Chapter 1037: Chapter 1007:
Chapter 1007:
As the old steward of the Luo Sijue family, many things required his personal involvement. Haozi was a very earnest and intelligent person. He knew that Ye Chen was under a lot of pressure now, so he tried his best to take on most of the stress for Ye Chen. For example, the Elder Council of the Luo Sijue family seemed to be plotting to overthrow Ye Chen’s power, and Du Meisha vaguely had something about to break through… Haozi kept a close eye on all this without saying anything to Ye Chen.
If anyone in the Elder Council showed any sign of unrest, Haozi would personally issue an order to eliminate them root and branch.
Ye Chen called Obama and Blair that day. The two also seemed to have heard the news, leading them to new movements. For instance, Blair increased troops in the Tigris, while Obama held joint military exercises with several countries in America. The intention was naturally to show the Church Court. Whether the Church Court could understand it was up to them.
The Red Robed Sect Leader had been quite busy lately. The Old Madam had repeatedly gone into seclusion, and the frequency was increasing. The frequent retreats made the Red Robed Sect Leader and Brofei feel the gravity of the situation more and more. They seemed to know it was related to the Old Madam’s inability to control the energy within her. Each retreat was driven by the mischief of the energy within her, forcing her to retreat to control its expansion.
“Sister, the situation with the Old Madam seems increasingly dire!” Brofei found the Red Robed Sect Leader.
“Indeed!” The Red Robed Sect Leader nodded, saying, “I don’t know what to do either, Grandma’s situation is getting worse, and if she goes off the deep end, we might fall victim to her lethal hand!”
“Then… we should act quickly!” Brofei looked nervously at the Red Robed Sect Leader.
“No way!” The Red Robed Sect Leader immediately shook her head, saying, “No matter what, Grandma has raised us, how could we abandon her now?”
“Ah…” Brofei sighed helplessly; the words of the Red Robed Sect Leader made Brofei somewhat ashamed. The Old Madam had raised her since childhood and raised her to adulthood, even though she didn’t know her own origins. But she knew the Old Madam had the kindness of nurturing.
The two soon fell into silence.
On the Luo Sijue family’s side, the people from the Elder Council never understood gratitude. Ye Chen, taking into account their significant contributions to the Luo Sijue family, tolerated them time and again. It was precisely this tolerance that led to the Elder Council’s arrogance. They gathered to plot rebellion, not thinking of gratitude but planning to overthrow Ye Chen’s power.
“We have already bought off several high-ranking guard leaders, hehe, I believe this time we will definitely succeed!” the Great Elder of the Elder Council grinned, his face sinister like a malicious character.
“Once we deal with Ye Chen, we’ll make the Great Elder the Clan Leader!” Several within the Elder Council immediately stood up.
“Why not the Second Elder?” some immediately questioned.
The matters hadn’t even been done, but they were already discussing aftermath plans. This gang of guys was simply fantasizing, always thinking they would achieve what they planned. In fact, they did indeed a seamless job on some matters, to the point where Haozi had not detected anything.
The next day, Haozi routinely inspected the defenses in various places, originally Da Xia’s job. However, since most of the family’s guards had been drawn away, most of the guards in Leisure City now came from troops stationed on island outposts. As for strength, naturally, they were not as good as those on the island.
Yet, with these people here, the safety of the Luo Sijue family was not a worry, but Haozi was concerned about this batch of guards’ loyalty. After all, these people were loyal to the Luo Sijue family rather than Ye Chen. If some had ulterior motives, it might result in significant problems. Haozi was vaguely worried about this in his heart.
Haozi led a few guards towards the back hill, a natural protective area for the Luo Sijue family. This cliff faced the sea, steep hundreds of meters down, seeming bottomless, with seagulls, terns flying below, and geese circling at their feet. Standing on the cliff, it felt like standing at ten thousand meters in the air.
“Steward!” The people from the Elder Council suddenly appeared before Haozi, the Great Elder stroked his beard, grinning: “Long time no see. What have you been busy with lately?”
“Of course, serving the Luo Sijue family!” Haozi smiled calmly.
“Really?” The Great Elder laughed heartily: “In my view, you’re serving Ye Chen, aren’t you?”
