Chapter 68

Jumping the Gate.

In this virtual world, "jumping the gate" is a term used by some martial arts sects, which is also known as "black jargon" among the common people.

It means leaving one's original organization to serve another organization, gang, or family.

For some legitimate families or sects, jumping the gate is allowed, and it often carries a sense of parting on good terms. Even if business doesn't work out, the relationship remains. When you meet again in the world, you can still greet each other with a bow and offer help.

Of course, this depends on the situation. You can leave on your own, but if you take a group with you, or take the organization's resources or clients, or steal secret manuals or treasures, or cause trouble by killing someone, that's not considered parting on good terms.

Whoever takes you in will be considered an enemy of the sect.

The severity of the situation depends on the extent of the trouble you've caused.

However, some organizations, such as large organizations, absolutely do not allow jumping the gate.

Once you join such an organization and learn some secrets, you can't leave. You have to swear an oath, promising to stay with the organization for life, whether you live or die.

Jumping the gate means a death warrant, and anyone in the large organization can kill you for a reward. The amount of the reward depends on your personal abilities, the amount of secrets you know, and the extent of the trouble you've caused.

Iron Tuo Wang, for example, is one of the Four Great Kings of the Northern Snow City branch, and he knows a lot about the internal affairs of the large organization. This time, he came out with 50 billion in cash to handle some business.

Now, he has beaten the young master several times, given the 50 billion to Lu Chengwen, and is sitting here eating lobster and drinking red wine...

If he jumps the gate, the large organization will go crazy to take his life.

Iron Tuo Wang still didn't understand the situation: "Young Master, what do you mean?"

Lu Chengwen said, "You have two choices now. One is to kill me and then run for your lives. The other is to leave the large organization and follow me from now on. As long as I'm alive, I won't treat you badly. Whether we can escape the large organization's pursuit is up to fate."

Iron Tuo Wang and his companions were still confused.

"Young Master, what... what are you talking about?"

Lu Chengwen said, "I'm not your young master. I'm Lu Chengwen, a native of Snow City. The Long Aotian who beat you several times is your young master."

Iron Tuo Wang's wine glass fell to the ground, and he couldn't say a word.

"You... Young Master, don't joke like this!"

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Iron Tuo Wang stared at Lu Chengwen for a long time and saw from his eyes that this wasn't a joke.

Thinking about what he had done, he was drenched in sweat.

The four big guys were also stunned, looking at each other, realizing they were doomed.

Causing such a big mess, they would all die!

Lu Chengwen said, "What do you decide to do?"

Iron Tuo Wang angrily overturned the table: "Are you playing with me? I'll kill you!"

Lu Chengwen shouted, "From the moment you set foot in Snow City, you were a dead man!"

This sentence silenced all five of them.

Lu Chengwen said, "Feel your own head. Are you worth 50 billion? Are you? Why would such a good job fall to you?"

Iron Tuo Wang was speechless.

Lu Chengwen said, "The large organization sent you here with no intention of letting you live! Carrying 50 billion in secret to act as a black glove for Long Aotian, doing his dirty work, was your mission! Once Long Aotian unites the four major families, or even before that, when his good guy image is at risk, he will kill you five and pin the blame on you. He will be seen as a saint, and everyone will call you evil forces, not worth living!"

Lu Chengwen said, "At that time, Long Aotian will be with beautiful women, drinking champagne, driving luxury cars, and living in a villa, while you won't even have a grave. You'll be tied with stones and thrown into the sea to feed the fish!"

Iron Tuo Wang, a man nearly two meters tall, had tears in his eyes.

Based on his understanding of the large organization, what Lu Chengwen said was highly likely and could happen.

Looking back, the other four were already crying.

Iron Tuo Wang looked at Lu Chengwen and roared, "Why did you deceive me? If... if I had worked hard for the young master and become his confidant..."

"Confidant my ass!" Lu Chengwen roared. "He has his own confidants. Does he need people like you? If he wanted to cultivate a few confidants, would it be your turn? A few newcomers from the Four Gates, would Long Aotian take you as confidants?"

"Do you think great men need only loyalty to have confidants? You can't even recognize people correctly. Do you think you have the qualifications to be a confidant? Long Aotian has been famous in the borderlands for years. How many people have struggled with him? Once he stands firm here, a large number of people he has cultivated will come to receive his rewards. At that time, what use would you have?"

"Even if he doesn't kill you, would Long Aotian's own team let you, a few outsiders, compete for resources and favor?"

