Chapter 152: I can’t win, so I need to level up first
Liang Qu sat on his fist with his big horse and golden sword, and quickly drew and filled in the pages with his wolf-hair brush.
"That's about it..."
"Are you sure you've confessed everything? Your accomplices said much more than you did. Don't blame me for not reminding you. Think about it carefully. If I had to remind you, I wouldn't be treated like this now!"
Liang Qu scolded harshly.
"No, no, no, let me think about it again."
Under Liang Qu's coercion, another unknown secret was revealed.
"Come here, put your handprint here."
Liang Qu took the man's hand, washed it in the puddle, then took some blood from the wound on his leg and pressed it hard on the page, leaving a clear and complete fingerprint.
The wound was affected and the man's facial muscles were spasming in pain.
After recording the second confession, Liang Qu asked his fist to keep an eye on the prisoner and ran back to continue intimidating the first person.
Repeated confirmation is considered complete.
Comparing the two people's testimonies, except for some irrelevant details, the general outlines are similar.
The entire Whale Gang has three gang leaders, a dozen core members, and more than 200 ordinary gang members. It is the largest gang in Fengbu County.
The most powerful person in the gang is the gang leader Liu Jie, who is at the highest level of the Galloping Horse Realm.
The second is Liu Yi, the younger brother of gang leader Liu Jie. He rarely takes action and acts as a think tank. His strength is roughly between the initial and middle levels of the Galloping Horse Realm.
Finally, there is the third gang leader, Zheng Tianfu, who has been friends with Liu Jie and Liu Yi since childhood. His strength is around the middle level of Benma.
So weak.
Liang Qu looked at the strength of the three leaders of the Whale Gang and felt something strange that he couldn't explain.
After thinking about it, he felt that the fundamental reason was that Pingyang County was too strong, so that his perspective also became different.
There is no way there would be a tiger hunter in an ordinary county. It would be amazing to have one at the Wolf Smoke Realm.
As a result, there are six great tiger hunters in Pingyang County, oh, and an old monk named Zhenxiang Can.
Several tiger hunters even have their own backgrounds. They are either dukes or from a family with a history of thousands of years, and there are many prime ministers and generals in their families.
It's ridiculously exaggerated.
Even Liang Qu's several senior brothers, including Senior Brother Xu who had recently achieved a breakthrough, that is, starting from the fourth senior brother, all of them are Wolf Smoke Martial Artists.
All I can say is that each county is different.
Some counties are counties in name only, but secretly have the power of a prefecture.
Compared with Fengbu County and Pingyang County, it is a very small place.
But as the saying goes, there are many turtles in shallow water, and there are many evil spirits in a small temple.
Without a Yang Dongxiong-like magic weapon to stabilize the sea, Fengbu County is full of demons and monsters.
The story of the Whale Gang's rise to fame can be traced back to twenty-three years ago.
At that time, the brothers Liu Jie and Liu Yi were still two ordinary fishermen. Their father died early, and the two brothers depended on each other for survival in a small boat.
As the saying goes, father and son are in different boats, which means that there might be an accident between the father and son on the same boat, resulting in the loss of two strong laborers. If the family has only one son, the family line will be cut off, which would be a devastating disaster.
The Liu brothers are not father and son but they are brothers, and they cannot cut off the incense. Naturally, one is responsible for going out on the boat and the other is responsible for selling baskets and fish.
They lived like this for several years, until Liu Jie caught three precious fish in half a month, and his fishing boat was sunk by jealous fishermen.
However, retribution came very quickly.
In just one month, the monster passed through and killed 28 fishermen, including two fishermen who had sank their boat, and countless others were injured.
On the contrary, Liu Jie survived because his fishing boat was dented and he was practicing martial arts in a martial arts school.
Half a year later, Liu Jie successfully broke through the barrier beyond everyone's expectations, was favored by the fishing rod owner, and became a son-in-law.
From then on, Liu Jie began his unique way of "increasing income".
The "water monsters" near Fengbu County appear more and more frequently, and only the fishing boats holding Liu Jie's family amulets are spared.
As a result, more and more fishing boats sank at the bottom of the river. The fishermen had to rely on Liu Jie for their livelihood, and the fishing business became bigger and bigger. In just ten years, all the fishing boats in the city and the entire Fengbu County were owned by the surname Liu.
From then on, in all the towns and villages under Fengbu County, there was no other fisherman like Liu Jie who was able to turn things around.
