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Chapter 1468 - Chapter 1468 Chapter 721 Rise

Chapter 1468: Chapter 721: Rise Chapter 1468: Chapter 721: Rise The night in Lanshan City was destined to be anything but peaceful.

Whether by some unspoken agreement, the bounty hunters lurking in the city had all decided to make their move tonight.

From the moment the first flames soared into the sky, the ruffians’ revelry had officially begun.

However, aside from setting fires to create chaos, the bounty hunters had no way to penetrate the heavily guarded estates for the time being.

On the contrary, the patrol teams entangled by clan politics struck back at the group of bounty hunters from every angle.

Especially the one led by Tang Qingshan, who, in just half an hour, had captured all the disorder-causing bounty hunters in the inner city, the efficiency of quelling the unrest was startling.

For these desperados who lived on the edge of the blade, the Tang Clan naturally had no mercy; after all, a faction primarily based on roaming warriors had no right to be detained.

Thus, what awaited these bounty hunters was only the cold blade of the executioner, and their bones were piled on both sides of the road entering Lanshan City, packed with soil to construct a grim monument.

The reason for such brutality was that a major incident had occurred in Lanshan City that very night.

The heir of the Longxi Alliance leader, Tang Zhi’s eldest son, Tang Peng, was attacked and suffered serious injuries.

An unbelievable event had indeed taken place in reality, and as the mainline core of the Tang Clan, Tang Peng’s residence was not only stationed with an elite Divine Martial Guard but also protected by the powerful experts from the Fierce Realm.

Still, the bounty hunters found a loophole in such a tight security system, and the clans of Lanshan City naturally understood more details than the clueless outsiders.

The attackers were a few leaders from an ignoble band of bandits from the far south, the one taking the lead being a man with a hooked nose known as ‘Pangolin’. They had dug a tunnel from halfway up Mount Lan directly into Tang Peng’s estate, the opening of which was right in the underground training chamber of the Alliance leader’s eldest son.

Incidentally, the group had chosen midnight, convinced that at that point, the underground chamber would be unoccupied. Their original plan was to hide in Tang Peng’s estate and then strike when the opportunity arose.

But as misfortune would have it, Tang Peng, known as the ‘Martial Madman’, practiced in the training chamber until late into the night every day. Hearing the commotion, he engaged them directly.

Of course, the bandits were no match for Tang Peng, but their treacherous tactics still exacted a terrible toll on him.

By the time the lady of Tianpeng Mansion called for the Divine Martial Guard, Tang Peng was already covered in wounds, and only two of the gang of bandits were left alive; even if the Divine Martial Guard hadn’t turned up, it would only have been a matter of time before they were dealt with.

In an equal realm, to face multiple opponents alone and still achieve such results would be considered formidable anywhere, but this was the Alliance leader’s eldest son.

The news of his attempted assassination, once it got out, affected all the noble families of Lanshan City in no ordinary manner.

And equally shaken was the Bounty Guild, far away in the city of Da Lin.

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The events in Lanshan City were like a bucket of cold water poured onto the hunters’ fervor, extinguishing their enthusiasm.

Several hundred self-important bounty hunters entered Longxi, and in the end, not even one in ten returned.

“Brothers, don’t go courting death. The Lingjiang Seven Cities have patrols that operate relentlessly day and night, each warrior powerful and well-coordinated; even if you manage to assassinate your target, there’s no chance you’ll make it back with the head…”

“The Jinchuan Brothers, the Nanguo Brothers, the Pangolin Brothers all perished in Lanshan City, and Tang Qingshan, robust as a tower and merciless as poison, to be captured is to face death. The hunters that have died in these days have been gathered by him and buried on either side of the roads, forming grim monuments…”

Such messages spread continually throughout Da Lin City, and those disseminating the news were hunters who had barely managed to escape the Lingjiang Seven Cities.

Within the Commerce Alliance of Da Lin City, there was also no small amount of disagreement. To maintain the operations of such a vast organization as the Bounty Guild requires substantial investment of manpower, resources, and military force.

The larger the investment, the more it signaled the Commerce Alliance’s emphasis on the Bounty Guild, yet the results thus far were profoundly disappointing.

Sitting in the council chamber with several seats empty, the councilors aired their dissatisfaction and anger.

“It’s been over a month, and besides the initial few days, these useless fools haven’t had any successes in Longxi!”

An agitated councilor from the Commerce Alliance expressed their discontent toward Ye Qingcang, “This Bounty Guild is a joke. The same financial and material resources could be spent hiring masters, or even riskily assigning tasks to the Ancient Blood Tower, rather than falling to this woeful state!”

The councilor’s words earned the agreement of the rest; to create a facade like the Bounty Guild in a place like Da Lin City, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold, had always been a losing proposition.

But now both the capital and the noise had been lost, leading inevitably to some dejection.

Although the Bounty Hall grew busier day by day, judging by the feedback, those who could be called masters were few and far between!

Ye Qingcang had anticipated the councilors’ pushback early on. The Commerce Alliance had tremendous resolve and was daring in its ventures, as evidenced by the swift approval of the bounty hunter’s proposal.

But by the same token, this group of forceful merchants was also very short on patience. They needed constant feedback to support continued investment.

Yet they failed to consider that they were now facing the Longxi Alliance, the most powerful force beneath the sects of Longzhou.

Even the Four Great Families of Longzhou, who had declared war, were currently holding their forces back, while the Bounty Guild, evidently the weakest in overall strength, was the most active. Whose fault could that be?

However, these were not words to be spoken on this occasion. As the initiator of the Bounty Guild project, Ye Qingcang had to resolve the current difficulties, and he was not one to fight battles he wasn’t sure of.

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