Chapter 41: Usury?

  After the two got out of the police car, the man led Gao Tianming through the alleys. Gao Tianming followed him with ease, knowing that this person had no ill intentions towards him.

  After walking for a while, the two of them arrived in front of a teahouse.

  Gao Tianming sat on a chair and looked around. He thought the man would take him to some mysterious place, but it turned out that he had only brought him to an ordinary teahouse.

  The man saw Gao Tianming looking around and didn't say anything, just smiled slightly. After Gao Tianming had looked around for a bit, he said: "This is just an ordinary tea house at home, I brought you here to chat with you." The man paused for a moment, then continued: "I'm quite curious about you."

  "About me?" Gao Tianming pointed at himself and smiled: "What's so curious about me? I'm more curious about you."

  Upon hearing Gao Tianming's words, the man smiled and said: "Since you're so curious, go ahead and ask. I'll tell you as much as I can. Oh, right, my name is Duanmu Lei. Haven't asked for your little brother's name yet?"

  "Du Mu?" High Tianming's eyebrows rose slightly as he heard this surname. He said: "I am called Gao Tianming, are you from the Four Great Families?"

  "Oh?" Duanmu Lei heard Gao Tianming mention the four major families all of a sudden, and felt somewhat surprised. He said: "Brother Gao, how do you think I am from the four major families?"

  When Du Mu Lei, who was much older than him, called himself "Gao Xiong", Gao Tianming choked on his tea and said: "Don't call me Gao Xiong, just call me Tianming. You can already dodge bullets, at least a post-heavenly fifth-grade master, and with the surname Du Mu, so I guessed that way."

  Duanmu Lei was suddenly enlightened when he heard Gao Tianming's words.

  "By the way, how's your gunshot wound? Do you want to go to the hospital and have it checked?" Du Tianming suddenly remembered that Duanmu Lei had been shot earlier, although he had changed into a new jacket in the police car, but at that time Du Tianming didn't dare ask about the specific situation.

  Duanmu Lei rubbed his shoulder at the back and said, "That wound is not serious, the bullet only hit the muscle. When I was in the bank, I managed to squeeze out the bullet. Now the wound has no major problem."

  The bullets in the hall were forced out, and Gao Tianming sighed inwardly, "No wonder he's a master of the fifth rank, taking a bullet is like a superficial wound to him."

  Gao Tianming said: "You're really something. By the way, when you were talking to me in the corner of the hall just now, was that the legendary Whispering into the Ear?"

  "Is it the Sound Transmission Technique?" Duanmu Lei heard this term and chuckled, saying: "I don't have such great abilities. That kind of skill is at least used by people who are above the Sixth Stage of the Postnatal Realm, whereas when I spoke to you, I just stuck my hand on your body and transmitted my words through the vibrations of sound. It's just a small trick." When Duanmu Lei mentioned the Sixth Stage of the Postnatal Realm, his eyes revealed a hint of frenzy.

  Upon hearing this, Gao Tianming nodded and said: "This skill is very practical. If you didn't have this skill in the main hall, we wouldn't be able to coordinate with each other."

  Duanmu Lei shook his head, "If I had known earlier that you were a post-heavenly fifth-order expert, we wouldn't have had to go through so much trouble. Your Introspection Technique is indeed too extraordinary, even I thought you were only a post-heavenly first-order cultivator."

  "Intimidation technique?" Gao Tianming heard Duanmu Lei's words and was stunned for a moment, "Uh, Uncle Lei, I don't know any intimidation technique. I really just have the strength of a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator."

  Du Mu Lei's eyes widened suddenly and he said, "How is this possible? Then how did you dodge the bullet? That must be a Fifth-Order ability."

  "Haha, I'm not too sure either." Gao Tianming smiled awkwardly and said, "Maybe it's just that I was born with a quicker reaction."

  Du Mu Lei's eyes were still somewhat puzzled, and he said: "No wonder you didn't immediately chase after the culprit after dodging the bullet. I was wondering about the reason before, now it's a bit clearer."

  Gao Tianming smiled slightly, picked up his tea and took a sip, without saying a word.

  The room suddenly fell silent.

  "What about the bank robber who suddenly woke up after being knocked unconscious? What happened to him?"

  When Du Tianming asked the question, Duanmu Lei thought for a moment, "I'm not quite clear about the specifics, but that bandit seemed to have practiced some spiritual techniques and was able to wake up after being knocked unconscious." Duanmu Lei rubbed his chin and said, "I always feel that this robbery is a bit off."

  Gao Tianming nodded and asked, "Then what was that certificate you showed the police just now?" Gao Tianming finally asked the question that had been on his mind.

  Duanmu Lei smiled like an old fox, "It's rare that you only thought of asking this question at the last one, I thought you already knew."

  Gao Tianming smiled awkwardly with a "heh heh".

  Du Mu Lei didn't mock Gao Tianming, but instead sank into thought for a moment before saying: "Although you've heard of the four great families, you might not fully understand. The four great families each have their own division of labor within the country, and my Du Mu family is specifically responsible for handling superhuman crimes - 'superhuman' referring to those who surpass ordinary human capabilities, such as high-end martial artists or ability users. As it happens, I was just at the bank when this matter arose."

  "Oh, so you're from the National Dragon Group." Gao Tianming nodded as if he understood.

  "Dragon Group?" Duanmu Lei seemed stunned by the name, saying: "The country doesn't have this department. However, this robbery isn't quite normal either, I'll have to investigate thoroughly when I get back."

  Seeing Tongmu Lei's appearance, Gao Tianming knew he had made a fool of himself again.

  The curiosity of both was satisfied, and Gao Tianming wanted to leave. He also had to buy a ticket back to find Ge Lao, and couldn't be delayed here.

  Duanmu Lei saw Gao Tianming wanting to leave and didn't try to retain him, only asking: "Your abilities are quite special, will you be going to the Tianling Mountain Assembly?"

  Gao Tianming smiled and said: "Of course I'll go, is Uncle Lei going too?"

  "Hehe, yes, you can see many old friends there." Du Mu Lei said with a smile.

  "Then we can meet there, let's have a good chat next time, see you later." Gaotian Ming said with a fist bump.

  Du Mu Lei was shocked by Gao Tianming's posture and also cupped his fists: "We will meet again."

  Watching Gaotian Ming's figure disappear into the distance, Duanmu Lei couldn't help but chuckle, "What an interesting little fellow, perhaps he'll make a big splash at the Tianling Mountain Grand Assembly too."

  P.S: Rolling on the ground and begging for collection, little fish is going to cry~~