Chapter 1375 — Probing Fact and Fiction

Pi Zhishan was a calculating man, for otherwise he could never have become the first heir of the Pi family. In his view, what the Xiao family had done was indeed infuriating, yet this was no time for the Pi family to cast the Xiaos aside. If they truly washed their hands of them now that trouble had come, word would spread, and it would gravely damage the Pi family's reputation!

When men risk their lives for you and you abandon them the moment disaster strikes, who will ever risk his life for you again? With its name ruined, the Pi family could forget about ever scooping up money in the secular world again. Pi Zhishan would never do anything to chill the Xiaos' hearts.

"Hehe, elder brother, you worry too much. How could Young Master Pi be that sort of man? If he meant to abandon us, Young Master Pi would not be sitting here at all!" Xiao Ben laughed, deftly paying Pi Zhishan a compliment. Brothers for so many years, he and Xiao Ji worked together in perfect accord, singing in duet to bind the Pi family and the Xiao family together once more.

How could Pi Zhishan fail to see through the Xiao brothers' intent? He simply chose not to expose it, and only smiled faintly. "Still, that Er Goudan is truly not to be provoked. Keep your distance from him from now on, do not take the initiative to provoke him, and stop thinking of moving against the Gu family. All in all, our Pi family has lost men too, so this grudge is settled. This trouble was stirred up by Jin Wudi and has little to do with us. If we do not go courting trouble, Wei Zhao should not come looking for us again!"

"True enough." Xiao Ji nodded. This time he dared harbor no further schemes. Even the Pi family had bowed its head, so how many heads did he, Xiao Ji, have to lose?

"In short, be careful in business from now on. With your Xiao family's influence in the secular world and our Pi family's name, you can make money without doing anything illegal. Put crooked ideas out of your minds. Just look at the Yu family, is their business not thriving?" Pi Zhishan made his own position plain.

Though the noble houses stood outside the rules, Pi Zhishan wanted no more trouble, especially with unstable factors like Wei Zhao and Er Goudan about. If they were provoked into fury, the loss would outweigh the gain.

"Yes! Young Master Pi teaches us well." Xiao Ben nodded repeatedly. "From now on we will look into some proper business to pursue."

"Good that you understand. Then I will be going back. In a few days the Pi family will send you another skilled man to hold the fort, but I will keep him in check. He may act only when business is threatened and only after reporting to the Pi family for approval. As for management, he is strictly forbidden to take part!" Pi Zhishan said.

Though the Pi family had no shortage of skilled men, it could not stand such attrition. If this next one were beaten to death as well, the Pi family's losses would truly be great.

"Well... Young Master Pi, this time could you send us an Earth Rank fighter..." Seeing those Earth Rank fighters, Xiao Ji felt an itch in his heart. If the Xiao family had an Earth Rank fighter, it would surpass even the Yu family, and at the coming Noble Houses Assembly it might rise in one stroke to become the foremost house!

Many men are like this, never knowing contentment. A moment ago Xiao Ji had only been praying the Pi family would not abandon the Xiaos, and in the blink of an eye he was already asking for a mightier fighter to guard them.

"Earth Rank is certainly out of the question." Pi Zhishan waved his hand. "Hidden houses have their own rules, and above them the Arbitration Association watches over the balance between us. Jin Wudi came out into the world only after approval. Our Pi family meddled in secular affairs on the pretext of investigating Pi Bo's death, but our true aim was to scoop up money, which is different from Jin Wudi's case. So the Pi family had best stay discreet. Since others are not troubling us, we cannot possibly take the initiative to apply for anything..."

"I see..." Xiao Ji was disappointed. "Then still a Mystic Rank fighter?"

"Yes. In the secular world, a Mystic Rank fighter is all but supreme, so long as you do not provoke beings like Wei Zhao and Er Goudan." Pi Zhishan said. "I will go back now. What happened here I must still report to my father."

"Young Master Pi, you say that Hero Goudan could beat an Earth Rank fighter to death, so what rank is he? How is he allowed to appear here?" Xiao Ben asked in puzzlement.

"Above the hidden houses there are mightier existences you know nothing of. It is better that you do not know. Knowing too much about some things is not necessarily a good thing." Pi Zhishan said.

"Yes..." Xiao Ben's expression turned solemn, and he dared ask no further, respectfully seeing Pi Zhishan out of the Xiao house.

After leaving the Xiao house, Pi Zhishan did not return directly to the Pi family. Instead he found a deserted place and dialed his father Pi Jiake's number.

"Zhishan, how goes it over there? Is Wei Zhao dead?" Pi Jiake asked.

"Father, there has been an accident. Jin Wudi has been beaten to death..." Pi Zhishan said.

"What? Beaten to death? What happened? Who beat him to death?" Pi Jiake froze, then asked hurriedly.

Pi Zhishan told his father every detail of what had happened, without the least concealment, including his own apology to Er Goudan.

"Zhishan, you did nothing wrong! Bowing your head at such a moment was right. A true man can bend and can stretch. If things are truly as you say, then a great problem lies hidden here. With a mere follower of Wei Zhao so formidable, he is likely a man of that ancient level..." Pi Jiake said gravely. "If that is truly so, then our Pi family absolutely cannot afford to provoke him."

"Yes, Father, but the strange thing is, when Er Goudan struck, I felt no fluctuation of power from him at all, as if he were no cultivator!" This was what puzzled Pi Zhishan.

"Oh? No fluctuation of power? How is that possible? Whether an internal-style or an external-style fighter, in striking he must reveal his own strength. That is impossible to hide even if one wished to. How could you feel nothing?" Pi Jiake asked in surprise.

"That is my sole doubt." Pi Zhishan said.

"Then probe in secret. With your skill, that Er Goudan should not detect you. As an external-style fighter you are better at hiding your aura. Look into it and see if you can find any clue!" Pi Jiake said.

"Very well. I have not left yet anyway, so I will take a look." Pi Zhishan nodded.

Hanging up the phone, Pi Zhishan sped swiftly toward the Gu family villa.

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