12: Chapter 12 Small Boss Quota

"Coming to find me in the middle of the night, did something happen in the gang?" Chen Hu asked the lackey outside as he opened the courtyard gate.

"Boss, something big has happened! Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao and Yang Shan have both been killed!" the lackey said, his expression slightly panicked.

"What?"

Chen Hu feigned shock.

Soon, Chen Hu arrived at the hall.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan had already sent someone to wait there: "Great Leader Chen, the Hall Master has ordered you to lead your men and immediately rush to Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's residence to await dispatch!"

"Yes, Chen Hu accepts the order!"

Chen Hu immediately replied.

Afterward, he began to assemble his subordinates.

Once his men had gathered, he led them straight to Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's residence.

It was just as he had expected.

Upon arriving at Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's residence, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan had him lead his men to search the vicinity to see if they could find any clues left behind by the killer.

Chen Hu naturally did not resist and immediately led his men to search the area diligently.

Two hours later.

The search yielded no results.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan ordered most of the subordinates to leave.

However, Chen Hu was kept behind.

He was also called into Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's residence.

Returning to the crime scene, Chen Hu feigned curiosity as he looked around.

Because the front courtyard had caught fire, although the fire was extinguished in time, most of the buildings in the front courtyard had burned down.

He passed through the ruins and arrived at the middle courtyard.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan, Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming, and three other Great Leaders were all gathered in the middle courtyard.

The corpses of the father-in-law and son-in-law, Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao and Yang Shan, had already been placed in coffins and were arranged in the middle courtyard.

"Come in and discuss matters!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan said with a gloomy face.

Although he felt a bit of schadenfreude regarding Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao's death, he could not show it; otherwise, rumors might spread that he lacked the capacity to tolerate others.

After taking his seat in the main hall.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan looked around at everyone: "Regarding the murder of Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao, what are everyone's thoughts?"

Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming spoke up: "Reporting to the Hall Master, your subordinate examined the corpse of Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao and discovered that the person who killed him did not use Qi; it was purely physical strength. A single punch nearly killed him, and as for the later kick, it was merely a finishing blow.

Everyone knows that Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao was at the Refining Flesh Mid-Stage. To be able to severely injure him to the point of death with brute force, that strength must have absolutely exceeded twenty thousand jin.

Therefore, I have a guess: either the person who assassinated Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao possesses a special Physique and Divine Power, or their cultivation has reached the Meat Refining Stage, or perhaps even the Tendon Refining Realm!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan nodded: "Vice Hall Master Zhou's analysis makes sense. Are there any other discoveries?"

Actually, his opinion was similar to Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming's.

"Hall Master, your subordinate does not have any other thoughts for the time being!" Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming said.

"What about you all?"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan asked.

Upon hearing this, Chen Hu and the other three Great Leaders all remained silent.

"Alright, let's leave it at that!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan waved his hand and then looked at Big Boss Liu Chuang: "Big Boss Liu Chuang, you have always been relatively close to Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao; you will stay behind to protect the Lian family, so that no one takes advantage of the chaos to harm the Lian family!"

Big Boss Liu Chuang, having been named, turned somewhat pale.

Clearly, this was Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan beating him into submission.

Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao was his backer.

Now that Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao was dead, his backer was gone.

If Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan held a grudge and suppressed him, his future days would likely be difficult.

Upon returning home, Chen Hu did not Cultivate.

Instead, after a simple wash, he fell fast asleep.

After resolving the father-in-law and son-in-law pair, Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao and Yang Shan, he could be considered free of worries.

For a long time to come, he would be able to develop in peace.

The next morning.

Waking up, Chen Hu felt refreshed, and there was a sense of relief in his heart.

He took out three cards to claim the daily rewards.

The wealth gathering card, just like before, yielded 10 taels of silver.

The pill card yielded a green Medicinal Pill.

"What kind of Medicinal Pill is this?"

He stared at the Medicinal Pill for a moment.

"Forget it, I'll inquire about it later!"

He stuffed the green Medicinal Pill into a jade bottle and put it into his Storage Ring.

The reward from the meat field card today was also 10 jin of ordinary meat.

