Dominating Martial King
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290: Chapter 205: Shaking East State (Please Subscribe)_2 290: Chapter 205: Shaking East State (Please Subscribe)_2 Chu Xisheng thought that the scale of West Mountain Hall and Iron Banner Gang had to be expanded after this, so these items wouldn’t be sold, but stored in the treasury instead.

There were also forty-seven Seventh-Rank Magic Artifacts and one hundred and fifteen Eighth-Rank Magic Artifacts seized.

Chu Xisheng took out all these artifacts and based on their merits, allowed the brothers in the gang to choose.

Li Shenshan and Wei Yang were both visibly overjoyed.

This time, they had each divided up twelve thousand demon silver and each took three Seventh-Rank Magic Artifacts that suited them, gaining enormously.

The key was that Chu Xisheng didn’t ask them to repay the money now, but to owe it first and pay it back slowly.

Both were already scheming to go to the Ancient Market to buy two Secret Technique Totems to restore their former power.

Xiang Kui and Wang Zheng were also very happy.

They also had each gotten over a thousand taels and taken a Seventh-Rank Magic Artifact for themselves.

Although this did not quite match their contributions, the two had already taken a wave of spoils beforehand.

The Magic Artifacts of the Seventh-Rank Martial Cultivators who died at the hands of the two were hidden at Wen Family Castle, and in a few days, they could pick a moment to retrieve those items.

As undercover agents, each originally had their own sect for support.

Every penny they got in West Mountain Hall was extra gain, so how could they not be happy?

Chu Xisheng himself also took an artifact.

This object was called “Green Thunder Hand,” a pair of gloves.

Its tier was Upper Seventh-Rank, but its quality and power nearly matched those of the Sixth-Rank.

The gloves were light and thin; wearing them, one couldn’t feel them at all, yet their protective ability was quite impressive.

They could not only protect Chu Xisheng’s fingers from any damage when they struck swords directly, but they could also increase his speed by twenty percent and provide him with a bit of thunder and wind power.

This was specifically a Magic Artifact tailored for “Chasing Lightning Finger” and “Chasing Wind Saber,” very powerful.

If taken to the Ancient Market for sale, this item could fetch twenty thousand demon silver, a price near that of his Gentle Wind Thunder Blade, and more expensive than many Lower-Ranked Sixth-Rank Magic Artifacts.

Following the distribution of artifacts, there were 1,500 acres of land belonging to the Wen Family, the Yien Family, and the Sheen Family.

Although Chu Xisheng had confiscated the land under the guise of forfeiture,

he still had to go through some troubles to obtain the land deeds.

He expected the county government to pull strings too, and Chu Xisheng thought getting one-fifth of it would be very good.

Especially the Yien Family’s lands; there was a struggle looming.

Chu Xisheng actually didn’t care much about the land and was too lazy to manage it.

However, it was an asset after all, and there was no harm in claiming it.

In the future, selling it would also make a significant amount of money.

This was truly his own private wealth, which the brothers of the Tangkou wouldn’t ask about.

After distributing the money and artifacts, Chu Xisheng hosted a grand feast at his big mansion to celebrate the achievements with the brothers of the gang.

Chu Xisheng brought out all the wine stored in the cellar, and summoned all the chefs from the town, scavenging all the livestock in the town and the game sold by the West Mountain Hunters, setting up over a hundred tables inside the mansion.

With lights gleaming inside and out, over a thousand people drank merrily, joyfully toasting and exchanging cups in a bustling and lively scene.

Some of the more unrestrained men even bellowed out drinking songs in their loud voices, singing and shouting in laughter.

The noise of this commotion spread far and wide, heard miles away.

Chu Xisheng first went around these hundred or more tables of feasting, consoling all his brothers, and then joined Zuo Qingyun and others, including about twenty altar masters and vice altar masters, in the backyard for drinks.

He still played his usual tricks, drinking low-concentration rice wine diluted with water, and only drank half, flamboyantly spilling the other half over his chest.

However, that night, Chu Xisheng still ended up completely drunk and unconscious.

Chu Yunyun looked at the utterly drunk Chu Xisheng, feeling somewhat helpless.

However, as she looked toward the front courtyard that was still brightly lit and noisy, the corners of her mouth slightly curved upward, showing a hint of a smile.

Although managing this guy was tough when he was drunk, and although celebrating so grandly tonight was quite risky—possibly exposing them to a night raid by enemies, it could backfire.

Chu Yunyun saw that these seven hundred members of West Mountain Hall, who had been recruited less than two months ago, were truly united by Chu Xisheng.

The joy of their great victory, the excitement of receiving the silver, the camaraderie developed over drinking and eating together—it could fully consolidate these newly recruited gang members and eliminate any barriers among them.

This young man, despite his age, had such skills—

If he were in the Northern Army, he would definitely have the makings of a top general, worthy of being a descendant of Daning’s Founding Military God.

The next day at noon, when Chu Xisheng groggily woke up and gathered the altar masters again to discuss matters, he learned from Lu Pingyuan an astounding piece of news that could shake the entire East State.

Yesterday at noon, Iron Madman personally led two hundred large boats upstream, sweeping through seven docks of the Seventeen Linked Wharves.

Eventually, late at night, near a river segment in Xunyang County, they encountered two hundred and thirty large boats of the Seventeen Linked Wharves head-on.

Both sides battled on the river throughout the night, not determining the victor until nearly dawn.

The Seventeen Linked Wharves lost forty-seven large ships, with nearly three thousand men killed or injured.

Ren Daoheng, the Dragon Leader of the Seventeen Linked Wharves himself, had his leg shattered by Iron Madman and had to escape underwater.

Since he practiced Water Martial Arts and was skilled in Water Escape, Iron Madman, despite pursuing relentlessly, failed to capture him.

After this battle, not only were three water docks of the Seventeen Linked Wharves wiped out, but Iron Banner Gang also took over nearly one-third of the docks in Xunyang County.

The river transport business of Iron Banner Gang was expanded by three hundred miles upstream.