183: Yu Qianlie

Wealthy Street.

The entire street was filled with casinos, and the scale of these casinos was far beyond anything found in Dongfeng Town.

The stakes in these casinos were Spirit Stones!

The Blazing Fire Gang controlled the entire street, not just the casinos, but also a vast underground black market.

As long as you had money, they could arrange anything for you.

Moreover, the Blazing Fire Gang prioritized money over people.

The boys and girls the Tian Po Sect needed last time were also provided by the Blazing Fire Gang, and several of them were even directly seized from their homes and sold to the Tian Po Sect.

Before the Jin Family rose to prominence, the Blazing Fire Gang already existed.

In reality, the Jin Family's strength wasn't due to their own power.

It was because the Blazing Fire Gang chose to cooperate with the Jin Family.

It was the Fenglan Sword Sect that gave them the opportunity.

The same opportunity given to any other Family would have led to the same outcome.

The destruction of a mere Jin Family was nothing in the eyes of the Blazing Fire Gang.

In fact, the Blazing Fire Gang had long anticipated such an event.

The rapid expansion and inflation of the Jin Family would inevitably lead some within it to become complacent, believing they could control their own destiny, unaware that destruction was but an instant away.

The Jin Family's downfall didn't matter.

What the Blazing Fire Gang needed to do first was to maintain control over the entire city's medicinal herb market!

After all, with the Jin Family gone, someone would surely see an opportunity and want to enter the market at this time, to take a share from the Blazing Fire Gang.

Especially at such times, the Blazing Fire Gang needed to make an example!

Just as the Blazing Fire Gang was looking for someone to make an example of, news of Zhou Yan purchasing medicinal herbs, even from some apothecaries in Cangzhou City, reached the Blazing Fire Gang's ears.

An order was immediately given to seize Zhou Yan.

Of course, in their eyes, seizing Zhou Yan was just a trivial matter.

These days, anyone dared to show their face.

The Zhou Yan before him had been driven out of Cangzhou City a long time ago, and he never expected him to dare return and cause trouble.

Gang Leader of Blazing Fire Gang, the leader of the Blazing Fire Gang, immediately sent people to gather all the apothecaries in the city to the Fubao Building.

Yu Qianlie was planning to give them a good lesson!

He wanted them to know who was the king of medicinal herbs in Cangzhou City!

Meanwhile, Zhou Yan was tied up with five ropes to a tree stump, enduring the scorching sun.

"Old Zhou, we're old acquaintances."

"Just tell me, who were you planning to sell this batch of medicinal herbs to?"

"Such a large quantity of medicinal herbs, I'm afraid ordinary people couldn't handle it. Who exactly are you working for?"

"Tell me, and I'll spare your life."

Yu Qianlie, accompanied by a large group of people, was interrogating Zhou Yan in the courtyard of the Fubao Building.

In Yu Qianlie's view, Zhou Yan acquiring such a large batch of medicinal herbs was certainly not for reselling within the city.

Instead, it was to supply a certain Family.

Perhaps even to help that Family rise.

How could Yu Qianlie tolerate such an act?

He naturally had to find out who Zhou Yan was working for.

Then, he would annihilate Zhou Yan, along with the person behind him.

He had to crush them before they could react, to deter these people.

Otherwise, the apothecaries behind him would likely be unable to resist the temptation and would soon be lured away by others.

His Blazing Fire Gang was not composed of benevolent individuals who believed in fair competition.

However, Zhou Yan merely closed his eyes slightly.

This gesture was quite clear.

If they wanted to kill him, then kill him; he wouldn't utter a single word.

"Heh heh, still a tough nut to crack. Very good, I like people with backbone!"

Yu Qianlie stroked his fiery red beard.

Then, he ordered someone to bring a portrait.

The portrait was of Zhou Miaoqing.

"Tsk tsk, this is your daughter, isn't she?"

"What a truly fresh and beautiful young lady."

"I'll send my subordinates to Dongfeng Town right away to capture your daughter and bring her before you, so she can see with her own eyes what kind of crazy treatment she will endure because of her foolishness!"

Yu Qianlie said slowly.

The content sent shivers down one's spine.

No one dared to imagine what a tragic fate such a delicate and tender girl would suffer if she were captured and brought to the main hall of the Blazing Fire Gang.

However, Zhou Yan remained unmoved.

He naturally wouldn't betray Jiang Chen.

If anyone was to blame, it was himself for not being cautious enough.

To stumble in such a situation.

Since he had stumbled, he could only accept it.

As for his daughter, he had already given instructions.

He had told Zhou Miaoqing that if something happened to him, she shouldn't try to save him. Instead, she should immediately take all the money and leave Dongfeng Town, either to seek refuge with Jiang Chen or to go to a place where no one knew her and start anew.

Although such a thing was cruel for a young girl, that was fate. If there were a choice, no one would choose this path.

Seeing that Zhou Yan was neither soft nor hard to deal with, Yu Qianlie finally became enraged.

"Good, since you want to resist to the end, then I'll grant your wish!"

As Yu Qianlie spoke, he gestured for a burly strongman standing nearby to step forward.

The strongman removed his upper garment, revealing muscles like steel.

"Beat him into a pulp!"

"I'll plaster him on the city wall!"

Yu Qianlie commanded.

Zhou Yan couldn't help but swallow.

Just looking at the strongman's frame, he probably wouldn't last two punches before being completely finished.

Just as the strongman was about to strike, everyone suddenly heard a sonic boom from high in the sky.

"What was that sound?"

Yu Qianlie and the others felt their ears ringing.

Just as they looked up at the sky, a figure descended from above.

Boom!

The moment the person landed, he stomped the strongman, who was about to attack, into a bloody mist.

Whoosh!

The smell of blood assailed their nostrils.

Jiang Chen waved his hand slightly, dispersing the bloody mist.

"Who are you?!"

Yu Qianlie's heart was startled, but Jiang Chen's appearance was obscured by the bloody mist, so he couldn't see him clearly at once.

"Blazing Fire Gang, you have a lot of nerve."

"To dare commit an act of kidnapping!"

"I now suspect you of colluding with demons, conspiring with the Tian Po Sect, the Wuzui Sect, and the Jin Family!"

"Everyone, squat against the wall!"

Jiang Chen raised the Demon Slayer Guard token in his hand.

The words "Banner Officer" were quite clear.

"Banner Officer?"

"A mere Demon Slayer Guard Banner Officer dares to cause trouble in the Fubao Building!"

"You are trespassing on private property now; it's perfectly reasonable for me to chop you to death!"

Yu Qianlie snorted coldly.

Soon, a large group of Blazing Fire Gang experts gathered from all directions, surrounding Jiang Chen tightly.

Jiang Chen raised his hand and freed Zhou Yan.

Then he glanced at the surrounding Blazing Fire Gang thugs.

"Very good, to dare openly attack the Demon Slayer Guard."

"You'd better have strength comparable to a demon."