CHAPTER 855: CHAPTER 350: TIE WU GANG

PS: Recently I’ve been experiencing writer’s block quite severely, so this is all for today.

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In the Tieqi Gang Headquarters at East State Xiushui County, Deputy Flag Master Tie Xiaosheng sat solemnly inside the main hall.

His brows were deeply furrowed, his expression grim.

Inside the hall were also leaders of various hall entrances, including Li Shenshan, Wei Yang, ’Eight-Armed Vajra Sword’ Bu Yancheng, ’Poison Fire Sword’ Dan Chiling, ’Green Flood Dragon Hand’ Lu Jiuli, ’Corpse Dog’ Li Manshan, ’Shadow Killing Spear’ Sikong Xin, and ’Eight-direction Wind’ Lu Pingyuan, all of whom were core members of the Tieqi Gang.

Additionally, there were several newly recruited Fifth-Grade masters of the Tieqi Gang, as well as three sorcerers with Sixth-Grade cultivation present.

Everyone wore a solemn expression, their eyes cold and stern.

Their gaze was fixed on a small sword on the table in front of Tie Xiaosheng.

The small sword was about one foot long, icy blue all over, exuding a chilling aura that covered the table with a thin layer of frost.

The focus, however, lay on the letter of ultimatum pressed beneath this icy blue sword.

The letter was spread out, visible to all with three lines of words on it.

’He who follows me thrives, he who opposes me perishes.’

’The Iron Banner Gang Leader is to personally present tribute to Our King at Supreme East Frozen City within ten days, demonstrating submission, or face the consequences.’

——Supreme East Frozen City.

’Eight-Armed Vajra Sword’ Bu Yancheng looked sternly towards Sikong Xin, who was seated two chairs away: "When did this letter and sword appear here?"

This woman was originally the head of bodyguards under Zuo Qingyun, a gold medal assassin of the Killing Tower.

At the beginning of the year, she left Xiushui County to seek deep cultivation at her sect ’Shenyin Sect’. Two months ago, she was promoted to the Fifth Grade and returned to Xiushui County.

Tie Xiaosheng, following Chu Xisheng’s instructions before leaving, directly elevated her to the high position of Hall Master of Iron Banner Hall.

Iron Banner Hall is considered the personal army of Chu Xisheng, this Hall Master, and is one of the three strongest battle units within the gang.

It was expected that a newcomer suddenly ascending to such a high position and taking charge of a core hall of the Tieqi Gang would incite public outrage.

However, Sikong Xin did not provoke any backlash within the gang.

This was firstly because her martial prowess was impressive, almost equal to Bu Yancheng; secondly, Iron Banner Hall, though directly under headquarters with rich salaries, did not offer many other benefits.

Thirdly, Sikong Xin herself had deep-rooted connections in the Tieqi Gang.

The eight hundred Red Warrior martial masters previously handed over by Zuo Qingyun to Chu Xisheng were also a cornerstone of Chu Xisheng’s rise, with most of them now filling positions in various halls within the Tieqi Gang.

As the leader of these Red Warrior martial masters, Sikong Xin was highly regarded.

Additionally, having stayed in the Ancient Market for several years, the old members of the Tieqi Gang knew her well.

Compared to those newly recruited masters, Sikong Xin was undoubtedly considered an insider.

"It is estimated to have appeared between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. last night."

Sikong Xin stood and elaborated in a concentrated tone: "The main hall is usually in a sealed state, but our Iron Banner Hall has someone inspect it every hour. It was still normal during the initial Si Hour (9 a.m.) yesterday, but by the initial Si hour, our people found this letter and the Extreme Ice Sword on the desk. Upon learning of this, the Deputy Flag Master urgently summoned everyone to the headquarters for discussion."

She then cupped her fists with an apologetic face, making a round gesture to everyone: "It’s my incompetence that allowed the people of Supreme East Frozen City to infiltrate."

The people in the hall did not show any sign of blame hearing this.

This sword and letter were sent by none other than Supreme East Frozen City!

Supreme East Frozen City boasts countless masters, rivaling the might of the Daning Dynasty across the Divine Continent.

The Tieqi Gang, compared to them, is like ants in front of a giant elephant.

The two are simply not on the same scale, not on the same level.

They could easily dispatch a person to sweep through all the masters of the Tieqi Gang.

Lu Jiuli gently shook his head: "The Heavenly Mechanism Martial Arts Manual says that Supreme East Frozen City has more than twenty masters of Earthly List level; there’s no stopping their tokens. And I suspect that in the range of East State, we’re not the only ones to receive this Extreme Ice Sword and Life and Death Token?"

"Indeed, nearly every force with Fifth Grade masters in the entire East State received their Life and Death Tokens yesterday."

Lu Pingyuan gave a wry smile: "Altogether more than two hundred places, and all around the Si Hour."

As the Master of Tingfeng Hall, he is responsible for collecting intelligence and espionage for the Tieqi Gang.

With Lu Pingyuan’s voice falling, there was a burst of uproar among the people in the hall.

"More than two hundred places? And all at Si Hour, how is that possible?"

"This is in broad daylight, infiltrating our headquarters to deliver a token, clearly demonstrating their prowess, intimidating the Dongzhou Martial World."

"What an arrogant statement of ’Follow me and live, oppose me and die’!"

"Could it be that Supreme East Frozen City is preparing to land in East State?"

As everyone continued their discussions, Lu Pingyuan spoke again: "I anticipate that the forces landing in East State Linhai County should only be a detachment of Supreme East Frozen City’s forces. Their main target is likely the mouth of the ’Canglang River’ in Tianhai County."

"Oh?"

Li Shenshan looked puzzled at Lu Pingyuan: "Master Lu, is there any basis for this?"

"Before coming, I bought some information from Wo Meiniang, the Cangzhou Martial Arts received the Life and Death Token from Supreme East Frozen City as well."

Lu Pingyuan felt a sense of shame on his face.

Since taking over as the Master of Tingfeng Hall, although he has done his utmost to build the Tieqi Gang’s intelligence network, it’s mostly concentrated within East State locally.

Outside the East State domain, it’s still far less exhaustive than Wo Meiniang’s.

Nevertheless, the information gathering of this woman, not far less than Debating Martial Arts Tower, has been relied upon by the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

"Also last night, six of the seven families of the twenty-four clans on Quanlin Island were exterminated by Supreme East Frozen City, and the remaining families had to submit to Supreme East Frozen City. Wo Meiniang said someone from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion witnessed their main city and their great fleet with their own eyes over there; thousands upon thousands, covering the sky and the sun. Meanwhile, the court’s army is gathering in Tianhai County."