Chapter 55: Just Kill Them Directly!

The Green Snake Gang has been wiped out!

The Town Martial Office struck, annihilating the entire Green Snake Gang with the force of Lei Ting.

The boss, Han Qing; the secretary, Li Wenzhong; all major hall masters and top leaders were killed.

This news spread like wings, reaching every corner of the East District within fifteen minutes, then expanding to the outer city, striking fear into all gangs.

As for the major powers inside the inner city, they received the news but paid it little mind.

Gangs going under is perfectly normal.

With the Green Snake Gang gone, in a few days, Red Snake, Green Snake, White Snake… will rise.

Yet, right after the Green Snake Gang was destroyed, Huang Feiyang of the Great Knife Gang moved in and seized their territory.

The Green Snake Gang's assets were naturally seized by the Town Martial Office.

But the territory they controlled was left vacant.

Whoever controls such territory, Huang Feiyang will take it—or someone else will.

To put it bluntly, if a gang controls it, order will be slightly better.

In ancient feudal society, letting a place go completely free only leads to greater chaos.

This is precisely why Chen Mu had Huang Feiyang seize the opportunity to take over.

The Town Martial Office's destruction of the Green Snake Gang benefited three parties.

Huang Feiyang captured the Green Snake Gang's territory without losing a single soldier; his merit is enough to make him a hall master, but due to his current strength, he is only at the Second Stage of Heaven, and must wait for now.

The Town Martial Office, through the Green Snake Gang, uncovered a trafficking route for Xiao Yao Pills—but they were discovered halfway through and immediately cut off.

Chen Mu naturally collected a pile of cards.

Among them: four Internal Qi cards, three Skill cards, five Power cards, one Cultivation card; the rest were either Energy cards or Stamina cards.

The haul was decent, but the three Skill cards recorded mediocre martial arts.

Additionally, he established a connection with the Town Martial Office.

At least in the eyes of outsiders, Chen Mu and the Town Martial Office are deeply connected!

The Town Martial Office just wiped out the Green Snake Gang, and right after, Huang Feiyang took over the territory.

If there's no connection, then ghosts are real.

Some envy this, some are jealous; some are pleased, others wary.

Including the Great Knife Gang's boss, Guan Tong!

"Good, very good!"

At the Great Knife Gang's headquarters, Guan Tong gathered all hall masters and top leaders, exclaiming excitedly, "With the Green Snake Gang gone, our overall strength has risen another level. Next, we eliminate the Blood Wolf Gang, and we'll stand alone in the East District like the Hungry Tiger Gang and the Flying Dragon Gang!"

"Exactly! Stand alone in the East District!"

"It's just Li Xiangyang who's a bit hard to deal with."

"So what? Even if we fight him one after another, we'll wear him down and kill him."

"…"

Everyone in the room was flushed with excitement.

Standing alone in one district is the dream of every Great Knife Gang member.

If the Hungry Tiger Gang and the Flying Dragon Gang can do it, so can we.

Even Huang Feiyang's eyes gleamed.

Only Chen Mu kept his expression unchanged.

When the others had calmed slightly, he spoke: "Boss, all hall masters, standing alone in a district is important, but there's one thing I hope the boss will consider: banning the sale of Xiao Yao Pills."

"Yes, we must not touch Xiao Yao Pills," Huang Feiyang agreed. "The Town Martial Office cracks down hard on them. If Han Qing hadn't dealt in them, he wouldn't have been wiped out."

"Don't worry, we never touch that stuff," Guan Tong laughed. "Anyone in our ranks found using it gets kicked out immediately. By the way, Hall Master Chen, I heard you defeated Han Qiao?"

"Yes."

Chen Mu nodded. "Lucky timing—I just broke through to the Fifth Stage of Heaven a few days ago."

"Impressive!"

"Hall Master Chen is truly a young genius!"

"Fifth Stage of Heaven already? In two months, you'll be Sixth Stage!"

