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The finger of "Su Ruiliang" that should have naturally brushed across "Teng Yu's" neck disappeared.

Of course, it didn’t really disappear.

Instead, it completely sank into "Teng Yu's" neck without any warning.

There was no unusual sound, no extra movement, just like a finger gently poking into a piece of soft tofu.

When the extremely alert "Teng Yu" became alert and wanted to do something.

In his mind, it seemed as if he saw a giant pillar suddenly rising from the ground.

Before he could even do anything, his "sky" was smashed to pieces by a giant pillar that suddenly appeared on top of him.

All these changes, reflected in reality, are that the fingers of "Su Ruiliang" silently inserted into "Teng Yu's" neck suddenly burst out with an indestructible and irresistible energy.

It went up along Teng Yu's neck, destroying all the defenses that had not been fully mobilized along the way, and went straight into his brain center.

Then, the brain that was full of vitality a moment ago was shattered.

This was a clean, direct and fatal blow, completed silently without a trace of fireworks.

Compared with the fierce battle between the six peak marrow refining masters, even Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others who were nearby did not notice anything unusual.

But who could know how much hard work and how many clues he had to lay in order to have the chance to complete this attack?

When the red ball, so thick that it seemed to be dripping with blood, sank into the "flint bead" between his eyebrows, Geng Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at him, his eyes were still staring at him, frozen in astonishment and unwillingness.

Geng Xuan had no regrets about sympathizing with each other, but only the refreshing feeling that was like taking a big gulp of an iced drink in the middle of summer.

Instead of having a battle between strong and evenly matched opponents?
What a joke.

He worked so hard to plan so much, wasn't it just so that he could have this last bite to his heart's content, without any regrets, and perfectly!

Although the goal was achieved perfectly, Geng Xuan broke out in a cold sweat when he recalled the details just now.

The "Overlord's Sky-lifting Finger" that has been cultivated to perfection, plus a real "Overlord's Last Finger".

Just like that, when his fingers brushed against "Teng Yu's" neck just now, Geng Xuan still had a slippery and unforced feeling, as if the power condensed at his fingertips had nowhere to land.

It's like a master archer who claims to be able to shoot accurately from a hundred paces away, even though he has already drawn his bow and aimed at the target.

But the target was shimmering from time to time, as if it was in a completely different water environment from that of the archer.

In this way, the skills and experience that the archer had acquired on land suddenly became unreal, and his confidence in shooting this arrow was shaken.

Can this arrow really hit the bull's eye?
Little did he know that the arising of this thought was the most fatal blow to the archer.

Geng Xuan almost had a similar confusion in his mind just now.

Can this finger really get in?

Would it really slip away through the other person's skin?
Fortunately, this trace of confusion that had not yet taken shape was suppressed by his more resolute thoughts.

There was no delay in taking action.

At this moment, Geng Xuan was reviewing the situation in his mind, and he still felt a little nervous after realizing it belatedly.

The subtle feeling of fingers rubbing against a layer of slippery fish skin still seems to linger on the fingertips.

This was an unprecedented and wonderful experience that the six top marrow refining masters in the previous battle had not been able to bring him. It made Geng Xuan come to a conclusion in his mind.

"This person has at least reached the Perfection of Skin Refining."

Geng Xuan thought of his own experience again. In the later stages of body tempering, "skin refining" and "flesh refining" will gradually merge into one.

To refine the skin is to refine the meat, and to refine the meat is to refine the skin.

"...It is very likely that the flesh refining has also reached perfection."

Geng Xuan also associated the wonderful feeling of the man's skin on his fingertips with the natural rhythm of his skin and muscles at high speed after he practiced "horse-viewing art" to the master level.

"This person is very likely to have mastered a 'Nine Flow Secret Technique', and his level is at least above the master level."

“His disguise skills are also very advanced.

The speed and body movements must also be very fast, especially in the water..."

As Geng Xuan was thinking this, he heard two soft exclamations from the side.

The people who spoke were the two people closest to Geng Xuan at the moment, except for "Teng Yu".

Hong Quan and Jiang Hongyi.

They did not feel the thrilling confrontation hidden behind the seemingly ordinary contact between their leader and "Teng Yu".

But they saw something else when they were so close.

The facial features of "Teng Yu", like a wax figure, collapsed and melted little by little.

In the end, it turned into a strange face that they had no impression of.

Then, they discovered that one of their gang leader's fingers was completely inserted into this person's neck.

And they were so close that they didn't notice it until now!

Geng Xuan's heart moved, and he whispered: "Don't tell anyone, don't let others find out that this person is not Teng Yu, and don't let others find out his true identity."

