Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 115

Chapter 115: Shenanigans

“Are you guys from the Black Rider Gang?”

Li Qian looked at the three men and asked curiously.

These Black Rider Gang members clearly fled from the Purple Cloud Sect’s territory and arrived at the Divine Sword Sect’s territory, yet they were still so arrogant and domineering?

Were they stupid or purely evil?

Under normal circumstances, to become a powerful force, the leader must be someone with brains. When they are in someone else’s territory, shouldn’t they be honest and low-key?

They even have connections with a rebellious force like the Purple Cloud Sect.

Therefore, after reading the information about the Black Rider Gang, he was also very curious about what kind of person their leader, Nie Yun, was.

Judging from the actions of these three Black Rider Gang members, it should be pretty much the same as the information said.

“That’s right, what’s wrong? Are you scared now?”

The Black Rider Gang member said coldly.

“I am an Inner Sect Disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, are you saying I’m scared?”

Li Qian directly revealed his identity and said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, the Black Rider Gang member’s face froze for a moment, and then he changed his expression, “You, are you really an Inner Sect Disciple of the Divine Sword Sect?”

“No doubt about it, what’s wrong? Are you scared now?”

Li Qian returned the other party’s words intact.

“Mister is joking, our Black Rider Gang is just a small gang, how can we not be afraid of a major martial arts sect like the Divine Sword Sect?”

The Black Rider Gang member quickly said, his tone and demeanor immediately changing, becoming very cowardly.

“That doesn’t seem right, you were very arrogant and domineering just now, and didn’t seem to take my Divine Sword Sect seriously at all?”

Li Qian smiled and said, “As far as I know, your Black Rider Gang is extremely powerful within Chuyun County City, suppressing several local forces.”

“Mister, that’s absolutely not true, those forces must be slandering us.”

The Black Rider Gang member shook his head like a rattle drum.

“Hehe, at least I saw the arrogance and domineering behavior of you three with my own eyes.”

Li Qian smiled slightly, “You three wait here, if you want to run, let’s see if you can run faster than my sword.”

Then he said to Song Yingying, “Let’s go to your house and have a look.”

Since he encountered Song Yingying, he still had to ask about her situation.

After all, she was Old Song’s granddaughter.

He got an important Treasure Map from Old Song. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to enter the Taiping Sacred Cave, obtain the huge Demon Stone, or even the Storage Artifact like the Black Iron Ring.

Song Yingying nodded and walked towards her home, supporting her husband, Wang Cheng.

A little girl ran over, took Song Yingying’s hand, and looked at Li Qian curiously.

“Is this your daughter? She’s so big already?”

Li Qian looked at the little girl in surprise.

“Yes, Sisi, call him Uncle.”

Song Yingying said.

“Uncle.”

The little girl called out in a soft voice.

“Good girl.”

Li Qian smiled slightly.

“Is Sisi the eldest?”

He asked again.

“Yes, the second child is just over a year old.”

Song Yingying nodded.

After walking for a while, they arrived in front of a large mansion.

This was the most imposing mansion in Maple Leaf Village.

Several people were anxiously waiting at the door. When they saw Song Yingying and Wang Cheng returning, they rushed to greet them.

“Yingying, Cheng’er, are you alright?”

The speaker was an old man in a wealthy merchant’s attire.

“Father-in-law, we are fine,”

Song Yingying said, “You and Mother-in-law don’t have to worry.”

“Sigh.”

The old man nodded.

In this family, Song Yingying was the one in charge.

They entered the mansion.

Song Yingying helped Wang Cheng sit down, then let her daughter go play, and said to Li Qian, “Cousin, if it weren’t for you today, our family would probably be finished.”

“Cousin, are you here for the Black Rider Gang?”

She suddenly asked again.

“Yes, I’m here to deal with the Black Rider Gang.”

Li Qian nodded.

“That’s great.”

Song Yingying was very happy.

Having offended the Black Rider Gang this time, if the gang didn’t fall, after Li Qian left, their family would probably suffer again, unless they moved their entire family away.

But where could they move to in this world?

Moreover, if their family left, what about the other people in Maple Leaf Village?

