Martial Saint: Starting with Accumulating Experience

Chapter 119 Incompatibility

"Perhaps Lord Ge has gone to inspect other branches," one of the gang members guessed.

Feiyu Ferry is an area, far more than just the small ferry crossing. However, this area is the most prosperous and bustling, and people usually assume that this is the place when Feiyu Ferry is mentioned.

The Canglang Gang has established many branches in this area, all of which are under the jurisdiction of Chen Feng, the head of the branch.

Chen Feng frowned, completely disbelieving this explanation.

The relationship between the Canglang Gang and the Cao Gang is currently tense. As the deputy head of the main hall, Ge Shan is being watched by many eyes. Going out to inspect things for no reason is just asking for trouble.

He asked repeatedly, but still no one knew where Ge Shan and the others had gone.

Everyone in the hall above the Qi Refining Realm is now a member of the Battle Hall, and the way they're looking at Chen Feng is rather strange.

Whenever Chen Feng tried to stop a member of the Battle Hall to ask a question, they would hurriedly leave, seemingly in a silent confrontation.

"General Manager Chen's life is quite leisurely. He's idle all day long, and his subordinates are undisciplined and chaotic, with no discipline whatsoever."

A strange, sarcastic voice came from behind.

Chen Feng turned around upon hearing the voice and recognized the speaker as Feng Yi, the deputy head of the Battle Hall, whose rank was only half a level lower than the head of the main hall.

"Vice Director Feng, just speak frankly. Why beat around the bush? What exactly happened in this hall? Why are Ge Shan and the others not here?" Chen Feng asked.

"Ha, I didn't expect that Chief Chen wouldn't even know what his men were doing."

Feng Yi sneered.

"Do you know that Ge Shan openly defied Lord Lu today! Hmph, you've allowed your subordinates to show no respect for hierarchy; you've completely abandoned all the rules of the hall!"

After Feng Yi finished speaking, he waved his hand and turned to leave, as if he had come specifically to deliver a sarcastic remark.

"Did Ge Shan run into Lu Kui?" Chen Feng really didn't believe this.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Feng walked towards Lu Kui's study; he wanted to get to the bottom of things.

At this moment, the door to Lu Kui's study was open, and he was seen sitting steadily at his desk, writing something on a piece of paper.

"Lord Lu, may I ask what happened today? Why is the hall so empty? And where has Ge Shan gone?" Chen Feng asked, bowing respectfully.

Lu Kui did not look up, but continued writing something on the table. After a while, he stopped writing and put the paper down, saying, "President Chen, how is my handwriting?" Lu Kui removed the paperweight and picked up the paper on the table to show it to the reader.

Chen Feng glanced at it; it was a report that read, "Chen Lang killed one Qi Condensation cultivator and two Fu Refining cultivators from the Cao Gang, a truly remarkable achievement."

This is to give him credit.

Chen Feng frowned, and Lu Kui continued, "Some fools are like that. They know there's danger, but they still jump in. Look, they've become Chen Zongtang's stepping stone."

Lu Kui's pointed remark sent a glint of light through Chen Feng's mind: "You mean Ge Shan and his men are going to target the higher-ups of the Canal Gang!"

"Sigh—" Lu Kui sighed deeply.

"If only the members of Flying Fish Ferry were half as wise as Chief Chen, how wonderful that would be."

Lu Kui shook his head, seemingly regretting it.

"————" Chen Feng was speechless.

To attempt to assassinate a high-ranking member of the Grand Canal Gang on their territory is nothing short of a pipe dream, tantamount to courting death.

He hadn't expected Ge Shan to be so reckless.

"Today he openly contradicted me in the hall, saying that my decision was a complete betrayal of the Canglang Gang and a compromise with the Cao Gang," Lu Kui said leisurely.

Chen Feng was taken aback: "What decision?"

"Oh right, Master Chen went to buy fish this morning and doesn't know about this yet."

