Rebellious Contract Beast

Qu Xiangui's words made Shen Yi narrow his eyes suddenly.

"The iron smelter of the Evil Tiger Hall?"

"Yes, boss."

In fact, this iron smelter was established at the request of Shen Yi.

As for why he opened an iron smelter, the reason was very simple. It was simply that Shen Yi wanted to build an army.

Of course, this is not an ordinary iron smelter. Since we want to build an army, we naturally need an elite army.

If it is only used to deal with ordinary people, the disciples of the Tiger Gang will be enough.

However, there are too many supernatural powers in this world. In the armies raised by the major dynasties, the armor worn by the soldiers is never made of ordinary materials, otherwise Shen Yi could just open a steel mill.

This is also why Shen Yi said that building an army is very expensive.

Things like refined iron, the materials used to make armor, even a fist-sized lump would cost dozens of taels of silver, and these materials are only half of natural treasures, so they are still considered cheap.

What Shen Yi wants is the same standard as those of the dynasty’s regular army!

For example, using armor made of black-toothed corundum to equip the army is the most cost-effective option. But even so, it would cost about three thousand taels of silver to equip one person, thirty thousand taels to equip ten people, and three hundred thousand taels to equip one hundred people.

This is ridiculously expensive!
If you do the math, the total revenue of the Tiger Gang can only equip more than 40 people each month.

However, this was also the standard that Shen Yi insisted on using. Even though this was an oriental fantasy world, not every army used the finest armor and weapons. In the final analysis, his requirements were too high.

Shen Yi also understood this point. If he simply relied on spending money to buy equipment, it would cost too much money. In order to reduce some expenses, this iron smelter was born.

And this iron smelter is also a very important place in the Evil Tiger Hall. There are many Tiger Gang disciples guarding inside, more than the guards in the Evil Tiger Hall. The Pillow Blade will send people to the iron smelter to destroy it, and no one knows how much damage will be caused.

But now is not the time to talk about this. Shen Yi was silent for a while and asked Qu Xiangui: "How many casualties did we suffer?"

"Master, after the battle at the iron smelter, more than ten members of our Tiger Gang were killed or injured. In the end, we were defeated and had to withdraw."

"Well, the pensions for these dead disciples will be paid as normal. By the way, how many people came from the Pillow Blade Society to attack the iron smelter?"

“I don’t know the exact number, but there are three table heads leading the way.”

"Oh." Shen Yi nodded. The "head of the table" that Qu Xiangui mentioned refers to those members of the Pillow Blade Society whose status is second only to the "sitting master", which is equivalent to the flag bearer of the Tiger Gang.

Although the Evil Tiger Gang sent a lot of people to guard the iron smelter, they were only a small part of the elite disciples of the Tiger Gang, and the Pillow Knife Society had three table leaders, so it was certain that they would be defeated.

"How many people fled in the face of battle?"

"Reporting to the gang leader, there are five of us in total."

"Well, let's give a lighter punishment."

"Gang leader..."

"Listen to me first. When you go back, tell the brothers below that they should be prepared for a full-scale war with the Pillow Blade Society during this period. If you know you can't win, then retreat early. A real man has his share of things to do and his share of things not to do. The Tiger Gang never needs anyone to die for it. If someone is willing to die for the Tiger Gang, the Tiger Gang will never treat such a person unfairly."

"Yes."

"Also, after punishing those five people, they should be rewarded appropriately. Don't be too harsh on them. After all, only when they are alive can they work hard for the Tiger Gang."

"Boss, will this make the disciples develop a habit of retreating when faced with difficulties?"

"These are two different things. If someone betrays the Tigers and harms others in order to survive, the Tigers will never let him go easily."

"I understand, Boss. I will go back and teach them a lesson later."

"Well, anything else?"

"...Xiangui, I have another question." Qu Xiangui hesitated to speak. He came over to see if Shen Yi was in the room when he had nothing to do these two days. He did this very frequently. The reason for this was because he had a doubt in his heart.

"go ahead."

"The faceless man who attacked the Beitang of the Zhendao Society, is he one of your men?"

"Not really."

"What does the gang leader mean...?"

"Don't worry about this, you will know soon."

"Oh, that's good."

"By the way, did you send someone to grab the body of the faceless man?"

"Don't worry, boss. I've sent someone to intercept the body."

"where is it?"

"It's in the ice room at the back."

"Well, well done." Shen Yi praised.

"Thank you, Boss. Would you like to take a look at the body?"

