Almighty Genius

Chapter 2331 - 1825: Crisis of the Centennial Green Gang

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"Looks like I've got to find the reason first..."

He vaguely felt that he might still have a chance to learn the entire Four Symbols Qi Cultivation Technique, it was just that the current conditions didn't meet the requirements yet. Qin Fang was mulling this over as well… but he wasn't in any hurry.

Right now he already had Azure Dragon Vital Energy at the small-accomplishment level, yet he couldn't mobilize even the slightest trace of it. In that case, he naturally couldn't mobilize any other elemental energy either, so whether he had them or not didn't really make much difference. Qin Fang still had quite a long time to slowly collect them.

At the moment he was only at Grandmaster Level; compared to the Supreme Realm… he was still far off!

"You guys take these..."

Qin Fang kept the White Tiger Qi Cultivation Technique for himself. As for some of the other treasures, he only picked out a few that caught his eye and put them away; everything else he pushed over to Song Yi and the other two. They might not have much use for them anymore, but leaving them to their families would still be pretty good.

Song Yi and the other two weren't polite about it either. They casually divided these things up, without fighting or grabbing, quite harmonious… much better than those people from before.

Of course, that also had a lot to do with Qin Fang's forceful suppression...

"Did you find any clues?"

Once the loot was divided, Qin Fang looked at Song Yi and the other two's expressions and couldn't help asking.

Reasonably speaking, no matter how thorough their preparations had been, no matter how cleanly they'd erased the traces, there was no way they wouldn't leave a single clue behind… covering their tracks this clean was a bit too much!

"Nothing substantial..."

The three of them glanced at each other, and in the end could only confirm that.

Although there were obvious signs of struggle in these camps, such traces were really hard to use to make any accurate judgments. The three of them were still completely in the dark regarding the whereabouts of their family members, and their gazes unconsciously shifted onto Cao Yuan.

"He's about to die..."

Qin Fang just took a casual look and said.

With Cao Yuan's strength, he wasn't supposed to die so quickly, but he was single-mindedly seeking death, without the slightest desire to live. His body kept deteriorating. Even though Qin Fang had placed some restrictions on him, that only eased it a bit and couldn't have much real effect.

Now, Cao Yuan's injuries were getting worse and worse, and he was already very close to death...

"That bastard..."

Whether Cao Yuan lived or died, Song Yi couldn't care less. What he wanted to know was where exactly Cao Yuan had taken his family, and why there wasn't even the slightest clue left in the camp… He wished he could grab Cao Yuan by the collar right now and force him to tell the truth.

But cursing was one thing; he knew… he had no way to force it out of him.

Cao Yuan was bent on dying and had already reached the final moments of his life. There was nothing that could threaten him anymore… Even if they forced him or tortured him, it would only speed up Cao Yuan's death and have no other effect.

"No need to force him… it's useless!"

Qin Fang naturally understood this as well. He waved his hand calmly and said in a soothing tone, "As for the people from your Six Major Families, I know where they went."

Buzz~~

The moment Qin Fang said that, several Great Grandmaster Level Experts, including Song Yi and Cao Yuan, all lifted their heads at the same time, their gazes razor-sharp as they stared at Qin Fang… and in their eyes flashed a look of shock.

Song Yi and the other two were pleasantly surprised, while Cao Yuan was terrified...

Even though he was already like a lamp running out of oil, the moment he heard Qin Fang's words he suddenly erupted with a remarkably powerful aura, making it almost seem like he hadn't been injured at all.

Of course, that was nothing but Cao Yuan's final flare-up before death...

"You… how could you possibly know?"

The pallor on Cao Yuan's face even showed a faint hint of color, a sickly kind of flush. His emotions became abnormally agitated, as if he simply could not believe what Qin Fang was saying, almost wanting to tear Qin Fang to pieces on the spot.

"There's no need for you to know how I know… I'll just say one place, and you'll understand I have no need to lie. Rhodes Island..."

Qin Fang shrugged. He didn't take Cao Yuan's overreaction to heart at all.

Back when Cao Yuan was at his peak, Qin Fang could blow him up with one punch; now that Cao Yuan was a dying man with his oil nearly spent, Qin Fang could crush him to death with a single finger, so why bother arguing with him!

"Hiss~~~~"

Cao Yuan hadn't taken Qin Fang's words seriously at first, thinking Qin Fang was just trying to trick him. But when that place's name came out, the little bit of color that had just appeared on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a deathly white pallor!

"You… how do you know that!"

Cao Yuan's face looked extremely ugly, his vitality was rapidly draining away, and he was clearly about to die, yet he still clenched his teeth and demanded an answer. Even with death right before his eyes, he refused to die so muddle‑headed.

"If I told you… you were the one who told me, would you believe it?"

