The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 198 - 111: Gongming Xu Goes to the Timely Rain

Chapter 198: Chapter 111: Gongming Xu Goes to the Timely Rain

On this day, the sea ship of King Lin delivered a large batch of grain to the secret harbor in Wuzhong County of Jiangning Prefecture. Numerous small fishing boats shuttled back and forth carrying the grain.

These fishermen were all from the fish market of Jiangning Prefecture and had interests tied with Xu Qing’s Yihe Hall.

Hearing that transporting grain could make money, they happily sailed over.

Moreover, they had no idea who Xu Qing’s trading partner was.

Even if they knew, the fishermen wouldn’t care.

No one would truly report them to the authorities.

Now, who doesn’t know that half of the Government Office in Jiangning Prefecture belongs to Xu Gongming, and only the other half belongs to the Court.

On the contrary, the news of Xu Qing having a large amount of grain spread out.

With the winds of "switching rice cultivation to mulberry" blowing, many nobles in Jiangning Prefecture couldn’t sit still and wanted to buy the grain from Xu Qing at high prices.

But all were dismissed by Xu Qing under the pretext of preparing for the rural examinations.

At the same time, Xu Qing had Su Lianqing increase the surveillance of the local nobles, and the Inner Factory’s Ti Qi have been very active recently, causing many nobles to tremble with fear, not daring to make any public moves, but their private liaisons were increasingly intensive.

From time to time, people from Yingtian Prefecture also came to inquire about information.

The entire Jiangning Prefecture began to simmer with hidden currents.

King Lin wasn’t concerned about this; his main goal was to establish his own territory in the Southeast seas and the islands he had conquered.

He named the largest island East Island, operating it as his stronghold.

In the course of fighting, he also recruited many pirates from the civilian class, growing increasingly prominent.

The only downside of being at sea for long was the lack of entertainment activities.

King Lin took advantage of the unloading time and wandered alone into the town of Wuzhong County. Actually, some of his men secretly slipped out as well, but he was too lazy to manage.

King Lin managed his subordinates with a populist and rough style. Thus, he won people’s hearts, and his men were willing to fight desperately during battles, although the discipline was very poor, and mysteriously some would always die.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of desperados at sea, and it was easy for him to replenish hands.

He went to the largest tavern in the town and was drinking rice wine when suddenly someone dressed in blue appeared upstairs. King Lin glanced and was slightly surprised, "Han Tai from East Sea".

He remembered this person was a local tycoon in East Sea County, just like he had been, fond of strengthening bones and muscles, and skilled in martial arts.

It seemed that now he had reached the realm of Bone Training, presumably having cultivated the Dark Strength.

The man in blue, Han Tai, did not recognize King Lin.

Because now King Lin was a formidable expert in Refining Internal, an integration of spirit and body. After numerous battles at sea, his Martial Arts experience grew richer and his realm deeper, faintly showing signs of becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

After entering the town, he restrained his Qi-Blood, even subtly shrinking his bones, appearing just like a normal strong man, very different from the former heroic image of King Lin.

The man in blue ordered a large jug of wine and ten pounds of beef, heartily enjoying his meal at the table.

Not long after, there was a commotion in the tavern and a group of people appeared at the staircase entrance, the leader with a chain wrapped around his right arm, studded with steel spikes.

Just the weapon alone weighed tens of pounds.

This person wore it on his arm as if it were weightless.

One could tell at a glance, his bones and muscles were robust.

"Life-taking Soul Chasing Rope, this is Ti Qi from Yingtian Prefecture, Su Lie. Interesting," King Lin contemplated as an observer, guessing that the other party was probably here for Han Tai.

"Su Lie, you finally caught up," the man in blue downed a large bowl of wine, grabbed another bowl and threw it towards Su Lie.

With that throw, the fierce wind was overwhelming, as if carrying the weight of a thousand catties.

Yet, Su Lie cleverly caught the wine bowl with his iron chain.

His move was truly lightweight, doing delicate work with an iron rod just like using an embroidery needle.

"Great skill. It’s a pity it’s a lapdog of the Officials."

"Han Tai, you dared to steal the birthday tribute from the County Magistrate of East Sea destined for Duke Wei, truly audacious. The great official from Yingtian Prefecture has issued a sea arrest warrant, I am ordered to capture you. If you are wise, come with me, otherwise you will suffer physically," Su Lie boasted confidently, not afraid of any poison in Han Tai’s wine, and drank it up.

Han Tai gulped down the remaining wine, cursing aloud, "The serfs under Duke Wei took over all my good farmland for rice fields. How wrong is it for me to rob them of a birthday tribute? You say officials can start fires but commoners can’t light lamps."

Su Lie sighed, "That is still Duke Wei Mansion. This time I came, and I could treat you well along the way, if others came, do you think you could end up well?"

"Don’t be hypocritically sympathetic; right now I’m full and my family’s not hungry, I’m not afraid of you," Han Tai sneered and grasped a pair of iron maces charging towards Su Lie.

Su Lie also didn’t hesitate, grabbing the iron chain and engaging with Han Tai. This time he brought with him famous arrest officers from South Zhili, each one strong.

They overwhelmed Han Tai quickly putting him at a disadvantage.

Seeing Han Tai take a hit from the iron chain, his back dripping with fresh blood.

When Su Lie wanted to pursue the advantage, suddenly, a hand grabbed his iron chain. Seeing that, the steel-spiked chain was pulled from Su Lie’s hands and casually tossed on the ground like twisting a hemp rope.

This feat was truly shocking.

Su Lie, who had initially thought this person was just a wine-drinking guest scared stiff by their skirmish, dared not move. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a peer in martial arts.

The man laughed heartily, addressing Han Tai, "Han Tai, I once called you to follow me to Qixia Mountain, but you refused. Now you’ve become a lost dog needing me to save you, how does it taste?"