Chapter 168

Chen Haisheng appears.

In three days, I will send people to take over the spirit vein!

The Gu Family Elder appears. Chen Haisheng also appears again.

The Wang and Jin families appear – the Wang Family and the Jin Family. Should we list them? They are named entities (families). Not in the glossary. Should we include 'Wang Family' and 'Jin Family'. Also 'both families' just means two families.

Gu Ren appears. The Sixth Elder also appears. Also maybe the Gu Family appears again.

Fortunately you all returned in time; otherwise, I wouldn't know how to settle today's affair.

The Sixth and Seventh Elders appear. Also maybe Gu Ren appears.

Lao Liu and Lao Qi (Old Six and Old Seven) are nicknames used as names for the elders. According to the rules, nicknames habitually used as names should be romanized, so we treat them as Lao Liu and Lao Qi. They refer to the Sixth and Seventh Elders. Should we list them as named entities? Yes, because they are character names. We should use the pinyin forms Lao Liu and Lao Qi, not translate them to 'Old Six' and 'Old Seven'. In the text, they are used to address the elders, confirming they are habitual nicknames.

We also have the titles Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder, which we may list as ranks or titles.

The several elders present turned pale, hurried forward to support the Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder.

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The healing pill might not be needed.

The Sixth Elder coughed up several mouthfuls of fresh blood, waved his hand at the Gu Family members,

"It's fine; the injuries on our bodies have been suppressed."

"It's just that earlier, to force back the elders of the three great families, I unleashed pressure aggressively, which worsened the injury."

Especially, the Sixth Elder just went all-out against Chen Haisheng in a single clash.

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The Gu Family guards might not be needed.

"Everyone, immediately enforce martial law, strictly forbid any news from leaking out! Anyone who leaks the news will be killed without exception!"

The Gu Family disciples might not be needed.

Gu Ren and the others protected the Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder as they returned to the Gu Family.

Along the way, Gu Ren looked worriedly at the injuries on the Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder, asking with concern,

Lao Liu appears again.

The Sixth Elder appears again.

Mu Shan Cheng and Zhong Cheng both appear.

Zhong Cheng appears again; the South Gate might not be needed.

Third Elder Gu Ren appears.

The former Third Elder might not be considered a named entity, as it's merely a title.

But what huge basket did Gu Han stir up, that he needs to crash through Zhong Cheng's city gate to escape?

The Seventh Elder appears again.

The Blood Red Pavilion appears.

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Ren and the other elders all turned pale.

Most of them had never dealt with a force like the Blood Red Pavilion before.

The famous Blood Red Pavilion appears again.

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Former Third Elder Gu Cang Shan appears.

The Gu Family appears again.

Gu Cang Shan's external son might not be needed.

"Damn Gu Cang Shan, he's actually so ruthless, not hesitating to hire assassins to deal with Gu Han, who is also of the Gu Family!"

Gu Ren's eyes seemed ready to spit fire, his anger rising to the heavens as he spoke.

The remaining elders also showed angry expressions.

For the Gu Family, which prides itself on unity, this is absolutely a disgrace!

The only good news is that the Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder have returned.

That means the Blood Red Pavilion's assassins are either dead or have failed.

Gu Han, the protagonist, appears; also, his safety is a concern.

"Old Six, you have returned just now; Gu Han's safety..."

Since the Blood Red Pavilion has already sent out an assassin that requires the Sixth and Seventh Elders to join forces and suffer serious injury to defeat.

To guarantee the Blood Red Pavilion's reputation, they will surely dispatch even stronger assassins.

Gu Han probably cannot withstand such an enemy.

The Third Elder appears again.

The Sixth Elder and Lao Qi appear again.

Mu Shan Cheng and Wu Shan Cheng both appear again.

"As long as Gu Han does not rashly leave Mu Shan Cheng, there's no need to worry about his safety."

After several people returned all the way to the Gu Family, Gu Ren then ordered to cut off Gu Cang Shan's food for these seven days as a punishment.

He lacked the authority to execute Gu Cang Shan directly, so he could only choose this minor punishment as a major warning.

The Yishi Ting appears.

The Family Head appears; the spiritual vein might not be needed, and the three great families are likely just a generic term, not a named entity.

"Damn it, although I know this is only temporary, just thinking about handing over the spirit vein to those beasts makes me feel nauseous."

"Ma De, are we really just able to watch helplessly, unable to do anything?"

Then you say, what do you have? If it's just a family, even if I have to risk my old life, I'll give them a taste of their own medicine.

But the three families have joined forces; relying solely on our family's strength, we absolutely cannot be their match.

After discussion among all the elders, the conclusion reached was actually still that we can only temporarily abandon the spirit vein.

This caused several elders to feel a deep sense of frustration welling up in their hearts.

Gu Ren even slammed his fist onto the table in front of him, speaking in a low, indignant voice,

Wait until the Family Head leaves seclusion; I will definitely give these Fellow a taste of their own medicine!

But for now, let the clansmen withdraw from the spirit vein.

……

Three days passed quickly.

The people arranged by Chen Haisheng arrived at the Gu family's spirit vein location as soon as dawn broke.

Seeing the spirit vein mining site deserted, the Chen family's guards immediately burst into unrestrained laughter.

What Elder Haisheng said is indeed correct; the Gu family, ever since its internal strife, has already become a spent force.

I'm really curious about the details of the Gu family's internal turmoil—it actually managed to directly take down the three high-ranking elders, even sending them to prison!

No wonder the Gu family is unable to recover; with the Family Head and the chief elder absent, the three elders can be said to hold the real power, ranking among the top two.

The downfall of such a person will inevitably implicate many people!

The people of the Wang and Jin families also arrived quickly.

The three families immediately began dividing the mining site according to the initially agreed-upon ratio.

However, the Jin family members began to feel dissatisfied with the allocation ratio at this point.

How come, in the three families' division of the spirit vein, our Jin family gets only thirty percent while your Wang and Chen families get forty percent?

The people of the Wang and Chen families all sneered,

Don't accept it? If you don't, go sue your old man at the City Lord's mansion!

If you want to blame someone, blame your Jin family for contributing too little, blame your Jin family for being too weak!

Wanting a bigger share? You don't even have the ability—pah!

The mocked Jin family members, each with a Face Grim, couldn't come down from the stage.

The Jin family Martial Practitioner with a relatively explosive temper was furious.

He suddenly picked up a raw stone from the side.

He then smashed it hard onto the head of the Wang family member who had previously mocked him!

That Wang family member covered his bleeding forehead and shouted angrily,

"Fucking, you dare to hit me? I think you're looking for death!"