Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

Master Yue’s description was vivid and more realistic than pearls, but instead of making people feel happy for him, his words made the diners who frequently visited the ramen stall feel creepy... Could it be that this old master had been lonely for so long that he finally developed Alzheimer's disease?

It was the same tonight. The sign outside Master Yue's ramen stall had already written "Closed" early on, but the lights were still on inside the stall. If someone came into the stall at this time, they could even see a handsome young man sitting in the diner's seat, and Master Yue was cooking noodles for him.

"Little girl, I say you don't have to feel so guilty." Master Yue took the colander and rinsed it evenly in the boiling water. He said to the young woman, "After all, you don't know Eri's true identity, right? As the saying goes, ignorance is not a crime. You are only doing this out of love for your brother, so this possessiveness is understandable... Besides, you haven't really done anything excessive to Eri, have you?"

Master Yue used the tone of an elder giving advice to a younger person, because the person sitting in the diner's seat was Fengjian Liuli, who was indeed his biological son.

"If we really do something, it will be too late." Fengjian Liuli said with a lament.

Chapter 550 The Origin of Master Yue’s Ramen Stall

"I did a lot of bad things when I was young. Those mistakes, those people I let down..." Uesugi Yue, wearing a ramen chef's uniform, sighed deeply. "Honestly, I regret it. Of course I do. Over the years, there hasn't been a single day that I haven't lived with regret and remorse."

"But what else can I do except regret? Those mistakes have long since faded with time. I am the one and only 'Emperor', but even if I run as hard as I can, I can't catch up with the passing of time. Even an 'Emperor' can only be pushed forward by time, with no choice but to move forward." Uesugi Yue whispered, "So, in the end, I decided to become a ramen chef."

Feng Jianli had been listening quietly to Uesugi Yue's narration, not wanting to interrupt. However, after Uesugi Yue finished speaking, he suddenly raised his head, looked at the old man in white cotton and linen clothes, and asked softly, "Why is it the ramen chef?"

"This is another absurd thing I did when I was young." Uesugi Yue's weathered eyes were gleaming with reminiscence. "That was when I first joined the Sheqi Eight Clan. At that time, the position of family heir was vacant. They finally found me, with 'royal blood'. It was like finding a unique and precious horse. They found all kinds of the best breeding girls in the family, had them put on white powder and take off their underwear to seduce me, but I looked down on none of those women."

"At that time, I simply believed that love existed in this world. I grew up in free and romantic France, and I looked down on those rigid Japanese women," Uesugi Yue said nostalgically. "So during that time, I didn't like staying in my family, nor did I want to face those stereotyped family women. I would always sneak out to wander the streets, hoping to have a romantic encounter with a woman who would make me fall in love at first sight, just like I did on the streets of France."

"Have you met her?" Feng Jianli couldn't help asking, "The woman you fell in love with at first sight."

"Yes, right here on this street." A smile crossed Uesugi Yue's face. "It was a chance encounter. I wasn't used to the delicacies my family prepared for me, and I wanted to try the authentic Japanese street food. I happened to walk down this street that day, and also happened to find a ramen stand here. I also happened to lift the curtain of a trolley... until she caught my eye."

"That woman was making ramen. At that time, Japanese women considered white to be beautiful. They would smear pale cream on their faces before going out. They thought it was a symbol of beauty, but I just thought they looked like ugly female ghosts," said Uesugi Yue. "But this woman was different. She didn't wear any makeup. Her beauty was pure and natural. She stretched and scooped the noodles with great skill, like a dancer wielding a sword or a calligrapher wielding a brush."

"Were you attracted by the way that girl made ramen?" asked Ruri Kazama.

"How could I not be attracted to her? She was so different. When faced with the rogue diners' advances, she wasn't terrified or disgusted, but greeted them with a smile. Her generosity and wisdom made those men who had ill intentions towards her feel ashamed, just like the forgiveness of the Statue of Liberty." Uesugi Yue sighed, "In that era, you could only find such a unique individual and free soul in a thousand Japanese girls!"

