"Alright, I'll head over tomorrow," Lin Xiao hung up the phone.
From past experience, the White Tiger Army never sought him out unless something significant happened. That fellow Bai Hu never truly respected him, the Dragon King, and always seemed eager to fight him whenever they met.
"Ah, the timing... it's probably that," Lin Xiao's eyes darted, a possibility dawning on him.
Every year, both the Dragon King Army and the Four Directions Army held their drills around this time.
This must be the reason.
Otherwise, would the White Tiger Army come all the way to Shashi to interfere in such matters?
Naturally, that was impossible.
To be honest, he was feeling a bit restless. Only when he engaged in combat with these people could he truly vent the power in his hands.
...
The next day.
While everyone was focused on Lin Xiao's movements, Lin Xiao dropped Xun'er off at kindergarten, left a few people to protect the Luo family, and then took Ye Chen away from the city. Soon, everyone lost track of Lin Xiao's whereabouts.
This fueled even more speculation.
"Could it be that Lin Xiao ran off after realizing how formidable the Nangong family is?"
"I think so. After all, that's the Nangong family. Have you heard of Nangong Wushuang? That woman is a lunatic!"
"No more good shows to watch then."
Such remarks spread like wildfire within Shashi's social circles.
Of course, Rao Yilong and Jiang Tao remained unfazed, though they were perplexed as to why they couldn't track Lin Xiao's movements.
But then again, this was Lin Xiao!
These people failed to consider why they couldn't even ascertain Lin Xiao's whereabouts. As for being afraid of the Nangong family, that was out of the question.
Lin Xiao and Ye Chen passed through numerous checkpoints and finally arrived at their destination.
A vast training ground.
A multitude of soldiers clad in gray and white camouflage stood in neat formation on the training ground.
They stretched as far as the eye could see.
Before entering the command center, Ye Chen sensibly stopped at the entrance, not even needing the two soldiers at the gate to block him.
As Lin Xiao stepped into the command center, he saw a massive figure striding towards him.
"He's here, he's here! Our Northern Frontier Dragon King has finally arrived!" The imposing figure reached Lin Xiao and gave him a hearty embrace.
"Xuanwu, you're not afraid of crushing me to death, are you?" Lin Xiao rolled his eyes and lightly thumped the chest of the two-meter-tall man. That embrace alone would have likely resulted in multiple fractures for an ordinary person.
"If I killed you, you'd just be a fake Northern Frontier Dragon King, wouldn't that be fitting?"
Before Xuanwu could reply, another burly man, standing at 1.8 meters, approached Lin Xiao, shook his hand, and thumped his chest in return. "Long time no see."
"Qinglong, you have time to come over today? I recall there are quite a few troubles in the East that you need to resolve," Lin Xiao mentioned casually.
As for that old geezer in the United States, if it weren't for maintaining the image of a major power, making it inconvenient for him to directly intervene, he would have dealt with him long ago.
Fortunately, through public opinion and various legitimate means of suppression in recent days, the deployments in the East Island region had all progressed.
"What trouble is that? Qinglong, he's actually eager for that old man to make his move sooner, so it would be easier to act. Otherwise, there's really no legitimate reason." Zhuque, the only female leader among the Four Directions Army, walked in from outside.