"There will indeed be a major battle, but the team that Zhang Shuhu brought back is not enough, which makes me a little worried."
Chen Longhai sighed and said.
He knew that if the Zhang family wanted to completely eradicate the Black Wind Stronghold bandits, they would need to rely on the forces within Qingshan Town, and the only forces capable of resisting the Black Wind Stronghold were the government and the Qingfeng Gang.
Therefore, he was worried that Zhang Shuhu would set his sights on the Qingfeng Gang branch.
Therefore, Chen Longhai stopped to probe Zhang Shuhu's intentions, so that he could be mentally prepared.
Soon, a group of people approached.
The leader, a handsome and robust man in his forties, slowed his horse and walked over slowly.
There were two men on either side of him. One of them looked to be about thirty-five or thirty-six years old. He was wearing brown soft armor, with a long sword hanging at his waist. He had bright eyes, a burly build, and exuded the aura of a martial artist.
The other person was dressed in a gray long robe, appeared to be middle-aged, and had a somber demeanor.
As the middle-aged man drew closer, Chen Longhai whispered:
Liu Donglai has also arrived.
Seeing Lin Xiaofei's puzzled expression, Zhou Huanshan explained:
Liu Donglai once sparred with our sect leader, and neither of us could gain the upper hand. He's quite well-known in Canyon County, but I never expected him to be working for Zhang Shuhu.
Lin Xiaofei nodded, his mind becoming more serious.
This Liu Donglai was able to fight against Sect Master Chen, so you can imagine that his opponent was definitely a third-rate expert. Moreover, among the people behind Zhang Shuhu, there was an old man wearing a blue robe with sharp eyes.
These people appeared somber and dignified.
Of course, those who came with Zhang Shuhu were not ordinary people; they must all be people with extraordinary martial arts skills.
"Haha, it's a pleasure to meet Sect Leader Chen again."
Zhang Shuhu smiled, raised his hands, cupped them in a respectful gesture, and said.
"Haha, I admire Zhang for bringing back so many men from Canyon County so quickly."
Chen Longhai laughed and said something casually.
Zhang Shuhu was not only a third-rate martial arts expert, but also a businessman with a decent reputation in Canyon County, a fact known to the higher-ups of the Qingfeng Gang.
"This group of men was arranged in advance by me. Today, I am just going to the city gate to welcome them."
As he spoke, Zhang Shuhu dismounted and continued, "
I summoned these people to Qingshan Town, and I'm sure Master Chen can guess why I did it.
I had just returned to Qingshan Town not long ago. First, I paid my respects and offered incense to my elder brother. Before I even went to cause trouble for Black Wind Village, they killed one of my men. That same night, they even tried to assassinate me. So this time, I not only want to avenge my elder brother who died, but also the more than fifty members of the Zhang family who died. Otherwise, I will not be able to eat or sleep in peace.
This time I plan to attack Black Wind Stronghold, and I hope Sect Leader Chen will give me his full support.
Of course, I won't treat Sect Leader Chen unfairly.
To deal with Black Wind Stronghold, I've also secured the town mayor's support. You're probably heading to the mayor's place, so let's go together and discuss things."
Upon hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Chen Longhai's eyes.
He knew that once you're in the world of martial arts, you're not in control of your own destiny.
Back in his room, Lin Xiaofei wore a somber expression.
After Zhang Shuhu returned to Qingshan Town, he was attacked by the Black Wind Village bandits that very night. If it were him, he probably would have wanted to kill the Black Wind Village bandits as well.
However, to his surprise, Zhang Shuhu actually wanted to unite all the forces in Qingshan Town to besiege Black Wind Village.
Originally, sect leader Chen Longhai only wanted to test Zhang Shuhu's intentions and had no intention of becoming enemies with Black Wind Stronghold.
However, Zhang Shuhu managed to get the town mayor's support, and the mayor personally asked Chen Longhai to assist Zhang Shuhu. This put Chen Longhai in a dilemma. He didn't want to offend the mayor, but in the end, considering the large sum of money Zhang Shuhu promised, he agreed.
"That Black Wind Stronghold is no pushover either. Those bandits are all highly skilled in martial arts. Even if everyone in Qingshan Town attacked the bandits together, there would definitely be people who were injured or killed."
It seems this mission is going to be quite challenging.
Lin Xiaofei sighed as he thought to himself.
After Master Chen agreed to Zhang Shuhu's conditions, he knew that everyone in the gang had to participate, and he himself had to go and attack the bandits.
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiaofei quickly went home and told his parents to stay in the town for the time being and not to go outside the city gate.
For this reason, Lin Xiaofei also went to the dilapidated Taoist temple where the old man Wang Qingliang lived and traded some calming pills from him.
For him, the Mind-Calming Pill could focus his mind, eliminate distractions, and double his cultivation speed.
At the same time, he also knew that the old man Wang Qingliang had already cultivated to the sixth level of Qi Refining and planned to leave Qingshan Town. He gave him a place to live in Xiagu County.
He really wanted to go to Canyon County with Elder Wang Qingliang, but the gang suddenly issued a mission that he had to participate in, and there were also some things he needed to take care of, so he couldn't leave for a while.
Therefore, he exchanged some more pills to aid his cultivation with Wang Qingliang.
Now, the most helpful thing for him to enhance his strength is to cultivate the Golden Bronze Body Technique to the entry level.
Once he has mastered the basics of the Golden Bronze Body Technique, he can use herbs to accelerate his cultivation.
However, based on experience in using herbs from the spatial bead to cultivate techniques, the effect of using herbs to accelerate cultivation usually only occurs from the moment one begins to grasp the basics of the technique. Otherwise, consuming herbs before mastering the technique results in very low efficiency in accelerating cultivation and is also a waste of herbs.
Therefore, after some consideration, he decided that it would be more worthwhile to use the Mind-Stabilizing Pill to accelerate his cultivation before he had even mastered the basics of the technique.
Next, Lin Xiaofei did not plan to go out and stayed in his room, using the Mind-Stabilizing Pill to assist in cultivating the Golden Bronze Body Technique.
However, after three days, Lin Xiaofei still hadn't mastered the Golden Bronze Body Technique, although his strength had increased somewhat.
He felt his heart become more resilient, as if it had been tempered. With the slightest effort, his heartbeat was like a bull ramming a tree, generating a rapid and fierce power within him.
At the same time, he felt that his physical strength had also increased.
Besides that, he ate in the cafeteria every day and overheard some of his fellow disciples' discussions.
In the past few days, Zhang Shuhu, carrying the town mayor's order, visited various powerful families in the town. With the town mayor's backing and some incentives, most of the families agreed to attack Black Wind Stronghold.
After eating at the gang's canteen, Lin Xiaofei thought about the upcoming attack on Black Wind Stronghold and was worried about his parents, so he went home and told them not to leave the city.
Then, Lin Xiaofei walked towards a mansion, this time to fulfill a promise.
Last time, when he went to Liu Shaoneng's residence, Liu told him not to compete for first place in the martial arts competition, so that Guo Zishan could win first place. However, Guo Zishan had once sent someone to assassinate him, so he naturally could not let the other party get first place. In fact, during that martial arts competition, he even crippled the other party's martial arts.
Then, Steward Liu made another request, which Lin Xiaofei agreed to after hearing it.
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