. The vast plain stretched as far as the eye could see.
The azure sky was dotted with white clouds.
Suddenly, a figure streaked across the sky, the gusts of wind behind it shredding a passing cloud.
Just as the figure was about to soar beyond the plain's edge and over the forested mountains, it suddenly stopped without warning...
As his gaze narrowed, he saw a thin, elderly man in a gray robe. His thin face held a pair of bright eyes, gazing intently at a valley below.
"Come out..."
the old man's gloomy voice rang out.
"Hehehe, you're truly Old Man Yin. Even at this age, your eyesight is still so sharp."
A charming laugh echoed through the air, and then a figure instantly burst out from the valley, reaching mid-air and stopping dozens of meters away from the old man.
"Su Mei! It's you, after all." The eyes of the man known as Old Man Yin gleamed with a gloomy light.
Su Mei, who was wearing a revealing long skirt, twisted her waist and took a few steps forward. Then she looked at the other person delicately and said with a smile, "It's me, your little sister. What's the matter, old man Yin? You look so anxious. Where are you going?"
Yin Gu Lao snorted coldly and said sarcastically, "Where am I going? Don't you know?"
"Oh, what are you saying? We have nothing to do with each other. How can I know the itinerary of you, the leader of the Tianyin Sect?"
Yin Gu Lao's eyes became even gloomier, and he cursed in his heart, "This shameless slut!"
His eyes swept over the other person's revealing clothes, and Yin Gu Lao said coldly, "Su Mei, I won't waste time talking to you! Let your people leave Heiming City, and I will pretend that this incident never happened!"
Su Mei giggled, and didn't care about Yin Gu Lao's words. She chuckled and said, "When you dared to tie your dog at the door of my Luosha Sect, you should have thought that sooner or later, I would slaughter it and eat its meat!"
"Now that I've taken action this time, do you think I'll stop?"
Yingu Lao's fury rose again. He fixed his gaze on the other person, coldly demanding, "So you're saying you're determined to go against my Tianyin Sect today?"
"Oh, so what?" Su Mei retorted without compromise.
Although Yingu Lao was a five-star Dou Huang, one star higher than Su Mei's four-star Dou Huang, a true clash between the two would be a long time coming.
Furthermore, both were leaders of their own factions. If a fight truly broke out, it would be a life-or-death struggle between the Tianyin Sect and the Luosha Sect...
and the situation could escalate into a frenzy. Therefore, unless a crisis threatened their own survival, major clashes between top factions rarely erupted.
Consider the Blood Clan and the Black Skull Tomb: these two families had been enemies for decades...
Seeing Su Mei's determined-to-get-you look, Yingu Lao felt helpless.
When your opponent was a woman who didn't follow the rules, and you didn't want to die together with her, you could only swallow your loss.
But retreating like that would be unacceptable, both practically and viscerally, so Elder Yin Gu was hesitant.
Just then, another figure swooped in from the distance.
When the newcomer stopped, Su Mei realized it was that foolish Luo Hao.
"Could it be that something has happened to Hei Min City?" Su Mei's heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, Luo Hao shouted from a distance, "Master! Hei Min City has been captured by Deputy Master Tang! And our losses are negligible. Hei Min Sect's leader, Luo Min, has personally led the remaining disciples in surrender. We now control Hei Min City!"
Su Mei was overjoyed, but Elder Yin Gu was terrified!
How could this be possible? It had only been so long, and Luo Min had already been defeated? And so completely!
Luo Min had surrendered his men to the Luosha Sect. How much would the Luosha Sect's strength increase with the Hei Min Sect?
At this thought, Elder Yin Gu sensed that the situation was becoming increasingly complex.
Another thing he couldn't believe was when did the Luosha Sect acquire such strength... Without Sect Master Su Mei's intervention, they had managed to capture the Hei Min Sect in such a short time, leaving him no time to rescue them!
"Deputy Sect Master Tang? Did Luo Hao just say that Deputy Sect Master Tang had taken Hei Min City? When did the Luosha Sect gain another Deputy Sect Master Tang?"
Yin Gu Lao pondered.
To defeat Luo Min, a three-star Dou Wang, in such a short time, could this Deputy Sect Master Tang be a five-star Dou Wang or even higher?
How could such a person be subjugated by Su Mei, a vixen? Could it be...
Mysteries filled Yin Gu Lao's mind, forcing him to abandon his initial plan of teaching this woman a lesson.
"I must find a way to uncover the truth about the Luosha Sect. Otherwise, given her ambition, if her power expands too much, she might target the Tian Yin Sect next!"
With this thought, Yin Gu Lao suddenly lost interest in continuing on to Hei Min City.
Anyway, the city has been broken and the Heiming Sect has surrendered. It would be useless even if he went there, so Yingu Lao didn't even say anything harsh. He just turned around and left...
For people of their status and position, saying harsh words is a very low-level behavior, which is not enough to make people laugh, so normal people would not do such a stupid thing.
Watching the rapidly departing figure, Su Mei smiled sweetly, a cold glint flashing in her charming eyes.
Glancing at Luo Hao, who stood there blankly, she said coldly, "Let's go back and celebrate Deputy Sect Master Tang's victory!"
Mo Tang didn't care whether to celebrate or not.
What cheered him up was the impressive spoils of victory after conquering the Black Mining Sect!
"I never thought a second-rate faction in the Black Horn Region would possess so much wealth!"
Mo Tang roughly calculated the Black Mining Sect's wealth. If converted into gold coins, it would definitely exceed 100 million!
And 30% of that was his!
Well, that wasn't much, actually.
After all, when he first took control of the Mo Clan, he had secured over 70 million gold coins!
With that kind of calculation, the Black Mining Sect, a second-rate faction with Dou Wang powerhouses, seemed a bit too poor.
If anyone truly thought that, Mo Tang could only say, "You're still too young!"
You must know that the Mohist School has been established in the Eastern Province for centuries. While its true rise has only been a hundred years,
its accumulated wealth is far greater than that of the Hei Min Sect, which has only been established for less than a decade. The Black Horn Region, while possessing immeasurable wealth and a sea of gold waiting to be claimed, is a land of chaos and disorder, characterized by competition and peril beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Only a small group at the top controls 99% of the wealth, while the remaining small and medium-sized forces and isolated individuals are left to exploit others!
This situation exists everywhere on the continent, but only in the Black Horn Region is it more stark and cruel!
Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone!!!
(End of this chapter)