Return of the Phoenix Lady

"Brother! Have you advanced successfully?" The big man looked excitedly at the handsome and mighty brother in front of him, the chief leader of the mercenary group, Long Xuri.

Upon hearing this, Long Xuri immediately glared at the big man and said, "It's all because of you..." Then his eyes turned fierce and he said in a stern voice, "You still haven't told me why you are here?"

"This..." The big man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He didn't know how to explain why he was here. He could only wait and see. The powerful visual pressure from Long Xuri made him suffer even more!

"Brother! How could this happen? Your cultivation is already so strong, why can't you advance to the next level? This..." The man in green robe tried to laugh it off with Long Xuri, trying to dodge the topic.

But who was Long Xuri? How could he be fooled by such a small trick? Otherwise, how could he become the leader of the continent's number one mercenary group?

"Don't change the subject! Third brother, I know you are the smartest! Tell me! What's going on? Don't make me angry!" Long Xuri said angrily.

"This... Big Brother..." The green-robed man's eyes were rolling around, and I don't know what bad idea he was thinking of.

Han Xing looked at the three people who had fallen silent, glanced at Ying Rui sideways, and signaled with his eyes: Speak!

Ying Rui couldn't help but roll his eyes and replied with the same look: "Master, don't you know Long Xuri? Why don't you say anything?"

Han Xing: I'd love to! Go now!

Ying Rui: Master! You just oppress me!

So, Ying Rui glared at Han Xing, who was grinning smugly, then stood up and said with a polite smile, "Captain Long! I've heard so much about you! Could I have a few words?"

Long Xuri raised an eyebrow and began to take in the three extra people. There were two men and one woman. The smiling young man, although his cultivation was not as impressive as the other two, was very impressive with his gentle appearance and wise eyes. The young man with a cold and handsome face was also a rare talent, with a very high cultivation talent. The arrogance in his eyes and his innate noble temperament also showed his extraordinary status. Finally, there was the strange girl. She was young, but her cultivation was very high. If she was really that age, she would be a genius of the time! If not, she must have some magic weapon that could keep her youth forever. She also had a pair of spiritual eyes that did not match her appearance. Those eyes seemed to speak, bright and shining. Looking at the two young men on the left and right of the girl, it was obvious that she was leading them. It seemed that this woman was no ordinary person!

Long Xuri sized up the three of them with his stern eyes before waving his hand and saying, "Go ahead!"

"It's like this. If these two brothers can't answer you, then let me do it for you! The thing is, as far as I know, our country's Prime Minister Liu is plotting a rebellion, and this place is an important stronghold for him to recruit soldiers. So, the people here are naturally the masters he hired with a lot of money to help him rebel." Ying Rui chuckled and looked at the faces of the three brothers opposite, and said coherently.

"Rebellion? What's going on? You actually participated in the rebellion?" Upon hearing this, Long Xuri's face suddenly changed and he yelled at his two brothers.

"Brother! Listen to me! It's not like that, we didn't, we just..." The big man wanted to explain something, but was interrupted by Long Xuri angrily: "No? Then tell me, what are you doing here? Are you here to play? Are you here to hang out? Don't give me any bullshit excuses! You have followed me for so many years, don't you know what kind of person I, Long Xuri, am? What did I say to you at the beginning? Do you remember? Or do you think what I, Long Xuri, said is bullshit?! I handed the mercenary group over to you to deal with, and how did you deal with it? Is this how you repay my trust in you?" Long Xuri was so angry that he even cursed.

Upon hearing this, the big man lowered his head in sadness and shame and stopped explaining.

The man in green robe looked unwilling and moved his mouth but in the end no sound came out.

But the sharp-eyed Long Xuri clearly didn't want to let this go hastily. He glared at the man in green robes and said, "Third Brother! This is your idea again, right? Don't think I won't know just because you don't say anything!"