"Although I don't know her, she does sound like a very charming girl." Fengjian Liuli also smiled and looked at Uesugi Yue. "So you fell in love with her?"

"Yes, love is sometimes such a wonderful thing. Fate is unstoppable. I was hopelessly in love with her back then," Uesugi Yue admitted generously. "I would visit her ramen stand every day, but I would only order the most ordinary soy sauce ramen each time. To be honest, compared to the family banquets, her ramen wasn't particularly delicious. But I just loved seeing her serious look. It seemed to me that it was the most beautiful scenery in the world."

"What happened next?" Feng Jianli asked, "Are you two together?"

"No, I had just arrived at the family from France at that time. I hadn't yet grasped the true nature of a mafia boss. Deep down, I was still that shy French youth." Uesugi Yue shook his head. "I always ordered soy sauce ramen because I only wanted to see what she looked like while eating ramen. Soy sauce ramen is the most popular dish at the ramen stall, and it's the least conspicuous. I didn't dare let her notice me, and I even subconsciously avoided her gaze when she looked at me."

"It sounds like a boy and girl who fell in love for the first time in junior high school. The girl who had a crush on her brother would subconsciously look away when her brother stared at her, blushing and not daring to look him in the eye." Fengjian Liuli smiled, "But you can't hide your love for someone. You always come to the ramen stand, so she hasn't noticed?"

"As expected of my child, your intuition in this area is much sharper than mine was when I was younger." Uesugi Yue looked at Fengjian Liuli, his old eyes filled with a gratified smile. "Of course I was discovered. I patronized the ramen stall for a month straight, without missing a single day, arriving at the same time every day, and ordering the same bowl of soy sauce ramen. I originally thought I was very low-key, but this behavior was very conspicuous in her eyes. I used to mingle with the diners and leave together at the moment before her ramen stall closed, but she closed early that day, and when I was about to leave, she stopped me."

This time, Kazama Ruri didn't ask any more questions because he was completely attracted by the story. He just listened quietly, waiting for Uesugi Yue to tell the story of how he met his beloved girl.

"That day, she specially added a fried egg to my soy sauce ramen, saying it was a gift to me, thanking me for my tireless patronage. She said she had noticed me a long time ago. I have a unique temperament. I come to the ramen stall every day and only order soy sauce ramen every time. I impressed her more than those customers who deliberately approached her," said Uesugi Yue. "At that time, when I looked into her eyes, they seemed to contain gems and sunsets, and my heart almost jumped out of my chest."

"Have you confessed to her?" Fengjian Liuli asked softly.

"How dare I!" Uesugi Yue, who was over 80 years old, smiled shyly like a young boy. "She was the owner of a ramen stall, serving customers every day, so she was surprisingly talkative. I listened to her stories about her childhood, her love experiences, and her future dreams. I told her I had returned from studying in France, and she told me with longing that one of her lifelong wishes was to visit romantic and free France. She didn't want to be trapped in a small country like Japan; she wanted to see the outside world with her own eyes."

"Then why did she stay in Japan and open a ramen stand?" Kazama Ruri asked, "Is it because of money?"

"That same question popped up in my mind at the time. I asked her why she kept traversing this same street every day. I come here every day, so I know her ramen stall is actually quite profitable. I was also curious why she was selling ramen here when she looked like she came from a wealthy family. But I didn't ask her out loud. I just asked her why she didn't go to France," said Uesugi Yue. "But she seemed to have something to hide, so we skipped the topic. We still had a pleasant conversation that day, and we talked until late at night."

"You still don't dare confess to her, right?" said Fengjian Liuli.

"Yes, but on that day, I had already made a momentous decision in my heart," Uesugi Yue said. "I returned to the family and turned away the women they had arranged for me to be my studs. I rushed to the family shrine and announced to the heads of the families and the elders that I no longer wanted to be a stud for the family. I had met a woman and fallen in love with her, and I wanted to pursue love of my own."

