Chapter 107: The Old Guard.

The trio quickly made their way out of the city boundaries. On the way they stopped close to the cliff face entrance to Asura temple.

"What are you thinking?"

"Hmm, majority of the ingredients that I used in your elixir came from inside that temple."

"You want to do some shopping?"

" . . . "

"I'm just wondering what else is in this temple. I only found and explored the room you found the two of us in and the chamber I fought with your lawyer."

"You're really that curious?"

"Mhm,"

" . . . "

"The moment there's any sign of trouble, we're leaving."

"Okay!"

Qin Qianyu smiled brightly. Wú Haodong could only shake his head at the spritely girl. They quickly scaled the cliff face and returned to the chamber where Xiong Jianguo lay.

"Will you take his body back to his family?"

Wú Haodong said nothing. He just stared at the man he had once trusted and regard as family.

Xiong Jianguo was the eldest son of his close comrade in arms, this will undoubtedly shake their friendship.

" . . . "

"When you do, I'll come with you and explain to them what had happened. If they are just in their hearts, then they'll understand."

"No, this has nothing to do with you. This all started because of me. I'll deal with it. You just worry about doing you properly."

" . . I . . "

"It's fine. Don't worry okay. I'll deal with it."

Wú Haodong said no more and pulled out a map. Qin Qianyu saw this for the first time since Wú Haodong told her about finding it.

"According to this map, there are nine floors, each floor has nine rooms. The passage we came through, the room I found you in and this chamber count as three rooms."

"So, it's adventure time then?"

"Mhm, if you say so. You lead, I'll follow."

Wú Haodong says as he handed over the map to Qin Qianyu. She looked to him surprised then took over the map soon after.

"Then let's check this place out."

The room Qin Qianyu pointed out was the eighth room on their current floor."

"Lucky number 8!"

Wú Haodong nodded and motioned for Qin Qianyu to lead the way.

While the trio adventured in the temple, a meeting was taking place on a military base.

Two people were present during this meeting. One was an unknown middle aged man of a high rank, the other was a Lieutenant. It was Zhang Qingmei.

"You'll take over all of Wú Ting's duties from now on as the new commander of ADT. Don't let me or Wú Ting down."

"I . . I understand Sir! I'll do my utmost to live up to the reputation of the taskforce and of both your and Wen Wú Ting's expectations in the interim."

"Mhm, that's all I ask. Here is your first official mission."

The man handed Zhang Qingmei a folder.

Upon opening it, her eyes narrowed as she looked at the information on it.

"This bitch!"

Zhang Qingmei spat out vehemently to herself.

She looked to the man and he simply added,

"Is there a problem?"

"None whatsoever Sir, . . But,"

" . . . "

"Isn't she a Triple zero asset?"

"Are you questioning your orders?"

"Not at all, but to assassinate such a high value target, wouldn't TNT be better?"

"They're busy with the Luther project. Too many people have been trying to sellout and defect with the information from the project."

"I can only depend on you."

"It'll be my pleasure to make this mission a success Sir!"

"Good to hear, alright you're dismissed. You can report to the team tomorrow morning and start your mission preparations immediately."

"I understand. Thank you Sir."

Zhang Qingmei saluted the man and left the office. He took out his phone and made a call.

"It's done, she accepted it without a second thought. It's almost like she couldn't wait to start."

The man says happily. He soon got a reply,

"Mhm, you have my thanks. I won't forget this favour. Once everything is done you'll be the person standing on my right."

"It's truly an honour sir, I have duties to attend to, I just wanted to extend a courtesy call to you regarding this small matter."

The called ended after a few pleasantries were exchanged.

Zhang Qingmei marched to her room she had been confined to since the incident involving her discharging a firearm and coming out of the hospital.

She couldn't call anyone, use the internet or even watch tv. She only had her imagination and her deep thoughts to keep her company.

When she entered her room she closed and locked the door behind her. Her eyes quickly flashed with a dangerous light as she held up the file in front of her.

There wasn't much, information wise, in the folder. It was all basic information about her height and body size. Her trademark bodysuit and fox mask and a list of apparent skills.

The photos in the file all came from the police station. Each and every single one of them had Qin Qianyu and Wen Wú Ting together in them.