The entire Maple Leaf Village was actually related by blood, basically all surnamed Wang, they couldn’t just leave.

“Don’t worry, the Black Rider Gang won’t threaten your family.”

Li Qian said, “And, keep these things for you.”

As he spoke, he took out three bottles of pills from the package he was carrying and placed them on the table.

“These three bottles of pills, two bottles are Qi and Blood Pills, the other bottle contains one pill, which can cleanse the marrow and refine the physique of your two children, improving their Root Bone aptitude and physique. Remember, you must wait until they are seven years old before using it, only scrape a little bit each time and dissolve it in water for the children to drink, once a day, and then practice the Sword-Piercing Fist. As long as you follow what I say, they should have no problem passing the Divine Sword Sect’s Inner Sect Assessment in the future.”

Li Qian said.

This pill was one of the types found in the Black Iron Ring. After conducting numerous experiments and studying the Demonic Script, he finally determined the use of this pill.

And he had used it on Li Mo, the effect was very good.

With Li Mo’s Root Bone aptitude, under normal circumstances, passing the assessment to enter the Inner Sect wouldn’t be a problem, but it would be basically hopeless for her to be chosen by an Elder of the Divine Sword Sect and taken as a Direct Disciple.

After using this pill, which he named the Marrow Cleansing Demon Pill, Li Mo’s Root Bone aptitude was greatly improved.

This one Marrow Cleansing Demon Pill was enough for Song Yingying’s two children.

If it weren’t for Old Song’s sake, he wouldn’t casually give away such a precious Marrow Cleansing Demon Pill.

Song Yingying and Wang Cheng were stunned.

Two bottles of Qi and Blood Pills were already precious enough.

Not to mention a pill that could cleanse the marrow and refine the physique, improving Root Bone aptitude and physique, that was even more priceless.

Who didn’t know that the biggest hurdle in martial arts cultivation was actually Root Bone aptitude?

Both of them had very average Root Bone aptitude, so they couldn’t become Inner Sect Disciples. They were already lucky enough to become Ranked Martial Artists.

If their children could really cleanse their marrow and refine their physique, improving their Root Bone aptitude and successfully entering the Divine Sword Sect’s Inner Sect, then their Wang family would truly defy fate.

“Cousin, thank, thank you.”

Song Yingying’s voice trembled slightly.

“Remember, don’t tell anyone about the existence of this pill, otherwise you will be in great danger.”

Li Qian warned.

Song Yingying and Wang Cheng nodded quickly, they also knew how precious a pill that could improve Root Bone aptitude was. This was a treasure that could change a person’s martial arts destiny!

At the entrance of the village.

The three Black Rider Gang members stayed where they were.

As for the people of Maple Leaf Village, they had long since dispersed.

“Brother Chao, do you think we should run?”

One of them whispered.

The deterrent power of the Divine Sword Sect was too great.

After hearing that the person was an Inner Sect Disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, they no longer had the arrogant air they had at the beginning.

“You fool, of course we should run.”

The Black Rider Gang member called Brother Chao said.

After the person was out of sight, he whispered, “Let’s go, quietly.”

But as soon as the three of them took a few steps, a sword qi suddenly appeared in front of them, passing through a large stone, instantly piercing it.

The three of them trembled in fear. Looking around, there was no one there, the sword qi seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

They suddenly remembered what the person had just said.

“Brother Chao, this person is so strong, we…”

“What should we do?”

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“We’ve hit a snag this time, it’s a bit troublesome.”

The three of them didn’t dare to move.

After all, their lives were at stake.

They were only at the second or third level of the Postnatal realm, bullying a martial artist who had just entered the ranks was no problem, but to confront an Inner Sect Disciple of the Divine Sword Sect, that would be suicide.

Sword qi shot from such a distance, they couldn’t imagine how strong the other party was.

After a while, Li Qian walked over.

The three of them hurriedly flattered him and said, “Mister, we are just small fries in the Black Rider Gang, please be magnanimous and spare us.”

“Take me to your Black Rider Gang headquarters.”

Li Qian said calmly.

As he spoke, he mounted his horse.

How could the three of them refuse? They could only obediently mount their horses and lead Li Qian towards Chuyun County City.

