Chapter 268 267: Shi Qian Dong, Deputy Captain

Shi Qianxi roared, and one of his lackeys frantically tapped on a phone.

"You all just wait to die! I'm calling Captain Shi right now. If you want to beg for mercy, you'd better do it quick. Once the call connects, you won't have another chance!"

Chen Bing was in a panic. If Shi Qian Dong also showed up, things would get a lot more complicated.

After all, the Military Suppression Bureau could do whatever they wanted when handling a case.

If a Martial Artist didn't cooperate, it was perfectly reasonable and justified to kill them on the spot.

'So Shi Qianxi is planning to use his brother's authority to crush me. What can anyone even do about that?'

Shi Qianxi's call connected, and he screamed into the phone, "Big brother, save me! Chen Bing is trying to kill me!"

A voice came from the phone:

"Chen Bing, if you dare touch a single hair on my brother's head, I'll kill your entire family, throw you into the Military Suppression Bureau's Water Prison, make you suffer all eighty-one forms of torture, and then I'll kill you!"

Chen Bing said coldly, "Well, well, Shi Qian Dong. Abusing your power to protect your family. Do you have any idea that he was the one who started this, and that he even used a Scattering Pill?"

Shi Qian Dong: "Impossible. My brother isn't that kind of person. Chen Bing, let me remind you, I can charge you at any time. Slandering my brother... the crime can be major or minor. It all depends on your attitude!"

Chen Bing was so furious he wanted to explode, but his own strength was too lacking. Even if he lost his temper, he'd only be taking it out on himself.

Mu Lin slowly walked over to the phone. "You're the vice-captain of the Military Suppression Bureau, right?"

Shi Qian Dong replied, "That's right. What do you want?"

Mu Lin said, "Get over to the Top-Rated Private Room at the Celestial Phoenix Hotel immediately."

"And why should I listen to you?"

"Because I'm not a fan of Shi Qianxi, and I've been wanting to kill him for a while now."

Shi Qian Dong's tone immediately turned vicious. "You touch him, and I'll make sure you don't even have a grave to be buried in."

"If you don't want this brother anymore, then there's nothing I can do."

Shi Qian Dong was so angry he could curse his own mother. "You just wait. When I get my hands on you, I'll torture you to death!"

Mu Lin didn't respond. He just hung up the phone.

The lapdog next to Shi Qianxi stared at Mu Lin as if he were a monster.

"How dare you provoke a vice-captain of the Military Suppression Bureau? Huh? You're like the God of Longevity drinking arsenic—you must think you've lived too long!"

Shi Qianxi looked at Chen Bing with utter contempt. "Chen Bing, I bet you didn't expect this, did you? You thought bringing a friend would help you out, but you just made things a whole lot worse, didn't you?"

"When my brother sees how I'm injured, he'll definitely take all of you in for questioning. I see a few of your friends have no cultivation. Just ordinary mortals. How are they going to withstand the Military Suppression Bureau's torture?"

Chen Bing gritted his teeth and said to his three close friends, "You guys should go. I caused this mess, so I'll handle it alone!"

Cheng Shizhong slammed the table. "Chen Bing, you bastard! You think you can push us away over a little thing like this? No way in hell!"

The other two chimed in together, "Heh, I'd like to see if this vice-captain can really turn black into white."

Chen Bing was both angry and moved, his eyes turning red.

He turned to look at Mu Lin. "Younger Brother Mu, I'm sorry... I'm..."

Mu Lin said, "Why are you apologizing to me? Did you kill my chicken or steal my pig?"

Chen Bing said, "This was supposed to be a banquet to welcome you, but I never thought it would turn into..."

Mu Lin smiled. "What's the big deal? A little disturbance like this is nothing at all."

Tang Shuang also chimed in, "Brother Chen, you can relax. A mere vice-captain of the Military Suppression Bureau is beneath Brother Mu's notice!"

Hearing Tang Shuang say this, Chen Bing just shook his head with a bitter smile.

'Has she ever even met anyone from the Military Suppression Bureau? How can she talk so casually? God only knows how formidable a vice-captain of the Military Suppression Bureau is!'

In a conference room at Songyang City Hospital, Wu Henghai sat at the head of the table.

Wu Henghai had ordered Ling Qiao to examine Tang Zhi. The results left everyone dumbfounded.

"Captain, Tang Zhi's recovery is excellent! His external injuries are healed, and while his internal injuries still need time to recuperate, he can already join the team for some lighter missions!"

Wu Henghai pondered for a moment without speaking, then picked up the phone and called Tang Zhi, telling him to come to the conference room.

Tang Zhi rushed over.

"Captain, Tang Zhi reporting!"

