Chapter 62: Internal Chaos

  The woman from the Toad Mountain, who was in charge at this time, clapped her hands and said: "You are indeed a worthy successor of Wang Zhenyuan's 'Nine Routes Water Hall Fist', it seems that you have deeply grasped your adoptive father's true martial arts skills."

  When the three masters heard their eldest sister say this, they looked at Wang Lan with shock, then cupped their fists and said: "I didn't expect to meet the daughter of the Chongnan Escort Agency's Escort King, I really offended you just now!"

  Wang Lan also bowed his fist in return and said: "Three masters are too polite."

  When these two people were talking like this, the female owner was saying something to the melon skin hat next to her. The melon skin hat kept nodding and then left here.

  The woman who was in charge said: "This round is Lao San's loss, you sisters have won this round."

  Wang Lan bowed to the female head of the household and then sat back down next to Jiang Yunshui, who gave her a thumbs up. Wang Lan smiled slightly in response.

  The woman who was in charge of the house let San, who was also in charge of the house, sit back down and then said loudly: "Since you sisters won this first round, then the rules for the next round will be decided by you."

  Jiang Fengshui and the others listened to the woman's words, then politely excused themselves. Suddenly, Chi Pengzu clutched his stomach and stood up, saying: "Wait a minute, I've got a sudden cramp in my belly. Does anyone know where the outhouse is on this mountain?"

  The woman in charge heard it and beckoned to a Toad Mountain brother to take Chi Pengzu to the toilet, but Chu Ergou with a lower jaw beard was obviously uneasy and secretly instructed someone to follow him.

  At this time, Qian Chenglin stood up and said: "Since the master of the house wants to rely on us for this game, I won't say anything else. However, the mechanism is quite clever, but I don't know if there's a comparable place on the mountain of the master of the house?"

  The woman smiled and said, "Since you want to compete in mechanism skills, I have an unopened 'mechanism ball' on my mountain that no one has ever been able to solve. I wonder if you have the ability to do so."

  Qian Chenglin said: "The master of the house can take it, if I, Qian Chenglin, cannot break that mechanism ball, then this game is ours to lose. If we win this game, then the master of the house will have to let us propose a condition."

  The woman who was in charge had just let several people leave, but after a short while, those who left came back carrying a huge copper ball from the entrance.

  Jiang Fengshui and the others watched as those sturdy men struggled to lift the copper ball, which was estimated to weigh no less than several hundred kilograms.

  Although the copper ball was gently put down by those six men, it still emitted a very dull sound when it hit the ground, and it was so loud that the hall was filled with echoes.

  The woman pointed to the copper ball and said: "This copper ball was obtained by my grandfather from the river during the great flood, and later identified by someone as an object with hidden changes inside. However, in order to open this copper ball, one needs a master who is proficient in mechanisms."

  Qian Chenglin was already stirred up with passion when he saw the copper ball, so when the woman said something, he didn't listen carefully.

  After walking to the side of the copper ball, Qian Chenglin carefully looked at it, then picked up a burning oil lamp from the table next to him and examined it again.

  The copper ball is densely covered with various familiar curved copper wire patterns, although some places have been worn out, but can still be seen, these patterns are all combined together.

  Qian Chenglin patted the copper ball with his hand, then stuck his ear on it to listen for a moment, and finally measured the size of the copper ball with his hands.

  That woman, the head of the household, was staring at Qian Chenglin, who was contemplating the copper ball. In fact, she was extremely eager in her heart. The copper ball was indeed obtained by his grandfather from the riverbed that had been washed away after a great flood many years ago. However, the person his grandfather had found back then told him a secret, saying that the copper ball was not only a precious treasure but also held a huge mystery inside, which could be discovered if one could find the mechanism to open it.

  Unfortunately, the grandfather of the female head of the household at that time was unable to find a way to open the copper ball before his death, so he left with great regret. Later, the copper ball became the treasured object of the father of the current head of the household, but unfortunately, the father did not live for long and only left behind the family business in Hama Mountain before dying of a serious illness when the current head of the household was still young.

