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

That night, Blackwind City was completely thrown into chaos.

If Lin Mo's purchase of Dingbei Prefecture, which no one wanted, was merely seen as a joke by the people of Black Wind City, then...

He wiped out the Black Tiger Gang overnight.

It was like throwing an atomic bomb into the powder keg of Blackwind City.

The news spread like wildfire, reaching every corner of the city at an astonishing speed.

Dongcheng, Qinglong Society.

Deep inside the dark and damp mine, the crackling of burning torches illuminated a狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face.

The Azure Dragon King, Li Qing, stood shirtless, holding a leather whip stained with blood and flesh.

At his feet lay a lazy miner, barely alive, his body curled up and trembling.

"waste."

Li Qing spat and casually tossed the whip to his men behind him.

He enjoyed the feeling of being in control, which made him forget that he had once been a dog in this mine.

His subordinates around him were all silent and trembling, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Just then, a trusted confidant stumbled in, his face deathly pale.

"Boss... Boss! Something terrible has happened!"

Li Qing frowned, and the scar running across his cheek twisted, making him look even more ferocious.

"So flustered, did your father die?"

The subordinate knelt on the ground with a thud, his voice trembling.

"The Black Tiger Gang of the North City... is gone!"

Li Qing stopped cleaning his ears.

He slowly turned around, his fierce eyes fixed on his subordinates.

"What did you say?"

His confidant continued answering, trembling:

"The Black Tiger Gang... was wiped out by Dingbei Prefecture overnight!"

"Chen Wanjin and his more than three hundred men were all... all gone. He himself had both legs cut off and was captured alive!"

Inside the mine, there was a deathly silence.

The rage on Li Qing's face froze.

He froze for a full three seconds, then grabbed his trusted aide by the collar and lifted him up.

"Say that again, you fucking idiot!"

"One night? Three hundred people? And that sickly guy and his bunch of women took them all down?"

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old?!"

The confidant was so frightened he almost wet himself, his face contorted in a grimace.

"Boss, it's true! Absolutely true! The whole city is buzzing about it now!"

"It's said...it's said that only thirty guards were dispatched from Dingbei Prefecture..."

"Snapped!"

Li Qing slapped him so hard he flew away, his chest heaving violently.

Thirty of them, can take down three hundred?

Is this supposed to be a myth?

Li Qing climbed out of the miners' sergeant camp by virtue of his ruthlessness and his large following.

But now, someone is telling him that the logic he believes in has been crushed.

A strange sense of irritation suddenly rose from the bottom of his heart.

"Send someone to keep a close eye on Dingbei Prefecture."

"I want to see what kind of shady business the Lin family is up to!"

……

West City, White Wolf Village.

Unlike the bloody atmosphere of Dongcheng, this place is filled with the pungent smell of mutton and the rich aroma of strong liquor.

The chieftain, Helian Tuo, was sitting on a large chair covered with wolf skin, wiping his beloved scimitar.

He was agile and had sharp eyes. His mixed-race appearance gave him both the ruggedness of a barbarian and the handsomeness of a Han Chinese.

A lean man strode into the tent and reported something to him.

"...That's roughly how it happened."

"Chen Wanjin thought Lin Mo's main force was going to raid his warehouse, so he led his men to ransack the place, only to find himself walking into a trap set by the enemy."

"That woman named Qin Ruxue used a strange formation to defeat the three hundred members of the Black Tiger Gang."

"In the end, Lin Mo suddenly appeared and used Chen Wanjin's son's life to save Liu Yiyi. Qin Ruxue also crippled Chen Wanjin."

Helian Tuo stopped wiping his knife, and a thoughtful light flashed in his sharp, eagle-like eyes.

"interesting."

"A sickly exiled man, accompanied by nine widows, not only survived but also killed that old fox in the north city."

"This Lin Mo is no simple character."

He stood up and walked to a huge map.

The map clearly shows the distribution of all forces inside and outside Blackwind City.

He looked at the location of the "Black Tiger Gang" in the north of the city, stretched out his finger, and lightly drew an X on it.

"This Lin Mo is like a fish that suddenly plunged into a pond, stirring up the waters of Black Wind City."

Helian Tuo turned around and looked at his trusted confidant.

"Go, find out everything about Lin Mo."

"I want to know everything about him from birth to the present."

"Especially, what are the backgrounds of his thirty guards and that woman named Qin Ruxue?"

"Yes, Chieftain!"

……

South City, Chifeng Hall.

A woman of great charm was reclining on a chaise lounge, her slender fingers holding a thin water pipe, puffing out clouds of smoke.

She is the mistress of the Crimson Phoenix Hall, Phoenix Lady.

She was about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, and her bright red, form-fitting cheongsam perfectly accentuated her mature and voluptuous figure.

The cheongsam had a very high slit, and with her movements, her pair of shapely and slender legs were faintly visible, sparking endless imagination.

At that moment, a maid dressed in a light blue dress was kneeling beside her, reporting softly.

"...Master, the news has been confirmed. The Black Tiger Gang is indeed finished."

Feng Niang exhaled a beautiful smoke ring, and a playful smile curled her red lips.

"Giggle giggle..."

"That old bastard Chen Wanjin is guarding the salt and iron mine, which is a golden goose. I don't know how many people are envious of him."

"I never expected that I would be defeated by a mere kid in the end."

"This is...so interesting."

Her alluring eyes sparkled, filled with the excitement of watching a spectacle unfold.

For her, the more chaotic Blackwind City was, the more valuable her intelligence became.

"That little man named Lin Mo... what does he look like? Is he handsome?"

The maid paused for a moment, then answered softly.

"I heard... I heard he's an incomparably handsome young man."

"Oh?"

Fengniang's interest grew even stronger.

She sat up, the neckline of her cheongsam slightly open, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin and a deep cleavage.

"A handsome young man, and so capable..."

"I, as a woman, love capable young men the most."

She extended her finger, painted with bright red nail polish, and tapped the maid's forehead.

"Go and prepare a generous gift."

"Find an opportunity to send it to Dingbei Prefecture."

"Just say that I, Fengniang, would like to invite Young Master Lin... for a cup of tea."

The maid hesitated.

"Master, isn't it a bit much that we're taking sides so quickly...?"

Feng Niang gave her a charmingly disdainful look.

"Silly girl, is this what you call taking sides?"

"This is called...investment."

She lay back down, stretched lazily, revealing her perfect body curves.

"A man who can devour the Black Tiger Gang in one night is either a madman or... a dragon."

"No matter which one it is, it's worth it for me to go and meet them in person."

"After all, we can't let that mad dog from the east side and that hungry wolf from the west side devour such a big piece of meat..."