Chapter 3 Ma Qianjun

  Yunzhong County is a small place with poor mountains and bad water, but it's precisely such places that are more likely to produce some big shots.

  Ma Qianjun was one of these tough guys. He started his career at the age of seventeen and made a name for himself in Yunzhong County with his twin blades.

  At the age of nineteen, Lin Cang Duan Lang Men relied on the support of three immortal masters behind him to break the rules and directly enter Yunzhong County, wanting to swallow all the underground business in Yunzhong County. At that time, no one in Yunzhong County dared to confront this group of dragons. In the midst of wind and rain, Ma Qianjun resolutely led a few good brothers to establish the Tianyi Gang, and without saying a word, they killed into the Duan Lang Men Yunzhong branch, killing seventeen people and exchanging three fast knives, not to mention that there were sixteen wounds on his body. The entire Yunzhong County had to praise him as a good man.

  At the age of twenty-three, the Tianyi Gang and the An Yun Gang fought a great battle for territory. The An Yun Gang mobilized forty swift swordsmen to ambush Ma Qianjun, but Ma Qianjun single-handedly killed all forty of them with just one pair of double-edged swords. This thoroughly defeated the entire An Yun Gang, leaving thirty-eight wounds on his body. Even now, the elderly survivors of the An Yun Gang still tremble with fear when speaking of this battle.

  At twenty-seven, he bloodily cleaned up the Black Wind Stockade, suffering forty-one wounds; at thirty-two, he raided the Eagle Shooting Gorge, killing sixty-seven top fighters. At thirty-five...

  All of this made Ma Qianjun a part of the legend of Yunzhong County as a whole, and after the age of thirty-five, Ma Qianjun became even more formidable.

  At the age of thirty-eight, Ma Qianjun mobilized eighty knife-wielding hands and set fire to Huaying Gate, killing all forty-six people from top to bottom, while he himself was only injured in six places.

  At the age of forty-one, Ma Qianjun always carried twenty knife-wielding guards with him when he went out. The six assassins sent by the Shen family from Yunzhong to kill Ma Qianjun were all killed before they even saw Ma Qianjun, not a single one was left alive.

  At the age of 42, Ma Qianjun formed a relationship with a fairy master and directly beheaded two sworn brothers who had been in contact with outsiders on the spot. This time, at least 40 knife hands chopped more than 150 knives, chopping the two sworn brothers into minced meat. Ma Qianjun didn't even draw his sword, not a single hair was injured. After the incident, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "Big brother, second brother, it's all my fault. From now on, I, Ma Qianjun, will take care of your wives and children."

  Afterwards, the wife of Big Brother was killed at her doorstep by the remnants of Huaying Gate for speaking a few strange words. The two sons of Second Brother, who refused to repent, secretly went to Lincang to avenge their father, but were mysteriously beheaded by the knife hands of Duanlang Gate on the way. From then on, Ma Qianjun, over 40 years old, became even more respectful of the old men who founded the gang together, and asked them to retire and let younger newcomers take their places.

  It turned out that Ma Qianjun had always been farsighted. Those old men who refused to retire and return to their hometowns because of their attachment to power and position, as a result, the remnants of the Duanlang Gate, Tianyi Gang, and Heifeng Fortress appeared one after another. They were all for the unfortunate fall of the Tianyi Gang, but after experiencing such storms, Ma Qianjun was already in charge of the Tianyi Gang, yet he did not monopolize power - he allowed those old men to speak two sentences, of course, if they dared to say a third sentence, everyone knew what would happen.

  The current Tiān Yì gang has lost its former momentum, and can only hold on to more than half of the territory of Hé Qǔ County. Moreover, within their own territory, a new generation of talented individuals often emerges, frequently catching the Tiān Yì gang off guard. However, Mǎ Qiān Jūn is very satisfied with all this, as long as he can pass on his family business, everything will be fine.

  Today he brought thirty knife hands to Chunxiang Building for a drink, and the thirty knife hands occupied both floors of the entire Chunxiang Building. Just this scene made Ma Qianjun feel satisfied. In Hequ County, Ma Qianjun was also a big figure, not to mention that he came from a poor background and mixed to today's scene, which is even more rare.

  He was thinking about whether he should go take care of the widow of his sworn brother's second wife tonight. The woman was his brother's new daughter-in-law after his remarriage, and no one took care of her after his brother left. Not to mention that she also had a 15-year-old daughter. Thinking of this made Ma Qianjun feel righteous and indignant, but he also knew that these things absolutely could not be done openly. However, with only twenty or thirty knife-wielding hands by his side, he was still worried.

  "Alas... this is a difficult matter!" Ma Qianjun was considering finding his dog-headed military advisor to discuss it, when suddenly someone shouted: "Where is Ma Qianjun?"

  It's been years since anyone dared to speak to Ma Qianjun like that, now who dares to make a move on Tai Sui's head, Ma Qianjun almost instinctively retorted: "Kill me!"

  Thirty knife-wielding men almost immediately stood up, quickly drawing their blades, but the next moment Ma Qianjun's face broke into a smile: "It's actually Master Liu, Master Liu, please come in, please come in. Look at my eyes, they're really getting old and blurry!"

  Liu San Ye led a team of fully armed warriors with bows and arrows to the front of Ma Qian Jun, not giving him any face, directly ordering Ma Qian Jun: "Ma Bang Zhu, friend from Tian Ji, I need your help with something small, can you run an errand for me?"

  Ma Qianjun was able to get in touch with that immortal master precisely because of this Liu San Ye, so he was particularly enthusiastic towards Liu San Ye: "Alright alright, don't make me run errands, even if you want me to stab myself in the ribs it's no problem...... who are these friends?"

  "We are the Tianyi Pong family!"

