Beautiful CEO's Super Expert

Chapter 177 The Big Shot in the Sky

"master long, why did you act so..."

after leaving the restaurant, pan wendo didn't get into his car, but instead joined long xiaoshan's vehicle.

"so subservient, right?"

long xiaoshan turned to glance at pan wendo beside him and smiled slightly, as if he didn't find the word "subservient" particularly hard to utter.

"i didn't mean that, i..." pan wendo began, somewhat embarrassedly trying to explain.

"you don't need to cover for me; it was indeed very subservient!"

long xiaoshan laughed self-deprecatingly, then shook his head and sighed.

"but i have no choice but to be subservient!"

there was a hint of melancholy and loneliness in his eyes...

"who exactly is that young man?"

pan wendo was suddenly startled; he hadn't expected long xiaoshan to say that.

"him?" long xiaoshan's eyes showed a hint of bewilderment, "i don't know who he really is, but he must be one of those high and mighty figures from above!"

indeed, with such unfathomable strength and a background powerful enough to make jiang lixing draw a gun and kill someone on his behalf, if he's not a high and mighty figure, then what is he?

"old pan, considering our years of friendship, let me advise you, this is not the kind of person you or i should provoke!"

pan wendo was completely stunned by the information long xiaoshan revealed. if someone of long xiaoshan's stature says he's a high and mighty figure, just how powerful must that young man be?

an image of that young man emerged in pan wendo's mind, almost feeling absurd!

but with his years of experience, he could tell that long xiaoshan wasn't lying to him.

"you might want to personally go and apologize in a couple of days, though, of course, it's up to you to decide. i've said all i have to say."

long xiaoshan patted pan wendo's thigh, offering some advice.

"i understand, thank you for the advice, master long!"

su chen sat down on the sofa in the room and lit a cigarette.

the jester didn't smoke, so su chen didn't offer him one.

"it might not be strange for others, but it is very strange for you, hall master," the jester said, glancing at su chen. "you once said, 'through the myriad flowers i pass, yet not a single leaf do i touch.'"

"actually, it was my old geezer of a master who arranged the marriage for me. he said it had been agreed upon many years ago," su chen gently exhaled a smoke ring. "at that time, i had been betrayed by tang gang and was seriously injured, i had lost all hope and just agreed to it in a daze."

"speaking of which, hall master, what exactly happened back then? why did tang gang betray the temple, and how could someone as powerful as you get injured?"

the jester asked nervously, as until now, neither he nor the other members of the temple knew what had happened.

"back then?"

hearing the jester ask about the incident from over a year ago, su chen showed a reminiscing expression, as if it were a very distant memory.

"back then, tang gang told me he'd received news that a mountain range in east africa had manifested a divine sign. you must have heard the legend too—when a divine sign appears, a world-class treasure emerges."

"i didn't know whether the legend was true or not but wanted to see for myself. at that time, too many people were monitoring my whereabouts, so i decided to go alone. tang gang said he also wanted to see it for himself. thinking that having more people might be better in case of emergencies, i took him along, especially since he also had the power of the qi refinement ninth layer at that time."

"and then?" the jester eagerly asked, swept along by su chen's narrative.

"but just as we emerged from a primitive forest in a mountain range, we were ambushed by over twenty people, among whom five or six were at the qi refinement peak, and the rest were above the qi refinement eighth layer. i even suspected that one of those at the qi refinement peak had already reached a half-step meridian expansion."

su chen took another deep drag on his cigarette, recalling the scene.

of course, in the dark world, power levels aren't classified by eastern realms but are indicated by alphabets.

for example, the qi refinement primary stage, encompassing the first layer to the second layer, is known as grade a; the third layer to the fourth layer is known as grade r... the eighth layer to qi refinement peak is known as grade s, qi refinement peak itself is known as grade ss, and half-step meridian expansion is termed as super s!

until now, su chen hadn't encountered a real meridian expansion realm master, and he didn't know if such powerful beings really existed, but his old master did assure him that they did.

although the terms differ, the essence is the same. since the jester was also from huaxia, su chen described the situation using the eastern realm classification method when he narrated.

"what?! five or six at the qi refinement peak along with over ten above the qi refinement eighth layer, and possibly even one half-step meridian expansion!"

the jester's eyes widened in shock!

that was terrifying! no wonder even the hall master with his formidable power had been injured.

moreover, there was one traitor among them...