Nan's Return 74

  Tie Yu Yang examined his internal energy and found the effect of Yao Wang's Xiao Gong San to be too slow, he let out a cold sneer: "Li Hong, this slow-acting medicine of yours, isn't it a bit too slow? It's been an hour already, but it has only consumed less than one-tenth of my internal energy. I think that even if ten more hours pass, this poison won't be able to completely deplete my internal energy."

  Li Hong was taken aback. Because there were no top-notch masters in the Medicine King Gang, only a few first-rate masters were used to test the efficacy of Xiangong San during the experiment. The effect of this medicine on first-rate masters was still quite good. As for how much impact it would have on top-notch masters, that remained unknown.

  He thought for a moment, then burst out laughing and said nonchalantly: "Iron Brother is an extraordinary master with profound skills, so his resistance to the poison is strong, and it's taking effect more slowly. But for those top-notch masters, I'm afraid nearly half of their internal energy has already been depleted. The guards you brought have had their combat abilities greatly weakened and are no match for my Medicine King Gang. If you know what's good for you, surrender and submit to me, and I'll give you the antidote."

  Tie Yu Yang immediately interrupted Li Hong's words, a cold laugh: "Good, let's assume that's the case. Your poisonous crown can only weaken my nine major gangs by two or three tenths of their strength. You're just a small Medicine King Gang, still not an enemy that our nine major gangs need to join forces against. Before the true energy of our nine major gang disciples is completely dissipated, we have enough power to thoroughly destroy your Medicine King Gang. Li Hong, this medicine was made by your Medicine King Gang, so you should also know that its efficacy isn't as high as imagined. If I, Tie Yu Yang, am not mistaken in my conjecture, you should still have other trump cards that haven't been revealed yet! Anyway, we've already been poisoned for an hour, and it won't make a difference if we wait another half an hour to take action. You might as well reveal all your trump cards. I'd like to see what kind of trump cards you have, daring to defy the heavens."

  Tie Yu Yang's calmness and composure earned the admiration of dozens of high-ranking members of the various gangs present, who nodded in agreement. What Tie Yu Yang said was not wrong - although this Xiangong San poison had implicated all the Jianghu people in Zhujiquan County, its onset was a bit too slow, insufficient to take down the various gangs within a short period of time. If Li Hong's methods were just that little bit more ruthless, they dared guarantee that from tonight onwards, there would no longer be any existence of the Yao Wang Gang within Pingzhou Prefecture.

  They cast cold glances at Li Hong and other high-ranking members of the Medicine King Gang, quietly occupying the windows, stairs and other key areas on the third floor of Yongfu Building, sealing off all entrances to prevent the Medicine King Gang's high-ranking members from escaping.

  Inside the hall, murderous intent thickens.

  Li Hong's face showed no fear at all, he let out three loud laughs and suddenly shouted sternly:

  "Good, indeed worthy of Iron Gallbladder Wei Yang! Ruling over the ten major gangs in Pingzhou was not my idea alone, but an order from the Nan family, requiring our Medicine King Gang to become their agent and manage all the gangs in Pingzhou. I had originally thought that with just the power of our Medicine King Gang, we could try to directly subdue the entire ten major gangs of Pingzhou. But now it seems that's unlikely to happen. In that case, I'll have no choice but to invite out Old Master Nan to take charge of the situation."

  As soon as Li Hong said this, among the leaders of the top ten gangs in the hall, two or three old gang leaders and a few older elders immediately showed a look of horror.

  "What, the Nan family?!"

  "Isn't the Nan family already gone for twenty years? When did they come back?"

  The old boss of Wutie Gang, Wei Yuan, was one of the panicked bosses.

  Although he was a peerless master and had been the leader of the Wutie gang for forty or fifty years, having personally witnessed the terrifying magical powers of the Nan family's patriarch, he did not dare to have any ideas about the Nan family. At this time, he had already sprouted fear, and as soon as he saw that things were not going well, he would flee in a hurry.

