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Based on the information he had obtained, Geng Xuan was already convinced that Dong Guan intended to use his strength, which had been accumulated for decades and was enough to shake the nine provinces, to make a full-scale attack.

This is not groundless speculation or rumor, it is the fact.

The time of launch is most likely next spring.

The unexpected appearance of "Su Ruiliang" and the loss of the "Ochre-Eye" basin and the huge resources stored therein may make Dong Guan feel painful.

But this little bit of pain was not enough to stop him from making the attack that had been building up for years.

The situation has reached this point, and it cannot be stopped even if Dong Guan wants to.

Through Jiang Hongyi's sharing of his experiences and observations in Minzhou, and through Zha Luo's understanding of the internal affairs of Xuanyou and other states, Geng Xuan had already vaguely sensed Dong Guan's predicament.

He used aggressive military tactics and spared no expense to forge the strongest blade, the "One Hundred Thousand Mysterious Iron Cavalry."

But this is unsustainable and difficult to sustain.

Now, this is the peak of the power that this sharp blade can reach.

If Dong Guan did nothing and did not strike the world with the sword, the sharp blade would quickly decay in his hands and even become a force that would backfire on him.

The overall environment in Kyushu now seems quite stable, but in fact a "big flood" may come at any time.

Once the gates that restrain the "great flood" are opened voluntarily, or are passively breached by the "great flood", the surging "great flood" will quickly originate from the two states of Xuanyou and quickly cover the entire territory of Jiuzhou.

With the current situation of the Giant Bear Gang, they developed quietly and farmed for three to five months, then took control of the market towns around Chiwu Mountain, the "Red Eye" basin, the market towns of Yueluyuan, and the nearby nomadic settlements, and built a basic base.

Geng Xuan also took advantage of this period of time to push his personal strength to a new level.

This seems to be the most suitable development path.

But the reality is that he doesn't even have a month to "farm" let alone March and May.

When Geng Xuan looked at the current situation from the perspective of Jiuzhou, he gradually realized a problem.

I made a "small" mistake.

When he was thinking about how to solve the problem, he subconsciously put himself in the role of the "Giant Bear Gang Leader".

But when it comes to solving this problem, this identity can no longer help him, but instead becomes a pure burden.

When he separated himself from the identity of "Giant Bear Gang Leader", a problem that seemed unsolvable to him suddenly had many novel "problem-solving ideas" naturally emerging from the bottom of his heart.

……

December 19th.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon.

On the main road fifty or sixty miles southwest of Yuanjing.

Dusty riders were constantly coming and going.

Apart from the frequent sound of horses' hooves, the riders, who might be in groups of three or five, or alone, were all very silent.

On this busy avenue, there was clearly no one maintaining order, yet the riders were moving in an orderly manner without any confusion.

Apart from concentrating on getting on their way, everyone seemed to have no interest or curiosity about anything else.

There was no small talk, and no one jumped out to cause trouble.

There were two figures mixed in, not at all noticeable.

Geng Xuan, riding on the back of a fine Yuanzhou horse, couldn't help but turn his head to look at Tang Caizhu, who had become a "steel tough guy" next to him.

More than two hours ago, when they were still three or four hundred miles away from Yuanjing, the two had already entered the broad "capital area".

There were more and more riders and caravans traveling along the way, and the two people riding four Xuanyou horses became more and more eye-catching.

Then, when passing by a market called Guangquanji, Tang Caizhu, who had transformed from a woman into a "steel tough guy", led four Xuanyou horses into a mansion in the market.

Soon, with the respectful greetings of several people, the two men rode on the good Yuanzhou horses they provided and continued on their journey to Yuanjing.

Feeling Geng Xuan's gaze, Tang Caizhu turned to look at him with a puzzled look, as if asking, "What's the matter?"

Geng Xuan pointed to a large complex of buildings standing in the distance on a stretch of hills, with different heights scattered across the ground, and asked:

"Whose territory is that?"

Tang Caizhu followed her gaze and said, "That should be the acropolis built by the Weiyuan Escort Agency and the Fenglei Sword Hall."