"The patriarch and the elders flew into a rage. They knew who I was talking about, because the family had been sending people to follow me. When they found out that the head of the Sheqi Eight Clan, the current 'Emperor,' had fallen in love with a ramen girl, they said they absolutely refused to approve of this relationship," said Uesugi Yue. "Of course, I refused to give in either, and argued with the patriarch and the elders. In the end, we reached an agreement, each making concessions. The priest said I could be with the woman, but we were not allowed to have sex, let alone have children with her. The priests also said that my bloodline was pure, and all children were precious treasures of the family, and must be born to women chosen by the family. The 'Emperor's' bloodline could not be tainted."

"At that time, I didn't care about so many things. I just felt that I could finally pursue my love without any worries. I ran to her ramen stall happily. She asked me why I looked so happy today. I didn't tell her about my family and me. I just thought that something good happened today." Uesugi Yue said, "That day, I not only ordered soy sauce ramen in the store, but also ordered everything available at the ramen stall because I was really happy. Seeing how happy I was, she was happy for me too and said she would only charge me for one bowl of ramen, but I insisted on giving it to her. It seemed like we had endless topics to talk about when we were together. We had a lot of fun chatting that day, and everything seemed to be developing in a good direction."

"But your tone seems to be shrouded in gloom." said Fengjian Liuli.

"Because every time we think that good things are about to happen as expected, reality always gives us a wake-up call and things go against our wishes." There was a deep gloom in Uesugi Yue's eyes.

"One day, I returned to the family home from her ramen stand. The long-awaited priest invited me to the family shrine," Uesugi said. "The family head and elders were waiting in the main hall of the shrine. They watched me arrive with solemn expressions, and I had a premonition that something was about to happen."

"An elder asked me if I knew anything about the woman selling ramen," Uesugi said. "I was stunned for a moment, then shook my head and said, 'I don't need to know such meaningless things, because true love doesn't care about wealth or poverty, and background is not a big deal.'"

"At that time, the elder asked me a question that left me stunned," Uesugi Yue whispered. "He asked me if I knew that the woman selling ramen was already engaged?"

"Engagement? Engagement? What engagement? My mind was full of questions," Uesugi Yue said. "The elder explained to me that the woman did come from a wealthy family and was engaged to a man from another family. However, both families fell into poverty a few years ago. The elders of the family were hacked to death due to debt. The woman's fiancé has been depressed and has become an alcoholic. The woman took on the burden of repaying the debt and has been selling ramen on that street ever since."

"This..." Fengjian Liuli couldn't help but open her mouth.

"When I heard the news, I was even more surprised than you. It was like a bolt from the blue. How could she be engaged? How could she have a fiancé?" Uesugi Yue couldn't help but clench the colander in his hand. "I knew in my heart that the elder might be right, but at the time I still said I didn't believe it, pushed the elder aside, and rushed out. I'm going to find her one rainy night and ask her for the truth. I'm going to ask her if she has a fiancé. I'm going to ask her if she's stayed in Japan selling ramen for this so-called fiancé. I want to know everything, because I can clearly feel... there's a hint of love in her eyes when she looks at me."

"I met her at her ramen stand, standing in the pouring rain. I wanted to question her, but looking at her in the rain made me feel a sense of distress for no reason, so I hesitated for a moment. Before I could ask her, she asked me a question first," said Uesugi Yue. "She asked me, 'Did I do all this?'"

"I didn't understand the question. I didn't understand what I had done," Uesugi said. "Until she lifted the curtain of the ramen stall, I was stunned by the scene inside. A man's body was hanging upside down on the roof of the ramen stall. The body had lost its head, and the head was floating in the boiling ramen pot."

"That man is..." Fengjian Liuli said in a daze.

