Feng Hu Hall Master 'Cui Xiaodao' quickly gathered the core members of the hall.

"Brother Dong Xiao is dead." Feng Hu Hall Master glanced around at the few people present, throwing the envelope and letter onto the table. "Take a look, everyone."

Anyone with a brain could tell from the writing on the envelope and the contents of the letter that Chang Yi was the most likely culprit.

"Chang Yi?"

"That illegitimate son of the Chang family? Does he have that much ability?"

"Could it be a frame-up?"

The core members wouldn't determine that Chang Yi was the killer based on a single letter.

Feng Hu Hall Master said coldly, "Dong Xiao was killed late last night, and this morning, the letter was already in my hands! It's too fast. The person who wrote this letter is very likely the killer! And I don't think Chang Yi is worth framing."

"That Young Master Chang does have some experts around him. Last time, those three experts caused our three hundred elite gang members to collapse..." The white-clothed youth nodded.

"I think there's over a 70% chance that Chang Yi is threatening us," said the Feng Hu Hall Master. "Killing Dong Xiao to intimidate us."

"He dares!"

"He already did!"

"He can kill Dong Xiao, and he did it with force! Who can stop him?"

The core members of Feng Hu Hall were wavering.

"Everyone, let's talk about what to do next." The Feng Hu Hall Master glanced around.

"In my opinion," a burly man said in a low voice, "we should keep a low profile and endure it for now, to paralyze that illegitimate son of the Chang family! We'll secretly prepare, and when we're absolutely sure, we'll kill that Young Master Chang in one fell swoop! The outside world knows that our Hua Yue Gang's Feng Hu Hall took action last time. If we just give up like this, what will the outside world think of us? They'll think we're easy to bully. So, we must find an opportunity to strike, but... we must be absolutely sure. If we don't kill him in one go, that Young Master Chang might really launch another assassination!"

"I don't think it's necessary. Maybe someone else killed Dong Xiao. If the killer is deliberately framing him, and we go after Chang Yi, we'll fall for someone else's trap." An 八 character-mustached (ba zi hu) man gently shook his head. "I think it's best not to move! There are five million people in this Lan Yue City, and so many things happen every day. Who will keep paying attention to the little conflict between our Feng Hu Hall and the Chang family? After a while, people will forget."

"How could they forget?" Someone objected.

"Then our Hua Yue Gang can find other things to establish our prestige. Knowing that this Young Master Chang is much more difficult to deal with than expected, it would be foolish to force our way through," the 八 character-mustached (ba zi hu) man shook his head. "We in the gang world, we have to be tough when we need to be, and soft when we need to be! Those who shout for fighting and killing at every turn don't live long."

"I agree with Second Brother Xiao. This Chang family is not a piece of meat, but a nail. We don't need to clash head-on."

"You're already scared? We have tens of thousands of brothers in Feng Hu Hall. One piss each would drown the Chang family!"

"Use your brains!"

The hall erupted in argument.

The Feng Hu Hall Master looked at the white-clothed youth. "Lao Jiu, what are your thoughts?"

The white-clothed youth said, "If we endure, we'll lose the face of our Feng Hu Hall! But if we strike, to be honest, with the strength of our Feng Hu Hall alone, we really don't have absolute certainty. After all, there are only three second-rate experts in the entire hall! In a real bloodbath, it still depends on the strength of the elite. We don't have an overwhelming advantage in elite strength. The so-called tens of thousands of gang members are useless in the face of experts. If we really go in, even if we succeed, the casualties will be heavy."

"If we endure, we'll lose face, and if we strike, we're not sure. What do we do?" Someone shouted.

The white-clothed youth said, "I think we should report this matter to the gang leader. This Chang family is not easy to deal with. Whether we endure or strike, the gang must decide!"

"Wouldn't that make us look incompetent?"

"This..."

"We are indeed incompetent!" The white-clothed youth shook his head. "Our hall is not strong enough!"

The Feng Hu Hall Master sat there contemplating, looking at the letter again.

He was indeed a little frightened.

When he was young, licking blood from the edge of a knife, risking his life was common! But now that he's getting older, he's used to letting the gang members charge and kill. He rarely risks his own life anymore! And with the strength of Feng Hu Hall, facing the illegitimate son of the Chang family, he really didn't have much confidence.

After all, the scene of Dong Xiao being forcibly killed was still fresh in the Feng Hu Hall Master's mind.

