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38: Red Tiger Fist ManualAs the voice arrived, a majestic figure walked out from within, striding with the gait of a Dragon and a tiger.

An invisible Concept vibrated outwards, causing the Red Tiger Gang’s minor leader and many Disciples to cover their heads.

Qin Jiang also felt a slight dizziness. He turned to look at the newcomer, feeling as if he were facing a giant tiger patrolling the mountains. He had to focus his gaze to see clearly.

The man wore a black cloak, with a red descending tiger embroidered on the cuff of his left sleeve, appearing exceptionally mighty.

He had a square Face, a full beard, and thick, dark hair. He looked to be in the prime of his life, showing no signs of age, making it impossible to tell that he was a contemporary of Wang Minglang.

The newcomer let out a soft ’hmm’, not expecting that besides Wang Minglang, someone else could block his Fist Intent pressure.

Wang Minglang released Qin Jiang’s hand and turned to Face the newcomer, ”Elder Nie, long time no see.”

His voice was calm, but Qin Jiang detected a hint of anger in Wang Minglang’s tone.

”Indeed, long time no see. Won’t you sit down? I’m guessing you’ve come to have this Junior join the Red Tiger Gang, haven’t you?”

Nie Dongsheng looked at Qin Jiang, his eyes slightly narrowed, carrying a hint of disdain.

”Your Cultivation Technique is quite good, actually, to be able to withstand my Fist Intent pressure.”

Wang Minglang’s eyes grew cold, ”That’s none of your concern! Just give me a straight answer.”

”Tsk, a straight answer?”

Nie Dongsheng laughed at his words, covering his belly in an exaggerated burst of laughter, ”Alright! Since you, Wang Minglang, have come personally, how could I not give you this Face?”

At this, he changed the subject, tilting his head slightly, ”However, this Disciple of yours, I heard he has already cultivated Iron Arm Fist to the third level, right? Doesn’t that mean he can serve as an attendant?”

Tsk tsk tsk.

He shook his head slightly, ”This attendant position isn’t something I can just decide on a whim. Besides, without contributions, he won’t command respect, right? How about a major leader then? What do you think?”

Wang Minglang was silent for a moment, ”A major leader is fine too.”

Nie Dongsheng pouted, with an exaggerated expression of surprise, ”A major leader is fine too, huh?

Tsk! To be honest, the position of major leader isn’t that easy to get. Even with a recommendation from a hall master or former hall master, it still needs to be reported to the headquarters.”

As he spoke, he looked at Qin Jiang with a hint of playfulness, ”How about this, kid, you come and work for me! I guarantee you an attendant position, how about that?”

Wang Minglang’s eyes widened slightly at his words, with a hint of nervousness, and he subtly glanced at Qin Jiang.

Qin Jiang picked at his ear, then squinted at Nie Dongsheng, ”Uncle Wang, shall we go? He can’t make the decision anyway, so we might as well go directly to the headquarters.”

Wang Minglang raised an eyebrow, looked at Nie Dongsheng, ”Very well, then we won’t trouble Elder Nie.”

With that, he directly pulled Qin Jiang away.

Nie Dongsheng watched the two leaving, a cold light flickering in his eyes. His gaze fell on the minor leader from the casino.

”What did you just call him? Fourth Master?”

The minor leader suddenly stood up straight, cold sweat pouring down, his throat involuntarily bobbing, and he spoke with a trembling voice, ”El-Elder... I... I...”

He was trying very hard to control his body, but facing the Fist Intent deterrence of a Divine Intent Realm expert at such close range still made him tremble uncontrollably.

”Hmph! I know you still remember his good deeds, but you’d best clarify who you’re working for!”

Nie Dongsheng flicked his sleeve and turned to leave.

Outside the gambling house, Qin Jiang looked back, his eyes deep and cold.

Wang Minglang looked at Qin Jiang, his gaze gentle, ”Let’s go, Jiang’er. After we report to the headquarters this time, you should be able to get the Red Tiger Fist Manuscript. Let’s go quickly, to prevent that Nie fellow from causing trouble.”

With that, he directly hailed a carriage on the road.

At first, the carriage owner was unwilling, but after Wang Minglang showed him the Red Tiger Token, he voluntarily got off the carriage and even offered to leave the coachman for the two of them.

Inside the carriage, Qin Jiang lifted the curtain and looked out, then turned to Wang Minglang, ”Uncle Wang, who is that Nie Dongsheng?”

Wang Minglang sighed, ”Back then, he and I competed for the position of Elder in the gang. I originally won by a move, but that fellow didn’t follow the rules and dared to launch a sneak attack on me.