Wu Henghai knew about Tang Zhi's connection to Mu Lin. 'How could I dare let him salute me?' he thought, quickly standing to return the gesture.

"At ease! Sit!"

Wu Henghai also sat back down in his chair.

Ling Qiao asked Tang Zhi, "I'm not sure how you recovered so quickly. Did Mu Lin give you some kind of special medicine?"

Tang Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Not really any medicine. He just told me to do some breathing exercises. Nothing else."

"Oh, right. He did give me an ear-spoonful of some stuff called Celestial Dragon Incense."

Hearing those three words, Wu Henghai's eyes went wide, and Ling Qiao was positively fuming.

"How much? A full ear-spoon? Pure Celestial Dragon Incense?"

Ling Qiao's eyes were wide, her hands were clenched into tight fists, and veins bulged on her neck.

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

Wu Henghai sighed deeply. "Celestial Dragon Incense isn't meant to be used like that. It's an extremely precious additive, usually mixed into high-end incense used for cultivation. A single ton of incense contains less than half a gram of Celestial Dragon Incense."

"The amount in that one ear-spoonful is probably enough to mix into an entire ton of incense! A whole ton! Do you have any idea how much money you could make selling that as incense sticks?"

"You have to understand, these high-grade incense sticks can go for tens of thousands of yuan for a single stick..."

Tang Zhi was completely stunned. 'How is that possible? Mu Lin gave it to me so casually.'

'Is he the kind of person who even needs to be picky?'

Wu Henghai waved his hand, telling Tang Zhi to wait outside.

As Tang Zhi was leaving, Shen Xilu rushed in. "Captain! The vice-captain of Team Ten, Shi Qian Dong, has come to Songyang! He's here all by himself and is requesting backup from us!"

As soon as Shen Xilu finished speaking, Wu Henghai felt uneasy.

"What's he doing here? And he came alone? Isn't that a bit pathetic?"

Shen Xilu gave a wry smile. "He said his younger brother was getting bullied at a hotel and he had to go stand up for him, but he has other things to attend to, so he came alone. Captain, should we send people to support him?"

Wu Henghai was very displeased. In theory, he should dispatch team members to provide support, but the thought of them going just to help Shi Qian Dong with a personal squabble left a bad taste in his mouth.

Suddenly, Gu Wu called. Wu Henghai had no choice but to answer. "Captain Gu, what's up?"

"I heard Shi Qian Dong is heading to the Celestial Phoenix Hotel on foot. He's going there specifically to cause trouble for Mr. Mu."

Wu Henghai asked Gu Wu, "What's your position on this?"

Gu Wu said, "My life was saved by Mu Lin, so of course I have to help Mu Lin! Even if the captain of Team Ten himself came to ask, I wouldn't send anyone to help."

Wu Henghai laughed heartily. "Gu Wu, I never thought I'd see the day! If you had any sense of shame, I'd be at a complete loss with you!"

Wu Henghai said, "I'm bored out of my mind anyway. Let's go over there ourselves."

Inside the Celestial Phoenix Hotel, Mu Lin calmly ate and drank, waiting for Shi Qian Dong to arrive.

Hmm? Mu Lin sensed someone arriving at the door, and his eyes lit up.

'Isn't that Shi Qian Dong arriving now?'

Shi Qianxi rushed up to him. "Brother!"

Shi Qian Dong glanced at Shi Qianxi. "Who's the blind bastard?"

Shi Qianxi pointed into the room. "Chen Bing was the one who hit me, but that guy over there has the worst attitude! He spoke about you, brother, as if you were worthless!"

Shi Qian Dong patted Shi Qianxi's forehead. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it as planned. There's nothing he can do to us."

"We've got the Military Suppression Bureau behind us. What kind of riff-raff dares to challenge the Military Suppression Bureau, right?"

With his brother backing him up, Shi Qianxi became smug. He turned and kicked the door, which swung open with a BANG.

Shi Qian Dong shouted, "Which one of you suicidal bastards was challenging me just now? Do you dare to step forward and show your face?"

Shi Qianxi pointed at Mu Lin. "You, the one over there eating! Stop eating, he's talking to you!"

Shi Qian Dong grabbed Shi Qianxi's shoulder. "No, wait. Let him finish his last meal!"

"Among all the Martial Artists in the world, not a single one dares to offend the Military Suppression Bureau. Those who do all end up in prison."

"The rest of his life will be spent in a Military Suppression Bureau black site prison. Let him enjoy one last good meal!"

Hearing this, Shi Qianxi was immensely pleased and pointed at Mu Lin, shouting:

"Did you hear that? No one in the world dares to offend the Military Suppression Bureau! A person like you can just wait for death!"