"There's no need to look at it. Just grab it and find a suitable time to deal with the body, drag it out of the city and burn it."

"Burn it?" Qu Xiangui's eyes were even more confused. He didn't know the identity of this faceless man, but the other party went to the North Hall of the Pillow Blade Society alone and killed three elite members of the Pillow Blade Society with cultivation above the Pure Level. This was already a huge loss to the entire Pillow Blade Society. With such a record, the Tiger Gang should give the Faceless Man a proper burial.

But Shen Yi requested to dismember the body, which was too...

Also, the strength of Tang Wanyu, the leader of the Beitang of the Pillow Blade Society, can be known by just asking around. The Faceless Man should know whether he can deal with her or not. But even so, he still went to Beitang alone and finally died at the hands of Tang Wanyu. This behavior is like deliberate suicide, which is puzzling.

This was most likely instigated by Shen Yi. No one knew what he was going to do except himself.

If this was really Shen Yi's order, then it indirectly shows that the leader of the Tiger Gang in front of him might also be a person who regards human life as worthless.

He is a powerful person at the Pure Level. He can let people die if he wants them to.

The only thing that is puzzling is that Shen Yi has never behaved like a cold-blooded person in front of the Tiger Gang.

However, humans are multifaceted and complex creatures. What kind of person the leader of the Tiger Gang is cannot be defined by anyone except himself.

"Yes, burn it. No one can find any trace of it."

"I understand, Gang Leader." "...Finally, I have one thing to say. Wu Wensui should have a lot of good things at home. It would be a waste to give them to others. Send someone to get them when you have time."

"Hmm? This Wu Wensui..."

"Aren't you curious about who the faceless man is? You'll find out when you go there."

"Yes!" Qu Xiangui nodded quickly. After Shen Yi said this, he roughly guessed something without having to go to Wu Wensui's house.

But how did Shen Yi do it?
Will Wu Wensui help the Tiger Gang?

Have you come this far?

This is even more outrageous than a sow climbing a tree!
Shen Yi didn't give him much time to think, and then asked: "Do you have anything else to ask?"

"Without the gang leader, that's all."

"Well, then go down."

"Yes."

Qu Xiangui came back to his senses, nodded, and without staying any longer, he clasped his fists towards the figure behind the curtain, then carefully retreated out of the room as usual.

As the door closed, Shen Yi was playing with the gold on the table, thinking about something in his mind.

The eyes have been installed inside the Pillow Blade Society, and the next step is to trick Xu Sihai severely.

As for how to trick the person, Shen Yi had no idea yet, so he could only wait for an opportunity.

The other is Zhu Yixuan. What can I say about this guy? After I kicked him out of the interest chain of the Tiger Gang, I thought he would launch a series of revengeful actions.

But after four or five months, there was no movement from him, as if he had become a mute person.

Looking at Zhu Yixuan's life, he doesn't seem like someone who can swallow his anger. Although he is vindictive, people who offend him generally don't have an easy life.

Therefore, Shen Yi felt that Zhu Yixuan must be planning some bad tricks, and he did not dare to completely let his guard down before he made his move.

He thought about these things but couldn't come to any conclusion. Soon Shen Yi put the gold away out of boredom.

If there was nothing to deal with, Shen Yi would generally find it difficult to stay in the Shen Mansion. After thinking about it, he decided not to wrong himself. After ordering the four ghost soldiers to continue guarding here, he turned around, opened the secret compartment and went into the tunnel.

In the blink of an eye, almost five days had passed. During these days, Shen Yi did not go to work at the Shen Mansion, but stayed at Mingyan Courtyard.

After the old witch finished refining the elixir that the Chen family wanted, she delivered the goods ahead of time. Butler Xiao from Zui'an Tower gave the money with a smile, and the genius alchemist old witch earned another tens of thousands of taels of silver.

After the order was completed, He Jian Chu Yun felt a lot more relaxed, so she dressed up as a tomboy and took Shen Yi around Jiangzhou City. When she had nothing to do, she would go to brothels and dress up as a man to pick up prostitutes. She enjoyed it and no one knew where she learned this bad habit.

Although she would encounter some troubles from time to time, her skills were no longer something that ordinary people could deal with, so the so-called troubles naturally turned into enjoyable adventures.

On the fifth day, Shen Yi thought of the Tiger Gang and felt uneasy, so he ran to take another look. After entering his "office", he ordered the Yin soldiers to call Qu Xiangui in.

"Boss, here I come."

"Well, has anything big happened in the gang these days?"

