Chapter 35: Lying Low

Next, Lu Zhangsheng turned his attention to that letter.

He tore open the envelope and took out the letter inside.

He spread it out to look.

He saw dense characters covering the entire letter paper, interspersed with a large number of mysterious symbols.

Lu Zhangsheng frowned; he could not understand this letter at all. It was clearly an encrypted letter, and only specific personnel could understand its meaning.

This kind of encrypted letter was very troublesome and required both the sender and receiver to spend a great deal of effort to produce.

The information inside often contained great secrets.

Coupled with the large amount of iron ore seized this time, Lu Zhangsheng could not help but suspect what the other party was trying to do. This caused a trace of gloom to surface in his heart.

The Wenxiang Sect, the mysterious letter, this woman Zhao Yuanjing, and the Black Mountain Bandits—these factions were like a dark cloud hovering over the entire Changping County.

Some people with ulterior motives had likely been preparing for decades.

What their purpose was, remained unknown.

But if it were to erupt completely one day, the entire Changping County would surely not be spared.

Lu Zhangsheng suddenly had a feeling that a storm was coming.

He had to hurry and improve his strength; otherwise, there was not much time left for him, and that day would come sooner or later.

Lu Zhangsheng put away his thoughts, disposed of the corpses on the ground, and then scared away the surrounding horses.

Soon, only pools of blood remained on the ground, as if telling of the tragedy that had occurred.

………………

The next three days.

Lu Zhangsheng had been ambushing Sanhe Gang caravans on the official road.

He did not intercept every caravan, but looked at the scale of the other party's team—sometimes real, sometimes fake, making it hard for them to fathom.

After these few days of interception, his medicinal herbs and silver had become much more abundant.

Truly, a horse doesn't get fat without night grass, and a person doesn't get rich without windfall wealth.

And every time after an interception, he would change locations; after several times, the other party also became vigilant, making it hard for him to easily find opportunities.

Regarding this, Lu Zhangsheng did not rashly strike again; his own martial Dao was in a period of rapid improvement, so he naturally would not rush for a moment.

There would be plenty of time to play with them slowly in the future.

Afterward, Lu Zhangsheng utilized the Floating Light Shadow and quickly ran toward the county city.

Several hours later, the city gate of the county city was clearly in sight.

Lu Zhangsheng found a place where no one was around and reverted his Bone-Shrinking Art.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

A series of light sounds came, and he returned to his original appearance.

Then he walked swaggeringly toward the city gate.

…………

Sanhe Gang base.

"Slap..."

Huang Tianba fiercely smashed his teacup on the ground, his eyes flashing with murderous light as he scanned the hall masters below.

"It's been several days, and you still haven't caught the person intercepting our gang? What use do I have for you? A bunch of good-for-nothings."

Under the suppression of Huang Tianba's powerful aura, the crowd below felt their bodies tense up, not daring to make a sound.

Seeing that no one had stepped out for a long time, Wang Yong had to bite the bullet and walk out.

"Reporting to the Gang Leader, this person is extremely cunning; the timing of his strikes has no pattern, as if he is just acting on his own mood..."

"Subordinate will definitely catch this person; please rest assured, Gang Leader."

Because his subordinate had lost the Gang Leader's important letter, although he knew this matter was tricky, it was hard for him to shirk responsibility.

The other hall masters saw someone stepping up and felt a sense of relief in their hearts.

"Hmph... I don't care who the other party is; I must skin them and pull out their bones."

Huang Tianba snorted coldly, his murderous aura erupting.

"Arrange this matter; I give you half a year."

"Subordinate obeys the order."

Wang Yong bowed respectfully.

That this matter fell on his head, he could only blame his own bad luck.

Not only was his subordinate Protector Wang Shouren killed, but the people sent to intercept Lu Zhangsheng also failed to block him; everything was going wrong, leaving him very helpless.

