Urban All-Round Master

Cang Jinyun’s words were vicious, and at the same time they were like a sharp knife viciously stabbing into Hua Tiandu’s inner world.

Then when he connected it with all the bits and pieces of following Lin Zifeng for more than half a year, and Lin Zifeng’s ruthless, cut‑throat way of doing things, once he thought about it like that, he really felt he was just a dumbass.

He’d followed him for so long—women, didn’t get any; all the blessings of beauty had been scooped up by him alone.

Power, he didn’t get any power either; now the Holy Hall was being controlled by a bunch of women.

Even Shao Huo, who started out as just a student, was in charge of three hundred thousand disciples on the Holy Hall’s outer perimeter; Black Hawk, Bu Chen, Huo Zhengfeng, Shuobude, those guys were the ones holding the hard power inside the Holy Hall.

And he and Cang Zhou, these two late‑joining members, what had they gotten?

So many times, secret planned operations, they weren’t included at all.

Even lots of benefits, none of them went to them. In these days Lin Zifeng had gotten quite a lot of benefits, Holy Artifacts one after another, but those Holy Artifacts, he not only didn’t give any to him, he even gave them to Chen Bubai and Zhan Long from the Ability Group—those two weren’t even people of the Holy Hall, and even less were they brothers who’d gone through life and death with Lin Zifeng.

In the end, thinking it over carefully, he really was just a big dumbass, didn’t get anything.

The reason he went to bed with Cang Jinyun was also because he was eating Lin Zifeng’s leftovers. The more he thought like this, the more Hua Tiandu felt it was unfair, felt Lin Zifeng treated him with zero fairness; talking fairness, he didn’t even measure up to some of the women.

With this thought, Hua Tiandu suddenly felt he was just a pitiful person, a sacrifice for Lin Zifeng’s rise.

Aside from now having a body of cultivation earned through life‑and‑death battles, what else did he have?

In the whole Holy Hall, the ones mixing the worst right now were him and Cang Zhou. To outsiders they were Hall Masters of the Holy Hall, but in reality, the two of them were just the big dumbasses of the Holy Hall...

”Bottom line, the two of us should count as the Holy Hall’s pitiful bugs, right? Lin Zifeng has really been ruthless in how he treats us. Think about it, I’m nothing, after all I haven’t contributed that much to the Holy Hall. But you, Hua Tiandu, I honestly feel it’s not worth it for you. Just look at you—back then you accompanied Lin Zifeng through life and death, no matter how big the difficulty you two shouldered it together. And now?”

”Lin Zifeng, even if he died, he didn’t leave you any benefits. Hua Tiandu, forget whether you pity yourself or not—even to me, Cang Jinyun, as an outsider, your value of existence in the Holy Hall doesn’t even compare to that big white dog at his side.”

Cang Jinyun smiled.

”Smack!”

Suddenly, Hua Tiandu shot to his feet, and his palm slammed heavily onto the table; in an instant the table in front of him was smashed to pieces!

”Cang Jinyun, I understand what you mean, I also know what you’re after. Don’t you just want me, Hua Tiandu, to become an enemy of the Holy Hall? You think this little trick of yours can fool me, Hua Tiandu?”

Hua Tiandu flew into a rage. With that slap, even Cang Jinyun’s heart lost its certainty. If Hua Tiandu really exploded and killed her, all her plans would go up in smoke.

She’d managed with great difficulty to hook up this line to Hua Tiandu; she couldn’t let it snap just like this.

Besides, the truth was Hua Tiandu had long had a lot of dissatisfaction toward Lin Zifeng’s Holy Hall in his heart, he just hadn’t voiced it to anyone. Now, with Cang Jinyun prodding him like this, his thoughts cleared; thinking it through carefully, he felt he really had been shortchanged, and badly shortchanged too—especially working under Lin Zifeng, there basically hadn’t been any benefits to speak of.

So now he really hated Lin Zifeng. Not only hated Lin Zifeng, he also hated the Holy Hall, hated everyone in the Holy Hall. Everyone buried their heads helping Lin Zifeng fight for the world, and in the end that world was controlled by a bunch of women. Most likely Lin Zifeng had foreseen all of this from the very beginning.

”No no no, Tiandu, you’ve misunderstood me. With your current strength and the forces under you, you’re fundamentally not a match for the Holy Hall. The reason I came back to find you this time is that I want to cooperate with you.”

Cang Jinyun shook her head; it wasn’t as Hua Tiandu had guessed.

”Oh? Cooperate? How to cooperate? In what way?”

Hua Tiandu was a bit curious. With Cang Jinyun’s abilities, what did she have that was worth cooperating with him on?

”Of course it’s cooperation between you and me. But the premise is, you must obey all my conditions.”

”Cang Jinyun, I know you’re very smart. You’d better make yourself clear first. Besides, if you don’t spell it out, I’m afraid I won’t be able to obey all your conditions, at least for now.”

With Hua Tiandu’s understanding of Cang Jinyun, he knew she had some skills, and in this period she’d definitely woven quite a few networks of connections. It’s just that he had a strong macho streak—letting a woman command him was clearly unrealistic.

”Heh‑heh, Tiandu, between you and me, do you think I would lie to you? Besides, if I, Cang Jinyun, wanted to harm you, back when you slept with me I could’ve told Lin Zifeng. I’m afraid even if Lin Zifeng didn’t kill you then, your status at the South Heavenly Gate would have plummeted. At that point, you definitely wouldn’t have been able to stay at the South Heavenly Gate, and you wouldn’t have gotten the Hall Master’s seat you have now, right?”

”Tell me your conditions. If I can accept them, I naturally will. If I can’t, sorry, I, Hua Tiandu, won’t accept them.”

”Relax, the conditions are simple. You just have to follow my instructions. Also, I’m merely working for the people behind me. The Holy Hall isn’t what I’m after. But you are different—once our cooperation succeeds, then the Holy Hall will be yours.”

”No! I don’t want the Holy Hall!”

Hua Tiandu’s gaze turned sharp, and he said coldly, ”I don’t have the slightest interest in the Holy Hall.”

”You may have no interest, but that doesn’t mean others don’t.” Cang Jinyun kept smiling. ”Even if you have no interest in the Holy Hall at all, as long as the Holy Hall no longer exists, whatever you want to do, I’ll support you, help you, give you even stronger backing. How about it?”

”Oh? Sounds like you’re very confident about wiping out the Holy Hall? I wonder if I’m allowed to know which force is behind you?” Hua Tiandu sneered, feeling like he’d just heard the biggest joke under heaven. You had to know the Holy Hall these days was no ordinary thing. Wanting to replace the Holy Hall was basically impossible—especially in Huaxia, trying to annihilate the Holy Hall was simply out of the question.

The Bright Church, the Taishang Sect, and the Buddhist Sect—the three great forces all strongly supported the Holy Hall. Don’t say exterminating the Holy Hall; even whether they could shake the Holy Hall was a huge question mark.

No matter how powerful the people behind Cang Jinyun were, this was Huaxia. The Holy Hall was already deeply rooted here, absolutely not something some random foreign force could infiltrate. Besides, there weren’t many major powers left in Huaxia now. As long as the Holy Hall didn’t court death, it was almost impossible for it to collapse.