Zhang Qingmei saw this, and her imagination flew to the abyss to retrieve her death scythe in order to cut Qin Qianyu and Wen Wú Ting down.

"You didn't come see me while I was in hospital or when I was here! Instead you go on another date with this harlot bitch! . . You did this all behind my back! All while I was suffering in torment here waiting for you! . . You go and do this to me!?"

"Heh! . . Let's see how you like it when you find out I've sent the little slut to the netherworld. Will it make you see sense then!? . . If not, you can join her."

Zhang Qingmei muttered to herself. She pulled back the curtains of her room to let in some natural light as she started to pack her go bag.

On the walls, scribblings on pieces of paper littered the place. A few contained ramblings and deep thoughts.

Some were endearing, others filled with utter hatred mostly directed at one person.

The Phantom Fox, Qin Qianyu.

Some of the scribbles were also pictures of decapitated foxes and that of the sort.

Once Zhang Qingmei had finished packing, she started tidying up her walls and floors that were littered with her deepest thoughts.

She placed it all in a box and walked to the incinerator and disposed of the drawings and messages.

Once done, she marched to her vehicle stowed her bag and quickly drove off the base she was confined to and headed to the airport to catch a flight to the capital.

At that same time, in a hospital in the capital, another scene was playing out. The ward and room that Wu Yihuan was in had suddenly been surrounded by men of Gaoshan and the media.

Lin Xie had told the hospital director to call several staff members over to explain why they had all been treating Wu Yihuan in such a way, in such an inhumane manner.

When Wú Haodong gave Lin Xie his orders, he and his team were on it right away. They found the identities of all the hospital staff that had posted the videos of their despicable attacks on the unconscious Wu Yihuan.

Even highlighting the fact that they tagged the person responsible for Wu Yihuan being here in hospital, Tang Mu, in all of their messages of support for him.

One of the nurses who had posted a video of her spiting on Wu Yihuan spoke up angrily at Lin Xie. She firmly rebuked his asking for an explanation,

"Who the hell do you think you are!? Just because you helped out at the riots you think you can poke your nose into every little thing!? The bitch in there is a scumbag scammer! She deserves more than the spit I spat on her!"

"Damn straight! . . Why don't you just piss off and let us get back to our damn jobs!"

"Yeah! . . Who the hell are you!? Why are you standing up for a scammer bitch like her."

After that nurse said her piece, all of the others that were called out by Gaoshan spoke up too and backed the nurse righteously."

"Really now!? . . And who said she's a scammer? Which police station announced that she's a scammer?"

"Pfft! Are you an idiot!? . . Tang Mu's lawyers told the world during their press conference!"

"Yeah! That's right!"

All the others called out in the nurses defence. Lin Xie looked at them all incredulously.

"Huh!? . . Since when was it a damn lawyers job to investigate a person!?"

" . . . "

"Don't any of you know the damn difference between a lawyer and the police!? Yet you all want to call me an idiot!? It's the police's job to investigate people! A lawyers job is to do every and anything, in their power, to get their client off!"

"There was not one single police officer there at that conference to corroborate the lawyers findings that were used to smear her good name! Do you all know why!? . . It's because they don't have the power to investigate people otherwise why would there be police!?"

" . . . "

The nurse and all the other staff didn't feel as justified anymore. A foreboding feeling instead crept in and started to invade their hearts as a realisation started to take shape.

"Their one and only job is to get their client, in this case, Tang Mu! off whatever charge he's faced with."

Next, Lin Xie debunked the lawyers who had started this whole fiasco. He brought up a police officer who held up an arrest form. On it the photo was completely different to the one Tang Mu's people had used but everything else was the same.

"How do we know that this isn't a fake!?"

That same nurse from earlier cried out. Lin Xie just sneered at her openly and pointed to the officer standing next to him.

Everybody understood what he meant.

The woman shut up as the officer played a copy of the press conference and paused it when it cut to the arrest form.

He brought up the arrest form in his hand and pointed out the differences.

The one the Tang lawyers showed at the press conference had obviously been photoshopped. The original arrest form had a photo stapled to the form.

The lawyers one was digitally remade but in their haste, they forgot to add the staple on top of their image but the bottom part of the staple was still showing and it was in the same place as the paper form the officer was now holding.

