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Chapter 703 - 76 Method of Disaster Relief

Chapter 703: Chapter 76 Method of Disaster Relief

"Who dares to make a move against Chonggang Town? Wasn’t it said that the Sky Surveillance Bureau branch is right there?"

An Jing stood up, a simple action that caused the air around him to crackle with a streak of electricity, a buzzing white light flowing smoothly along his arm to his fingertips, then dissipating, but the air appeared twisted as if torn by something sharp.

Being secluded in cultivation for too long, the accumulation of Spiritual Fiend could cause phenomena, especially for Martial Artists who transform themselves into Arrays, it is even easier to create various miraculous views.

Huo Qing was no longer surprised by this, he had understood the differences between Martial Arts and Immortal Path, and simply said: "Not only Night Niche Gang attacked us, the scene was extremely chaotic, the entire Chonggang Town was involved."

The root cause of this matter was still because of An Jing.

First was the clash between Night Niche Gang and Rusty Feather Iron Hand.

Night Niche Gang is a rather dangerous old faction from Xuanye City, mainly involved in smuggling Spirit Stones, dealing in unlicensed high-risk elixirs and hacked Qingmu prosthetics.

Due to the large number of high-quality Spirit Stones and Spirit Jade provided by An Jing, Rusty Feather’s platform and Night Niche Gang had conflicts in related businesses. After several unsuccessful threats, both sides erupted into martial conflict.

It started with team leaders mutually beating up each other’s goods-selling underlings, then proceeded to destroying each other’s storage dens, and finally escalated to deadly street vendettas, shooting and magical combat upon encountering each other.

Now, both parties have truly ignited their tempers, the methods of attack growing increasingly unbridled; Iron Hand’s recycling cabin was nearly blown up twice, so he simply closed shop to fully contend with the enemy—Huo Qing was at Third Middle during this period, otherwise, he would definitely have been attacked as well.

Now, the battle between Rusty Feather platform and Night Niche Gang has progressed to the point of mutually hiring mercenaries and assassins for assaults; the Rusty Feather platform originally planned to ’hire’ Steel Skeleton to exterminate Night Niche Gang, warrant or not, since gang vendettas are disregarded anyway.

With Steel Skeleton’s strength, if properly maintained, even Night Niche Gang with several Foundation Establishment Cultivators wouldn’t have it easy, if not utterly wiped out, at least severely hurt.

But Steel Skeleton couldn’t make it because he was detained for actions in the North Lake Swamp District.

This was, of course, beyond Rusty Feather’s expectations. Without this planned major force, Rusty Feather platform fell at a disadvantage in the fight with Night Niche Gang, resulting in significant loss of personnel and damage to trade channels, unable to dispatch goods.

Nowadays, many of An Jing’s goods are stuck in the warehouse, completely undeliverable; Rusty Feather platform lost a lot of penalty money, now cash-flow is so tight that sales have to be halted.

If this continues, not only will there be no channels, but even the monthly share of Good Deeds might be gone.

Recently, An Jing could still receive Good Deeds because Huo Qing and Rusty Feather used their own money to cover for him; even the purchase of Spiritual Objects was done through the platform’s account, not An Jing’s account.

"Hey, why didn’t you tell me about this!"

The channels of Tianyuan Realm are his source of cash flow! An Jing furrowed his brows, hearing this his anger surged: "This is cutting off our money line, how can this be acceptable?!"

"My parents are still alive, cutting off my money? I’ve never suffered such indignity in my life!"

His rapid growth now is entirely relying on the resource exchange between Tianyuan Realm’s Good Deeds Magical Devices and Huai Xu Realm’s Spiritual Objects, stepping from one foot to the other to ascend. Now with half of the cycle missing, who is going to supplement the resources for him?

Huo Qing and Nian Quan didn’t immediately grasp what An Jing meant by his words—both hadn’t realized that An Jing actually had both parents alive—they thought An Jing was like them, with both parents deceased.

"The main reason was not wanting to disturb your cultivation, as long as you can progress further, what does losing some money matter? Consider it tuition fees."

Huo Qing, however, had a different thought.

To him, no matter how great the world is, nothing is more significant than An Jing’s cultivation. As long as An Jing can grasp this rapid growth period, quickly solidifying his basics, cultivating both Qi Refinement and Martial Arts successfully, he could blow away small fries like Night Niche Gang with a flick of a finger—why bother wasting time entangling with them now?

Especially recently, the experience of studying Martial Arts with An Jing was way too thrilling for him, integrating Martial Arts and Arrays, his own strength also surged dramatically.

At this moment, Huo Qing circulated his qi, with crimson Formation Patterns emerging on his body: "I’ve achieved some success in my studies, I can help uncle clear some transportation channels."

"What nonsense, Night Niche Gang, what kind of clowns dare to make me and my brothers lose money."

An Jing waved his hand, his tone calming down, but only those familiar with him knew this was the real danger: "And don’t cover the money for me, we’re partners, your money is yours, no need to worry about me."

"I’ve understood the situation in Chonggang Town."

Sitting silently on the side, Nian Quan suddenly spoke; he was just inquiring through Third Middle’s channels: "Our warehouse was indeed attacked by Night Niche Gang, but they too seized the chaos—the Loose Cultivators in the area rioted."

And этот Riot of Loose Cultivators was also related to An Jing.

In fact, it’s simple: the second entrance to the Ancient Immortal Ruins in North Lake Swamp District was developed, once this news broke out, the soaring property prices of Chonggang Town suddenly plummeted.

