August 16th Heroes’ Banquet, heroes gathered at the Gate of Justice again.
The banquet hall inside the Justice Gate is very grand, even more spacious and luxurious than many restaurants open for business.
Even if the number of martial arts people who came to the meeting today was close to two hundred, they could still accommodate them.
In recent years, under the operation of Shen Youran, Zhengyi Sect has been prosperous; they can get a share of the black and white businesses in Luoyang, and even some of the activities of buying and selling officials. Soup, so the money also flowed into Shen Youran's pocket like running water.
It can be said that after this conference, people have a clearer understanding of the financial, human, and leadership capabilities of Justice Sect.
Considering that Shen Youran is only in his early thirties this year, it is indeed reasonable for Huang Donglai to predict that he will be one of the six most powerful people in the world in the next twenty years.
However, Shen Youran himself...actually doesn't care much about that.
The Gate of Justice is not important in his eyes.
He is indeed ambitious and wants to lead a sect to rise and dominate the world... But that sect is not the Justice Sect, but the Tianqi Gang.
Some people may ask, he is already a leader. As long as he can succeed, what difference does it make whether the sect he leads is called the Zhengyi Sect or the Tianqi Gang?
Actually... there is no difference, at least in the eyes of others.
But in Shen Youran's view, the difference is huge.
He has his persistence and his ideas, no matter what others think of his persistence as paranoia, naivety, or stupidity... As long as he thinks it is necessary and correct, he will do it. I don't think there is any problem with this.
Of course, he can have his persistence, but he also has to pay for this choice.
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At three o’clock in the morning, there is a hero’s banquet.
At this time, after three rounds of wine and five dishes, all the heroes were in high spirits.
"Master, we have counted it three times. Everyone is here and we are ready." At this moment, a disciple of the Justice Sect came to Shen Youran and leaned over. Whispered something.
"Okay, go down." After hearing this, Shen Youran put down the wine glass and ordered softly.
After receiving the order, the disciple left quickly.
"Come on, Master Shen, let me toast you! Hahaha..." At this time, a senior from another sect came over from another table to toast Shen Youran.
But Shen Youran seemed not to see the other party. He stood up from his seat expressionlessly, turned around and walked away, heading straight towards a high platform in the north of the banquet hall.
"Eh? Shen..." The person who came to toast passed by him and was stunned for a moment, but before he could say anything else, Shen Youran had already walked away.
Soon, Shen Youran came to the platform that was a little higher than the surroundings. He secretly used his inner strength and said, "Everyone, please be quiet."
To use a familiar concept to modern people, this sound is just like shouting through a loudspeaker, very loud.
When everyone present heard this, they knew that Master Shen had something serious to announce, so they suddenly became quiet, and the sound of cups, plates, chopsticks and soup suddenly stopped.
"Shen, there are some important things to announce." Shen Youran's tone when he said this was wrong...
Not only did his tone lack any respect or politeness, , with a hint of command.
But at this moment, not many people noticed this difference, because everyone took it for granted that Shen Youran was going to go on stage to present awards to the top three of the Young Heroes Association.
"First, starting from today, the Luoyang Zhengyi Sect will be disbanded, and all the members, businesses, and assets of the Zhengyi Sect... will be taken over by the Tianqi Gang."
Results , Shen Youran's next words made everyone present gasp in shock. Many people were already a little drunk, but they even woke up after hearing these words.
"Secondly, I, Shen Youran, from today on, I am no longer the leader of the Justice Sect, but the leader of the Tianqi Gang." Shen Youran didn't care about their reactions and just continued on his own. Said.
At this moment, an uninterested guy came up and wanted to be a peacemaker with a smile on his face: "Heh, Master Shen, even if you are drunk and joking, you can still do this. Come on, look, everyone is scared by you... If it was a joke, I think that's it..."
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Shen Youran looked coldly. He interrupted the man and asked a question.
Although that person was a martial arts senior in terms of qualifications, he was nothing more than a second-rate figure, otherwise he wouldn’t be so blind. At this time, when he was stared at by Shen Youran, he felt his scalp numb and his legs numb. Feeling weak, he instinctively took a few steps back and became silent.
"Third..." Seeing that no one interrupted, Shen Youran continued, "Shen hopes that all of you here... will stay in our Zhengyi Sect for a few days to share the martial arts in their respective sects. Tell me everything you need to know about your inner thoughts, secrets that are not passed on, including the shady secrets among your senior fellow disciples, and wait until my subordinates have recorded all of them... before leaving."
As soon as this third sentence came out, the audience exploded.
Let’s not mention the younger generation for now. You must know that there are at least fifty deputy head-level bosses sitting here. All of them have higher qualifications and seniority than Shen Youran, and their martial arts skills are also higher. Not bad at all... Even an ordinary disciple would be furious after hearing Shen Youran's request, let alone these big shots.
"Bah!" As expected, Feng Shunfeng was the first to stand up, "Shen, did you eat something unclean and became crazy? Today Do you dare to say this, fearing that you are seeking death?"
