317 The Fifth Foster Son!
When Wen Zonghao heard those footsteps, he stood up abruptly and walked quickly to the stairs. Mou Jinfu and the other adopted sons stood up immediately and followed behind Wen Zonghao.
Qin Huai, who was covered in blood, lifted the head and walked in front of everyone.
When Wen Zonghao saw the head, his murderous expression, which had remained unchanged for years, couldn’t hide his smile.
Bang!
Wen Zonghao’s wide palm instantly patted Qin Huai’s shoulder. “From today onwards, you are my fifth foster son!”
“Greetings, Foster Father!” Qin Huai cupped his fists solemnly.
Wen Zonghao raised his head and looked coldly at the four people beside him. “You have been working on the matter of the Dark Dragon Gang for so long, but there has been no progress at all… Yet he did it even though he’s only at the third-level bone pattern realm.
“I think you’re not listening to my words! Are you thinking of causing trouble for each other, or are you plotting to cut off my head and sit in this position?”
Mou Jinfu immediately broke out in a cold sweat and wiped his sweat with a handkerchief. The pure gold walking stick knocked on the ground as he muttered, “This son would never have such intentions!”
The other three quickly knelt down as well, saying repeatedly, “We have no such thoughts! We have no such thoughts! We have no such thoughts!”
“Then what are you waiting for?” Wen Zonghao said coldly.
“Greetings, Fifth Master!” the surrounding Blood Poison Gang disciples shouted in unison.
“Fifth Brother!” Mou Jinfu and the others also smiled brightly and shook hands with Qin Huai.
“Hang the head on the flower boat and move along the Qingzhou River in the outer city for three days. I want everyone in the outer city to know the consequences of offending my Blood Poison Gang.” Wen Zonghao’s aura was like a rainbow. Then, he left with his hands behind his back.
“Understood!”
The moment Wen Zonghao left, the atmosphere on the boat became strange.
“I didn’t expect Fifth Brother to have such good skills. He was actually able to take the head of the Dark Dragon Gang’s leader.” Mou Jinfu chuckled as he handed Qin Huai a cup of tea.
“I wonder if the people who came with Fifth Brother are alive or dead?” Huang Qiguang sneered.
“It was all thanks to my brothers that I was able to behead the Dark Dragon Gang’s leader. I’m ashamed to say it. I must pay my respects to these brothers in the future.” Qin Huai’s voice was calm as he looked at the expressions of the four people in front of him.
“There’s actually such a thing?” Huang Qiguang pretended to be surprised. “Those two at the fourth-level bone pattern realm were capable subordinates that Boss personally sent. I thought they would ambush you.”
Mou Jinfu laughed sinisterly. “Third Brother, what do you mean?”
Yin Rongen snorted coldly. “Then how did my brother-in-law die last year?”
Huang Qiguang clicked his tongue. “Your brother-in-law stayed on my boat for three months. He didn’t even get out of bed for a day before he died on a woman’s stomach. He still owes me eighty thousand taels of silver! You still dare to mention this to me?”
He changed the topic. “Besides, if you don’t have thirty brothers-in-law, you have at least seventeen or eighteen. You still care about this one?”
The atmosphere between the three of them was tense.
Qin Huai glanced at Shao Mo beside him. The most talented and youngest fourth master of the Blood Poison Gang had been frowning the entire time, as if he was drifting away from the situation.
Qin Huai left this troublesome place and disembarked from the other side of the river.
Just as he was rushing home, Yang Erbao came to confront him. He was like a shark that smelled blood.
“Brother Qin, I didn’t misjudge you. It’s only been a few days and you’re already the fifth master of the Blood Poison Gang.” Yang Erbao looked envious and respectful. His demeanor was completely different from when Qin Huai first arrived.
“Don’t worry, Brother Yang, I won’t mistreat you!” Qin Huai patted Yang Erbao’s shoulder.
The latter’s face immediately turned red as he began to speak, “The Blood Poison Gang has a total of three main sources of income. The business that Master Mou Jinfu manages is the water transport business. Second Master Yin Rongen is in charge of a casino, and Third Master Huang Qiguang oversees the flower boat business.
“There are also some teahouses, pawnshops, and so on. Each master can put twenty percent of the profits under their jurisdiction into their own pockets. But don’t underestimate this twenty percent. Even Third Master, who is relatively the least profitable, can earn 200,000 taels of silver every month.”
“How about Shao Mo?” Qin Huai couldn’t help but feel puzzled when he heard Yang Erbao’s voice stop abruptly.
“Fourth Master… Well, Fourth Master and First Master were originally in charge of water transport. After all, this is the main source of money for our Blood Poison Gang. But it stopped half a year ago.”
“Oh? Why?”
“I don’t know. Anyway, Fourth Master suddenly quit.” Yang Erbao couldn’t explain clearly either.
Qin Huai was surprised. “It’s at least 200,000 taels of silver a month. It doesn’t make sense, does it?”
“Perhaps Fourth Master isn’t after money, but the undefeatable realm of martial arts?” Yang Erbao smiled obsequiously.
Qin Huai shook his head. The credibility of this statement was almost zero. Practicing martial arts required more money.
He parted ways with Yang Erbao at the entrance of the courtyard.
…
Qin Huai sat cross-legged on the bed. The poison mark, ten-dragon mark, divine power thousand creation mark, blood heart Mark, and ancient azure illusion mark lit up at the same time.
Qin Huai’s bones trembled, and scorching energy began to flow from his fingertips, bone tail, and eyes. The bones that ran through his entire body emitted a bright light.
The world in his dantian trembled as well. Qin Huai activated the so-called bone patterns, wanting to fuse all the cultivation techniques.
A brand new change occurred. After a long time, the trembling stopped, and the bone patterns began to dim as well.
“My strength is far from enough. I have to reach the fifth-level bone pattern realm,” Qin Huai muttered. He wanted to try, but he failed in the end.
Slowly activating the divine power book of a thousand creations, Qin Huai slowly refined the dark water technique experience he had gained that day. He wanted to first push the nine dragons true qi technique to the fifth-level bone pattern realm.
Streams of white dragon qi, filled with poison, gathered toward the dragon pearl. The poison king technique had broken through the bone pattern realm, and Qin Huai’s body was also being transformed.
His body, which was originally immune to many poisons, was now even more immune to them. Even Qin Huai’s flesh and blood contained a large amount of poison. If he wanted to, this would become another hidden weapon for him.
Moreover, Qin Huai’s nine dragons true qi technique’s experience points also began to soar.