Chapter 338: Chapter 134: Underground Control, Forged Soldiers Battle

The reason why “Late Wind” was so mysterious was, firstly, because of their own powerful strength, and secondly, because they secretly gathered intelligence for some masters within the Triple Gate of the Divine Wood Hall, which earned them covert support.

Li Yuan, by subduing these two brothers, essentially gained the eyes of some of these “masters.”

In the future… he might not be able to cover the sky with one hand, but at critical moments, he could use these two brothers to show those “masters” exactly what he wanted them to see.

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Within just a month, Li Yuan had already grasped the Social World influence behind the First Gate of the Divine Wood Hall.

Although he was just a leader, it was enough for him to lay down a network.

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During the day, he was Cui Family’s son-in-law, “Master Li,” who, despite having become a Weapon Forger, still worked bare-chested in the blacksmith shop, fulfilling previous orders.

The blacksmiths surrounded the shop inside and out, treating him with the respect due to a master, just to hear his guidance.

And he never held back, teaching anyone kind-hearted and diligent, no matter their wealth or status.

He engraved the character “Yuan” on his weapons.

For a time, “Yuan Clan Weapons” spread from the Divine Wood Hall Inner City to the outside.

Many people from afar came, famed only to acquire a “Yuan Clan Weapon.”

Unfortunately, this son-in-law of the Cui Family did not wish to cause a major upheaval in the Social World, so… he set a rule to sell only two “weapons” a month.

And the money he earned, he didn’t keep a single penny of it; instead, he exchanged it all for grain, setting up porridge stalls in the poorer counties of Yuantian Prefecture to help the people.

The executor was the Hengwu Restaurant.

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But once it was nighttime.

This newly established and respected Weapon Forger transformed into the leader of all the underground dark forces.

He was not satisfied with merely controlling the Social World influence behind the First Gate of the Divine Wood City.

He wanted more.

He also had “nine Human Skin Handcuffs” in his possession.

He planned to use most of these handcuffs in exchange for “vision.”

Since he couldn’t penetrate deeper into Divine Wood City Inner City, he set his sights on outside the city.

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A month later, in September.

He met the “Squad Leader of the Yuantian Prefecture Beggar Gang”—Sun Zhigun.

“Being able to see the information” to confirm the other party was Seventh Grade, and the direct loyalty obtained by the “Human Skin Handcuffs,” combined, made Sun Zhigun turn into one of his own.

It’s just a pity that Sun Zhigun was not doing well in the Beggar Gang; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been assigned to be a Squad Leader in “Yuantian Prefecture.”

After all, “Yuantian Prefecture” was the domain of Divine Wood Hall.

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In a few days afterward, luck was on his side.

Through the Yuantian Prefecture Squad Leader, Li Yuan met two other Beggar Gang Squad Leaders from different prefectures.

They were the Squad Leader of “Dongsen Prefecture”—Wen Chengyun; and the Squad Leader of “Lingyou Prefecture”—Xiong Guangzhi.

These two were indeed the real power-holding Squad Leaders of the Beggar Gang.

However, once they wore Li Yuan’s “Human Skin Handcuffs,” they became his people.

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In this way, Li Yuan snowballed, weaving “eyes” for himself.

By early December.

Openly, his bright identity as “Master Li” was already known to everyone, and “two Yuan Clan Weapons each month” became a universally recognized understanding throughout the Mianzhou Path.

In the shadows, he controlled six people, and because of Lady Yan’s bi-monthly supply, he still had “two spare Human Skin Handcuffs” in his hand.

Their names remain unnamed for now, but their identities were “Squad Leader of the Beggar Gang Kongqing Mansion,” “Squad Leader of the Beggar Gang Jue Ming Prefecture,” “Vice Gang Leader of the Beggar Gang,” openly the “President of the Fujia Commerce Association,” secretly the female demon who is the leader of the assassin organization in the Shadow Association, the Alliance Leader of the knightly influence “White Horse Alliance,” who harbors deep hatred for the Beggar Gang…

In the same year, a batch of “weapons inferior to Seventh Grade Top Level Divine Soldiers but surpassed the weapons available on the market” appeared in the neighboring Hanzhou Path, and then slowly spread into Mianzhou Path.

These weapons, with mysterious origins, appeared in the eyes of various Social World influences.

It is known that such weapons are nothing to the Sixth and Fifth Grade experts in major forces, but to ordinary forces, they are treasured possessions.

To put it simply, if the “Sect Leader of Blood Saber Sect” Tie Sha had such a weapon at that time, he wouldn’t have had to wait for the right moment; he could have directly led people to destroy the Wei Family and the Sun Family.

Because a good weapon brings a Martial Artist an increase that is quite terrifying.

Undoubtedly, such weapons were exceptionally sought-after.

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In lunar December, deep winter, heavy snow.

This was already Li Yuan’s third year in the Divine Wood Hall Inner City.

He walked through the snow in common cotton clothing with a hood, and wherever he went, anyone who saw him would respectfully, smilingly nod and greet him, calling out “Good morning, Master Li,” “I’ve seen Master Li”…

And Li Yuan would return the greeting with a smile.

But moments later…

He came to a concealed house in the area of the Black Wolf Gang.

Opening the door…

The wind and snow surged in violently.

He walked in slowly.

In the room, fourteen people stood up instantly, respectfully saluting him, chanting “Master.”

Li Yuan removed his hood, nodded slightly, then stepped onto the large chair in the center, sitting down, and immediately, his demeanor underwent a subtle change, somewhat dark.

However, it was not because of him, but rather due to the contrast with his “subordinates,” as among these fourteen people, twelve were incorrigible villains, genuine vicious criminals, hypocrites, murderers, and those who had committed countless evil deeds.

Consider, with Li Yuan surrounded by such people, even if he showed no expression, it would frame him as a definite villainous boss.

And it was precisely because of this that he would have no qualms about using these people.

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