Chapter 15 Cooperation

In the darkness of night, Xu Jingming carried the package of silver in one hand. As he moved rapidly, the silver inside made no sound. Xu Jingming, Mr. Lu, and Miss Zi Teng, despite one of them being seriously injured, moved like ghosts, silently hurrying back to the Chang family mansion.

Qing Yu was guarding the side door of the Chang family mansion tonight.

A gentle knock, and Qing Yu immediately opened the side door. Xu Jingming and the others quickly entered.

"How was it?" Qing Yu asked.

"Dong Xiao is dead," Xu Jingming, the leader, said. Mr. Lu and Miss Zi Teng nodded in agreement.

Qing Yu's face lit up upon hearing this. Her gaze swept over Mr. Lu, noticing that the clothes around his waist were torn, now only simply bandaged.

"Mr. Lu is injured?" Qing Yu asked worriedly.

"It's nothing. With a little more meat, I can recover eighty percent of my strength by tomorrow, and be fully healed in three to five days," Mr. Lu said. Having achieved cellular-level control, he could efficiently absorb nutrients from food and maximize the repair of 'wounds.'

Qing Yu nodded. "I've already prepared food for the three of you. I'll bring it over right away."

"Send it to my place," Mr. Lu said.

"Alright."

Qing Yu nodded.

Xu Jingming and the others went to Mr. Lu's room, all quite excited.

"Come, come." Xu Jingming placed the silver package on the ground and opened it, revealing 20 silver ingots. Their silvery luster made them all feel cheerful. They wouldn't care about silver in the real world, but in the Blood Rain World, 'silver' was related to sacrifices and opportunities in the mysterious land, making it extremely valuable.

"Two hundred taels of silver," Miss Zi Teng said with a smile. "We'll split it equally, okay?"

"No problem," Xu Jingming and Mr. Lu nodded.

"Alright, let's each take six silver ingots first." Miss Zi Teng quickly distributed them, and each of them took six ingots, leaving two ten-tael ingots.

"I'll do it."

Miss Zi Teng instantly drew her saber. With a flash of light, *pu pu pu pu*! She made four cuts. The last two ingots were each cut into three portions, all roughly the same size.

"With my saber technique, these six portions should be nearly identical. You two can choose first," Miss Zi Teng said.

Xu Jingming and Mr. Lu exchanged glances and each took two portions. Miss Zi Teng reached out and took the last two portions.

With that, the division of the money was complete, and everyone was happy.

*“Shua.”* The clothes that had contained the silver were torn in half, and Xu Jingming and Miss Zi Teng each wrapped their silver. As for Mr. Lu, he temporarily placed his silver in his bedding. They all heard footsteps outside, and Xu Jingming got up to open the door.

"The three of you."

Young Master Chang Yi and Qing Yu walked in together. Qing Yu also carried a wooden bucket, smiling. "Knowing that the three of you are hungry, I prepared a lot of meat." As she spoke, she took out large plates of food from the wooden bucket and placed them on the table. There were mainly large chunks of meat, as well as some vegetables, noodles, and wine.

"Thank you, everyone," Young Master Chang Yi said with a smile. "I've already sent the 300,000 Cosmos coins reward to your respective accounts."

"Thank you, Young Master Chang," the three of them said with smiles as well. Including the silver they divided, they had each earned over 900,000 Cosmos coins.

Chang Yi was also very happy. He had also earned over a million and had also intimidated the Feng Hu Tang leader.

But this kind of thing could only be done occasionally. After all, if he failed, he would lose money and it would affect his reputation in the Qisha Lou. If he failed too many missions, his level in the Qisha Lou would be lowered.

Mr. Lu had already picked up a lamb leg and started to gnaw on it, *crunching* and *crunching*, not spitting out the bones, chewing them all into powder and swallowing them, digesting and absorbing them as quickly as possible. Xu Jingming and Miss Zi Teng also ate large pieces of meat. After a battle, any random move could unleash tens of thousands of pounds of force, which was quite exhausting, so they naturally had to eat.

Eating meat and drinking wine, Xu Jingming and the others chatted happily. As for Young Master Chang Yi and Qing Yu, they came to chat for a few words and then left.

…

Dong Xiao's residence.

The Feng Hu Tang leader had a gloomy expression as he looked at the house that had been turned into ruins and the corpse of Dong Xiao placed to the side.