"It was that woman's fiancé. I realized right away that this must have been done by someone in my family. They felt that the family patriarch falling in love with a woman who was already engaged would bring shame upon the family, so they killed the woman's fiancé in such a cruel way." Uesugi Yue said, "At that moment, I saw the look in her eyes when she looked at me. It was simply the most complicated look I've ever seen in my life. Those eyes that I once thought were like gems and sunset glow were filled with confusion, resentment, affection, and regret... I wanted to explain something to her, but I found I couldn't say anything, because all of this was indeed done by someone in my family. Although it wasn't based on my orders, it's an indisputable fact that her fiancé died because of me."

"We stood in the rain that drenched the world in darkness, silent for a long, long time, so long that it seemed like a century had passed." Uesugi Yue said in a mournful tone, "Finally, the look in her eyes when she looked at me became one of relief. She told me that none of this was my fault, but hers..."

I've been having a hard time with kidney stones these past few days, so I'll try to keep updating. Hope you understand!

Chapter 551 Lu Mingfei Arrives

"It's her fault?" Feng Jianli asked, "Why is it her fault?"

"Standing in the wind and rain at the time, I couldn't understand what she said, but looking into her eyes, I seemed to understand everything." Uesugi Yue's voice lamented, "It was a look of farewell... eyes filled with love, but also filled with reluctance and guilt."

"Farewell?" Fengjian Liuli murmured. He seemed to have a premonition of what was about to happen next in Uesugi Yue's words...a tragedy.

"Yes, a farewell. It was a silent farewell. In her final look at me, she said nothing, yet it seemed as if she had said everything." Uesugi Yue's voice was filled with unconcealed sadness. "After looking at me one last time, she picked up the knife on the ramen stall cutting board, slit her own throat, and died in front of me."

Even though Kazama Ruri had already guessed that this would be the ending of the story, the sadness in Uesugi Yue's words, as rich and powerful as the tide, still made people feel suffocated and unable to breathe.

"That night, I don't know how long I was soaked in the rain. Looking at her body, I felt like needles pricking my body. It was painful and cold. I stood in the rain and gradually became numb. My body lost consciousness, like a cold puppet." Uesugi Yue's voice gradually became hoarse. "Until fewer family members came and took me away from where I was. The ramen stall and the two bodies were quickly disposed of. For the main families of the underworld, dealing with the dead is already commonplace. Their actions are swift and silent."

"From that day on, the ramen stand on the street corner suddenly vanished from this world. No one knew where the beautiful and talkative female stall owner had gone, nor did anyone know that a woman had followed her fiancé from this world that day," Uesugi Yue whispered. "When I returned to the Snake Eight Family that night, I felt like I had lost my soul. The elders of the family came forward to comfort me, telling me that the yakuza boss didn't need to be so devastated by a woman selling ramen, but I wouldn't hear a word they said. The elders were furious that I didn't fight back, and they asked for a stack of documents containing information about that woman's life."

"I flipped through the papers, but after a long while I couldn't understand a single word. The family elder snatched the information from me and told me straight out that the woman didn't love her fiancé at all. He wasn't ambitious, was addicted to alcohol, and often abused her when drunk. But she couldn't leave him because it was his father's doctor's order, and she was pregnant with his child." Uesugi Yue took a deep breath and said slowly, "When I heard this, I understood. I felt like I understood everything. The constraints of the world, the child in her belly... I guess that's why she couldn't go to France to pursue freedom. So she could only stay on that street, selling her ramen at the stall, because she had debts to pay and an unborn child to raise."

"What were you thinking at the time?"

"What should I think? What could I possibly think? I undoubtedly loved her, but after learning the truth, I couldn't help but feel disappointed... Not because she was already engaged, or because she kept it a secret from me, or because she was pregnant with someone else's child." Uesugi Yue, "What disappointed me was... I thought she was different from other women, a bird yearning for freedom, but I didn't expect that in the end, she was just a house sparrow, bound tightly by the chains of worldly affairs."