Lu Chengwen roared, "From the moment you left the large organization, you were already abandoned. You are just a few of the countless corpses that Long Aotian must step on to achieve his ambitions, and you are the kind that doesn't even need to be remembered, the kind that doesn't even need to be pitied!"

All of them started crying.

Iron Tuo Wang closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "Does following you now mean we have a way out?"

Lu Chengwen pulled over a chair and sat down: "Not necessarily, but there's a chance."

Iron Tuo Wang laughed, a bitter and desperate laugh: "Lu Chengwen, you don't understand, you completely don't understand. You don't know how terrifying the large organization is, you don't know what it means to become a traitor from their organization. They will pursue us to the death, no matter what! This is the rule, it has never been broken!"

Lu Chengwen said, "The large organization is divided into several major institutions: the main, the strategist, the guide, the planner, the red, the white, and the black. These institutions do not know each other, each responsible for their own tasks, and are not allowed to communicate or intersect. You are the Red Guards, responsible for opening the door."

"The highest power center consists of a leader, a left and right guardian, and a military advisor. The Red Guards are managed by the left guardian, and below them are the four kings: Gold, Silver, Copper, and Iron."

"After you jump the gate, they will pursue you to the death. But the department responsible for pursuing you will still be the Red Guards, because it is their shame, and they must clean up their own mess. The Red Guards must act openly, announce to the world, and use your five lives to set an example. Am I right?"

Iron Tuo Wang looked at Lu Chengwen: "How... how do you know all this?"

"I know more than that." Lu Chengwen said, "Put the table back up."

Iron Tuo Wang was stunned but saw that Lu Chengwen was very confident.

He turned and said, "Fix the table."

The four others quickly put the table back up.

Lu Chengwen picked up the bottle of good wine he had grabbed when he overturned the table, found a few glasses, and poured a little wine into each.

"I'll tell you the truth. Long Aotian is a talented and capable person, a man of destiny. He may stir up the world and become the strongest and most powerful figure of this era."

Iron Tuo Wang's mouth moved: "Do I need to say it? Everyone says he is a man of destiny, with a bright future."

Lu Chengwen slammed the wine bottle on the table and stared at Iron Tuo Wang: "But! I, Lu Chengwen, am not an ordinary person. He is a man of destiny, but I am a chosen one! His advantage is the halo over his head and the cheat in his body, while my advantage is the knowledge and information in my mind that no one in this world has! There will be a showdown between him and me eventually!"

"Now, the man of destiny has been thoroughly offended by you. Even if you want to go back and be his followers, it's impossible. But I, Lu Chengwen, the chosen one, am now inviting you! Accept or not, it's up to you."

Iron Tuo Wang looked at Lu Chengwen, truly intimidated by his confidence.

How can this young man be so powerful?

He talks so confidently!

Chosen one? So confident!?

What does he know?

Iron Tuo Wang said, "You... can't possibly compete with him. You only have money, but he..."

"Who won during your time in Snow City?"

All of them were stunned.

"Why was I so sure that he wouldn't die when he fell off the cliff and that I had to go after him personally?"

"With Long Aotian's abilities, he could have handled things in another city long ago. Why has he been unable to make progress in Snow City?"

Lu Chengwen pointed to his chest: "Because he met me! I can't guarantee that I will win in the end, but I won't bow to fate! I won't be scared by his 'man of destiny' title! I am at a disadvantage now, but he can't do anything to me. I'm telling you here and now, as long as I, Lu Chengwen, am alive, Long Aotian won't touch Snow City! This city is mine!"

Lu Chengwen raised his wine glass, his eyes burning: "Drink this glass of wine, and from now on, we will share life and death, and strive for greatness together!"

Iron Tuo Wang hesitated, then suddenly grabbed a wine glass and raised it: "Alright! I, Di Tuo Wang, have no other choice. Whether I live or die, I will follow you from now on!"

He looked back at the other four.

Lu Chengwen said, "Choose for yourselves. I can give you money to disappear, or drink this glass of wine, and we will be on the same boat."

Iron Tuo Wang had already raised his glass, and one person immediately responded. Once one person responded, a second and third followed...

Six people raised their glasses.

Lu Chengwen said, "From now on, you must obey my orders, no matter how difficult they are to understand. Just do as I say, and I promise, if we die, we die together, if we live, we live together!"

"If we die, we die together, if we live, we live together!"

They all drank the wine and smiled.

At that moment, someone started pounding on the door, and Lu Chengwen's face turned grim.

Damn, are the pursuers already here!?