  However, the remaining six or seven young and strong gang leaders were only surprised, but did not show any panic. After all, it has been twenty years since then, and most of the old gang leaders of the top ten gangs have already retired and passed on to new leaders. For these new leaders, the Nan family is just a legend left by the previous generation of gang leaders, with warnings that they must not go against the Nan family, otherwise they will bring disaster upon themselves. However, few of these new leaders had ever seen anyone from the Nan family before, and did not have much experience with the fear and power of the Nan family.

  It's impossible to intimidate these ambitious new bosses with just a name from the Nan family.

  As for the vice leaders, elders and hall masters of the top ten gangs, they simply sneered at Li Hong's mention of the Nan family, because they had never heard of the existence of the Pingzhou Nan family. The existence of the Nan family was limited to the mouths of the previous and next gang leaders.

  Tie Yu Yang was stunned, he knew that twenty years ago, above the ten major gangs of Pingzhou, there existed a mysterious Nan family, no one dared to resist its rule. At that time, he was just over thirty years old and had not yet entered the decision-making level of Huoyun Gang, so he had almost no understanding of the Nan family. By the time he took over as the leader of Huoyun Gang, the Nan family had long since disappeared within the borders of Pingzhou, and everything he knew about the Nan family was from the previous leader's mouth, and he didn't take it to heart.

  The Nan family suddenly disappeared for twenty years, which was also the fastest twenty years of development for the Pingzhou gang. Without the pressure from the Nan family, all the major gangs expanded their territory rapidly. Unexpectedly, Li Hong said that the Nan family is back.

  He was just about to ask what evidence there was.

  Suddenly, a furious roar came from the seat of Zhen Bao Bang: "Impossible! The Nan family has already had another new agent, how can you let Yao Wang Bang be the agent? Fake, absolutely fake. Li Hong Xiao is dreaming, he's deceiving people, don't believe him!"

  The Chief Elder of the Treasure Alliance, Huang Jintao, stepped out from the high-level camp of the Treasure Alliance, pointing at Li Hong's nose and shouting loudly. He had just heard Li Hong proudly proclaiming himself as the agent of the Nan family again, and he almost got anxious.

  He's been trying to curry favor with the young master of the Nan family, isn't he just trying to become the agent of the Nan family? Moreover, he has already obtained the promise from the mouth of the "young master of the Nan family", as long as he finds enough spiritual objects within one or two years in the future, he will support him to become the agent of the Nan family. How can Li Hong's child still claim to be the agent of the Nan family?!

  The high-ranking officials in the hall looked at Huang Jintao with surprise, "Huang Zhanglao, what do you mean by this?" "How did you know that the Nan family has a new agent? Who is this new agent?"

  Huang Jin Hu saw the crowd's doubts, and hastily looked towards the last table in the great hall where Ye Qin was. However, that table had long been empty, without even a shadow of a person.

  Huang Jin Hu was stunned for a moment, "Where did the young master of the Nan family go?"

  This can't be blamed on Ye Qin, this fake "Young Master of the Southern Clan".

  As soon as Ye Qin heard Li Hong utter the four words "Nan's family", he felt extremely uneasy. Could it be that Nan Tianba's family still had someone alive, and they had come to Zhujici County? Regardless of whether it was true or false, Ye Qin immediately became highly vigilant, quietly disappearing from his original position, concealing his breath, and hiding himself.

  Even if he wants to fight, he has to take a good look at the situation before making his move.

  The Nan family was defeated in the war with the Feng family, some died and some escaped. Although the strongest Qi Refining stage five expert, Nan Tian Bao's physical body was destroyed, it is possible that there are other powerful cultivators of the Nan family still alive. Before he figures out how many people from the Nan family are still alive, what level of cultivation they have reached and what their strength is, he will not easily reveal himself, lest he die unjustly.