During this period, some fishermen discovered the trick and sued the government.
The fishermen were uneducated and had little experience, and were filled with primitive fear of water monsters, but there were always one or two smart ones.
It’s a pity that being smart is useless.
The county magistrate, who gets a portion of the profits every year, is very satisfied with the fishing station. Not only the county magistrate, but also the legal advisor, inspector, and county lieutenant all get a share of the profits.
Often, the fishermen who filed complaints would disappear after two days, killed by the "water monster".
As for those who want to leave and go to another county, no way!
If you don’t pay, don’t even think about getting a pass!
In the past seven or eight years, except for a few small cats, most of the fishermen began to make a living from fishing pens, and the "water monsters" became less troublesome. But the Ghost Mother Cult happened.
With the "blessing" of man-made disasters, population mobility is between illegal and legal, and most fishermen want to escape.
The "water monster" had to return to its old ways, forcing the fishermen to not dare to leave. Eventually, the news reached the river station.
According to the two men, Liu Jie set up a checkpoint on the road between Pingyang County and Fengbu County, specifically waiting for people from the Hebo Station to pass through.
Unfortunately, no one expected that the man from the Hebo Station forgot to bring a compass and relied on an iron needle to walk the zigzag route...
Liang Qu held his chin.
There are so many fishermen in a county, and they account for 60% of the total income.
He didn't know the exact population, so he couldn't calculate how much money it was, but it was definitely an outrageous amount.
According to confessions, sometimes fishing stations would proactively help fishermen who really couldn't make ends meet to become "hidden households" for fear of provoking civil unrest.
Liu Jie's half-life experience can be described as that of a hero of his generation, and is quite legendary.
It’s a pity that Liang Qu ran into him.
Incredible wealth!
This task is not even of grade E, it should be at least grade B!
With Liang Qu's strength, eliminating the Whale Gang can be considered a great achievement!
The Hebo Institute divides the tasks into five levels: A, B, C, D and E. The main criteria for classification are difficulty, scope and impact.
There are tens of thousands of fishermen in a county, and the scope of this impact alone is worth a Class C or even a Class B.
Tasks of Class A and Class B have already entered the category of great achievements!
However, major functions cannot be obtained. In addition to the task level, the strength of the person who completes the task is also a consideration factor.
A warrior with low strength tried his best to hold back a martial artist who was riding a horse. It was of strategic significance, and he ended up being disabled for life or even died. Even if this mission was only of grade C, it was still worth a great achievement.
But if it was done by Wolf Smoke Martial Artist, it wouldn’t count.
This is an advantage for Liang Qu.
Add the two together, and Brother Xu is one of us, so he won't deliberately block us, so it's a sure thing! It's more than just a great achievement!
Even after doing it for the first time, he could become a true eighth rank from an eighth rank!
However, it is a bit risky for a warrior at the third level to fight at the Galloping Horse Extreme Level.
Liang Qu knew his own strengths and weaknesses and knew that he had no hope of defeating Liu Jie unless he was underwater.
The strength of a warrior is determined by many factors. In addition to realm, the main factors are martial arts, experience, and talent.
Compared with those children of aristocratic families in Hebo, Liang Qu's advantage is his natural talent in martial arts. Their skills are basically the same, but his experience depends on his age and experience, that is, it depends on the specific person.
Liu Jie had been a martial artist for more than 20 years, so his experience in fighting must be richer than his. He must have known a lot of martial arts, but his skills were probably not as good as his, and his talent was not as good either. It would take him half a year to break through a level in martial arts.
But compared with the Benma Extreme Realm and the Three Levels, the realm of strength is absolutely crushing.
Liang Qu estimated that his current strength was between the initial stage of aristocratic family members' Galloping Horses, the middle stage or even the upper stage of a commoner martial artist's Galloping Horses, and was a little short of the ultimate stage.
Not to mention that Liu Jie has three galloping martial artists on his side. If he cannot hold them all underwater and beat them, his life might be in danger.
No matter how great his contribution is, he has to be alive to receive it. He doesn't want any posthumous reward.
Fortunately, Liang Qu can level up first!
According to the current progress, even if we just take it step by step, we will be able to break through the blood barrier in four or five days.
There are four levels: skin, flesh, bones and blood. The blood level is greatly improved!
When the time comes, we can find a reason to choose the battlefield on the water, so it will be foolproof!
(End of this chapter)
