Chapter 23 Father's Love

Qing Yu put the letter in her bosom, looked at Xu Jingming and Zi Teng beside her, and said with a smile, "Let's part here! Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, please be sure to arrive at Dawn Alley. We'll meet there."

"Okay." Xu Jingming and Zi Teng nodded and disappeared, having already left the Blood Rain World.

Only then did Qing Yu quietly leave. She was careful along the way. After all, she was also a second-rate expert and quickly arrived at a residential house more than ten miles away, where she met with Gongzi Chang Yi.

Inside the house.

"What? A first-rate expert was hidden among my guards?" Chang Yi was shocked.

"Yes." Qing Yu nodded. "This time, the Flowery Moon Gang came aggressively, and the leader is even a first-rate expert! Only Mr. Jing can barely resist some moves, but we are ultimately too weak. Under normal circumstances, not many can escape. At the critical moment, it was the hidden first-rate expert who suddenly launched a sneak attack! He broke off the Flowery Moon Gang leader's arm and quickly pursued and killed him, which frightened the others in the Flowery Moon Gang. That's how we were able to escape safely. However, that first-rate expert should have been arranged by the late Master Chang, and there is also a letter from Master Chang! He said it was to be handed over to you."

"Where is that first-rate expert?" Chang Yi asked.

If he could maintain a good relationship, he could continue to make a name for himself in the Blood Rain World.

"He's gone." Qing Yu shook her head. "He said he was repaying a favor and wanted to leave Lanyue City. I don't know if what he said is true or false. This is the letter!"

Chang Yi took the letter, and upon seeing the handwriting, he nodded and said, "It is Master Chang's own handwriting! That first-rate expert doesn't need to lie. If he really wanted to harm me, he could kill me at any time."

He tore open the envelope, took out the letter, and unfolded it.

It was a long letter, densely packed with words.

Chang Yi read the letter.

"...The world is chaotic, and people's hearts are unpredictable..."

"...My son has suffered, and should know the meaning of my admonitions..."

"Remember the three places I liked most? In each of those places, I have left you a stake to make a comeback. As for the cipher, I taught it to you long ago."

"Your father only spent a few months with you, and was very happy. I only regret that you suffered for so many years before I found you."

"If you encounter difficulties that cannot be solved in the future, you can seek refuge with Zhao Jiu, the Lord of Nine Heavens Tower in Nanfu City. Knowing that you are my son, he will surely protect you."

"..."

In the letter, he rambled on, all about his concern for his son and his instructions to his son.

Chang Yi looked at it with a complex expression. He pretended to be that illegitimate child and came to the Chang family. He did indeed show filial piety in front of Master Chang's bed for several months in order to gain Master Chang's trust. He was extremely 'filial', but it was all an act.

But he could feel that Master Chang was so happy to have found his son before his death.

"Worried that I have no experience, would ruin the family fortune, and even suffer a great disaster, so he invited a first-rate expert to secretly protect me. And left three stakes to make a comeback?" Chang Yi knew which three places they were when he saw the letter. He also knew the cipher.

"Even arranged where to go if I have nowhere to go? My father is really good to me!"

Chang Yi was in a complicated mood.

For those few months, he pretended to be filial! In order to 'pretend' well enough, he even hypnotized himself, hypnotizing himself that the person in front of him was his deceased father!

And Master Chang truly loved this son.

"For Master Chang, everything in the Blood Rain World is real." Chang Yi sighed. "Most of these aborigines are planetary lifeforms with blocked memories playing a role. A lifetime in the Blood Rain World is less than a hundred years! But the lifespan of a planetary lifeform is also less than two hundred years."

Just like ordinary people, with a lifespan of a hundred years, it is considered good to live to seventy or eighty.

And planetary lifeforms also find it difficult to live to the theoretical age of two hundred.

"A planetary lifeform may spend two 'Blood Rain World' lifetimes, and that's almost all they have left in this life." Chang Yi looked at the letter in his hand. "Occupying nearly half of a real life, the 'Blood Rain World' is a real life for Master Chang."

Chang Yi put away the letter. Hundreds of years after his father died in reality, he felt paternal love in the Blood Rain World.

...