Except for him, Feng Shunshui, and their gang leader's nephew Di Gui, the other people at Feng Shunfeng's side were also from Make friends with themThe good waterway sect, when they saw Master Feng Er taking the lead in slamming the table, they all stood up and put their hands on their weapons one by one.
"Heh..." Shen Youran looked at the other party as if he were watching a joke, "Master Feng Er, if the things in your head were easier to use, I'm afraid you wouldn't be so eager to treat me. "I said such ugly words." He paused and looked at everyone again, "I know that most of you here are thinking similarly to Mr. Feng Er. If I don't explain what I just said, you won't take it easy. I...Huh, don't worry, since Shen dares to say this, he has something to rely on." After saying this, he raised his hand and patted it twice.
As soon as the applause ended, the row of exits on the south side of the banquet hall were all closed from the outside in two seconds.
You don’t need to think about it to know that at this moment, the door of the banquet hall has been sealed by the Justice Gate... oh no, it should be said that it was sealed by the disciples of the Tianqi Gang.
This was not over yet. After the front door was closed, two people walked out of the side door leading to the kitchen. On the shoulders of those two people... they also carried a third person.
They moved quickly and had clear goals. They arrived at Shen Youran's side in three steps and two steps at a time, and then placed the person they were carrying on a chair with a backrest.
Everyone in the audience took a closer look and saw that the person who was carried up was none other than Bai Ruhong, the famous "Yin Dao" in the world.
At this moment, Bai Ruhong's face was ashen, and his whole body was tied up with ropes. Although his eyes were still open and breathing, his motionless appearance on the chair was unusual.
Everyone knows that a master like Taoist Bai can break an iron chain as long as he exerts his internal strength and external strength, let alone a mere rope? There must be a reason for him to be like this now.
And Shen Youran also quickly answered their doubts: "Two days ago, Taoist Bai, like everyone here, drank a cup of tea that I offered..."
He Only half of the words came out, and more than half of the people below had already changed their expressions, especially those in the Caogang group, whose faces were blue.
They are all on the road of martial arts, so who can’t understand what he means? But they also have doubts, because many of the heroes here are capable of poisoning, but the day before yesterday, no one noticed that they had been drugged... Of course, before that, the dignified sect leader of the Justice Sect and the young hero The organizer of the conference would actually poison the tea water of the wealthy people who came to the conference... It is unimaginable, so it is really difficult to guard against it.
"Huh..." Shen Youran saw through people's thoughts, and he continued with a smile, "You don't have to guess, you can't know what the 'thing' added to the tea is, and I I won’t tell you either.”
Obviously, Gang Leader Shen is different from the common villains who successfully poison themselves in various martial arts TV series. He did not deliberately poison himself with confidence. what's the nameTell those who are poisoned.
So there is a hint in the book here that the thing he added is called "Bliss Gu", which is a mysterious poison originating from the Miao border.
Strictly speaking, this thing is not a plant or a chemical, but a very small creature that is about the size of tea foam to the naked eye.
After the Bliss Gu enters the human body, it will parasitize in the human intestines and stomach, rapidly divide and proliferate after about twelve hours, and then enter the blood and nervous system through the intestinal wall.
From this point on, this person is officially "poisoned".
A person who has been poisoned by the Bliss Gu will not feel anything strange on ordinary days, but when someone shakes the "Gu Bell" near them, the person's nervous system and internal organs will react immediately. The person who is poisoned will be worse than dead.
This feeling can be compared to the pain of drug addiction, even more terrifying than that. It cannot be fought with strong willpower; and if one has to hold on when the Bliss Gu attacks, , or trying to fight against it will also cause direct physiological damage.
In addition, after the attack of the Bliss Gu subsides, the person will temporarily fall into a psychedelic state where the whole body is paralyzed, as if in the clouds, as if he has ascended to the gods and transcended the physical body, hence the name - "Bliss" .
Some people must have thought of this when they saw this... Yes, the disciples in the Justice Sect were all infected by the "Bliss Gu", so they all obeyed Shen Youran's words, even if Shen asked them to fight against the entire Wulin, they didn't dare to refuse.
Of course, the Gu among these disciples is not the same group as among the current martial arts heroes.
Each batch of Bliss Gu is composed of several male worms and one female worm. You can regard them as different groups. Those for human consumption are male worms, which are very small, difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, colorless and odorless, and cannot be detected by poison testing methods; while the female worms are about half the size of a thumb, and are made by drying the female worms in a unique way. The hard cocoon can be made into a "gu bell" by placing it in a small metal cage.
Each "Gu Bell" can only cause the Bliss Gu of the same group to act, and will not affect the males of other groups.
Even if a person infected with the poison injures his own eardrums and loses his hearing, he is not immune to the poison; suicide can solve the problem, but generally speaking, people who have experienced the pleasure after the attack of the bliss poison , are reluctant to die... Their brains will be as if they are controlled by worms, longing for the arrival of the next "bliss" and suppressing the idea of suicide. Only by completely removing these worms from the body can they return to normal. .
Finally, the Bliss Gu has one of the most vicious characteristics: every six months, the Gu must be allowed to "attack" in the body once. If the interval between hearing the Gu bell twice exceeds this time limit, Those Gu worms will go crazy and invade the human nervous system, causing them to die slowly in extreme pain. Therefore, even if the Gu bell is destroyed, it will not solve the problem...