Black Rider Stronghold.

This place was once the stronghold of a local martial arts family.

But now it had become the Black Rider Gang headquarters.

As for that family, they were naturally wiped out by the Black Rider Gang, who then occupied their nest.

At this moment, in the main hall of the stronghold, luxurious carpets were laid out, expensive incense was burning, and a middle-aged man in a black robe was sitting with a frown.

“Gang Leader, this can’t go on, the Divine Sword Sect is probably paying attention to us, we should move quickly, otherwise it will be too late if we delay any longer.”

A skinny old man said in a deep voice.

“Hmph, these bastards, in order to drive us away, they really threw all kinds of dirty water on us.”

Another high-ranking member of the Black Rider Gang said angrily, “If it weren’t for the Divine Sword Sect allowing forces from other parts of Taixing Circuit to settle here, how could our Black Rider Gang have come here? But now the local forces are trying their best to drive us away. Is the Divine Sword Sect saying one thing and doing another?”

The others nodded, believing that under these circumstances, migrating away was the best option.

These local forces had intricate connections with the Divine Sword Sect. If they really wanted to slander them, they were afraid they wouldn’t be able to clear their name even with ten mouths, and the Divine Sword Sect wouldn’t listen.

Moreover, this world was inherently about the strong preying on the weak, how could they pin the fate of the Black Rider Gang on the mercy of the Divine Sword Sect?

“I’m afraid even if we are willing to migrate, they won’t let us leave easily.”

Nie Yun, the leader of the Black Rider Gang, sighed and said.

Their Black Rider Gang came from afar and brought a lot of cultivation resources. If they weren’t strong enough, they would have been swallowed up by the local forces long ago, leaving no bones behind.

But it was precisely because they were too strong that the local forces couldn’t tolerate them even more.

“We were able to migrate smoothly from Jing Province, could it be that we will stumble in this small Chuyun County?”

A high-ranking member of the Black Rider Gang stood up abruptly, “Gang Leader, we can’t hesitate any longer, we must make a decision, otherwise once the Divine Sword Sect people arrive, we really won’t have any hope of leaving.”

“Go and prepare.”

Nie Yun, the leader of the Black Rider Gang, took a deep breath and finally made a decision.

“Yes.”

Several high-ranking members hurriedly took orders and began preparing the migration plan.

Li Qian was led by the three Black Rider Gang members to a stronghold built by the river valley.

This stronghold was not small.

Although it was not as big as the Mu Family Fortress he had seen before, it was still strategically located, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Hong Family Fortress.

Li Qian looked at the name of the stronghold.

“Are you sure this is the Black Rider Gang headquarters?”

He frowned slightly.

“Mister, we are actually not members of the Black Rider Gang. We are members of the Hong family, one of the three great families of Chuyun County City.”

The man called Brother Chao hurriedly said.

“You are not members of the Black Rider Gang? Then why are you doing bad things under the name of the Black Rider Gang?”

Li Qian narrowed his eyes.

The man called Brother Chao felt a chill down his spine under Li Qian’s gaze, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, not knowing how to answer. He couldn’t just say that they pretended to be the Black Rider Gang in order to throw dirty water on them.

At this moment, the drawbridge of the fortress was suddenly lowered, and a group of knights rushed out from inside.

“Second Master.”

Suddenly, the man called Brother Chao shouted, “This is an Inner Sect Disciple from the Divine Sword Sect.”

The group of knights ran down from the drawbridge. The leader was a middle-aged man in a brocade robe, sitting on his horse and sizing up Li Qian. He cupped his hands and said, “So it’s Young Hero from the Divine Sword Sect, I am Hong Xingyuan, I wonder if Young Hero has come here to accept the mission to suppress the Black Rider Gang?”

“That’s right.”

Li Qian nodded.

“May I ask Young Hero, where are the others from the Divine Sword Sect?”

Hong Xingyuan, the middle-aged man, asked curiously.

After all, after their three great families asked the Divine Sword Sect for help, they should at least send a top True Qi realm expert over, right?

“Just me.”

Li Qian said calmly.