Although the two had doubts in their hearts, it did not prevent them from obeying the order at the first opportunity.

They each took a step forward, sandwiching "Teng Yu" from two directions, blocking all views from the outside.

Originally, the two of them and "Teng Yu" reached out to help Geng Xuan at the same time, and naturally they were facing him with their backs to everyone else.

Therefore, except for the three of them, no one else could see the changes in "Teng Yu's" facial features.

Geng Xuan took advantage of the situation and pulled out the fingers that were inserted into "Teng Yu's" neck.

When pulling it out, in order to avoid blood spurting out and affecting the appearance.

He was also considerate enough to press lightly on his neck a few times, forcibly cutting off the blood circulation in his body which was already cooling rapidly.

Hong Quan and Jiang Hongyi, who had "taken over" Teng Yu, held him on both sides and walked towards the carriage nearby.

In the eyes of others, it seemed as if "Su Ruiliang" whispered something to the three of them, and then the three of them took action together.

However, no one paid attention to what the three of them were doing.

At this moment, "Su Ruiliang" is the focus of the whole audience.

……

After expending two points of luck to break the "pseudo-unparalleled iron wall" and completely eliminate the physical abnormalities caused by the forced overdraft of strength, he recovered to his full state.

Geng Xuan jumped lightly and returned to the platform.

It seemed as if his brief departure from the stage just now was just to drink some water and wipe off the sweat during the break of the ring match.

Geng Xuan said to Chen Zhan: "Arrange two people to clean up this place quickly."

Chen Zhanying was one of the few people present who had some doubts about what had just happened.

At this moment, his eyes subconsciously looked at the carriage that Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and "Teng Yu" entered.

Hearing such an order suddenly, Chen Zhan quickly retracted his gaze and lightly met the ambiguous eyes of his gang leader. His heart suddenly shuddered, and he immediately suppressed all his thoughts and went up to the platform himself with a few people.

The corpses that had been standing in the clouds not long ago but were now in tatters were quickly cleared away by them.

The mess they left behind before their death was also quickly cleaned up.

Geng Xuan glanced at it and paid no more attention.

Looking towards the side of the platform, there was a group of people shivering and huddled together.

"Zhao Xinglang, the surprise you gave me this time is really big!"

Zhao Xinglang, who looked like a bereaved family member, had a blank and dull look in his eyes when Geng Xuan pointed at him.

It was not until he met the playful and teasing eyes of "Su Ruiliang" that he suddenly woke up and regained his senses.

He said with a sad face:

"Boss Su, this is a misunderstanding. This is a huge misunderstanding!... I didn't expect so many people to sneak in in disguise..."

At this point, he suddenly remembered something and shouted:

"I don't know when our master's daughter was replaced by Xi Hanyue. She is probably in grave danger now. She has been murdered...

Boss Su, I am also a victim!

We originally just wanted to come and admire your elegance, but we never expected that the Wuyou Palace would act so viciously..."

"Have you achieved your goal now?" Geng Xuan suddenly asked.

"Ah?" Zhao Xinglang was a little confused.

Geng Xuan shifted his gaze away from Zhao Xinglang and looked at the group of people huddled beside him like quails.

Question: "Zhao Xinglang said that you came here just to see me?"

These people now wish they could all become invisible, so that "Su Ruiliang" can't see them. How could they dare to jump out and express different opinions?

When they saw his eyes sweeping over and heard his question, they nodded hurriedly like chicks pecking at rice.

“Is it really that simple?
...Didn’t your family head, gang leader or whatever in Yuanjing assign you any other tasks?
...Like, warn me, threaten me?"

Dozens of heads that were pecking at rice like chicks the moment before, seemed to pause for a moment, and then immediately shook in unison like rattles.

Their reactions seemed to confuse "Su Ruiliang" on the stage. He said:

"Isn't it said that Yuanzhou has some extraordinary rules?

Am I violating any taboo by doing this?

Don't worry, just say whatever you want to say.

If my behavior really violates any rules, you can also point it out to me in person. "

The group of people whom he consulted with such sincerity were now like a group of innocent children, staring at him with pitiful and aggrieved eyes.

"No, this is really not the case. Boss Su, you are totally overthinking it!"

"Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding!"

In the end, it was Zhao Xinglang who took responsibility for everything and spoke up for everyone.

The others nodded in agreement, and their heads almost left afterimages.

Geng Xuan continued:
"You all have seen that the feud between me and the Worry-Free Palace is unsolvable.

