Chapter 202

Under the command of the "Beast King" Yu Longqing, there are "one general and three scholars."

The "one general" refers to Zhang Shan, a powerhouse at the Dao Foundation Establishment realm; the most capable fighters under Yu Longqing all follow Zhang Shan.

The "three scholars" refer to three strategists who devise plans for Yu Longqing, each responsible for a specific industry.

The two sides, one civil and one martial, are the four most important parts of the "Beast King's" power.

Half of the thugs led by Zhang Shan are at the Human Face Villa, while the other half are scattered throughout Datong Prefecture, responsible for guarding Yu Longqing's businesses.

Of the three strategists, one is responsible for the business of implant trade, one for matters related to exotic beast breeding, and one for matters related to exotic beast feed.

Because the Human Face Villa is the largest exotic beast breeding farm and exotic beast feed plantation in Yu Longqing's hands, all three strategists are permanently stationed at the villa.

After the news of Yu Longqing's death was sent back, the Human Face Villa did not have any problems for the time being, because many people did not believe it.

It was not until the corpses of two exotic beasts were transported back and began to be displayed in the city that the Human Face Villa began to collapse completely, and infighting followed:

After Zhang Shan died, the group of thugs was left without a leader and were pulled over by the three strategists respectively, and then the three sides launched a bloody slaughter within the villa!

In the end, only one side survived, and the leading strategist was named Yang Zhe.

"Respectfully welcome the Ghost King!"

At the main gate of the villa, Yang Zhe waited here with a large group of people.

Following his shout, the hundreds of people behind him also shouted loudly:

"Respectfully welcome the Ghost King—"

After finishing, Yang Zhe led the hundreds of people to bow to Li Fei together.

Li Fei looked at these people in front of him calmly.

He did not speak, and these people kept their bowing posture.

"Are you the only ones left alive in the villa now?"

Li Fei asked.

Hearing this, Yang Zhe still maintained his bowing posture, raised his head and looked at Li Fei: "Yes."

He looked to be in his thirties and had a natural smiling face.

It was such a seemingly amiable person who killed the other two sides in the internal struggle of the Human Face Villa and survived to the end.

Li Fei had learned about the situation at the Human Face Villa in advance; there were about five hundred permanent staff inside, but now only these hundred or so people remained.

That is to say, in just four days, more than three hundred people died in the infighting!

Li Fei felt that even if the four major forces had directly attacked the Human Face Villa, perhaps not so many people would have died here in the end.

"I have already organized all the resources of the Human Face Villa and all the industries controlled by Yu Longqing for the Ghost King; please take a look, Ghost King."

As he spoke, Yang Zhe took out a thick booklet from his bosom, stepped forward a few steps, maintained a bowing posture, and handed it to Li Fei with both hands.

All the resources of the Human Face Villa were fine; after all, they were laid out in the open, and whoever attacked this villa could possess them.

But all the industries controlled by Yu Longqing were only known to confidants and high-level figures like Yang Zhe; outsiders could not fully understand them, such as some hidden accounts, invisible assets, and hidden connections, etc.

Yang Zhe's greatest value lay in this; he was now handing his "value" to Li Fei.

Li Fei glanced at the booklet in the other party's hand and did not take it:

"Since you have completely mastered the things left behind by Yu Longqing, you could have completely offered these things to one of the four major forces outside; why did you choose me?"

Yang Zhe still maintained the posture of presenting it with both hands:

"Naturally, it is because the Ghost King's prestige is as deep as the sea, and following you is the most promising!"

He said it very sincerely.

Li Fei was noncommittal and took the booklet from the other party's hand.

Seeing this scene, the hundreds of people behind Yang Zhe suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Fei flipped through the booklet in his hand and could not help but feel shocked by the wealth and resources accumulated by Yu Longqing:

Over 6.73 million yuan in cash!

Deposits in major banks totaling over 56.78 million yuan!

Various elixirs needed for martial arts cultivation, some swords, spears, sticks, and clubs, some bows and crossbows, and some anti-stab clothing.

More than three hundred sets of full-body infantry armor and more than two hundred bulletproof shields.

A total of more than five hundred revolvers and rifles combined, and a total of more than 100,000 rounds of general-purpose ammunition.

More than a dozen boxes of hand grenades, totaling thousands!

Four heavy machine guns, equipped with more than 100,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition!

Two 75mm caliber howitzers, with twelve shells!

Seeing this, Li Fei already felt that his horizons had been broadened.

It turned out that the rumors were all true; the civilian forces of this era could actually even get their hands on cannons.

The following also recorded the number and types of exotic beasts raised at the Human Face Villa, the various herbs used to make exotic beast feed, livestock, etc.

In addition to the Human Face Villa, Yu Longqing also opened three exotic beast feed plantations within Datong Prefecture.

There were also various businesses such as gambling houses, brothels, elixir trading on the black market, and arms trading.

Although the main business was exotic beast feed, it did not mean that Yu Longqing did not dabble in other industries.

