After the mbers of Sea Dragon Gang had left, Liao Ya hastily expressed her gratitude, "Commandery Princess, thank you for coming to our aid."
Li Pei smiled and said, "Please don't ntion it, both morally and logically, this is what I should do."
At this mont, Lu Yao also ca over to pay his respects. As soon as the Commandery Princess heard that the Liao Family was in trouble, she imdiately ca over, and naturally, everyone was grateful.
Li Pei sized him up and exclaid in surprise, "You've reached Organ Refining!?"
She rembered when she first t him five months ago, he was still in Sinew-Strengthening, but now he had unexpectedly advanced to Organ Refining!
Lu Yao said with a light laugh, "I have gained a little, it's not worth ntioning."
Li Pei nodded and casually praised, "Your talent is not bad." She didn't think much of it. The early stages of Martial Path were all about laying the foundation, and with abundant resources, willingness to train hard, and guidance from a good teacher, it was only natural to progress rapidly.
However, to make progress like Lu Yao within half a year was still quite impressive.
What she didn't know was that Lu Yao had trained from being a weakling with no strength to spare.
Li Pei seed to be in a hurry, her expression sowhat anxious. She took out a pocket watch to check the ti and said, "I still have other matters to attend to, you all be extra careful. If there's anything, co directly to ."
After speaking, she nodded at the three of them and then got into her carriage and left. Experience exclusive tales on m v|l e'-
Watching the carriage leave into the distance, Lu Yao quickly instructed his sisters, "Load the machine guns and ammunition into the trunk, and bring the homade bombs too.
This ti we need crossfire, so we must split up. Hurry and try out the earphones and guns to see if there's anything you're not familiar with."
The sisters replied, "Don't worry, we've already practiced several tis, and we're quite proficient."
Lu Yao nodded and said, "Good, there's no ti to delay, let's set off!"
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The inland port of Yunzhou is a precious locale, located south of the Yangtze River and playing a pivotal junction for sea and river transport.
Ships co and go in abundance, ranging from new heavy oil-powered cargo ships, old steam-powered models, and even ancient vessels reliant on sail or human traction to dock.
This place has always been controlled by gangs, with Sea Dragon Gang being in control the longest, for 20 years to this date.
The Sea Dragon Gang General Hall occupies a large area, with the central main building known as the Hall of Righteousness, serving the function of a eting hall.
Today, guests were coming in an endless stream. The visitors, dressed in lavish clothing and exuding extraordinary presence, were all wealthy rchants, influential businesspeople, and high-level martial artists.
Nearly a hundred mbers of the Bone Tempering Realm, under the leadership of a few Masters of Organ Refinent Hall, were greeting guests.
"The Three Dragons" stood at the main entrance, specifically to receive important guests.
"Lord Qi Wu has arrived, please welco him!"
"Mada Sun, it's an honor to have you, your presence truly graces this occasion!"
For a mont, the Hall of Righteousness was bustling with all the gathered elites greeting and mingling, alive with activity.
Just then, the clock struck twelve tis, signaling the ti had co.
Wu Hailong rose to his feet and moved to the center in front of the hall, looking at the full house of heroes with considerable pride. He fist-saluted and shouted, "I am deeply honored by the presence of all esteed guests here with Sea Dragon Gang today!"
This shout was heard throughout the hall by hundreds of people, and everyone respectfully fist-saluted back.
Wu Hailong continued to shout, "Our Sea Dragon Gang's opium is of high quality and competitively priced, and can even be delivered directly to various prefecture governnts along the river. Your visit here today will certainly not be disappointing."
The crowd below nodded again and again, eager for this was the reason they were so eager—such direct delivery was rare these days.
Wu Hailong paused and then shouted, "However, I have an even bigger trade to introduce to you all!"
Instant silence fell among the crowd below; all held their breath, waiting for Wu Hailong to continue.
Wu Hailong took out a dal and flashed it around, saying,
"I am honored to represent The Einheit Royal National Knights and introduce to you the 'overseas labor' trade. Any martial artist who is a virgin can participate. The great Einheit Empire will give preferential treatnt to cooperating partners, not just in opium and armants, but also the chance to be awarded dals."
