Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 212 0211: Fair Trade Again
When they reached the door, seeing that Lu Wushuang had not come out, Cheng Zongyang whispered to Li Xian:
"While we're dealing with Lu Yan's body, talk to Lu Wushuang and see if she's willing to join the gang and let her take charge of Zhenwu Hall. This girl is very smart, and the fact that she was able to escape from the He family's targeted siege is enough to prove this point."

Li Xian was a little surprised when he heard this.

"Isn't this a bit...sudden?"

He wanted to say that it was a bit too casual. They actually let a teenage girl be the head of the hall? But then he thought of Cheng Zongyang, who was about the same age, and changed his mind.

Cheng Zongyang seemed to understand what Li Xian meant and said with a smile: "If you train well, your martial arts skills will not be low in the future."

But Li Xian asked: "She is from the Lu family outside the country, and she also has a master. It seems that she can go back too, right?"

Cheng Zongyang looked at him speechlessly:
"Why can't you think straight? She's the only one left of the Lu family bloodline here, right? Can't you analyze the pros and cons for her? Let me ask you, is it better to be free here, or to go back to the master's house and be forced to marry at will in the future?"

Now, Li Xian looked at Cheng Zongyang with great admiration, and understood the deep meaning of Cheng Zongyang's successive actions.

How come this brain works so fast?
From the time he came here, he had thought of using the act of collecting corpses and burying them with great ceremony to win people's hearts, and then taking the opportunity to persuade them to join, and analyzing the pros and cons.

After all these things, as long as Lu Wushuang doesn’t think about making the whole world his home, he will basically agree.

"Your Excellency is wise. I understand." Li Xian bowed again: "I will not let you down."

No wonder even his uncle has to listen to Cheng Zongyang. None of them could have imagined such an approach.

"Yes. By the way, the number of warriors in the gang should continue to increase. Wait for your uncle to wake up and discuss personnel selection with him. The number of warriors is still too small."

After Cheng Zongyang added his last words, he got on the carriage and left, heading towards the Cheng family warehouse.

A quarter of an hour later, at Cheng family warehouse on Northwest Street in the city.

Cheng Zongyang got off the carriage and said to Xu Dong, "Stay outside. If anything happens, come in and call me."

"Yes, sir." Xu Dong agreed.

The Cheng family has several warehouses, each with different uses. The one Cheng Zongyang came to was a warehouse for raising dogs.

There are more than a dozen dogs in the warehouse, and the barking of dogs and the smell of feces and urine can be used from time to time to cover up the existence of the dungeon.

Originally, no one kept a dog, but since there were more people being held in prison later, Zhou Zhendong proposed this, and Cheng Zongyang agreed.

As for the surrounding houses, they belong to us.

As soon as Cheng Zongyang entered, the aura on his body dissipated, and the originally restless dogs all calmed down.

These dogs are fed at regular times and places, but the smell is really unpleasant.

He walked all the way to a room in the backyard, put away the soul-gathering monument used for protection, and entered the basement.

At the same time, a figure silently descended from the roof and looked at the room Cheng Zongyang entered, his eyes flashing.

After sensing that there was no movement in the house, he peeked through a small hole in the screen window, but saw no one.

"No wonder we can't find it. It turns out it's underground."

The visitor muttered to himself, then opened the door and went in to check. As a result, he saw that the entrance to the basement was under the carpet in the middle.

The carpet was lifted up and you could see it as soon as you entered the door.

This was something he didn't expect.

The visitor thought that the basement would be in some corner or a relatively hidden location.

He glanced around, and the next moment, he slowly walked to a blank stone tablet under the wall, feeling a little confused.

But he just glanced at it and didn't care.

But the current situation is obviously not suitable for going down to check, so I left again and came back later.

Ten meters underground, there is a basement covering more than 100 square meters. There are cages in the basement, which is no different from a prison. Whether it is drinking water or excretion, it can be handled. Of course, these are all renovated later.

There are oil lamps lit in the basement, and there are several vents leading upwards, so there is no need to worry about air circulation.

Cheng Zongyang held his breath, making sure he breathed in less of the unpleasant smell in the basement.

There were thirty or forty people imprisoned in the cage in the basement. They were all warriors, their tendons in their hands and feet had been cut off, and they had no ability to resist. They were also members of the He family and the Liu family.

They came to two separate cages, one holding He Shuijun and one holding Liu Chengdong.

The public statement was that Liu Chengdong had been killed, but in fact he was captured alive. He Shuijun, who was imprisoned here, would also be reported dead after today.