Finally, this booklet recorded a list of officials bribed by the "Beast King" faction over the years and spies planted in various places!

Li Fei did not expect that Yang Zhe would even write these down in the booklet and hand them over to him together.

He put away the booklet and looked at Yang Zhe:

"Giving all this to me, aren't you afraid that I will burn the bridge after crossing it?"

The smile on Yang Zhe's face remained unchanged, and he said while bowing:

"If the Ghost King wants to better receive and control everything left by the 'Beast King', using me is the best choice. Moreover, my value is not just reflected by this booklet."

He was not boasting; the various businesses and connections of the "Beast King" all required someone like him to manage them clearly.

Even if Li Fei wanted to replace someone to manage these businesses in the future, he would still need someone like Yang Zhe to transition smoothly.

This was Yang Zhe's sinister side; he killed the other two strategists to make himself the only choice.

Only in this way could he ensure that he had the greatest chance of survival!

Li Fei looked at Yang Zhe deeply and said:

"Take me to see this Human Face Villa."

Only then did Yang Zhe finally breathe a sigh of relief.

He survived!

Subsequently, Yang Zhe took Li Fei to visit the entire Human Face Villa and looked at the resources written in the booklet one by one.

Yang Zhe had already placed various resources in categories in advance to make it convenient for Li Fei to see them at a glance.

Li Fei noticed that many things were still stained with blood.

After roughly finishing the visit to the entire villa, Li Fei came to a villa.

This villa was Yu Longqing's residence; there were guards with guns guarding the outside of the villa, but they were guarding inward, not outward.

"Ghost King, Yu Longqing's family members live inside here."

Yang Zhe came to Li Fei's side and said softly.

Yu Longqing did not officially marry a wife, but there were naturally quite a few women around him.

Living in this villa were Yu Longqing's women and a group of servants.

After Yang Zhe controlled this villa, he did not let the women inside suffer any harm.

It was not that he was sympathetic to the fair sex, but that he knew there was no shortage of beautiful women in this world, but there was a shortage of beautiful women with status.

The identity of the "Beast King's" woman was extremely attractive to many people!

Maybe the Green-Faced Ghost King also liked this sort of thing?

So this was a flattery Yang Zhe had prepared specifically.

Unfortunately, Li Fei completely ignored it.

He had no intention of entering the villa at all and turned to look at Yang Zhe:

"Yu Longqing has no children?"

"No."

Yang Zhe looked into Li Fei's eyes and shook his head very firmly.

"Disperse all the women inside, send them out of Datong Prefecture quietly, and leave them a sum of money."

Li Fei issued the first order after entering the villa.

He did not dislike beauty, but he could not raise any interest in things others had used.

Yang Zhe nodded in agreement: "Understood, but there is one woman inside; if she is sent away just like that, I am afraid there will be future trouble."

"Hmm?"

Li Fei looked at him.

Yang Zhe turned around and gave a look to a subordinate behind him.

The other party immediately ran into the villa.

Soon, this person ran out carrying a woman with one hand.

This woman's figure and appearance were both top-notch, and her whole body was bound by specially made iron chains.

This kind of iron chain was specifically used to bind martial artists.

The person who came placed the woman in his hand at Li Fei's feet, did not say a word of nonsense, and retreated very cleanly.

Yang Zhe pointed to the woman at Li Fei's feet and said:

"This person's name is Liu Wenjun, twenty-nine years old, a peak Qi-Transformation stage martial artist; she is Yu Longqing's woman and also a disciple Yu Longqing brought up himself. Yu Longqing thought highly of her potential to break through to the Dao Foundation Establishment realm in the future."

Li Fei glanced at the woman at his feet; a twenty-nine-year-old peak Qi-Transformation stage martial artist was indeed very talented and had a chance to become a Dao Foundation Establishment powerhouse in the future.

And a Dao Foundation Establishment enemy hiding in the dark would be very troublesome for any force.

That was why Yang Zhe said this person could not be let go.

Liu Wenjun also raised her head to look at Li Fei at this time, her eyes full of hatred: "Did you kill him?"

Li Fei met the other party's gaze, and his right hand touched the hilt of the Ghost-Slaying Blade.

Seeing this, Liu Wenjun showed a fearless smile and closed her eyes, preparing to wait for death.

"The implant you use is 【Steel Armor】?"

Li Fei asked suddenly.

Liu Wenjun did not answer, and Yang Zhe immediately answered for her:

"She uses a metal-attribute second-grade inferior 【Steel Armor】 implant."

Li Fei's 【Steel Armor】 was an extremely rare second-grade superior, while normal 【Steel Armor】 was only second-grade inferior.

"You have recently started trying 'Return to One'."

Li Fei looked at Liu Wenjun at his feet and continued.

Liu Wenjun showed a look of surprise.

"Return to One" is the process of slowly gathering the "branches" of the implant that have spread throughout the body into a single mass, without affecting the use of innate Qi and extraordinary abilities, nor causing any impact on one's own physique.