The crowd was instantly in an uproar. They were all worldly individuals and knew that the Western demon beasts favored the fresh blood of virgins; this was clearly about finding food for the vampires!
Wu Hailong clenched his fist and burst the air, making a loud noise to quell the noise and continued to shout, "If you don't wish to get involved, you may leave now."
After a while, soone shouted, "We run an apothecary, we can't be involved in such unconscionable acts, farewell!"
"My clinic ca here only to buy opium as a dicinal prir, we also dare not get involved in these matters, farewell!"
Only a few people left, the rest remained firm as Mount Tai, excitent still evident on their faces.
So even teased the only female martial artist Sun Sanniang, "Sanniang, are you still a virgin?"
Sun Sanniang, who ran a brothel, retorted vulgarly, "I've eaten more plain porridge than you've eaten rice!"
"Hahaha~"
The crowd burst into laughter, creating a lively atmosphere.
Those who dared to open opium dens were notorious; they were already part of the underworld, willing to dabble in any trade.
What Wu Hailong spoke of was basically human trafficking, nothing too serious, as long as the foreigners were willing to pay the price.
Sun Sanniang nonchalantly said, "Just find those nearly starving decent girls, give them so cheap tonic, and teach them so kung fu for a couple of days. It'd be their fortune to serve the foreigners~"
The people nodded in agreent.
Seeing the fervent mood, Wu Hailong also secretly breathed a sigh of relief: the matter was settled!
His own future in the martial path was dood; the only option left was to completely side with the foreigners and strive for a vampire's first embrace!
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William sat elegantly on the Taishi Chair, feeling quite satisfied with the performance of these human vassals.
Once this was accomplished, he would have an endless supply of fresh food to enjoy, which he could also exchange with others of his kind for a change of taste, or even send back ho as gifts to curry favor with important people.
Thinking of the wonderful life to co, William shuddered as if electrocuted.
It was ti for him to take the stage, using his unique appearance and status to enhance persuasiveness and gain more partners.
William straightened his tie and slowly walked forward, a picture of noble elegance.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly sensed an extre danger and instantly moved to the side!
But it was still a step too late, his left ribcage completely vanished! Only then did the sound of large-caliber ammunition tearing through the air reach him!
The next second, a barrage of bullets swept across the hall, turning the "Trafficking Conference" into complete chaos!
Human bodies, furniture, and walls exploded, while splatters of blood, flesh, and debris filled the air amidst panicked screams and total mayhem.
Sun Sanniang reacted quickly and imdiately tried to escape using her movent technique. But just as she reached the doorway, she burst into a cloud of blood mist, torn apart in midair.
The strong vitality of soone in the Marrow-Cleansing Realm allowed her to scream loudly, only adding to her imnse pain.
Wu Hailong imdiately took cover behind a column as thick as his waist and bellowed, "Ambush! Get the armor!"
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Lu Yao and his two companions were positioned in a forest about 1 kiloter away from the "Hall of Righteousness," each climbing up a large tree nearly 30 ters high.
They were spaced widely apart, forming a fan shape that surrounded the entire "Hall of Righteousness," creating crossing lines of fire.
As soon as the vampire William made his appearance, Lu Yao shouted through a wireless headset seized from the Foreign Affairs Bureau:
"Everyone's here~ They are all in place, let's do this! Wu Hailong and William are the priority targets!"
Two crisp voices responded, "Understood!"
The three of them pulled their triggers, and amidst jackhamr-like thunderous noise, countless huge shell casings were ejected as bullets scread out of the barrels like pouring rain!
The doors of the "Hall of Righteousness" crumbled to countless pieces as if they were made of paper; the walls crumbled like cookies, not at all impeding the bullets' path.
Those in the Sinew-Strengthening and Bone-Tempering Realm ended up like crushed tomatoes, with only the bodies of those in the Marrow-Cleansing and Organ Refinent sohow remaining intact.
Thus began the bloody carnage!
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