PEERLESS GENIUS SYSTEM I

Chapter 165: A New Beginning

Anyone from the underworld society would instantly recognize that these four men were the infamous Four Protectors of the Dragon Gang: Da Yuan, Hei Lang, Leng Bao, and Han Mian. They were the most capable of the men under Long Sankui. During the Dragon Gang’s rise to prominence in the early years, these four had rendered him exceptional services time and time again. They were highly trained and skillful pugilists with extraordinary martial strengths.

Geng Qiuxing had been tortured dreadfully. He groaned in anguish, as deep, gurgling sounds emitted from his throat.

A hole, about two meters deep and one meter wide, had been dug, and Da Yuan kicked him directly into the waiting hole.

At that moment, the car door of the sedan in the middle opened. A gentleman dressed like someone from Shanghai in the 1930s walked out of the car. He was about the same age as Chu Yunxiong and wore a pocket watch hanging from the front of his chest. Judging by his demeanor, at first glance, he seemed more like an accomplished magnate than the bandit chief who would kill and plunder. He had salt-and-pepper hair and was slightly plump and rounded in shape.

Wearing a vintage jade ring on his left index finger, the man leaned on a dragon-headed stick and walked toward Geng Qiuxing in the company of a young woman.

The four protectors of the Dragon Gang saluted him in deference and addressed him as “Master Long.”

In the hole, Geng Qiuxing stirred when he saw Long Sankui getting out of the car. Unable to utter any words coherently with his damaged mouth, he pleaded with his eyes and beseeched Long Sankui to let him live.

Frowning, Long Sankui made a face of regret like an elder who was disheartened by the actions of one from the younger generation. He let out a deep sigh and said, “Qiuxing, I’m very disappointed in you!”

Geng Qiuxing heard him, and his face was awash with despair. Crying like a child, he knew he wouldn’t be able to survive this.

Long Sankui knelt down, stretched out his large hand and patted Geng Qiuxing on his head, then putting on a sad smile he said, “Don’t blame me. Go to die peacefully. Rest assured, I will send your families to you to have a reunion very soon so that you won’t feel lonely.” Long Sankui stood up, waved his hand to the two men who were holding the shovels, and uttered two words in a muted voice, “Bury him!”

“Yes.”

Two men nodded in response. They started to fill the hole with dirt and were burying Geng Qiuxing alive.

The sound of Geng Qiuxing struggling in panic grew louder as the hole began filling up shovel by shovel. It stopped abruptly when the dirt was high enough to cover his head, leaving only his forehead visible. Eventually, his entire body was buried under the ground with a small mound on top. The two men from the Dragon Gang pressed down and compacted the earth tightly with their shovels, leaving behind a low mound that looked like an unmarked grave.

The ordinary gang members of the Dragon Gang that witnessed it were shaken by the gruesome act of burying someone alive. The four protectors, however, didn’t even frown. On the contrary, their faces were lit up with excitement as they each looked on with a cruel grin.

“Master Long, you can let me handle that young guy named Xiao. I will go chop off his head tonight!” Cupping his fist in the other hand before the chest, Da Yuan asked for instructions.

Long Sankui shook his hand and said, “We can’t make a move on him yet.”

The four protectors were all stunned. Da Yuan asked immediately, “Why?” Long Sankui waited a moment before he continued, “Based on our investigation, he is very likely to be the backstage manipulator. It was he who caused our enforcers to die at the hands of the police. He even seemed to be related to the destruction of our beggar’s lair, the hideout controlled by Baldie. This guy is our sworn enemy.”