Chapter 402

Before the Yang family’s disciples returned to Zhongdu, there were three young people with the most prominent reputation in Zhongdu.

One was Liu Qingyao, the second was Qiu Yimeng, and the third was Huo Xingchen.

However, the first two had a good reputation in Zhongdu, while the last one had a bad reputation. People in Zhongdu all knew that this only son of the Huo family was arrogant, extravagant, and unrestrained. Whenever beautiful young women and girls saw him from a distance, they would hurriedly avoid him for fear of being kidnapped by him.

In every family in Zhongdu that had young girls, there would be a portrait of Huo Xingchen’s head, in order to remember this person’s appearance.

To a certain extent, Huo Xingchen’s reputation was even louder than that of Liu Qingyao and Qiu Yimeng. People gave him the nickname Zhongdu Wolf！

Wherever the Central Capital Wolf Huo Xingchen passes, the wind and clouds change color, and the earth trembles. The children in Central Capital stop crying when they hear the evil name of the Central Capital Wolf at night！

At this moment, this Young Master Huo, the Central Capital Wolf, was sitting casually and easily on the back of the Cloud-Treading Colt, with his hands folded across his chest. When he saw so many elders, he didn’t mean to get off and salute. It made the heads of other families secretly shake their heads.

Where did you go last night? Huo Zheng glared and shouted sternly.

“Closed-door cultivation.” Huo Xingchen made up a story.

Old Master Huo Zheng was suddenly so angry that his seven orifices smoked. He stomped his foot and shouted: “Bastard!” Then what’s the lipstick mark on your face all about?

Suddenly, a burst of laughter broke out outside the South Gate.

Huo Xingchen didn’t have the slightest look of embarrassment. He just sneered and swept his eyes around, and the laughter stopped abruptly.

Even though the reputation of this unrestrained Central Capital Wolf was no good, he was still a young master of the eight great families！ He was not someone those people could laugh at.

What’s more, he was the only descendant of the Huo family and even more should not be provoked. If they continued to laugh, maybe he would remember their appearances and they wouldn’t even know how they died.

Huo Zheng shook his head again and again, his face full of the meaning of hating iron for not becoming steel. “If you’re not fooling around in the Spring Breeze Proud Tower, what are you doing here?

Huo Xingchen smiled when he heard this and said, “Didn’t father say that the battle for the succession in the Yang family is a rare opportunity？ After much thought, I think that such a big matter, our Huo family must also get involved. Otherwise, wouldn’t it make others look down on our Huo family as having no one？”

Hearing what he said, Huo Zheng couldn’t help but show joy on his face. The previous unhappiness and anger had long been thrown to the wind, and he said eagerly, “You mean… you want to participate in the battle for the succession？”

“That’s exactly what I mean, so as not to disappoint father！” Huo Xingchen replied seriously.

Huo Zheng was suddenly overjoyed and slapped his thigh and said, “Good, good, good. You finally figured it out. It’s not too late to figure it out now！ Come down quickly, come down quickly！”

While talking, Huo Zheng rushed forward and, like a servant, courteously took his son down from the back of the Ta Yun Ju.

He didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with this doting approach, but instead had a big smile.

Huo Zheng would of course be happy. Before, no matter how he talked to Huo Xingchen, his son was not willing to participate in the battle for the succession. Compared to the battle for the succession, he would rather go drinking and having fun.

This led to Huo Zheng thinking that this time’s battle for the succession might have nothing to do with their Huo family, and he had been sullen.

However, unexpectedly, on the day when the battle for the throne began, his son actually ran over by himself and took the initiative to ask to participate in it. Naturally, this made him overjoyed？

“Look！” Huo Zheng said with a smile on his face, waved his hand and pointed to the distance and said, “These are the eight sons of their old Yang family！ Son, you choose one carefully. After you choose, your father will hand over the Star Gate to you to manage！”

“Really or not？” Huo Xingchen raised his eyebrows, looking wretched.

“Naturally it’s true. In front of your other elders, would I joke with you？” Huo Zheng said seriously.

“Then okay. I like it！” Huo Xingchen giggled lecherously.

The voices of the father and son entered their ears, and the breathing of many Yang family disciples also slightly quickened.

The Star Gate！ A very special force of the Huo family.

It is all composed of women. The women in it are not only all as beautiful as flowers, but also have quite good strength. More importantly, because they are women, they practice light-weight skills and martial arts. So they have always been responsible for assassinations and the like.

If such a force is in one’s own hands, it will become a great help. If it is an enemy, it will definitely make people have a headache.

So when they heard Huo Zheng mention the Star Gate, both Huo Xingchen and the disciples of the Yang family were full of interest.

Huo Xingchen’s expression was casual, and his eyes swept over the Yang family disciples in turn. Except for Yang Wei who still had a cold face, the others all smiled and bow.

Obviously they wanted to win his favor in the hope that he would side with their faction.

Huo Zheng also waited with a smile on his face. He wanted to know which side his son would choose.

After a long while, Huo Xingchen’s gaze finally fell on Yang Kai. With a playful expression and a cold smile on his lips, he nodded and said, “It’s you！”

Yang Kai furrowed his brows and looked at Huo Xingchen with a strange expression on his face.

He didn’t expect Huo Xingchen to choose him. This was completely unreasonable. He had a feud with him. As long as he was a normal person, he would choose someone else to suppress him and achieve the purpose of revenge. But now his choice made Yang Kai a little confused.

“Who？” Huo Zheng was also stunned for a moment.

“Young Master Kai！” Huo Xingchen replied with a smile.