Qin Fang only shrugged, smiling as he replied to Cao Yuan… from that smiling expression, it almost looked like he was joking!

"Pfft~~~"

But Cao Yuan certainly didn't see it that way. Hearing Qin Fang's answer, his already pale face turned completely ashen. The last glimmer in his eyes suddenly flared for an instant, and then… gradually dimmed.

Accompanied by that violent spray of blood from Cao Yuan… his life had finally come to an end!

Thud~~

A堂堂 Great Grandmaster Level Expert actually ended his life just like that… and died in such a stifled, aggrieved way!

He had been intent on dying solely to protect the final secret in his heart, but in the end he'd failed, which was why he'd reacted so strongly even in his last moments… After he collapsed, his eyes wouldn't even close!

Died with eyes open, unwilling to go!

A top expert, a mainstay of The Green Gang, yet this was the fate that awaited him in the end…

"Rhodes Island?"

Cao Yuan's death had long been within the expectations of Song Yi and the other two. Even if he hadn't died this way, he would have died at their hands… so what they were more focused on was pondering the conversation between Qin Fang and Cao Yuan.

"Have you ever heard of it?"

Hearing the name of this place, Song Yi couldn't help but frown and mutter. It clearly didn't ring any deep bell for him, so he turned his head and asked Jiang Rui and Li Qun.

"I think I've heard of it…"

Jiang Rui and Li Qun froze for a moment, also frowning. They thought for a bit, but still couldn't give a definite answer.

"No need to rack your brains… Rhodes Island is in the western Pacific Ocean, very close to an American Military offshore military base!"

By this time Qin Fang had already confirmed that Cao Yuan was dead. Seeing the reactions of the three, he casually supplied this line…

"An American Military base!"

As soon as they heard Qin Fang mention that, Song Yi and the other two's faces immediately turned terribly grim. "That bastard Chen Shaoqing… could he really dare to sell out the Centennial Green Gang's entire foundation for the sake of his own personal power?"

Chen Shaoqing was the current Gang Leader of The Green Gang…

However, The Green Gang had long since fallen under the control of the Six Great Elders and the Six Major Families behind them. Chen Shaoqing, as Gang Leader, was nothing more than a puppet placed on the stage.

Even so, he was by no means a simple character; otherwise, he could never have seated himself in the top chair of the Centennial Green Gang… Over the years, he had secretly nurtured quite a number of his own direct‑line forces. They couldn't compare with the Six Major Families, but they definitely couldn't be underestimated.

The Six Major Families had already noticed some of Chen Shaoqing's little moves and had specifically arranged people to suppress him, forcing Chen Shaoqing to adopt an even more low‑key posture than before…

Combined with the neutrality of the Qingyi Iron Guard, who served as the Gang Leader's personal bodyguards, Chen Shaoqing could only obediently act as a puppet Gang Leader… But the appearance of Cao Yuan and the others broke that stalemate; it was obvious the Qingyi Iron Guard had already defected to Chen Shaoqing's side.

In this Underground Palace expedition, despite inviting the Hand of the Devil Mercenary Corps to participate, the Six Major Families had essentially mobilized almost half of their strength… only leaving a portion of experts behind to guard the Families.

Even if it was only half their strength, there would definitely still be Great Grandmaster Level experts sitting in town… it should have been extremely safe.

But the Qingyi Iron Guard's defection made the situation extraordinarily complicated. If Chen Shaoqing led the Qingyi Iron Guard to pick them off one by one, and added America's help into the mix, then even the Destruction of all Six Major Families was not out of the question!

Having lost the support of six Great Grandmaster Level Experts and many Grandmaster-level Experts, the strength of the Six Major Families had been greatly weakened…

"Don't be too pessimistic… maybe things still haven't progressed to the point you're imagining!"

Qin Fang couldn't help offering a few words of consolation.

What he knew was actually more than what he had said…

Song Yi and the others' conjectures were quite accurate: the one targeting them this time was precisely Chen Shaoqing, the man who held the position of Gang Leader of The Green Gang… And in order to seize back the supreme authority that should have belonged to the Gang Leader, he had indeed sold out The Green Gang's interests and lured the Americans into the game!

The Green Gang had been rooted in America for nearly a century and had grown stronger and stronger precisely because it had always maintained its independence and drawn a clear line with the Americans… Of course, the price for doing so was that the Americans constantly suppressed The Green Gang and even incited the American Mafia to harass The Green Gang's turf again and again!

And in the face of these provocations and harassment, The Green Gang had always retaliated with the harshest possible methods…

Such tough measures were precisely what allowed The Green Gang to survive in America… But now that the Americans had infiltrated the upper echelons of The Green Gang and could even control a considerable portion of its power, whether The Green Gang's century of glory could continue was a very big question mark! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation.)