Chapter 271 - Chapter 271: Chapter 624 Tiemu City and Jiuli City_1 (1/2)

Chapter 271: Chapter 624 Tiemu City and Jiuli City_1

He ran swiftly, the dawn’s morning light shining on his face and illuminating the entire world ahead.

The final outcome of this war was still unpredictable.

Burning all of the enemy’s warships was certainly an important victory in this war.

The disciples under Elder Jiu Yin had suffered heavy casualties, having been routed by Qin Niu, which was a severe blow to the enemies and also served to heavily strike down their arrogance.

The Black Tiger Gang, due to its short history of establishment, simply couldn’t compare with an old sect like the Shennong Sect in terms of heritage. Although the territory of the Black Tiger Gang was fairly large, for the time being, they only had Black Tiger City under their control.

The Shennong Sect, aside from their main city, Shennong City, also had secondary cities like Mai City, Tiemu City, and Jiuli City.

Mai City primarily engaged in grain trade, and if not for this war, its developmental vitality would have been very strong. In less than two hundred years, it could have become a truly large city.

Tiemu City was a well-established secondary city, second only to Shennong City, mainly trading in various types of lumber.

The ironwood from Tiemu City almost dominated the market throughout the territory of the Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect and was much loved by many. Ironwood, being as hard as steel with strong flexibility and resistance to corrosion, and being much lighter than steel, was extremely versatile.

It could be used to make weapons, shields, furniture, and for house renovations.

Especially as the raw material for outdoor furniture, ironwood nearly had a complete monopoly.

Even golden silk nanmu and sandalwood, when faced with sun and rain, would quickly deteriorate. Ironwood, having good oil content, could be coated with tung oil and then lacquered, and it would be perfectly usable outdoors for over a hundred years.

Many high-level cultivators often liked to cultivate in natural environments.

Because cultivating in a natural setting often made their efforts twice as effective.

All laws naturally arise, and all cultivation methods originate from the insights into nature. Put simply, the laws and ways understood by cultivators are actually the natural laws of the entire world. Whether summoning wind and rain or overturning rivers and seas, which great divine skill doesn’t involve the understanding of nature’s mighty power?

Moreover, many powerful individuals could meditate for decades at a time, and their requirements for outdoor furniture were extremely stringent.

It needed to be durable, comfortable, and close to nature.

The ironwood, which fears neither the sun nor the rain, was definitely the best choice.

The Shennong Sect, with just ironwood alone, had accumulated countless wealth.

lheir Jiuli City was a well-known source of livestock and beasts.

Domestic poultry and livestock like chickens, ducks, cows, sheep, and pigs were just the basics. They had already realized large-scale breeding of wild animals such as wolves, deer, bears, rabbits, and snakes.

Conversely, the Nine Insect Gang, despite its geographically advantageous environment, was very weak in terms of breeding.

The subjects of the Nine Insect Gang at most caught a wild wolf or other ferocious beasts, then somehow domesticated it to serve as a mount.

No one thought of breeding as a way to get rich.

The Nine Insect Gang also had a long history. Initially, they only had one city, Jiuchong City, and now they had acquired another, Seven-Star City.

From a development index perspective, the Shennong Sect was undoubtedly a big brother level.

This time, being instigated by the Nine Insect Gang to wage war against the Black Tiger Gang, in Qin Niu’s view, was definitely a strategic folly.

Along the way, locusts ravaging the land could be seen everywhere.

Their sizes varied, showing no clear trend of evolution.

The greatest advantage of these locusts was still their overwhelming numbers. After confronting several Insect Masters from the Nine Insect Gang, Qin Niu found it easier to handle these locusts.

I he battlefield was the best place to enhance one’s strength.

Having encountered more powerful swarms, these weak locusts seemed almost unworthy of mention.

After a day and night of long and arduous travel, Qin Niu finally returned safely to Jade Stream Town.

Along the way, he saw no traces of the enemy army’s plundering in the major towns.

Although the people were panicked and many were ready to flee at any moment, the enemy had not been able to penetrate deep into the Black Tiger Gang’s territory to wreak havoc.