Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 371 - 368: Surprise or Not, Unexpected or Expected?

Chapter 371: Chapter 368: Surprise or Not, Unexpected or Expected?

"Both of you, the jade you desire is all inside. Please go in and make your selection!" Reaching an old, rundown mine, Heu Lu made an inviting gesture with utmost respect.

Mei Ruohua glanced at Li Chen, seeking his opinion with her eyes.

Li Chen cracked a slight smile and strode into the mine.

Seeing the fish bite, Heu Lu felt a secret thrill. He stood at the entrance for a while, and when the time seemed just about right, he hid in a safe spot, pulled out a pager, and gave instructions to his brothers who were on standby: "Ignite the explosives, blow them to kingdom come!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Deafening explosions thundered, reaching up to the Nine Heavens Cloud, and the smoke filled the air as half of the mine collapsed in the blast.

Heu Lu got up, shaking the dust and debris from his head, and said with smug satisfaction, "Hmph, what Grandmaster, what dragon—they’re all just ants before modern gunpowder!"

"Really?" Just then, a light, floating voice reached his ears.

"Of course it’s true, don’t you know what era this is? Grandmaster..."

He cut off halfway through his sentence, as Heu Lu realized something was wrong and instinctively turned to look.

What he saw after that look truly startled him, shocking him to the core.

"You, you, you’re still alive?"

The ’you’ that Heu Lu referred to was none other than Li Chen and Mei Ruohua.

"Shush!"

Without a word, Mei Ruohua drew her sword and placed it against Heu Lu’s throat.

Heu Lu shivered all over, believing that if the other party exerted any force, his head would surely fall to the ground.

With this in mind, he immediately fell to his knees with a thump.

"Spare me, spare me, this has nothing to do with me, I was just following orders!"

Li Chen rubbed his nose and said indifferently, "I cannot only spare your life, but I can also grant you wealth and power, making you the master of this place!"

Heu Lu was taken aback, staring blankly at Li Chen, clearly not understanding the implication of his words.

Li Chen looked over at the Jade Mine and asked coldly, "Adjutant Hee, if Basha and his eldest legitimate son were to die, how confident are you in taking over his territory?"

Hearing Li Chen’s words, Heu Lu’s heart skipped a beat. He swallowed hard, asking in disbelief, "Are you saying you want me to take Basha’s place?"

Li Chen nodded and said, "Yes, that’s exactly what I mean. Of course, if you can’t do it, I can kill you and find someone else."

"I can, I can do it!"

Heu Lu nodded his head like a pecking chicken, given the life-and-death stakes, he had to make it possible even if he felt it wasn’t.

Li Chen gave Heu Lu a glance and asked casually, "Oh, if I’m not mistaken, Basha’s forces are complicated and entrenched. You, an adjutant without any troops or guns, how can you take control of such a large territory in a short time?"

After some thought, Heu Lu said, "Mr. Li, you only know part of the situation in the black forest. My grandfather was a deputy battalion commander in the Anti-Japanese Expeditionary Army. After the army was defeated, he was saved by a local tribal girl and thus stayed behind. In fact, there were tens of thousands of cases like his."

"These people couldn’t return to their homeland, and with light and heavy weapons in hand, they were seen by the indigenous people of the black forest as foreign invaders, subject to their rejection and even several joint sieges. To survive, these defeated soldiers had to band together."

"Even so, their situation was far from optimistic, barely surviving, as did their descendants. I can gain their support and quickly stabilize the situation to take over Basha’s territory!"

Li Chen found Heu Lu’s proposal plausible and nodded in approval, saying, "Good, do as you have said!"

Heu Lu exhaled a sigh of relief when his plan was approved by Li Chen.

"Mr. Li..."

Just as he opened his mouth to ask about Li Chen’s next move, he suddenly felt a pill jump into his mouth.

Heu Lu was terrified and asked anxiously, "Mr. Li, what did you just give me?"

Li Chen clapped his hands and said indifferently, "Nothing much, just a nice little thing obtained from a Curse Master in the Human Demon Country, I think it’s called the Ten Thousand Insects Cursing Gu. As long as you obey, it won’t affect you. But if not, you will suffer the agony of being gnawed by ten thousand insects, for three continuous days and nights, until you die in excruciating pain!"

After hearing Li Chen’s words, Heu Lu was so frightened that his legs went weak, and his entire body collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

Li Chen smiled in satisfaction and said, "Every year, you are to present 100 kilograms of jade, with at least twenty percent being top-grade jade. If you can do this, I will give you the antidote for that year, understand?"

Heu Lu nodded dumbly, signaling that he had understood.

Li Chen helped him up, patted his shoulder, and said, "Good, as long as you understand. Let’s go, it’s time to send your commander off!"

...

When the explosion at the mine reverberated into Basha’s camp, he was so thrilled he almost leaped up.

After his excitement subsided, he thought of Mei Ruohua’s peerless beauty, and began to regret her loss, "Ah, what a pity for that lady to vanish just like that, truly a waste of heaven’s gifts!"

Ba Kuo, having seen Mei Ruohua’s formidable capabilities, was not really fond of her.

"Dad, it’s just a woman. With guns and money in our hands, what kind of top-notch girl can’t we get?"

Basha felt his son made sense and nodded, "Right, let’s go check if those two from Hua Country have really been blown to bits."

Before they left, Heu Lu walked in from the opposite direction.

Upon seeing Heu Lu, Basha excitedly said, "Heu Lu, you came just in time. Have you completed the task I assigned to you?"

Heu Lu paused for a moment and said, "Almost!"

Basha was taken aback, "Uh, almost? Heu Lu, what do you mean by that?"

Heu Lu didn’t answer but slightly sidestepped, making room.

Li Chen strode forward and slowly took up the conversation, "It means that you didn’t blow us up."

Seeing Li Chen still alive, Basha was terrified out of his wits.

"You, you, you weren’t blown up?"

Li Chen sneered coldly and said, "Right, we weren’t. How about it, Commander Ba, are you surprised or not?"

Basha was terrified and instinctively reached for the pistol hidden in his boot.

But as soon as his gun peeped out, a dazzling Sword Shadow had already pierced straight through his throat.

In an instant, blood gushed like a waterfall!

Leaning against the wall, Basha’s pupils dilated in a flash, his eyes bulging out in disbelief, fixating on the woman whom he had just lamentably sighed over.

Ba Kuo was so scared he wet himself, and shouted, "People, come quick, assassins, assassins..."

As he cried for help, he was also running towards the door, attempting to make a break for it.

Yet, before he reached the door, a cold long sword had already pierced through his back.

"Phut!"

Ba Kuo spat a mouthful of blood to the sky, his body also crumbled to the ground like a pile of mud, never to rise again.

At this moment, the guards on the outskirts, hearing the commotion, rushed over with various weapons in haste.

Seeing this, Heu Lu’s face changed dramatically, and Mei Ruohua also furrowed her brows deeply.

Only Li Chen’s expression remained unchanged. He kicked away Basha’s body and sat in his place, picking up a box of exquisite cigars and sniffing one by his nose.

"Not bad, quite a good thing!"

Seeing those people about to rush over, Heu Lu, frantic, shouted, "Mr. Li, Heu Lu’s guard squad will be here any moment now, they are well-trained, well-equipped, and they even have the new weapons that Basha spent a fortune on. What should we do now?"

Li Chen put down the cigar in his hand and said leisurely, "Why the panic? With the Ba father and son dead, what’s there to fear?"

"Alright, Adjutant Hee, it’s now your time to perform, Show, time!"