The fighting will inevitably continue. If Wuyou Palace retreats back to Yuanjing as it did in the past, the battlefield will most likely be inside Yuanjing city.

Am I violating any taboos? Do I need to ask someone for permission in advance?"

"Su Ruiliang" said such sharp words in a light tone.

Zhao Xinglang and the people around him felt their hearts beating wildly upon hearing this.

If you ask them what they really think, of course they are extremely unhappy with this situation.

But is this something they have the right to interfere in?

Not to mention them, even the family heads and gang leaders behind them, do they have the qualifications to say anything about the current "Su Ruiliang"?

Whoever feels qualified can come. Anyway, no one here thinks they are qualified.

Finally, Zhao Xinglang grunted and said vaguely:
"This is a feud between you, Boss Su, and Wuyou Palace. You can only solve it yourselves. We have no right to interfere."

Geng Xuan nodded and said:
"Next, I want to dredge the ancient Zhushui River. The surrounding markets, neighborhoods, and Yueluyuan will inevitably have to move with it... but I wonder if this will violate any taboos?"

Zhao Xinglang said with gritted teeth:
"Dredging the ancient Zhushui River and turning wasteland into fertile land is a great thing. How could it be a taboo?"

Geng Xuan stared at Zhao Xinglang, then looked at the group of people next to him and asked, "What do you think?"

These people nodded immediately.

Geng Xuan frowned and said, "Don't just nod, talk instead."

“This is indeed a great thing!”

"This is a good thing!"

"Zhao Xinglang is right!"

"Yes!"

"……right!"

"..."

Everyone repeated their statements like a tape recorder.

Geng Xuan's eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, and he nodded with satisfaction: "...So, your mission is completed?"

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly.

"finished!"

"finished!"

"..."

Geng Xuan asked again: "I still have some unfinished business to deal with, do you want to stay and continue watching the ceremony?"

Everyone heard from his words that he wanted to expel them.

But no one looked unhappy. Instead, they all felt as if they had been pardoned.

He said it casually, but it felt like there was a fire burning on his butt.

"Ah, no, no!"

"Boss Su, please help me."

"We won't bother you any more!"

"You go about your business."

"..."

In the blink of an eye, these people all slipped away. Seeing these people leave so cleanly and neatly, without any delay.

Geng Xuan inexplicably recalled this sentence.

When you say you have weapons of mass destruction, you better actually have them.

When they say you have violated a taboo, you'd better actually have done it!

Of course, he was not naive enough to think that this matter would just pass like that.

A brief period of calm means that things are more dangerous “underwater” and there are more turbulent undercurrents.

However, Geng Xuan also believed that before he, the "successor of Meng Tiexin", and Wuyou Palace could decide the winner of life and death, other Yuanzhou forces would not personally intervene.

Never wade into muddy water that you shouldn't wade into. The Xu family is the best example!

But for Geng Xuan, this was enough.

No matter how turbulent the undercurrents are, all he needs is some surface peace and tranquility.

Perhaps, if it is allowed to brew for three to five months, or even after three to five years, it will accumulate into a huge wave that is powerful enough to overturn the mountains and seas.

But for Geng Xuan, ten or twenty days later, it would be a brand new world.

Three to five years?

The whole world might have changed.

We are not in the same time dimension at all.

……

At this moment, under Chen Zhan's organization, the originally messy platform has been cleaned up again.

Hong Quan had also reappeared on the stage, while Jiang Hongyi was guarding the carriage where "Teng Yu's" body was placed.

Geng Xuan said to Hong Quan: "Go on."

"..."

After hearing the order, Hong Quan was obviously stunned.

However, he quickly reacted.

He immediately went up to the platform, came to Geng Xuan's side, and said loudly:

"Everyone, return to your seats. Let's continue with the ceremony of welcoming the new bride!"

His voice spread and resounded throughout the school field.

After a brief silence, the sound of dense footsteps was heard.

As if reset, everyone returned to their respective positions before the war began as quickly as possible.

After seeing that everyone was in place, Hong Quan prepared to follow the established procedure and let those "prospective gang members" in the Bone Refining Realm formally receive orders and pay their respects.

Suddenly someone shouted, "Boss Su, can you give me another chance?"

Hong Quan looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was a marrow refining master from the "Southern Four Collections".

Previously, Geng Xuan allowed these people to choose freely.

And among those who were granted this opportunity by him, no matter whether they were above the marrow refining level or below, not many were willing to board this "pirate ship" of the Giant Bear Gang.

This has created a strange phenomenon: the vast majority of those who were prepared to join the gang at the Giant Bear recruitment ceremony were captives who had no choice and were forced onto this "pirate ship".

