Chapter 170: The Attribution of River Heart Island (1/2)
Chapter 170: The Attribution of River Heart Island
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On that day, Junior Leopard led the navy to destroy the water bandits at the Broken Dragon Beach and brought back the spoils of war. Apart from the treasures accumulated by the water bandits, there were still over 20 boats. These boats were a little smaller than the boats of the navy; however their quality was much better. Their design was also extremely compatible. When they ran on the Luo River, they were two to three times faster than the navy's warships. Just based on these warships, it was able to fill the gap in the navy's lack of warships. The navy's power had gone up another level. Still, of course what was most eye-catching was Junior Leopard's new ride, the ”Black Pearl”.
Riding on the Black Pearl, the navy brought the water bandits as captives and the head of the bandit chief Li Sanbao with them. They went back full of spoils. The moment they entered the dock, they aroused the attention of the whole of Jiang City.
Li Sanbao had been dominating the Luo River for over 10 years and he was gone just like that. This was out of the expectations of the whole Jiang City, including the Magistrate and Guard Ding.
However, the truth was placed before them. They had to believe it. Li Sanbao had dominated the Luo River for so many years. There were plenty of people who recognized him. So did the Magistrate and Guard Ding.
After seeing the decapitated head, the two of them were happy. They sent this information to the imperial court to ask for merits and hung Li Sanbao's head on the port's entrance for three days as a warning to others.
The whole Jiang City was in a buzz because of Li Sanbao's death. Everybody was happy, especially the businessmen within the city. On the second day after the subjugation, the people of Jiang City manufactured an Umbrella of Thousand People and sent it to the navy barracks. At the same time there were countless invitation cards to thank the navy for removing a big harm in Jiang City. They wanted to invite Junior Leopard and the soldiers.
Junior Leopard had a headache upon seeing this. Apart from what the Magistrate and Guard Ding had organized, he did not participate in one of them.
In actual fact, when he came back from the island, his mind was on those medicinal herbs. The medicine was enough to create dozens of Bone-Forging Pills. Furthermore, there were enough ingredients to create Tendon-Changing Pills.
Yes, sufficient. An immensely sufficient amount of ingredients.
If these ingredients were used to create the Tendon-Changing Soup to wash the body, it was far from enough. However Junior Leopard did not need to use them to wash his body. He only needed to create Tendon-Changing Pills. The ingredients from the River Heart Island were at least enough to create 20 Tendon-Changing Pills. Its effect was the same as washing in the Tendon-Changing Soup 100 times. What kind of concept was this?
Even if it was those barons, millennium families and 10,000 years schools, it was an impossible thing to let a Bone-Forging Realm disciple wash in the Tendon-Changing Soup 100 times.
Junior Leopard believed that when he had refined all these ingredients, it was only a matter of time before he would step into the Tendon-Changing Realm. It would be faster by five years compared to his previously estimated time. This would of course get him excited.
It was also because of this reason that he decided to increase his training and step into the Bone Forging Realm earlier.
In actual fact, before this, he already had sufficient accumulation to enter into the Bone Forging Realm.
He had consumed 18 Bone-Forging Pills, which was the same as washing his body in the Bone-Forging Soup over 80 times. His Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique cultivation had reached the Full Closure state. Both of his External Elixir's cultivation had reached Level Six.
Especially his Fiery Eye which was the same as the Internal Qi within his body. At the same time that it was exerting a large amount of stress on his body, it was also washing and refining his skeleton. It could be said that his body's toughness had already reached a certain degree and he was ready to enter into the Bone Forging Realm anytime.
In the past he was unwilling to step into the Bone Forging Realm because he was afraid of the suspicion he would incur if he was to progress too quickly. But now it was different, he had a whole batch of ingredients from the River Heart Island. He could openly wash his muscles and bones and step into the Bone Forging Realm.
Hence, when he came back from the River Heart Island, apart from going to a jointly organized banquet by the Magistrate and Guard Ding, he did not go out at all. He practiced his martial arts, while all the matters within the navy were as they were in the past, being handled by Wang Cheng.
Of course, the most important thing in the navy now was to build a drill ground at River Heart Island. In this period of time, Wang Cheng had been running everywhere for this matter.
Junior Leopard also thought that this matter was nailed-on and that there shouldn't be any problems. It came as a shock when Wang Cheng had told him that it couldn't be done. This was grossly out of his expectations.
”Why did the Magistrate and Guard Ding not agree to it?”
”It's because of the Yellow Dragon Gang. They have their eyes on the Broken Dragon Beach. The river there is deep and the bank is wide. It's also placed strategically. Now that Li Sanbao has died and his underlings have been cut down by us, the entire Broken Dragon Beach is open for travel again. The benefits here are immense. To give the River Heart Island to us is akin to giving us this new route!” Speaking till here, Wang Cheng's face revealed an expression of regret and hatred. ”I'm to be blamed. I thought of this too simply and didn't think of this!”
”Yellow Dragon Gang?” It was not the first time that Junior Leopard had heard of this name. This Yellow Dragon Gang was the same as Qingyang Market's Black Dragon Society. They were of the same nature, similar to the Jiang City County Administration's power. What was different was that Qingyang Market only had one Black Dragon Society. Jiang City was much bigger than Qingyang Market and was more complicated. There were five to six gangs like the Yellow Dragon Gang. Jiang City's docks were occupied by these gangs and ran by them. They had a lot of power in Jiang City.
”The River Heart Island is so big, could it be that all of it has been given to the Yellow Dragon Gang?” Junior Leopard asked.
”Of course not. The Magistrate and Guard Ding agreed to demarcate the place of the bandits on the Broken Dragon Beach for us to build a drill ground. The island is too big and the terrain is flat. Just that piece of land is enough for our soldiers to train on. It's because of this reason that I'm not able to say anything more!”
Wang Cheng said depressingly.
”En, let's not bother about the port first. We'll set up the drill ground first. This matter can't be blamed on you. I'm also at fault for not thinking it through. I only thought of getting the island in my hands but didn't think that the place was too big and couldn't be swallowed by us. Oh right, have the things in the treasure vault all been carried back?”
”It's all transported. The rewards are also meted up. Those fellows are all very grateful and they're praising your goodness!” Wang Datong hurriedly said, the smile on his face becoming increasingly radiant. In truth, as a navy quartermaster, he had never been this generous before.