"Boom!"
With a massive boom, dust roiled from the summit of Mount Qiongqi as a stone door opened and a tall and slender figure walked out.
Beneath his feet, a shrunken Ring of Earth spread out. It emitted an aura as heavy as a mountain, making his body seem even more powerful.
Without any signs or gestures, the man simply stood there like a pillar that could support the heavens. Naturally, he became the center of the world, instantly suppressing the auras of all the bandits and highwaymen in a radius of several dozen li.
An enormous aura swallowed the heavens and enveloped the entire area, and the mood instantly became extremely heavy.
"Paying respects to Gang Master!"
A loud voice resounded through the heavens and earth. The thousands of bandits and highwaymen around Mount Qiongqi dismounted from their horses and knelt down at almost the same time.
The ferocious and bloodthirsty bandits who viewed human life as nothing more than grass all lowered their prideful heads at this moment, showing respectful and submissive expressions towards the man on the mountain top.
From Longxi to the Western Regions, all the bandits and bandits, whether they were here or not, had to submit to this man.
On the entire road to the west, this was the true king, the king of bandits, the lord of the sea of sand!
No matter where the bandits were, they would send generous gifts every year to show their respect.
"Rise!"
A resounding and magnetic voice resounded in everyone's ears. On the summit, the man's sleeves fluttered as he extended a hand.
"Thank you, Gang Master!"
With a burst of resounding voices, countless bandits and bandits stood up.
From Longxi in the east to the Western Regions in the west, the Dragon Bandits' reputation was like the noon sun on the road to the west. There was no one who did not know the name of Black Dragon Zhao, the true leader of all bandits.
After several decades of fame, Black Dragon Zhao had gathered many top-class experts under his banner, including several hundred True Martial Tier 7 and Tier 8 experts. Moreover, he was extremely familiar with the geography of Qixi and had become one of the most powerful factions on the road to the west.
Creee! — —
Just as everyone was getting up, a long howl suddenly broke the silence. Everyone raised their heads and saw a massive pitch-black falcon shooting down from the clouds like an arrow, flying straight toward Black Dragon Zhao.
For a moment, all was silent.
Black Dragon Zhao's eyes flashed, and he immediately extended his hand, allowing the sharp-eyed night falcon to land on his arm.
With a wave of his arm, a ferocious-looking highwayman walked forward and tossed a large piece of fresh horse meat into the night falcon's mouth.
Black Dragon Zhao nodded, then took the letter from the Night Falcon's leg.
"Hehe, you're finally here."
After reading the contents of the letter, Black Dragon Zhao crumpled the paper into a ball, an expression of anticipation in his eyes. After waiting for so long, he had finally gotten the news he wanted.
"Get ready, we're leaving immediately!"
Shattering the ball of paper in his hand, Black Dragon Zhao threw it aside and gave the order to attack.
"Boom!"
In an instant, the originally silent crowd of bandits burst into a tsunami of cheers. The entire Mount Qiongqi was filled with jubilation.
After such a long time, the Gang Leader was finally going to take action again.
Everyone knew that Gang Leader would not easily make a move. Something that was worthy of him taking action was definitely something big.
"Hahaha …"
A smile appeared on Black Dragon Zhao's lips as he gazed at the mountain of bandits and highwaymen filled with excitement. As the uncrowned king of the road to the west, Black Dragon Zhao had long since ceased to care about wealth.
At his level of strength, there was only one thing he cared about, and that was "power". But he was not some king of bandits.
What he wanted was that kind of real power!
And now, this letter was providing him with precisely this sort of opportunity.
As long as he could complete the task mentioned in the letter, he would be able to smoothly establish a relationship with King Qi. King Qi's status, authority, and the bandits under his control would assuredly bring him to a higher level, a height that he had never dared to imagine before.
At the very least, those several dozen monks from Sindhu were not what he needed to worry about.
At this moment, Black Dragon Zhao's eyes exploded with ambition.
"Let's go!"
In a flash, Black Dragon Zhao waved his hand and led the entire Dragon Bandits through the sea of sand, charging in the direction of the caravan carrying the Hyderabad ore.
… …
"What? The convoy carrying the Hyderabad ore has been robbed! "
Several days later, on the spirit vein mountain, Wang Chong's face was brimming with shock.
He almost didn't dare to believe his ears.
"How could this be?"
The matter of the Sindhu High Priest delivering one thousand jun of Hyderabad ore to him had been an extremely secretive one. In the entire capital, there were very few people besides him who knew about it.
Just a few days ago, he had been waiting for this one thousand jun of Hyderabad ore to be delivered to the capital. He hadn't expected that it would be robbed just a few days later.
The sudden news had thrown Wang Chong's mind into chaos.
This ore was extremely important to him. Nothing could be allowed to happen to it.
This was not something as simple as wealth!
"Young Master, I've already verified this matter. There's no doubt about it! "
Eagle also had a grave expression. He currently had an extremely heavy mission. After Wang Chong had gone to the spirit vein mountain to cultivate, he had left almost everything to him, whether it was the Wang Clan, the training camp, or the Hyderabad ore.
All the channels of the Wang Clan were available for him to use.
