Chapter 35: Lying Low

Lu Changsheng then turned his attention to the letter.

He tore open the envelope and took out the letter inside.

He spread it out to look.

Dense characters covered the entire letter paper, interspersed with a large number of mysterious symbols.

Lu Changsheng frowned; he could not understand this letter at all. It was clearly an encrypted letter, and only specific personnel could understand its meaning.

This kind of encrypted letter was very troublesome and required both parties to spend a lot of energy to produce.

The information inside often contained great secrets.

Coupled with the large amount of iron ore seized this time, Lu Changsheng had to wonder what the other party was trying to do. This caused a trace of gloom to surface in his heart.

The Wenxiang Sect, the mysterious letter, this woman Zhao Yuanjing, and the Black Mountain Bandits—these forces were like a dark cloud hovering over the entire Changping County.

Some people with ulterior motives had likely been preparing for decades.

What their purpose was, remained unknown.

But if it were to erupt completely one day, the entire Changping County would surely not be spared.

Lu Changsheng suddenly had a feeling that a storm was coming.

He had to seize the time to improve his strength; otherwise, there was not much time left for him, and that day would come sooner or later.

Lu Changsheng put away his thoughts, disposed of the corpses on the ground, and then scared away the surrounding horses.

Soon, only pools of blood remained on the ground, as if telling of the tragedy that had occurred.

………………

The next three days.

Lu Changsheng had been ambushing Sanhe Gang caravans on the official road.

He did not intercept every caravan, but chose based on the size of the other party's team, mixing truth and falsehood, making it hard to fathom.

After these few days of interception, his medicinal herbs and silver had become much more abundant.

Indeed, a horse cannot get fat without night grass, and a man cannot get rich without windfall wealth.

And every time after an interception, he would change locations. After several times, the other party also became vigilant, making it hard for him to find opportunities easily again.

Regarding this, Lu Changsheng did not rashly strike again. His own martial arts were in a period of rapid improvement, so he naturally would not rush for a moment.

There would be plenty of time to play with them slowly in the future.

Subsequently, Lu Changsheng utilized the Floating Light Sweeping Shadow and sprinted rapidly toward the county town.

Several hours later, the city gate was clearly in sight.

Lu Changsheng found a deserted place and reversed the Shrink Bone Skill.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

A series of light sounds came, and he returned to his original appearance.

Then he walked swaggeringly toward the city gate.

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Sanhe Gang base.

"Clap..."

Huang Tianba smashed his teacup on the ground, his eyes flashing with murderous intent as he scanned the several Hall Masters below.

"It's been several days, and you still haven't caught the person intercepting our gang? What use are you to this gang leader? A bunch of good-for-nothings."

Under Huang Tianba's powerful aura, the people below stiffened, silent as cicadas in winter.

Seeing that no one stepped forward for a long time, Wang Yong had to bite the bullet and walk out.

"Reporting to the Gang Leader, this person is extremely cunning, and the timing of his strikes has no pattern, as if he is just acting on his mood..."

"Subordinate will definitely catch this person, please rest assured, Gang Leader."

Because his subordinate had lost the Gang Leader's important letter, although he knew this matter was tricky, it was hard for him to shirk responsibility.

The other Hall Masters felt relieved seeing someone step up.

"Hmph... I don't care who the other party is, I must skin him alive."

Huang Tianba snorted coldly, his murderous aura erupting.

"Arrange this matter; I give you half a year."

"Subordinate obeys."

Wang Yong bowed respectfully.

That this matter fell on him, he could only blame his bad luck.

Not only was his subordinate Protector Wang Shouren killed, but the people sent to intercept Lu Changsheng also failed to block him. Everything was going wrong, leaving him very helpless.

During this period, it was as if he had run into a ghost, suffering bad luck repeatedly.

At the same time, news of the Sanhe Gang caravans being repeatedly attacked also spread throughout Changping County.

A group of martial artists were all extremely surprised, not expecting that someone would dare to be so bold and succeed repeatedly, which made everyone admire him.

Some people who were hostile to the Sanhe Gang were even happier in their hearts.

They wished the Sanhe Gang would suffer setbacks every day.

As a large gang, the Sanhe Gang had offended many martial artists during its expansion. Shark Gang base.

Inside a magnificent house.

A beautiful woman in white sat in the main seat; the woman had a plump figure and a charming face, like a ripe peach.

This woman was the current leader of the Shark Gang, Yue Wanting, and also the daughter of the previous leader.

Beside Yue Wanting sat a young woman, who was Yue Shulan.

The mother and daughter had heavy expressions as they talked.

"That mysterious man is quite cautious; he hasn't been caught after continuous strikes, and his strength is not bad. If he could be pulled into the gang..."

Yue Wanting sighed softly.

As a woman, supporting such a large gang made her feel somewhat overwhelmed.

If it weren't for the many helpers left behind by the previous leader, she would likely have been pulled down from this position long ago.

The two Deputy Gang Leaders had always been eyeing her covetously, still lusting after her body, which made her very angry but helpless.

Even her adopted daughter had been sent to the DemonSubduingOffice for refuge.

She knew the reason for all this was that her own strength was insufficient to suppress the gang.

Her strength was the same as the two Deputy Gang Leaders, which naturally caused some people to have ulterior motives.

"Child will investigate carefully. When the time comes, spending some price to pull this person into the gang will be worth it."

Yue Shulan spoke softly.

She was also doing her best to help her mother manage the Shark Gang.

"How is that colleague you met?"

Yue Wanting sipped her tea, somewhat curious.

"No definitive answer yet, but child believes that the other party will definitely cooperate with us."

Yue Shulan smiled lightly, appearing quite confident.

Yue Wanting smiled: "That's good. I hope you and I, mother and daughter, can work together to support this foundation."

………………

Evening time.

The setting sun was like blood.

Lu Changsheng sat on a wooden chair in the study, placing all his harvests from these few days on the table.

A dense small pile of medicinal herbs was stacked together, the fragrance wafting over.

Beside it were a dozen martial arts manuals.

He directly absorbed all the medicinal herbs in front of him.

He opened the panel to look.

Source Energy Points: 40.

These medicinal herbs provided a total of 32 Source Energy Points, which was not bad.

Added to the old mountain ginseng sent by Yue Shulan, he had become a little rich again.

He decided to immediately start adding points to his martial arts; only by converting Source Energy Points into strength could he achieve real improvement.

Now the situation in Changping County was becoming increasingly turbulent, and no one knew when a great war would break out, so keeping some for emergencies was enough.

Then he turned his gaze to the pile of martial arts manuals beside him.

【Tiger-Subduing Righteous Yang Blade】

【Wind-Breaking Blade】

【Blade-Drawing Technique】

【Dragon-Roaming Step】

【Eight Steps Catching Cicada】

……

There were ten blade techniques and footwork martial arts in total.

Lu Changsheng began to flip through them one by one, and before long, ten new martial arts appeared on the panel.

Added to the two manuals obtained last time, his own techniques were once again abundant.

He prepared to develop well for a period of time, and after initiating all these manuals, he would begin fusion and deduction.

As long as he could deduce more advanced blade techniques and footwork, it would be of great benefit to his own strength.

Thinking of this, he immediately began to act.

Lu Changsheng came to the center of the courtyard, picked up the Killing Pig Knife, and slashed out.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Soon, only the sound of Lu Changsheng practicing martial arts remained in the courtyard.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 36 =====