CHAPTER 370: CHAPTER 246: TRUE FRIENDSHIP IN ADVERSITY (PART 3)

Within Baojiao County City.

Inside the City God Temple, which is now the new ’Divine Temple’ in the city, Ma Tianlin frowned, looking at the two divine spirits beside him as they took action, and asked:

"Who is breaking the array?"

"Someone escaped from the city and managed to tear through the Golden Light Array. They must have at least Sixth or Seventh Realm strength." A golden-armored divine spirit said in a deep voice.

"This is a good thing. Previously, Baojiao County was a place where dragons and tigers lurked, with many Sixth and Seventh Realm individuals trapped inside. If we don’t invite them out, it’s like sitting on a powder keg." Ma Tianlin said slowly.

Another golden-armored divine spirit looked toward the direction of Two Realms Mountain and said, "News came back yesterday that the Hero King’s underground palace disappeared into the ground. Piao Gao and the Sect Hierarch are now missing, which is most troubling."

"No matter, as long as the God of the Yellow Heaven descends, we can find the Sect Hierarch!"

...

After Chen Ku left Baojiao City with his people, he traveled through the night. With his speed, he finally reached Qiu Dragon Mansion by dawn.

From a distance.

The city walls of Qiu Dragon Mansion looked like a giant beast crouching on the ground. The sky had brightened, and people began to enter and exit at the city gate, but the defenses were unprecedentedly tight, with over a hundred armored soldiers stationed there.

Chen Ku figured that entering the city directly would likely cause trouble, so he followed the scent, searching for the people from the Medicine King Hall within Qiu Dragon Mansion. After locating the target.

With an Earth-Tunneling technique, he arrived inside a certain house in Qiu Dragon Mansion, where his family, his mother, sister-in-law, and Hu Zi, were.

This house was clearly purchased for his family by the Medicine King Hall.

Chen Ku first brought his relatives and friends from Baojiao County out of the Hero King Realm and arranged them in the courtyard, then woke them one by one.

"Where is this?" Chai Tiangui, Jiang Shaoyou, and others awoke, rubbing their eyes.

"Brother?! Did you really rescue me from the prison?" Li Yuancheng looked at the courtyard, also incredulously gazing at Chen Ku.

At that moment.

His sister-in-law, eldest sister, and mother were also awakened by the noise, especially his eldest sister Chen Tian, who almost immediately recognized her husband’s voice from outside. Hastily dressing, she rushed into the courtyard.

When she saw Li Yuancheng, clad in prison clothes, she threw herself at him excitedly: "Husband!"

Li Yuancheng also looked at his wife in a daze.

As a result, with Chen Tian’s pounce, she immediately discovered her husband’s missing arm, tears welling up in her eyes as she was too overcome with emotion and fear to speak.

"If not for Er Lang, I wouldn’t have survived, I’m already grateful." Li Yuancheng seemed to cherish his second chance at life: "An arm lost is just lost."

Chen Ku then approached his family, explaining the people in the courtyard, "These are my friends from the city. I’ve rescued them from the city, so they will temporarily rest at our home!"

At this moment, his eldest sister and mother were immersed in the joy of Chen Ku and Li Yuancheng’s return. After all, Chen Ku was the head of the family, and naturally, whatever he said was the rule.

After speaking with his family, Chen Ku then turned to Chai Tiangui and Jiang Shaoyou, cupping his hands seriously:

"Official Chai, Senior Brother Jiang, please rest assured for the next two days while settling in my place. Here are five thousand taels worth of silver notes each..."

Though Chen Ku did not have much money on him, he could still spare tens of thousands of taels.

Chai Tiangui and Jiang Shaoyou, seeing Chen Ku pull out such large silver notes, quickly refused, "No, no, how can we take..."

Chen Ku, however, insisted sternly:

"I know your homes have been cleaned out by the demon soldiers, so whether you plan to rise again in Qiu Dragon Mansion or rent or purchase a house to settle, you will need money. Please do not decline, it’s a token of my brotherhood."

Chai Tiangui felt a sourness in his eyes.

He had once had such wealth, never worrying about making money, only about spending it, until the ancestral business was entirely taken by the demon people, he realized how much he needed money.

Back then, five thousand taels meant nothing to him, he wouldn’t even pick it off the ground, but now, it’s enough for his entire family to live happily in Qiu Dragon Mansion for the rest of their lives.

Jiang Shaoyou took a deep breath and said, "Junior Brother Chen, I won’t be polite with you. We Jiang Family will borrow this money from you. You know our family does business, our skills won’t go to waste, and it won’t be long before we can repay you!"

Chen Ku smiled and said, "I believe that."

With that, he handed the two large silver notes to Chai Tiangui and Jiang Shaoyou respectively.

Chai Tiangui awkwardly accepted them.

Finally, Chen Ku looked at Wu Gui and Li Jiyang, grandfather and grandson, and smiled, "Just follow me, whether it’s the Medicine King Hall in Baojiao County or the Three Emperors Ancestral Masters Association here in Qiu Dragon Mansion, as long as I have a bite to eat, you will too."

Chai Tiangui, witnessing this scene, felt a sourness in his heart and eyes, never expecting in his life to meet someone like this.

It is said that true love is seen in adversity, and indeed it is so.