Chapter 450: Chapter 446 Transplanting Flowers and Trees Chapter 450: Chapter 446 Transplanting Flowers and Trees On the car!

“Is there protection arranged for Zhi Qi?”

Fang Xiaocao asked in a deep voice.

“We’ve left two members of the Phoenix Clan, and two top-level masters are protecting him, so as long as we don’t encounter a large-scale enemy encirclement, there shouldn’t be any danger.”

Hummingbird answered truthfully.

Fang Xiaocao nodded. “That should be enough.”

With Zhi Qi’s intelligence, the protection of two members of the Phoenix Clan should suffice to handle any crisis.

The seven-seater business van slowly parked in front of the splendid hotel.

Fang Xiaocao and her entourage got out of the car and went straight upstairs under Hummingbird’s guidance.

This hotel was owned by Zhi Qi’s family.

Under Zhi Qi’s arrangements, Fang Xiaocao and her group checked in without leaving any registration information.

They didn’t stay in luxurious rooms.

Just ordinary double rooms.

Staying here was relatively safer.

It greatly reduced the chances of leaving traceable registration information for those who might be trying to find their whereabouts.

If someone came to investigate them,
or secretly scoped out the place, the hotel’s central control would notify Hummingbird.

“Let’s rest for a day, and then we’ll take action tomorrow.”

In front of the guest room’s door, Fang Xiaocao instructed Hummingbird and others before entering the room.

Sitting on the bed, Fang Xiaocao rubbed her face with her hands, lifted the Human Skin Mask off, revealing the face of Jiang Xinyan underneath.

Phew–
“This thing is a bit hot.”

Jiang Xinyan muttered, placing the Human Skin Mask on the bedside table.

A similar scene was also happening in the rooms of Tom and Unhappy.

The ones disguised as Tom and Unhappy were two spiritless members of the Phoenix Clan.

This was Fang Xiaocao’s arrangement to deceive others.

Originally, Fang Xiaocao planned to leave Taotie and his wife, Jiang Xinyan, in New Province to fully handle the matter of the gold.

But since Jiang Xinyan had shown her loyalty, Fang Xiaocao had changed her mind.

Jiang Xinyan’s capabilities made it too dangerous to leave her in the perilous New Province.

If Jiang Xinyan hadn’t shown her loyalty, Fang Xiaocao wouldn’t have minded putting her in danger; in case of a threat to their lives, several members of the Phoenix Clan would have prioritized rescuing Taotie.

If Jiang Xinyan couldn’t make it out…

Then she would be left to fend for herself.

But Jiang Xinyan had shown her loyalty, which made Fang Xiaocao change her mind.

After all, Jiang Xinyan had managed to revive the beleaguered Tomb Raider Sect, which was enough to prove that she was a rare talent.

Moreover, she was Taotie’s wife. Not wanting to abandon her, Fang Xiaocao still didn’t want to.

Thus, Fang Xiaocao decided to play another hand of deception, allowing Thousand Faces to create a Human Skin Mask, disguising Jiang Xinyan as herself to leave for Beijing to eliminate the Helan family.

Fang Xiaocao herself, disguised as Jiang Xinyan, stayed with Tom and Unhappy in New Province, preparing to take the chance to strike the Pawnshop and Blacklist.

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Night falls!

New Province!

In the backyard of an antique shop!

Several silhouettes silently climbed over the wall and quietly landed in the courtyard.

“Are you sure the gold is here?”

A shadow whispered.

“Positive, according to our spy’s report, the one guarding the gold is that traitor Taotie.”

Another shadow replied quietly.

“That’s excellent.”

“It’s a good opportunity to take care of the traitor as well.”

The first shadow chuckled.

“Can we really defeat Taotie?”

Someone asked in a low voice.

“Don’t be scared, I’ve fought Taotie before. Although I can’t defeat him, he can’t kill me within a hundred moves, and that’s enough time for you guys to deal with the others.”

“Once we attack Taotie together, are we still afraid we can’t kill him?”

Xuanwu spoke confidently, unaware that several pairs of eyes were watching him from the second floor of the antique shop.

“Idiot, who is Xuanwu?”

“He’s quite confident, isn’t he?”

Fang Xiaocao whispered softly.

“The first combat force of the Blacklist’s New Province branch, skilled in close combat, a Shaolin deserter, with a Golden Bell Shield just like his name suggests, like a turtle shell, indeed notoriously hard to kill. Bullets from a handgun shot from over ten meters away can only break the skin, the bullet ends up getting stuck in the muscles.”

Hearing Xiaocao’s query, Taotie didn’t challenge Xuanwu’s confidence but seriously started to describe Xuanwu’s abilities, clearly showing his respect for Xuanwu’s strength.

Upon hearing Taotie’s words, Xiaocao’s eyes lit up, and she thought to herself, “What a talent, he must be recruited under my command to become a member of the Phoenix Clan.”

Having made up her mind, Xiaocao hesitated no longer.

“Attack, we must capture Xuanwu.”

“Capture the others alive if possible to expand the Phoenix Clan, if not, just kill them.”

Xiaocao said coldly.

“Old bastard, your grandpa Taotie has been waiting for a long time. Let’s see if you’ve made any progress.”

Hearing Xiaocao’s command, the already eager Taotie immediately jumped into action.

Leaping down from the second floor of the antique shop, he landed in front of Xuanwu and others and sneered.

Seeing Taotie suddenly appear, Xuanwu and others got startled.

“Taotie?”

“Why aren’t you sleeping in the middle of the night?”

Xuanwu exclaimed.

“I’m waiting for you.”

Taotie said, arms crossed.

“Waiting for what?”

Xuanwu asked, confused.

“To beat you!”

Before his words fell, Taotie exploded into action.

With a lunge, he charged at Xuanwu and swung his fist towards him.

Faced with Taotie’s sudden attack, Xuanwu didn’t dodge or evade. Instead, he took a deep breath, his muscles instantly tensed up, preparing to withstand Taotie’s punch.

Bang–
Taotie’s punch harshly landed on Xuanwu, producing a muffled sound.

Xuanwu took a step back to dissipate the force.

Taotie’s gold-breaking stone punch, surprisingly, didn’t harm Xuanwu at all.

Hu–
Xuanwu exhaled.

“Everyone attack together, beat him.”

Xuanwu roared and made the first move.

He kicked towards Taotie.

The others from the Blacklist, regaining their senses, joined in, ganging up on Taotie.

Seeing this, Xiaocao shook her head, “Tom, Unhappy, go!”

“Yes!”

Tom nodded and responded.

Before the words finished, he had jumped down from the second floor.

The bald Unhappy, unable to hold back any longer, was pleased when Xiaocao gave the command and leapt from the second floor towards Xuanwu.

The other three members of the Phoenix Clan quickly followed, rushing to support Taotie.

Seeing everyone had gone down, Hei Ta grew anxious too. Just as he thought of jumping like Tom and the rest, Xiaocao pulled him back.

“Hei Ta, we’ll take the stairs.”

Xiaocao spoke.

Pulling Hei Ta, she headed for the stairs.

Hei Ta was too heavy, with such a massive tonnage, Xiaocao wouldn’t dare let him jump.

Too prone to injury.

Even if not injured…

It might damage the floor.

The Blacklist had sent in ten top assassins this time, the backbone force of the New Province branch, aiming to steal this batch of gold and incidentally kill Taotie to clean house.

On Xiaocao’s side, counting the three from the Phoenix Clan and Xiaocao herself, there were only eight tops.

There was a significant disparity in strength.

“Hei Ta, go!”

Xiaocao gestured to Hei Ta and immediately charged up, holding the Blood Jade Ring.