Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 304 Uncontrollable Factors (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

The meaning behind this statement is quite clear: the criminal is willing to take a gamble together with his right-hand man.

While the two were talking, they naturally had no energy to be distracted and could not clearly pay attention to the movements of Jiang Xian and the other two.

However, Jiang Xian and the other two noticed all the little details of their interactions.

Jiang Xian was able to roughly understand the relationship between the two people in front of him.

In Jiang Xian's view, the relationship between the two of them was not good, and there was even a lack of trust, but it was definitely not bad either, and it was definitely not like the quarrels that took place between the two of them before the battle between the two sides.

Jiang Xian could tell that there must have been some communication and emotional connection between the two of them in the past.

Seeing that the conversation between the two had almost come to an end, Jiang Xian naturally calmed down and did not urge them at all. He waited quietly for the leader's reply, or for the leader to continue to choose the next team member.

Jiang Xian rode on her horse with a composed demeanor. Her posture was upright, yet she appeared completely relaxed, as if the events before her were none of her concern.

The guard on horseback observed Jiang Xian's condition closely. He had been working for the Jiang family for quite some time, and judging from the way Jiang Xian had interacted with him these past few days, he was convinced that Jiang Xian would achieve great things in the future.

He believes that as long as Jiang Xian can make good use of her talent and continue to maintain it without neglecting or giving up business, the Jiang family will likely become the leading family in Yingzhou Chamber of Commerce in the near future.

The conversation between the key figure and his teammate was also nearing its end.

The leader naturally understood what his teammate meant, which was to agree to go and try it out with him. He also agreed and expressed his willingness to follow the leader's instructions.

Seeing his teammate make such a statement, the leader remained expressionless and did not reply with a single word.

He used to be able to laugh and then become serious, but now when it's time to speak, he doesn't leave him a single word, which makes his teammate named Zhuzi feel very strange.

Having clearly stated their position, and with the three on the other side not yet losing patience to urge their leader, now should be an excellent opportunity to collude.

He even hoped that the leader would tell him the general direction of things and that he might be assigned some tasks to carry out.

He didn't expect that the leader would remain silent and say nothing to him. Seeing his somewhat puzzled expression, he simply nodded slightly, stood up on his own, turned his back to him, and clasped his hands in a fist salute towards the young master.

The leader clasped his hands in a fist and slowly addressed Jiang Xian, "May I ask, sir, is this person allowed to travel with us?" He pointed to his teammate sitting on the ground behind him.

Upon hearing his leader's words, Jiang Xian did not reply. As the Jiang family guard on horseback turned his head to look, Jiang Xian nodded slightly to him.

Upon receiving Jiang Xian's signal, the Jiang family guards naturally understood his meaning. Subsequently, the Jiang family guard on horseback changed to a serious expression and said to the leader opposite him, "If you don't find it cumbersome, please feel free to do as you please."

The Jiang family guard on horseback glanced at his teammate's thigh injury, uttered this remark, and then said nothing more.

The leader observed the young master's actions clearly.

He was actually a little puzzled as to why the young master in front of him was not speaking for so long.

He secretly wondered: Was it because of his special status? Or was there some reason he couldn't speak? Or was he simply unwilling or unable to speak?

This matter was also the most unsettling aspect of the overall plan for the core leadership.

The leader felt that the young master in front of him was very mysterious and unpredictable, and he had some doubts and worries in his heart.

He felt that the young master in front of him was the most uncontrollable factor in his entire chessboard, and might even disrupt his entire chessboard and start over at a crucial moment.

However, since Jiang Xian and his group did not reveal any of their identities, even when they were still unsure of the three men's strength, they missed the opportunity to ask them about their situation.

The only information the leader knew about Jiang Xian and his group was about medicinal herbs and pharmacies. He simply did not believe Jiang Xian and his companions' explanation that they had sent two Heaven-Rank martial artists for this matter alone.

He didn't think a small pharmacy could have such power to keep two Heavenly Rank martial artists by its side and make two Heavenly Rank guards obedient to that young master.

According to Jiang Xian and the other two, it was really unnecessary to go to such great lengths to transport such ordinary medicinal herbs, consuming so much manpower, material resources, and financial resources, and to take such a remote road with many hidden dangers and sparse population. This was something he just couldn't understand.

The leader was surprised. Since it was just ordinary medicinal herbs being transported, it must be from a nearby pharmacy or clinic.

However, he had never heard of a pharmacy or clinic with two Heavenly Rank martial artists.

Not to mention the small pharmacy Jiang Xian and his group mentioned, even the large pharmacies and clinics throughout Qizhou do not have this kind of setup.

If these three people didn't intentionally choose this road today, they must be people who don't know much about the area around Qizhou.

But this also makes it even harder to guess who the leader is.

If the search area were expanded to include Qizhou, he would have a better chance of finding the person by utilizing his network of contacts.

However, if the search area were expanded beyond Qizhou, he wouldn't be very confident in finding out the specific information about these three people.

The easiest way to find out is for the three people on the other side to say it themselves, but that's obviously impossible, especially given the situation where the enemy is stronger and we are weaker.

The chances of the leader using his connections to find the people are probably less than 10%. If the three people on the other side reveal their identities, it means that the leader is no longer a threat, and also that he has no way out.

Therefore, as the core leader, he was unwilling to see this situation, and even less willing to hear the specific true information about the three people on the other side.

