Chapter 181: After the Battle

"Ding! Killed a Third-Grade High-Level Martial Artist, gained 800 Experience Value points." The prompt sound of the Game Panel rang out once again.

Long Guxing's Divine Soul crawled out from his head; he looked at Meng Yifan and Liu Sheng with a ferocious expression, baring fangs and brandishing claws as he tried to continue fighting Liu Sheng to the death.

Meng Yifan flicked the Ghost Head Blade in his hand, and a powerful suction force appeared once more, enveloping Long Guxing's Divine Soul. No matter how Long Guxing struggled, he was ultimately swallowed by the Ghost Head Blade into the mysterious space.

"Crack!" On the Array Disk, the last Yin Spirit Stone shattered, which made Meng Yifan feel quite pained.

After this great battle, Meng Yifan could be considered to have spent his entire fortune; only after exhausting all the Yin Spirit Stones in his hand were the three great gang leaders finally dealt with.

Long Guxing was dead, and the dual-blade Zombie was salivating over his corpse. To a Zombie, the flesh and blood of a high-level Martial Artist was a panacea. Acting on the principle of not wasting anything, Meng Yifan gave all the usable parts to the dual-blade Zombie.

The Bloodthirsty Ghost Rat also wanted to eat, but it was already on the verge of self-destructing; if it ate any more, it would explode. Meng Yifan could only pat its head, use the Ghost Head Blade to smooth out its chaotic energy, and then let it go play on the side.

Long Guxing and Jiang Tian were dead, and Liu Sheng had surrendered; the remaining matters were easy to handle.

Liu Sheng was the leader of the Axe Gang. At his command, the members of the Axe Gang all surrendered to Meng Yifan.

Among the members of the Wuyou Gang and the Crocodile Gang, there were some die-hard loyalists who shouted about avenging their leaders; Meng Yifan could only order them to be killed.

Meng Yifan had five Third-Grade combatants participating on his side, plus Zhang Shagen and the fully armed soldiers, who quickly slaughtered the rebels of the Wuyou Gang and the Crocodile Gang until not a single one remained, leaving the ground flowing with blood.

During this process, Meng Yifan participated throughout, once again harvesting a large amount of Experience Value and using the Ghost Head Blade to capture many Martial Artist Yin Souls.

Now, in the special space of the Ghost Head Blade, many Yin Souls had been collected, enough for Meng Yifan to offset the countdown and return to Earth once again.

A large majority of the Wuyou Gang and Crocodile Gang members also saw that the situation was lost and that further resistance would mean death, so they all obediently laid down their weapons and knelt to surrender.

Meng Yifan had Liu Sheng round these people up and conduct strict screenings. If there were any who had committed heinous crimes, they were to be beheaded as a public warning. Then, he would select powerful Martial Artists from among them to form a caravan, and in the future, Liu Sheng would lead this caravan of Martial Artists to continue smuggling and trading grain.

Meng Yifan had Liu Dengke lead men to take inventory of the grain. Finally, it was confirmed that the existing grain, if supplied in limited quantities, could feed all the commoners in the city for three months, which temporarily solved the problem of grain shortages in Luolong County.

Coupled with Liu Sheng leading the caravan to smuggle and sell grain, under normal circumstances, it would be able to satisfy the food needs of the commoners in Luolong County.

However, this time, many commoners had acted as fence-sitters. The Three Great Gangs had driven up grain prices and spread rumors, causing many commoners to turn against Meng Yifan, even shouting slogans for Meng Yifan to get out of Luolong County. This made Meng Yifan very unhappy, and he decided to categorize the commoners in the city into different ranks based on their level of Loyalty in the future.

Commoners with high Loyalty could purchase more grain, while commoners with low Loyalty could only purchase the most basic grain to maintain survival.

Commoners with high Loyalty could become officials and participate in the management of Luolong County.

Commoners with low Loyalty could only stay at the very bottom, follow the orders of the officials, eat less, and work more in order to survive.

Dividing the classes and letting the commoners with high Loyalty live a happy and fulfilling life could strengthen the commoners' beliefs and make them follow Meng Yifan completely.

It could also make those commoners with low Loyalty slowly change their concepts and increase their Loyalty to Meng Yifan.

Meng Yifan still had a series of plans in his heart, preparing to implement them slowly in the future. His ultimate plan was to turn all the commoners in Luolong County into Dead Loyal Subjects.

