Murong Hou rarely felt defeated because he almost never failed.
But this time, he finally felt a little defeated. He was forced into this situation and had to make various promises to these small sects that were not even qualified to flatter him in the past.
Master Aoki over there still knows how to observe words and emotions.
Seeing that Murong Hou was really angry, he immediately apologized and left quickly with his people.
By achieving this level, he could be considered as completing Gu Cheng's instructions. The harder he pressed, I'm afraid Murong Hou would really dare to kill someone.
Back indoors, everyone present had pale faces and different expressions.
None of them had taken Gu Cheng seriously before. In the past month, Gu Cheng had been very honest and had almost no movement. This made them think that Gu Cheng was a coward and was on the building ship.
The harsh words he said were just to save his own face.
As a result, now they have truly understood Gu Cheng's methods. If they don't take action, they will launch a thunderous offensive, which will shatter their previous trade route into pieces and cause heavy losses.
There are also these local small sects in Nanyi County. They can guarantee that there is definitely Gu Cheng's instigation among them.
If it weren't for Gu Cheng, how could these small sects like scattered sand dare to act so randomly?
Yu Qianfeng from Zhanwu Pavilion coughed and said, "Brother Murong, and everyone else, maybe we should change our minds now.
Although Gu Cheng is also an outsider, he was already one of the Eight Great Vajras under Fang Zhenhai when he occupied Nanyi County, and he was still at the forefront.
It seems that there should be some errors in the opponent's strength that we have found out before.
So now it is better to find an opportunity to bring the other party over, sit down and talk, and find out what the other party means and what he wants.
After all, we came to Nanyi County to practice, not to fight to the death with Gu Cheng. This would affect our respective sects and families' evaluation of everyone. Even if we could defeat Gu Cheng in the end, it would be a lose-lose situation.
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The warriors born in the Zhan Martial Pavilion all have extraordinary fighting prowess. Their martial arts focus on physical combat, and they don't even use weapons.
Therefore, most of the warriors in the Zhanwu Pavilion actually do things very simply and crudely, and are accustomed to using their fists to do things instead of using their brains.
Yu Qianfeng is a rare exception among the warriors of Zhanwu Pavilion. He is cautious and considerate in his work, and his strength is still the best among the younger generation of Zhanwu Pavilion.
Some of the warriors present also nodded, obviously having the same thoughts as Yu Qianfeng.
Before Gu Cheng showed so many means and strength, they were very disdainful of Gu Cheng, who was apparently in charge of the imperial court in Nanyi County, and did not even take him seriously before coming.
But now, as Gu Cheng's series of attacks have brought them great trouble and losses, they feel afraid.
Not everyone is Murong Hou. He is an irreplaceable presence in the major sects and forces, and is the designated successor to the next generation.
They are generally in their twenties or thirties, and some of their senior fellow apprentices or older brothers are watching eagerly from the sidelines, and they might be able to seize their position while they are weak.
Coming to Nanyi County for training this time is not an important decision for their family, but it is for them.
Once they fail to earn enough benefits for the family during this experience and their performance disappoints the family, their future will be worrying, or at least they will lose too many points with the family elders.
Murong Hou turned his attention to Yu Qianfeng, then glanced at the people around him, and said coldly: "Want to reconcile with Gu Cheng? No chance.
Seeking peace through war is the real peace. What you seek for peace through compromise is just the other side's advancement!
We didn't give in to Gu Cheng on the building ship before, but now you are thinking of compromising before you have suffered much loss. Will you do the same in the future when you are in charge of the sect?"
Murong Hou did not take Gu Cheng seriously before. For him, the trip to Nanyi County was not only because the old guys in the family wanted to transfer him away to create some opportunities for his disciples to get ahead, but he did not take Gu Cheng seriously at all.
Just here for vacation.
He just made some achievements casually, just like the Leping Chamber of Commerce. He didn't bother to take care of it. He just waited for the time to come and returned to Leping County with the profits during this period.
But who would have thought that Gu Cheng's series of attacks completely ruined his thoughts and made him feel offended and provoked.
It has been a long time since anyone dared to do this to him, Murong Hou, so at this time, how could he retreat?
Yu Qianfeng and some others looked a little dark.
Murong Hou's words were clearly saying that they were timid and fearful, saying that they were afraid of Gu Cheng.
However, due to Murong Hou's status and reputation, they didn't say much.
Murong Hou waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Concentrate everyone's strength for the time being and don't go on the trade route for the time being.
You should have brought a lot of savings with you when you left each house, so please lend them to me for the time being.
I will use these things to have detailed discussions with the local martial arts forces in person and purchase a batch of elixirs."
