The Wolf King is a possibility, but he’s my brother. He’ll need to be by my side often to manage the Wolf Guards, who are going to be my personal guards. Besides, the Wolf King’s Combat Power isn’t high enough yet. After weighing my options, Ye Feng seems the most suitable. He’s capable and has high Combat Power. As long as he’s loyal, he’ll be the perfect right-hand man.

「Outside the Cloud Sea Hall.」

Tang Chuan and his group had gathered.

"So that brat really went into the Cloud Sea Hall. This is unacceptable. Wang Teng, Yan Duo, aren’t you the little tyrants of Thunder City? Now, show me what you’ve got! Tell the manager we’ve booked this place and have everyone in the Cloud Sea Hall get the hell out, immediately!" Tang Chuan sneered, enjoying the feeling of commanding others, as it allowed him to savor the taste of power.

"Third Young Master, rest assured. I’ll handle it right away!"

Yan Duo went over and grabbed a waiter. "Go find your Manager Wang and tell him Yan Duo is looking for him! Have him report to me here within three minutes!"

The waiter didn’t dare to delay and hurried off to find the manager. Sure enough, in less than three minutes, Manager Wang came running over.

"Young Master Yan, Young Master Wang, you’ve arrived! Why didn’t you give me a heads-up? I would have prepared a proper welcome for such esteemed guests!"

As the manager of the Thunder City Grand Hotel, Manager Wang naturally recognized these individuals and didn’t dare to offend them. He was just an employee, after all. Offending anyone wouldn’t do him any good, especially people like them.

Wang Teng glanced at Manager Wang indifferently. "We’re using the Cloud Sea Hall today. Make everyone inside get out immediately!"

Yan Duo also sneered, "Manager Wang, you know my temper. I don’t like to wait. If you can’t get this done in five minutes, you can forget about being the manager anymore!"

Under normal circumstances, Manager Wang would have certainly complied. Some people in this world simply couldn’t be provoked. If you didn’t listen to them, you’d only bring misfortune upon yourself.

But today, Manager Wang shook his head. "Young masters, it’s not that I won’t help. The people inside the Cloud Sea Hall... they’re likely people that even you can’t afford to provoke. Take my advice and let it go for today. I can arrange the Mountain River Hall for you. It’s hardly inferior to this one! I can even make it complimentary!"

SMACK!

Without another word, Yan Duo slapped Manager Wang across the face. "You bastard!" he roared. "Are you looking down on us? Do we need your charity? In all of Thunder City, is there anyone we can’t provoke? I think you’re tired of living!"

Wang Teng frowned but said nothing, though he also felt insulted. Who could possibly be so important that even we couldn’t afford to cross them? Even if we can’t, the Tang Family certainly can, right?

Yan Duo continued, "Let me tell you something, Wang! If you don’t want to die, go in there right now and tell those people to get lost! We are using the Cloud Sea Hall today, and no one is going to stop us! Don’t even think about competing with us, or you won’t like the consequences!"

He had already lost face in front of Tang Chuan moments ago and was determined not to lose any more.

Manager Wang touched his cheek and sighed. "Young Master Yan, I know you’re angry, and that’s why you hit me. But you never made a reservation for the Cloud Sea Hall. It’s already been booked by another party. What would it make me if I just kicked them out?"

SMACK!

Yan Duo slapped him again. "Cut the crap! I don’t care what it makes you. The bottom line is, in Thunder City, we make the rules! So you’ll do things our way. So what if I didn’t make a reservation? Now that I’m here, I don’t care who they are—they all have to make way for me! If you can’t make the call, then get your boss on the phone!"

"Our boss?" Manager Wang frowned. If he called the boss, things would only get worse.

"What, you think we aren’t worthy of being received by the boss herself? Speaking of which, who even owns this hotel? We don’t seem to know. Tell him to get his ass out here! Tell him Tang Chuan, the Third Young Master of the Sea City Tang Family, has arrived! If the Thunder City Grand Hotel wants to stay in business, he’d better come serve us and give us the Cloud Sea Hall!" Yan Duo sneered.

"Alright, I’ll call the boss and see if she’s free!" Helpless, Manager Wang could only call his boss and explain the situation.

"Handle it according to the rules. I’m on my way," a woman’s voice said from the other end of the line.

Manager Wang put his phone down and looked at the group. "I had it on speaker. I’m sure you all heard. Our boss said to handle it according to the rules and that she’ll be here shortly. You’d best wait."

"Wait? Wait my ass! Get him! Beat him until their boss shows up!" Yan Duo bellowed. At his command, a group of men rushed forward and began pummeling Manager Wang.

Just then, waiters carrying trays of wine and food arrived outside the Cloud Sea Hall. The thugs attacked them too, sending food and drink crashing to the floor.

The commotion outside was loud enough to be heard in the private room. Yang Qi frowned and sent Iron Heart out to see what was happening.

Iron Heart stepped outside, and his brow immediately furrowed. He returned to the private room to report.

"It’s that group from before. They’re causing trouble, trying to kick us out of the Cloud Sea Hall. The manager refused, so they’re beating him up. They also smashed our food and wine."

"The audacity!" Lei Qingtian’s brow furrowed. "Thunder City has laws! How dare a few juniors act so recklessly? It’s complete lawlessness! I’ll go take a look!"

"Hold on, Mr. Lei!" Yang Qi shook his head. "They might not listen to you. We should let Iron Heart handle this. Iron Heart, who are they after?"

"It seems they’re targeting you, sir. It’s Yan Duo, Wang Teng, and the others who stopped you earlier," Iron Heart replied.

"Heh, they’re truly courting death! Boss, let us handle this. Consider it the first thing we do for you," Ye Feng said.

This is Thunder City. The Thunder City Martial Arts Association is supposed to manage the city’s Martial Artists. For something like this to happen is a disgrace not only to the Lei Mansion but to the Martial Arts Association as well.

"Very well. I’ll leave it to you," Yang Qi said after a moment’s thought.

"Understood!"

Ye Feng made a quick call and then walked out.

At the entrance to the Cloud Sea Hall, Manager Wang was beaten black and blue, on the verge of passing out. Those little bastards were truly ruthless. All because he followed the rules and refused to evict the guests from the Cloud Sea Hall, they had become this outrageous and violent.

Tang Chuan watched the scene with a cold, sarcastic expression. "Yan Duo, Wang Teng, you two are truly pathetic. In Sea City, if any of these dogs disobeyed me, I’d have them killed on the spot. You’re so useless, I’m starting to lose interest!"

"What a big mouth! You talk as if you own Sea City!"

Just then, the owner of the Thunder City Grand Hotel arrived.