  As soon as he heard the four words "Tian Ji Pong Jia", Ma Qianjun couldn't help but feel a deep respect. All these years, he had been working hard to turn Tian Yi Gang into Yun Zhong Ma Jia, and then develop it into a Tian Ji Pong Jia-like immortal family. After all, Tian Ji Pong Jia was a family with two or three foundation-building cultivators, and there might even be a golden elixir cultivator among them - but he quickly remembered that he had made a mistake, for after going through that storm, Tian Ji Pong Jia had been severely injured and was no longer the same Tian Ji Pong Jia.

  Even so, the Tianji Pang family is still not a small gang like the Tiān Yì Bang that can be provoked, especially since there are still foundation-building cultivators in their household, and cleaning up several Tiān Yì Bang would be as easy as strolling in their own backyard.

  "Our family's woman has run away, we'd like to ask Master Ma for help, to help us get her back!"

  The Tianji Pang family is a dragon that has crossed the river, but in Yunzhong County, it doesn't even touch the ground. So Ma Qianjun suddenly had the opportunity to raise his eyebrows and take a deep breath: "I don't know what the name of the escaped maid from your esteemed mansion is?"

  The messenger from the Tianji Pang family immediately opened a silk painting in his hand, depicting a very beautiful woman, vividly painted. If Liu Suiyun were present, he would have recognized her at first glance as Gu Yinghua: "It's this wench! Her name is Gu Yinghua, and I, Pang Xianglong, have brought sixteen paintings of her. Please, Master Ma, help me with this!"

  It's only natural for Ma Qianjun to think that, as he can see that Pang Xuanwu has a noble and reserved air about him, which suggests that he must have already reached the later stages of Qi refinement. With time, he may even have a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage. But why would the Pang family send out such a talented individual just to chase after an escaped servant girl?

  Ma Qianjun didn't care whether it was Pang Jiaolong or someone else who wore the green hat, or if there were any inside stories. He only knew that as long as he handled this matter well, he would be able to gain a great favor from both Liu San and the Pang family. Unfortunately, the Pang family had declined severely in recent years. If it were still the prosperous Pang family of old, perhaps he could have achieved his goal with one move. However, this matter was easy to handle, and it would only take a slight effort to gain such a great favor.

  "This matter is left to our Tianyi Gang, and we guarantee that this servant girl will not leave Linjiang County!" Ma Qianjun proudly assured Pang Xianglong and Liu San: "With just our Tianyi Gang, there are several hundred good men."

  "It's all thanks to the horse caravan leader!" Pang Jiaolong also knew his place: "Whatever silver and manpower are needed, it will all be recorded on our Pang family's account. However, the horse caravan leader must be careful, this cheap servant not only has some skills herself, but she also has a Bone Refining Realm dog slave by her side."

  Ma Qianjun's expression changed slightly as soon as he heard that there was a good hand in the Refining Bone Realm: "Refining Bone Realm?"

  Although the Tianyi Gang has many good hands, there are more than 20 people in the Bao Hu Boundary alone. However, only five people have cultivated to the Lian Gu Boundary. Ma Qianjun spent all his efforts and even sent his two sworn brothers to the underworld, but he was only barely able to break through to the Yuan Long Boundary. His potential has also reached its limit, and it is hopeless for him to make another attempt at breaking through to the Ge Shan Boundary. Therefore, he simply gave up on expanding the Tianyi Gang and focused on turning it into the Ma family of Yun Zhong. Unfortunately, after years of operation, he only managed to cultivate one person to the initial stage of Lian Qi.

  "That's right, this dog unexpectedly broke into the Refining Bone realm and bit back at our Pang family." Pang Jiaolong's face didn't change color as he quickly introduced the people he brought: "However, Master Ma please rest assured, I've brought four people from the Fighting Dragon realm, six from the Refining Bone realm, one from the Original Dragon realm... As for the Immortal Cultivators, there are five in the Refining Qi boundary..."

  "That's enough!" Ma Qianjun slapped the table: "Don't worry about that servant girl having any tricks, she can't escape our grasp."

  The Tianji Pang family is the Tianji Pang family, and it's almost a breeze to sweep away half of the Tiandi Gang with just a few people. Pang Jiaolong continued: "Please ask Master Ma to be more careful, I'm just the vanguard, next our master will also come personally to chase this cheap woman!"

  His words carried a threatening tone, and since the head of the Pang family had come in person, it was clear that the entire Pang family had mobilized. Ma Qianjun knew he couldn't afford to provoke the Pang family, so he pretended not to hear. Unexpectedly, Pang Jiaolong changed his tone: "Our family head hates this wretched woman to the bone, and as long as we can catch her, we are willing to introduce the leader of the Ma clan to Yan Peng Shangren..."

  Ma Qianjun had always been thinking about it day and night, so he readily agreed: "Good!"

  The Tianyi Gang is the largest gang in Linjiang County, and they can accomplish anything they set out to do. Within three hours, they had tracked down Gu Yinghua and Huo Qianshu's trail, and hired a group of young and strong men to cross Luoxing Mountain to Yuanzhou.

  These young people are only good at throwing punches and kicks, only Liu Suizhen has some skills, it is said that he is a master of the Tiger's Den, but those who inquired about the news soon found out that this Liu Suizhen was not worth mentioning - he had an injury, and it was a serious old one, and when fighting with others, he could not last more than ten moves.

  Such a combination, such strength, is simply not worth mentioning, even if they enter Luoxing Mountain. For a sect like Tianyi Gang, it's simply a frequent back garden, circling around the periphery as long as they don't run into that Xuan Shui Jun, there will be absolutely no problem. Ma Qianjun immediately formed an alliance with Tianji Pang's family and entered Luoxing Mountain, preparing to directly block Gu Yinghua and Huo Qiannan.

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