This is the most important step for breaking through from the Qi-Transformation stage to the Dao Foundation Establishment stage, and also the most difficult hurdle.

Because it involves all details and is a change within the body, this process is actually very hidden; if one does not use innate Qi to probe into the body to check carefully, outsiders cannot see it.

Yet Li Fei actually saw it at a glance?!

And he even knew that she had only started trying it recently.

Is this Green-Faced Ghost so unfathomable?

No wonder he lost to him...

Liu Wenjun's eyes dimmed.

Yang Zhe on the side observed Li Fei; although he could not see his face, he saw that Li Fei seemed to have suddenly become interested in this Liu Wenjun, so he immediately said:

"If the Ghost King wants to keep her, this subordinate can arrange it for you."

He had already consciously referred to himself as a subordinate.

"Good, watch her well; I want her alive."

Li Fei issued the second order.

After ordinary people break through to the late Qi-Transformation stage, they still need to slowly polish their strength, using the effort of water grinding to reach the peak of Qi-Transformation, and only then can they start trying to break the realm.

Li Fei had already broken through to the late Qi-Transformation stage; because his intent power was strong enough, and his Vajra Strength had been tempered by Hao Yi's Heaven and Earth Furnace Strength, he was actually at the peak of the Qi-Transformation stage as soon as he broke the realm, and did not need to slowly polish his strength anymore.

This also meant that he could start "Return to One".

Liu Wenjun's implant was also 【Steel Armor】, and she just happened to start trying "Return to One", which was why Li Fei could see it at a glance.

He specifically kept this person because he wanted to use Liu Wenjun to "observe the Dao"!

Although individual physiques are different and the grades of implants are different, Liu Wenjun's "Return to One" and Li Fei's "Return to One" will certainly have many differences, but it still has great reference value.

"As long as I am alive for one day, I will always want to kill you! You had better kill me now; don't even think about making me work for you!"

Liu Wenjun shouted suddenly after hearing Li Fei's words.

She thought that Li Fei had the idea of subduing her after knowing she had started trying "Return to One".

Li Fei looked into her eyes and said coldly:

"After you break the realm, I will give you a chance to avenge Yu Longqing one-on-one."

"What did you say?"

Liu Wenjun was startled.

"Scared?"

Li Fei asked back.

"Good! I will definitely kill you!"

Liu Wenjun said through gritted teeth.

Li Fei stopped looking at her.

Yang Zhe waved his hand, and someone immediately took Liu Wenjun away.

Then he smiled and saluted Li Fei:

"Ghost King, please wait a moment."

Li Fei looked at him, wanting to see what else he had prepared.

Yang Zhe turned to look at the hundreds of people who had followed all the way, his smile unchanged, and raised his hand to make a throat-slitting gesture.

Swish, swish, swish, swish—

In the crowd, blade light suddenly erupted, and immediately after, heads flew up!

Blood was like a waterfall, and the crowd was in a commotion.

Li Fei watched this scene quietly without moving.

Soon, this sudden slaughter ended, more than twenty corpses were added to the ground, and a pungent smell of blood rushed toward them.

Yang Zhe turned to bow and salute Li Fei:

"This subordinate knows the Ghost King's rules; those killed just now were all people who had committed numerous crimes and were unforgivable!"

He knew that after the Green-Faced Ghost took over the Tiger Blade Gang's power in Xingcheng, he launched a slaughter.

Now, without Li Fei having to speak, he took the initiative to lead a slaughter!

"Although the remaining people are not innocent either, their crimes are not enough to warrant death; if the Ghost King does not believe it, you can investigate them one by one."

Yang Zhe continued.

Li Fei looked at this strategist who was born with a smiling face and nodded:

"Good, since you understand my rules, then you should also be clear about which industries to discard and which industries to change next."

"Yes, this subordinate understands; please rest assured, Ghost King."

Yang Zhe bowed and saluted.

Li Fei looked at the remaining people present and said word by word:

"From now on, there is no more 'Beast King'."

A martial artist who had just drawn a blade to kill knelt on one knee directly to Li Fei:

"We swear to be loyal to the Ghost King!"

Following his kneeling, the remaining people knelt on one knee one after another and said in unison:

"We swear to be loyal to the Ghost King—"

The voices of dozens of martial artists mixed together, resounding through the night sky of the Human Face Villa, and also making everyone outside the villa hear it clearly.

The 46th year of Hongguang, the night of April 2nd.

Under the siege of the four major forces, the Green-Faced Ghost walked into the Human Face Villa alone and received everything left by the "Beast King" Yu Longqing.

The entire Human Face Villa was the compensation gift left to the Green-Faced Ghost by the "Poison King", the "Cannon King", and the "Shadow King"!

After tonight, the "Beast King", one of the "Seven Kings" of Datong Prefecture, no longer exists.

But the "Seven Kings" still exist, because there is one more Green-Faced Ghost King!

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