Chapter 41 (1/2)

The Chang Le Gang was one of the top 10 gangs in the Jade Capital, but even though they were near the bottom of the list, they were still huge in the eyes of the common people. Unfortunately, only the common people thought so.

The executives who had called back the head of the Chang Le Gang exploded in the HQ.

“Boss, surely we cannot just give them our years of hard work just because they said it caught their eye?”

“Is there no one else besides the five family clans? Just because of their words the thousands of members of the Chang Le Gang will lose their livelihood.”

“Stop spouting nonsense, did you not hear what boss said? We’re only selling the estates of the Chang Le Casino, but with the manpower and clients in our hands, we can start over anytime.”

“This might not be a bad thing. Even though the Fangs may be the major shareholder, at least this means that we are firmly on their side.”

“Nonsense. Why would those family clans care about us? Just because a young family head said so we had to give up our years of hard work today. Work with them? If they were to take control of everything, then we will have nothing left!”

“Damn it, what can we do other than to work together? Can you defeat them?”

“Who’s afraid of them? Let’s fight it out!”

“That’s right. So what if they’re the five family clans? The worst they can do is kill us!”

The Chang Le Gang started from gambling, and at the start, they secretly operated gambling dens on the streets before gradually expanding their business. Their boss was nicknamed the Fourth Finger; it was said that he had lost his finger from gambling in the past, while some said that he was born without one. This was a hot topic amongst the gangs in the Jade Capital.

The head of Chang Le Gang was only in his early forties, and he did not become soft just because he was rich now. Instead, he was still lean and in great form. The Chang Le Gang started out from their casino and now operated a few dozen other businesses. However, more than half of their earnings still came from gambling, and the rest only made up slightly more than 40%. Hence, when the Chang Le Casino was forcefully taken from them, he was angrier than anybody else. This was something that he had built up from scratch, and even though he could still do it again, but from now on…

Alas, he could not escape fate. Even though the Chang Le Gang had been gradually expanding and got some attention, he had thought that there would not be problems because he managed to get on good terms with the Fangs. Chang Le Gang solely relied on him to support it, unlike the other gangs which had hundreds of years of history and a firm background.

He did not mind these. What really upset him was that the Chang Le Casino was his dream. If he refused, he would not even have the chance to continue building his dream and accomplish his goals.

Life was different in the Jade Capital. It was harder as the gang could not survive without a powerful force as a backing. They either had to tap on some powerful nobles or have a powerful leader in the Yin Yang Realm. Even though being in the Divine Power Realm made him considerably powerful, it was not enough for the five family clans to take him seriously. Once they had no use for him, they would spare him no mercy and get rid of him. While he was powerful enough amongst the gangs in the Jade Capital as a ninth level Divine Power Realm expert, he was not formidable enough to take on the five family clans…

Things would be different if they had a leader in the Yin Yang Realm. Even if the royal family and the four other family clans wanted to do anything to them, they would still ponder over it for a long time. Unfortunately, the Chang Le Gang neither had a powerful noble backing them nor a powerful person as a leader.

“Who’s that, stop now.”

“Stop him, hmph…”

“Oh no, I can’t stop him…”

Just as the Chang Le Gang was in a mess and the head was having a headache trying to settle all the issues, a flurry of action came from outside. Before he could use his divine sense to find out what was going on, a series of crashing sounds could be heard.

The doors, walls and everything else in the way was sent flying as a spiritual beast carriage came charging into the great hall of the Chang Le Gang’s HQ.

The guards who tried to stop the spiritual beast carriage were all sent flying, as the walls and doors were crushed as well.

“How dare you charge into the great hall of the Chang Le Gang like that, you’re asking for death!” Some of those in the True Qi Realm jumped up at once as they got ready to attack the spiritual beast carriage.

Spiritual beast carriage, the Ren’s crest, this…

This was the Ren Family Head’s spiritual beast carriage!

“Stop.” The head was observant and immediately realized something was wrong, so he immediately commanded his subordinates to stop.