Chapter 293 - 242: A Storm Gathers, the White Tiger is Coming

Chapter 293: Chapter 242: A Storm Gathers, the White Tiger is Coming

Destroy the neighbor by night, ten days before the New Year.

Tang Wen mulled over those words.

’There’s plenty of time.’

"Destroy the neighbor"... Flame Camp’s only neighbor was Black Mountain Camp.

The small forts and villages hidden in the mountains, or the distant Five Families City, had no beef with Flame Camp, and there were almost no conflicts of interest.

Only Black Mountain Camp and the Black Mountain King... everyone in Flame Camp, from top to bottom, had long wanted him dead.

But their leader was a Sixth Grade Gang Martial Powerhouse, the same rank as the Queen.

’What if we can’t beat him, but he can still escape?’

If he escaped, the repercussions would be endless.

Around the camp, there were also three Sixth Grade Exotic Beasts.

The Tyrant Bear and the Silver Wolf King.

As for the Green Water Python King, it mostly just stirred up trouble in the lake and wouldn’t get involved in land-based conflicts.

’The time for war is already set. The camp must want me to return.’

’After all, General Zhao knows my combat power is comparable to the Sixth Grade.’

’With the help of the Silver Wolf King, the chances of eliminating the Black Mountain King are quite high.’

Hmm. At this thought, Tang Wen furrowed his brow.

’"Quite high" still means there’s a chance of failure.’

’I can’t be careless about something like this.’

’Should I call in a few Sixth-Grade Masters from the gang?’

The moment the thought appeared, Tang Wen immediately dismissed it.

The line of succession in Flame Camp was a bit like the Black Water Gang’s: the capable rise, and the mediocre fall.

It wasn’t about connections, only strength.

’Right now, I’m the top-ranked heir in Flame Camp.’

’If this identity gets exposed, what would my opportunistic master and beautiful senior sister from the Black Water Gang think?’

’Aha!’

’So you were an undercover agent all along, you brat!’

’Then what about asking the Bai Family to help?’

’Bai Shuo is at the Peak of Sixth Grade.’

’He’s currently near Ganshan City, waiting for another Sixth-Grade Powerhouse to join him.’

’If the Bai Family’s exploration team finishes their business in Ganshan City before the New Year...’

’...I could ask one of them to make a trip back to the camp with me.’

’If their business isn’t finished before the New Year, then I’ll see if Bai Shuo is free to make the trip himself.’

’But even that isn’t a sure thing.’

’Who else could I possibly get to help?’

’Feng San Niang.’

’She’s also a Sixth-Grade Master.’

’But she’s powerful and influential, with countless simps. Other than my body, what else do I have to offer that could possibly move her?’

’Maybe I should make a sacrifice for the camp?’

’Sigh!’

’Sister Bing, Queen, you have no idea how much I’ve sacrificed for this camp!’

’I’ll put a pin in that for now.’

He turned his head and saw Li Zi struggling to adapt to the gravity.

Tang Wen’s smile suddenly vanished, and he said with a hint of anger, "This is the Gravity Chamber. You need to take care of yourself before coming in here."

Li Zi, whose forehead was already beaded with sweat, froze, looking at him in confusion.

Following Tang Wen’s gaze, she looked down. She couldn’t see her toes, only that her "watermelons" were sagging slightly.

Realization dawned on her, and she rolled her eyes. "I’ll use a strap to tie them up."

The anger on Tang Wen’s face turned to concern. "Here, can you tie it properly by yourself? Let me help you!"

"Hmph! In your dreams."

Li Zi turned away, knelt on a cattail cushion in the corner, and began to fix it.

Seen from behind, she was the spitting image of a loli.

’Something still feels... missing.’

After a bit of rustling, Li Zi stood up from the cushion.

Her small watermelons were now perfectly round, no longer sagging.

Tang Wen breathed a sigh of relief. One could never be too careful about food security.

Watching her hair sway, he suddenly understood what was missing from her look—a steering wheel. Er, a ponytail.

"Do you know about a hairstyle called twin-tails?"

Li Zi nodded in confusion. "What about it? Do you like seeing it?"

Tang Wen, with a perfectly straight face and a casual air, said, "I just feel that twin-tails would suit you better."

"Is that so?" Li Zi was half-convinced, half-skeptical.

’Looking at her innocent face, I feel a pang of guilt, like I’m tricking an elementary schooler.’

But Tang Wen insisted, "Really. Since you can’t pull off a mature look, innocence is more beautiful."

"That makes sense." Li Zi slipped a hair tie off her slender wrist.

She deftly changed her single ponytail into twin-tails.

"Like this?"

"Exactly. It looks good."

"Hehe. So... can my ranking move up a couple of spots?"

Tang Wen was taken aback.

Li Zi pouted. "I don’t want to be the thirty-sixth concubine. The ranking is too low!"

"No problem!"

Tang Wen looked at her with appreciative eyes, imagining how enjoyable it would be to take the reins. "I just love an ambitious girl! You are now number twenty."

Her rank had jumped forward significantly.

Li Zi was happy for the rest of the day.

Tang Wen took his meds, jumped into an ice bucket, and practiced the Eight Vajra Techniques.

Li Zi quietly kept him company, focusing on adapting to the gravity on her own.

She was a Veteran Extraordinary. Despite her young age, in terms of Talent, she was almost on par with Shui Yun.

After consecutively swallowing four drops of Sixth Grade Blood Marrow, Tang Wen felt stuffed and sat down to the side to temper his Spiritual Power.

Li Zi let out a breath, shocked. "Is this how you always train? Swallowing Sixth Grade Blood Marrow raw? Aren’t you afraid of dying?"

Tang Wen reached out and gave one of her pigtails a tug. ’Good texture, thick, and sturdy. A real leather steering wheel couldn’t be better.’ "I’m just taking a short break."

Hearing this, Li Zi also sat down and patted her slender thighs.

It looked like she wanted Tang Wen to lie down and sleep on her lap.

"I meant I’m going to practice my Spiritual Power for a bit."

"?" Li Zi’s sweet and adorable face scrunched up. "You call tempering your Spiritual Power ’taking a short break’?"

A day passed. Tang Wen had swallowed seven drops of Blood Marrow, tempered his Eight Vajra Techniques seventy times, and tempered his Spiritual Power for three hours (as a break).

Furthermore, throughout the entire process, except for when he was tempering his Spiritual Power, his body constantly glowed with a golden-red light as he practiced his Visualization Hard Technique.

When they came out of the chamber, Li Zi, a Veteran Extraordinary herself, was completely numb with shock.

"I was so naive, really! I just thought that when Liang Yu said you needed someone to attend to you while you train, it was because of your high status, that you were just being fussy! I never expected that you could actually train yourself to death at any moment."

"Cut the crap. Are you done eating?"

That night, Tang Wen slept in a tent outside Elder Zhang’s house.