Chapter 956: Chapter 956

"Then the two of you please wait in our reception hall. I’ll call the Deputy Group Leader right now; if he’s available, he can be here within two hours," Long Duba promised with a smile.

"Thank you." Liu Bi had no objections and was then directed to the reception hall, enjoying good tea and water.

When Xin Badao received the call and heard that a Martial Arts Sect force was visiting the office, he took it very seriously.

Before Tang Ming left, he had instructed them to do their job well. As the Deputy Group Leader of the Martial Arts Inspection Team, it was his responsibility to handle martial arts affairs. Moreover, this was the first sect force to request their assistance, so it was necessary to treat them seriously to establish the authority of the Martial Arts Inspection Team.

Therefore, Xin Badao did not ask for specific details and immediately drove from Songlan City to the provincial capital, completing the two-hour drive in just an hour and a half, showing how seriously he took the matter.

When Xin Badao entered the office’s reception hall, he was stunned to see Liu Bi and Yao Buji leisurely enjoying tea. How could it be these two guys?

Liu Bi and Yao Buji also saw Xin Badao, and their first reaction was that this guy was also here to seek the Martial Arts Inspection Team’s help. Just like them, he was arranged to wait in the reception hall to meet the important figures.

"Well, isn’t this Sect Master Xin?" Liu Bi sat in the chair, looking at Xin Badao with an odd expression, "Your group is so badass, why are you here to request the Martial Arts Inspection Team’s help, too?"

"Hmm?" Xin Badao was slightly taken aback, looking speechlessly at Liu Bi.

"Stop pretending! Being arranged here means you’re also waiting to meet the big shot from the Martial Arts Inspection Team, right? Unfortunately, you have to line up after us." Liu Bi looked at Xin Badao triumphantly, sarcastically saying, "Look at how people at the Dark Group’s Martial Arts Inspection Team treat us with good tea and water. This is what hospitality is all about."

"Of course, of course. No matter how powerful Tang Ming is, he’s just one person, whereas the Dark Group’s Martial Arts Inspection Team is an official, special department, part of the state, entirely incomparable." Yao Buji also nodded repeatedly, still holding a grudge about their previous experience in Songlan City.

"How did you two idiots end up here?" Getting a round of ridicule wasn’t pleasant, so Xin Badao asked, annoyed.

"How dare you! Who do you think you are? Talking recklessly here as if this is your territory?" Seeing Xin Badao hurling insults again, Liu Bi jumped up immediately, "I heard you’re a Five-star Martial Master. I wanted to learn from your martial arts in Songlan City earlier. While we’re waiting, why not spar a bit?"

"You idiot." Xin Badao slightly clenched his fist. If he weren’t now the Deputy Group Leader of the Martial Arts Inspection Team, he would have loved to teach this brainless Sect Master a lesson.

"You’re still insulting me? Today I have to teach you a lesson, to show you that the Sect Master of the Flowing Cloud Sect cannot be insulted." Liu Bi got furious immediately, silently starting to cultivate, preparing to act.

Just then, Long Duba ran in, greeting Xin Badao while enthusiastically introducing, "Deputy Group Leader, you’re finally back. These two are the martial artists who came to handle sect affairs..."

"Hiss." Liu Bi, who was cultivating, gasped, almost deviating.

"You, you’re the Deputy Group Leader of the Martial Arts Inspection Team?" Yao Buji stared in disbelief at Xin Badao.

"Yes! This is our Deputy Group Leader Xin Badao from the Martial Arts Inspection Team." Long Duba continued the introduction, looking at Liu Bi and Yao Buji with a puzzled expression, "Do you know each other from before?"

"Ha, it’s more than that; we’re practically old acquaintances." Xin Badao adjusted his clothes and sat boldly in a chair, looking smugly at Liu Bi and Yao Buji, "Do you still want to spar with me?"

"I... I didn’t know you were in charge here." Liu Bi felt immensely awkward and regretful inside, never expecting that Xin Badao was part of the Dark Group’s Martial Arts Inspection Team, let alone holding such a high position. He came here seeking help and ended up offending a senior person in the process; he was really digging his own grave.

Yao Buji opened and closed his mouth but couldn’t say a word, the situation being completely beyond their expectation and too much to digest.

How did Tang Ming’s bodyguard become the Deputy Group Leader of the Dark Group’s Martial Arts Inspection Team? Could it be due to the Poison Sect Master’s identity?

"Enough with the small talk. What exactly are you here for?" Xin Badao waved impatiently. He initially thought a sect force had come for assistance, but it turned out to be these annoying guys. Had he known, he wouldn’t have hurried from Songlan City, completely wasting his emotions.

"This, this..." Liu Bi felt weak at heart, not knowing what to do.

"Deputy Group Leader, here’s the thing, we want to meet Group Leader Tang Xin. Could you help introduce us?" Yao Buji gritted his teeth and stepped forward to ask. Since they had already offended Xin Badao, there was no point in asking him for help. It’s certain he wouldn’t agree. Now their only option was to find a way to meet Group Leader Tang Xin. If they could manage that, they could get past Xin Badao as well.

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Bi nodded repeatedly, giving Yao Buji an approving glance for his quick response.

"You want to see our Group Leader?" Xin Badao’s face turned strange, and he touched his chin, then said irritably, "Are you crazy?"

"What do you mean?" Liu Bi’s face darkened slightly. Though he had been rude, being cursed at to his face was still deeply unpleasant.

"You already met our Group Leader yesterday; why are you here today to meet them again? If this isn’t foolishness, what is it? Truly, a pair of fools." Xin Badao looked at Liu Bi and Yao Buji with disdain, utterly puzzled by what was going on in their heads.

"We’ve already met? When?" Liu Bi and Yao Buji exchanged a confused look.

"Tang Xin and Tang Ming are twin brothers. They can be considered the same person, and the one you met at Liu’s villa yesterday was our Group Leader." Xin Badao cryptically explained, not daring to directly reveal that Tang Ming was Tang Xin. As for what those two would think, they would have to figure that out themselves.

"No way?" Liu Bi and Yao Buji were completely dumbfounded.

The person they painstakingly sought at the provincial city for help turned out to be the one they met yesterday, Tang Ming. This was just too ridiculous.

Given how they treated Tang Ming yesterday, trying to ask for help now would never work, not to mention cooperation, even if they begged to become subordinates.