Chapter Thirty-Two The Golden Bell Cover

When Bearded Man’s gaze swept over Zhang Hu’s bandaged shoulder, his eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and his entire demeanor changed abruptly. He was no longer like a gentle and refined gentleman, nor a successful businessman, but a ferocious beast that preyed on others, a true overlord who controlled the life and death of others.

However, in the blink of an eye, the imposing aura emanating from Brother Beard receded like the tide, and he slowly turned around again, facing the floor-to-ceiling glass window.

“Who did this? Don’t they know that you, Zhang Hu, are with my Hu Zi?” Hu Zi asked calmly, looking down at the bustling city of Hanglin, but his calm tone concealed an unquestionable authority.

Since Brother Beard switched careers and entered the business world, some of his former subordinates who fought alongside him to build his empire followed him into the business world, while others stayed behind to manage affairs in the underworld. Zhang Hu was one of those who continued to stay in the underworld.

“It wasn’t done by gangsters,” Zhang Hu said, shaking his head.

“Oh, it wasn’t done by gangsters!” Bearded Brother was somewhat surprised.

“It was done by a young man who looked like a college student. He single-handedly wiped out eighty-two people, including me, Zeng Quan, and Zeng Li,” Zhang Hu said somewhat humiliatedly.

This time, Brother Beard was really surprised and couldn’t help but turn around. He didn’t know how skilled the others were, but he knew Zhang Hu and the Zeng brothers, Zeng Quan and Zeng Li, were both his former followers. He knew their skills all too well. Moreover, even if those thugs were not very skilled, the number of seventy-nine people was still quite frightening.

“Tell me about it!” Bearded Brother sat back in his leather swivel chair behind his large desk and asked with great interest.

“Yes!” Zhang Hu replied respectfully, and then slowly recounted what had happened.

“You’re saying that when iron rods and knives are used to strike him, it’s like striking steel bars, and it even makes a metallic clanging sound?” Bearded Brother’s previously calm face finally changed drastically, and he couldn’t help but stand up from his seat.

“Absolutely true. Not only that, we checked those watermelon knives afterwards, and some of the blades were bent,” Zhang Hu replied, a hint of fear showing in his eyes.

“Could someone really have mastered the Golden Bell Shield?!” Bearded Guy muttered to himself in shock, pacing back and forth in the empty office, his hand habitually stroking his beard.

“Is the Golden Bell Cover really that powerful?” Zhang Hu asked with some doubt. He was also a martial artist and had naturally heard of the Golden Bell Cover.

Brother Beard stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window again and said in a deep voice: “Golden Bell Cover is a hard external strength, belonging to the yang energy, combined with internal strength. When it is practiced to the extreme, it is as if a golden bell covers the whole body. Not only can it withstand punches and kicks without any damage, but even ordinary swords cannot hurt them. Furthermore, it can reach the level of protective qi, and can even block some ordinary bullets.”

“Ah! So he has already reached the pinnacle!” Zhang Hu exclaimed in shock.

“Even if he hasn’t reached the ultimate level, he has already reached a very high level. It’s strange, the Golden Bell Cover is an extremely difficult hard qigong to master, how could someone so young have mastered it to the point of having a Golden Bell Cover body?” Bearded Brother said with a puzzled look.

“Then is there no way to help him?” Zhang Hu hesitated for a moment, then asked somewhat unwillingly.

Brother Beard didn’t answer. His long, narrow eyes were fixed on the distance, revealing a strong fighting spirit. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, “Let’s investigate and see what kind of person this is.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hu’s tiger-like eyes lit up, and he bowed, saying, “Yes, Brother Beard, I’ll go investigate right away.”

Brother Beard waved his hand without turning his head. Seeing this, Zhang Hu quietly retreated and then carefully closed the door behind him.

After Zhang Hu left, the bearded man curled up a cold smile and muttered to himself, “Perfect timing, I’ve recently made a major breakthrough in my cultivation!”

Yu Ziqing was unaware that he had attracted the attention and interest of Brother Hu, one of the most powerful gang leaders in the underground forces of Hanglin City. At this moment, he was alone in the laboratory dealing with the batch of urgent samples.

Working overtime until 9 p.m., Yu Ziqing finally finished the sample pretreatment. Next up was the instrument testing tomorrow. However, Yu Ziqing didn’t rush to leave. Instead, she meticulously cleaned up all the bottles and jars on the lab bench.

Sometimes Yu Ziqing felt that doing experiments and cultivation were actually similar. Neither could be taken lightly. It required taking one step at a time and being meticulous. Just like cleaning up the lab bench now, it seemed like a small thing, but if it was not dealt with in time, it was very likely that some high concentrations of substances would remain on the bench or some utensils, which could easily cause contamination in the next experiment.

After everything was settled, Yu Ziqing slowly strolled back, carrying her now-deflated shoulder bag.

From afar, Yu Ziqing saw the lights on at Ah Zhen’s steamed bun shop. Although it was quite far away, his exceptional hearing allowed him to faintly hear a woman’s sobs and a man’s curses.

Yu Ziqing’s expression changed slightly, and he quickly ran towards Ah Zhen’s steamed bun shop.

“You bitch, I’ll teach you to keep a gigolo, I’ll teach you to cheat on me! No money! You always say you’re broke, but it turns out you’re keeping a gigolo! Damn it, I’ll curse your ancestors!” In the steamed bun shop, Zhu Lizhen’s bastard husband was grabbing her hair and pinning her to the ground, while his other hand kept slapping her face, leaving bright red handprints, and blood was flowing from the corner of her mouth.

Zhu Lizhen was in tears, kicking her feet on the ground and frantically scratching her head, trying to pry the bastard man’s hands off, but only making her scalp hurt more.

“I didn’t, I didn’t! Let go of me! You’re not my husband, you’re a bastard!”

“Damn it, still dare to talk back, still dare to curse me, I’ll stomp you to death!” The bastard stomped on Zhu Lizhen’s flailing arm, causing her to wince in pain.

“Xu, Xu Sheng, old man, I didn’t come here to watch you beat your wife. Quickly ask where that pretty boy is!” A stuttering voice rang out in the steamed bun shop. It was Brother Bucktooth.

Besides the buck-toothed guy, there’s also a chicken coop and a green-haired kid.

“Did you hear that, you filthy bitch? Tell me where that pretty boy is! I’m going to kick his balls out so he can never touch a woman again!” The bastard Xu Sheng slapped Zhu Lizhen again and cursed.

“No, I didn’t! I have nothing to do with him! You can’t cause him any trouble!” Zhu Lizhen shouted almost hysterically.

“Still denying it? Do you think I’m an idiot? If it weren’t for that late night, why would he have been at the shop entrance and stood up for you!” Xu Sheng cursed angrily, and just as he was about to kick Zhu Lizhen, he noticed that Zhu Lizhen’s eyes were staring at the outside in terror, and then she screamed, “Ziqing, run!”