Chapter 172: Let's Talk

Meng Dayong took a thick, large sky-rocket out from his bosom, lit it with a fire-starter, and aimed it at the sky.

"Whoosh!" A ball of fire suddenly flew to a height of seventy or eighty meters, then bloomed, becoming a brilliant and eye-catching Elm Cannon.

This was the assembly firework that Meng Yifan had people design; as long as they saw this firework, Meng Yifan's subordinates would quickly rush over to assemble.

Meng Dayong really wanted to charge into the underground grain storage to help Meng Yifan fight, but his strength was limited; even if he charged in, the effect would not be great. It would be better to quickly carry that coffin over, as inside it was placed a Third Grade dual-blade Zombie, whose combat power was very fierce.

During this time, Meng Yifan had used the Nine Yin Corpse Refining Secret Technique to re-refine the dual-blade Zombie's Control Rune, allowing Meng Yifan's Spiritual Power to enter the rune to control the dual-blade Zombie in battle.

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Inside the underground grain storage, Jiang Tian urged the thick Blood Qi Power in his body. In the eyes of the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals, Jiang Tian was like a scorching sun; the nearby black mist was forced to retreat step by step, not daring to approach Jiang Tian at all.

"Bite your tongue-tip to draw blood and spray it onto your blades, and you will be able to slay the Yin Souls." Jiang Tian shouted loudly, and then the underlings behind him followed suit one after another, spraying the extremely Yang and rigid Tongue-Tip Blood onto their blades.

This made their blades possess the function of breaking evil; as long as they scratched a Ghost Soldier or Ghost General, they would make them suffer tremendous damage.

"Kill!" Jiang Tian roared, then raised a three-foot-long sword and charged at the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals. In front of him were two First Grade Ghost Soldiers; Jiang Tian swung his long sword casually, and the two Ghost Soldiers were directly slashed into two halves.

Ghost Soldiers were formed from the gathering of Yin Qi; they were formless in gathering and dispersing, could gather or divide, and were not afraid of ordinary physical damage.

After the bodies of these two Ghost Soldiers were slashed open, a powerful Blood Qi Power diffused into their soul bodies at the parts cut by Jiang Tian's long sword, causing their soul bodies to burn instantly. In the blink of an eye, they vanished into thin air, turning into two wisps of green smoke that dissipated between Heaven and Earth.

"Kill!" Seeing their boss so valiant, the underlings of the Crocodile Gang were all high in morale. They also stirred up the Blood Qi Power in their bodies one after another, raised their blades smeared with Tongue-Tip Blood, and rushed up to fight in a melee with the Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals.

Jiang Tian was slaughtering away; the Ghost Soldiers blocking his path were not a match for him in a single exchange and were all instantly killed by him.

Suddenly, fifty tiny Embroidered Needles flew near Jiang Tian as fast as lightning, stabbing toward the vital parts of his whole body.

"Hmph! Petty tricks, daring to show off before an expert!" Jiang Tian snorted coldly. His long sword suddenly flickered, and like a rainstorm of pear blossoms, the tip of the sword trembled, actually producing dozens of afterimages that protected his entire body.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!" All fifty Embroidered Needles were actually knocked away by Jiang Tian's long sword.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!" Zhang Butou's five large-headed needles flew over again, targeting Jiang Tian's pair of balls.

"Despicable and shameless!" Jiang Tian was so angry he cursed loudly. He swung his long sword again, wanting to knock these five large-headed needles away too, but just as his long sword was about to hit those large-headed needles, those needles actually changed direction in mid-air, flying toward Jiang Tian's eyes, temples, and other vital parts.

The flight speed of the large-headed needles was very fast, and coupled with the sudden change in direction, this caught Jiang Tian somewhat off guard.

Jiang Tian was startled; he keenly discovered that these large-headed needles could turn because they were coated with dense Yin Qi.

Actually, the initial Embroidered Needles were also coated with Yin Qi, but that Yin Qi was too thin, and when they approached Jiang Tian's body, they were dispersed by the thick Blood Qi Power on him.

These five large-headed needles were much larger in volume, and after special manufacturing, they could be coated with more Yin Qi. This meant that even when they approached Jiang Tian, although the Yin Qi was consumed rapidly, Zhang Butou could still control them to change direction.

Jiang Tian did not panic in the face of danger; he bit his tongue-tip again, and True Qi mixed with the Yang-rigid Tongue-Tip Blood was sprayed directly at the five large-headed needles.

