34: I'll use you to establish my authority!

"This young man is indeed not bad; even Xu Lang died at his hands," a tall woman said sarcastically.

"What, you plant spies in our White Tiger Hall, and we aren't allowed to pull them out?" Qi Longhu stood up, looking at the woman with an unkind gaze.

"Hmph!" The woman snorted angrily and sat back in her seat, saying nothing more.

"Zhu Hongying, let me tell you, if you dare to plant spies in our White Tiger Hall again, don't blame me for not showing mercy!" Qi Longhu had been holding back this anger, and this was the perfect opportunity to let it out.

"Alright, alright, we are all our own people, don't argue." A very portly man sitting to the right of Gou Longxun began to mediate.

"By the way, Old Wang Ba, this kid's hard-body technique isn't any worse than yours; I could barely make a dent in him." After glaring at Zhu Hongying one last time, Qi Longhu turned to the man and said.

"Old Qi, there are so many people here, don't call me Old Wang Ba." The man was none other than the Hall Master of the Black Tortoise Hall, Wu Tianba.

Don't let his imposing name fool you; his personality was actually very mild.

Basically, no one had ever seen Wu Tianba get angry.

"What are you glaring at?" Just as Qi Longhu was communicating with the other three Hall Masters, Chen Heng's voice rang out.

Everyone's gaze turned to Chen Heng, and the person he was addressing.

"So what if I glare at you?" Zhu Hongying was well-known for being petty; she actually intended to vent her resentment on Chen Heng.

"Glare at me one more time, and I will gouge your eyeballs out." Chen Heng was not polite at all, threatening her directly.

In a Gang like this, there was only one way to win the respect of others.

Your fists must be hard, and your guts must be big.

Therefore, Chen Heng intended to use the Hall Master of the Vermilion Bird Hall, Zhu Hongying, to make an example.

"You're courting death!" Zhu Hongying was already narrow-minded, and after being spoken to like that by Chen Heng, she immediately lost her temper.

"You want to use me to establish your authority! You don't have the qualifications yet!"

Chen Heng didn't bother with any nonsense; he flew forward and struck with a palm.

Zhu Hongying hadn't expected Chen Heng to dare strike first, and caught off guard, she was struck in the chest by Chen Heng's palm.

Although Chen Heng didn't know any palm techniques or fist techniques, his raw strength was enough to give Zhu Hongying a hard time.

He was someone who could tear a Purple Zombie apart with his bare hands back when he was in the Outer Strength stage.

"Pfft!" Zhu Hongying spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and her whole body flew backward, smashing the furniture behind her into pieces.

"What great raw strength." Gou Longxun had no intention of breaking up the fight, watching Chen Heng with a smile.

"This is a warning. If you look at me with that gaze again, I will kill you."

No one had expected Chen Heng's strike to be so ruthless, showing no regard for Zhu Hongying's or Gou Longxun's Face.

"This kid is not to be trifled with; try to be on good terms with him," the Azure Dragon Hall Hall Master whispered to the Internal Steward behind him.

"Understood, Hall Master."

"I remember Hall Master Zhu is supposed to be a Tongxuan Martial Artist; she shouldn't die from that blow, right?" some Gang members whispered.

"Probably not, but that hit just now must have been painful."

"Yeah, Hall Master Zhu's pair of treasures were probably flattened by that hit, right?"

"Tsk tsk, what a pity..."

The sharp pain in her chest and the gossip of the Gang members caused Zhu Hongying to basically lose her mind.

She stood up from the pile of broken wood, drew the soft sword from her waist, and charged at Chen Heng.

"I want you dead!"

Chen Heng was not to be outdone; he unwrapped the linen cloth covering the black fiend blade and met her with a vertical slash.

"Alright, why are you using blades and guns during a friendly spar in the Gang?"

With a crisp 'ding' sound, Chen Heng's black fiend blade stopped.

