From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

Li Guadan and his sister Li Erni were lucky today; they found three second-grade Blood Vessel Grasses on a hillside.

"Brother, a second-grade Blood Vein Grass!" Li Erni exclaimed excitedly.

"Keep your voice down." Li Guadan hurriedly took out a shovel and carefully started digging.

A mature second-grade Blood Vessel Grass costs sixty coins per plant, and three plants would cost one hundred and eighty coins, enough to buy more than thirty catties of high-quality rice.

Li Guadan and his sister carefully put away the Blood Vessel Grass and then continued their search for medicinal herbs.

"With these three Blood Vein Grass plants, we won't have to worry about food for the family for two months," Li Guadan said happily.

"Brother, why don't you go and ask Brother Wen Hua? Didn't we play together every day when we were kids? Last month, Brother Shan Gen went to ask Brother Wen Hua for help and became a member of the Black Tiger Gang, learning boxing..." Li Erni began to complain about her brother.

Their family used to live not far from Wen Hua's family. When they were little, Li Guadan often followed Wen Hua around playing.

"Erni, we can survive by selling herbs to the Black Tiger Gang. We're just grass on the ground; we can't fight for our lives. Sigh!" Li Guadan sighed.

"elder brother……"

The brother and sister were chatting when suddenly three figures appeared in front of them.

"stop!"

Liu Laizi, accompanied by two others, stopped Li Guadan and his sister; they were herb gatherers from the Ghost Alliance.

"Liu Laizi, what do you want to do?" Li Erni glared at him and shouted.

More than a dozen patrol teams from the Black Tiger Gang were patrolling the perimeter, so she wasn't afraid of Liu Laizi and his two companions.

"What? Take out your herbs." Liu Laizi said arrogantly.

"Liu Laizi, you dare to steal medicinal herbs? Believe me or not, I'll report you to the Black Tiger Gang's patrol team and you'll be in big trouble," Li Erni said.

During this period, under the protection of the Black Tiger Gang, Li Erni and other herb gatherers gradually became bolder.

"Report to the patrol? Hmph, I'll kill you all first, then feed you to the monsters. Let's see how the patrol knows it was us then," Liu Laizi said sinisterly.

"Liu Laizi, how dare you!" Li Guadan stood in front of his younger sister with a shovel, glaring angrily at Liu Laizi and his two companions.

"Brother Laizi, Li Erni is really pretty. Let us brothers have some fun with her first." The two men following behind Liu Laizi stared at Li Erni with ill intentions.

Liu Laizi was instructed by a member of the Ghost Alliance to come and steal herbs from the Black Tiger Gang's herb gatherers. As for why, he didn't know.

Seeing the beautiful Li Erni at this moment, my heart was also filled with passion.

Seeing the looks in Liu Laizi's and the other two's eyes, Li Guadan felt a surge of fear and hurriedly said to Erni, "Erni, run! Go find the patrol team!"

"elder brother……"

"Listen to me, run!" Li Guadan said seriously, giving his sister a push.

"Trying to run? No way! You two go and catch her!" Liu Laizi shouted.

"Liu Laizi, you dare to touch my sister? I'll fight you to the death!" Li Guadan roared, swinging the shovel in his hand towards Liu Laizi's head.

Unfortunately, he was just an honest and simple herb gatherer who had never been in a fight before. Before he could even hit Liu Laizi, he was kicked in the chest and fell to the ground.

Li Erni was caught by the other two men after running only a few steps, and then dragged into the bushes.

Ah...you beast...let me go!

Help!

A pitiful cry came from the bushes.

Li Guadan, his eyes red, tried to fight back, but he was no match for Liu Laizi. Liu stabbed him in the stomach with a shovel, blood flowed out, all his strength dissipated, and he could no longer get up.

"Girl!" Li Guadan dug his fingers into the ground, his heart filled with regret. Why hadn't he gone to find Brother Wen Hua sooner and joined the Black Tiger Gang? Maybe...