The seven family heads slightly furrowed their brows, and Qiu Shoucheng was even more puzzled.

“Father, hand over the Star Gate to me now.” Huo Xingchen said excitedly. “The name of the Star Gate matches mine. It should be managed by me. Father, you are old and should let go, so as not to let those beauties stay alone in their empty boudoirs！”

Huo Zheng’s old face turned red with anger. He opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to curse, but in the full view of everyone, he couldn’t curse. After holding back for a long time, he shouted angrily, “Bastard! I don’t agree!

Huo Xingchen was surprised and said, “Father, why are you talking like farting？ You just said you would hand over the Star Gate to me, and now you go back on your word. Do you still have a face？”

Even though the heads of the various families had extremely deep self-restraint, at this moment, they couldn’t help but have the urge to burst out laughing. One by one, they pretended to be deaf and dumb, holding back their smiles in their chests, which was extremely hard.

“I said that I would hand over the Star Gate to you after you made your choice, but look at you?” You could have chosen anyone, but you chose this…

Yang Kai’s complexion sank, and he sneered.

Huo Zheng coughed dryly and didn’t dare to say more. He just shook his head and said： “No means no. Choose another one！”

“As a man, a word is a promise. This is about choosing an ally, not a wife. How can it be changed again and again？” Huo Xingchen had a serious expression and waved his hand. “Father, you don’t need to say anymore. My mind is made up！”

“You… you’re driving me crazy! Huo Zheng staggered, his face was red and his neck was thick, and his true essence was a little turbulent.

“Oh? Father, your anger is released. Are you trying to hit me?” Huo Xingchen had a look of not knowing how to live or die, as if he really wanted to infuriate his own father and continued to provoke.

The other family heads, who had watched enough of the good show, also came to persuade one after another.

Gao Mo said： “Old Huo, forget it. Children have their own ideas. Why bother to stop them.”

Meng Xiping also said： “Yes, it’s just for fun. It’s no big deal.”

Huo Zheng snorted coldly： “No big deal？ That’s the strength of my Huo family. Why don’t I see you not take the strength of your own family seriously？”

The heads of the various families all chuckled and didn’t say more.

“Huo Zheng！” Yang Yinghao didn’t know when he also appeared at the South Gate, having witnessed the farce just now. At this moment, he said loudly, “The succession battle is a grand event for my Yang family to select the next head of the family, and it’s also a stage for the younger generation. What your son did is his choice. You don’t need to get involved, do you?”

When Yang Yinghao spoke up, Huo Zheng couldn’t help but frown.

Huo Xingchen, however, smiled and cupped his hands and said, “Sure enough, the head of the Yang family is wise. Unlike my father, who is muddle-headed！”

“If you dare to be wild again, I’d kill you today!” Huo Zheng was furious.

“Alright, alright. You’re such an old man making a fool of yourself. You’d better go home and retire. There’s still me in the Huo family.” Huo Xingchen impatiently waved his hand.

“You have guts！” Huo Zheng gritted his teeth. “Your choice is your freedom. I won’t stop you, but if you want to take the Star Gate from my hands, you’re daydreaming！”

After saying that, he angrily flicked his sleeves and left.

Huo Xingchen, however, didn’t care and smiled at Yang Kai. “Young Master Kai, it seems that we’ll have to share joys and sorrows in the future！”

Yang Kai didn’t express his opinion.

Outside the South Gate, the matter finally subsided.

The eight young masters rode the Cloud-Treading Colts and advanced towards the Battle City one after another！

Tu Feng and Tang Yuxian both looked at Yang Kai with difficulty in their eyes nodded slightly to indicate and then followed behind Yang Kang, gradually moving away.

Yang Kai saw all this in his eyes, grinned, and said to Qu Gaoyi and Ying Jiu： “Let’s go too.”

“Yes！” The two responded in a deep voice.

Huo Xingchen chased after Yang Kai on his mount from behind, looked at him, and then looked back at Qu Gaoyi and Ying Jiu, couldn’t help but burst into laughter： “Interesting, interesting！ A helper who can’t use any power, and two severely injured blood servants. No matter how you look at the situation, it’s not optimistic.”

“If you talk nonsense again, get out！” Yang Kai gave him a cold look.

Huo Xingchen was stunned. He seemed not to expect that Yang Kai’s attitude towards him was actually so bad. Unusually, he didn’t get angry, but said with great interest： “Your other brothers are all polite to their allies, but you dare to treat me like this. It’s really interesting. This young master wants to see how you can get through tonight！”

“You really hope I lose？” Yang Kai suddenly looked at him with a smile.

That Huo Xingchen would choose himself as an ally greatly exceeded Yang Kai’s expectations. Before figuring out his true thoughts, Yang Kai didn’t plan to count him as his helper.

Just regarded him as an idle person！

“Do you think this young master chose you for no reason？” Huo Xingchen sneered. “This young master just wants to see how badly you, this toothless and clawless tiger, will lose in this fight for the throne！”

“Then you’re probably going to be disappointed.” Yang Kai’s mouth curved up, and his eyes were filled with confidence.

Huo Xingchen snorted with laughter. “I don’t deny that your personal strength is very strong, but what can you do without helpers？”

Pointing at Qu Gaoyi and Ying Jiu, he said, “With just these two of them, what great things can they accomplish? You wouldn’t be as muddle-headed as my father, would you?”

Qu Gaoyi and Ying Jiu looked wooden-faced and said in a muffled voice, “Even if the two of us die, we won’t let others get close to the young master！”

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