My heart meridian was injured as a result, making it difficult for me to make further progress in Martial arts. Although he was punished, he ultimately wasn’t crippled.

Disheartened, I went to the north of the city to teach Martial arts.”

”I see.” Qin Jiang nodded slightly.

Wang Minglang raised his hand slightly, ”You don’t need to avenge me, and even less blame the Gang Leader. Back then, when we were competing for resources with the Autumn Leaf Gang of Luoshan City, it was a time when we needed people, so he had no choice.

Over the years, he has compensated me quite a bit, enough to make up for it.”

Over the years, his heart meridian was injured, and the nourishing medicine had always been provided by the Gang Leader. If not for that, he would have died years ago.

In fact, to put it nicely, he made countless contributions to the Red Tiger Gang, and his efforts were highly meritorious.

But in reality, after he was crippled, he was just a Divine Intent Realm Martial Artist with a damaged heart meridian. How could he still be worth wasting so many resources on?

”I understand,” Qin Jiang said.

Wang Minglang nodded and continued, ”Let me also tell you about the internal structure of the gang, so you don’t offend people later due to a lack of common knowledge.

From top to bottom, the Red Tiger Gang consists of Gang Leader Lu Xuanwu, three Grand Elders, six hall masters. Each hall master has two attendants under him, each attendant has four major leaders, and each major leader has two minor leaders.

As for minor leaders, each person can oversee a dozen to over fifty gang members. The total number of Red Tiger Gang members now exceeds three thousand.”

At this point, he paused slightly, then continued, ”Besides these, there is also one position, which is the Hall Master’s First Seat. This is the position of the next Gang Leader’s successor, and its status is much higher than that of an Elder.

However, the First Seat position has been vacant for a long time now.”

Qin Jiang nodded slightly. Only now did he understand how powerful the Red Tiger Gang was.

The total population of Black Mountain City would not exceed one hundred thousand, yet there were over three thousand Red Tiger Gang members, almost accounting for one-thirtieth of the population.

They might as well not call it Black Mountain City, but Red Tiger City instead.

The carriage continued to move, and soon arrived in front of a massive mansion.

The main gate was open, painted with red lacquer, and the bronze bases for the door knockers were two huge bronze tiger heads.

The walls on both sides of the gate extended for an unknown distance. In terms of grandeur, it surpassed even the county magistrate’s residence!

On the black plaque, the three characters ’Red Tiger Gang’ were written in a flourishing Dragon and Phoenix style with red paint.

This was the headquarters of the Red Tiger Gang, located in Kaiming Ward, one of the sixteen wards, almost occupying one-tenth of Kaiming Ward’s territory.

At this moment, a white-haired old man stood outside the mansion, dressed in plain grey cloth. He was less than 1.7 meters tall, looking like an ordinary old man.

Wang Minglang lifted the curtain, and after seeing who was standing there, he immediately jumped off the carriage and quickly walked up to the old man, ”Gang Leader! Why are you here?”

The old man chuckled, ”Old Wang, you’ve arrived. I still have some eyes and ears in Black Mountain City.”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and patted Wang Minglang’s shoulder, then looked at Qin Jiang, who had gotten off the carriage, ”This must be Little Hong’s younger brother, right?”

Wang Minglang’s eyes dimmed slightly at his words, ”Yes, his name is Qin Jiang.”

He waved at Qin Jiang, ”Jiang’er, this is Gang Leader Lu. Come quickly and greet him.”

Qin Jiang walked closer and slightly cupped his hands, ”Junior Qin Jiang greets Gang Leader Lu.”

Lu Xuanwu smiled, his eyes scanning Qin Jiang. After a moment, he spoke with some surprise, ”Not bad, your foundation is very solid, and it seems you’ve also cultivated other Martial arts.”

Qin Jiang raised an eyebrow, not expecting this person’s eyesight to be so good.

”I previously practiced a health-preserving Cultivation Technique,” he said.

Lu Xuanwu nodded, ”Good. Let’s go inside and talk.”

Led by Lu Xuanwu, the three entered the Red Tiger Gang headquarters. As soon as they stepped inside, a fresh scent of bamboo wafted over them.

Qin Jiang looked ahead and saw a large patch of red bamboo forest, its leaves like fire.

He recognized them as Red Leaf Bamboo, a not-so-rare medicinal herb, but he had never imagined that someone could plant such a large area of it.

This bamboo forest alone was worth ten thousand taels of silver!

Continuing forward, the three arrived at a side room. After entering, Qin Jiang noticed a wooden tray on the living room table.

On the wooden tray was a black robe and a thin booklet. Written on the booklet were the words ’Red Tiger Fist’.