This was the scenario that Geng Xuan could foresee when such a standard was clearly given.

But now, there seems to be new changes.

Geng Xuan looked at the person who spoke.

The moment his eyes met, the man's expression flickered briefly, as if he wanted to avoid looking directly into his eyes.

But she soon became firm and boldly looked him in the eye.

As she looked into his eyes, her gaze became more and more determined.

Geng Xuan didn't even need the ability of "physiognomy" to see the blazing flame of ambition burning in his eyes.

He said: "You should know that joining the Giant Bear Gang is a very dangerous thing."

The man said, "I know."

"You still want to join?"

"Yes."

"Think carefully. Once you join, you can't regret it."

"Think about it!"

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "Then I'll give you another chance."

This person was overjoyed and quickly said, "Thank you, Boss!"

"Boss Su, I want to join too!"

"And I!"

"I……"

At this moment, right around this person, among the crowd of temporary gang members, such voices rang out one after another.

Geng Xuan took a quick look and said to Hong Quan:

"Go comb it again."

"Yes." Hong Quan quickly responded, and then asked in a low voice: "Are there any standards?"

Geng Xuan shook his head and said, "I accept everyone who comes."

"clear."

Hong Quan responded and went down the platform.

When he returned to the stage, it was half an hour later.

Let’s not talk about those below the marrow refining stage for now. Just for those above the marrow refining stage, there were another twenty-eight people who received the order and bowed to Geng Xuan.

Among the twenty-eight newly recruited marrow refiners, eighteen were from the nine markets of “East Five Markets” and “South Four Markets”.

Among them, there are fifteen masters in the early stage of marrow refining, and three grand masters in the middle stage of marrow refining.

There are eight people in the early stage of marrow refining who came from the "Bei Ba Ji", and two grand hall masters in the middle stage of marrow refining.

Such a ratio made Geng Xuan a little frightened.

"It seems that I am still conservative."

"There are far more practitioners who are not afraid of death than I thought!"

"They didn't board the ship before, not because they were afraid of death, but because they didn't see much possibility of winning."

"As soon as this possibility arises, they rush in like moths to a flame."

……

【You get 24 points of white luck. 】

Compared to the previous six people in the middle stage of marrow refining who brought 18 points of white luck, the thirty-second person in the early stage of marrow refining brought 40 points of white luck.

This time, the five people in the middle stage of marrow refining and the twenty-three people in the early stage of marrow refining only brought a total of twenty-four points of white luck.

Per capita contribution has shrunk by nearly half.

This undoubtedly once again confirmed Geng Xuan's original judgment as the base expanded.

Even with the same level of cultivation, the amount of good fortune that a later joiner can bring will decrease rapidly.

The high value brought by high cultivation will gradually be diluted by the rapidly expanding base, and gradually, only the value of the person himself will remain.

After this addition, the combat power of the Giant Bear Gang at the marrow refining level has nearly doubled.

The number of gang members in the middle stage of marrow refining increased from six to eleven, and in the early stage of marrow refining, it increased from thirty-six to fifty-nine.

——Including the four hall masters Ding Fuquan, Tao Bai, Wang Hengshu and Sheng Xiang.

Those who rushed on board at this time were certainly not just those at the marrow refining level.

After 3875 marrow-refining fighters joined the gang urgently, another people were formally ordered to join the Giant Bear Gang.

Among them, the number of people who were forced to join the gang and those who decided to join the gang on the spur of the moment accounted for almost half each.

These people include Wu Yi's confidants from Anleji and Baiyuanji, and some even have the surname Wu. There are also children from the Xu family in Yuanjing, Chen Zhan's subordinates, and rangers from Yueluyuan.

As well as the various families in the “Eight Sets in the North”, “Five Sets in the East” and “Four Sets in the South”, the guilds, the market guards, and even the “underground hidden troops”… it’s a mess, with complicated origins.

There is only one main feature, and we accept all comers!
……

This time, 3875 people below the marrow refining level officially joined the Giant Bear Gang.

Specifically, there are 457 people at the bone refining level, contributing 23 points of white luck, and the average contribution per person is about 0.05.

There are 948 people at the blood refining level, contributing 19 points of white luck, and the average contribution per person is about 0.02 points.

There are 1956 people at the flesh refining level, contributing 20 points of white luck, and the average contribution per person is slightly more than 0.01 point.

There are 514 people at the skin refining level, contributing 5 points of white luck, and the average contribution per person is slightly less, about 0.01 points.

——The reason why there are so few gang members at the skin refining level is not because they are more afraid of death, but because too many of them were killed in the previous war.

