Dominating Martial King
Chapter 405 - 405 236 Divine Intent Seeking Subscriptions_3

405: Chapter 236 Divine Intent (Seeking Subscriptions)_3 405: Chapter 236 Divine Intent (Seeking Subscriptions)_3 There was also Chu Yunyun, who tacitly allowed it to happen.

Chu Xisheng could only let it be, as long as these three didn’t train his gang members to be scattered in heart, he was too lazy to intervene.

To Chu Xisheng’s relief, in the past two months, more than forty people in West Mountain Hall had risen to Eighth Rank, and twelve had advanced to the higher echelons of Eighth Rank.

This was due to the many weapons and military equipment seized in the battle a month ago, which had given everyone a windfall and the financial means to purchase secret medicine.

Although Chu Xisheng had to increase the salary for these brothers who had advanced in their Primordial Skills, he did so happily.

These people were considered elites cultivated from within West Mountain Hall, not comparable to snitches.

Also, inside West Mountain, recently three large hunter villages located on the West Slope of West Mountain heard about the situation in West Mountain Town and had sent people to make contact, wanting to relocate to the South Slope of West Mountain Town.

Chu Yunyun had already dispatched Liu Ruoxi to negotiate and assist these three villages with their relocation.

The three villages combined had more than seven hundred people, which translated to seven hundred sets of bows and blades.

Overall, after that great battle, West Mountain Hall had been very smooth in all aspects, thriving like the rising sun, full of vitality and vigor.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xisheng simply couldn’t hold up.

He dismissed everyone and went straight to sleep.

However, he only managed to sleep for four hours before he rose early, bathed, practiced abstinence, and then, along with his entourage, headed to a dock fortification on the north side of the East City Pier.

The Iron Banner Gang’s Headquarters was a large ship of 18,000 seafaring tons, majestic on the river, but it could not accommodate more than two thousand people for a large incense hall meeting.

Therefore, they held their incense hall meetings on the north side of the East City Pier.

The Iron Banner Gang had bought a plot of land covering more than 120 acres here and built a solid dock fortification.

The Tie brothers had long believed that the Headquarters of the Iron Banner Gang could not always be on a ship, rootless and adrift, hence they invested heavily with the intention of turning the fortification into the future Headquarters of the Iron Banner Gang.

Not only did they build a hall capable of accommodating thousands of people inside the Iron Banner Gang, but they also constructed twenty double-story courier stations to house the thousands of disciples from the Headquarters.

The fortification walls were six zhang high and three zhang wide, with arrays embedded within, and their defensive power rivalled the city walls of Xiushui County.

However, due to the enormous scale of construction and the Iron Banner Gang’s years of warfare since its establishment, funds were insufficient.

Therefore, after three years of construction, only a grand hall and a small section of the fortifications had been completed.

Chu Xisheng first greeted the many guests who had come to the ceremony with the Tie brothers.

The setup here was much more elaborate than the incense hall meeting he held in West Mountain Town.

Not only did the local governor come in person, but many high-ranking officials from the State City also sent gifts.

However, what Iron Madman valued most were those allies who had long-term cooperation with the Iron Banner Gang; he personally introduced and acquainted Chu Xisheng with them.

They were either large local businesses from East State or noble families and Jianghu forces from neighboring states.

The feature they all had in common was no conflict of interest with the Iron Banner Gang and long-term cooperation in logistics and trade.

There were also some officials who had been ‘fed’ by the Iron Banner Gang with silver.

This was the first time Chu Xisheng learned that the official backing of the Iron Banner Gang was also extremely formidable.

This time the Iron Banner Gang held an incense hall meeting, and not only were three Seventh Rank Imperial Censors in attendance, but also a Fourth Grade Red-clothed Chief Constable from the Six Gates.

In addition, the governor of East State had sent his eldest son.

Although these connections were not comparable to the aristocratic families of Xiushui County, they were also not going to let the Iron Banner Gang be trampled over by officials.

Chu Xisheng was quite helpless.

The Iron Madman truly treated him as his successor, and by introducing him to these guests, it was clear that he was contemplating matters of succession.

If anything unexpected were to happen to Iron Madman, Chu Xisheng could take over all of the Iron Banner Gang’s resources immediately.

Next, Chu Xisheng followed the members of the Iron Banner Gang to sacrifice a phoenix, burn yellow paper, and worship “Emperor Zhongyi Changsheng.”

Emperor Zhongyi Changsheng was a deity widely worshiped by people in Jianghu in the current age.

In life, he was a First Grade Divine General under the Martial Fierce Heavenly King, loyal and unrivaled throughout his life.

Following the Martial Fierce Heavenly King to resist the Northern Giant God Alien Race, he was unyielding and steadfast till death, falling in battle alongside the Martial Fierce Heavenly King at You State Tianwuding.

This person not only had unrivaled martial prowess and Divine Insight in Military Strategy but was also famously magnanimous.

Key to his popularity was his aptitude for making money.

While governing He Province, with just a single province, he supported the Martial Fierce Heavenly King’s army of a million soldiers.

Moreover, he still managed to sustain the livelihood of locals, with it said that the prosperity of the people in He Province was no less than that in the Southern States.

Therefore, after his death, he was not only worshipped by the populace as a Martial God but also as a God of Wealth.

This combination of qualities made him particularly endearing: loyal, martially proficient, and financially astute.

After all, isn’t making a living what motivates people in Jianghu?

Therefore, nowadays not only do martial artists venerate Emperor Zhongyi Changsheng as a Martial Saint, but merchants also hold this Emperor in the highest regard, offering daily incense, praying for his protection.

Even the court favored him, not only enshrining Emperor Zhongyi Changsheng’s divine presence in the Chaotian Palace but also repeatedly promoting his divine status.

After everyone had presented incense to this Emperor and paid their grand respects, the appointment ceremony began.

Chu Xisheng, the Young Flag Master, along with the six newly-appointed Outer Hall Masters from Xunyang County, each took their turn before Emperor Zhongyi Changsheng to be appointed to their positions.

The entire ceremony was intricate and solemn, with an impressive and grand display of authority, only concluding at dusk.

The banquet followed.

The Iron Banner Gang held a grand feast with over four thousand tables set out, which caused all the laborers and ship workers in the East of Xiushui City to be fully employed.