Yu Qianfeng frowned and said, "It's useless. After all, Nanyi County is Gu Cheng's territory. Even if his foundation is limited, I can guarantee that someone will tip him off and someone will come to rob him."
Murong Hou glanced at him and said calmly: "I just made it for him to see. All the purchased elixirs were stored in the chamber of commerce, and then packed with boxes of stones. Everyone gathered together to make a strict guard.
Look, let’s walk the caravan again.”
Lu Hongyuan on the side suddenly realized: "Master, do you want to fish out that Gu Cheng?"
Murong Hou said: "It's not about fishing him out, but about bringing out all the forces in his hands.
Although I don't know where he got these powers from, we don't have to bother to investigate.
Directly draw out all the power in his hands, and then destroy him in one fell swoop!
When those bandits escorted the elixir on the road, we also took the real elixir with us.
If the other party is not lured out, we will transport the true elixir to Leping County along the way and temporarily stabilize the sects in Nanyi County.
If we succeed in luring out all the people under Gu Cheng's command, we will take action after they are almost killed.
Therefore, only we can know whether the elixir is true or false, and we must not let those bandits know."
Everyone present suddenly felt a chill.
Although Murong Hou wanted to fish out Gu Cheng, he actually used those fake elixirs as bait together with the remaining bandits.
Only after Gu Cheng's men strangled the bandits did they realize that the real murderous intention was yet to come.
It was rare for Murong Hou to engage in such conspiracy tricks, but when he actually used them, they were quite vicious.
While Murong Hou was arranging these matters, Gu Cheng also took the information given to him by Taoist Mengshan and fell into deep thought.
There are several brothers in the Mengshan Taoist lineage, and he also happens to have people in Leping County.
So Gu Cheng asked Taoist Mengshan to come forward and help collect some information about these people in Leping County and the forces behind them. He actually found a very interesting guy, Yu Qianfeng, who was born in Zhanwu Pavilion.
Although this person's status among the younger generation of Jianghu people in Leping County is not as good as that of Murong Hou, he is second only to him.
The most important thing is that in a sect like Zhanwu Pavilion, which specializes in rough guys, there is a guy who is not weak in scheming and means. This is very interesting.
Gu Cheng's next step will fall on the opponent.
At night, in the dense forest, Yu Qianfeng was running towards the cottage he controlled.
They, the warriors from Leping County, all looked for places to go after they separated from Lou Chuan.
Except for Murong Hou who established a Leping Chamber of Commerce, the others found a luxurious restaurant in the state capital to stay for a long time.
But Yu Qianfeng was different. He directly lived in the bandit village under his control to achieve absolute control.
Yu Qianfeng even took matters like escorting the elixir into his own hands, while the others were just hands-off shopkeepers and didn't even bother to do such a thing.
Although Yu Qianfeng seemed a little tiring to do this, it was also very effective. His caravan was not robbed by Gu Cheng even once.
Gu Cheng asked Xiao Yi and the others to pay attention to the opponent's strength and not to take action unless they were 100% sure and the casualties would be minimal.
At this moment, Yu Qianfeng suddenly stopped and looked at a black figure in front of him. The gang energy around his body exploded and he said in a cold voice: "Pretend to be a ghost! What kind of evil ghost dares to be so presumptuous!?"
He himself has an early stage of sixth-grade cultivation, and has already condensed Gang Qi. He is also the kind of bold person who is an expert. He is not afraid of encountering any monsters and evil creatures when walking on the edge of the dense forest. Some of them can be destroyed directly with one punch.
Enough.
When the black figure in front of him came closer, Yu Qianfeng realized that it was actually Gu Cheng wearing Jingyesi's black armor.
The black mysterious armor blended into the night. If the other party hadn't deliberately concealed his figure, Yu Qianfeng wouldn't have been able to spot him for a while.
However, when he saw that the person in front of him was Gu Cheng, Yu Qianfeng became even more vigilant. The aura around him was condensed to the extreme, and the golden aura was extremely bright in the night sky, illuminating the area more than ten feet around.
Staring at Gu Cheng, Yu Qianfeng said in a deep voice: "Gu Cheng, you should know our identities. We send our men to attack each other secretly. It doesn't matter no matter how many people die.
But if you want to attack us secretly, aren't you afraid that the sect behind us will come to trouble you? Have you considered the consequences of this clearly?
Besides, even if you want to take action against us in secret, you should still go to Lu Hongyuan, or Song Xiaoran and Wei Ziming, why did they choose me?"
Gu Cheng shook his head and said: "Brother Yu, you are too vigilant. If I really wanted to attack you secretly, why would I come alone?
I came here today because I want to make friends."
ps: The spring breeze of reform is blowing everywhere, and we must strive for success in the new year.
The handsome author wishes everyone a happy new year and all the best