20: Chapter 20 The Smuggled Salt Was Robbed

Out of curiosity, Chen Hu secretly took out the copy card, held it in his hand, and locked onto Chen Wu.

Then, Chen Wu's information appeared.

He was 23 years old, and his cultivation was at the Meat Refining Stage.

His talent had reached the Advanced Yellow Grade.

As long as one's talent was graded, it was considered quite good.

An Advanced Yellow Grade was definitely an outstanding existence.

Subsequently, Chen Hu removed the lock and switched it to Sun Lingyue.

She also possessed Yellow Grade talent, but it was only Intermediate Yellow Grade.

Next, Chen Hu tested the other two Disciples from the martial arts hall; they also had Yellow Grade talent, but only at the Lower grade.

It made sense; if their talents hadn't been graded, how could they have become Master Sun Changming's Personal Disciple?

There were three types of Disciples in the martial arts hall: ordinary Disciples, Outer Sect Disciples, and Personal Disciples.

Ordinary Disciples paid money to learn martial arts and could leave at any time. The Cultivation Technique they learned was also the most ordinary.

Outer Sect Disciples did not pay tuition; instead, they received a salary, and the Cultivation Technique they Cultivate was more Advanced. They could also obtain cultivation resources from the martial arts hall.

However, having enjoyed the treatment of the martial arts hall, they had to do things for the martial arts hall.

Finally, there were the Personal Disciples. Generally speaking, the number of Personal Disciples would not be too high, and they were all personally taught by Master Sun Changming.

The Cultivation Technique they Cultivate also surpassed that of the Outer Sect Disciples, and the cultivation resources they enjoyed were the same.

However, after becoming a Personal Disciple, one was considered completely tied to Master Sun Changming.

Currently, the Sun Family Martial Arts Hall only had six Personal Disciples.

Not long after finishing the talent detection for Chen Wu and the other three, the dishes he ordered were brought up. After eating, Chen Hu left directly and returned to the stronghold's office.

Chen Hu summoned Er Niu again to ask about Song He's situation. Er Niu told him that Song He had not appeared all morning.

He had specifically gone to inquire and discovered that the guy had been to the brothel since yesterday afternoon and had not come out since.

Time flew by, and another two days passed. During these two days, Chen Hu's life was quite regular.

The pill card and meat field card both yielded ordinary rewards. The treasure hunting card did provide two treasure locations, but what left Chen Hu speechless was that the two treasure locations combined only amounted to five taels of silver.

The only thing that comforted Chen Hu was that Widow Wang's learning efficiency was truly high; in just a few days, she had already mastered over five hundred characters.

"Big Boss Chen, the Hall Master has an urgent summons!"

Just as Chen Hu was pondering whether to change his taste today at noon and eat lunch at a different restaurant, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan sent someone to summon him, and it looked quite urgent.

Soon, Chen Hu arrived at the Third Battle Hall's headquarters. Similarly, Big Boss Cheng Hui and Big Boss Huang Liu, the two Big Bosses, had arrived one step before him.

Big Boss Liu Chuang was not there; he had gone to help the General Hall escort goods. Besides that, Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming was also there.

"The goods being escorted to Fulong Prefecture have been hijacked!" Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan said in a heavy tone.

"As expected!" Upon hearing this, Chen Hu exclaimed inwardly. In fact, when he was called over, he had vaguely guessed it.

"Hall Master, who is so bold as to dare to hijack our goods?" Big Boss Cheng Hui shouted angrily.

"It was a group of bandits that appeared suddenly!" Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan said coldly, "The hijacked goods are worth thirty thousand taels of silver. No matter what, we must retrieve this batch of goods, so...!"

Speaking up to this point, Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan paused slightly before continuing, "We need our Battle Hall to contribute. This time, I will personally lead two teams to go, leaving one team behind to guard against the Wild Wolf Gang and the Venomous Snake Gang!"

"Hall Master, this subordinate is willing to accompany you!" As soon as Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan's voice fell, Big Boss Huang Liu immediately expressed his position. Big Boss Cheng Hui was not slow either and immediately followed suit.

Chen Hu hadn't reacted in time, but after he did, he understood that while going to snatch back the goods seemed relatively dangerous, in fact, staying behind was even more dangerous.