"Build the Acropolis together?"

Geng Xuan was surprised and thought to himself, to what extent must the mutual trust between these two families be to be able to work together on something like this?
Since entering the "capital area", Geng Xuan has seen many "Acropolis" along the way.

Especially the closer you get to Yuanjing, the more "Acropolis" you will find.

Through Tang Caizhu's explanation and according to Geng Xuan's own understanding after chewing on it, the "Weicheng" is more like the ultimate enhanced version of the Lifang.

Unlike the bazaar, a settlement open to everyone, the Acropolis is purely private and belongs to a certain force.

Outsiders are not allowed to enter without permission, otherwise they will be regarded as enemy invaders.

The prosperity of the Acropolis is related to the size and investment of the force, and there is no fixed rule.

It is magnificent, and even has some Yuan capital style.

The ordinary ones are probably just like any other ordinary market.

But the fact that it was able to take root in the strictly regulated territory of Yuanjing and be allowed to exist was enough to make those forces and individuals without a city covet it.

——It’s not like anyone can just mark out a piece of land somewhere in the “Gyeonggi region” and say “this will be mine from now on” and then build an Acropolis on it.

If it were really that simple, there would have been Acropolis all around Yuanjing by now.

……

Seeing that Geng Xuan was confused, Tang Caizhu explained a few more words.

Geng Xuan suddenly understood.

The Weiyuan Escort Agency and Fenglei Sword Hall may seem like two different forces, but in fact they are just a set of "skeletons".

It is different from the Xu family, Zhao family, Li family and other noble families in Yuanjing with hundreds of years of accumulated heritage, and it is also different from the Wuyou Palace and other forces that have both heritage and terrifying strength.

Whether it is the Weiyuan Escort Agency or the Fenglei Sword Hall, neither belongs to a certain family or a certain force, but is formed by the union of multiple weaker families, guilds, gangs and other forces.

Among them, the Weiyuan Escort Agency is more commercial, and is the source of income for this "coalition". The Fenglei Sword Academy is open to the public for training, which is not only a channel for recruiting new members and replenishing blood, but also a bond for establishing relationships with other forces.

They would use the method of "accepting disciples and teaching skills" to establish stable and good relationships with old forces such as the Xu family, the Zhao family, or the Wuyou Palace, so as to gain a foothold in Yuanjing.

They became the beneficiaries of the "Yuanjing Rules" and automatically became the maintainers of the "Yuanjing Rules".

The new forces pull the old forces, the old forces hinder the new forces... one new and old force after another, layer upon layer, are involved with each other, and are bound to each other, together forming the current portrait of Yuanjing.

After walking for a while, watching the sun gradually set, Tang Caizhu looked at Geng Xuan and asked:

"We're about to arrive in Yuanjing, do you have any plans?"

Geng Xuan asked in return, "What's your plan?"

"Gather the men, conserve our energy, and when it's late at night and everyone is asleep, charge directly into the Wuyou Palace's fortress." Tang Caizhu said.

Simple, rough and direct.

There is no fancy operation or planning, the whole plan can be summed up in one word: do it!

After hearing what Tang Caizhu said, Geng Xuan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

I didn’t expect Tang Caizhu’s plan to be so “unplanned”, but after thinking about it carefully, I felt that this was actually the most appropriate one.

……

Almost an hour later.

The tall and majestic city walls of Yuanjing appeared in Geng Xuan's sight.

Geng Xuan just looked up and glanced from afar for a few seconds, then, under the guidance of Tang Caizhu, passed through a tall archway consisting of two tall stone pillars and a horizontal beam, and entered a crowded avenue.

This is the outer city of Yuanjing.

More precisely, it is the South Outer City.

According to Tang Caizhu, nearly a hundred years ago, Yuanjing, which was surrounded by high city walls, was already overcrowded, and every year there is still a steady stream of new people pouring into Yuanjing from Yuanzhou and even other states.

After much chaos and even bloodshed.

Outside the inner city of Yuanjing, four outer cities gradually formed in the east, south, west and north.

