The fat man spoke in a very sincere, solemn, and serous tone.

Chen Hanlong thought about the words carefully.

He suddenly looked up at the fat man and said gravely, “Would you believe me if I tell you I don't have the formula of the Immortal Water?”

The fat man stared at Chen Hanlong in astonishment. He did not answer but his expression showed that he did not believe Chen Hanlong's words.

Chen Hanlong then looked at others, and he was stupefied.

He found that Mo Xinghe and others all looked at him with disbelief.

Chen Hanlong felt helpless and wanted to shed tears. The Immortal Water, in fact, was the diluted solution of the dewdrops he collected from Chu Xun's villa. Thus, there was no formula at all.

Naturally, he could not speak out the secret either, for fear that it would bring Chu Xun endless troubles.

“Believe it or not, I don't have the formula.” Chen Hanlong knew he could not explain himself away, so he made no explanation.

“Chen Hanlong, the effect of the Immortal Water is so amazing. Even if my companions and I give it up, other forces will come and grab it as well. The 12 Constellations has asked someone for help in order to break the formation, so you won't be able to hide here for long.” The fat man a.n.a.lyzed the situation earnestly and hoped that Chen Hanlong would give him the formula of the Immortal Water.

Chen Hanlong felt so helpless; he could neither explain himself away nor prove that he did not have the formula of the Immortal Water.

“Once again, I don't have the formula of the Immortal Water. Kill me or skin me, I won't even raise my eyebrows. But remember, no matter who you are and how powerful you could be, you'll regret what you did today!” Chen Hanlong said angrily.

“You're really a hard nut.” The fat man stamped his feet with anger, which caused the bas.e.m.e.nt to shake. “You'll die, and I won't speak for you.”

Chen Hanlong snorted and said nothing more.

He didn't think that anyone could break the formation set by Chu Xun.

“Let me go!” The fat man was obviously a little enraged.

“Well, don't forget you're a hostage.” Zheng Guangyi shouted.

However, the fat man seemed not to regard himself as a hostage. He yelled angrily, “I want to go out because I want to fetch you some water and food, lest you guys starve even before they break in.”

“Come on, don't be so puerile. Who do you think we are? A group of three-year-old children? Are you really so kind? Whether you believe yourself or not, I don't believe you,” said Chen Hanlong disdainfully.

The fat man's face inflated with anger, and he said angrily, “I swear to our Party, I…”

However, the fat man did not continue his words.

“Are you from the state organs?” Chen Hanlong looked astonished.

Mo Xinghe and others stared at the fat man in astonishment as well.

The fat man turned to look at them and rolled his eyes before replying with an embarra.s.sed smile, “Of course, I'm from the state. I love Huaxia Country, I love our homeland…”

The fat man's voice became increasingly lower because he found Chen Hanlong and others look at him like looking at an idiot.

“Well, go on pretending,” Chen Hanlong said sarcastically.

The fat man gave up pretending and put on a serious look, saying, “Fine! Since you have known it, I'll tell you the truth. I'm from the state organs, and I came here for the Immortal Water by order.”

Chen Hanlong and others were stupefied and tongue-tied. They did not expect their country to be the first one who coveted the Immortal Water.

“Impossible. If the state wanted it, they could just ask me to hand it out. How could it be possible that they adopted such despicable means?” Chen Hanlong doubted the fat man's words again and suspected his ident.i.ty.

The fat man looked at Chen Hanlong with a weird expression. “We have contacted you three times, but you didn't seem to be a persuadable guy.”

“Three times?”

Chen Hanlong pondered for a while and suddenly raised his head. He remembered it.

“Sh*t! Are those three fools your men?”

The fat man was stunned, at a loss for words.

When Chen Hanlong thought of what those three guys had done, he was furious.

It happened half a month ago when three idiots came in succession to Chen Hanlong demanding him to hand out the formula of the Immortal Water. At that time, Chen Hanlong was so angry that he threw them out of his door.

“Chen Hanlong, hand out the formula of the Immortal Water. I said so for your own good. We're from one country, and the Immortal Water will benefit our country a lot. So hand it out! I can promise that I'll keep you safe and you'll receive corresponding compensations from the state.”

Chen Hanlong and Zheng Guangyi exchanged a glance and both wore a mocking expression. They had been in the business industry for decades and were experienced.

They guessed that these people might work for some state organizations, but they were not under the order of the state but of someone to grab the Immortal Water.

“Keep us safe? I'd suggest you think about how to keep yourself safe first.” Chen Hanlong wore a contemptuous expression and turned to talk to Mo Xinghe. “Elder Mo, could you please catch him and search his body to see if he got any identification doc.u.ment with him?”

Before Mo Xinghe could reply, the fat man took out a small red book quickly.

Chen Hanlong grabbed the book over, opened it, and read: “National Security Agency, Team Star, a member of the 12 Constellations, Silly Piggy.”

Not to mention whether the doc.u.ment was real or not, the funny name made Chen Hanlong and his companions, who looked serious, almost laugh out.

“Can it be fake?” Chen Hanlong checked the doc.u.ment over but spotted nothing suspicious, so he was just pretending.

“No one dares to fake such an doc.u.ment,” the fat man said seriously and reached out his hand.

Chen Hanlong did not want to give the doc.u.ment back, but after seeing the man's grave face, he still handed it to him.

The fat man took the doc.u.ment and wiped it with his clothes carefully before putting it back, close to his skin.

Judging from the fat man's expression, the doc.u.ment seemed to be real.

Chen Hanlong got a headache. He did not expect these people to be state officials; he was caught in a dilemma.

Zheng Guangyi and others kept silent as well. It could be a really serious matter that the state was involved in. After all, no one dared to go against a country. Even though they knew it might not be the state's order, they still dared not to defy it.