"Pfft!" The Tongue-Tip Blood dispersed into fifty or sixty blood beads, covering a large area in front of Jiang Tian.

Those five large-headed needles had already appeared in front of Jiang Tian; it was too late to change direction, and they were hit squarely by this mouthful of Tongue-Tip Blood.

"Sizzle! Sizzle!" The five large-headed needles were like being scorched in a furnace. The Yin Qi coated on them reacted violently with the Yang-rigid Tongue-Tip Blood, and in the end, the Yin Qi could not withstand the Yang-rigid power of the Tongue-Tip Blood and was burned until it disappeared.

Not only that, this Tongue-Tip Blood was sprayed out by Jiang Tian using True Qi, so it flew a long distance. It not only knocked down the five large-headed needles, but the remaining blood beads also flew toward Zhang Butou like hidden weapons.

"Sizzle!" Zhang Butou was a Third Grade Ghost General with dense Yin Qi on his body, but after being sprayed by Jiang Tian's Tongue-Tip Blood, he still felt a burning sensation on his soul body. Every drop of Tongue-Tip Blood required Zhang Butou to use a large amount of Yin Qi to neutralize it.

"Go to hell!" Jiang Tian charged over with his three-foot-long sword, as fast as a thunderbolt. He had already seen that among these Yin Souls, only Zhang Butou was Third Grade; as long as Zhang Butou was killed, the other Yin Souls would be nothing to fear.

Zhang Butou could originally gather and disperse formlessly to dodge quickly, but at this moment, there were still dozens of drops of Tongue-Tip Blood in his soul body, which made his soul body become unbearably heavy. He could not dodge quickly at all, nor could he disperse into Yin Qi, and could only take Jiang Tian's attack head-on.

"Oh no!" Zhang Butou knew things were looking bad, because he was a Yin Soul Body, and his main means of attack were Divine Soul attacks and driving the large-headed needles. Now that the large-headed needle attack had been broken, he could only use a Divine Soul attack.

However, a Martial Artist's Blood Qi was thick, and as their body became continuously stronger, their Divine Soul would also become more powerful. Moreover, Jiang Tian was fighting on his home turf, and the Spiritual Power in his Mud Pill Palace was all amplifying the strength of his Divine Soul. To defeat his Divine Soul in his Mud Pill Palace, Zhang Butou would have to be at least one grade stronger than Jiang Tian.

"Can't worry about that much anymore; at worst, I'll just have my soul scattered." Zhang Butou did not hesitate. Since he could not dodge, he charged toward Jiang Tian, preparing to drill into Jiang Tian's Mud Pill Palace to launch an attack on his Divine Soul.

Just as Zhang Butou was preparing for a desperate strike, Meng Yifan performed Lingbo Microsteps, his body flickered, and he appeared in front of Zhang Butou, saying: "You go deal with the other enemies; I will deal with Jiang Tian."

Zhang Butou nodded and charged toward the other members of the Crocodile Gang.

"Meng Yifan, I didn't expect you to be an Immortal Cultivator who can also drive Yin Souls to fight. It seems our Three Great Gangs really underestimated you." Jiang Tian said.

"Boss Jiang, I must take this grain. If you are sensible, you will back off. Tomorrow, the three of you gang leaders will attend the banquet on time, and we can sit down and talk properly. Perhaps our two sides can cooperate to jointly manage Luolong County." Meng Yifan said.

The land around Luolong County was barren, and it was basically difficult to produce grain, so it mainly relied on transporting grain from other places.

Meng Yifan had rebelled, and Dongchuan Prefecture had already ordered a blockade of Luolong County; it was difficult to purchase grain through regular channels.

Now, wanting to replenish the grain in Luolong County could only rely on smuggling.

The three gang leaders held the smuggling channels in their hands. Not only that, but outside the city, it was currently a time of war and chaos, with Demon Beasts running rampant; ordinary merchants simply did not dare to go outside the city to trade.

The Three Great Gangs were powerful with many experts; they had the ability to mobilize a large number of Martial Artists to form caravans to transport grain from outside the city.

Precisely because of this, unless it was a last resort, Meng Yifan did not want to wipe out the Three Great Gangs.

If the Three Great Gangs could surrender and follow Meng Yifan's orders to mobilize Martial Artists to sell grain, that would solve the problem of grain shortage in Luolong County.