In less than 5 minutes, Zhao Feng's hands stopped moving, and a lifelike Buddha statue appeared in his grasp. Each carve on the statue was distinctly visible—clean and uniformly precise, making Gu Junyi's eyes shine, "Excellent, excellent, such a teachable lad!"

Old Gu, pleased, squinted his eyes as he watched Zhao Feng.

Xu Hao smiled at Gu Junyi and said, "Old Gu, what do you think? I didn't trick you, did I?"

Old Gu nodded, "With talents like Zhao Feng's, he surely won't be much inferior to you. I'll take him on as my disciple!"

Upon hearing Old Gu's words, Zhao Feng's face lit up with excitement. Without needing Xu Hao's prompt, he knelt on the ground with a thud and knocked his head on the floor three times, "Master above, please accept your disciple's bow!"

At this scene, both Zhao Zhengguo and Li Hong were taken aback, while Gu Junyi burst into laughter, "Good, very good! My dear disciple, get up now!"

Gu Junyi actually was willing to take Zhao Feng as his disciple, and Li Hong along with Zhao Zhengguo rubbed their hands joyfully, "Old Gu, thank you so much. We don't even know what to say!"

The couple looked at Xu Hao with faces full of gratitude; they were well aware that all this was because of Xu Hao's help. Without Xu Hao, they would likely have had no connection to Old Gu.

Xu Hao offered a slight smile, "Alright, Zhao Feng, follow Old Gu closely and learn well. In some time, Liu Corporation will specifically ask for your help as a master of carving crafts. I'll take my leave now, and not disturb you further!"

Li Hong and Zhao Zhengguo thanked Xu Hao profusely as they sent him into the elevator, with Li Hong continuously apologizing, "Young Master Xu, I'm so sorry! Auntie was short-sighted, please don't take it to heart... A Feng is fortunate to have such a good brother like you..."

"Uncle and Auntie, don't worry, Zhao Feng is my best brother. He never looked down on me when I was down and out; I will help him!"

...

Inside the private room, Zhao Feng and Old Gu found themselves getting along better and better. Gu Junyi even began planning follow-up training for Zhao Feng.

Furthermore, Old Gu also helped introduce many connections for Zhao Zhengguo and Li Hong's business pursuits. Everything was moving towards a better direction!

Xu Hao stepped out of the elevator, just entering the lobby on the first floor, preparing to call Lei Qianjue to join him in visiting Elder Chen, when suddenly dozens of rugged men in black t-shirts stormed into the lobby.

These burly men, each tattooed, looked fierce and formidable as they encircled the entire lobby.

"Xu Hao, think you're so tough? Let's see how arrogant you can be today," the leader was none other than Wang Mazi, who had clashed with at the charity dinner the day before.

By Wang Mazi's side, apart from the two experts whose bodies shimmered with Floating light from yesterday, there seemed to be several more experts.

Wang Mazi took two steps forward and glared coldly at Xu Hao, "Xu Hao, I'll give you a chance now, kneel and apologize, and I, Grandpa Ma, might spare your dog life!"

Clearly, Wang Mazi had come prepared, specifically targeting Xu Hao.

Xu Hao frowned and snorted coldly, "Wang Mazi, wasn't the face-slapping last night at the dinner enough? You're back for more?"

Upon hearing Xu Hao mention last night's incident at the charity dinner, Wang Mazi's face turned gloomy. First, he was verbally attacked by Wu Zhongcai, then Liu Tianxiong forcefully suppressed his anger.

A face-slapping!

A blatant face-slapping!

Wang Mazi had not slept well all night, but early in the morning, he received a call from the Patriarch of Wang Family, Wang Chengye, saying that they would unite against Xu Hao, which somewhat lifted Wang Mazi's spirits.

Upon learning that Xu Hao was at Jing'an Grand Hotel, Wang Mazi didn't hesitate and immediately led his men rushing over.

Yesterday, Liu Tianxiong was present, but today Wang Mazi's men secretly observed that Liu Tianxiong had already left, so Wang Mazi was more unbridled.

Moreover, now that Wang Mazi had received Wang Chengye's promise of support, with another major power in Jing'an backing him, what was there for Wang Mazi to fear? "Xu Hao, still so defiant when death is near? Liu Tianxiong has already left; I want to see who back you up now. You think you're a great fighter? Can you really take on a hundred men by yourself? Let me tell you, with the Wang Family backing, even if Liu Tianxiong were here, we wouldn't hesitate to fight!"

Wang Mazi called out to his men, "All of you, get him! Whoever can knock Xu Hao down with a stick gets a 100,000 yuan reward."

A reward of 100,000 yuan for a hit was quite a temptation!

A great reward brings out brave fighters, especially since the security members around Wang Mazi were all experts who had risen through the ranks with him.

They all charged at Xu Hao ferociously. This is part of a series from My Virtual Library Empire (*).

Xu Hao had now entered the path of martial cultivation and his strength had increased rapidly, naturally not something these ordinary men could match.

As a dozen guards charged towards him, Xu Hao's lips curled up, and without any visible movement,

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The dozen guards all ended up sprawling on the ground wailing, having lost their combat power.

Xu Hao coldly stared at Wang Mazi and said, "Wang Mazi, you and I had no feud! You better not provoke me; Xu Hao is not someone you can afford to offend! As for the matter with Ma San, you can ask him yourself. It was your men who tried to rob my jadeite, forcing me to act; you can't blame me for that, right?"