"Young Master, it truly is the Young Master!"
"The Young Duke is still alive, our Chu family main branch is not extinct."
"Heaven has rcy, this is truly heaven opening its eyes! The Duke and those deceased brothers can rest in peace."
"There is indeed a slight difference from the image on the Debating Martial Arts Machine, both in form and spirit. What kind of illusion is this? I almost couldn’t recognize him."
They were too excited to speak coherently, and so even had tears of joy.
It was only after a while that they rembered to salute Chu Xisheng, and they all knelt down towards him.
"Insolence!"
Xi Bitian gave a dissatisfied snort, "You were told to lie in wait around the manor, awaiting orders, so what are you all doing running over here?"
He then turned to Chu Xisheng with a helpless expression, "The brothers are eager to see you after hearing the news of the Young Master. Many refused to believe it."
"No matter! Please rise, everyone."
Chu Xisheng shook his head slightly, striding over and personally helping one of them up.
Looking at the person’s face, Chu Xisheng easily found the mories of him in his mind, "Your na is Han Xuan, you are the twelfth-ranked house guard of the Chu family. On several occasions when I entered Wang’an City, you were the one guarding my side—"
Chu Xisheng found that the mories of Chu Zheng suddenly beca vivid.
His mory was still good, clearly recalling everyone and everything here.
The smile on Chu Xisheng’s face beca even more warm and friendly.
These veteran Chu family mbers are his most reliable strength, far stronger than the snitches of the Iron Banner Gang.
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Almost simultaneously, at the Chu Mansion, Feng Liancheng stood in the small courtyard arranged for him by the Iron Banner Gang, gazing toward the main courtyard of the mansion.
As night deepened, it did not hinder Feng Liancheng’s vision; even the layers of green stone walls were pierced through by his gaze, rendering them ineffective.
This mansion had not arranged any arrays to limit martial cultivators’ probing.
However, Feng Liancheng’s sight only reached the outside of the main courtyard.
There, Chu Xisheng’s Vengeful Blade Intent blocked all interaction, preventing Feng Liancheng from seeing the inside, nor hearing the sounds within.
Feng Liancheng only knew that after Chu Xisheng entered earlier that evening with Tie Xiaosheng and Lu Jiuli, they had not co out since.
These people had been secretly discussing for a long ti inside, with several of Chu Xisheng’s confidants going in and out continuously.
From ti to ti, tokens and Qiankun Flying Swords could be seen flying out from the main courtyard, disappearing into the sky.
Feng Liancheng could only speculate that the Infinite Blade Lord was likely discussing both the matter of the ’Iron Madman’s’ resurrection and the affairs of the Iron Banner Gang’s expansion with his subordinates.
At this mont, the entire ground of East State had already been thoroughly swept through by the army of Extre East Ice City; apart from Extre East Ice City, no force could contend with the Iron Banner Gang.
To the west in Fei State, however, there were two hard bones: one was the ’Water Sky Association’ entrenched in the mid and lower reaches of the Shenxiu River; the other occupied the North Four Counties of Fei State and the Southern Three Counties of Wo State, known as the ’Qingfeng Mingyue Building’.
The ’Water Sky Association’ was a comrcial organization, comprising great rchants and aristocratic families from the mid and lower reaches of the Shenxiu River, aid at maintaining communication and diating disputes.
The Zhou family of Coastal and the Lu family were also mbers of the ’Water Sky Association’.
The influence of the ’Water Sky Association’ was vast, but internally it was very loose, making it difficult to form a unified voice and strength.
Nonetheless, if the Iron Banner Gang attempted to touch the midstream of the Shenxiu River, it would certainly provoke strong resistance from these rchant families.
The ’Qingfeng Mingyue Building’ was even more formidable, with a formal mbership reaching ninety thousand; they occupied the Shanyang Canal Segnt of the Grand Canal, compelling all rchants and boat owners dependent on the canal to bow to them.
The Daning Court generally would not permit such a large Jianghu gang to exist, let alone allow any force to control vital sections of the canal.
Both local governnt and the Police Pool of Blood, as well as Six Gates, would exert their full efforts to suppress, disassemble, and keep such forces at a safe scale.
If such a force persisted in existence for many years, it was because the court was unable to do anything about it.
The ’Qingfeng Mingyue Building’ was just such a force.
The Tower Master of the Qingfeng Mingyue Building was a couple, the 61st on the Heavenly List—’Bright Moon Saber’ Situ Tang and the 25th on the Earthly List—’Qingfeng Sword’ Zhu Hongxue, both mastered in First and Second Grade cultivation.
Even more daunting was that behind the ’Qingfeng Mingyue Building’ stood a colossal entity with power no less than the Formless Divine Sect.
While Feng Liancheng was contemplating, his heart suddenly stirred, producing a sensation.
He noticed the fallen leaves around him gathering together, forming a human head on the ground in front of him.
Once this head took shape, it imdiately glanced around warily, its expression vigilant.
"No need to look, there is no one else around."
Feng Liancheng frowned slightly at this fallen leaf-ford head, "You, too, are a high-ranking master of the Earthly List, why act so secretively, without any elegance?"
"I must ensure this place is safe." The fallen leaf head showed a smile, "The Infinite Blade Lord’s reputation is intimidating; I am also quite afraid. Precisely because I’m on the Earthly List I’m afraid—what if he detects and brings Li Changsheng here, what then?"
"No such necessity."
Feng Liancheng’s voice was cold and disdainful, "The Chu Mansion is unguarded both inside and outside, essentially non-existent, and Chu Xisheng himself does not care."
"It’s still better to be cautious."
After a pause, the leaf figure spoke again, "From the hints you gave in the previous tokens, it seems you still wish to continue lurking? The Infinite Blade Lord is keen and insightful, capable of perceiving even minute details.
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