Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

Five hundred members of the Green Dragon Society, along with their leader Li Qing, were completely wiped out overnight.

The message, once again, took flight and reached every corner of Blackwind City.

……

West City, White Wolf Village.

The wind howled, stirring up sand and dust outside the tent.

Inside the large tent, Helian Tuo, shirtless, held his signature curved sword and practiced a set of barbarian sword techniques.

The scimitar sliced ​​through the air, creating a howling sound as it cut through the wind.

This is his daily routine, using the blade to awaken the wildness in his body and the ambition hidden in his blood.

"Chieftain!"

Suddenly, a guard stumbled in, so startled that he forgot to announce his arrival.

Helian Tuo's blade suddenly stopped.

The cold blade tip instantly pointed at the guard's brow.

Inside the tent, there was deathly silence.

The guard's Adam's apple bobbed, his voice completely hoarse.

"Chief, the Azure Dragon Society... is gone!"

"Li Qing is dead!"

"The body was thrown into the middle of the mine by Lin Mo like a dead dog!"

"Qin Ruxue led a team of a hundred men, yet she surrounded and slaughtered five hundred members of the Azure Dragon Society, leaving not a single one alive!"

With each word spoken by the guard, the light in Helian Tuo's eyes dimmed a little.

"Another night, all wiped out?"

Helian Tuo sheathed his sword, walked to the huge animal hide map, and remained silent for a long time.

Then, he stretched out his hand and heavily drew an X on the map where the words "Azure Dragon Society" were located.

Thus, Blackwind City was divided into four parts, two of which had fallen into Lin Mo's hands.

This is not a fish.

This is a dragon that has crossed the river.

Such people should either become friends.

Either become mortal enemies, locked in a life-or-death struggle.

for a long time.

Helian Tuo slowly turned around, his eyes no longer showing the playfulness and curiosity he had when the Black Tiger Gang was destroyed.

Instead, there is a sense of wariness and solemnity, like a wild beast sensing the scent of its own kind.

"Relay my message."

His voice was deep and powerful.

"Shrink all routes for selling stolen goods, and double the number of guards in the village."

"Without my orders, do not provoke the people of Dingbei Prefecture."

"Also, tell the barbarian tribes that are on friendly terms with us."

"I, Helian Tuo, am willing to pay three times the price to buy the best warhorses and warriors from their tribe."

The guard looked up abruptly, his face filled with horror.

"Chief, is this...is war about to break out?"

"No." Helian Tuo shook his head.

"This is to avoid war."

……

South City, third floor of Jilefang.

Fengniang's bedroom.

Steam rose from the enormous white jade bathtub, filling the air with fragrance.

The bright red petals floating on the water's surface were stirred by a mature and alluring body, creating ripples.

Qingzhu stood respectfully to the side and reported the news she had just received to Fengniang word for word.

As the last word fell, Feng Niang's alluring eyes finally opened completely.

There was no surprise, no shock.

"Giggle giggle..."

A series of silvery laughs echoed in the room, rippling the water and causing the entire pool of spring scenery to sway.

"In half a month, he devoured both the Black Tiger and the Azure Dragon."

"This young master of the Lin family always brings new surprises."

Fengniang picked up a wet petal, brought it to her lips and sniffed it lightly, her eyes flashing with undisguised greed and heat.

"At first, I thought I had just found a piece of rough jade."

"Looking back now, I think I've latched onto the coattails of a ferocious beast."

Qingzhu, however, was somewhat worried.

"Master, Lin Mo is such a ruthless person. If we get too close to him, won't that...?"

"Silly girl."

With a whoosh.

Fengniang stood up from the bath.

Her voluptuous, alluring curves, glistening with water droplets, resembled a perfect jade sculpture in the morning light.

Qingzhu instinctively avoided eye contact, her cheeks burning.

"You only see the risks."

Feng Niang took a fiery red silk robe and casually draped it over her shoulders, revealing glimpses of her breathtakingly white breasts.

"What I see is opportunity."

She walked to the mirror, looked at her own alluring eyes and captivating beauty, and curled her red lips into a confident smile.

"How's the investigation into the Dingtai Tea House matter going?"

Qingzhu respectfully shook her head: "The capital is far away, and it's not easy to transmit information. We're still investigating."

"Make them hurry."

"At any cost."

Feng Niang's tone left no room for argument.

"This is our only bargaining chip."

……

at the same time.

A thousand miles away, in the capital of the Great Xia Kingdom.

Deep within an unremarkable-looking mansion lies a secret room that remains perpetually shrouded in darkness.

There is no light here.

Only a sliver of pale moonlight outside the window outlined the silhouette of a man sitting upright at a table.

He remained motionless, his figure almost blending into the darkness, like a lifeless sculpture.

on the table.

There was no ink or brush, nor tea.

There were only two newly opened secret letters.

The man's fingers tapped rhythmically on the cold tabletop.

笃.

笃.

笃.

Each strike added an extra chill to the deathly darkness.

The two letters came from the same place.

Blackwind City.

They were talking about the same thing.

Remnants of the Lin family.

The content they share is worlds apart, like heaven and earth.

The first letter came from Jia Ren, the prefect of Black Wind City. The handwriting was neat, and the words were obsequious.

"The remnants of the Lin family are barely clinging to life."

"Almost all the male members of his clan have died of illness, leaving only Lin Mo, a sickly man, who is also likely to die young."

"Nine women were widowed, destitute, and forced to sell their jewelry to survive, living in misery and destitution."

The second letter came from another nail he had planted.

The handwriting on the letter was messy and the ink was smudged, as if the writer had rushed it out in a hurry.

"Lin Mo is an unfathomable man! With lightning speed, he acquired the Northern Prefecture, destroyed Black Cloud Stronghold, and slaughtered Black Tiger Gang! He has already taken control of the salt and iron mines in Black Wind City! The prefecture is home to elite troops with bizarre formations and terrifying combat power! Send experts immediately, or it will be too late to regret it!"

The man stopped banging.

He picked up Jia Ren's letter and sniffed it.

The finest Huizhou ink also carries a faint scent of cosmetics.

So composed.

He knew exactly what kind of person Jia Ren was.

Greedy, cowardly, outwardly fierce but inwardly weak.

The letter contained all the good news he wanted to hear.

The Lin family has completely collapsed, and the last male heir is about to die, so he can rest easy now.

But another letter...

The man's fingers traced the hastily written words on the letter.

That was another nail he planted, a pawn he could trust.

The content on the website is too horrifying.

A sickly exiled man became the overlord of the border town in just half a month.

This sounds like an utterly absurd joke.

But the man did not laugh.

He didn't even bother to determine which letter was genuine.

Because when two pieces of intelligence show such a huge discrepancy, it in itself reveals a terrifying fact—

The scheme he set up has spiraled out of control.

The chess piece he loathed, which should have been crushed, not only did not die.

Instead... they started to turn the tables, bit by bit, devouring the other pieces on his chessboard.

"interesting."

In the darkness, the man let out a low chuckle, a laugh tinged with the excitement and cruelty of being bitten back by his prey.

"It seems I underestimated the offspring of that old dog from the Lin family."

"Fine."

The man slowly stood up.

The towering figure completely swallowed the pale moonlight, plunging the entire secret chamber into pure darkness.

"Since the prefect is useless, even nails are unreliable."

"Then... let's send a real 'ghost' to take a look."