After Yang Cheng killed Master Banji, Gui Laowen, with keen insight, began searching him and found a small box on his body.
When Yang Cheng opened it, he found it contained items used for performing black magic, as well as a scroll of sheepskin with some writing in Thai that Yang Cheng couldn't quite understand.
But there was something else in the sheepskin picture that made Yang Cheng's gaze immediately sharpen.
It was a Yin Vein Spirit Stone, about the size of a thumb, a size larger than the Yin Vein Spirit Stone Yang Cheng had obtained before.
However, this Yin Vein Spirit Stone is not entirely black; a large portion of its Yin energy has already been consumed.
These things were passed down from Master Banji's ancestors. Does this prove that this kind of supernatural resurgence occurred in this world decades ago?
This wasn't the place to think about such things. Yang Cheng had Gui Laowen point out the location of He Yixing's branch and led him straight there.
Now that Gui Laowen has become involved in these matters, he can no longer extricate himself from them.
So since we're going to get involved, we might as well get involved more deeply.
Yang Cheng is ready to use the power of the police and Hong Shenglian to collect various clues about paranormal events from both the underworld and the legitimate world.
When Huang Juekun was alive, He Yixing had its own old house as a dedicated shrine.
However, these old temples are quite dilapidated, and only elderly people like Huang Juekun like to stay inside them.
After Huang Yuan took over Yi Hing, he immediately rented a five-story building in Central to open Yi Hing Company and moved all the elites from the branch there.
Huang Yuan is in his forties, in the prime of his life, and also very ambitious.
Huang Juekun has several grandsons, but they are either not ambitious or have gone into legitimate professions and do not want to have any connection with the triads.
So Huang Juekun selected several successors, but they all seemed to lack ability and strength.
Huang Yuan is a distant nephew of Huang Juekun, and their blood relationship is not actually very close.
He initially joined He Yixing simply to make a living.
Unexpectedly, the fierce competition with several heirs of Yixing for the position of the next leader gave Huang Yuan an opportunity. He won over several loyal confidants of Huang Juekun and successfully defeated the other heirs to take the position himself.
"Master, do you really believe that Master Benji can take down Old Man Dian?"
Huang Yuan sat leisurely in his boss's chair, smoking a cigar. Beside him, a middle-aged man in a Tang suit with a handsome, square face asked with a frown.
"Brother Zhou, don't worry. You've seen Master Banji's abilities before; he really does know how to cast spells."
This middle-aged man was Zhou Chengyuan, the Double Flower Red Stick of He Yixing who had fought alongside Yang Cheng in the Dragon City Championship. Now he was the Second Route Marshal of He Yixing.
He was Huang Juekun's godson, but he had no interest in managing the gang's affairs. He was simply the most skilled fighter among the double-flower red sticks, so he was not considered for the position of successor.
However, Huang Juekun genuinely loved his godson. He only made him the head of the Yixing Martial Arts School because he didn't want him to get involved in gang conflicts.
The fighters trained by Yi Hing Martial Arts School are the strongest in the entire Yi Hing region, and all of them have to call Zhou Chengyuan "Master".
Therefore, whoever becomes the leader of this organization in the future will need to win over Zhou Chengyuan.
Huang Yuan was able to become the leader because he took the initiative to win over Zhou Chengyuan, using his blood relationship with Huang Juekun to gain the latter's favor, and ultimately got Zhou Chengyuan on his side.
However, after becoming the leader, Huang Yuan found Zhou Chengyuan somewhat annoying.
This guy isn't even as old as me, but he's incredibly old-fashioned and stubborn. He's always nagging about this and that, which really annoys Huang Yuan.
"Even if he could really cast a spell to kill Dian Laowen, doing so would not be in accordance with the rules of the martial arts world."
"If you trust me, Master, I'm willing to lead my men to establish a foothold in Hong Sheng Lian's territory and fight them head-on, instead of engaging in these underhanded tactics here!"
Huang Yuan said impatiently, "Brother Zhou, please, what era are we living in now? Your ideas are outdated."
If we really fight Hung Sheng Lian, even if we can win, it will be a lose-lose situation. Don't we need money for our brothers' medical expenses and resettlement expenses? Don't we need money to bail them out of the police station?
We've already exhausted our strength in the internal strife with Yixing, so where would we get so much money?
Besides, Brother Zhou, are you sure you can beat that madman, Dian Laowen?
I heard that more than 20 years ago, in the Dragon City Championship, you lost to Yang Cheng, the former head of Hong Shenglian.
That madman, Dian Laowen, has received Yang Cheng's true teachings. His kung fu combines the strengths of both the Northern and Southern schools. You probably don't have the confidence to defeat him, do you?
If something happens to you, the Second Marshal, even if Yi Xing and I don't want to fight Hong Sheng Lian to the death, we have to fight with all our might to save face.
So let's be realistic, Brother Zhou. The era of fighting for territory with knives is over.
These days, joining a gang requires brains and intelligence.
"And even if Master Banji fails, it doesn't matter. I've recently found another true master, one who's a hundred times more powerful than Master Banji."
Zhou Chengyuan looked gloomy, wanting to say something, but ultimately couldn't utter a word.
Just then, a voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Master Zhou, you're still as naive as you were back then."
That guy was right, times have changed, and the old ways of the martial arts world were too naive and too simplistic.
Now that there are more tricks up your sleeve, the costs of scheming and plotting against each other are starting to rise.
But I still prefer the old days of martial arts world.
The door was pushed open, and Yang Cheng and Gui Laowen strode in, but the underlings who were guarding outside had disappeared.
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