Dominating Martial King
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291: Chapter 205: Shocking East State (Please Subscribe)_3 291: Chapter 205: Shocking East State (Please Subscribe)_3 “It is anticipated that our Iron Banner Gang can further expand to three more Outer Halls, extending our influence into Xunyang County.”

After Lu Pingyuan finished talking about this matter, his expression was filled with immense admiration, “Really worthy of being the ‘Iron Blood Arhat’, Iron Madman!

I heard that in this battle, it wasn’t just the Seventeen Linked Wharves who mobilized their forces; Sheen Family and Shangguan Family’s fleets also joined in.

The Iron Banner Gang was practically fighting two against one.

To prevent their allied forces from being wiped out by Iron Madman in one fell swoop, Shangguan Shen Hao and Commander Sheen Zhou had no choice but to travel north overnight and join the battle.

Unfortunately, they were still decisively defeated by Iron Madman.

Ren Daoheng lost a leg, and it’s said that he can’t recover.

Even if he attaches a mechanical prosthetic leg in the future, his strength will still be reduced by ten percent.”

The rumor that the Tie Brothers were once from the Chongzhou Naval Camp, and many of the Iron Banner Gang’s shipowners were remnants of the same naval camp, must be true.

In this battle, the Iron Banner Gang suffered very few casualties, reportedly less than a thousand, and only lost seventeen ships.

Their display of naval combat prowess far surpassed that of the Seventeen Linked Wharves.”

Chu Xisheng, too, admired this greatly.

On his end, it was merely a local armed conflict, trivial skirmishes.

The Iron Madman’s front was where the grand scene played out.

A naval battle involving fifty to sixty thousand people would have been recorded in the history books in another world’s ancient times.

However, in this world, the Jianghu gangs are also frighteningly powerful; a local gang can mobilize tens of thousands of troops—truly a sign that Martial Arts are flourishing and martial virtue is abundant.

Right now, because of the lingering effects of a hangover, his mind was muddled, and he was in considerable pain.

Chu Xisheng could only muster the energy to inquire, “Was there any commotion in the county last night?”

Last night, as he held a banquet to celebrate their victory, it wasn’t without precaution.

Lu Pingyuan’s spies kept an eye on any movement from the county and the West Mountain Guard County Army.

Chu Xisheng had also specifically pulled forty people each from the Xi Character Altar and Chaotic Word Altar to stand guard through the night, alert in all directions.

“There was a slight disturbance in the county,” said Lu Pingyuan with a solemn look.

“The Long Family, Sheen Family, and Shangguan Family’s clan soldiers were all bracing for battle throughout the night.

However, it is likely because their family heads were out and not yet returned.

Our side had also maintained alertness, so the three families did not take further action.

It is said that these three families also suffered heavy losses to their fleets upstream, losing more than twenty ships.

After Shangguan Shen Hao and Sheen Zhou returned, they immediately went into closed-door meditation to recover.

I predict that these families won’t make any moves in the short term.”

That is to say, Chu Xisheng’s patch in West Mountain Town had stabilized.

Chu Xisheng nodded slightly: “Those brothers who stood guard last night worked hard; give them each ten extra taels of Demon Silver, both altar masters shall receive a hundred taels, vice altar masters thirty.

Tonight, provide them with a good banquet to make amends.”

Upon hearing this, Lu Luanti’s lips twitched.

She, a valorous Fifth Grade Martial Cultivator, standing guard personally, and she was only getting a hundred taels of Demon Silver?

But Chu Xisheng had already promised her in private that he would personally pay her a subsidy of five thousand taels of Demon Silver from his own pocket.

When Lu Luanti thought of this sum of money, the resentment in her heart subsided slightly.

Her two vice altar masters, Xiaang Kui and Wang Zheng, were also yawning tiredly, exchanging a look of weary resignation.

Thirty taels of Demon Silver was not even enough for them to buy a single elixir.

Yet for such a meager amount of money, they were diligently on alert all night long.

But this is the price of going undercover; two Seventh Rank Martial Cultivators of Lower Tier, who would be qualified to enter the top ranks of the East State Qingyun List, were being driven like cattle and horses for the pay of Eighth Rank Martial Cultivators.

At this moment, Chu Yunyun brought in a bowl of ice-cold sour plum soup to alleviate his hangover.

Chu Xisheng was pleasantly surprised and even more intrigued inside—he wondered if Chu Yunyun had made it herself?

That would be truly remarkable, akin to a miracle in this world.

However, just as Chu Xisheng was about to receive it, the wooden tray cracked with a snap, and the bowl on top suddenly plummeted.

Chu Yunyun initially wanted to save it but then remembered she couldn’t reveal her True Yuan in front of everyone, so she had no choice but to watch the bowl fall.

Luckily, Chu Xisheng’s reflexes were swift and his hand fast; before the sour plum soup could spill, he caught it in his hand.

He looked at Chu Yun with a smile, her face slightly flushed and a bit embarrassed, “Thanks, but that bowl is quite expensive.

It’s a set of Yongding Porcelain that Liu Dingtang paid a lot of money for.

Next time you can just use a wooden bowl.”

As Chu Xisheng spoke, he took a sip of the sour plum soup.

He felt at ease, thinking this was right.

The ice-cold sour plum soup tasted good, matching the standard of their family chef.

Chu Yunyun’s face darkened, and she couldn’t help but clench her fists tightly.

Chu Xisheng heard the sound of her small fists crackling like soybeans and realized he might have gone a bit too far.

His expression stiffened, and then he continued to ask Lu Pingyuan nonchalantly, “What about the West Mountain Hunters?

Any movements there?”

“Not much reaction,” replied Lu Pingyuan with a calm demeanor.

“When the news of Wen Family Castle being flattened reached them yesterday, those West Mountain Hunters were indeed restless for a while.

But judging by the speech of some of the hunter leaders, while they were panicking, there was no intention of surrendering.

Some of them were even discussing the possibility of driving our gang members’ families out of the mountains.”

Chu Xisheng was momentarily taken aback, finding it unexpected.

He had assumed that those six thousand hunters would also submit to the inevitable.

Chu Xisheng then chuckled, “Quite spirited!”

As these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the hall instantly grew tense.

All the altar masters and vice altar masters present could not help but wear a solemn expression.