Chapter 228: Chapter 218: Put the Gun Down
Outside the temple, Li Nan had already made arrangements. Except for the eight gang members responsible for surveillance around, the other personnel went into the temple through the four gates at the front, back, left, and right.
The night grew deeper, the mountain wind was piercing, and the temperature on the mountain suddenly dropped. Down the mountain, it was still brightly lit, a bustling scene, completely peaceful. No one would know that a drama was about to unfold on North Mountain.
Halfway up the mountain, the special police team led by Wu Shuang encountered a small problem. The road ahead was blocked by several large trees, making it impossible to pass through the forest.
"Captain Wu, these trees were just placed here. The cuts are fresh; it’s man-made!" The special police member in front reported to Wu Shuang. There are still at least a thousand meters to the temple. If driving, it would take a few minutes to slowly go around. If walking, it would take at least twenty minutes.
"Get out of the car!" Wu Shuang decisively gave the order without even thinking.
Although North Mountain has paved roads, they all loop around the mountain. Even if the straight-line distance to the temple seemed less than two thousand meters, it would still take six to seven minutes to drive up. Time waits for no one, and if they were late and anything went wrong, it wouldn’t matter what those above said; Wu couldn’t feel at ease. After all, this was the first time leading a team on a mission, and she couldn’t let that little man on the mountain underestimate her.
"Captain Wu, walking up the mountain would take at least fifteen minutes..."
"Wait for you to move these trees, it would probably take more than half an hour!" Wu Shuang opened the car door and said via the communicator: "All teams get out of the car. Team three, send four people to guard the vehicles here. The rest, follow me up the mountain!" After speaking, she didn’t offer further explanation, directly continuing on foot up the mountain.
Most of the special police team members were retired special forces soldiers, with a few being the best Academy graduates. Their physical skills were naturally up to standard. Although the mountain road was difficult to walk, the captain had spoken, especially as a female captain had taken the lead herself, so no one had any stray thoughts, following Wu Shuang up the mountain.
Liang Feng led Xia Xue swiftly ahead. There wasn’t much obstruction behind the temple. Although Liang Feng only had four or five layers of his powers after being injured, dealing with these inner hall disciples was more than enough. After knocking out one inner hall disciple, he took Xia Xue in a large circle down the mountain.
Xia Xue was still a bit worried about Xiao Lin. After all, the Poison Dragon Gang member who got knocked out earlier was holding a real weapon. She said, "Xiao Feng, are you sure Xiao Lin won’t be in trouble?"
"Sister Xue, don’t worry, you see I got you out safely, figures like Brother Lin, there are people in the world who can hurt him, yes, but definitely not in Yanjing, much less on North Mountain. Even if Poison Dragon Gang brought ten times more people, it wouldn’t be possible to harm him!" Liang Feng said confidently.
Xia Xue thought it over and agreed. Just earlier, Liang Feng had been on the verge of death, yet Xiao Lin swiftly and easily revived her. Such capable people are not to be underestimated, and so she wasn’t as worried.
Others might not know the movements behind Liang Feng, although Xiao Lin was not by their side, he diverted half his attention over until it was clear there was no anymore noise from behind, thinking that after Liang Feng safely led Xia Xue away, he put his focus back in the temple.
At this moment, the Poison Dragon Gang members outside the temple had formed a trend of encircling from three sides, concentrating their forces at the firewood room and the main entrance, with roughly ten people on each side. Naturally, Xiao Lin wouldn’t sit idly at the firewood room, flashing to a large tree in the temple courtyard, ready to adopt guerrilla tactics and take them down one by one.
Dealing with these Poison Dragon Gang members, although reputed as the elite of the Poison Dragon Guard Team and inner hall disciples, in Xiao Lin’s eyes, they’re but slightly stronger than ordinary people. Compared to him, a freak, the threat is not even half as high as when attacking the Jiangling Zhang Family, not even close to the smallest task he’d carried out over the years.
Inside the temple are four ancient trees, almost overshadowing half of the temple courtyard. Presumably, each one has hundreds of years of history. This provided Xiao Lin with an excellent hiding spot. A simple and feasible plan almost effortlessly formed in a brief moment.
Li Nan pressed from behind the firewood room while Cheng Fei led people from the main entrance inside. The other side was led by the guard team’s captain, pushing three ways into the temple.
As Li Nan’s group approached the back of the firewood room, they noticed a man-high hole in the wall, understanding why despite several inspections by the guard team, nothing suspicious was found. Given their skills, it’s impossible for them not to notice someone’s entry during the search. The other party concealed themselves through this hole, avoiding detection, and returned afterwards.
"This time, let’s see how you escape!" Li Nan coldly smiled inwardly. As they advanced, they made no noise, directing four gun-wielding subordinates to point at the hole, planning to trap the enemy like turtles in a jar.
