Chapter 162 Shadow Pavilion's Management Model
Time can dilute many things.
After so many years, Jiang Lan actually no longer has much hatred towards her father, but she is still stubborn in her heart and is waiting for him to apologize.
After hearing what Qi Canglan said today, Jiang Lan felt very uncomfortable.
Later in the conversation, Jiang Lan saw that Qi Canglan looked a little uneasy. She instinctively felt that the Jiang family might have encountered some trouble, so she asked him about it.
Qi Canglan had not intended to say anything at first, but he could not bear Jiang Lan's questioning, so he sighed and said, "The Jiang family has indeed not been doing well recently..."
He spoke slowly.
The reason why the Jiang family was able to gain a foothold in Jinling was because Jiang Lan's grandfather, Jiang Tianyuan, was a master of the realm of transformation. He single-handedly raised the Jiang family to the ranks of Jinling's first-class families. However, recently, one of Jiang Tianyuan's mortal enemies returned to Jinling.
The mortal enemy’s surname is Hou.
The Hou family had a feud with the Jiang family many years ago. They were driven out of Jinling by Jiang Tianyuan. Later, they kept a low profile and actually cultivated a master of the realm who was less than 40 years old.
The Grandmaster of the Transformation Realm is named Hou Yong. In recent years, he has been ranked 38th on the Dragon Country Grandmaster List. Because he only has eight fingers, he is also called the 'Eight-Finger Grandmaster'.
Jiang Tianyuan is only ranked more than 80th on the Grandmaster List. Although his ranking may fluctuate, there is definitely a big gap compared to Hou Yong.
The most important thing is that Hou Yong is young and will definitely have greater potential in the future.
At this point, Qi Canglan suddenly looked at Lu Yun meaningfully. He was very sure that Lu Yun was not on the Grandmaster List, otherwise it would definitely shock the martial arts world.
After all, it is an incomplete statistics, so omissions are normal.
Closer to home.
This time when the Hou family returned to Jinling, they of course wanted to settle accounts with the Jiang family. After several provocations, Jiang Tianyuan had no choice but to agree to a fight with Hou Yong. The time was set for the 10th of next month, and they made a bet that the loser would withdraw from Jinling.
It’s just like when the Hou family was defeated and withdrew from Jinling.
In this battle, most people are more optimistic about the Hou family, so those families that have business dealings with the Qi family have become much quieter recently, and some have even begun to get closer to the Hou family.
Qi Canglan said ashamedly: "In fact, our Qi family has also been watching recently."
After hearing this, Jiang Lan was unable to calm down for a long time. She didn't expect such a big thing to happen in the Jiang family. But she didn't blame Qi Canglan, because such things were very common for a family of martial artists.
Moreover, this method of arranging a fight and making a bet is already considered very mild. If it weren't for the pressure from the Martial Arts Alliance, bloodshed would probably have broken out.
……
While the two were talking, Lu Yun was also listening on the side, but his mood did not show any ripples, as if he was listening to a story that had nothing to do with him... uh, as if it had nothing to do with him at all.
"Those guys in the Martial Alliance are so boring that they actually made up a Grandmaster List. They really have nothing to do." Lu Yun shook his head and said silently in his heart.
"Little Lu Yun."
Just when they were listening to the exciting story, Liu Yan'er suddenly came to Xinglin Hall, found Lu Yun and said, "Come with me to the bar!"
"What's wrong, Sister Yan'er? Aren't you already a hands-off boss? Why are you going to the bar? Are you going to get drunk... Could it be that you are also heartbroken like Fourth Sister?"
Ever since the third sister became a cultivator, she no longer managed the bar and simply left it to the people below her to run. That would have been fine, but she never even mentioned such a promising career as a killer.
Lu Yun guessed that the night suit hidden in her room had probably been burned by her.
Regarding Liu Yaner's behavior, Lu Yun finally summed it up in four words: not doing one's job properly.
"You're hurt by love!"
Liu Yan'er tapped Lu Yun on the forehead and dragged him out of Xinglin Hall without even saying goodbye to Lin Qingtan.
"What's going on, Third Sister?"
Seeing her hurried steps and serious expression, Lu Yun had a premonition that there might be something urgent, so he couldn't help but ask.
Liu Yan'er said, "Little Lu Yun, since you already know my identity as a killer, I won't hide it from you. This time I'm going to meet someone who is my superior in the Shadow Pavilion, codenamed Eagle Eye."
After all, the Shadow Pavilion is a shady organization that operates in small teams of one against three, and everyone uses code names to avoid being wiped out.
Liu Yan'er's code name is 'Night Rose'. The other three members of her team are Eagle Eye, and Black and White Impermanence, the two people killed by Lu Yun last time.
Eagle Eye is online and is the only one who knows the true identities of the three people. This time he found Liu Yan'er, if nothing unexpected happens, it should be related to the death of Black and White Impermanence.
Liu Yan'er brought Lu Yun along just to be on the safe side.
Lu Yun said, "Sister Yan'er, if that's the case, then as long as we kill that Eagle Eye, no one will know your identity as a killer?"
Liu Yan'er nodded: "That's true. Although Yingmu is also online, his online person probably doesn't know my identity."
This small team management model is very cautious. Even if a line below is cut off, it will not affect other people above or in the same group, unless it is peeled off layer by layer from the top. But this is definitely a big project, and it takes enough time for the Shadow Pavilion to react and adjust.
Lu Yun patted his forehead and said, "I just realized now that you and Seventh Sister should be opponents. How come you have been living in peace for so many years?"
"I only found out a while ago that Seventh Sister is the leader of the Central China Martial Alliance, and I did a good job keeping my identity secret..."
Liu Yan'er said, glaring at Lu Yun dimly: "This is all your fault. When you came back, you messed up everything."
"Hehe, now that you mention it, I feel quite accomplished... By the way, Sister Yan'er, why did you join the Shadow Pavilion in the first place? Why do you want to quit now?"
Judging from the third sister's attitude, she is definitely not going to have tea with Yingmu. She is clearly going to kill him, because only by killing Yingmu can she truly break away from this killer organization.
Liu Yan'er said, "Let's talk about this later. Wait until I finish the important things first."