"After knowing the truth, do you still love her?" Fengjian Liuli asked softly.

"How can love disappear so easily? I spent that entire month in a daze, like a shell without a soul. I no longer rejected the breeding girls my family had arranged for me. I bathed with them, slept with them. I reviewed family documents during the day, drank tea and watched plays with Noh masters in the afternoon, and enjoyed dinner with dignitaries like the governor and council members at night. I lived like a puppet." Uesugi Yue said expressionlessly, "Until a month later, an old priest of the family secretly slipped me a letter."

"A letter?" asked Fengjian Liuli.

"Yes, I had a feeling this letter might be related to the dead woman. That night, I returned to my bedroom and kicked out the wife my family had arranged for me. I opened the letter and read line by line," Uesugi Yue said. "Looking at those words, my numb heart seemed to beat again. It wasn't until something landed on the paper, soaking it, that I realized I was already in tears."

"What's the content of that letter?" said Fengjian Liuli.

"The letter was from the old priest who delivered it to me. It basically said that a month ago, the family investigated that woman's background and learned she was fiancéd and pregnant. The family was furious. After all, the family's 'Emperor' falling in love with a woman who sells ramen was beyond the control of the upper echelons. Now they know that this woman is engaged and pregnant. If I really take this woman back to the family, the head of the family and the elders will feel that it would be a disgrace to the family." Uesugi Yue said, "So the family sent this old priest to negotiate with the woman."

"The old priest was quite humane. He didn't embarrass the woman, nor did he immediately use his family's power to pressure her. He talked to her about me, telling her I was a prominent figure and that my family already knew about her and her fiancé... After he finished speaking, he asked the woman a question," said Uesugi Yue. "He asked her if she loved me."

"Then how did she answer?" Feng Jianli couldn't help asking

"She was silent for a long, long time, and only answered with one word... love." A bitter smile played on Uesugi Yue's lips. "It's obvious that this is her response after breaking free from her rationality and constraints. Her soul truly longs for freedom, but her body is bound tightly by something, making it difficult to break free."

"The old priest told her that if she truly loved him, she should abandon her fiancé and child and never mention them to anyone again. If she could do that, she could have whatever she wanted and become a powerful figure in Japan," Uesugi Yue said. "Before she could even consider or answer, the old priest said one last thing, "Take care of yourself," and then left."

Fengjian Liuli listened silently, neither nodding nor shaking his head. He believed that as a complete bystander, he was not qualified to judge the good or bad, right or wrong of the people who had experienced such a long-forgotten past.

"When the old priest came back three days later, the woman's face was filled with embarrassment. The perceptive old priest rolled up her sleeve and saw the scabbed wound on her arm," said Uesugi Yue. "The old priest asked and learned that on the day of his first visit, the woman had been awake all night. After listening to the old priest's words, morality and emotion clashed furiously in her mind. Finally, the next morning, she found her fiancé, who had been drinking all night and was already drunk. She asked him to cancel the engagement and promised to give her all the wealth he had accumulated and the remaining ramen stall. In the end, he scolded her and beat her."

"Isn't that man willing to let her go?" asked Feng Jian Liuli.

"Yeah, how could that useless guy let go of a beautiful woman and his cash cow? He was still counting on her to set up a stall to earn money to pay off his debts." Uesugi Yue said, biting his tongue. "The woman begged the priest, asking if he could give her a few more days. She would completely get rid of that man, but she felt that the child in her belly was innocent. The old priest sighed and said that if she set up a stall with a big belly, it would be noticed. The family would not allow such a woman to become the future mistress of the Japanese underworld family. The woman said she could disappear for a while. As long as she was given some time, she would definitely resolve the issues with her fiancé and child."

"Does she want to give birth to the child secretly and then come to you?" Kazama Ruri looked at Uesugi Yue.

