Beiyin Great Sage

"Crunch... crunch..."

The wheels pressed against the road paved with bluestones, and they moved slowly under the power of the white rhinoceros.

As a specialty of Hongze region, white rhinoceros is short and stocky, has a docile temperament, has rough skin and rough flesh, and is good at water. It is most suitable for pulling carts and transporting goods.

Different from ordinary white rhino.

The white rhinoceros in front of me has soft hair, shiny skin, one horn like white jade, and a pair of eyes as blue as the clear sky, like the king of horses.

The body shape is also much stronger than that of an ordinary white rhinoceros horse, and its limbs are so explosive that even sixth-grade masters will feel excited when they see it.

Being able to drive such a carriage is no ordinary person.

inside the carriage.

Zhou Jia sat cross-legged and looked across:

"Thank you so much, Sanniang. If it weren't for you, Xicheng Gambling House's reputation would have been lost."

"Hehe..." Sanniang pursed her lips and smiled sweetly:

"I'm joking. With Director Zhou in charge, I'm sorry that Ghost Shou didn't dare to go too far. If I take action, he's not sure he can win, so he found a way to get down."

Zhou Jia shook his head and said nothing.

Sanniang's words were not bad. Guishou came to announce the establishment of the Qian Family Gambling House and to shock others with his appearance, but he also had some scruples.

but.

Naturally, it is not him who is worried, but the Tianhu Gang behind him.

A mere 'Tenth Grade' person would not be looked down upon by the Qian family, which had a black iron master at its command.

Sanniang's gambling skills were also amazing, and with Luo Feng assisting her, Gui Shou gave up when he felt good and stopped pestering her.

"It is said that……"

Sanniang's beautiful eyes flashed and she looked at Zhou Jia with curiosity:

"Director Zhou is not from the Dalin Dynasty?"

"Yeah." Zhou Jia nodded:

"good."

He often used the lingua franca of the Xu world and also learned the language of the Dalin Dynasty, but his accent was still a little worse than that of the locals.

The issue of identity is neither a secret nor a problem.

In such a large stone city, people from the Dalin Dynasty account for most of it, but there are also many people from other worlds, and people have long been accustomed to it.

"I wonder what Director Zhou has planned next?"

Sanniang smiled sweetly and said:

"You haven't married yet, but do you have any arrangements for this? I have several sisters who can be taken as concubines to help with the housework."

"Living alone has many inconveniences. It will be much better if there are people around to take care of you."

She is self-aware that with Zhou Jia's identity, age, and potential, it is impossible for her sisters to become wives, but concubines are not a problem.

If such a person recruits concubines, the women from wealthy families in the city may also compete for them.

As for the legal wife.

I heard that Elder Chen's daughter was having a heated fight with the person in front of her, so she should not get involved.

Zhou Jia raised his eyes with a cold expression:

"Now Sanniang doesn't have to worry about it."

"..."

Sanniang's face stiffened and she shut up.

Zhou Jia closed his eyes and silently adjusted his breathing.

His goal has always been clear, to survive, become stronger on this basis, and then explore the world step by step.

It would be best if we could go back to where we came from.

But as time went by and his understanding of the Xu world deepened, he became full of confusion about his initially naive thoughts.

go back……

I'm afraid I'll never go back!

But when I have the opportunity to meet my former friends, I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

at this stage.

His goal is also very clear. With the help of the Tianhu Gang, he can obtain the super-grade source quality, and after reaching the tenth grade, he can take the advanced black iron realm.

Then from the Xuantian Alliance, I started to practice the black iron realm.

As for the future...

He should be able to hide his name, find a place to cultivate quietly, stop worrying about other trivial matters, and explore the world while increasing his strength until he hopes to reach the silver realm.

"Director Zhou."

Sanniang was obviously not a person who could make up her mind. After a moment of silence, she stopped mentioning the matchmaking and changed the subject in a low voice:

"I feel that the old man of the Qian family doesn't have many days left to live."

"Really?" Zhou Jia's expression was indifferent and he didn't seem to care much:

"How do you see it?"

"A few years ago, Mr. Qian assisted the military in killing the nest of Thirteen Eagles and was injured. Since then, it has been repeated again and again, and has never been easy." Sanniang said:

"With the rich man in charge, the Qian family has nothing to worry about. Now he is probably dying, so he wants to build a foundation for future generations while he still has some strength."

"snort!"

Speaking of this, she hummed slightly, her face showing annoyance:

"But if they choose the gambling business, it also depends on whether we agree or not."

"The Qian family..." Zhou Jia said thoughtfully:

"What can I rely on?"

Although Shicheng was big enough to accommodate several gambling houses, the Qian family dared to seize food from the tiger's mouth, but they had never thought about the consequences.

"What else can there be?" Sanniang pouted:

"It's nothing more than those alliances of aristocratic families."