During this period, it was as if he had run into a ghost, suffering one piece of bad luck after another.

At the same time, news about the Sanhe Gang caravans being attacked one after another also spread throughout Changping County.

A group of martial artists were all extremely surprised, not expecting that someone would dare to be so bold and succeed repeatedly, which made everyone admire him endlessly.

Some people who were hostile to the Sanhe Gang were even happier in their hearts.

They wished the Sanhe Gang would suffer setbacks every day.

As a large gang, the Sanhe Gang had also offended many martial artists during its development and expansion. Haisha Gang base.

Inside a magnificent house.

A beautiful woman in white sat in the main seat; the woman had a plump figure and a charming face, like a ripe peach.

This woman was the current Gang Leader of the Haisha Gang, Yue Wanting, and also the daughter of the previous Gang Leader.

Beside Yue Wanting sat a young woman, who was none other than Yue Shulan.

The mother and daughter had heavy expressions and were talking.

"That mysterious man is quite cautious; he has struck repeatedly without being caught, and his strength is also good. If we could pull him into the gang..."

Yue Wanting sighed softly.

As a woman, supporting such a large gang made her feel somewhat inadequate.

If it weren't for the many helpers left behind by the previous Gang Leader, she would have likely been pulled down from this position long ago.

The two Deputy Gang Leaders had been eyeing her covetously, still lusting after her body, which made her very angry yet helpless.

She had even sent her own foster daughter to the Demon-Suppressing Division for refuge.

She knew the reason for all this was that her own strength was unable to suppress the gang.

Her strength was exactly the same as the two Deputy Gang Leaders, which naturally caused some people to have ulterior motives.

"Child will investigate carefully; when the time comes, spending some price to pull this person into the gang will be worth it."

Yue Shulan spoke softly.

She was also doing her best to help her mother manage the Haisha Gang.

"How is that colleague you met?"

Yue Wanting sipped her tea, somewhat curious.

"There is no definite answer yet, but child believes that the other party will definitely cooperate with us."

Yue Shulan smiled lightly, appearing quite confident.

Yue Wanting smiled: "That's good. I hope you and I, mother and daughter, can work together to support this foundation."

………………

At dusk.

The setting sun was like blood.

Lu Zhangsheng sat on the wooden chair in the study, placing all his harvests from these past few days on the table.

He saw a small pile of medicinal herbs stacked together, the fragrance hitting his nose.

Beside them were over ten martial arts secret manuals.

He directly absorbed all the medicinal herbs before him.

He opened the panel to look.

Source Energy Points: 40.

These medicinal herbs provided a total of 32 Source Energy Points, which was not bad.

Coupled with the old ginseng sent by Yue Shulan, he had become slightly wealthy again.

He decided to immediately start adding points to his martial arts; only by converting Source Energy Points into strength could he achieve real improvement.

Now the situation in Changping County was becoming increasingly turbulent, and no one knew when a great battle would erupt, so keeping some for emergencies was enough.

Then he turned his gaze to the pile of martial arts secret manuals beside him.

【Tiger-Subduing Positive Yang Blade】

【Wind-Breaking Blade】

【Blade-Drawing Technique】

【Roaming Dragon Step】

【Eight Steps to Chase the Cicada】

……

There were ten blade techniques and footwork martial arts in total.

Lu Zhangsheng began to flip through them one by one, and before long, ten new martial arts appeared on the panel.

Coupled with the two secret manuals obtained last time, his own cultivation techniques were once again abundant.

He prepared to develop well for a period of time, and after mastering all these secret manuals, he would start fusion and derivation.

As long as he could derive more advanced blade techniques and footwork, it would also be of great benefit to his own strength.

Thinking of this, he directly started to act.

Lu Zhangsheng came to the center of the courtyard, picked up his slaughtering knife, and slashed out.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Soon, only the sound of Lu Zhangsheng practicing martial arts remained in the courtyard.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 36 =====