The leader temporarily set aside his teammate Zhu Zi and listened to the answer from the Jiang family guard who was now riding on horseback, which gave him a clear answer.

Therefore, his current task is to select the second person to take away.

The choice could only be made from the teammate who had lost an arm and the four people lying on the ground who had been drugged by the young master and whose mobility was restricted.

The arrival of this moment was something the core leader had been thinking about for a long time, and he had already carefully weighed its importance.

Although he didn't get a very clear answer that would satisfy him, now was the time when he had to bite the bullet and make a choice.

He ignored the teammate who had lost an arm and instead walked straight to the four teammates who had been drugged and were now lying on the ground. His steps were slow and deliberate as he reached the four teammates who had been drugged.

He quietly looked down at his four teammates lying on the ground, his gaze meaningful, as if he wanted to say something.

Even though he had something to say, he didn't even frown when he saw the state of the four of them.

Then, the backbone slowly squatted down and knelt at Xiaolu's feet.

All of this was observed by Zhu Zi, the teammate he had just chosen.

Although Zhu Zi had good eyesight, and the distance was not close, based on his past experience, he was able to see the four people in the distance clearly.

But now, perhaps due to the previous high level of mental stress, coupled with the interference of pain, Zhu Zi's vision is somewhat blurred.

Zhu Zi looked down at the back of his hand and found a relatively clean spot that wasn't stained with blood. He rubbed it hard on his eyelids, then rubbed them a few times, trying to see the situation in the distance clearly.

The result was that although the pillars were not very clear and could not be compared with before, it was still much better than the previous blurry vision.

He saw those four familiar faces, all of them looking pained. Although his relationship with those four people wasn't particularly deep, they were still four faces he had spent every day with, and naturally, there was some affection between them after spending so many days together.

Whether it's warmth or friction, they are, after all, four faces that live together day and night.

Therefore, when Zhu Zi saw those four pained faces and the struggling, agonizing expressions on their faces, he was naturally somewhat moved.

The pillar's vision became blurry again.

However, this time, his blurred vision was not due to his previous high tension or the shocking wound on his thigh, but rather because some uncontrollable water droplets appeared in his eyes.

Zhu Zi reacted quickly. Before the two pools of water could slide down his face, he hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve. This time, he didn't care whether there were stains or bloodstains on his sleeve. He couldn't care less about that now.

Even if he wasn't very smart, he knew that now was the time to calm his mind and carefully observe everything around him.

He needed to carefully observe the details of everyone else; every extra minute he could live was a bonus, and he absolutely had to stay alert.

Therefore, in order not to be deceived or misled by anyone, he had no choice but to rely on himself.

What made Zhu Zi feel somewhat helpless was that even strangers, who had no feelings for the four people, would probably frown and sigh upon seeing their suffering, but the leader did not do so.

Facing teammates with whom he spends every day, the core leader showed no emotional change, as if he were an outsider.

He squatted down beside them, just quietly watching the four of them without saying a word.

This struck Zhu Zi as highly unusual. Not to mention others, even Zhu Zi himself had just been tricked by his mentor. First came the enigmatic smile, then the serious warning. In Zhu Zi's eyes, the contrast between his mentor's behavior before and after was too great. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have doubted whether it was the same person.

Zhu Zi really couldn't understand the leader's actions.

"This person is too strange!" Zhu Zi thought to himself.

It seemed as if he had wasted his time with the core leader; he was now completely unable to distinguish or know which side of the core leader was the true one.

Is it the gentleness and taciturnity of the past? Or the insidiousness and abnormal behavior of today?
Based on his usual temperament, if he couldn't figure something out or understand it, he would simply stop bothering with it.

In many situations, all he needed to do was follow his boss and carry out his orders.

Today, perhaps Zhu Zi has come to understand some things, or perhaps he was forced into a corner and, for the sake of his own life, he seems to have changed his long-standing temperament.

He actually wanted to thoroughly investigate what kind of person the core leader was. He actually wanted to carefully observe the core leader's next actions, as if trying to uncover the strangeness behind the core leader.

He carefully observed the leader's every move.

After a long pause to regain his composure, his squatting body began to tremble slightly.

That trembling was definitely not something a martial artist could produce simply by squatting for a short while.

Zhu Zi couldn't figure out the reason, so he could only continue to observe quietly.

Jiang Xian also saw what the key figure was doing.

Jiang Xian, however, thought a little deeper than Zhu Zi. Jiang Xian guessed that the tremors were due to a rather drastic change in the main character's state of mind at that moment.

Jiang Xian was unaware of the personnel relationships within their team.

As a result, Jiang Xian had no idea what was gripping the heart of the pillar, or what specific changes were taking place within him. He could only continue to observe, just like Zhu Zi.

Jiang Xian noticed that although the leader did not show anything extra on his face, he must have been thinking a lot, which made some people unable to restrain themselves and thus exhibiting this subconscious, uncontrollable action.

The leader was indeed getting impatient; he no longer remained silent and quietly observed as if he were an outsider.

Aside from Xiao Lu, he didn't care about the other three teammates. It seemed that Xiao Lu thought the other three were no big deal to the leader.

Their relationship was by no means deep.

After that rumor broke, he couldn't even maintain a semblance of friendship with the other three people lying on the ground.

Therefore, even if he didn't harbor any deep thoughts about the other three, he was definitely worried about Xiaolu.

He couldn't bear to see the painful struggle on Xiaolu's face; it made him feel extremely uncomfortable and even a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)