The sound of footsteps approaching from afar made the two people lying in silence on the hay look outside the cage.

As a result, when they saw Cheng Zongyang, they all became excited. They forced themselves to sit up despite the pain and weakness of their injured hands and feet. Liu Chengdong stared at Cheng Zongyang and said angrily:

"Boy, do you know my Liu family..."

"Alright, alright." Cheng Zongyang frowned and interrupted, "Don't you know how old you are? You're still threatening us like that? You're the one who provoked us, aren't you?"

Liu Chengdong was suddenly speechless, his face flushed red, and it was unclear whether he was angry or ashamed.

Cheng Zongyang was too lazy to pay attention to Liu Chengdong. This guy was just a greedy troublemaker.

Now, the people he sent out to investigate the relationship network have not returned yet, and as a result, the Lu family, the He family, and the Liu family are gone first.

But no matter what, it has already happened and we can only cover it up.

He looked at He Shuijun and said calmly, "Do you regret attacking us?"

He Shuijun's emotions had calmed down. He looked at Cheng Zongyang calmly, and ignored Cheng Zongyang's questions. Instead, he asked, "I have some questions. Can you answer them?"

He already knew his final fate, and he was not as excited as Liu Chengdong, because that would be useless. He just wanted to clarify some things before he died.

Cheng Zongyang nodded: "Okay, fair trade."

He Shuijun nodded slightly.
This scene made Liu Chengdong next door frown.

Have these two done this before?
He Shuijun sat against the wall and asked, "Are you a sixth-rank official?"

Cheng Zongyang shook his head: "No, but it's almost there."

He was too lazy to answer this kind of question. Then he asked, "Among the six families, is there anyone who has a relationship with the Li family?"

He Shuijun stared at Cheng Zongyang for a while, then laughed and said, "You really didn't believe the information." Cheng Zongyang did not respond and waited quietly.

He Shuijun saw this and shook his head slightly: "I don't know the details, but the Xu family does have one. It is said that Xu Tieshan's father was once a guard of the Huang-level branch of the Li family. I don't know if this is true.

In addition, the Qiu family is also a possibility. Qiu Fengxing has a good daughter. The Qiu family has also prospered in the past ten years, and most of the plans were made by her behind the scenes. I heard that she was favored by a branch of the family, but I don’t know if it is true. I don’t know if it is from the core family or the peripheral family. As for us, we are just ordinary and have no big relationship. "

Cheng Zongyang frowned.

This was the first time he had heard of the term Yellow-level branch. He had never heard of this kind of intelligence when he had interrogated those warriors before. But before he could ask further, He Shuijun had already asked again:

"What is that thing? It can even affect a sixth-rank warrior?"

He was really curious about this thing!

If it weren't for that strange thing, how could he have fallen into the hands of a group of lower-third-grade warriors!
He can kill any more seventh-grade warriors like Li Lu!
Cheng Zongyang said: "You have already felt it. It is just a special mineral that was accidentally found in the mountains. What does the yellow-level branch mean?"

There was nothing to keep secret about this. He knew that Li Mingxin must be curious as well. But what if he was curious?
After hearing Cheng Zongyang's last sentence, He Shuijun looked at him in surprise.

From what he has learned during this period, a family like the Cheng family, no matter the age of the warriors, their methods, or the items they display, is not an ordinary lower third rank family. They should have some understanding of the royal families outside the country.

Looking at Cheng Zongyang's expression, He Shuijun was sure that Cheng Zongyang really didn't know. He wanted to ask, but could only answer first:

"The development of the royal family takes at least one or two hundred years, and at most four or five hundred years, or even longer, so the number of people is huge. The main family's side branches continue to extend, and naturally there are more and more. In order to facilitate the distinction, the four levels of heaven, earth, black and yellow are set.

The families of the lower three-rank warriors are classified as yellow-level, the middle three-rank warriors are classified as black-level, the upper three-rank warriors are classified as earth-level, and the innate warriors are classified as heaven-level. As for how the royal family positions the management of the main family and the branch families, I don’t know.”

After listening to this, Cheng Zongyang finally understood the mechanism.

The capable ones go up, the weak ones go down. As for the overall management method, he couldn't guess, but he had some guesses.

"It's my turn." He Shuijun said, looking at Cheng Zongyang: "You captured so many warriors, is it also for our blood and qi?"

Cheng Zongyang came back to his senses and laughed: "No. It's just that you can sell it for a good price. A certain family in Daliang collects warrior corpses, and warrior corpses are very valuable."