“Is there a problem?” Haozi and a few guards stood not far away and smiled, “Ye Chen is now the Clan Leader of the Luo Sijue family, serving him is serving the Luo Sijue family. Should I serve you instead?”
“Hmph, Ye Chen’s control completely violates the Luo Sijue family’s doctrine. He’s reckless, misusing family funds… any of these would be enough to roll him off the Clan Leader position!” the Great Elder gritted his teeth: “Steward, it’s still not too late to turn around at this moment. If we wait a while longer, I’m afraid there won’t be a chance to turn back!”
“Ptui…” Haozi spat at the Great Elder, saying, “Don’t say things so harshly, let me tell you, I’m not one to breach promises, whatever I’m committed to, I’ll never change!”
“Alright!” The Great Elder smiled faintly, then said, “Come, take the steward down!”
Rustle…
More than ten guards of the Luo Sijue family suddenly charged out, all sturdy and ready to rush up and capture Haozi. Haozi was stunned, saying, “I wondered where you got the courage to rebel from, turns out it was buying the guards. But you think just these few guards can take me down?”
“Hmph, it’s not just these few!” The Second Elder laughed, saying: “Show yourselves!”
Rustle…
Over a hundred guards rushed out, almost the entire guard team, Haozi’s face turned ugly, realizing these guys came prepared. They had long calculated that he came here every day to inspect, so they bought so many guards to intercept him here. Capturing him here, even if yelling at the top of his lungs, likely no one could hear.
“Guard Captain, you actually betrayed?” Haozi coldly stared at the guard captain.
“Smart birds choose good trees. What’s wrong with that?” The guard sneered coldly, saying: “Ye Chen has long been unwelcome in the Luo Sijue family, steward, I advise you to switch sides early to avoid us having to use weapons!”
“Hmph, do you think you can capture me?” Haozi smiled calmly, held the short knife in his hand, and sneered: “There has never been a steward who surrenders in the Luo Sijue family, only one who dies in battle.”
“Good, then let us test you!” Speaking, the guard captain led over a hundred to swiftly rush at Haozi. The Elder Council members watched on the side, their audacity coming from having bought this guard team. As long as they could handle Haozi, everything else would be simple.
With Da Xia not in Leisure City, the Elder Council members could use their prestige to get the newly added guards on the island to join them. With Ye Chen not in Leisure City, they could ‘rightly’ grasp authority. The Elder Council had long devised their flawless plan, all hinging on Haozi. As long as Haozi was dealt with, the Luo Sijue family would naturally fall into their hands.
The Elder Council’s planning was perfect, but could things truly develop as they expected?
Haozi remained indomitable. Leading four guards, he wielded his short knife and charged at those guys, both sides engaged in a bloody battle without letup. Haozi was extremely fierce, single-handedly slaying five or six guards in succession. Haozi’s skill shocked the Elder Council, for the guards of the Luo Sijue family were comparable to the US Navy SEALs, yet Haozi could single-handedly kill such a number.
The Elder Council seemed to forget that these guards were chosen from a military unit and paled in comparison to those under Da Xia. So Haozi killing five or six guards was not surprising.
As the saying goes, success in one stroke, decline in the second, exhaustion in the third. Soon, Haozi’s strength began to wane, unable to withstand their relentless onslaught. The four guards behind him had already been killed, with the remaining two deeply wounded. The two gritted their teeth, saying: “Steward, you leave first, we’ll cover you!”
“Hmph, none of you will leave!” The Great Elder laughed heartily: “You’ll all die here, or how will I account for it?”
“Old man, if someone dies, you die first!” A heavily wounded guard raised his short knife and threw it at the Great Elder. The knife barely missed the Great Elder’s beard, cutting off half of it. The Great Elder was scared out of his wits, sweating profusely. Fortunately, the knife only cut off half of his beard rather than slicing his throat, otherwise, it would have claimed his life.
“I’ll kill you!” The Great Elder was furious, decisively raising his knife, then rushed at the wounded guard. Who says the people of the Elder Council are weak? The Great Elder’s strength was equally formidable, he just rarely acted.