66: Chapter 66 Continued Expansion

Boss Guo's subordinates didn't seem to have reacted yet. Once they confirmed that their boss was truly dead, the twenty-plus men immediately became restless.

In the end, Gu Jian took the lead and said, "We are willing to submit to Boss Xiao."

With Boss Guo dead, this group of people was nothing but scattered sand. If they didn't submit to Boss Xiao, they would eventually be conquered by another faction.

Boss Xiao looked at Ye Mo, then at Boss Guo's corpse. He truly found it hard to believe, to the point that he didn't even respond to Gu Jian.

Gu Jian stepped forward, presented Boss Xiao's Spiritual Artifact sword, and said loudly, "We invite Boss Xiao to come and oversee our Mining Site."

"Good!"

At this moment, Boss Xiao finally confirmed that Boss Guo was indeed dead. Although he didn't know how Ye Mo had managed it, now clearly wasn't the time to ask.

He took his Spiritual Artifact sword, went to Boss Guo's side, removed Boss Guo's Storage Pouch, and then used a Fireball Technique to burn Boss Guo's body to ashes.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he led nearly thirty people toward Boss Guo's Mining Site.

Boss Xiao intentionally let Ye Mo walk beside him; firstly, to declare Ye Mo's status, and secondly, he wanted to ask Ye Mo how he had done it.

However, Ye Mo did not answer.

Upon arriving at Boss Guo's Mining Site, the miners who were working were startled, but once they saw Gu Jian and the others, they understood.

Boss Guo might have been defeated!

"What? Boss Guo was defeated!"

"Defeated is defeated. Whoever is the boss is still the boss; the Spirit Stones that need to be turned in still have to be turned in."

Boss Xiao went to an open space, set up a sound-insulation Formation, and called Ye Mo, Bi He, and the others inside.

Next, he poured out everything from Boss Guo's Storage Pouch.

The few of them immediately gasped.

Just the Spirit Stones alone amounted to five thousand, not to mention quite a few spiritual talismans, Spiritual Artifacts, and Medicinal Pills.

It was clear how much ill-gotten wealth Boss Guo had plundered.

"If not for Ye Mo this time, we all might have died. Therefore, these resources should rightfully belong entirely to Ye Mo."

Boss Xiao was also very tempted by these items.

But he knew that without Ye Mo, he would have long since died.

"Boss Xiao, although I was the one who killed Boss Guo, without your cooperation, I wouldn't have succeeded. How about this, I won't stand on ceremony; we will split these things in half."

Although Ye Mo really needed these things, he also understood that if he took them all, everyone would be jealous, and they might even isolate him.

In the end, Boss Xiao did not refuse.

However, he didn't take it all for himself; instead, he gave Bi He and Yi Shi quite a few Spirit Stones.

After the items were divided, Boss Xiao finally called Gu Jian in.

"Gu Jian, how many Mining Sites and miners does Boss Guo have under his command now?"

Boss Xiao asked.

This was what he was most concerned about.

"Six, with about one hundred miners," Gu Jian replied.

"How many Spirit Stones does each miner turn in every day?" Boss Xiao continued to ask.

"Three."

Three Spirit Stones a day, one hundred miners, that's three hundred.

Of course, Boss Guo also had to help his twenty Qi Refining Mid-Stage subordinates turn in Spirit Stones to Scarface Liu.

It cost about one hundred Spirit Stones a day.

Furthermore, Boss Guo's core subordinates, like Gu Jian, didn't have to mine, so he also had to help them turn in the Sect's Spirit Stones.

Calculating it this way, the amount of Spirit Stones Boss Guo actually got his hands on each day was less than one hundred.

Of course, one hundred Spirit Stones a day was definitely a considerable income for Boss Xiao.

If it were stable, he would be able to buy spirit gathering pills every day to Cultivate.

"Gu Jian, tell the brothers that things will remain as they were before. However, I might not turn in the Sect's Spirit Stones; they will need to mine them themselves."

Boss Xiao naturally couldn't help Boss Guo's former core subordinates turn in Spirit Stones.

If he were to turn them in, it would only be for Ye Mo, Bi He, and the others.

"Understood." Gu Jian had no complaints; after all, Boss Guo had been killed.

"Hmm, you may go now." Boss Xiao waved his hand.

"Boss Xiao, the brothers asked me to ask you a question. Previously, Boss Guo... Boss Guo planned to continue expanding outward. Now everyone wants to know if that plan will still go ahead."

Expanding territory was naturally the best thing for those of Boss Guo's subordinates.

If the territory was big enough, they could also get a share.

"We already have six territories; that should be enough. If we have too many, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of Scarface Liu."

Bi He frowned and said.

Scarface Liu naturally wouldn't want to see a situation where one faction dominated. If that happened, it could potentially threaten his position. The more scattered the power distribution, the more beneficial it was for him.

"Logically speaking, six territories are indeed enough, but Guan Huai in the north has been expanding particularly fiercely recently. Boss Guo was worried before that if he expanded too slowly, Guan Huai would become a threat to him in the future."

Gu Jian's face showed a look of worry.

The reason Guan Huai was expanding so rapidly was that he had formed an Alliance with other factions.

There were a full three Qi Refining Late-Stage Cultivators.

Boss Guo was expanding his forces because he also wanted to form an Alliance with other factions to resist Guan Huai.

"Regarding this..."

Boss Xiao hesitated. He knew that without strength in this Mining Site, one would eventually become meat in the eyes of others.

But he had just sat firmly in his position and really had no plans to expand.

However, before he could refuse, he was interrupted by Ye Mo.

"Gu Jian, tell the brothers the plan will proceed as usual. Also, help me draw a map of the power distribution in the entire East District."

Now that they had over twenty Qi Refining Mid-Stage Cultivators, swallowing up a few factions was simply too easy.

As long as he coordinated well with Boss Xiao and killed the faction leader, taking over a faction would be a matter of minutes.

Gu Jian looked at Ye Mo with some surprise, but didn't reply, instead looking at Boss Xiao.

From beginning to end, he didn't know that Boss Guo had been killed by Ye Mo in secret.

"Do as Ye Mo says," Boss Xiao said.

"Very well." Gu Jian nodded and then retreated.

After Gu Jian left, Boss Xiao looked at Ye Mo.

He asked how much certainty there was in swallowing up a faction.

"As long as those faction leaders are caught off guard, there is at least an eighty percent chance," Ye Mo replied.

"Good, Ye Mo. I won't ask how you do it. From now on, for every faction we swallow, we will split the income in half."

Boss Xiao decided to take a gamble.

To sit firmly in this position, the only way was to keep getting stronger.

About half an hour later, Gu Jian came in with a drawing.

Ye Mo examined it carefully.

The entire East District was about the size of a town on Blue Star. Scarface Liu was stationed at the easternmost position.

Besides him, there was another big boss.

His name was Xia Qi. This person had over a dozen Qi Refining Late-Stage subordinates, but there weren't actually many miners around him, only about two hundred.

His main source of Spirit Stones was only Scarface Liu; Scarface Liu had to turn in a large amount of Spirit Stones to him every month.

Apart from these two major factions, the rest were scattered small factions. Those with slightly higher ore production rates basically all had Qi Refining Late-Stage Cultivators in charge.

The location of Ye Mo's current Mining Site was a bit to the north.

The northernmost part was Guan Huai, an Alliance of three factions.

To the east, there was a faction similar to Boss Xiao's current one.

To the west, the factions were relatively weaker.

Ye Mo thought for a moment and then proposed expanding to the west.

"There is no time to delay; we will take action now!"

Ye Mo stood up abruptly; the AK was already thirsty and impatient...