"In order to prevent the family from causing trouble, the city lord bound them together and established rules. He must also have the idea of ​​​​checking and balancing us and Tianshui Village."

Zhou Jia nodded slowly.

There are many experts in the aristocratic families in the city, but they are too scattered and do their own thing. However, he will not underestimate this alliance of aristocratic families.

after all.

Even the Tianhu Gang must be polite to them.

"director."

Outside the carriage, the coachman’s voice came:

"We've arrived."

Zhou Jia opened the curtain, and an extremely majestic gate came into view.

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Fragrance garden.

The place where the top leaders of the Tianhu Gang often come to communicate.

This place is not open to the public, and most of the people who can come here are famous people from the Tianhu Gang, and even if they are not good enough, they are in important positions.

Zhou Jia walked into it and frowned subconsciously.

The atmosphere is wrong!

"friend."

He stretched out his hand to stop someone and gestured inside:

"I have plan today?"

"You..." The person who was stopped was about to get angry. When he saw that it was Zhou Jia, the anger on his face immediately disappeared, and he bent down and said:

"It turns out to be Director Zhou. You don't come here often."

As he spoke, he pointed inwards and his voice sounded strange:

"You guessed it right. There is indeed something going on today. A wandering young master from Gang Lei came back two days ago to recognize his bride."

"Young Master?" Zhou Jia shook his head, but was not too surprised:

"What is your name?"

"Lei Yue." The other party said:

"Now, he is being introduced to the elders and protectors in the gang."

"Thank you." Zhou Jia handed over his hand:

"Didn't ask for advice?"

"Lin Nanhen, I will work with Elder Jiuru." Lin Nanhen looked excited, as if it was an honor to be remembered by the other party:

"I know Wen Zhong."

"Oh!" Zhou Jia nodded:

"It turns out to be Brother Lin. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave first."

"Please, please!"

Lin Nanhen rubbed his hands together and bowed repeatedly.

Walking into the inner courtyard, the scene is clear at a glance.

Mr. Cui, the steward of the Lei Mansion, bowed his waist and led a young man of sixteen or seventeen years old with a clever look in his eyes to introduce the others one by one.

"This is Protector Yuan Xisheng. Protector Yuan became the disciple of the gang leader and became a black iron early on. Over the years, he has become the gang leader's right-hand man."

"This is Elder Chen..."

"This is Elder Jiuru, this is Protector Miao..."

"Director Zhou is here too!"

Seeing Zhou Jia, Mr. Cui's eyes lit up, he led the young man to him and introduced:

"The leader of the gang once said that among the many young talents in the gang, only a few of them really have hope for Black Iron. This one is an exception."

"Even if the young gang leader fails to achieve Black Iron, Manager Zhou can do it!"

"The gang leader is ridiculous." Zhou Jia shook his head and looked at the young man.

The young man has a seventh-level cultivation, but his aura is unstable. It is obvious that he was forcibly promoted by killing ferocious beasts not long ago.

The appearance is very similar to Lei Batian, but he is too thin, and his eyes are twinkling, and he is more agile than domineering.

Judging from the stature, he must have suffered a lot in his early years and lost weight. Even though he is already at the seventh level, he still cannot make up for his foundation.

The young man politely handed over:

"Junior Lei Yue has met Director Zhou."

"Don't!" Zhou Jia held up his opponent with one hand and lifted the opponent up with invisible force:

"Brother Lei, you don't have to be polite."

"Haha..." Cui Lao laughed and said:

"Director Zhou is a hard-working martial artist who doesn't like common etiquette. However, he also practices the Purple Thunder Sword Technique. If you don't understand anything about the sword technique, you can ask Director Zhou for advice."

"Yes!" Lei Yue's eyes lit up:

"Director Zhou, please give me your advice in the future."

"Yeah." Zhou Jia was noncommittal and nodded casually.

"enough!"

At this time, a slightly cold voice sounded:

"We have met the person, take him down. Don't run out all the time when you have nothing to do these days. Now you are not just a person, but also the face of the Lei family."

"You're embarrassed and you have to ask others to make amends for you."

The person who spoke was none other than Lei Prisoner. His expression was gloomy and his attitude was somewhat impatient. His last few words contained an implicit rebuke.

"yes!"

Mr. Cui responded and motioned to Lei Yue on the side.

"Then..." Lei Yue was obviously a little afraid of Lei Prisoner and shrank his body:

"Brother, I'm going back first."

Lei Qiao waved his hand impatiently. After Lei Yue left with Mr. Cui, he smiled bitterly and said to other people in the field:

"Don't mind me, just take care of me when you encounter me in the future. There is no need to worry too much."

"It's extreme, it's extreme."

"That's how it should be."

"..."

Zhou Jia's expression remained normal, and so did the others.

It is well known that Lei Batian likes women. Not only does the Lei Mansion have more than a dozen concubines, but there are also many concubines outside the house. Even he himself does not know the specific number.