Several days ago, when Arloja and Ablonodan's letter had arrived, Eagle had almost immediately taken action. Not only had he sent people to receive them, he had even dispatched the fastest falcon to the Western Regions to keep watch.
"Who did this?"
Wang Chong clenched his right hand into a fist as he took in a deep breath. Now that it had happened, the urgent task at hand was to get the ore back as quickly as possible.
"It was Qixi's Dragon Bandits!"
Old Eagle said, but his answer was surprisingly straightforward. Even Wang Chong was taken aback. He had originally believed that this sort of matter wouldn't be so easy to uncover.
"These fellows never even thought about hiding their tracks, swaggering over to plunder. They even left behind the insignia of their bandits."
"Just what is the background of this Dragon Bandits?"
Wang Chong asked.
In his last life, he had never paid any attention to these matters, so he had never heard of this Qixi Dragon Bandits.
The Eagle also did not hesitate, immediately telling Wang Chong everything he knew. As a former member of the Bureau of Justice, he truly did know much more about these matters than Wang Chong.
Wang Chong instantly fell silent.
A bandit king that ruled from Longxi to Qixi to the Western Regions... it had to be said that all of this had exceeded Wang Chong's expectations.
"… But even now, we still don't know why the Dragon Bandits did this. In the past, the Dragon Bandits would never plunder ores. In normal circumstances, only gold and silver would attract their attention. Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that they know the price of WuZi Steel, so they plundered this batch of Hyderabad ore to extort and threaten us. "
Eagle said.
"No! They definitely aren't using this to extort and threaten us! "
Wang Chong had a pensive look on his face as he waved his hand without hesitation.
"Mm? How can Young Master be so sure? "
The Eagle was somewhat surprised.
"A tiger would never fight with a stray dog for food, and a lion would never team up with a hyena. Other bandits might be able to extort and extort, but a bandit king like Black Dragon Zhao would never do something like this. He definitely has a deeper reason for doing this. "
The Eagle's eyes widened at these words and he suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Young Master isn't planning to say …"
"Correct! This matter definitely has something to do with the Yao Clan and King Qi! "
Wang Chong firmly declared.
"But isn't the time a little too short? They might not have reacted so quickly, right? "
The Eagle said in disbelief.
Although he had also suspected the Yao Clan and King Qi, the relationship between the two sides was obvious. But the Eagle still felt that they might not have reacted so quickly.
"Hmph, there's definitely a monster behind this abnormal situation. You said it yourself. Although the Dragon Bandits have a habit of plundering, Boss Black Dragon Zhao rarely takes action. Moreover, he has so many bandits paying their respects to him every year, so why would he plunder my Hyderabad ore? When did the bandits start forging swords again? If no one was directing him, he would never do such a thing! "
Wang Chong sneered.
"If you want to know if the Yao Clan and King Qi did it, the method is very simple. The Eagle, send someone to investigate. See how the Yao Clan and King Qi Residence have been doing these past few days. If the Yao Clan and King Qi Residence are still as noisy as before, then it might be their doing. If they're exceptionally quiet, then there's no need to ask. It's definitely their doing. "
The eagle's speed was faster than he had imagined. A night falcon flew out. In less than an hour, the people of the capital had finished Wang Chong's test for The Eagle.
Bang!
Wang Chong fiercely punched, shattering the stone.
"It really was them!"
Wang Chong's complexion was ashen.
The Eagle's complexion was also rather unsightly.
Wang Chong's conjecture had been correct. The Yao Residence and King Qi, which had always been aggressive and noisy, had been abnormally calm in the last few days. This situation was clearly abnormal.
"Young Master, what should we do next?"
The Eagle asked.
Whether or not the Yao Clan and King Qi had done this was no longer the problem. The problem was how to find the Hyderabad ore.
One thousand jun of Hyderabad ore was no small sum. Even though the Eagle didn't have much understanding of WuZi Steel swords, he knew that the value of this ore was astronomical.
Even to the great clans of the capital, this was an unimaginable number.
In short, the Yao Clan and King Qi had dealt a heavy blow to Wang Chong! This time, they had struck Wang Chong's weak spot.
Wang Chong said nothing, his complexion extremely unsightly.
He had never been in such a situation before.
From the intelligence gathered by the Eagle, the Dragon Bandits had many experts, more than one thousand of them.
Their boss, Black Dragon Zhao, was a high-level Profound Martial expert.
Even if Wang Chong fought to the death, he wouldn't be able to deal with a person of this level.
Moreover, Qixi was Protector-General Fomonlința's territory. This was his mortal enemy. In the Regional Commanders incident, Fomonlința had been the one who wanted Wang Chong dead the most.
In his territory, Wang Chong could not let him know that he had lost one thousand jun of Hyderabad ore, or else he would be in even more trouble.
As for the Yao Clan and King Qi …
Last time, he had been ambushed by them on a training mission and almost died on the way. If the Wang Clan dared to leave the capital this time, Wang Chong was sure that they would intercept and kill them on the way.
Moreover, unlike last time, when dealing with him, if it was just the experts of the Wang Clan, these two clans would have no qualms about attacking.
Wang Chong had a wolf in front and a tiger behind!
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