The green-robed man was so provoked that he couldn't help but shout, "Brother! I don't understand. What's wrong with me doing this? I'm doing this for the good of our mercenary group! We've been short of funds lately, and Prime Minister Liu said that if we can help him, he'll give us tons of silk, so much that we can't spend it all. So I thought, with our group's strength, it would be easy to do this for him, so I agreed. This way, not only will the funding problem be solved, but the name of our Rising Sun Mercenary Group will once again spread throughout the continent!"

"Asshole! Asshole! Who allowed you to do this? Have you forgotten what I once said, you are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the court? Shortage of funds? Even if I am short of funds, I will not make money in this way! Third brother! You really disappoint me! Second brother! You too, actually let him go like this!" After hearing what the green-robed man said, Long Xuri not only did not calm down, but became even angrier.

"Brother! I know I was wrong! Please forgive me! However, we have already accepted Prime Minister Liu's commission. If we break the contract now, it may have a bad impact on our reputation..." the big man said sincerely.

"Reputation? What the hell is reputation? I, Long Xuri, am a person who doesn't care about reputation, that's why I can climb so high!" Long Xuri waved his hand nonchalantly.

"Brother! Why are you always so willful? It was like this with the guest token back then. You handed it to a child regardless of our objections, and you also did so many things that took our reputation into consideration!" The man in green robe said very dissatisfiedly.

"Guest token? How come you still remember it? I give it to whoever I want! Don't worry about me! It's a pity for that child..." Long Xuri's voice suddenly lowered when he said this.

"Hmph~" The man in green robe snorted and said no more.

Han Xing saw everything and couldn't help but curl up her lips slightly. It seemed that this competition was unnecessary and it would save trouble, but Long Xuri came back just in time.

"What are you humming? Are you not convinced? If you are not convinced, then let's have a fight! Anyway, I'm itching to do it now! If it weren't for you guys, I might have advanced long ago!" Long Xuri snorted coldly.

"Because of us? Big brother, you're advancing, how would you know about us..." Before the big man could finish his words, the man in green robe gritted his teeth and said, "He must have gone to find Big Brother!"

"If he couldn't stop you from doing wrong things, would you come to bother me? Third brother, if you don't reflect on yourself, don't blame me, your eldest brother, for being rude! After all, you are an elder, how come you look at things worse than a junior?" Long Xuri said coldly.

Seeing that things had come to this point, the green-robed man could no longer refuse and had no choice but to obey, "I understand."

At this point, Long Xuri had finally finished teaching his brothers a lesson. He then turned to Han Xing and the others and asked, "So you are also Prime Minister Liu's men?"

"No! We are against him. We came here to persuade your brothers to retreat. Captain Long is so powerful that he solved the problem with just a few words. As long as the Rising Sun Mercenary Group retreats, I believe that others will follow suit." Ying Rui said firmly.

"I see, then I won't be polite. I'm in a hurry to advance! I'll leave first." After Long Xuri finished speaking, he said to the two brothers, "Come back soon!" Then, his figure flashed and disappeared, as if Long Xuri had never appeared in that small village.

Seeing that Long Xuri had left, the man in the green robe glared at Han Xing and the others again, then turned and went back into the house. The big man politely said, "Then I'll take my leave!" and then turned and went back into the house as well, probably to pack his luggage.

Soon, the news of the Rising Sun Mercenary Group's departure spread throughout the entire village, and then the village began to riot. Some people said that the masters of the Rising Sun Mercenary Group had a premonition that this rebellion would be disastrous, so they withdrew; some people said that something had happened to Captain Long Xuri, and they wanted to go back to help; others said that the Rising Sun Mercenary Group did not want to offend the court, so they left.

In short, there were many different opinions, and the final result was that many experts retreated. Many had come to see the Rising Sun Mercenaries, but now that they were gone, they scattered like monkeys. Others came for the money, but seeing the situation, they abandoned it to save their lives. And those who remained were just a few small fry, not to be feared.

Liu Hexian’s most critical stronghold was easily cleared out by Han Xing and his men!

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"Yingrui, go help me check on someone, his name is Liuyun!"

"Yes!"