“One? Young Hero, please follow me into the fortress, we will report the information about the Black Rider Gang to you.”

Hong Xingyuan was stunned at first, then his expression became even more respectful.

Although he felt that Li Qian was a bit too young, since the Divine Sword Sect sent him here, it meant that his strength must be very strong.

In a major martial arts sect like the Divine Sword Sect, there were many geniuses, sometimes strength could not be measured by age.

Li Qian nodded and followed these people into Hong Family Fortress on horseback.

In the main hall, the leader of Hong Family Fortress and several high-ranking members all came out to receive him.

“Young Hero Li, this Black Rider Gang is really outrageous. As soon as they arrived in our Chuyun County City, they wiped out the Zhang family, occupied their stronghold, and were even more aggressive towards us local martial arts forces, making the people of Chuyun County live in misery. I don’t know how many people are complaining about the Black Rider Gang, their crimes are simply too numerous to list.”

Hong Yangyuan, the leader of Hong Family Fortress, hurriedly denounced the Black Rider Gang.

“Patriarch Hong, what I saw was that it was the people from your Hong Family Fortress who were pretending to be the Black Rider Gang, doing evil, and oppressing the common people. You don’t want to frame the Black Rider Gang, do you?”

Li Qian did not drink the tea that the servant handed him, tapping his fingers on the armrest of the chair, and said calmly.

Hong Yangyuan, the leader of the Hong family, was surprised and quickly said, “There is such a thing? They must have violated the law and discipline privately, my Hong Family Fortress will never tolerate it. Fortunately, Young Hero discovered it, otherwise wouldn’t my Hong Family Fortress be disgraced because of these few people?”

“Someone, take those people who pretended to be the Black Rider Gang down and give them eighty strokes of the cane as a warning to others.”

He suddenly shouted.

“Yes.”

Immediately, people from the Law Enforcement Hall of Hong Family Fortress rushed out and dragged the three Black Rider Gang members away.

“Patriarch, spare us! We won’t dare to do it again.”

Then there were the sounds of beating and the screams of the three men.

But Li Qian narrowed his eyes.

He was now basically certain that there was something fishy going on.

The Divine Sword Sect welcomed martial arts forces migrating from other places for a simple reason. After the previous war that lasted for several years, the martial arts forces within the Divine Sword Sect’s territory suffered heavy losses.

Under such a large-scale impact, there were quite a few martial arts forces that were wiped out.

After all, when Prince Luo’s rebel army attacked the Divine Sword Sect, it was not only the Divine Sword Sect that suffered, but also many martial arts forces within their territory.

If the Divine Sword Sect wanted to quickly restore the martial arts forces within its territory, it wanted to absorb the martial arts forces from other counties and provinces of Taixing Circuit.

Especially after the He family came to Taixing Circuit, they acted domineeringly, not treating the local martial arts forces as human beings at all, squeezing them to the extreme, those who obeyed prospered, those who disobeyed perished, many forces were forced to flee.

During this time, many forces migrated to the Divine Sword Sect’s territory.

The Black Rider Gang was one of them.

These migrating forces had more or less connections with the Mysterious Netherworld Sect and the Purple Cloud Sect. However, both of those forces had already perished.

The Divine Sword Sect naturally wouldn’t crack down on these small and medium-sized martial arts forces.

At this time, someone rushed in from outside the main hall, “Patriarch, it’s not good, the Black Rider Gang is running away!”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, Hong Yangyuan stood up abruptly and hurriedly said to Li Qian, “Young Hero Li, the Black Rider Gang must have received the news of your arrival, so they are running away. Please uphold justice for the many martial arts forces and common people in Chuyun County who have been bullied by the Black Rider Gang.”

How could their three great families, after planning for so long, let the Black Rider Gang escape?

A remnant martial arts force that had produced a Grandmaster must be a piece of fat meat, they absolutely couldn’t let the Black Rider Gang escape.

Their three great families didn’t have absolute certainty of taking down the Black Rider Gang, so they could only ask the Divine Sword Sect’s expert to take action.

After eliminating the Black Rider Gang, they would split the spoils fifty-fifty.

Presumably, this Young Hero Li would be very happy to do so.

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