The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, becoming a disciple of Yue Buqun.

Wang Huan broke out in a cold sweat.

However, Jiang Ning did not pursue the matter further and changed the subject.

"I came here because one of your gang members invited me."

Upon hearing this, Wang Huan couldn't help but be surprised, and a smile spread across his face: "I wonder if the gang member that King Ning mentioned is your friend?"

Jiang Ning shook his head.

"He stole my wallet."

Upon hearing this, Wang Huan felt as if he were about to cry but had no tears.

I only stole your purse, you really don't need to go that far?

After cursing the gang member who had brought Jiang Ning here to his ancestors for eighteen generations in his mind, Wang Huan hurriedly said, "It was my fault for not disciplining him properly. I am willing to compensate you for your losses. No, I am willing to compensate you a hundredfold."

Jiang Ning chuckled.

“I didn’t come here for that. I have a question for you.”

Wang Huan hurriedly said, "Please speak, King Ning. I will tell you everything I know without reservation."

Jiang Ning asked, "Do you know anything about the Black Wind Society?"

"Black Wind Society?"

Wang Huan was taken aback.

Are you looking for the Black Wind Society?

Jiang Ning nodded.

Wang Huan didn't know why Jiang Ning wanted to find the Black Wind Society, but it was none of his business, so he quickly told him everything he knew.

"The Black Wind Society is a powerful force that controls the mountain strongholds within Shandong Province."

The Black Wind Society originally started as a mountain stronghold, but as it grew larger, it stopped engaging in robbery and plunder and instead controlled the mountain strongholds in Shandong to pay tribute to it. It had a great deal of power in Shandong, but it was unknown to the public and was very mysterious.

After listening, Jiang Ning asked, "How do we find them?"

Wang Huan was in a dilemma at this moment.

"Well... I don't know either. The Black Wind Society is very mysterious. No one knows where their base is. Perhaps only those mountain strongholds know."

Jiang Ning said directly, "Tell me the locations of all the mountain strongholds within Shandong."

Wang Huan was somewhat alarmed.

Judging from Ning Yanwang's attitude, he's determined to find the Black Wind Society.

Did the Black Wind Society offend him?

With this in mind, Wang Huan dared not delay and told everyone he knew about the mountain strongholds, which numbered more than a dozen.

That's all I know.

After Wang Huan finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Ning, carefully observing Jiang Ning's expression, and said cautiously, "King Ning, you have traveled a long way from Mount Hua to Jinan Prefecture. You must have had a long and tiring journey. How about I specially prepare a banquet for you to welcome you and wash away the dust of your journey?"

After memorizing the locations of all the mountain strongholds, Jiang Ning heard Wang Huan's words, turned to look at him, and laughed, "Is this convenient for you to poison me?"

Wang Huan was startled.

Oh no, we still couldn't escape it.

"I……"

Wang Huan hurriedly prepared to explain, but his hand had already reached behind him. However, before he could make a further move, his vision blurred and he was lifted up.

Click.

With swift and decisive movements, Jiang Ning snapped Wang Huan's neck and then walked out of the study.

……

"That's strange, where did that person go? How could they disappear in the blink of an eye?"

At this moment, in the Golden Money Gang's base, the young man who brought Jiang Ning was still somewhat puzzled, but the next second after turning the corner, his eyes widened and he looked ahead.

"you you you……"

The young man pointed at Jiang Ning with a surprised expression.

When did you come in?

Before he could react, a number of gang members ran out of the Money Gang's stronghold, carrying weapons.

"Kill him, and he'll be the one who killed the gang leader!"

These gang members charged towards Jiangning.

"what?"

The young man stared wide-eyed.

The gang leader is gone?

There was no time for him to think further; the scene began to descend into chaos.

……

After leaving the Golden Money Gang's stronghold, Jiang Ning checked the sky and found it was still early, so he left Jinan Prefecture and headed towards the locations of the mountain strongholds that Wang Huan had given him.

a few days later.

Inside the main hall of a mountain stronghold.

A bandit leader knelt trembling before a young man, kowtowing repeatedly.

Corpses were scattered all around.