At this moment, Liu Chengdong, who had been watching and listening, looked very pale: "Corpse! What do you want the corpse for?!"

He was already filled with fear! He thought that if he was alive he would be used to exchange for something with the master's family, but in the end he was going to be killed and his body would be sold!
For a moment, he looked at Cheng Zongyang as if he was looking at a devil!
On the other hand, He Shuijun frowned. It seemed that it was different from what he guessed.

If it was a Gu doctor's method, the warrior must be alive so that his Qi and blood can be used. But he wanted a corpse? What kind of method is this?
He did not reject these, after all, he also used the Gu doctor's methods to rise. The reason why he had ended up like this could only be that he had underestimated the boy in front of him from beginning to end, and also underestimated the methods of the Cheng family!
I thought that the lower third-rank families in Daliang were just ordinary families. After all, compared with the constantly fighting and competing families outside the country, the local forces in Daliang were almost flowers in a greenhouse. Restricted by the laws of the Daliang Dynasty, they had no lethality when they developed.

The result of the attack on Daliang also proved this point.

This is exactly my point of view... no, almost all families think so.

As a result, the Lu family suffered, the Liu family was destroyed, and he also lost!
Cheng Zongyang and He Shuijun ignored the angry Liu Chengdong. He Shuijun's only remaining left hand hung on the hay, pinching a piece of hay and twisting it, slowly closing his eyes and saying:
"I don't have anything to ask. If you want to know anything else, just ask. I will tell you everything I know."

Cheng Zongyang looked at the other party in surprise. Is he so straightforward?
But the next moment, He Shuijun added: "But I only have one request."

Cheng Zongyang asked curiously, "Tell me about it."

"Nothing else. I hope that after I die, you won't sell my body. I hope that my body will be intact and you can find a place to bury it." He Shuijun murmured.

Cheng Zongyang stared at him and asked curiously, "The person is dead, how to deal with the body, you still care about this. It doesn't seem like your style."

He Shuijun paused and tightened his fingers slightly, his face still calm as he said, "That's why I don't want to die without a complete body. This is my last request."

Cheng Zongyang thought about it and decided that it would not matter if he agreed. After the other party died, the body would only be used for the soul crystal.

"Okay." Cheng Zongyang nodded in agreement.

He Shuijun's fingers loosened slightly, then twisted again and said, "Ask."

Cheng Zongyang continued to ask about the royal family and other families. He needed to know more intelligence information so that Zhou Zhendong, Li Lu and others could be well prepared.

Li Yihe will be in charge of the business operations in the county, and Tianduan will assist in handling trivial matters. Later, he will let Zhang, the housekeeper, assist Zhou Zhendong in managing the affairs of the Cheng family.

At present, the county town is semi-stable. After discussing some matters with the other three families and Li Mingxin, it can be handed over to Zhou Zhendong.

After he finished dealing with these things, he returned to Chengjia Village to deal with some things before starting to explore the wilderness world.

As each question was answered, Cheng Zongyang had a more detailed understanding of some matters concerning the royal Li family and the other three families.

Time, half an hour has passed.

Cheng Zongyang also finished questioning. He wanted to know something from Liu Chengdong, but this guy was too violent and made many threatening remarks, so he was too lazy to ask.

Ignoring Liu Chengdong's angry roar, Cheng Zongyang turned and left the dungeon.

Coming up from underground, Cheng Zongyang restored the carpet and turned to the door. But the next moment, his eyes fixed, he glanced at the door, slowly took two steps back, and stared at the hair on the floor at the door.

He picked up a strand of his own hair from the ground, opened the door calmly and went out, then closed the door and went to the front yard as if nothing had happened.

The existence of this basement was not a secret. But after these warriors were imprisoned, it became a secret!

The only thing protecting the basement is the soul-collecting monument he placed there.

As he walked out of the door, his thought flashed through his mind, and the Yin Realm instantly covered the entire room!
He opened the door as if nothing had happened, locked it and went out.

In the backyard, on the roof.

A figure was lying on the roof, without any breath, like a corpse. After seeing Cheng Zongyang leave the yard without noticing, he smiled. He landed immediately, walked quickly towards the hut, opened the door, went in, and closed the door.

At this time, Cheng Zongyang walked in from outside the courtyard with a calm expression.

He never thought that someone was actually staring at him. He also wanted to see who it was.

Once you enter the Yin Realm, don't even think about leaving unless your true Qi is strong enough to dispel the gray fog.

When he reached the door, he heard angry roars coming from inside.

"Damn it! What is this place?"

"What kind of trick is this! Cheng Zongyang, get out here!!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)