"This matter will be reported to the gang leader, and the gang will decide," the Feng Hu Hall Master said.

Once the hall master spoke, no one else objected.

Even if the gang thought 'Feng Hu Hall' was incompetent, they would only punish the hall master.

...

That afternoon, the Feng Hu Hall Master visited the gang leader again, and he looked much more relaxed when he returned.

"From today on, the Chang family's affairs will be taken over by the gang leader," said the Feng Hu Hall Master. "Everyone must keep this matter a secret. Anyone who leaks it will be dealt with according to gang rules."

"Yes."

The few people in the hall responded in unison, their expressions much more relaxed.

******

The following days were peaceful.

Young Master Chang Yi also often went out with his guards to discuss business! But the Feng Hu Hall of the Hua Yue Gang didn't make any further moves. Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu, and Miss Zi Teng were also happy to relax.

In the blink of an eye, Xu Jingming had been in the Blood Rain World for over a month.

Xu Jingming spent 12 hours a day in the Blood Rain World. At other times, he either practiced his spearmanship in the virtual world or used a huge convex lens glass in the real-world practice room, spanning hundreds of square meters, to gather sunlight onto his body, constantly evolving his body.

Although he had reached the sixth level in the virtual world, reaching the middle stage of the Starry Sky lifeform, he was still in the 'Starry Sky Lifeform Initial Stage' in reality.

"I am now at the initial stage of Starry Sky lifeform. Although it requires a lot of energy to improve to the middle stage, I estimate that it will take about a month with the help of this large convex lens glass to gather sunlight," Xu Jingming thought. "But in the future, the energy required to go from the middle stage to the high stage of Starry Sky lifeform will be too much. This practice room is far from enough."

"Don't think about it. I'll worry about this problem when I reach the seventh level."

Xu Jingming sat cross-legged in the practice room, his upper body bare, the sunlight gathering on his body, his whole person dim and blurred, every cell in his body absorbing the sun's energy.

...

Blood Rain World, Lan Yue City, Fei family.

Master Fei had finally compromised with his daughter.

"Three people! You can choose a maximum of three guards." Master Fei looked at his daughter, holding up three fingers. "And these three guards can't have a bad reputation. At the very least, they have to be at the level of that speargunner surnamed Jing."

"Alright." Fei Xinlan muttered, "Just three then."

"Don't act like you're not getting a good deal." Master Fei said helplessly.

Fei Xinlan immediately hugged her father's arm, saying affectionately, "I know you love me, Dad."

Master Fei looked at his daughter, truly afraid of her melting in his hand. He shook his head helplessly. "You, you should be considerate of Dad in everything. We're moving the whole family to the capital this time, so we must be cautious. The world is very dangerous these days. The journey from our Lan Yue City to the capital is long... Choosing guards is a top priority. We have to choose people we trust."

"Don't worry, Dad, I'm not stupid," Fei Xinlan said. "I'll choose carefully, and there are also the experts that big brother sent."

"Yes."

Master Fei nodded. "Otherwise, how could I allow you to be so willful?"

Fei Xinlan giggled.

"Uncle Zhang, since Dad only allows me to choose three people," Fei Xinlan thought for a moment and said, "Then there's my Senior Sister Qiu, and that handsome speargunner from the Chang family, and then there's Brother Luo from the Black Axe Gang. That's all three of them!"

"The one surnamed Luo?" Master Fei glared. "He's from the gang."

"Brother Luo is very upright, I believe him!" Fei Xinlan said.

Master Fei thought for a moment. That one surnamed Luo was considered to have a decent character among the gang members.

"Forget it, just those three then." Master Fei stopped arguing with his daughter. Anyway, it was just three guards. He'd just treat it as spending money on three extra hires. It was small money for their Fei family.

"Master, when should we arrange for them to leave?" the butler asked.

"We're leaving with the whole family, so naturally, we have to make proper arrangements, and Xinlan's enrollment date is still early," Master Fei said. "Let's arrange for them to leave in two months!"

The butler nodded. "Then I'll go now."

Fei Xinlan said repeatedly, "Go quickly, go quickly! By the way, Uncle Zhang, we have to travel all the way to the capital, which is a long journey. We're leaving our hometown, and the road is dangerous. You have to be generous with the money! I can't let Senior Sister Qiu and the others suffer."

"Generous, definitely generous." The butler smiled, then took people out of the Fei family to visit the three guards named by the young lady.