  Nowadays, the master of this house unexpectedly knew from Chu Ergou that Qian Chenglin was a descendant of the "King of Machines", so it's necessary to let him try.

  Even if Qian Chenglin didn't bring up the matter of competing with the agency, this woman would have said it herself. Now that Qian Chenglin has already spoken, it's exactly in line with what this woman had in mind.

  Qian Chenglin is now more and more excited as he looks at it, he has discovered that this mechanism ball is not simple at all, and it's likely to take some time to open it. But the more it is so, the more excited Qian Chenglin becomes, just like a person who likes beautiful swords getting what they want.

  After about half a stick of incense, Qian Chenglin said to the female master: "If this mechanism ball is to be opened, it cannot be done in a short period of time. I don't know how much time the master can give me?"

  "The woman who was in charge of the household thought for a moment and said: 'How confident are you?'"

  Qian Chenglin stretched out a hand and said: "Now it's so big."

  The woman who was in charge at home asked: "What else do you need?"

  "Look at me," said Qian Chenglin, pointing to himself. "I rushed out in a hurry and left some things behind. If I had the right tools to help me, I'd be 70% effective."

  The woman hesitated for a moment before saying: "I'll have someone bring you that tool."

  Just as the woman finished speaking, someone rushed in from outside and said: "Something's wrong with the master of the house! Hundreds of beggars have gathered outside our mountain, and even Liu Zhangren, the leader of the beggars, and many other elders of the gang have arrived!"

  The woman's eyes flashed with a fierce light as she said, "What's there to be afraid of? I'm just worried that the Beggar Clan won't come. The Beggar Clan owes us, the Toad Mountain, and today they'll have to settle their debt!"

  The woman then turned to Jiang Yunshui and cupped her hands in a salute, saying: "I've troubled you greatly. It seems that you are indeed an extraordinary person, or else you wouldn't have truly startled the leader of the Beggar Clan, Liu Zhengfeng. I'll have to trouble you again!"

  The woman in charge said that the people from Hama Mountain had already gone up to tie up Jiang Yunshui, but this time, although there were many people on Hama Mountain, they couldn't take down Jiang Yunshui for a while.

  Qian Chenglin had long abandoned the copper ball and came to Jiang Yunshui's side, while Wang Lan also looked at the people from Hama Mountain with a cold gaze.

  The lady of the house looked at Chu Er's husband and Chu Er's husband sighed: "Lady, do we really have to tear our faces apart?"

  The woman didn't say a word, but made Chu Er's father understand the meaning, and then joined forces with San Dangjia to head towards Jiang Yunshui and his group.

  But then they heard shouting outside, and it turned out that a fire had broken out on the outside of Hama Mountain, which made everyone in the hall panic.

  However, the woman in charge shouted: "Don't mess up the formation! First let people go and put out the fire. Don't bother with the beggars at the foot of the mountain. And you must catch that person who went to the toilet for me!"

  As soon as the woman's words fell, a loud laughter echoed from outside, and it was Pool Pengzu who shouted: "You this hag! Indeed you have a ruthless heart! You actually laid explosives all over Toad Mountain, are you trying to send your husband Pool to heaven?"

  The woman in charge of the household heard Pu Pengzu's words, and her face suddenly turned ugly. The people in the hall, including the Hama Mountain crowd, also changed their faces greatly.

  Then, from the back of the hall, another noisy voice rose, and it was seen that the calabash hat was in front, followed by hundreds of people who came over.

  Then Chu Er's master suddenly made a move, and with one blow, he knocked San Dangjia to the ground, unable to move. This made the face of the female master even more iron-green.

  The woman of the house asked loudly with a gourd ladle: "He Dong! What do you want to do?"

  That gourd skin hat River East sneered: "This matter is not clear, this toad mountain should be the time for someone else to take over!"