Chapter 245 - Chapter 245: Chapter 238 Savage Rule_1 (2/2)

Another phenomenon that sent chills down Qin Niu’s spine was the

realization…

Almost every household reared insects.

Here, everything held Insect Masters as the most distinguished. Becoming an Insect Master was virtually the only way out.

Just like in the Han dynasty, when it was proposed to abandon all other philosophies in favor of exclusively venerating Confucianism.

The Nine Insect Gang now revered controlling insects above all.

Under this policy, whether commoners or the middle class, everyone would desperately nurture their children into Insect Masters.

It was hard to imagine how strong the Insect Masters of the Nine Insect Gang would become if such a policy continued to evolve.

He couldn’t help but recall what Zhang Banzui had said, “With the rise of Insect Masters, chaos will reign over the world.”

If the Nine Insect Gang focused solely on controlling insects, they would inevitably take the path of pillage, just like wasps.

Wasps, unable to produce honey themselves, must kill and plunder to feed their kind and survive the winter. Near the deep autumn, it was common for whole hives of bees to be massacred by wasps.

Once the Nine Insect Gang grew, they would be far more fearsome than wasps. The neighboring sects and powers would suffer.

The Hundred-Tempering Immortal Sect seemed to have run into trouble recently; it’s very likely that the centennial term of the Immortal had come. Under such circumstances, the sect needed to defend fully and ensure the safety of the Immortal.

They simply had no energy to manage the affairs of the subordinate sects.

Seizing this opportunity, the Nine Insect Gang would surely expand aggressively.

It remained to see whether the Black Tiger Gang could withstand this pressure. If the Black Tiger Gang were to be absorbed, the Nine Insect Gang would become unstoppable, and the surrounding sects and forces would be served up one by one.

Qin Niu was somewhat concerned about the future.

Standing under Seven-Star City, which remained majestic and magnificent even after two hundred years.

The towering ten-zhang city wall, the huge city gate forged from pure copper, and above it, the three large characters of “Seven-Star City” etched in a dynamic dragon-like script, as well as the thirty-zhang wide moat, all reflected the grandeur and glory of Seven-Star City in its heyday.

It was said that the three characters on the city gate were inscribed by the first city lord, who was also the most extraordinary Gang Leader of the Seven-Star Sect, wielding his sword as he leapt and carved those characters in one breath.

Back then, when people mentioned the Seven-Star Sect, they would think of the Seven-Star Sword Technique.

Alas, as the Seven-Star Sect was annexed, the Seven-Star Sword Technique also gradually faded into obscurity.

The copy of the Seven-Star Sword Technique obtained by Qin Niu may well have been written by a senior expert of the Seven-Star Sect. For various reasons, it ended up in the hands of Wu Hao, an inner disciple of the Nine Insect Gang.

In the end, Wu Hao was killed by Qin Niu, and the Seven-Star Sword Technique ultimately fell into Qin Niu’s hands.

It’s worth mentioning that the Seven-Star Sword Technique was once the exclusive skill of the Seven-Star Sect. There were undoubtedly more than one copy left behind. All disciples and elders who studied the Seven-Star Sword Technique could have noted down the manual for their descendants.

Hey, hey, do you know the rules? You have to pay to enter the city. Seeing the large basket of goods you’re carrying, you’re here to sell, right? The entry fee is thirty wen.”

A soldier of the Nine Insect Gang blocked Qin Niu’s path.

Unlike the Black Tiger Gang’s queuing for entry.

The management of entering the city here seemed quite lax.

Eleven soldiers stood at the city gate, collecting fees; as long as the money was paid, one could enter.

The officer-looking man sat behind on a reclining chair, with his eyes half-closed, not bothering with the situation.

An entry fee of thirty wen was already exorbitant.

Normally, the market rate for entry was just ten wen money.

Qin Niu was merely passing through Seven-Star City and had no intention of inciting conflict with the soldiers over thirty wen money.

He honestly paid the thirty wen, and the other party didn’t even inspect his goods.

Perhaps they thought him too young and dressed too ordinarily for a farmer that they couldn’t be bothered to check.

This suited Qin Niu just fine.

If they had inspected his basket and found something amiss,

or even tried to search him, it might have led to a bloody battle.

He was never the honest sort.

As long as he felt threatened, he would never be merciful.

After entering the city, he first made sure he knew the southern gate well.

While they charged for entry here, no one minded those exiting.

Taking the rare opportunity to be in the city, and particularly in the once-grand Seven-Star City, he decided to deal with those silver notes and gold notes.

He exchanged the silver notes for gold notes from Heaven and Earth Bank through various banks and the black market in the city.

You wouldn’t know until you calculated, and he was startled by the result.

Through various acts of highway robbery and plundering from the dead, he amassed an astonishing total of over ninety-three thousand taels of silver.

He was less than seven thousand taels away from amassing a full hundred thousand taels of silver.

Such a huge sum would afford a comfortable life anywhere, provided it wasn’t stolen.

Now, it was exchanged for nine thousand taels in gold notes and three thousand one hundred taels in silver notes.

Along with some scattered silver pieces and copper coins, for petty cash on the road.

Having dealt with the silver and gold notes, Qin Niu didn’t dare linger any longer. He chose to leave the city and head towards the Shennong Sect.

There were about seven hundred more miles from Seven-Star City to the border shared with the Shennong Sect,

and with many mountain roads, it was estimated to take at least nearly two days to reach there.

On the second day after he left Seven-Star City, a large number of soldiers were suddenly added to the city gate, their swords drawn and crossbows loaded, as if facing a formidable enemy.

The catchpoles from within the city led the way as the soldiers commenced a city-wide manhunt.

Looking at the situation, it was very likely that a clue had emerged from the silver notes Qin Niu had cashed out.

After all, the Nine Insect Gang took the murder of their commanding Commander very seriously..