"Gang Leader." Chen Heng lowered the black fiend blade and looked at Gou Longxun in front of him.

Even with Chen Heng's current five senses, he hadn't fully captured Gou Longxun's movement just now; is this what a Acquired Martial Artist is?

Compared to his current self, they were simply not the same species.

Moreover, when Gou Longxun blocked that blade just now, his wrist didn't even tremble.

Chen Heng felt like he had slashed against a steel ingot; it was as steady as Mount Tai.

"Kid, you are quite good. Are you willing to join my Black Tortoise Hall?" Wu Tianba stood up, his eyes full of admiration as he looked at Chen Heng.

"Old Wang Ba, you can't do things like that!" Qi Longhu's large eyes widened, and he immediately pulled Chen Heng to his side.

"This kid is already an Outer Deacon of my White Tiger Hall; you don't poach people like that."

"Alright, stop arguing." Gou Longxun sat back on the Gang Leader's throne, resting his chin on one hand as he watched the whispering Gang members below.

"How about it? Does anyone have anything else to say about Chen Heng being appointed to the position of Outer Deacon?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire main hall was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

It wasn't that they didn't want to vie with Chen Heng for this Outer Deacon position, but they didn't dare.

This kid dared to even hit the Vermilion Bird Hall Hall Master; surely he would show no mercy when killing them.

"It seems everyone has no objections." Gou Longxun nodded and was about to announce it.

"I don't agree!" Zhu Hongying, her hair disheveled, sat on a redwood chair and glared fiercely at Qi Longhu.

She didn't dare to glare at Chen Heng now. Qi Longhu might just be talking when he said he would beat her, but Chen Heng was different. He would actually do it!

"Speak, why?" Gou Longxun looked at the disheveled Zhu Hongying.

"What contribution has he made to be given the position of Outer Deacon?"

"Aren't the contributions of so many brothers in the five halls higher than his?"

"Why give it to him?"

This Zhu Hongying was the standard definition of a toad that doesn't bite but is purely there to disgust people. She clearly knew that Chen Heng had just joined the Gang and couldn't possibly have made any contributions, yet she insisted on bringing this up.

Even if she couldn't stop him from becoming an Outer Deacon, she could at least disgust him thoroughly.

"Indeed, without contributions, it is hard to convince the masses." Gou Longxun actually took a positive stance on Zhu Hongying's words.

"Who says I have no contributions?" Chen Heng asked loudly.

"The cat demon and evil ghost in Tugou Village were both slain by me."

"Moreover, the intelligence was incorrect; that wasn't a simple evil ghost, but a Blood-Clad Evil Ghost!"

"Is the contribution of slaying a Blood-Clad Evil Ghost not enough for me to become an Outer Deacon?"

"Qi Longhu, is everything Chen Heng said true?" Gou Longxun turned to look at Qi Longhu.

Qi Longhu nodded and took out the Formation that Chen Heng had brought back.

"Reporting to the Gang Leader, what Chen Heng said is indeed true. This is the strange Formation he discovered after slaying the Blood-Clad Evil Ghost."

Qi Longhu handed the paper with the Formation drawn on it to Gou Longxun.

"Hmm, no one opposes this now, right?" Gou Longxun glanced at the Formation, set it aside, and looked up at the surrounding Gang members.

No one spoke out against it again.

"Good, from today on, Chen Heng will be an Outer Deacon of the White Tiger Hall for a term of three years!"

"The monthly salary is eighteen taels of silver, and the first level of the Five Spirits Pavilion Cultivation Technique is open to you."

"If you want to learn better skills, accumulate contributions diligently. When your contribution within the Gang reaches the Four Spirits level, you can go to the second floor, and so on."

"The Goulan Street in the west of the city will be the area you are responsible for from now on; be sure to do your best."

"Yes!" Chen Heng bowed to Gou Longxun.

From this moment on, Chen Heng had finally established a foothold in Qiyang City.