On that day, thirteen such incidents of robbery and fighting occurred among the herb gatherers on the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

These reports were quickly relayed to Li Mazi.

Since being accepted as a disciple by Zhang Yu, Li Mazi has been able to obtain a regular Blood Nourishing Pill every three days. Half a month ago, he successfully broke through and became a Dark Force martial artist.

He is now in charge of the patrol team.

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Li Mazi, his face contorted with anger, asked, "Have the Ghost Alliance made a move?"

"No, it's all just fighting among the vegetable and medicine people," the subordinate replied.

Li Mazi frowned deeply, sensing that things might not be so simple. Everything had been normal; the two groups of herb gatherers had been coexisting peacefully. Suddenly, more than a dozen incidents of fighting and snatching herbs occurred in a single day. He didn't believe there wasn't something fishy going on.

As a veteran who had been involved with the Black Tiger Gang since he was ten years old, Li Mazi had a natural sense of vigilance.

Careless people are long dead.

"Brother Li, our herb gatherers are in a state of panic. Many have come to our patrol team to demand that the murderer be severely punished."

"I understand. You take your men to investigate first. Arrest anyone suspected. I'll report to the gang leader." Li Mazi thought for a moment and made the arrangements.

On the other side, Liu Laizi and more than thirty others knelt before Tie Xiong.

"Deputy Chief Tie, we have completed everything you assigned us," Liu Laizi said cautiously.

Tie Xiong revealed a cruel glint in his eyes, and with a wave of his hand, several of his men wielding knives rushed towards Liu Laizi and his group.

Puff puff……

In a short while, Liu Laizi and more than thirty others lay dead in pools of blood.

"Hmph, a bunch of lowly commoners are still daydreaming." Iron Bear sneered.

He certainly wouldn't let Liu Laizi and the others live, because they knew too much.

"Deputy Chief Tie, the Black Tiger Gang's patrol team is here," a subordinate rushed over to report.

"They've come at the perfect time. Kill them all in a bit," said Iron Bear.

"yes!"

The dozen or so people following him were all die-hard loyalists of Tie Xiong.

……

Li Mazi was reporting to Wen Hua what had happened on the outskirts that day, with Yan Dao beside him.

"Senior brother, that's how it is. I feel something's not right," Li Mazi said.

He was Zhang Yu's disciple by name, and privately called Wen Hua his senior brother.

Wen Hua remained silent, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Yan Dao, who was standing nearby, said, "I've felt uneasy ever since my senior brother left."

Wen Hua is at the early stage of Dark Force, Li Mazi is also at the early stage of Dark Force, and Yan Dao is at the peak of Dark Force. The three of them are now the Black Tiger Gang's strongest fighting force in Cangmang City.

As the three were discussing their plan, a gang member covered in blood rushed in.

"Brother Wenhua, something terrible has happened! Tie Xiong and his men are heading straight for our Black Tiger Gang!" Zhang Shangen cried out.

He was covered in blood, and had a deep, bone-revealing knife wound on his back.

Wen Hua quickly helped Zhang Shangen up, his face grave, and asked, "What happened?"

"They said our patrol team killed dozens of herb gatherers from the Ghost Alliance without asking any questions, and they want an explanation from our Black Tiger Gang," Zhang Shangen said.

"Iron Bear?" Wen Hua frowned, his face turning extremely grim.

"Third Senior Brother, this matter is strange. Master and Eldest Senior Brother are not here, and it seems the Ghost Alliance is about to attack us." Yan Dao said with a solemn expression, "Tie Xiong is at the late stage of the Transformation Realm, and none of us are his match. We must leave immediately."

"Damn, when Senior Brother Niu was around, he tortured Iron Bear every day. Senior Brother Niu has only been gone for a few days, and he actually dares to lay a knife on us?" Li Mazi looked puzzled. "And he even came up with such a lame excuse."

"We're afraid there's some conspiracy behind this that we don't know about. Whatever it is, we can't fight them head-on right now. We have to run. As long as we're alive, we can always make a comeback." Yan Dao advocated running away immediately.