First to rush into the temple courtyard was Cheng Fei, entering from the main entrance. Though reputed as Poison Dragon Gang’s ace fighter, Cheng Fei isn’t limited to fighting; facing an injured Liang Feng, even Li Nan was cautious, amassing manpower before besieging. Naturally, he wasn’t stupid enough to swagger in, proceeding cautiously instead.
Initially, three gun-wielding gang members entered side by side, occupying the main entrance. After confirming no abnormalities, Cheng Fei led the remaining ten or so gang members swiftly inside.
However, Cheng Fei felt somewhat odd, having led a group in, yet there was no movement from the firewood room, only the rustling sound of tree leaves in the courtyard with the wind.
Xiao Lin’s current position was on the first large tree to the left in the courtyard, having a clear view of all the Poison Dragon Gang members’ positions, quietly holding onto the tree branch, discerning five gang members holding guns, armed with the current Huaxia army’s configuration of assault rifles, murderously intent.
It seems Poison Dragon Gang has powerful backing, able to supply them with such resources. Xiao Lin became more resolved to eradicate the Poison Dragon Gang, not only to deal with the gang members on the mountain but also to eliminate Poison Dragon Gang headquarters, a plan slowly taking shape.
In fact, with Xiao Lin’s status, he could completely eradicate the Poison Dragon Gang and make them disappear from Yanjing with just a word. However, since he encountered them himself now, he chose not to trouble others.
Xiao Lin held five broken branches in his hand, calculated the direction, and the five branches shot out swiftly, heading in different directions, targeting the wrists of the five members of the Poison Dragon Gang who were holding submachine guns.
This was still Xiao Lin being merciful, as he didn’t immediately take their lives, merely injuring their wrists.
At the same time, another five branches were prepared.
Only then did a series of screams ring out, without any warning.
The members of the Poison Dragon Gang standing beside those holding submachine guns were taken aback by the sudden, piercing screams. After coming to their senses, they angrily scolded those members, saying, "What’s wrong with you? Screaming like ghosts in the middle of the night while on a mission!"
Screams and reprimands played out in the courtyard of the temple.
"I... I don’t want to scream either, but look..." The disciple hit by a branch spread his wrist for them to see, with a broken branch piercing their wrist, blood flowing incessantly. Only then did they realize that they had been stealthily attacked.
Cheng Fei heard the screams and reprimands of those disciples and angrily said, "What’s wrong with them? Don’t they know we’re on a mission now?"
An informed person had already run over to report: "Master Cheng, those disciples were injured, their wrists hit by a branch!"
Cheng Fei was startled and said, "What? All five were hit on the wrist by branches simultaneously?"
"Uh... seems like that’s the case!" The gang member close to the middle of the two heard the conversations on both sides and, after pondering for a moment, responded that all the wrists were hit.
Cheng Fei didn’t bother to ask more and personally walked over to the closest one, seeing exactly what the gang member described, then went to another, who was also hit in the wrist by a branch, with blood flowing profusely.
A master fighter is here!
Cheng Fei’s first reaction was this, and he immediately conveyed loud orders: "Assemble immediately, assemble immediately!"
The gang members in the courtyard, hearing Cheng Fei’s words, gathered towards him. Those injured only had wrist injuries, so movement was not an issue. Disciples beside them picked up the submachine guns on the ground and were preparing to gather when another scream was heard.
"Ah!"
"What happened?" Cheng Fei looked angrily towards the source of the scream, and by now, the other disciples dared not make any rash moves.
Even the disciples reaching for the guns hadn’t touched them yet. They suddenly realized that the scream came from another disciple picking up a gun, and they hastily pulled back their hands.
"Who is this esteemed person? I don’t know when the Poison Dragon Gang offended you?" Cheng Fei reacted quickly, immediately understanding the opponent’s intention, but he couldn’t figure out when the Poison Dragon Gang had offended such a master, who could pierce through wrists with mere branches and remain undetected.
However, with the strong winds on the mountain and four towering trees in the courtyard, the opponent was likely hiding in one of them, but which one was unknown to him.
Xiao Lin was not foolish enough to reply, simply waiting silently for the enemy to pick up a gun. This is the effect he wanted, the effect of scaring them so much that no one dared to pick up a gun.
For a while, Cheng Fei didn’t hear any response, when the Poison Dragon Guard Team disciples entered from the small door on the left, similarly equipped. Leading them was a middle-aged man in his forties, but he looked more like a businessman, dressed meticulously. This man was one of the three leaders of the Poison Dragon Guard Team, Cheng Zhi, and also Cheng Fei’s distant uncle. Cheng Fei could gain favor with Poison Dragon so quickly was due to Cheng Zhi.
"Uncle, put the gun down!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation.)