The staple on the photo was half on the photo and half on the form.

Low gasps escaped the mouths of all those present.

"Why are you doing all this for that woman and why now after all this time? Is there a special reason?"

A reporter asked. Lin Xie looked at the woman and nodded then he spoke,

"Good question, I'll get to that, but, first. Earlier I was asked "who did I think I was" I want to throw that question back at that person and all her supporters that backed her!"

"Who the hell! . . Do you think you are!? Huh!? You asked me why I'm poking my nose into this!? Why did you! Huh!? Who the hell are you lot to poke your nose in and do the disgusting things you all recorded yourselves doing to another person!? As for getting back to your jobs? Do you even know how to do it? All I've seen are you lot violating an unconscious young woman who's supposed to be in your care! Tell me! The things you've done, was it all because a damn lawyer said that she was a scammer!?"

" . . . "

"Fine! Since no one wants to answer, this man here is my lawyer, Go!"

Lin Xie says and pointed out as a man stepped forwards, he showed his business card. It read Feng & Xiong.

Eyes went big, some even advert his gaze and were afraid to look at him.

The man cleared his throat and pointed out the nurse and the others that were found to have posted the disgusting acts on Wu Yihuan.

"This woman and all of these people here are crooks, they are all scammers. They aren't real medical professionals or hospital workers, they are scamming you."

"What bullshit are you spouting!?"

"I've been nursing for 5 years,"

"I've been a doctor for 12 years!"

The nurse and all the others that were pointed out, angrily rebuked, as they shouted back at the lawyer.

The lawyer paid no attention and continued.

"Here is our evidence we collected."

He showed the videos the nurse and the other staff members had made and uploaded online and spoke over the videos,

"No medical practitioner or healthcare staff would ever do such a thing. These people here, they are all scums. Scumbags pretending to be hospital staff. They are scammers!"

" . . . "

Lin Xie cast his glaze over all of them then took over again,

"Well you all heard from the "lawyer" so it must be true right!? We don't need the police to investigate anything because a god damn lawyer said so, so it must be true right! So by your own screwed up logic, this then gives me the justification to do disgusting things to all of you now right!? . . RIGHT!?"

Lin Xie shouted angrily at the end as his glare pierced through everyone there in attendance.

The nurse fell on her butt, all the others were close to doing the same. When Lin Xie put it back on them, everything they did, it didn't feel right anymore. They all realised that they had taken things too far.

Lin Xie didn't stop there.

"You asked me is there a special reason!? Yes there is. The reason we are stepping in now is because of the treatment the young Lady has received while being here, by it's so called top medical staff."

"The young lady in there, isn't a scammer, and she sure isn't a nobody. She's a young lady that prefers to stay out of the spotlight and stay low key."

"The young lady that you have attacked after she herself, was attacked, was only out buying gifts."

Two images came up on the screens, one was of the guardian beast tea set, the other, was the book that Tang Mu had stolen and taken.

Lin Xie continued.

"These gifts were for a family member, that family member is overseas right now but is returning as quickly as possible when he found out what had happened via all the post these people made."

"Is this family member related to Gaoshan?"

The same reporter asked Lin Xie. Lin Xie didn't answer right away instead he told them all a story.

He showed images of the book that Tang Mu stole, and it showed him handing it over to another man.

Lin Xie explained that the man was Tang Mu's elder brother. He explained that this took place after he was released by the police.

He continued,

"That man there, Tang Mu's brother, he is the current commander of TNT of the four winds."

Exclamations rang out in the ward, now they understood how Tang Mu was released back then. With Lin Xie's wording, they were all able to piece together what he was inferring to.

"But, you, as well as them made such a terrible mistake, and that's because the woman laying in there, the young lady's background is even more prestigious, and even more impressive. Because that woman's family member that's rushing here from overseas right now, is known as "The old Guard" the original founder of the four winds, the Urbane Qilin himself. And he's also the founder and owner of Gaoshan."

The tension in the ward was suffocating, no one said a word, they just gaped or held their breaths but they all shared the same collective thoughts.

The old guard, this man was a living legend, a national hero, a true martial arts legend that created the martial arts used by the military even to this day.