In that way, as long as he gave an order, even if there were a mountain of blades and a sea of fire ahead, all the commoners would be willing to follow him and step forward.

Even when facing the most powerful enemies, everyone would dare to fight to the death.

There must absolutely never again be a phenomenon where a large number of commoners betray Meng Yifan when a crisis arrives.

This battle, which wiped out the Wuyou Gang and the Crocodile Gang, besides harvesting a large amount of grain, also yielded over fifty thousand taels of Silver Notes and a large quantity of Qi Replenishing Pills, Condensing Qi Pills, Breakthrough Pills, and other cultivation resources, enough for Meng Yifan to cultivate a large number of subordinates.

Not only that, but Liu Sheng also voluntarily contributed a secret technique for Condensing Qi into Steel, "Blade of Condensed Steel".

This secret technique belonged to the Metal-attribute secret techniques. It could condense Metal-attribute True Qi, using the True Qi to condense into the shape of a weapon, or it could attach the condensed True Qi onto a weapon to form a glittering golden blade aura, significantly enhancing the armor-piercing ability of the weapon, and it could even leave the weapon to injure enemies from a distance.

"Blade of Condensed Steel" was a very practical secret technique, and after Meng Yifan practiced it, he quickly got the hang of it.

Because his body had already undergone a corpse transformation and become very special, his True Qi had already been tempered, which could be considered as having already achieved Condensing Qi into Steel, except that the True Qi he condensed carried Corpse Poison and appeared even more eerie.

Enemies struck by this special True Qi would begin to transform into Zombies.

After the Axe Gang was basically stabilized, Liu Sheng led Meng Yifan through the underground tunnels. Meng Yifan had not expected that there would be such intricate underground passages beneath Luolong County.

Some of these passages were once buried drainage pipes, while others were underground spaces excavated by Long Guxing's orders, which could accommodate over a thousand people living there. The headquarters of the Wuyou Gang was set up in an underground hall; if someone unfamiliar with the paths entered, it would be very easy to get lost.

Fortunately, this time Meng Yifan set up an illusion array and killed Long Guxing and Jiang Tian, otherwise, if Long Guxing had led his men to hide in the underground passages, it would not have been so easy for Meng Yifan to bring men in to encircle and annihilate him.

Long Guxing had put a lot of thought into creating these underground spaces. People in the underground space did not feel stifled at all and could even breathe fresh air. It was unknown how this was achieved, which made Meng Yifan marvel at it.

Especially the hall where Long Guxing originally lived; it was luxuriously decorated, and many pieces of furniture were made of precious red sandalwood, emitting a faint fragrance that made one feel refreshed and relaxed when smelling it.

On Earth, Meng Yifan had seen a Qing Dynasty red sandalwood carved "Good Fortune as the Eastern Sea" dragon-pattern cloud throne, which was auctioned for over nine million.

Meng Yifan thought it was incredible at the time. He had worked himself to the bone on the battlefield for over ten years and only saved up a net worth of over seven million, yet he couldn't even afford a single chair.

At that time, he really didn't understand: how could a broken chair be so valuable? Were the brains of rich people squeezed by a door?

Now, in Long Guxing's hall, Meng Yifan discovered a red sandalwood chair. Judging from the quality of the red sandalwood, it seemed even better than that auction item on Earth.

Especially on this red sandalwood chair, some mysterious curves were carved, which actually had the effect of a lowest-grade Dharma Artifact. Sitting on this chair could keep one warm in winter and cool in summer, regulate Qi and blood, calm the mind, clear the thoughts, and make one feel refreshed.

"Does this count as a Low-Grade Dharma Artifact?" Meng Yifan was caught between laughter and tears. This red sandalwood chair could not be used for combat, but sitting on it was truly comfortable. Long Guxing really knew how to enjoy himself.

"If I could bring this red sandalwood chair to Earth, it would definitely sell for ten or twenty million. If those big tycoons knew the true effect of this chair, they would definitely go crazy for it; even if it cost more money, they would be willing to spend it."

Thinking of this, Meng Yifan shook his head. It was a pity that he had transmigrated with his soul and could not bring things from the Great Martial Heavenly Dynasty World back to Earth at all; otherwise, he could easily make a fortune.

Long Guxing had managed the underground space as his base camp and built it very well, but unfortunately, it was all left to Meng Yifan in the end.

Meng Yifan prepared to use this place as a secret base; preparing gunpowder and having Liu Zhongyong concoct poisons could all be carried out here.