"Tangzhu," a young man in white said in a low voice beside him, "These murderers are savage and tyrannical. They directly destroyed the inner courtyard walls and the house, and tore apart the partition and gate of the underground passage, charging straight through. The vice-tangzhu used the underground passage, but he didn't manage to escape far before being killed."

"Even if it was a group of powerful experts, they should have been careful and cautious of the mechanisms and traps when entering the underground passage. As long as they were delayed for a little while, the vice-tangzhu's strength would have been enough to escape. But clearly, the murderers didn't slow down at all! How ruthless!" The young man in white couldn't help but feel nervous as he spoke.

The vice-tangzhu was a second-rate expert, yet he had been killed like this.

Under this kind of pursuit, who in the Feng Hu Tang could survive?

"They are very ruthless," the Feng Hu Tang leader also felt apprehensive. Although his residence's guards were stronger, he asked himself if he could withstand such a fierce pursuit.

"The vice-tangzhu was killed. This matter is too big; the Bangzhu will definitely pay attention to it," the young man in white said in a low voice.

"I'll go see the Bangzhu first thing tomorrow morning," the Feng Hu Tang leader nodded.

That night, several high-ranking members of the Feng Hu Tang of the Hua Yue Gang couldn't sleep.

…

The next morning.

The Feng Hu Tang leader had already arrived at a luxurious mansion, standing respectfully to the side. A white-haired old man was sitting there rinsing his mouth. After rinsing, he glanced at the Feng Hu Tang leader.

"Cui Xiao Dao," the white-haired old man looked at him, "I heard that Dong Xiao of your Feng Hu Tang is dead. What's going on?"

"Yes," the Feng Hu Tang leader said respectfully, "Half a month ago, there was a reward mission from the Qisha Lou to kill Dong Xiao. At that time, I reminded Dong Xiao, but we in the gang world are often rewarded. Dong Xiao didn't pay much attention to it. Who would have thought that last night, several experts would kill their way to Dong Xiao's residence and forcibly kill him?"

"A reward from the Qisha Lou? It seems that assassins were the ones who made the move," the white-haired old man nodded.

The Hua Yue Gang was, after all, the local tyrant. They generally had information on the missions that the Qisha Lou rewarded in Lan Yue City as soon as possible. However, the Qisha Lou absolutely kept secret 'who rewarded the mission'. The Qisha Lou… was a top three assassin organization in the entire empire, not something a local gang dared to provoke.

If they dared to break the Qisha Lou's rules and try to forcibly investigate who rewarded the mission, all the high-ranking members of the Hua Yue Gang would probably be killed the next day.

"After all, he was our gang brother. Properly arrange his funeral," the white-haired old man said, "Also, I've already talked to Commander Wu! Commander Wu agreed that you don't need to pay money now. But after you deal with that illegitimate child of the Chang family, offer fifteen hundred taels of silver as an apology."

"Understood," the Feng Hu Tang leader immediately nodded.

Commander Wu sent a centurion to demand an apology? The Feng Hu Tang leader naturally asked his Bangzhu to step in immediately!

In Lan Yue City, Commander Wu and the leaders of the three major gangs were all giant-level figures.

"Alright, you don't have to worry about Commander Wu. But you have to deal with Chang Yi as soon as possible. Now, everyone with a face in Lan Yue City knows that the Hua Yue Gang's Feng Hu Tang is targeting the Chang family, so you have to do it beautifully," the white-haired old man looked at him, "If you can't do it, tell me."

"Bangzhu, rest assured, I will definitely do it beautifully," the Feng Hu Tang leader said immediately.

The white-haired old man nodded slightly, picked up the tea next to him, and lowered his head to drink.

The Feng Hu Tang leader cupped his fist and left.

…

The Feng Hu Tang leader had just returned to the front of his residence with his men.

"Tangzhu, a small beggar sent a letter," a burly man brought a small beggar over. The small beggar's face was dirty.

"A letter?" The Feng Hu Tang leader frowned. With a glance, he saw four words on the surface of the letter—The Death of Dong Xiao!

"The Death of Dong Xiao?"

The Feng Hu Tang leader frowned, "Open it."

The burly man immediately opened the letter, took out the letter paper, and there was only one sentence on the letter paper—"Tangzhu Cui, do you want a fight to the death? - Chang".

"Chang?"

The Feng Hu Tang leader trembled.

"The murderer is Chang Yi," the Feng Hu Tang leader immediately determined, looking at the words 'fight to the death' on the letter paper, his expression turned ugly.