Beauty and the Bodyguard

"This… Of course! We will bear all responsibility!" Xiao Ben couldn't deny their wrongdoing but he hoped that his respectful behavior could at least win him some forgiveness points.

"Then this is how it will go. I won't bother with any bullshit, but House Xiao is in a bad situation. Even if you promise to take responsibility, what can you use as collateral?" Po Zhishan looked Xiao Ben and Xiao Ji up and down, "As of the current House Xiao, the only valuable thing left is your own lives. What else can you bring out?"

"You clown! Don't you dare! Even if our House is in dire straits, you don't have the right to judge us. It is my wife Gou Huli that ran over Uncle Fu, so what does that have to do with House Xiao? If you want to punish or kill, then I am standing right here. What do you want to do with me?" Xiao Ji was unable to control his anger when he heard Pi Zhishan's terms.

"Big Brother!" Xiao Ben quickly rushed over. His brother's anger issue made it easy to ruin the whole situation.

However, Xiao Ben didn't add anything more to conversation. A loud smack can be heard. Xiao Ji's face was red with a handprint. Even a tooth had fell out. Xiao Ben and Xiao Ji didn't see what happened, they didn't even know whether it was Pi Zhishan or Pi Zhuhai who had made the move...

After experiencing it firsthand, Xiao Ji realized that these two young men were both better fighters compared to Uncle Pi!

Thinking like that made Xiao Ji a little scared. He acted on impulse and allowed that to get the better of him. He wasn't stupid enough to continue provoking his enemies, as he had witnessed the stone lion getting smashed by them. His facial expression changed to a look of embarrassment.

"Sorry young masters… I… was rude in my words…" Xiao Ji held onto his swollen cheeks.

"Take that as a lesson," said Pi Zhishan. Against rude people like Xiao Ji, actions were more effective. Now, the negotiations would go more smoothly! Right now, with Xiao Ji beaten to submission, Pi Zhishan jumped right on it and said "Xiao Ji, you are a coward so I won't bicker with you! Xiao Ben, you seem more intelligent, do you have anything in House Xiao that you can give to me?"

"That… there is nothing…" Xiao Ben didn't want to admit that this was their situation. House Xiao was no longer the same as before, and Pi Zhishan was correct on his assessment.

"I couldn't believe that House Xiao had fallen so far from its former glory. It was once at the top of all Noble Houses, so how did it become like this?" Pi Zhishan frowned from the condition of how the interior of the living room looked, "I don't know if our House made a wrong decision to cooperate with you two pathetic beings…" as Pi Zhishan mumbled.

Cooperation? Xiao Ji and Xiao Ben looked toward Pi Zhishan. They were shocked by the sudden turn of events. Could it be that the hidden House Pi wanted to work with House Xiao? Then did that mean House Xiao had hope to rise up once again?

At this time, Xiao Ben quickly greeted, "Young Master Pi, do you mean that you want to work together with House Xiao?

"Well, it was in our initial intentions. But as for if we could really cooperate, then that all depended on your result," Pi Zhishan coldly replied.

"Young master Pi, please enlighten us!" Xiao Ben cheerfully spoke up. As long as House Pi worked with them, then House Xiao won't have any problem holding its rank amongst the Noble Houses. No matter what, he had to find a way to work with House Pi, it didn't matter what sacrifices were required!

"Noble House Yu and hidden House Yu have their own personal connection, do you know about that?" Pi Zhishan looked at Xiao Ben's eager expression.

"Of course I know that, if it wasn't for the hidden house backing them up, Noble House Yu wouldn't have been able to be the number one house!" Xiao Ben was eager. Did hidden House Pi want to cooperate with House Xiao in the same way? Xiao Ben was eager about the endless possibilities!

"If hidden House Pi was able to support House Xiao, what could you do with that? In other words, how much compensation could you pay us back?" Pi Zhishan got right to the point!

House Pi as a hidden House have to follow the convention agreement rules set by the hidden houses many years prior. They were forbidden from interrupting with worldly affairs and could only focus on training. This was to limit them from using their powers to exploit commoners!

However, hidden House Yu went in a roundabout way to directly control the Noble House Yu. This way they had profit generating tool! As for the Noble House Yu, they positioned themselves as the leader of all the Noble Houses by relying on the hidden House Yu. In return, the Noble House Yu donates immense wealth and riches and it increases every year!

As for the events that happened with House Yu, it was all by chance. Other Noble Houses couldn't replicate it. After all, the hidden House Yu and Noble House Yu were originally one House. Later on, they were able to secretly establish communication. These evasive maneuvers were not something others could easily mimic.

Other Houses couldn't easily split off a branch from their own House. They could only stick with the fact that House Yu earnt so much money every year! As long as they didn't piss off the witnesses to the hidden house convention agreement, then they would be fine. Those witnesses weren't just a symbolic gesture.

However, the witnesses and the group of sky class users all have vanished since that meeting. This convention agreement was the constraint to the hidden Houses. However, it wasn't as effective as before. As a result, even hidden House Zhao started making their move with the illegitimate child Zhao Qibing, to earn money in secular world!

Obviously, something as bold as breaking the rules was not something many were willing to do. However, such a roundabout method was still acceptable. Such as House Yu, until now they have earnt many years of wealth, but nothing has happened to them yet.

Which was the reason why hidden House Zhao decided to make their move with Zhao Qibing meddling in worldly affairs. Since Zhao Qibing was an illegitimate son, he would never be able to set foot in House Zhao's main gate! But even if his blood wasn't pure, he was still a member of House Zhao's burden. As a result it was quite reasonable for House Zhao to provide a certain level of support to Zhao Qibing.

It was an open secret that Zhao Qibing was working to earn money in the secular world to send back to hidden House Zhao!

Now that House Yu and House Zhao have set the precedent for it, other hidden Houses didn't want to sit by idly. They were all thinking hard about how to dip their feet into worldly affairs to earn money! These hidden Houses might have strength, but they were actually quite poor!

Even if they didn't lavishly spend money everyday, every year they had to spend their treasury on valuable natural treasures and those were all worth a small fortune! And even if they didn't buy rare natural resources, they still had many mouths to feed!