Chapter 464 - Chapter 464: Chapter 456 Eating Worms Boots_1 (2/2)

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Personal effort and opportunities in the Acquired Realm are equally important.

Some people are born into privilege, never having to worry about elixirs or cultivation techniques as if born with a golden key in their mouths. But due to their parents’ overindulgence and pampering, they gradually become mediocre.

On the other hand, some children of humble origins, through their own efforts, constantly improve themselves and undergo transformations, eventually overtaking those born with inherent advantages.

Qin Niu was the latter.

He started with nothing, penniless and empty-handed.

With his own effort, he finally underwent several transformations. He had now surpassed 99% of the privileged young masters and was hopeful to become an immortal of his generation.

Children without umbrellas must run harder than others.

Nine days flew by in the blink of an eye, and Qin Niu received news that Black Tiger City had restored basic order.

The government institutions within the city were now functioning normally.

Furthermore, he learned that after defeating two major factions, the Black Tiger Gang took advantage of the victory and captured a large territory of the Nine Insects Gang. Almost all the territory originally belonging to the Seven-Star Sect had been seized by the Black Tiger Gang.

The Nine Insects Gang Leader, using complex terrain and a vast swarm of insects, barely managed to halt the advance of the Black Tiger Gang’s army.

That witch must be regretting it now.

If she had known better, she wouldn’t have attempted to challenge the Black Tiger Gang—now she has lost half her own territory.

The most tragic of all was the Shennong Sect.

At a critical moment, the Shennong Sect Leader Pan Jianjun, in order to save his beloved wife, gave up his position and swallowed the Verdant Blood Elixir to save her. His whereabouts were unknown afterward.

The Great Elder took over as the Shennong Sect Leader, but was unable to form an absolute dominance over other elders and various powers within the sect, leading to the most serious internal strife in the sect’s history.

In such a situation, the Black Tiger Gang was overjoyed.

They took the opportunity to capture a vast fertile land of the Shennong Sect, nearly all of the territory south of Tian Shui spread over a thousand miles, was swept into their coffers.

The most speechless part was about the Nine Insects Gang—seeing that the Shennong Sect could no longer hold on, not only did they not help their ally against the strong enemy, but at this crucial moment, they raided and occupied large tracts of the Shennong Sect’s mountains and fields.

The Nine Insects Gang defended strategically and seemed to have reached some sort of tacit agreement with the Black Tiger Gang, no longer attacking each other. Instead, they freed their hands to fully stabilize the newly conquered territories.

The Shennong Sect’s Spirit Qi Realm experts and large families either fled or surrendered.

With families in tow, they generally chose to surrender where possible.

While this might seem a loss of spine and dignity, it was most advantageous for their families.

They avoided leaving their homes and managed to preserve part of their family’s assets.

It was essentially like having a change in boss.

With a good performance, within a century they could become one of the top noble families of either the Black Tiger Gang or the Nine Insects Gang.

In the end, the mighty Shennong Sect was destroyed within a mere nine days.

About a third of their territory was devoured by the Nine Insects Gang, and two-thirds were shared by the Black Tiger Gang.

No one could have predicted such an outcome.

Now, Shennong City, Seven-Star City, and Mai City had all become cities under the Black Tiger Gang.

Who would have thought that the Black Tiger Gang, despite being besieged by two major sects, would not only survive but also nearly double their strength.

While the Nine Insects Gang lost the Seven-Star Sect’s territory, by swallowing up a third of the Shennong Sect’s territory, they compensated for their losses.

Qin Niu felt puzzled. Why hadn’t the Black Tiger Gang taken the opportunity to obliterate the Nine Insects Gang?

After all, allowing that vicious witch to grow stronger should not have been an option.

Keep in mind that the wife of the Shennong Sect Leader sacrificed her life to help the Nine Insects Gang Leader escape. If the Nine Insects Gang Leader had even a shred of gratitude, he absolutely wouldn’t have made such a move.

Yet that witch had the audacity to lead her troops in looting the Shennong Sect’s assets amid chaos.

If she could even seize the territories of her sister and brother-in-law, what else was that witch incapable of doing?

Sooner or later, when the Nine Insects Gang regained their strength, the Black Tiger Gang would likely have difficulty.

Qin Niu planned to take a day to enter the city.

Now that he had a horse carriage and a treasure like the Black Mare Horse, entering the city had become extremely convenient.

If he hadn’t been worried about exposing his top-tier avian mount, the Fire Phoenix, he could have ridden it to the city, which would have been even faster.