In the Stone City, the three main families were still there, presenting a state of tripartite confrontation.
However, something had changed in recent months. The head of Nan Clan was now someone else.
Gilbert used to be only a warrior at the second grade of Bone Reinforcement and came under a strong
man like Nick, who was at the third grade of Bone Reinforcement. But everything had changed since
his son was taken as a disciple of the innate spiritual king.
With the help of the cultivation resources given by the innate spiritual king, he made great progress in a
few months, and was now close to the fourth grade of Bone Reinforcement.
Nick had no choice but to abdicate his position as head and made way for Gilbert.
Warriors in the Stone City could not complain much, because this was the law of the world of martial
arts. The winner shall be the king.
Nick only blamed himself for not pushing his son to work harder and earn something better.
…
At an inn in the Stone City, many of the warriors who had returned from the hunt was taking a rest,
during which they naturally talked about what had happened recently.
"Have you heard that the genius Ricky, the one his spiritual meridian got destroyed and was later
driven out of the Nan Clan, has now risen in the Snow Sect and become the top ranking outer disciple
of the Snow Sect?" a warrior said, to open the discussion.
"Sure! Even when his spiritual meridian was taken away, he still proved himself. Genius is what genius
is!"
"Ha-ha, if Nick hadn't given up on Ricky and his father, he wouldn't have ended up following Gilbert like
a dog."
"Well, it's too late. After all, Gilbert has become a powerful warrior at the fourth grade of Bone
Reinforcement."
"Well, even though Nick has a bad reputation, I still have prefered him to be head of the Nan Clan. At
least he wouldn't work with the Bloody Gang." Other hunting warriors sighed, shaking their heads.
"That's right. Since Gilbert became the head of the Nan Clan, he's done nothing to hide the fact that
he's been working with the Bloody Gang. Not only did they encroach on our hunting mountains, they're
collecting a fifth of our taxes! They're making us suffer indeed!"
"Hush, if people from the Nan Clan or the Bloody Gang hear you, you'll be worse than dead."
"Take it easy. The Wang Clan and Sun Clan are said to be taking action against this ridiculousness.
After all, the offspring of the two clans are also disciples of the innate spirits, so they are not afraid of
Gilbert!"
…
"Gilbert is already a powerful warrior at the fourth grade of Bone Reinforcement." A man in a black coat
in the corner of the inn murmured, "So now... I can only get some compensation from the Bloody
Gang."
Of course, it was Ricky, who had just arrived in the Stone City.
Upon arriving, he kept his ears open to find out about situation of the Nan Clan in the past few months.
"When Gilbert became the head of the clan, he colluded with the Bloody Gang. It seems that the
Bloody Gang had indeed set father and I up, so now I am going to get information about them first!"
Ricky called the innkeeper over and offered him several hundred copper coins to talk in detail about the
Bloody Gang.
This gave Ricky a general understanding of the Bloody Gang to some extent.
The Bloody Gang was located in the mountains outside the Stone City. Their leader was a warrior at
the second grade of Bone Reinforcement, and the deputy leader was a warrior at the first grade of
Bone Reinforcement.
The Bloody Gang was divided into superior branches, medium branches and inferior branches.
Subchiefs of the superior branches were usually warriors at the eighth and ninth grade of Blood
Purification. There were 4 superior branches in the Bloody Gang at present; Subchiefs of the medium
branches were usually warriors at the sixth and seventh grade of Blood Purification. There were 7
medium branches in the Bloody Gang; Subchiefs of the inferior branches were usually warriors at the
fourth and fifth grade of Blood Purification. There were 10 inferior branches in the Bloody Gang at
present.
Moreover, the Bloody Gang ruled that all members of the gang, as long as they were confident about
their strength, were allowed to challenge the current subchief at any time. The only rule to bear in mind
was that should he fail, he would be violently punished by the subchief.
"Let me start with these inferior branches of the Bloody Gang!" Ricky decided, once he had obtained
this information.
But now the first thing he needed to do was to infiltrate one of these inferior branches.
Next, Ricky found out where an inferior branch was in the mountains and went in.
As expected, he was immediately arrested by the inferior branch members and taken back to the
stockaded village in the mountains.
On both sides of the main hall of the stockade stood a row of warriors. All of whom were at the first or
second grade of Blood Purification. In the hall sat two middle-aged men, one thin and the other plump.
Apparently, they were the subchief and deputy subchief of this inferior branch.
"Subchief, we caught this guy sneaking around our place and took him back to you!" said the three
men who had brought Ricky in.
"The guy is fine-boned. Let's take off his clothes and cook him to serve to the fellows!" the plump man
said, looking Ricky up and down.
"Good idea. We've had enough of the meat of fierce beasts, so it would be nice to taste some other
food now and then!" The thin man grinned, nodding.
"No! I came here today to offer you my precious treasure!" Ricky shouted out in alarm. He did not know
that the Gang was cannibalistic.
"Really? Precious treasure?" Both subchiefs' eyes immediately flashed. They winked at the warriors
standing close to Ricky.
The three men who had brought Ricky back searched him right away and found two pills in his pockets,
which were the only two Water Miraculous Pills Ricky had.
"What a rich energy of mists and meditation!" they said in shock, immediately realizing that the Water
Miraculous Pills were not ordinary ones.
"These are the two Water Miraculous Pills I accidentally got, and I hereby give them to you, as long as I
am given the chance to stay in the gang!" Ricky said hurriedly.
His heart ached, seeing them handle his remaining Water Miraculous Pills.
But he had known from the start that he had to make sacrifices to infiltrate the Bloody Gang!
"Water Miraculous Pills! This is an intermediate pill, brother!" the plump subchief said to his companion
excitedly.
"Well, that's right!" The thin man nodded and winked again at the three men next to Ricky.
They searched Ricky again, and found nothing but a few silver coins, so they gave up.
"Boy, do you really want to join us?" The thin man asked him as he pocketed Ricky's pills. "Aren't you
afraid of death?"
"Sure I am, but I think the Bloody Gang is great!" Ricky said, pretending to be earnest.
"Haw-haw, this is my first time to hear someone say something positive about us!" The two men
immediately burst into laughter, so did the warriors in the hall.
"Well, since you've contributed your pills, you are allowed to join the Bloody Gang!" the thin subchief
said decidedly.
"I appreciate that so much!" Ricky replied., bowing.
Amid the laughter, he rose slowly to his feet, the wry smile vanishing from his lips.
Now that Ricky was a member of the Bloody Gang, he would get down to business.
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