[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds":3,"chapter-high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-139":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","High Martial Arts Across Two Worlds",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2361110,4616,"Chapter 139","high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-139",139,"\u003Cp>On July 1, Cang Luo left Xuantian Gate to subdue his second beast companion in the Beast Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Cang Luo’s cultivation base was Warrior Ninth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On July 23, Cang Luo departed Dan Yang County and returned to Xuantian Gate on a war chariot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Cang Luo’s cultivation base was General Fourth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Cang Luo was in high spirits, galloping swiftly, eager to return to Xuantian Gate—more accurately, eager to return to Xuantian Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the headquarters of the Wolf War Band was in Xuantian Town, and so was the Wolf Barbecue Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf War Band and the Wolf Barbecue Shop were the foundation and enterprise upon which Cang Luo would grow and grow stronger on the Yuanwu Continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf War Band was essentially a company, with Cang Luo as chairman and CEO, and Wang Fuhai, Zhao Renwu, Zang Feng, and others as directors and department managers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf Barbecue Shop was a subsidiary under the parent company, the Wolf War Band, and currently the largest and only profitable venture of the company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, the fashion project had been entrusted to Wang Fuhai earlier—he had no idea how it was progressing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Over twenty days already—how is the Wolf Barbecue Shop doing?” Cang Luo muttered, feeling a flicker of anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now penniless—all his silver had been spent on modifying the war chariot, even his weapons had been sold off at a discount; he now relied entirely on the income from the Wolf Barbecue Shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m the boss—taking a bit of money from the Wolf Barbecue Shop... no one would dare say anything, right? By the way, I forgot to set salaries and benefits for everyone, and I never established profit-sharing for the Wolf Barbecue Shop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is critical—I must resolve it properly, or the gang could fracture from unequal resource distribution, and in the worst case, collapse entirely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo muttered again, deciding that upon returning to the Wolf War Band, he would settle the salary, benefits, and profit-sharing arrangements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cang Luo hurried back to the Wolf War Band, pondering how to distribute salaries and profit-sharing, Wang Fuhai, the internal affairs vice-boss, was auditing the books—specifically, the Wolf Barbecue Shop’s accounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the internal affairs vice-boss’s office at the Wolf War Band base in Xuantian Town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai flipped through the ledgers, tapping his abacus, his brow furrowed—he had spotted an issue, though the books weren’t wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The accounts were kept jointly by the store manager Yin Mengruo and her assistant Xiang Yunjiao, who monitored each other, and he had verified every entry—every line matched perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daily inventory received, items sold, costs, profits—all meticulously recorded, every transaction clear and detailed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The funds also balanced—no silver or copper was missing, and no one had embezzled or stolen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Wang Fuhai still found something amiss: although the Wolf Barbecue Shop earned a profit every day, its turnover growth had slowed dramatically, even begun to decline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a night of auditing and investigation, he finally pinpointed the problem: the procurement of ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, it was the procurement of beast meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighty percent of the Wolf Barbecue Shop’s turnover came from grilled beast meat skewers—the quantity of beast ingredients directly determined turnover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May 28: procured two first-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May 29: procured three first-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>May 30: procured seven first-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June 6: procured fifteen first-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June 7: procured sixteen first-tier beasts and one second-tier beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June 8: procured twelve first-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June 9: procured ten first-tier beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, June 19: procured seven first-tier beasts...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai closed the ledger and frowned. “Starting June 8, beast procurement began to drop—and hasn’t increased since. Something’s wrong...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf Barbecue Shop’s ingredient procurement was divided into two parts: ordinary ingredients and beast meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary ingredients—vegetables, seafood, alcohol, etc.—were procured by Wang Fuhai; beast meat was hunted by Zhao Renwu, the regular affairs vice-boss, and his team in the Beast Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You sneaky bastard, Zhao Renwu—I knew your sudden jump from Warrior Seventh Layer to Ninth Layer in twenty days was suspicious. You’ve been embezzling beast meat for your own cultivation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai erupted in fury. He had long sensed Zhao Renwu’s ambition—he aimed to seize control of the Wolf War Band—but he hadn’t taken it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Zhao Renwu was only Warrior Seventh Layer, while Wang Fuhai was Warrior Eighth Layer, and their boss Cang Luo had already reached Warrior Ninth Layer—he never feared Zhao Renwu could threaten his or Cang Luo’s position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, Zhao Renwu had reached Warrior Ninth Layer, while Wang Fuhai remained stuck at Warrior Eighth Layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worse still, these past two days he’d noticed that the new recruits in the Wolf War Band all obeyed Zhao Renwu without question...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wolf War Band now had over 120 members—double its original size. The sixty-plus new members were recruited during Cang Luo’s absence and assigned to the Four Halls and the Left and Right Protectors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of the Four Halls—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, Vermilion Bird—had ten members; the Left and Right Protectors each had about ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the Vermilion Bird Hall chief and the Left Protector were Zhao Renwu’s men—by rights, he could have swayed at most twenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, he had swayed at least forty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meaning, adding his original twenty-plus loyalists, he now commanded over sixty men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do I do? I’ve been preoccupied with the family’s fashion project and neglected Wolf War Band affairs—never imagined Zhao Renwu would grow this powerful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai realized the situation was dire: of the entire gang’s 120 members, half were Zhao Renwu’s men!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who was truly the boss of the Wolf War Band now? Who held real authority?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Luo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or Zhao Renwu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai’s face tightened. He exhaled slowly. “Thankfully, the Wolf War Band has a council system—if not, Zhao Renwu would already be the sole voice of this gang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh boss, Cang Luo—if you don’t return soon, your position as boss will be taken.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai sighed helplessly—then fell silent. He heard footsteps. Many footsteps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Renwu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Renwu had returned with the Four Halls’ members, having hunted beasts in the Beast Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Fuhai frowned, hesitated, then decided to go out and see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the main courtyard of the Wolf War Band base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Renwu waved a steel-crafted folding fan, flanked by the Left Protector Zhao Renli and the Vermilion Bird Hall chief Zhao Jin, leading over forty members back from the Beast Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a clang, eight beasts the size of oxen were dumped on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vermilion Bird Hall chief Zhao Jin grinned. “Boss Zhao, mission accomplished. Now, to the shop for skewers? Or to cultivate? Everyone’s still hungry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Renwu smiled faintly, then frowned. “Watch your words. Don’t call me that—I’m only the regular affairs vice-boss. The boss is Brother Cang Luo.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He added sternly, “Say it again, and someone might report you for disrespecting the boss. When he returns, he’ll expel you from the gang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We just say it for convenience—it’s not meant as disrespect. The boss isn’t that petty, is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Jin whispered, then added, “By the way, when’s the boss coming back? Did he die out there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No word at all—does he even care about the Wolf War Band anymore?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Renwu said nothing. His cousin Zhao Renli chuckled, “Who knows when he’ll return? But whether he comes back or not—it makes no difference. Neither does Wang Vice-Boss—he hasn’t shown his face in days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One’s the boss, the other’s the internal affairs vice-boss—yet neither bothers with gang affairs. They’ve dumped everything on Brother Zhao... isn’t that a bit too much?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Brother Zhao works tirelessly, day and night, for the Wolf War Band...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the gang would’ve starved long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who’s responsible for the Wolf War Band’s thriving growth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Zhao! Brother Zhao! Big Brother Zhao!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1308,"2026-06-21T06:04:04.528Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","da27ba9c16d7afe6303de4e9d7c9a7f5070e71257015d2a464355e4992d5a2ed","high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-140","high-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-chapter-138",157,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhigh-martial-arts-across-two-worlds-cover.jpg"]