“A phone call from the Tokugawa family in Japan?” The Bhikkhu King frowned. However, he still answered the call. After speaking for just a few moments, the Bhikkhu King, who usually remained completely calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before his eyes, experienced a drastic change in expression.
“Tokugawa Beimen!” The Bhikkhu King was furious, his eyebrows nearly catching fire. With his intelligence, how could he not realise this was deliberate on the part of the Tokugawa family? Notifying him late was one thing, but waiting until Luo Wuji had landed in Xianluo to tell him?
Even a fool could see it was intentional.
“Master?” The young man named Pajia looked at the Bhikkhu King with some terror. He had followed the Bhikkhu King since childhood, and even when surrounded by powerful enemies, he had never seen him lose his temper like this.
What on earth was happening?
“To hell with it, the Tokugawa family are a bunch of ungrateful wretches!” The Bhikkhu King could not help but swear, showing just how angry he was. He had done the Tokugawa family a favour, yet they actually plotted against him like this. This was equivalent to delivering a bomb more powerful than a nuclear weapon.
If handled poorly, the entire Xianluo would be destroyed.
“Master, what exactly is wrong?”
“A great disaster!” The Bhikkhu King was shaking with rage.
“Quickly, contact the airline at once!”
At this moment, Luo Chen had already followed Yang Peipei and the others into the shopping mall.
This shopping mall was rather strange. Although it had two floors, only the first floor was open. Moreover, there were very few people inside, and most importantly, every shopkeeper wore a sour expression.
Luo Chen looked upstairs and shook his head. These people were probably going to be unlucky today. With his clairvoyant ability, he could naturally see what was upstairs.
The group of older women did not notice anything wrong, marvelling at the dazzling array of goods.
Many of the women wanted to go on a shopping spree, but their enthusiasm was instantly extinguished when they looked at the price tags.
“These seem to be fakes, right?” Yang Peipei frowned as she picked up a jade bracelet.
It was just a plastic product worth a few pennies, yet it was priced at over a hundred thousand here.
Casually glancing at a few more items, Yang Peipei frowned even deeper. Everything here was fake.
Naturally, some of the women also discovered this, and the group began to mutter among themselves.
Just as they were preparing to leave, the tour guide walked over and spoke to everyone.
“Hey, why has no one bought anything?”
“Buy what?”
“They are all fakes!” One woman said dissatisfiedly. They had been told such nice things earlier, only to be brought to a fake goods mall to shop.
“Listen to me, everyone. You should still buy something. After all, it was not easy for me to bring you all here, right?” the tour guide said bluntly.
“Let alone them being fake, even if they were real, we would not want to buy them. Look at these prices. They are not worth this much money even if they were genuine,” Mi Mi said dissatisfiedly.
“Everyone, I advise you to buy something,” the tour guide said with a fake smile.
“We are not buying. Let us go,” one woman said with a very firm attitude.
“Mr Luo, let us go,” Yang Peipei was also somewhat unhappy.
However, Luo Chen shook his head and said, “We cannot leave.”
Luo Chen did not deliberately lower his voice, so several people around him heard it.
Zhang Ze sneered in particular.
“Humph, with me here, would they dare stop me from leaving?”
“Exactly. There are so many of us, would they dare not let us leave?” One woman looked at Luo Chen dissatisfiedly.
“You have been so timid all the way here. It is truly laughable,” Mi Mi also mocked from the side.
“Let us go.”
The group intended to walk towards the exit, but before they could take a step, the bus driver got off the bus.
Then he walked over from the entrance.
“Everyone, today you must buy whether you want to or not!” The driver was short in stature, looking frail and as if he could be blown away by the wind.
“Otherwise, none of you will be able to step out of this door today!”
“I want to leave. Could you even stop me?” Zhang Ze stepped forward, puffing out his chest. With his large build, who was he afraid of?
Yang Jun also stepped forward.
Only Luo Chen stood at the back, even pulling up a chair to sit down.
This made the group of women feel slightly dissatisfied.
Because in the entire tour group, apart from Zhang Ze and Yang Jun, Luo Chen was the only other man at this moment.
“Young man, the time to need you has arrived. Why are you shrinking back there as a grown man?” one woman said.
“Do you want us women to step forward and argue?”
“Exactly, are you even a man? A real man should stand out,” Mi Mi also taunted. A man who hides behind others when trouble arises was truly far inferior to her boyfriend.
He was even far inferior to that Yang Jun.
“Exactly, look at Little Zhang and Little Yang.”
Yang Peipei just looked at Luo Chen and said nothing.
“Why should I help you?” Luo Chen looked at this group of people, finding it somewhat amusing.
“Now that we have encountered trouble, we are all in this together,” someone blamed him.
“Where were you earlier?”
“I warned you all a long time ago,” Luo Chen said impatiently.
This remark made everyone pause. Even back at the entrance, Luo Chen had indeed reminded them. But they simply had not believed him.
“Alright, stop talking. The situation is already like this.”
“However, brother, since you said that, when we leave later, we will not care about you,” Zhang Ze turned his head and sneered.
“If you are a coward, you are a coward. If you do not dare, you do not dare. You have even learned to make excuses for yourself,” one woman said in a sarcastic tone.
Yang Jun also sneered from the side. How could his sister actually fancy someone like this?
The driver on the side was getting somewhat impatient.
Zhang Ze turned to look at the driver, then took off his shirt, revealing his tanned skin, and demonstrated his muscles as a show of force.
However, soon after, another group of people came downstairs. Each of them had a dark expression, carrying knives and clubs.
At this point, the group of women truly panicked.
Even Yang Peipei’s expression changed.
Mi Mi held Yang Peipei’s hand and said, “Do not be afraid. My boyfriend not only works out regularly, but he also occasionally trains in boxing and has even won a championship!” Mi Mi said proudly.
“Moreover, they are probably just trying to scare us,” Mi Mi continued.
Only Luo Chen shook his head speechlessly. These people were covered in a murderous aura. Scare us?
“You really want to stop us?” A cold smile crossed Zhang Ze’s lips.
“Exactly. You should know that Little Zhang is very capable. He won the Sanda championship.”
“If it really comes to a fight, who knows who will suffer?”
“I will say this one last time. If you do not buy, do not even think about leaving today,” the driver said with a dark expression.
“Fine then, do not blame me for being rude.” Zhang Ze raised his arm and pushed towards the driver.
He had seen this kind of formation many times. It was just people wielding weapons to scare others. Would they really dare to use knives?