But as long as he likes it, he will almost always take it for himself.

It is said.

When Mrs. Lei first entered the house, she was very unhappy.

Because of this, new children from Lei Mansion would appear from time to time to recognize their relatives.

Lei Yue.

That's it.

But being able to let Mr. Cui introduce him to everyone, it is obvious that Lei Batian likes this son very much, otherwise there would be no need for this.

And this seemed to make Lei Prisoner unhappy.

"Director Zhou!"

"Miao Protector!"

Not paying attention to such private affairs of Lei Mansion, everyone in the venue had seen each other. Zhou Jia and Protector Miao Kunmiao, who was also the director of Dongcheng Gambling House, came to a stone pavilion and sat down opposite each other.

"I already know about the Qian family."

Miao Kun is not tall, but extremely strong, with a full beard and a powerful voice:

"He just came over to make trouble without saying hello. Do the Qian family really think that just by relying on an old guy who is about to die, he can get a share of the gambling house?"

"Innocent!"

Hearing this, Zhou Jia frowned subconsciously:

"What do Protector Miao plan to do?"

"What else can we do?" Miao Kun raised his eyebrows, slowly held his hands, and said with a ferocious expression:

"If we don't cause trouble with them, Qian will really think that you and I are vegetarians. When have the Tianhu Gang ever been bullied by others?"

"The Qian family..." Zhou Jia glanced at the other party and said:

"But there is a strong black iron man sitting in charge."

If Mr. Qian is seriously injured and has a short lifespan as rumored, he will not be afraid even if there are some tricks.

But Miao Kun was afraid that it wouldn't work.

There are many black iron masters who are popular, even in the Tianhu Gang, there are not many, and not all of the six guardians are black iron.

Miao Kun, not so.

He is over fifty years old, at the peak of the tenth rank. He possesses a black iron mysterious weapon, has excellent martial arts training, and has superb martial arts skills. He is definitely among the top beings among the tenth rank masters.

Even, to a certain extent, it has the strength to threaten the black iron powerhouse.

But a threat is a threat. Unless he is a person like Zhou Jia who is blessed with bugs, it is almost impossible for ordinary people to compete with Black Iron.

"Don't worry." Miao Kun smiled casually:

"Miao is self-aware, and making a fuss is just to find a place. Whether or not the Qian family is allowed to get involved in the gambling house depends on the gang leader's wishes."

"Well……"

He put his chin on his hand and said:

"Since the Qian family dares to do this, I'm afraid they have a way to convince the gang leader, but no matter what, they will have to bleed a lot!"

"In that case, I can rest assured." Zhou Jia nodded slowly.

Even now that he has joined the Tianhu Gang, he is still considered a loner. Naturally, Protector Miao has to lead people to do such things.

Scanning the field, he fell into deep thought again.

strength!

He was thinking about his own strength.

Previously, Zhou Jia thought that even if his strength exceeded the ordinary tenth grade, he should still be far away from Black Iron.

but now.

The same shark who had just joined Kurogane was far from his opponent.

Even Xing Wu who tried his best was defeated by the double-edged axe.

According to Yuan Xisheng, his strength was pretty good in the early days of Black Iron, but he once fought against Xing Wu and came up short.

That is to say.

Xing Wu was barely a master in the early stages of Black Iron.

Zhou Jia, who inspires violence, may not be weak. When his strength is intact, in this case, except for the mid-level black iron masters, it seems that there is nothing to fear.

And in the middle stage of black iron...

The huge Tianhu Gang only has two and a half people!

The so-called two and a half, the gang leader Lei Batian and the deputy gang leader Qiu Bowei are both in the middle stage of Black Iron, and the other half is Shan Muhua.

Although Shan Muhua is in the middle stage of Black Iron, his health has caused his state to regress. No one knows how much strength he can still exert, so he counts as half.

As for the later stage of black iron.

There are two people on Xiaolang Island, at least one from the Su family, and the leader of Tianshui Village. There are only these few people in such a big stone city.

certainly.

Although Lei Batian's cultivation level is in the middle stage of Black Iron, his purple thunder sword skills are astonishing, and his strength is no less than those of the people above. He even forced the leader of Tianshui Village to give in several times.

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In the next few days, Zhou Jia practiced peacefully at his residence and did not go out again. During this period, he took the juice of the wormwood again.

News from outside came in sequence.

As expected, Miao Kun made a big fuss in the Qian family's gambling house, and the Qian family chose to give in.

Later, people from the Family Alliance came forward to negotiate. I don't know what deal was reached in private. Leader Lei agreed to allow the Qian family to build another gambling house in the city.

everything,

usual.

until...

One night.

The drunk Miao Kun was stopped by someone.

"Brother Miao!"

"It's you..." Miao Kun looked back and was about to say hello when his expression suddenly froze.

"puff!"

A fist penetrated his heart.