"Well... Leader, everything in the gang is normal these days." Qu Xiangui thought for two seconds and replied quickly.

Shen Yi couldn't help but feel surprised after hearing this. Mingyue controlled Wu Wensui's body to enter Beitang and kill so many people. This was undoubtedly a slap in their faces. Why didn't Xu Sihai do anything drastic?
"What's going on with the Pillow Blade Society?"

"There has been no important news from the spies planted in the Pillow Blade Society during these days..." Qu Xiangui did not conceal anything and recounted the events of the past five days in a chronological manner.

During this period, members of the Tiger Gang and the Pillow Knife Society had frictions and conflicts from time to time, but they were just minor fights and not on a large scale. It was far from the imagined scene of a life-and-death battle between the two gangs.

Since Mingyue took over Tang Wanyu's body, the biggest battle was when the Zhendao Society sent people to attack the Ehutang Iron and Steel Factory.

After listening, Shen Yi fell into deep thought.

Qu Xiangui paused for two seconds, then suddenly remembered something and continued, "Oh, by the way, Gang Leader, Deng Quanchang, the chief of the Pillow Blade Society, has been hosting banquets recently, but I don't know what kind of distinguished guests he is entertaining."

"What distinguished guest? Have you found anything?"

"There are many people invited to the banquet by the Pillow Blade Society, but most of them are insignificant people. If there are any distinguished guests, my subordinates have not found any useful information yet."

"Um……"

"Boss, there is one more thing. A few days ago, the Zhendao Society and the Canghai Gang had a feud. Many disciples saw people from the Zhendao Society entering our territory. Seeing that they were coming to deal with the Canghai Gang, they did not stop them..."

"What?" Shen Yi was stunned. Two days ago, when he went out to play with the old witch, he seemed to have heard passers-by talking about this matter, but he didn't listen carefully, so he didn't take it too seriously.
"Gang leader..."

"Tell me in detail what's going on."

"I heard that a lover that the leader of the Canghai Gang secretly kept was accidentally killed by the Zhendao Society. After hearing the news, the leader of the Canghai Gang was furious and sent people to smash several places of the Zhendao Society. Now the Zhendao Society is very dissatisfied with the Canghai Gang and fought with them, resulting in many deaths and injuries. At that time, I saw them biting each other, so I naturally didn't let my men intervene. Because of this, the Zhendao Society has rarely attacked us recently."

"Uh..." Shen Yi was confused by what Qu Xiangui said.

Hearing what Qu Xiangui meant, it seemed that the conflict between the Zhen Dao Society and the Cang Hai Gang was still very brutal.

Shouldn’t the Tiger Gang be the number one enemy of the Pillow Blade Society?
Although the Tiger Gang has lost several former leaders and its overall strength is far less than before, it will still take some effort for the Pillow Blade Society to swallow up the Tiger Gang.

At times like this, the best way to deal with it is to first work with the Canghai Gang to make a big deal out of a small matter.

Originally, the two sides were fighting back and forth, neither side giving in, and both were in the exploratory stage before a major war.

How come during the fight, Zhendao decided to launch a heavy attack on the Canghai Gang just because of a woman?

What's going on here?

What the hell is this old man Xu Sihai doing?

Could it be that the series of events in which he arranged Mingyue to go to Beitang to kill and asked Qu Xiangui to send people to rob the corpses seemed too deliberate, causing Xu Sihai, who liked to think too much, to misunderstand something?
Don’t worry, it’s really possible that being too clever might backfire.

Of course, Shen Yi was very happy to see the Zhendao Society fighting with the Canghai Gang. After all, the Canghai Gang was supported by Zhu Hongxing, the second young master of the Zhu family, when the Zhu family began to be dissatisfied with the Zhonghu Gang. The purpose was to cultivate another gang like the Zhendao Society, which was completely controlled by the Zhu family.

In secret, the Zhonghu Gang and the Canghai Gang dislike each other, but on the surface, the two gangs are still an alliance because they are both loyal to the Zhu Family.

However, the original territory of the Zhonghu Gang was forcibly demarcated by the Zhu family and given to the Canghai Gang. If the territory of the Zhonghu Gang is a big circle, then the territory of the Canghai Gang is another relatively smaller circle in the big circle of the Zhonghu Gang. If it is raised to the national level, it is a country within a country. Whenever the Canghai Gang gets into trouble, the Zhonghu Gang will be more or less implicated.

Based on this point alone, it would be strange for the Tiger Gang to be nice to the Canghai Gang.

...(End of chapter)