Chang Family Mansion.

At this time, many high-level members of the Flowery Moon Gang, and more elites, also arrived here, layer upon layer, surrounding the entire Chang Family Mansion.

"Gang Leader." Captain Red Moon led the way. "Elder Feng's body is here."

The white-haired old man walked forward and looked down.

Elder Feng, with a severed arm, was lying there, having been simply collected. A bloodstain could still be seen on his neck, and his severed arm was placed aside.

"A first-rate expert's sneak attack?" The white-haired old man looked at Captain Red Moon.

"It was a sneak attack."

Captain Red Moon nodded. "That first-rate expert disguised himself as an ordinary guard of the Chang family, found an opportunity, and launched a close-range sneak attack, which ultimately killed Elder Feng."

The white-haired old man's face was unsightly. "Where is that Gongzi Chang?"

"Hall Master Cui is leading people to investigate." Captain Red Moon said. At this time, Hall Master Feng Hu 'Cui Xiaodao' was running over quickly, respectfully saying, "Gang Leader! When we were besieging earlier, Chang Yi was hiding in the house. Later, we couldn't find him. We found a tunnel in the house, which connects to an ordinary residence next to the Chang Family Mansion. During our siege, Chang Yi should have escaped through the tunnel long ago."

"Escaped through the tunnel?" The white-haired old man's face became even more unsightly. "In other words, this time Elder Feng died, many Red Moon team brothers died, and even Chang Yi wasn't caught?"

Captain Red Moon and Hall Master Feng Hu both lowered their heads.

"Clean up the Chang family and properly handle the aftermath of the deceased brothers as soon as possible." The white-haired old man was indeed very angry. The loss of so many people was a great loss. The death of a 'first-rate expert' made the white-haired old man extremely distressed! Because this shook the foundation of the entire Flowery Moon Gang.

Large gangs can't arrange for tens of thousands of people to fight each other. The environment of the city streets is destined for only small-scale elite battles!

Even the battles between large gangs are mainly the battles of experts! For example, first-rate experts lead, second-rate and third-rate experts assist, and then lead some elite gang members! They directly carry out 'beheadings', killing the heads of the opposing gang. This is the most common way for large gangs to fight.

Ordinary gang members? In front of experts, they really have no meaning.

And the Flowery Moon Gang, this time lost a 'first-rate expert', a true pillar-level expert.

******

The next day, in the morning.

Xu Jingming, Zi Teng, and 'Mr. Lu', who had changed his appearance, reunited with Gongzi Chang Yi and the others.

"Brother Lu, your appearance this time is much more handsome than before." Xu Jingming praised with a smile.

"It's okay." Mr. Lu's appearance and hairstyle have changed, becoming thinner, and his weapons have also been replaced with two scimitars. Even Xu Jingming and Zi Teng didn't dare to recognize him, but after chatting a few words, they became familiar, because his eyes and tone of voice were still Mr. Lu.

Xu Jingming and the other three were protecting an ordinary carriage, and a coachman was driving the carriage. The coachman's appearance and hairstyle had changed, and his clothes had all changed.

Soon, they arrived in front of the official broker!

Chang Yi and Qing Yu got out of the carriage and immediately saw 'Zhang Kui', the Master Zhang with a tall and sturdy physique, in the distance. A group of fierce people also followed behind Zhang Kui.

"Hahaha, Gongzi Chang, I admire you, I admire you." Zhang Kui stepped forward with a smile, cupping his hands and saying, "In yesterday's battle, Gongzi Chang became famous in Lanyue City! Elder Feng of the Flowery Moon Gang lost his life because of it."

Chang Yi shook his head and sighed, "Alas, I don't want to be enemies with the Flowery Moon Gang either, but the Flowery Moon Gang has already killed their way to my ancestral home, what can I do? I can only fight back! I was forced!"

"Yes, yes, yes, Gongzi Chang was forced." Zhang Kui nodded. People with a little background in this city would learn about the information from yesterday's battle early in the morning! News about the 'Blood Rain Guards' and the 'Three Great Gangs' has always been the first thing that the city's various forces collect.

