, "Of course, but the jade stones are currently stored in the mine. I invite our two friends to go there in person to select them!"

Li Chen readily nodded and said, "Good, lead the way then!"

Ba Sha didn’t expect Li Chen to agree so readily; the excuses he had prepared specifically to deceive them into going to the mine were completely unnecessary.

After a brief stupefaction, he turned to He Lu and commanded, "He Lu, I still have some matters to attend to here. You take our two Huaxia friends to the mine to select the jade!"

While speaking, he gave He Lu a meaningful glance.

He Lu caught on, cupped his hand in salute, and replied, "Yes, Commander!"

After that, he walked up to Li Chen and Mei Ruohua, gesturing with his hand and saying, "Mr. Li, Miss Ruohua, please follow me!"

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Here’s a big Chapter of nearly 3000 words approaching midnight, in light of the author typing away into the night, I humbly ask for a recommendation ticket, thank you!

And now a few words of the author’s personal musings:

I just read the comments, some readers are demanding updates quite confidently, telling Little Le to hurry up and type, even saying things like they’ll delete the book when it’s paywalled as if the author owes them a fortune. There are even readers who, dissatisfied with the updates, directly curse Little Le and his family. This left Little Le bewildered and seriously dampened my enthusiasm for writing, feeling somewhat unrewarded.

This book was released on April 5th this year, and it’s been six months to this day, October 5th, 180 days, during which Little Le also wrote close to 870,000 words.

The website’s requirements for going paywalled are: a total word count of 300,000 words, and one can apply to the editor for paywalling without conditions. Now we’re only short by 30,000 words, nearly 900,000 in total, almost triple the website’s requirements; why are you still cursing at me?

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The reason for saying all this is not that the book is going paywalled, but just to voice a few random thoughts. The book will continue to be free until after one million words, thank you for your support!