"Perhaps, but no one expected this conversation to be overheard by the family's higher-ups." Uesugi Yue's forehead bulged with a vein. "When the family's higher-ups learned of the woman's attitude, they were furious. They sent people to ambush the woman's fiancé on his way home from drinking, and they also slipped a drug into the woman's lunch the next day."

"That kind of medicine is for the baby in a woman's belly, right?" Fengjian Liuli guessed.

"Yes, it's a highly effective abortion drug, developed by the Ganliu Research Institute. It has a 99.8% abortion rate. The child will be aborted within two hours after taking it," Uesugi Yue said. "You know everything that happened next. The man she was engaged to was killed by someone sent by the family's upper echelons. His body was dumped on the ramen stand, and his head was thrown into a boiling pot, where it rolled around. She also lost her innocent child. Her spirit was on the verge of collapse, until... the moment she saw me in front of the ramen stand, her last psychological defenses instantly collapsed. Morality and emotion tormented her simultaneously. She gave me a look filled with guilt and love, and then, carrying a lifetime of regrets and resentment, she committed suicide in front of me."

After listening to it, Feng Jianli was silent for a long time, and then said softly: "It is full of regrets... It is really a story full of sadness and sorrow."

"Who says it isn't?" Uesugi Yue sighed, stirring the murky pot of noodles. "This incident has always been a thorn in my life, a regret that I have never been able to resolve."

"Ever since this incident, I've harbored resentment towards my family. This resentment lingered in my heart for a long time, until thirteen years after I took the throne. When I learned about my mother's fate, all my old and new hatreds against my family burst forth in an instant," Uesugi Yue said. "I burned down the family's old shrine, killed the family elders and priests, and also killed my thirteen wives. I defected from the family and came here."

"So you inherited that woman's ramen stall just to make up for the regret in your heart?" Fengjian Liuli asked softly.

"It's not about making amends or regrets," Uesugi Yue said softly. "You think I'm making up for regrets. An old friend of mine thought I was running away from the past by becoming a ramen chef, but I've never thought about escaping or making amends. Otherwise, I wouldn't have chosen to open my ramen stall in the back streets of Tokyo University, so close to Sheqi Hachiya."

"Over the years, every time I make a bowl of ramen, I remind myself not to forget the mistakes I made in my youth, and the people I wronged when I was young," said Uesugi Yue. "For decades, I have spent the rest of my life pouring my remaining kindness into every bowl of noodle soup, serving it to those who have nowhere to turn late at night, hoping they won't find the nights in this city too cold."

"Although you have done wrong things, you are a kind person, and those absurd past events... are not all your fault." Fengjian Liuli said to Uesugi Yue, "At least in my opinion, you are doing well now, and you are not stingy in sharing your warmth with others."

"Child, I'm very pleased to hear your praise, but this cannot cover up the mistakes and things I did when I was young." Uesugi Yue looked at Fengjian Liuli, "I heard Lu Mingfei say that you always find lonely girls, let them buy you a glass of wine, and then spend the whole night with them. You are also not stingy in sharing your warmth with others, which shows that you are also a kind person at heart."

"Did Lu Mingfei tell you all this?" Fengjian Liuli was stunned, as if she didn't expect that Lu Mingfei had already shared his experiences over the years with his father.

"So, little girl, compared to the ridiculous things I did when I was young, your bad thoughts about Eiry are nothing, because you still have a chance, you still have time to make it up to Eiry." Uesugi Yue patted Fengjian Liuli's shoulder, "So there's no need to feel too guilty, and don't worry about the bad things you did under Herzog's instigation. Cherish the people around you with practical actions. Eiry is a very kind person, even if she knew you had bad thoughts about her before, so you don't have to treat this matter as a thorn in your heart."

Fengjian Liuli was silent for a while, then nodded silently.

Suddenly, Uesugi Yue and Kazama Ruri heard at the same time the sound of footsteps approaching in the heavy rain outside the ramen stall.