Counting the 24 points of white luck brought by the 28 marrow-refining fighters who were added previously, a total of 91 points of white luck were obtained.

Correspondingly, another ninety-one points of bad luck disappeared from the "Flint Pearl" without a trace.

Compared to the previous wave of calamity that involved six people at the peak of marrow refining and one powerful person who was likely to have perfected the second level of body tempering, the intensity of this calamity has increased to about 60% to 70%.

Geng Xuan stood on the high platform, looking around at the huge crowd of Giant Bear Gang members below the stage, whose total number had exceeded four thousand, a gathering of "demons and monsters". He wondered in his heart what form this wave of disaster would take.

After waiting for a while and seeing that no "little ghost" jumped out to cause trouble, Geng Xuan decisively stepped down from the platform.

The remaining situation was left to Hong Quan, Jiang Hongyi and others to maintain.

"You two come with me."

Before leaving, Geng Xuan said to Chen Zhan and Xu Yao.

After experiencing the shock of seeing the head of the Xu family die tragically in front of him, Xu Yao, who was originally so weak that he needed the support of others, seemed to have recovered a lot.

Although he still didn't look very well, he no longer needed anyone's help and was able to keep up with Geng Xuan and Chen Zhan. They left the training ground and entered a reception room next to them.

Geng Xuan first looked at Xu Yao and said:
"I want to find some available manpower in Yuanjing. Do you have any good suggestions?"

Ever since he saw the head of the Xu family appear on the high platform and being smashed to pieces by the iron fist of "Su Ruiliang", Xu Yao felt like he had lost his soul.

At this moment, after hearing Geng Xuan's question, he was stunned for a long time, and then he seemed to come back to his senses a little, but his expression was still depressed.

"Boss, you want to find some help to deal with Wuyou Palace, right?"

"Ah."

Xu Yao shook his head and said:
"If it were in the past, I might have been able to do this with the help of the Xu family's face.

I can’t say whether they dare to really help you deal with Wuyou Palace, but if they are just going through the motions to deal with it, I can at least get some manpower for you.

But now... not to mention me, even the entire Xu family can no longer have such ability."

Geng Xuan was surprised and said, "No way, your Xu family is a well-known family in Yuanjing for hundreds of years. But just because a family head who was at the peak of marrow refining died, is it going to fall apart?"

Hearing this, Xu Yao, who had a dead look on his face, couldn't help but twitch his face.

Even Chen Zhan, who was standing next to him and had nothing to do with the matter, couldn't help but have his eyelids twitching wildly.

When did the peak of marrow refining become so cheap?

How could he feel when he had finally cultivated to the late stage of marrow refining?
Xu Yao smiled bitterly and said:
"Boss, throughout the entire Yuanzhou, there are not many forces with a foundation as strong as Wuyou Palace.

Our Xu family is not bad, but there are only three people at the peak of marrow refining, and only one who is truly in his prime, and he has been killed by you.

Of the other two, one just celebrated his 60th birthday last year, and the other is now 85 years old.

The only thing they could do now was to move two stools and guard the door, threatening to die together with others so that no one would dare to rush into the Xu family to kill, injure and rob.

More than that, they really can’t do.”

"...If it weren't for the loss in Qingyuanji this time, with hundreds of cavalry, hundreds of heavy swordsmen, and many late-stage marrow refining masters, the Xu family could barely maintain its dignity.

Now……"

Having said that, Xu Yao just shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Now, those who could support the "respect" of the Xu family either died at the hands of Geng Xuan, or were forced to "serve" in the Giant Bear Gang like Xu Yao and Xu Peng.

Of course, let’s not talk about it.

After listening to Xu Yao's explanation, Geng Xuan nodded slightly, expressing his understanding of the Xu family's current predicament.

He thought about it and suddenly said:

"Send me a message, you can do it, right?"

Xu Yao was stunned for a moment, then said, "Of course... But who do you want to send the message to?"

Geng Xuan asked, "At the beginning, among the reinforcements that came with you, shouldn't there have been a mercenary group called Blood Fang?"

"……Yes."

For some reason, a negative emotion arose in Xu Yao's heart.

At the beginning, it was he who led the three hundred heavy swordsmen to travel with the Blood Fang Group.

As a result, when they were about to arrive, the Blood Fang Group suddenly changed their minds and deserted.

If not for this, the Xu family’s losses might not have been so severe.

He didn't have the courage to hate the murderer "Su Ruiliang", but he had as much courage as he wanted to hate the Blood Fang Group for not jumping into the pit and taking the blame with them. (End of this chapter)