“There is no formula for the Immortal Water.”

Just as Chen Hanlong finished his words, he heard a bang, and the whole bas.e.m.e.nt started to shake.

What happened?

The fat man's expression changed. He ran to the entrance of the burrow. “They acted.” he thought to himself.

Chen Hanlong did not worry that the fat man would run away at all, for he was the only person who knew how to enter and leave the formation.

Nevertheless, Chen Hanlong and others were curious why the fat man looked so worried, so they followed behind him.

When they looked up, they saw that the mouse-like man was still there, back to them.

“Let me out quickly. Mouse could not hold them off on his own,” the fat man said worriedly.

“Why do you want to stop them?” Chen Hanlong asked curiously.

“They have had an expert here to break the formation. It seems that they have found the way. The just shake was caused by them when they tried to break the formation.”

“An expert? Breaking the formation?” Chen Hanlong was surprised and laughed out. “There is no need to stop them. Just let them try.”

He did not believe that except for Chu Xun, there was someone else who could break the formation.

On the ground, there were four people in front of the mouse-like man.

“Get out of the way.” Lion thundered, staring at the mouse-like man, his golden hair s.h.i.+ning under the sun.

The mouse-like man's eyes glittered, and he backed off silently.

“What a brave man!” Chen Hanlong could not help but speak in a mocking tone.

The fat man's face turned red with shame. “As your name is, you're as timid a mouse. You disgraced the 12 Chinese Zodiacs.”

He completely forgot that he behaved cowardly when he was threatened by Mo Xinghe.

“Only a fool would insist on what he could not achieve. Mouse is wise to act according to the situation. Can't you see there are four people on his opposite side?” the fat man argued.

“Hump! He has a mean look and is as timid as a mouse.” Chen Hanlong mocked.

The fat man trembled in anger after hearing the words.

“Immortal Master Gao, please get started.”

Seeing that Mouse backed off, Lion said to a haggard man who seemed in his forties, wore a Taoist robe, and had a goatee.

With an arrogant look on his face, Immortal Master Gao replied with a cold grunt and strode forward.

When he walked to the entrance of the burrow, he reached out his hand gently.

Buzz!

As a thin formation appeared, the place was lit up brightly, and the formation was s.h.i.+ning with flowing light.

When he withdrew his hand, the formation became transparent and invisible to the naked eye in the end.

“Immortal Master Gao, how is it going?” a thin and short man asked. He was a Pisces, nicknamed Loach.

Immortal Master Gao stroked his goatee and replied proudly, “Although this formation is exquisite, I have found a way to break it. Don't worry.”

Immortal Master Gao waved the duster in his hands, nipped his fingers of one hand, and murmured some words.

“Eye of Formation, open!”

With the low shout, the duster in Immortal Master Gao's hands flew out, and its soft strings thrust into the ground three meters away like steel, causing the ground to crack. The scene was really terrifying.

Immortal Master Gao looked overjoyed. He looked back and ordered, “I've found the Eye of Formation, and I'll break the formation right now. Be ready.”

Lion, Loach, and Archer all nodded.

The mouse-like man lowered his head, his eyes glittering. No one knew what he was thinking about now.

The hearts of Mo Xinghe and others beat fast, and they all felt nervous and helpless. “Is the formation going to be broken?” they wondered to themselves.

Once the formation was broken, they would be at the mercy of their enemies.

Except for Mo Xinghe, the rest of them could not make it out alive.

“Give me the formula quickly before it's too late,” the fat man grumbled worriedly.

However, Chen Hanlong snorted indifferently.

“Judging from his ridiculous look, he is overestimating himself and shameless to think that he could break the formation set up by Mr. Chu, just like a horse who doesn't know that its face is long.”

Chen Hanlong spoke loudly deliberately so that the people outside could hear his voice.

As Chen Hanlong expected, Immortal Master Gao looked at him with a gloomy expression through the entrance of the burrow, and his eyes were full of malice and hatred.

“When I break this formation, I'll skin you and pull out your veins and make you into lamp-oil,” Immortal Master Gao said evilly.

Although they were separated by the formation, Chen Hanlong still felt chilling and was suddenly covered with gooseflesh.

However, at the same moment, Chen Hanlong got furious after hearing Immortal Master Gao's words. He cursed, “Old b.a.s.t.a.r.d, can you not be so shameless? How dare you regard yourself as an immortal master? How about we call you Ghost Master given that you have an evil aura and look like a ghost. This name suits you much better.”

While Chen Hanlong scolded Immortal Master Gao happily, the fat man felt frightened.

Chen Hanlong dared to scold Immortal Master Gao because he did not know his real ident.i.ty. Immortal Master Gao was a terrifying cultivator with inscrutable techniques. The head of a gang once offended Immortal Master Gao inadvertently, and the master slaughtered the gang and killed two hundred people.

The crime caused a terrible impact on society. The government issued an order to arrest Immortal Master Gao; however, several years had pa.s.sed, and the government failed to even leave a scratch on the master. On the contrary, the government was frustrated hard by the master.

In the end, the senior officials of the country were enraged. They sent out a secret team and finally caught the master with advanced weapons.

The citizens all thought that Immortal Master Gao was executed secretly, but in fact, he was enticed to the government's side and joined the National Security Agency.

Even though Immortal Master Gao now worked for the national department, he did not change his working style, and those who offended him would not have a good ending.

Thus, when Chen Hanlong scolded the master, there were different reactions from the onlookers.

Zheng Guangyi, Sun Ying, and others looked excited and would speak in support of Chen Hanlong from time to time. As a result, they all felt lightsome.

The fat man and the mouse-like man looked worried, and they felt frightened inside.

Lion, Loach, and their companions all looked at Chen Hanlong emotionlessly as if they were looking at a dead man.