A hand lifted the curtain of the trolley, and a figure walked into the ramen stall from the wind and rain outside and slowly sat down next to Kazama Ruri.

"Did I miss any exciting stories?" The man shook off the rain on his umbrella and gently placed it in the corner.

The visitor looked at Kazama Ruri, then at Uesugi Yue, with a faint smile on his face... The visitor was Lu Mingfei, who had just come to Master Yue's ramen stall from Takama-ga-hara.

"I'm telling my son about his father's romantic affairs when he was young. What does it have to do with you? Stop gossiping!" Uesugi Yue glared at Lu Mingfei fiercely.

Chapter 552 Final preparations

"What's the big deal? Since it's a romantic affair, it doesn't matter who you share it with. What's the point of hiding it?" Lu Mingfei winked at Shangshan Yue. "What's the matter? Master Yue, you can't help but open up to your son after only two days of recognition? Have you been lonely for too long? I didn't realize you were still such a 'child slave, Master Yue.'"

"Get lost! I'm annoyed every time I see you! You've ruined the warm atmosphere I worked so hard to create at this ramen stall!" Master Yue glared at Lu Mingfei. "Look at what time it is! What time did you promise to come? You're late, you know?"

"Isn't this just to leave some tender space for you two, the father and son who just met? Otherwise, Master Yue, you'll nag me again and ruin the atmosphere." Lu Mingfei sighed and shook his head. "After all, isn't it my credit that you two met? It really is hard to be a good person."

"Don't try to be so cunning, kid. There must be a reason why you're late." Uesugi Yue glanced at Lu Mingfei, "What kind of trouble are you guys in?"

"Master Yue has a keen eye." Lu Mingfei smiled, then shook his head. "It's not a big deal. It's just that sinister old man Herzog created a little conflict between us and the Sheqi Eight Clans. He pasted our photos on the electronic screen, and then the people from the Sheqi Eight Clans came over to where we were working."

"The street across the street also lit up just now. We saw it." Feng Jian Liuli smiled at Lu Mingfei. "Gattuso-kun, Chu-kun, and Lu-kun, your photos are all very distinctive. I'm quite satisfied with mine, but the photo of Heracles is a bit too realistic."

"Kazama-kun, your focus is truly unique." Lu Mingfei smiled and shook his head. "But my good-for-nothing senior brother wouldn't suggest such things. He's very content that his photo was uploaded. He feels like he's been treated like a star."

"Did the Sheqi Eight Clan come looking for you?" Uesugi Yue asked Lu Mingfei, "Who did they send to lead the team? Was it Zhisheng?"

"It wasn't Minamoto Chisei." Lu Mingfei shook his head and said, "It was the two family heads, Fuma Kotaro and Sakurai Nanami. They brought over a thousand gangsters and blocked the entrance to Takama-ga-hara, refusing to let us leave. Everyone was armed with swords and guns. Helicopters and snipers were deployed, and bulldozers and large trucks were blocking the intersections of every street. They were ready to fight at the slightest disagreement. It was a terrifying scene."

"It's that old fellow from the Fuma family." Uesugi Yue curled his lips. "When I was the head of the family, that old fellow had already been appointed as the next head of the Fuma family. I didn't like him very much back then. He was too stubborn and self-righteous, always harboring a sense of pride. He always liked to interrupt others in meetings. I secretly taught him a lesson several times during kendo practice, but he never gave in..."

Perhaps realizing that he couldn't talk too much in front of his son, Shang Shanyue coughed lightly twice, looked at Lu Mingfei, and got back on track: "Did the old guy give you guys a hard time? Why did he come to you with such a big fuss?"

"Herzog fabricated the illusion that Tachibana Masamune was murdered and gave the thing to my senior brother Chu Zihang. The Eight Snake Clans are looking for us to take him back," Lu Mingfei said. "The head of the Fengmo clan said they are here to settle the scores between our Kassel Academy and the Eight Snake Clans. They feel that my taking Eiry away, my senior brother killing Tachibana Masamune, and our harboring of the Dragon King of the Demon Clan have crossed the bottom line of the Eight Snake Clans, so they want us to hand over my senior brother, Eiry, and Fengjian Liuli to them."