Chang Yi apologized and said, "Master Zhang, I'm very sorry about the ancestral home. In yesterday's battle, many places in my ancestral home were damaged. I can't let Master Zhang suffer a loss! I'll lower the price we agreed on earlier by another 200 taels of silver."

"No need, no need." Zhang Kui said heroically, "When I bought your ancestral home, I valued the land! It was going to be rebuilt anyway, so it doesn't matter if it's damaged."

Zhang Kui was so generous in order to befriend Chang Yi.

Because in yesterday's battle... Chang Yi truly proved himself!

"Thank you, Master Zhang." Chang Yi said.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go into the official broker." Zhang Kui pulled Chang Yi and walked inside enthusiastically.

Xu Jingming and the others were just waiting at the entrance of the official broker, only Qing Yu was following closely.

...

Flowery Moon Gang.

"Gang Leader, that Gongzi Chang has arrived at the official broker with his men and is trading with Zhang Kui." A scout reported.

The white-haired old man asked, "Who is Chang Yi accompanied by?"

"There are very few people this time." The scout said, "In addition to his personal maid Qing Yu, his guards Mr. Jing and Ms. Zi Teng, there are two more people! One is a coachman, and the other has scimitars around his waist. These two are strangers. None of the Chang family's maids and servants know them."

"Two more strangers?" The white-haired old man frowned. "Just overnight, and more experts have emerged? Where is that first-rate expert?"

"I didn't see him." The scout shook his head.

"Two strangers emerge, but the first-rate expert doesn't show up." The white-haired old man shook his head gently. "Forget it, don't worry about that Chang Yi anymore. Whoever wants to deal with him, let them go."

It was time to cut losses!

When running a gang, one cannot be hot-headed. If they continue to fight with the Chang family and lose another 'first-rate expert', the weakened Flowery Moon Gang would probably be devoured by other forces and would fall from the position of the Three Great Gangs.

...

Fei Family.

"Master, this is the record of the information that happened at the Chang family last night." Butler Zhang handed a dossier to his master.

Master Fei had just gotten out of bed and was lazily flipping through the dossier.

Because his son's position was too high, he didn't care much about the struggles in Lanyue City, because he was too detached! No matter what Commander Wu and the Three Great Gangs did, they didn't dare to provoke him in the slightest, otherwise, in a fit of anger... His son, as the commander of the entire empire's Eastern Region Blood Rain Guards, could wipe out Commander Wu or the Three Great Gangs with just one word!

"A first-rate expert appeared in the Chang family?" Master Fei didn't care, because the few experts his son sent were all first-rate experts.

"Guard Jing is still good." Master Fei nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the dossier. "He was able to face the threat of the Flowery Moon Gang and did not betray the Chang family! He even exchanged some moves with Elder Feng of the Flowery Moon Gang? He has strength, and he is also a loyal person."

The butler also nodded. "According to the information from the investigation, of Chang Yi's previous three guards, one who used a round wheel died on the spot! And one who is good at flying needles and knife techniques is weaker in frontal combat. Only Guard Jing, with a long spear, is quite good at frontal combat, and can resist Elder Feng's moves!"

"It seems that his strength is close to first-rate." Elder Fei nodded. "In this way, the cost of hiring Guard Jing will have to increase. Our Fei family can't treat people badly."

"Yes." The butler nodded immediately.

******

Outside the official broker.

Gongzi Chang Yi said goodbye to Zhang Kui, and the two boarded their respective carriages.

"Let's go." Qing Yu said.

The coachman drove the carriage, and Xu Jingming and the other three followed, leaving the official broker.

As they progressed, the ordinary carriage, which took up less space, turned into a wider alley.

"Ms. Zi Teng, if anyone is following us, force them back." Qing Yu ordered from inside the carriage.

"Okay."

Zi Teng nodded, because it was a remote alley, there were not many people.

Zi Teng flashed to the top of the alley wall and casually threw out flying needles, scaring the two scouts who were following, their faces turning pale, and they dared not move forward. They watched helplessly as the carriage turned and disappeared from view.

A moment later.

At the end of an alley, there was no one else here.

Chang Yi and Qing Yu got out of the carriage and looked at the coachman, Xu Jingming, Zi Teng, and Mr. Lu.

