Supreme Warrior in the City

Chapter 1179: Chapter 1178: Purple Lotus Garden

At seven o’clock in the evening, Purple Lotus Garden.

Su Yang arrived here early, following a tip from a Hou Family Scout, that Lü Peiwen would be attending a duel at the Purple Lotus Garden tonight.

Outside the Purple Lotus Garden was Xishan Pavilion, the place where Lü Donglin and Lü Wenbang’s final showdown would take place, right here at Xishan Pavilion.

Su Yang made a slight disguise for himself, donning a hat, so he wouldn’t be easily recognized.

He spread the message around because he wanted Xiao Hei and Jeang Zier to know he was here. That way, they would come to find him, and he would be able to locate them both.

Arriving in advance, Su Yang’s plan was to find these two first to prevent them from encountering any danger in the Capital City.

However, after circling inside the Purple Lotus Garden, Su Yang didn’t find them; it seemed like they had not arrived yet.

Nevertheless, Su Yang did encounter someone he knew, from the Chen Family—Chen Benshuang.

After the battle at Qinghe Academy, Su Yang and Lü Donglin had left the academy, and Chen Benshuang had not stayed at Qinghe Academy either, immediately following their departure.

The defeat in that battle had left Chen Benshuang even more angered, constantly clamoring to personally kill Su Yang to avenge her humiliation.

Now she was here tonight, which left Su Yang somewhat speechless. He wondered whether she came to watch the duel between Lü Donglin and Lü Wenbang or to seek trouble for him. If it was the latter, tonight’s situation would become even more complicated.

Beside Chen Benshuang was a tall, young man around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, handsome in appearance, dressed elegantly, charming and witty, and drawing the attention of many girls present.

Su Yang learned this person’s identity from the people nearby, that he was Chen Benhong, the older brother of Chen Benhao.

When Su Yang had met Chen Benhao in Pingnan Province, he heard from Ye Jiansheng that Chen Benhao did not get along well with his older brother. Moreover, Chen Benhao’s position within the Chen Family was not prominent due to his personality, leading to his ostracization by many within the family.

However, for some reason, Chen Benhao had earned the favor of the Black Widow. With the Black Widow’s support, his status in the Capital City had risen significantly; otherwise, he would probably have remained an inconsequential member of the Chen Family.

Su Yang did not approach Chen Benshuang, instead, he found a spot near the corner to wait. If Xiao Hei and Jeang Zier got wind of the news, they would surely come tonight.

By eight o’clock, Su Yang still hadn’t found Xiao Hei and Jeang Zier. However, he saw another familiar face—Lü Peiwen!

Lü Peiwen had come along with his father, Lü Wenbang. Lü Wenbang seemed just an ordinary middle-aged man. Yet, upon his entrance, several members of the Chen Family stood up to greet him personally, with Chen Benhong even performing the courtesy befitting younger generations in his presence, indicating Lü Wenbang’s esteemed position in the Capital City.

After chatting with a few members of the Chen Family, Lü Peiwen joined Chen Benhong and the rest at their table.

Su Yang frowned, he could see that Lü Wenbang intended to have Chen Benhong and his group protect Lü Peiwen!

Remembering the task entrusted to him by Huo Yuanzhen, Su Yang had not planned to have too much conflict with the Chen Family. However, since they had met tonight, if Chen Benhong really intended to stand up for Lü Peiwen, Su Yang wouldn’t mind dealing with Chen Benhong too, so he could have an explanation for Huo Yuanzhen later on.

After a short wait, a commotion suddenly arose from the entrance. Su Yang turned his head to look and saw Lü Donglin walking in, accompanied by three maids.

These three maids were still dressed in their beautiful maid outfits, following closely by Lü Donglin’s side, causing all those dandies from the Capital City to curse inwardly. Such stunning beauties, to be kept merely as maids at his side, was Lü Donglin not wastefully squandering heaven’s gifts?

In fact, many were secretly cursing these three women as well. Of all the things to do, why reduce themselves to becoming maids for Lü Donglin, a position so beneath them, is it not disgraceful?

Of course, these thoughts were only grumbled inwardly, as no one dared say them out loud. Even when Lü Donglin’s gaze swept over the crowd, many people looked panic-stricken and did not dare to meet his eye.

Lü Donglin’s gaze lingered on Su Yang for a moment, and a faint smile brushed his lips. Clearly, he recognized Su Yang.

Su Yang nodded slightly but made no further move, lest he be discovered by others.

Lü Donglin did not linger, and, accompanied by the three maids, he walked directly to the table in the innermost part of the Purple Lotus Garden where Lü Wenbang and the people from the Chen Family were seated.

An elder from the Chen Family stood up first, greeting him with a smile all over his face, ”Master Lü!”

Lü Donglin did not pay any heed to the elder, walking right past him as if he were air, instantly turning the elder’s face an ashen blue.

He relied on his affiliation with the Chen Family, hoping to greet Lü Donglin here. If possible, he even wanted to say a few words of dissuasion, although he knew it wouldn’t be effective, but at least it could showcase his status and save some face.

Instead, Lü Donglin did not give him any face at all, not even acknowledging him, which caused him great embarrassment.

However, the elder ultimately did not dare to say anything. Although the Chen Family was powerful and had the backing of the Black Widow, they did not dare to provoke the Beigong War God.

Moreover, the Black Widow’s attitude was also odd; she had actually intervened to help Lü Donglin before, which made it even more difficult for people to understand her motives.

Therefore, despite the elder being furious, he dared not show it. He knew that the family and the Black Widow would not provoke the Beigong War God just for him. It wouldn’t even matter if Lü Donglin had killed him, the matter would still have been dismissed in the end.

Seeing such a scene, the people from the Chen Family were also angry, but none of them dared to speak out. Only Chen Benshuang stood up abruptly, shouting, ”Lü Donglin, where is your friend, Su Yang?”

Hearing this, all the people in the venue turned to look, as Su Yang had said he would come to kill Lü Peiwen tonight, and many were awaiting his arrival.

Faced with Chen Benshuang, Lü Donglin appeared somewhat helpless, ”I don’t know where he is.”

”Tell him, my issues with him are not resolved, and I will definitely not let him off!” Chen Benshuang shouted.

”Lady Frost, old enemies should reconcile, not deepen grievances!” Lü Donglin responded helplessly, ”You and Su Yang have no deep hatred, so why make things irreconcilable like this?”

”Spare me the drivel, this is between him and me, don’t meddle!” Chen Benshuang shouted.

Lü Donglin had a look of helplessness. When the Black Widow had assisted him before, it was Chen Benshuang who had personally led people there. Therefore, Lü Donglin was very tolerant of Chen Benshuang. Moreover, knowing that Chen Benshuang wasn’t bad-hearted, Lü Donglin did not have a way to deal with her.

”Lady Frost, I suspect you won’t be seeing Mr. Su tonight!” Someone suddenly said with a laugh from the side, ”With tonight’s situation, do you think he would dare to come?”