"These bastards! Didn't Zhisheng already serve as their head of household, solving their problems? Now they want to take my other two children away! How could this be possible!" Uesugi Yue rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush out of the ramen stall. "We've been spoiled by these bastards! Are we really going to be tied to that bastard family?"

"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive! Master Yue, don't get angry." Lu Mingfei stood up and stopped Uesugi Yue who was about to go find Fuma Kotaro and the others to fight. "We have already sent Fuma and Sakurai away. Otherwise, I wouldn't be sitting here safe and sound, right? Isn't your son sitting here too? Don't worry, we haven't made any contact with either my senior brother or Eri."

"That stubborn old fellow from the Fuma family just withdrew like that?" Uesugi Yue asked suspiciously, "He's done with you? Is this matter resolved just like that? How did you convince him?"

"It's not completely resolved. Anyway, the lady boss of our Takama-ga-hara stepped in. Our lady boss is a creditor of the Snake Eight Clan, and she put pressure on them, so Fuma Kotaro had to give her some face." Lu Mingfei said, "But things didn't just end like that. The Snake Eight Clan still refused to give up. But my friend happened to be able to control the situation over at Hongjing, and Fuma Kotaro had to give in on this matter concerning the 'God'. They finally agreed to our proposal and agreed to come to Takama-ga-hara to negotiate with us at midnight tomorrow."

"Then this matter is still unresolved, isn't it?" Uesugi Yue frowned deeply. "What if you still can't reach an agreement tomorrow? Will you continue to threaten them with the matter of 'God'? Or will you subdue them with force? You can't really hand over Eri, Chijou, and the others, can you?"

"No, no, no, Master Yue, if you think that, I'm being too picky. My dear senior brother, the girl I like, and my friends, how could I possibly hand them over?" Lu Mingfei looked at Uesugi Yue and said with a somewhat complaining tone, "My original intention was to postpone this matter until tomorrow, because tomorrow Fuma Kotaro and Sakurai Nanami won't have the energy to argue with us about these things."

"What's the matter?" Uesugi Yue looked at Lu Mingfei, "Do they have more important things to deal with tomorrow?"

"They can't handle it, because the big event that's about to happen tomorrow is the last thing they expect to see. This incident will drag everyone into it, and the Sheqi Eight Clans will definitely be in dire straits." Lu Mingfei whispered, "I sent our friends to Hongjing today for a reason. I didn't send them to stop the Sheqi Eight Clans from killing the 'God', nor did I send them to stop the Menggui Clan, because the 'God' won't be killed so easily, nor can it be controlled so easily."

"I sent them to Hongjing because two of my three friends possess certain abilities, and they are the only ones in Japan right now who possess such abilities." Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head, looking at Uesugi Yue and Kazama Ruri, and said slowly, "They can speed up... the resurrection of 'God'."

"Speed ​​up the resurrection of 'God'!" As soon as Lu Mingfei said this, Uesugi Yue and Kazama Ruri changed their expressions at the same time.

"Lu Jun, do you know what you're doing?" Even the usually calm Feng Jianli couldn't help but frown. He asked Lu Mingfei seriously, "The power of 'God' cannot be controlled by humans! Once that thing is awakened, it will be an unprecedented disaster for all of Japan!"

"A resurrected 'god' is indeed a very troublesome thing. I'm afraid that even if I risk my life, and that of my old friend Ange, I still won't be able to deal with it." Uesugi Yueya said in a serious tone, "If that thing is resurrected, can anyone kill it? How can they kill it?"

"I'm not planning on killing 'God'." Lu Mingfei shook his head. "I've already decided on 'God's' fate."