Qingfeng Escort Agency!
The courtyard was filled with the sound of wailing.
The elderly, the won, and the children surrounded the bodies delivered by the Yulong Gang, crying in a heap.
More than twenty young saber guards of the escort agency stood nearby, their eyes bloodshot, fists clenched so tightly that veins bulged across their hands as they stared at He Han’s corpse.
“Please restrain your grief.”
Yang Feiyue spoke in a heavy tone as he publicly announced:
“The reason this operation failed is because none of us anticipated that the Qingyi Sect Master of Heilong County, ‘Feng Shaoguang,’ was in fact a mber of the Five Poison Sect! We encountered an ambush on the road. Although we fought with all our strength and captured Feng Shaoguang, Escort Leader He and the rest of the brothers of the escort agency all perished.”
“The yan suffered heavy losses. Our Yulong Gang also lost two First-Rank elders and several Inner Disciples.”
“But rest assured.”
“We have already reported this to the County Magistrate. The Qingyi Sect will be held accountable. And in the near future, we will take revenge against the Five Poison Sect—for Escort Leader He and for the fallen brothers.”
“Furthermore!”
“We will arrange fast boats and manpower to leave the city and retrieve all the brothers’ bodies, so they will not be left exposed in the wilderness. Is anyone from the escort agency willing to go with us?”
Yang Feiyue asked.
Nearly everyone in the escort agency rose to their feet.
“I’ll go!”
“I’ll go!”
“Well said! The escort agency may lose n, but our banner must not fall. Even if it’s dangerous, we must bring our brothers ho and let them rest in peace!”
At this mont, Yang Feiyue displayed an Academy Award-level performance.
“If that is the case, then despite my injuries, Yang will personally accompany you. We shall bring our fallen brothers ho and let them be laid to rest.”
“Thank you, Gang Leader Yang!”
From top to bottom, the escort agency was moved to tears.
Wangchuan thought silently:
What an old fox…
I’ve learned. I’ve truly learned.
At this mont, he believed that Qingfeng Escort Agency’s goodwill toward the Yulong Gang Leader had reached its peak. It was only a matter of ti before the escort agency formally ca under Yulong Gang’s control.
Over sixty people marched out of the city with Yang Feiyue in a grand procession.
On the Yulong Gang’s side, Yang Feiyue personally led the team—three First-Rank Martial Artists, twelve formal Martial Artists, and over a hundred Inner Disciples ard with blades and swords.
On the river, dozens of fast boats escorted them along the banks, vigilant against any snake swarm from the Five Poison Sect.
With such a formation, even the Five Poison Sect would hesitate.
On the road, Yang Feiyue conversed with He Han’s younger brother, He Yuanxin, about the escort agency’s future.
He Yuanxin was only a quasi-Martial Artist and the second-in-command of the agency, usually responsible for coordinating affairs within the city.
“The Five Poison Sect occupies the depths of the mountains and has now rebuilt Blackwind Stronghold. They threaten both water and land routes. It will not be easy to shake them in the short term. The escort agency will likely face great hardship for so ti…”
“But I believe Qingfeng Escort Agency stands united. We will surely overco this trial. Once the Five Poison Sect is destroyed, the escort agency will shine again, and Escort Leader He will be able to rest in peace.”
His words were heartfelt—yet they laid bare every difficulty the escort agency faced.
He Yuanxin knew the bitterness well.
“Gang Leader Yang, you know our situation. We already lost two shipnts to Blackwind Stronghold and paid heavy compensation. Now we have lost the Zhou family’s goods as well. We may have to empty our entire savings to cover it. If my brother were still alive, we could slowly earn it back… But now he is dead, so many brothers have died, and we must pay compensation and pensions. Sigh…”
He Yuanxin felt imnse pressure.
The old and young of Qingfeng Escort Agency listened and felt the weight press down upon them.
If the Five Poison Sect was not destroyed—
If Blackwind Stronghold was not broken—
The land route would remain perilous.
Now the escort agency did not even have a single formal Martial Artist. Without a pillar of strength, without escort capability, what would they eat in the coming days?
How would they pay the pensions?
So had already begun to sob quietly.
Seeing the timing was right, Yang Feiyue sighed and proposed:
“When Escort Leader He was alive, he and our Yulong Gang maintained good relations. Now that Qingfeng Escort Agency faces such hardship, Yang cannot stand by idly. When we return, I will allocate two hundred taels of silver from the hall—”
“Gang Leader!”
An elder beside him urgently interrupted:
“We have also lost shipnts and brothers recently, Gang Leader!”
“Silence!”
Yang Feiyue feigned anger and loudly rebuked the elder.
“At least our water routes still generate so inco! Qingfeng Escort Agency’s land route is blocked. Where will the burial expenses and pensions co from? They are nearly unable to feed themselves! Do you expect
to watch Escort Leader He be buried hastily in the wilderness without a proper grave? How could I bear that?!”
Wangchuan was stunned.
An Academy Award-level performance indeed!
Yang Feiyue turned back and spoke gently to He Yuanxin.
“Do not worry. Escort Leader He’s funeral must be handled with dignity. We cannot let his spirit grow cold.”
“Wuwu…”
He Yuanxin felt even greater pressure.
He had not even calculated the funeral expenses…
What was he to do now?
He Yuanxin felt like crying.
So won with weaker resolve began sobbing openly.
Soon the grief spread throughout the procession.
Even the n looked lost and uncertain.
Suddenly, He Yuanxin knelt before Yang Feiyue.
“Gang Leader Yang!”
“Please show rcy. Pull us up. Show us a path to live.”
The escort leader was dead. Several heavyweight Martial Artists were gone. He Yuanxin clearly could not bear the burden. The only person he trusted who could help Qingfeng Escort Agency was Yang Feiyue.
One after another, the sixty-odd mbers of Qingfeng Escort Agency knelt and shouted:
“Please, Gang Leader Yang!”
“Show us a path to live!”
At that mont, Wangchuan finally understood Yang Feiyue’s thods.
This old fox was ruthlessly capable.
He had subdued the Nu Tao Gang, swallowed Qingyi Sect’s shipping operations in Heilong County, attacked Blackwind Stronghold, seized Qingzhu Gang—and now, in the midst of crisis, calmly won Qingfeng Escort Agency’s hearts.
He controlled people’s hearts flawlessly.
“Sigh.”
“Please, all of you, rise.”
“Since Qingfeng Escort Agency has entrusted its future to the Yulong Gang, then this entire operation of the escort agency—our Yulong Gang… will take it on!”
Yang Feiyue declared resolutely:
“No matter how fierce the battle with the Five Poison Sect becos! As long as the Yulong Gang stands, there will be food for every man, woman, and child of Qingfeng Escort Agency!”
“Escort Leader He!”
“Until Qingfeng Escort Agency produces another First-Rank Martial Artist, you will report all matters to Wangchuan. He has sufficient manpower and access to water routes. Continue taking business. Leave the rest to him… It was Hall Master Wangchuan who brought Escort Leader He’s body back.”
At that final sentence, the last trace of hesitation in He Yuanxin’s heart shattered.
He turned and knelt before Wangchuan, kowtowing heavily.
“Thank you, Hall Master Wangchuan!”
“Thank you, Hall Master Wangchuan!”
The entire Qingfeng Escort Agency kowtowed toward Wangchuan.
Wangchuan panicked.
“No, no! Please, everyone, get up.”
His youthful awkwardness and flustered reaction only further reinforced Yang Feiyue’s image of “selflessness.”
This old fox… was truly extraordinary.
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