"…"

Several hall masters and top leaders spoke up, some in awe, others in flattery.

Chen Mu's breakthrough speed truly left them awed.

Everyone here is a martial artist—who doesn't know how hard and difficult Breakthrough Realm is?

They're all thirty, forty, even fifty years old.

How old is Chen Mu?

Geniuses like him cannot be measured by ordinary logic.

"Congratulations, Hall Master Chen!"

Guan Tong bowed in salute. "Hall Master Chen, you're too modest—if it weren't for Han Qiao, we'd never have known!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Hall Master Chen, when the time comes, you must show your strength!"

"…"

The crowd praised him again.

There are only a few people in the Great Knife Gang above the Fourth Stage of Heaven.

Aside from Guan Tong at the Eighth Stage of Heaven, there's one at the Sixth Stage and one at the Fifth Stage.

Chen Mu leapt up to become the fourth.

If the Blood Wolf Gang learns of this news, Li Xiangyang definitely won't be able to sit still!

……

Li Xiangyang was indeed a little anxious.

"Is the information accurate? Certain?"

At the Blood Wolf Gang headquarters, Li Xiangyang paced back and forth. When he stopped, he looked at a middle-aged man, frowning as he asked, "Chen Mu not only defeated Han Qiao, but he also entered the Town Martial Office without even needing to report?"

"Reporting to the Gang Leader, it's true."

The middle-aged man's expression was also grim. "That Chen Mu appears to be at the fifth layer of Postnatal!"

They all knew Han Qiao—his strength was certainly not weak.

Chen Mu sent him flying with a single palm strike, knocking him unconscious on the spot.

That kind of power is absolutely fifth layer of Postnatal!

"In just over half a month, he advanced a whole layer?"

Li Xiangyang's brows knit tightly, shock, envy, and wariness rising in his eyes.

After a long while, he sighed and said, "You mentioned earlier that Chen Mu persuaded Guan Tong to ban the trade of Carefree Pills within the Great Blade Gang's territory?"

"Yes." The middle-aged man replied, "Guan Tong's attitude toward Carefree Pills is actually the same as ours—ignore it. But since Chen Mu brought it up, it's different."

Carefree Pills are officially banned from circulation, yet in secret, who knows how many people buy and sell them on the sly.

Even the counties below can't avoid it.

Chen Mu banning Carefree Pills from appearing in the Great Blade Gang's territory—it's most likely to curry favor with the Town Martial Office?

Li Xiangyang deliberated, then said, "Pass the order down. From today onward, no one in our Blood Wolf Gang is allowed to have any contact with Carefree Pills! The moment it's discovered, they're expelled from the Blood Wolf!"

"……Yes!"

……

……

Banning Carefree Pills from appearing in the Great Blade Gang's territory was because Chen Mu didn't want to see people who were neither human nor ghost.

Carefree Pills can turn a person into a beast worse than a beast.

Other places are beyond his control, but within the Great Blade Gang's territory, Chen Mu didn't mind speaking up.

That Guan Tong was willing to agree was within his expectations.

He just didn't expect the Blood Wolf Gang's Li Xiangyang to also follow suit and ban them.

Was Li Xiangyang scared by the destruction of the Green Snake Gang?

Without the slightest warning, the Town Martial Office struck with thunderous speed and wiped out the Green Snake Gang. As fellow gang members, Li Xiangyang feeling fear was understandable.

The only question was how long it would last?

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Wulong Fucheng.

Inner City.

The Guo Family Mansion.

"What skill—using the Town Martial Office's hand to wipe out the Green Snake Gang, seizing territory in the chaos, and incidentally befriending people at the Town Martial Office. This Chen Mu, impressive indeed."

Guo Xianli clicked his tongue in admiration.

"Fifth Uncle, enough with the admiration, what's the next step?" Guo Jinnian's brows furrowed slightly. "Just because of this Chen Mu, the entire East District has become a drug-free zone!"

"Heh, if you ask me, just kill this guy surnamed Chen and be done with it!"