The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 318 - 148: The Reaction of the Grand Secretary and the Return of Master Wu (Subscribe Please)_2

Chapter 318: Chapter 148: The Reaction of the Grand Secretary and the Return of Master Wu (Subscribe Please)_2

At present, above the East Sea, apart from the real pirates, there are mainly two forces.

The Sea Sand Gang predominantly controls the northern part of the East Sea, while the southern part is under the sway of the Giant Whale Gang.

Further to the south is the East Sea Gang formed by a group of bandits.

The true bandits inside, most of whom are the defeated samurais from Fusang Island, slinked away from their own island, so they dare not stay too north, close to their homeland, and naturally keep expanding southward.

Now there are also quite a few traces of these bandits in Lingnan.

And these bandits are also being utilized by the big smuggling families along the coast.

Overall, the power of the East Sea Gang is very frightening, but is too scattered.

The Giant Whale Gang is deeply involved with the Duke Wei Mansion which leads the Four Great Families, and now they are making surreptitious overtures to many lesser scholars and nobles.

As for the Sea Sand Gang, they are ostensibly closely related to Duke Wei, but actually, they have a very mysterious background.

But the things Feng Wu reminded him of made Xu Qing suspect that the Sea Sand Gang had something to do with Prince Yu. As for some of the pirates in the East Sea Gang, they also have some unclear and ambiguous ties with Prince Yu.

Right now, King Lin is being squeezed by both the Sea Sand Gang and the Giant Whale Gang from the north and the south, and his range of activities is very much restricted.

Moreover, after King Lin cleared out this part of the ocean, other merchant ships have all chosen to take a detour, and to accept the protection of the Giant Whale Gang and the Sea Sand Gang.

If Old Lin didn’t have Xu Qing supporting him on the shore, he would have had no clue about these muddy waters.

Of course, when King Lin first appeared in the East Sea, he indeed enjoyed some days of glory.

But now that he has attracted the attention of the Giant Whale Gang and the Sea Sand Gang, it can be said that every step is taken with great difficulty.

To this, Xu Qing is a bit pleased.

Old Lin has become too arrogant.

He needs to be put in his place.

Ah, he himself hates being suppressed by others, but he can’t help suppressing others.

It’s in the nature of humans to be mean!

This is also determined by stance.

Although Xu Qing is in a partnership with King Lin, both sides subconsciously vie for dominance. Only, King Lin is currently at a disadvantage.

Xu Qing certainly doesn’t doubt his personal relationship with King Lin.

But on the other hand, if King Lin was much stronger than him, Xu Qing had no doubt that King Lin would directly force him to join and become his think tank and second in command.

The ship set sail early in the morning, and by the evening, had arrived at East Island, which is managed by King Lin.

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King Lin had received the news ahead of time and waited at the precise moment.

Upon seeing Xu Qing and Feng Wu, he hurried over to greet them.

He wasn’t very concerned about Feng Wu’s dress, and tactfully did not bring up Su Lianqing. Men naturally have a tacit understanding in this respect.

Although the relationship between Xu Qing and Su Lianqing is not as imagined by the outside world.

But the importance of Su Lianqing far exceeds that of a lover.

She is Xu Qing’s shadow in the dark and also a pair of eyes.

Lei Juren saw that their pleasantries were done and said, "Old Lin, you’re not greeting me?"

King Lin snorted, "Are you here to see me? You want me to greet you first, am I giving you too much face?"

Lei Juren’s face darkened, "When you need me, you call me brother at every turn, now that you don’t need me, we are no longer brothers?"

King Lin’s face twitched, "You are being sarcastic in front of my brother Gongming, are you?"

Feng Wu pursed her lips in a smile.

Xu Qing smiled, "Master Lei, Brother, let’s go inside and talk."

Once inside.

King Lin asked Lei Juren first, "What are you here for?"

"I want to practice Refining Internal," Lei Juren straightforwardly stated his purpose.

King Lin gave him a look and shook his head, "You’re too old, even if you understand the Realm, it won’t much improve your strength."

Lei Juren: "Just tell me if you help or not?"

King Lin: "I can teach you anything you want to know, but let me say the ugly words first, if later you can’t practice properly, don’t blame me."

Lei Juren: "I still trust you in this regard."

King Lin’s question and answer were deliberate, to prevent Xu Qing from misunderstanding that he had a private deal with Lei Juren.

Lei Juren also took the opportunity to explain the reason for his visit to East Island to Xu Qing.

Despite them being military men, they are in fact old hands in the worldly society, never confused about big matters, able to feign confusion about small matters.

Xu Qing let them play their parts, for their willingness to explain in this manner itself represented their attitude.

Of course, Xu Qing now feels more assured about King Lin.

Because upon East Island, the Qi Fortune Little Snake actually continues to grow significantly.

This indicates that he truly holds a share of the power over East Island.

King Lin has not distanced himself from him.

Next is the welcoming feast.

King Lin summoned Gao Gongyuan.

Su Lie is definitely professional in his work, managing to bring the man out, although in the documents of the Three Judicial Departments, Gao Gongyuan was indeed sentenced to be executed immediately; in this world, this person no longer exists.

Of course, this process was not simple, and Su Lianqing had to make a move to cooperate as well.

Additionally, in order not to cause any more trouble, Gao Gongyuan disfigured himself and even used medicine from Elder Dan Xi to ravage his throat, changing his voice.

Xu Qing could only marvel internally.

Those who manage to survive on the sea are indeed ruthless individuals.

Of course, Xu Qing did not rush to take Gao Gongyuan to find Liubo Mountain.

Because there is one key issue that must be resolved.

That is to deal with the threat of the Giant Whale Gang and the Sea Sand Gang; otherwise, even after opening the treasure, one might find it easy to be taken advantage of on the vast sea.

When the wine was in full flow, Xu Qing said, "Brother, do you have a plan to deal with this battle against the Giant Whale Gang and the Sea Sand Gang?"

King Lin said, "If it weren’t for Brother Gongming’s help in securing this man for me, I’m afraid I would have been in a tough spot this time."

While talking, he pointed to Gao Gongyuan and continued, "You tell us about the arrangements of the Giant Whale Gang."

Gao Gongyuan thereupon discussed the Giant Whale Gang’s arrangements.

Patrolling the sea and blockading routes is no simple matter.

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