Under Tang Caizhu's guidance, Geng Xuan had a rough impression of the South Outer City and was already standing in front of a mansion that covered a large area.

【Red Flame Fist Gym】

Seeing Geng Xuan looking up and gazing at the plaque, Tang Caizhu said, "We're here. Let's go in."

As she spoke, she dismounted, led the horse towards the wide-open main gate.

Geng Xuan followed behind her, holding the horse.

When he reached the front door and was about to lead his horse up the steps, a giant man as big as an iron tower suddenly appeared from the door.

His eyes immediately fell on the "tough guy" Tang Caizhu, and his face, which seemed as hard as copper and iron, immediately showed a look of joy.

"Master, you're back!"

Tang Caizhu nodded at him, then led the horse past him and entered the mansion.

Geng Xuan followed closely behind.

The giant man who stepped aside stared at Geng Xuan curiously. Geng Xuan was also looking at him curiously.

When their eyes met, Geng Xuan nodded to him in a friendly manner.

The giant man scratched his head and smiled at him foolishly.

Following Tang Caizhu into the mansion and walking around a wide screen wall, a huge training ground came into view.

Accompanied by loud shouts, strong figures that seemed to be cast in copper and iron came into Geng Xuan's sight.

The yard was filled with iron-like figures, some practicing against each other, some using some huge hammers, axes, and bars, and some practicing punching and kicking techniques under the guidance of other "iron lumps".

A slightly slender figure, but equally strong and tall compared to ordinary people, stood with his back to the two of them, his hands behind his back, his head gently swaying from side to side, as if he was surveying the entire place and supervising every place.

Just as Geng Xuan followed Tang Caizhu out from behind the screen wall, another person standing next to this person glanced at them and seemed to whisper something to that person.

The man immediately turned around, his eyes first falling on Tang Caizhu, and then on Geng Xuan, with a look of curiosity.

He strode towards the two of them, came in front of Tang Caizhu, and greeted, "Master, you are back."

"Yes." Tang Caizhu nodded, glanced at the crowd, and said, "It's getting late. Let's send all the boxing students back... Also, call back all our people."

The man's expression changed, and he glanced at Geng Xuan again, but without delay, he immediately replied, "Yes."

Having said that, he turned around and made arrangements.

Tang Caizhu, whose horse had been taken away, led Geng Xuan across the training ground and waited quietly in the huge reception room.

It can be seen that the training ground, which was bustling and noisy just a moment ago, quickly became deserted.

Those figures, sweating profusely and full of energy, were quickly dispersing.

However, quite a few people stayed and gathered towards the reception room.

At the same time, as time passed, some figures entered from the main gate, walked around the screen wall, and gathered with the people gathered in front of the reception hall, while some figures walked out from the side door of the courtyard.

About half an hour later, the man who had just greeted Tang Caizhu and received the order entered the reception room, accompanied by a tall woman.

After they entered the room, they said to Tang Caizhu at the same time, "Master."

They looked like a man and a woman, but their voices were those of women.

One was more profound, the other more clear. Tang Caizhu introduced them to Geng Xuan beside her, "These are my two direct disciples. Together, they are comparable to a peak combatant."

Her two disciples also raised their heads at this moment and looked at Geng Xuan curiously.

"This is... Gang Leader Su."

Tang Caizhu introduced her two disciples in this way.

When introducing Geng Xuan's identity, she paused for a moment and finally used a proper title.

"Master, Gang Leader Su, all our people are here. What are our plans going forward?"

Before Tang Caizhu officially takes action, everyone must become temporary members of the Giant Bear Gang.

Hearing her say this, both of them showed a look of surprise on their faces.

But this was something their master had agreed upon with "Su Ruiliang", so they could only obey and had no say.

"I'll make arrangements."

The senior disciple who was dressed as a man said this and turned around and walked out of the reception room first.

Geng Xuan's eyes moved, and he stood up and walked out.

"We can sit for a while and wait until she has made all the arrangements before going out." Tang Caizhu said.

Geng Xuan said, "I want to see it."

