Chapter 154 (2/2)

The chance cae at the side of the city

The shops in the Blackse were theMaster After Shangguan Chui’s death, the blacksmiths did not immediately look for new protectors, and as a result both of the twins ca for opportunities

This was the first direct confrontation between the Kun Society and the Horned Dragon Society At first, the ed each on the tested each other When they realized that neither side would back down, they started fighting and there were multiple injuries as a result

This caused the blacksreatly affected their business They grouped together and elected a few representatives who presented the to set a tiroups to face off in a duel, the winner of which would be the recipient of the protection e

This seeestion and therefore on an afternoon where snowflakes floated all over the air, the decisive duel of over a hundred un

Gu Shenwei and the other killers listened to the advice of Tuo Nengya and looked fro This was the first duel consisting purely of machetemen which they saw and they realized it was of a different flavor coht only over 30 machetemen with hie – they had over 70 men

They did not act like killers who concealed their true skills while looking to kill in a single blow but rather like two groups of theatrical perfor out their opponents andvarious taunts and hu till mid-day, both sides only sent out three to four pairs to duel in and loss for each round There was no one dead froroups dispersed to eat and the s and noodles over for sale, waiting outside the Blackslee and there were evenhappily This scene did not seem to come from a duel but rather a temple fair

In the afternoon, as the snow started to fall heavily, ain and re-enacted the scene fro Finally, just as dusk approached, the duel began

The fight lasted for an hour and spotches of red were left behind on the snow covered ground The sounds of kiling shook the heavens and the blacksmiths put down their tools and watched at their doorsteps, pointing out intermittently which weapon in which brave macheteya proved his worth and his thirty over machetemen forwithout any for, the on Society were routed and fled

What left the biggest ih a substantial amount of blood was spilled by both sides, not one person was dead

The entire thing was like a farce but Tuo Nengya explained to his youthful chief afterwards, “Machetee to not make enehbour, tomorrow they could serve the same master, so why should they put their lives on the line? But we also have our basic rules, that is wins are won by ability alone and the winner normally would spare the loser’s life, while the loser would know his place and leave the scene of the fight”

Kun Society’s reputation grew greatly after they secured the Blacksed to the eldest Young Master noilling to switch allegiance to the Tenth Young Master Gu Shenwei i to do with the Horned Dragon Society but caused by the elder twin brother of the Tenth Young Master, Shangguan Fei

As the twins had set up their killer tea which was unprecendented in the history of the Golden Roc Fort, a fight over their elder brother’s interitance could not be avoided

This uan Ru She invited her elder brother to the North City otiated seriously with hiry that he nearly cried After throwing a useless tantru away much of the benefits to his sister

At the end of the h taels of silver to pay the salaries of his employees but the capital of 20 thousand taels of silver he originally held was still reduced Of the inally were under the protection of the eldest Young Master, only 20 to 30 percent switched their allegiance to the Tenth Young Master and they also found all sorts of excuses to reduce the protection fee given After some calculation, Gu Shenwei found that he could only collect 10 thousand taels of silver or so each h to cover his costs

As the end of the year drew near, an atmosphere of peace came over the Jade City The confrontation between the Kun Society and Horned Dragon Society were all suments so far and residents within and outside the city treated it as a show Gu Shenwei had alanted to stir up a huge fight but there was never a suitable excuse for it

Entering the twelve month of the lunar calendar, the excuse presented itself

The Xu siblings had loyally carried out their duties of listening out for inforh most of it were of no value, they kept at it happily Gu Shenwei had also offered the Finally, there was one day where Xu Xiaoyi brought a piece of news to Gu Shenhich stirred his interest: There was a change of er did not look like he cas had never heard of him However many who kept money with Shopkeeper Lyu had received advance notice and went to er to fix the amount It was said that Shopkeeper Lyu would from now on take on a role behind the scenes and move to the North City to live a life of luxury

Xu Xiaoyi had especially sharp ears and had heard of this news three days earlier Gu Shenwei knew i was aers washis machetemen and killers over as a show of force, he had a new idea suddenly

The next dayMaster Firstly he gave a clear report on the financial situation and stated that they were stilla loss every month As a solution, he wanted to contribute his Master shi+fu’s inheritance to the funds

Shangguan Ru was shocked and Shangguan Yushi+ was skeptical, but in the end still accepted this offer of goodwill and loyalty fro it as a loan

Ten days later, after the new er of the Southwall Tavern had taken over his post for a few days but Gu Shenwei had not received any notice to ratify his funds, he decided to go to get his money

Because of these 300 over thousand taels of silver, the Kun Society and the Horned Dragon Society had their first confrontation which resulted into welcoaedy