Although still higher than the initial property prices, unfortunately many Loose Cultivators had taken high positions, buying much of Chonggang Town’s real estate, and with this drop, many years of their efforts evaporated instantly.

With an increase in frenzied Cultivators, coupled with other groups’ covert instigation and incitement, Chonggang Town had already seen several Loose Cultivator riots, and the most recent incident saw many gangs seizing this opportunity to engage in major turf battles, Night Niche Gang also took this chance to attack An Jing and others’ warehouse.

The only piece of good news is that although the warehouse was attacked, the damage was not severe. In addition to the powerful effect of the defensive array set up by Huo Qing, it was also because some kind-hearted individuals stepped in to repel the thugs.

Upon hearing the description, An Jing knew that the kind-hearted passing cultivator was the old master from the noodle shop next door, who was also a Dark Hand left by the Guiyi Army.

Therefore, although the warehouse was attacked, the luggage storage business was not affected, and it even gained fame from this incident, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

"Looking at it this way, are all these results caused by my actions?"

After listening, An Jing’s eyes flickered— even if he stayed in the Nianquan Mansion for two months without moving, the consequences of his past actions would continue to unfold.

Causality and karmic deeds are just like this.

Fortunately, An Jing’s thought process was very clear: "In other words, if I take action now and kill those people from the Night Niche Gang, it would also be as Heaven’s Will intended."

"Really though, An Jing, why bother with these people? Apart from the higher-ups, these gang members are cultivators with no future prospects. Your name won’t scare them,"

Huo Qing, who had the most contact with the gangs, understood their mindset: "They dare to mess with goods from major companies and corporations. Although you are strong, An Jing, in their eyes, you are merely a talent whose potential has yet to be realized. They respect you on normal days, but if a real conflict arises, they will definitely not hold back."

The most affected victim, instead, advised An Jing, "But as long as we don’t act, their brazen actions will provoke backlash from the Sky Surveillance Bureau and other gangs, and they will suffer a great loss."

"That’s right." Nian Quan nodded, his eyes flashing blue as he evidently was looking up information: "Moreover, the Night Niche Gang’s background is not simple, they are backed by a direct affiliate of a corporation, it’s currently unclear which one, but their technical capabilities are indeed considerable, and their leader is a Yuhua Cultivator."

There are many gangs around Xuanye City and Floating Dust Plains, among which the stronger ones include the ’Day Tiger Gang’ dealing in heavy weaponry, raw minerals and medicinal herbs; ’Flame Claw Gang’ selling second-hand magical devices, military explosives and drones; ’Gray Jiao Gang’ involved in smuggling military transports and human trafficking; and ’Spirit Hex Gang’ that trades various addiction-relief talismans and illusion dreams.

The Night Niche Gang is one of them, these powerful gangs are definitely supported by companies, even as their black hand gloves and tools for ’corporate warfare’.

"I know."

An Jing snorted lightly, his gaze slightly shifting, clearly not out of impulse: "I can even be sure that the reason why the Night Niche Gang didn’t directly attack the Rusty Feather Platform but strangely targeted the warehouse of Huo Qing and me, is obviously a probe by certain people or forces, wanting to see if I would take action, and if I do, to test my mettle and gauge my personality."

"There are no such coincidences in this world. I hid in the mansion for two months, they didn’t manage to scoop any information about me, so there are definitely people who are dying of anxiety."

"Right."

Seeing that An Jing understood, Huo Qing scratched his head, somewhat confusedly said, "Then why are you still taking action? We could just remain as immovable as a mountain, let them be anxious to death."

"It’s not that simple."

An Jing shook his head, he knew too well, if he chose to hide, these causes and effects would inevitably grow like a wildfire, and eventually, it will not be these indirect probes but direct assaults targeting him and people like Huo Qing and Nian Quan.

By then, if his friends encountered accidents, was he supposed to time his arrival to desperately save the day, or regretfully burst into a fit of rage, emotionally breaking through?

What a joke, he would not follow such a nonsensical script.

Although Huo Qing and Nian Quan have decent talents and have achieved Minor Accomplishments in their cultivation, their thought processes are still far too conservative. An Jing was different, having backed by the military in his previous life, he knew that when one has power, it should be displayed.

Having achieved success in his cultivation and with Third Middle Jingwei Academy as his backing, then why should he hide?

He decided to act when everyone thought he would forbear, to completely crush anything that dared to threaten, provoke, or test him.

To crush all the sparks of causality before they could even ignite!

"Exactly, indeed, this is the Method of Disaster Relief!"

Subdue Evil was the most supportive, laughing heartily: "This is also mentioned in the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban!"

"In short, that’s it."

An Jing made his decision, and although Huo Qing and Nian Quan looked at each other, they did not find it surprising.

Even more, inspired by An Jing’s resolve, they too began to feel eager to try: "Anyway, An Jing if you really want to take action... then we should first gather some more detailed information."

"Knowing oneself and knowing the enemy ensures victory in every battle, this is always true."

"Indeed so, I also need to make some preparations."

An Jing nodded, although acting with the speed of lightning was valuable, it definitely wasn’t about rashly charging into the enemy’s encirclement—since he was certain that there might be some force behind the scenes testing him, he must also be prepared to face enemies far exceeding the limits of the Night Niche Gang.

So, before taking action, he needed to make a trip back to the Huai Xu Realm first.