Having said that, he started to walk out.

Tang Caizhu had no choice but to follow him out of the house, accompanied by her tall female disciple.

……

Ten minutes later, Tang Caizhu was in front, with her two disciples on both sides behind her, and behind them were sixty-five men and women standing in four rows, each with a straight posture.

"Gang leader."

Under the leadership of Tang Caizhu, sixty-eight people came together as temporary gang members to pay respects to Geng Xuan.

【32 points of white luck. 】

Geng Xuan walked straight behind Tang Caizhu's two direct disciples and to the side of the line consisting of seven people in the middle stage of marrow refining.

He fixed his eyes on one of the graceful women and asked:

"Do you have a problem with me or your master?"

——The only ones who knew his true origin were Tang Caizhu and a few of her closest people. Although the others also became Tang Caizhu's disciples and received part of Meng Tiexin's inheritance, they did not know that what they were practicing was the legendary "Meng Tiexin inheritance."

After hearing Geng Xuan's direct question, the graceful woman lowered her head, and a look of panic flashed in her eyes.

However, when she raised her head and looked at Geng Xuan, she became stunned and innocent, muttering: "Boss, I... I don't know what you are talking about."

Geng Xuan didn't look at her again, but looked directly at Tang Caizhu who was turning her head to look at him, and said seriously:
"You should handle this matter."

Tang Caizhu stared at the graceful woman for a few seconds, then looked at Geng Xuan and asked:

"Boss Su, is there any misunderstanding? Maybe you saw something wrong?"

Geng Xuan stared at Tang Caizhu and said slowly:
"Who do you think is better at judging people?"

Tang Caizhu was silent.

This question doesn't need to be answered at all.

Look at "Su Ruiliang" from his emergence to now. In just a few months, he has developed a Giant Bear Gang from nothing to its current size.

Look at her again. It took several generations for her to barely create such a situation.

Is there any need to judge which is higher or lower?

Tang Caizhu looked at the graceful woman and said softly, "Yao'er, do you want to confess voluntarily, or do you want to force me to do something before you confess?"

The graceful woman's face turned pale, she knelt on the ground with a plop, and said with trembling lips:
"Master, I...I..."

Seeing this, Tang Caizhu closed her eyes in disappointment.

"Go, go ask her what the big deal is."

Next to her, her tall female disciple named Yan Wenxuan, with murderous look in her eyes, strode to the side of the graceful woman, picked her up in her hands like a chicken, and walked to the next room.

After a while, Geng Xuan saw a ball of red mist rushing out of the room and directly into the "flint bead" between his eyebrows.

[Capture the remaining energy, do you want to refine it? ]

【whether?】

"Refine." After a brief silence, Geng Xuan gave his choice.

"31 points of good luck and 5 points of bad luck."

At this moment, Yan Wenxuan walked out of the house.

She came to Tang Caizhu and said softly:

"...As early as five years ago, she secretly fell in love with a legitimate son of the Luo family, became his concubine, and secretly gave birth to a son.

According to her, she had wanted to leave the boxing gym for a long time, but it was the eldest son of the Luo family who stopped her and asked her to stay in the gym.

...I guess that the eldest son of the Luo family seems to be seduced by her beauty, but in fact he has set his eyes on our boxing gym and wants to eat us up.

...Fortunately, we never revealed our true purpose before today.

Otherwise, the news might have already been known to Wuyou Palace before the operation officially began."

After hearing the disciple's reply, Tang Caizhu had a complicated expression and nodded slightly.

I turned my head to look at "Su Ruiliang", but saw that his eyes were still scanning the crowd.

Her heart inexplicably tightened, and she thought of some bad possibility.

Before he could think about it, "Su Ruiliang" raised his hand and pointed at the crowd.

"He...he...she...she...and he...the six of them, you should ask them carefully to see what's going on."

Tang Caizhu, her disciple Yan Wenxuan, and eldest disciple Zheng Qingyan looked at each other in surprise.

As for the six people who were pointed at by Geng Xuan, some of them suddenly changed their expressions and wanted to run away, but were easily knocked down by a single finger.

