Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

For Yuheng Star Hall, these external swordsmen were tools for amassing wealth. Losing one meant losing a source of revenue.

At this time, the Hall Master of Yuheng Star Hall, Luo Jingsong, the legal advisor Li Chengguo, the accountant Qian Zhonghe, and the patrol officer Ji Zhengfei just received the news of Huang Yifu’s annihilation.

Inside the Seven Stars Hall, Hall Master, legal advisor, accountant, and patroller - these four positions were known as ”the four housekeepers.” As the names suggest, the Hall Master was the leader, the legal advisor was his deputy managing the affairs, the accountant handled the finances.

And the patroller was in charge of inspecting, inspecting the various swordsmen outside, overseeing whether they were all submitting their taxes and not embezzling.

A few days ago, Ji Zhengfei happened to inspect Huang Yifu’s stronghold and found it deserted; all the valuables were gone.

At first, he suspected that Huang Yifu might have fled with the Silver. After an investigation, he learned that Huang Yifu’s stronghold had been eradicated.

”Yang Zhenshan, personally titled by the Emperor as Secondary Second Rank General, holds the actual position of Commander of Tenglong Guard. Previously he was the garrison in Chongshan Town, An Yuan City. This March, during the campaign in Chongshan Town against the East Sea Hu Clan, he led a thousand cavalrymen and conquered seven Hu Clan settlements in eight days. Subsequently, he slew Banner Master Duobato and the self-proclaimed king, Meng Temu!”

”In his campaigns against the Hu Clan, there were no less than eighty thousand casualties, let alone the countless numbers who perished under his spear!”

”Duobato had the cultivation of the Postnatal Eighth Layer and was in his prime, while Meng Temu had the cultivation of the Postnatal Ninth Layer, and despite being over sixty, his strength was formidable.”

”Yang Zhenshan’s ability to slay these two men on the battlefield suggests that his own cultivation might very well have reached the Postnatal Ninth Layer!”

Ji Zhengfei relayed the information he had gathered these past few days to Luo Jingsong and the others, and he couldn’t help but exclaim at last, ”This man is a war god on the battlefield!”

Luo Jingsong, Li Chengguo, and Qian Zhonghe knew each other well, and all could not help but show a complicated and troubled expression.

Like Yang Zhenshan, they were reluctant to provoke such an existence.

With strength, status, and military authority in hand, such entities are most feared by the worldly society forces.

Not only did Yang Zhenshan possess strength, status, and military authority, but he was also a war god on the battlefield.

Who would be willing to provoke such an existence lightly?

”Huang Yifu really brought us a big trouble!” Li Chengguo, stroking his salt-and-pepper goat beard, frowned and said.

They did not care about the life and death of Huang Yifu, just an outer knife guest; if he died, then he died. They could recruit a new knife guest at any time or appoint a new one.

What they cared about was the financial interest in Qingfu Mountain.

Collecting tolls was a profitable business with no risk and no suppression from the government.

Such a stable and high-income financial route was very important to them.

Now that Huang Yifu was dead, and killed by Yang Zhenshan at that.

Should they send a group of people to take over the financial route of Qingfu Mountain?

If they sent people and attracted Yang Zhenshan’s dissatisfaction, which led to them being wiped out, wouldn’t that be sending people to their deaths in vain?

As for dealing with Yang Zhenshan, they didn’t even dare to think about it.

Use military force?

Their Yuheng Star Hall did not have Martial Artists at the Postnatal Ninth Layer!

Suppress Yang Zhenshan from an official standpoint?

If they had the ability to do that, they wouldn’t have hidden in Changqing Mountain.

Luo Jingsong also frowned deeply, ”The main hall requires us to hand over one hundred thousand taels of Silver next year! According to our income in the past few years, if we do not have the income from Qingfu Mountain next year, we’re afraid it will be very difficult to come up with such a large amount of Silver!”

Why did the Star Moon Sect set up Seven Stars Hall within the territory of Da Rong?

It aims to earn Silver within the territory of Da Rong!

Knife guests were the tool for Seven Stars Hall to accumulate wealth, and Seven Stars Hall was also the tool for the Star Moon Sect to accumulate wealth.