"Everyone." Chang Yi smiled slightly. "Although I hired you for three months before, everything went smoothly, and everything has been completed. So from today on! Your mission is over! Let's part here."

"It's over?"

Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu, and Zi Teng were both surprised and happy.

"I've only just been resurrected." Mr. Lu said.

"It's also to prevent accidents." Chang Yi smiled slightly.

"Then we'll take our leave."

Xu Jingming and Zi Teng both said and disappeared out of thin air, having already gone offline.

"Gongzi Chang is a decent person. If there are any tasks in the future, feel free to contact me at any time." Mr. Lu also went offline.

"Let's split up, the three of us." Chang Yi looked at Qing Yu and the coachman.

"Congratulations, and congratulations to your sister-in-law." The coachman smiled.

"You've really sacrificed a lot for your sister-in-law." Qing Yu also said with emotion.

Chang Yi smiled. "I'll bring you and your sister-in-law together again in the future."

Then the three of them went offline and disappeared, leaving only the carriage alone at the end of the alley.

******

In reality, on Blue Star, in Xu Jingming's home.

Li Miaomiao's belly was becoming more and more obvious.

"Jingming, you're quite leisurely today." Li Miaomiao looked at her husband, who was sitting in the living room watching the news.

"Haha, that mission in the Blood Rain World has ended." Xu Jingming said with a smile, "The next mission I've taken won't start for another month. I'm on vacation now."

"How did you feel about this mission?" Li Miaomiao asked.

"It was pretty good, not difficult." Xu Jingming smiled slightly. "I'm considered a transcendent genius, with enough strength to receive the mission. In that Blood Rain World, the higher the combat bonus, the higher the strength. If I can reach the realm of a first-rate expert, my income will be much higher."

Xu Jingming looked at his wife, "The more I come into contact with the virtual world network, and the more I understand, the more I feel like I'm really poor."

The path of evolution, the further you go, the more terrifying the level of life becomes.

Later on, personal strength can 'destroy stars'! Such a powerful body, in addition to sufficient realm and other aspects, also needs incredibly terrifying resources to cultivate it. Otherwise, just relying on 'absorbing light', you won't be able to reach the level of 'star destruction' in your lifetime.

"And I checked before, most cosmic citizens are cultivated through external forces." Xu Jingming said, "And to transform a planetary life into a cosmic life! The cost of cultivation through external forces is not small, it requires 100 million cosmic dollars."

"One hundred million?" Li Miaomiao was surprised. "You said that a life planet like Blue Star is worth about 100 billion cosmic dollars."

"Yes, it's about one-thousandth of the value of a life planet." Xu Jingming nodded.

...

In a distant galaxy, on a bustling tourist planet.

A man with white scales on his face was looking at a sleeping woman. The sleeping woman had pale scales on her face, and many wrinkles, making her look old.

"I've been in the Blood Rain World for so many years, and finally encountered this opportunity with the Chang family's illegitimate child. I've exhausted my property and even gone into debt for this gamble. I've never liked to gamble in my life, but this time I gambled, and I won." The man looked at the sleeping woman affectionately.

"Duoyula, my wife! I've been waiting for you for six hundred and thirty years."

The man lightly tapped a light screen that appeared.

"Pay the fee."

"100 million cosmic dollars."

The man lightly tapped, and the 100 million cosmic dollars that had just arrived in his personal account for less than half a day were deducted. His evolutionary talent was not high, and after seven hundred years, he was only staying at the sixth level! He was very skilled in the art, and was only a second-rate expert in the Blood Rain World.

He had tried many methods and worked in many industries! In the end, he achieved his goal in the Blood Rain World.

"Soon, you will wake up, we will be together, and we will have a very long life." The man looked forward to it. "We can drift in the universe, and we can go to many tourist planets."

******

Virtual world network.

Xu Jingming was sitting leisurely in the spaceship hall, looking at virtual worlds one by one.

"There's still more than a month until the time agreed upon with the Fei family. In this month, I can also explore other virtual worlds." Xu Jingming was looking at them and also collecting information. In the virtual world network, the truly popular ones are those virtual worlds that can be entered without any fees.