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Chapter 385: 226 East Three Stars (4200)_1 Chapter 385: 226 East Three Stars (4200)_1 Half past three in the afternoon.

A car stopped at the entrance of the Red Vulture Fist Dojo Gate.

The car door opened.

A youthful girl with tea-green hair stepped out from the back seat. She was dressed simply, all in white. Years of regular physical training had sculpted her body into a strikingly proud shape. The curvature of her waist was pronounced, highlighting her chest. Her face was equally exquisite, her pale features inexplicably exuding a gentle aura.

It was Feng Liusi’s granddaughter, Niv.

On the driver’s side, the door was pushed open.

This was a middle-aged man in his forties, his eyebrows and eyes slightly resembling Niv’s. He was robust, with an overbearing overall demeanour, his cheeks full of tea-brown sideburns. He was dressed in a martial outfit, representing his identity as a martial artist.

Rune, Niv’s father.

Also, the current Gate Master of Red Vulture Fist.

The two walked into the Red Vulture Fist Dojo. Along the way, numerous disciples greeted them half-heartedly, creating a somewhat lackluster atmosphere.

When they reached the depths of the dojo, a man noticeably older than Rune came forward to meet them. His eyes were tired, and there was a bitter smile on his face, “Gate Master, they have come again. This time it is the second core of the Evil Eye Fist. Our disciples have gone up three times and lost every time. That includes our second core, Chris…”

Seeing Carlo, the Second Elder of the Red Vulture Fist responsible for the on-site operation of the headquarters, Rune also sighed. In the last half month, forces like Evil Eye Fist had stopped their regular activities and took turns sending their core disciples to challenge the Red Vulture Fist. As the biggest Secret Martial Art school in Windsor County, Evil Eye Fist had more resources and fresh blood inflow than Red Vulture Fist. Their trained core disciples were naturally stronger and the Red Vulture Fist could barely resist.

What was even more shameful was,

After the core disciples of Evil Eye Fist sparred and injured the core disciples of Red Vulture Fist, on the surface, they feigned compensation, but behind the scenes, they encouraged the core disciples from other Secret Martial Art Schools to come challenge.

Taking advantage of the injured state of Red Vulture Fist’s core disciples, the martial art forces that were usually not as good as Red Vulture Fist came forward to kick them while they were down. Their goal was simple: to rapidly exert pressure on the entire Red Vulture Fist.

To force Red Vulture Fist to join the so-called Eastern Alliance.

More than a decade ago, the Yunquan Fist from East Sea County held the first Eastern Secret Martial Arts Exchange Competition. This led to the increasing activity and closer connections within the Eastern Secret Martial Arts World, subtly forming a Secret Martial Arts group known as East Nine Gates.

Mostly, the top schools in the six counties of the east gathered, held a monopoly over the say, and even integrated resource allocation.

Most of these were not lower than second-rate forces. They were not only powerful, but the young generation and top combat strength also held an advantage. With time, the East Nine Gates started to consider integrating the entire Eastern Secret Martial Arts World. The members of the East Nine Gates in each county were responsible for managing all the Secret Martial Art Schools in their county.

Evil Eye Fist was responsible for the specifics in Windsor County.

As the power of the East Nine Gates was vast and superficially quite respectful, they did not directly wage war in the form of sects or have fighters come forward to consolidate a county.

Instead, they mostly used various means to pressure the smaller schools. They could use money, resources, medicinal ingredients, baiting with secret techniques and so on.

Also, they would instigate the younger generation to challenge more powerful Secret Martial Art Schools, thereby achieving their goals.

Perhaps, only when there was no other choice left, the fighters would make a move. Otherwise, they generally served as backup. Up to now, there had been no major bloodshed in the consolidation of forces by the East Nine Gates, nor had any high-level strengths come forward.

But if necessary, there would be a mutual exchange of top fighters amongst the East Nine Gates. Similarly, some of the promising younger generations would also move around the different counties. They were generally the first core of the leading schools in the East Nine Gates, blessed with outstanding talent and powerful strength.

During this time of territorial division in the Eastern Secret Martial Arts World by East Nine Gates, these individuals who would likely rule the schools in the future naturally wanted to make a name for themselves.

Moreover, this could affect the rankings of top schools in East Nine Gates. So far, three individuals have risen to fame in the entire Eastern Secret Martial Arts World, known collectively as the Three Stars of the East.

All three were top talents trained by their respective schools, the absolute first core. Each of them had at least reached the Major Accomplishment realm of a Fist Master, and with numerous secret techniques at their disposal, their combat strength was even superior to some Secret Martial Art Schools’ schoolmasters.

The one of the Three Stars closest to Windsor County was Lance of Soul-losing sword, who was quite famous in the neighboring Kaqiong County. He had challenged one-third of the Secret Martial Art schools in the county single-handedly and had undefeated records, winning two-thirds of the time and tying the rest.

Things have pretty much settled in Kaqiong County, and Lance of Soul-losing sword was likely to come to the neighboring Windsor County. And the thorn in the sides, Red Vulture Fist, would most likely be the target of his challenge, with Gate Master Rune being the one to face him.

Victory could be conceivable, and tying would also be fine. But, what if they were defeated?

That would mean loss of face and a significant impact on the school.

Now, almost all the small schools in Windsor County were nearly consolidated by Evil Eye Fist, leaving only some mid-level schools. There were probably two or three, and Rune was going to negotiate with them today. The situation was not very promising; some schools had already started to waver.

The main reason that some schools resisted joining the Eastern Alliance was that the East Nine Gates demanded that every school disclose some secret techniques, share medicinal resources, and even allow fusion of fresh blood.