He also put it into his Storage Ring.

He then began to wash up.

Arriving on the street, he ate breakfast at a roadside stall and then headed toward the stronghold.

Just as he arrived at the entrance of the stronghold.

There were two lackeys standing there with fawning smiles.

"Good morning, Boss!"

"Boss is here!"

"Hmm!"

Chen Hu nodded indifferently and stepped into the stronghold.

These two were originally under Yang Shan's command, with cultivation at the Skin Refining Early Stage.

Before Yang Shan died, although Chen Hu had become a Great Leader, these two still kept a certain distance from him.

But now, not only was Yang Shan dead, but even his backer, Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao, was dead.

These two immediately changed their attitudes to curry favor with Chen Hu.

He arrived at the public office and sat down.

Chen Hu revealed a thoughtful expression.

Regarding Yang Shan's original subordinates, Chen Hu did not intend to do anything to them.

However, he did not intend to let Sun Chao, that undercover agent, off the hook.

It was this guy who passed information to Yang Shan.

Which caused Yang Shan to harbor evil intentions and hire someone to assassinate Xu Gang.

However, to deal with an ordinary person like Sun Chao, Chen Hu did not intend to do it himself.

He called for Da Niu.

After whispering some instructions, Da Niu left with a normal expression.

The next five days.

Yuquan Street and Feiquan Street were both peaceful.

As for the deaths of Vice Hall Master Lian Qiao and Yang Shan, although the Fierce Tiger Gang was investigating, they had not uncovered anything.

And during these five days.

Chen Hu was not idle either, spending most of his time on Cultivation.

The progress was quite gratifying.

He estimated that in three days at most, he would be able to step into the Refining Flesh Mid-Stage.

The reason it was so fast was, on one hand, because the Cultivation Technique he was Cultivating was of the Mysterious Grade Upper Tier.

Mysterious Grade Cultivation Techniques were not common goods, let alone Mysterious Grade Upper Tier.

Secondly, it was the exotic beast meat.

If there were no exotic beast meat, even if he were Cultivating a Mysterious Grade Upper Tier Cultivation Technique, the progress could not be this fast.

Now, only one jin of the 10 jin of exotic beast meat had been consumed.

The remaining nine jin could fully support him until he Cultivated to the Flesh Refining Peak, and even the Tendon Refining Realm was possible.

Speaking of the three cards' rewards.

In five days, the wealth gathering card brought him 50 taels of silver.

The pill card brought him two essence blood pills, one body tempering pill, and two qi and blood pills.

There was no need to introduce the essence blood pills and qi and blood pills.

But this body tempering pill needed an introduction; the body tempering pill was a Medicinal Pill with relatively mild medicinal power that could slowly strengthen the skin, muscles, tendons, and bones.

Therefore, the price of this Medicinal Pill was extremely high.

It could reach a thousand taels.

It generally would not appear on the market, only at auctions.

Chen Hu put it away, not intending to consume it for the time being.

After all, with the exotic beast meat covering his needs, he would wait until the exotic beast meat was consumed and he could not find other Cultivation resources before consuming this body tempering pill.

Speaking of the meat field card, in these five days, it only yielded ordinary meat.

Besides that, in these five days, Da Niu helped Chen Hu accomplish two things.

First, Sun Chao had gone missing.

Second, he had taken in two orphans on the street.

After seeking Chen Hu's instruction, they were sent to the large courtyard in the Slum Area.

This also increased the number of Chen Hu's lackeys by two.

However, after Yang Shan and Sun Chao died, the number of his lackeys had decreased by two.

Therefore, the number of his lackeys remained 65.

"Great Leader Chen, the Hall Master summons you!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan sent someone to notify him.

Before long, Chen Hu arrived at the hall.

After exchanging greetings, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan asked him to take a seat.

"Chen Hu, the two Minor Leader positions under you are both vacant; what are your thoughts?" Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan asked.

"It is all up to the Hall Master to decide!" Chen Hu said respectfully.

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan was very satisfied with Chen Hu's answer: "I will give you one recommendation quota; submit it within three days!"

"Thank you, Hall Master!"

Chen Hu immediately said gratefully.