To sum up, The only way to get rid of the "Bliss Gu" is to use the antidote to kill the GuCompletely kill and remove.
As for what the antidote is, I won’t mention it here for the time being. Let’s talk about the hero’s banquet...
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Although Shen Youran didn’t He told everyone the name of Bliss Gu, but the reaction before and after the attack, the consequences of trying to resist... that is, part of the above paragraph, he still said; if these are not made clear, they will not have the intimidating effect. .
Many people in the audience showed expressions of despair even after listening halfway, and some were trying to keep calm, either because they didn’t believe it or because they were still taking chances.
Shen Youran was naturally prepared for such a reaction, so he took out the Gu Bell and shook it twice.
The shaking time is short, and the seizure time is short. If it is shaken twice, the seizure will only last for about a minute; after all, Shen Youran has something to say next, and he cannot let these people The man struggled there for half an hour.
So, after a minute of attack and dozens of seconds of "bliss", the staggering group of heroes gradually recovered; some of them were in a daze, and some had complicated eyes. The meaning is still unfinished... No matter what everyone thinks, one thing is certain - they are all convinced that what Shen Youran said is true.
"Now, you should also understand the situation..." Then, Shen Youran said in a leisurely tone, "Shen would like to advise everyone, cooperate with me obediently, don't show off your strength, in front of this thing The consequences of holding on..." As he said this, he turned and glanced at Bai Ruhong, "... Taoist Master Bai is a good lesson."
Many people have just learned this reminder. I realized that when everyone was having an attack just now, Bai Ruhong was still paralyzed there without moving, not even a groan. Come to think of it... Taoist Master Bai was tortured repeatedly by Shen Youran because he refused to submit, and now he has become a useless person.
"Shen... Gang Leader." After a moment of silence, another person stood up from the audience and said to Shen Youran in a more polite tone, "What you did today... even if you can make us all obey for the time being. You, but you are not afraid... In the future, we will return to our respective sects, bring those who are not poisoned, come back to find you, and force you to hand over the antidote?"
Are you asking this question? It was Lu Shiyuan, the head of Qingyuan Zhongyi Sect, and one of the higher-ranking deputy heads present.
"That's why I asked you to explain all the secrets and scandals in the door besides your martial arts skills before leaving."
This sentence The words were not answered by Shen Youran.
The person who replied happened to walk in from the side door at this moment, and slowly walked up to the high platform while talking.
This man looks to be about forty-five years old, with a medium build.
In fact, in terms of appearance alone, he is not ugly, but he has two characteristics that are difficult to accept: First, his skin is white and green, similar to that of a corpse. His skin color is extremely weird; secondly, his body exudes a weirdThe fragrance smells delicious, but it makes people feel nauseated for no reason.
"Honored Lord." When Shen Youran saw this man, he immediately bowed and saluted respectfully.
"You Ran, you did a good job." The man known as the Lord, the boss who never returned to the building, had already walked to Shen Youran's side and condescended to him. He looked at the martial arts heroes in the banquet hall and said in his mouth, "If your sect is knowledgeable about Quanxia, he will definitely be proud of you."
"Your Majesty's words are serious, how dare Youran take credit... ..." A trace of joy flashed in Shen Youran's eyes, but her mouth was still very humble.
Just when the mastermind behind the scenes appeared and greeted Shen Youran.
Suddenly...
A figure suddenly burst out from the audience, shouting loudly: "The devil is evil! I will die with you right now!"
There was only one fool like this who shouted to remind the opponent while making a sneak attack, and his name was Lei Buji.
He had already made up his mind to fight Shen Youran when he listened to Shen Youran's explanation of the effect of the Bliss Gu. However, the attack of the Gu had temporarily stopped him. Now he adjusted his breathing a little and felt relieved. After he recovered, he would come up and fight for his life.
But how could Lei Buji be the opponent of Shen Youran and that Lord...
Shen Youran didn’t intend to kill Lei Buji here, because Lei Buji’s His martial arts skills are very good and his background is a mystery. Killing him may be dangerous. So facing Lei Buji's surprise attack, Shen Youran just smiled calmly and raised his hand slightly, trying to block the opponent's fist with two fingers.
Unexpectedly...among these changes, another change occurred.
However, just as Lei Buji was about to jump up and rush onto the stage, another figure shot out from his side and intercepted Lei Buji with a grapple.
Lei Buji didn’t even see who was intercepting him, so he was hugged by the waist and pushed to the ground. Then a hand came out from nowhere, and he was drugged. on his face.
After one breath, Lei Buji passed out and became unconscious.
At this time, everyone saw clearly that the people who intercepted Lei Buji and stunned him with medicine were none other than Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai.
"Hahahaha! Hahahahaha..."
"Hahahaha! Hahahahaha..."
The two stood up while making extremely exaggerated noises He laughed like a villain, and then very naturally... with an attitude like an accomplice of evil forces, he walked towards Shen Youran and the Lord on the stage...