Because if the Wild Wolf Gang and the Venomous Snake Gang got the news, they might directly bring people to snatch the territory. As a Big Boss, with only twenty or so people under his command, the difficulty of holding the eight streets of the hall was imaginable.

Therefore, Chen Hu said without hesitation, "Hall Master, this subordinate also wants to go with you!"

Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan nodded indifferently, "Chen Hu, you only broke through to the Late Skin Refining Stage not long ago, and your strength and experience are not as good as Big Boss Cheng Hui and Big Boss Huang Liu. This time, they will go with me, and you stay behind to cooperate with Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming to guard our territory well!"

"Yes, Hall Master!" Seeing that Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan had made his decision, Chen Hu could only helplessly agree.

The General Hall attached great importance to the matter of the goods. Not long after the meeting ended, Big Boss Cheng Hui and Big Boss Huang Liu gathered their subordinates and set off with Hall Master Ma Zhiyuan.

"Vice Hall Master Zhou, what should we do next?" Chen Hu looked at Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming and asked for instructions.

Vice Hall Master Zhou Jianming said thoughtfully, "Everything remains the same. The Wild Wolf Gang and the Venomous Snake Gang should not have received the news yet, and the Hall Master and the others also left the city secretly. As long as we proceed as usual and deceive the Wild Wolf Gang and the Venomous Snake Gang, once the Hall Master and the others return, our mission will be considered complete!"

"However, we still cannot lower our guard. You send two smart people to keep a close watch on the movements of the Wild Wolf Gang and the Venomous Snake Gang."

"Yes, this subordinate knows what to do!" Chen Hu nodded.

Leaving the hall, Chen Hu first found a place to eat lunch, then returned to the office, and then sent two subordinates to watch the movements of the Wild Wolf Gang and the Venomous Snake Gang.

Meanwhile, at the Venomous Snake Gang's General Hall, the Gang Leader Xu Huanlin was flipping through a yellowed book in the office.

He had obtained this book by chance. When he first got the book, he felt that the content within it was extraordinary. However, after studying it for several years, he hadn't figured out anything.

"Gang Leader, Gang Leader Du Zaishan of the Wild Wolf Gang requests an audience!" At this moment, someone reported from outside the door.

"Take him to the reception hall; I'll be there in a moment!" Gang Leader Xu Huanlin replied, then hid the book, tidied his clothes, and then headed towards the reception hall.

In the Venomous Snake Gang's reception hall.

"Brother Du, what brings you here today?" Gang Leader Xu Huanlin greeted Gang Leader Du Zaishan enthusiastically. Over these years, they had joined forces to resist the Fierce Tiger Gang, and at least on the surface, their relationship was quite close.

"Brother Xu, I just received some news regarding the Fierce Tiger Gang!" Gang Leader Du Zaishan said with a serious expression, lowering his voice.

Upon hearing this, Gang Leader Xu Huanlin immediately dismissed the others and came to sit beside Gang Leader Du Zaishan, "What news?"

Gang Leader Du Zaishan said, "The Fierce Tiger Gang's private salt was hijacked by a group of bandits from out of town. Today, the Fierce Tiger Gang has gathered personnel from the three Battle Halls to secretly leave the city to snatch back the private salt!"

"I specifically sent people to scout it out; all three Battle Halls only left one team behind. If we take advantage of this opportunity to move out and seize a few streets with empty defenses, wouldn't it be easy to capture?"

"This?" Gang Leader Xu Huanlin was somewhat hesitant.

"Brother Xu, what are you hesitating about?" Gang Leader Du Zaishan asked, frowning.

"Brother Du, the Fierce Tiger Gang is backed by the Huang Family in the Inner City, and that private salt is also the Huang Family's business. If we take advantage of the fire to rob them, will it provoke the dissatisfaction of the Huang Family?" Gang Leader Xu Huanlin said with worry in his voice.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the fact that the Fierce Tiger Gang's elites were all at the General Hall and would not participate in the matter of snatching territory, otherwise, even if the Venomous Snake Gang and the Wild Wolf Gang joined forces, they would be far from being opponents of the Fierce Tiger Gang.