A hint of disdain flashed in Lu Kui's eyes.

"To avoid further conflict with the Canal Gang, I have decided to temporarily abandon all the branches west of Feiyu Ferry and their corresponding territories, and to accumulate strength to stabilize the remaining branches."

Ge Shan refused. He and his confidants are probably on their way to those gangs now. With Fang Lie's example as a warning, haven't they learned their lesson?

Chen Feng:

"————"

He thought Ge Shan was planning to assassinate the high-ranking members of the Cao Gang, but it turned out that he was unwilling to give up the other branches and was preparing to go there in person.

"By the way, Chief Chen, do you know what the people down there are saying about you?"

Before Chen Feng could speak, Lu Kui continued, "They all say you like to fuss over trivial matters. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect you to actually go to the fish market this morning."

I originally thought you had discovered some traitorous spy from the Cao Gang, but it turns out you just dealt with a petty thug. I'm very disappointed in you.

So it seems their assessment of you was correct. You are very smart, but I hope you use your intelligence in the right way.

Chen Feng had lost count of how many times he had been speechless today. The fish market, Zhang Tiegen, and this Lu Kui—it was truly impossible to have a word to say to each other.

In his view, the territories that Lu Kui abandoned and the people at the bottom that he didn't care about were the source of funds and talent for the gang.

The result was dismissed as "insignificant," with so much territory lost so easily.

I wonder what the gang leader will think when he sees this.

After a moment of preparation, Chen Feng spoke: "Does Lord Lu know how his subordinates evaluate you?"

Just like Lu Kui had just said, Chen Feng didn't wait for him to speak and continued, "They all say you're a coward. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that you would just back down when facing the Canal Gang. I'm very disappointed in you."

So it seems their assessment of you was correct. You have the ability, but I hope you use that ability in the right way.

Ignoring Lu Kui's expression, Chen Feng turned and left.

After coming out, Chen Feng pondered to himself what Lu Kui was thinking. Giving up all the branches west of Feiyu Ferry, if Lu Kui was not the leader of the Zhan Hall, there was every reason to suspect that he had already defected to the Cao Gang.

No wonder Ge Shan left with his men.

It's true that the Canal Gang has two members at the Enlightenment Realm in Feiyu Ferry, but how can they just throw away so much territory?

If you retreat just because you can't win, then what's the point of having the Canglang Gang? The Cao Gang has grandmasters, and nobody can beat them, so we might as well disband it.

"Isn't this considered defection?" Chen Feng thought. If the Canglang Gang's strict rules regarding the Cao Gang were followed, Lu Kui would have been killed several times over.

Back in his courtyard, Chen Feng picked up his pen and wrote a letter, recording all of Lu Kui's actions. He then summoned a member of the Canglang Gang from the Non-War Hall and ordered him to take the letter back to Yongning Bay.

After making the arrangements, Chen Feng immediately set off for other branches to find Ge Shan.

No matter what Ge Shan is like, he is still his subordinate. He has one Qi Condensation Realm cultivator and several Qi Refining Realm cultivators. He can't let them all get into trouble within just a few days of him taking office.

Bang!

With a loud bang, the figure flew backward and crashed heavily into the tree trunk, causing the entire tree to break from the force of the impact.

.

The person lay sprawled under the tree, their fate unknown.

"Shi Zheng!" Ge Shan cried out in pain, his eyes bloodshot, but he stared intently at the person in front of him, not daring to look away—Xie Xuan, the leader of the Cao Gang.

"Sigh, it's all your leader's fault for killing the members of the Canal Gang. We are heartbroken, so we have no choice but to share the pain with you." Xie Xuan said with a smile.

"Pah!" Ge Shan spat at him. "What kind of bullshit logic is this? You're allowed to kill my brothers!"

"It's all the Grand Master's fault! If I had known Chen Lang was up to something like this, I would have been the first to shout for his execution!"