Some people stood there in a daze, as if they were stupid.

Some people collapsed directly on the ground, and even had fishy liquid flowing out from their crotches.

The three masters and apprentices looked at each other in confusion. What else was there to say?

Take action immediately.

Although their vision may be a little problematic, fortunately their "questioning" methods are still not bad.

It didn't take long before the situation of these six people was fully understood.

Some people are bribed by competitors, some people are just like that by nature...

The reasons vary.

The same thing is that Tang Caizhu thought that the "people" she thought were trustworthy and willing to go through fire and water with her were actually of such low purity.

There are so many people who have turned away from her and are unwilling to go through fire and water with her.

This fact made Tang Caizhu silent.

I feel extremely ashamed in front of "Su Ruiliang".

At this time, whether for the smooth operation or to deter and alert others, it is impossible to be indecisive.

After roughly confirming the nature of the six people, they were all executed without any delay.

This brought Geng Xuan considerable good and bad luck.

Finally, Geng Xuan's gaze swept over Tang Caizhu, her three disciples, and the remaining fifty-eight people one by one, then turned to Tang Caizhu and said:
"All the people you can mobilize are here, right?"

"Yes." Tang Caizhu said.

Her mood was a bit complicated.

I feel ashamed, but also a little relieved.

The situation just now made her understand that if it weren't for "Su Ruiliang"'s keen eye for talent, she, the "remnant of the Red Heart Gang" who thought she was hiding well, including all those who had something to do with her, would soon face a catastrophe.

Geng Xuan nodded slightly and asked her this question.

"Do you know where the Blood Fang Group is stationed?"

……

Two hours later.

The Blood Fang Group’s headquarters is located on the edge of the outer city of Yuanjing East.

At this moment, night has already fallen.

In the meeting hall of the resident base, the group leader Xue Zhiheng, three deputy group leaders, six Blood Fang captains, and ten senior members of the Blood Fang Group gathered here.

The atmosphere in the hall was somewhat depressing and silent.

Everyone else was looking down at a book in their hands, and Xue Zhiheng himself had a similar book in his hand.

But he did not watch, but leaned back in the chair, as if he had fallen asleep with his eyes closed.

His fingers on the armrest were tapping gently, which meant that he was not asleep but meditating.

He broke into Yuanjing alone and started from scratch. Now, when he is less than fifty years old, he has accumulated such a foundation.

Have ambition and the ability to match it.

This is also due to his extremely keen "sense of smell".

At this moment, he was like a wild beast that could predict wind and rain. In an atmosphere that seemed to be the same as before, he smelled the increasingly thick "humid air" in the air.

Some of the "damp air" had already revealed some clues, but for more of the "damp air", he only had some vague judgments based on intuition.

He couldn't make any more specific judgment.

But even so, it made him feel very alert.

This is what he can do now to verify his guess.

The first is to complete various operations early and keep all elite forces under control nearby.

The second is to gather all the core leaders of the Blood Fang Group around him, keep them all under his watch, and not let them out of his sight.

In order to prevent them from having wild thoughts, we spent a lot of money collecting various information and brought everyone together every day to analyze, discuss and research.

It would be best if he could figure out something, but he doesn't care even if he gets nothing.

His real purpose was accomplished when everyone gathered together.

At this moment, Xue Zhiheng's fingers, which were tapping lightly on the armrest, suddenly stopped.

Then he suddenly opened his eyes and turned his head sharply to look at a shadowy corner in the hall.

"Who?!"

As he watched with his sharp eyes, the shadow seemed to move.

The next moment, a figure with a smile on his face suddenly but harmoniously entered his sight, bowed to him and said:
"You are Captain Xue of the Blood Fang Group, right?"

As he spoke, he looked at the figures who were holding books in their hands and studying them carefully, but now looked up at him with their eyes wide open, and said jokingly:
“Is the Blood Fang Group’s work intensity so high?
It's already this late, and they haven't even finished get off work yet. Are they all still gathering together to study? (End of this chapter)