Chapter 428: The Massacre of the Stronghold

"No...don't kill me..."

The bandit leader, kneeling on the ground, trembled as he stared in terror at the young man in front of him.

This young man, whose identity and how he found their stronghold were unknown, arrived and began a brutal massacre without saying a word. None of the stronghold's men could withstand a single blow, terrifying the bandits who tried to escape. But what was even more frightening was that none of them managed to escape.

The young man in front of them was as skilled as a ghost. Anyone who tried to escape was caught and killed. In just a short time, he was the only one left in the entire mountain stronghold.

Such brutal methods terrified him, leaving him without the courage to fight back or escape. He knelt before the young man, kowtowing repeatedly and begging for his life.

Jiang Ning sat in the main seat, wiping the bloodstains off the sword with a cloth in his hand.

The gentleman's sword that Yue Buqun gave him was indeed very sharp, better than any sword he had used before, and very easy to use.

As he wiped the sword, Jiang Ning glanced at the bandit leader kneeling on the ground and asked, "Where is Black Wind Gang?"

The bandit leader, who was kowtowing and begging for mercy, was momentarily stunned.

The reason for storming their mountain stronghold is to find the Black Wind Society.

He had been wondering if the children they had missed during the massacre of the village had grown up and learned martial arts to seek revenge.

However, this confusion was only momentary, and the bandit leader, once he came to his senses, dared not conceal anything.

"I...I didn't know..."

Seemingly afraid that Jiang Ning wouldn't believe him, the bandit leader quickly began to explain.

All the mountain strongholds in Shandong are controlled by the Black Wind Society, but not all the strongholds know where the Black Wind Society is. There are a total of six large strongholds in Shandong.

These six large strongholds are directly controlled by the Black Wind Society, while the other medium and small strongholds are controlled by the large strongholds. His stronghold is only a medium-sized stronghold and is not qualified to be directly governed by the Black Wind Society. Instead, it is under the jurisdiction of one of the large strongholds.

Jiang Ning frowned slightly.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a large-scale mountain stronghold with a management system, unlike any other bandit stronghold in Shaanxi or other places.

Where are those large-scale mountain strongholds?

The bandit leader shook his head, indicating that he did not know. He only knew one of them, namely the large stronghold that governed their stronghold.

Jiang Ning asked him to tell him the locations of all the mountain strongholds he knew, including how many people were in each stronghold and how skilled they were in martial arts.

After a while.

"Yanxi Village is located on Black Mountain, two hundred li to the east. The village has..."

According to the bandit leader, the leader of Yanxi Village was a man named Chen Hu, nicknamed "Double-Knife Protector." He wielded two swords with unparalleled skill, killing countless people. He was a man who lived on the edge of a knife, and his martial arts skills were also very high, comparable to those of a top-tier master.

Yanxi Village also has two other formidable figures, the second and third leaders, who are also quite skilled in martial arts and possess second-rate strength.

The band of followers numbered in the hundreds, making it the largest mountain stronghold in the surrounding area for hundreds of miles, and one of the six large mountain strongholds in Shandong Province.

In addition, the bandit leader mentioned the names and locations of seven or eight other mountain strongholds, all of which were nearby.

"Grandpa, don't kill me."

Although he didn't know why Jiang Ning wanted to find the Black Wind Society, the bandit leader couldn't care less and could only keep begging Jiang Ning to let him go.

Jiang Ning carefully wiped the sword, then sheathed it, stood up, and walked out of the hall, throwing the blood-stained cloth into the air.

Seeing Jiang Ning sheath his sword, the bandit leader thought he had escaped a calamity and unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Ning walked past him.

The bandit leader was in a relaxed state of mind and wanted to thank Jiang Ning for sparing his life, but the next second his gaze shifted and he unconsciously looked at the blood-stained white cloth still in the air.

puff.

It was the sound of a head hitting the ground.

The bandit leader's vision blurred, and his last gaze fell on the departing figure. At that moment, the blood-stained white cloth fell down, covering his head.

……

"Don't kill me, don't kill me."

a few days later.

Another mountain stronghold.

The same scene played out again, with yet another bandit leader kowtowing to Jiang Ning and begging for mercy.