Chapter 79: Chapter 79: Establish Authority First!
In the suburbs of Gad City’s industrial park.
President Huang and his associates managed to set up a trading company and a production base quickly by acquiring an existing factory.
They also sensed some dangerous auras.
Before coming here, President Huang and his group were well aware of the chaos and danger in the Nepal area.
Hadn’t they chosen this location precisely because it was a lawless area that had achieved a certain balance amidst the interlocking influences of major powers?
President Huang and his team paved their way with money and activated their connections. They also hurried to find a highly reputed security company to take charge of the factory’s safety.
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And then… during this period, President Huang and his team really hadn’t encountered any problems, and even the common extortion and threats from local companies in Gad City were rare.
It seemed that even in Nepal, no criminal dared to mess with a clearly well-guarded safe area.
But that evening, President Huang and his team were informed that one of their buses transporting local employees had been hijacked on its way here!
President Huang and the others were not too panicked about this.
There was even a sense of relaxation, as if to say, “Ah, finally, it has happened.”
After all, situations involving hostage-taking and forcing foreign companies into negotiations were not uncommon in Nepal.
If you hadn’t encountered it a few times, you’d hardly dare to mention that you had run a company in Nepal.
The experts they had consulted upon their arrival had even planned for such situations.
Generally, the goal of the other party was still mainly to extort money.
Simply put, your fat sheep have passed through their territory, and the local wolves all want a bite, yet they also harbor fantasies of the meager stream lasting forever and worry about backlash. Therefore, they continuously tested the fat sheep’s bottom line, trying to bite off more fat.
“Let’s send someone to talk, and if that doesn’t work, we’ll decide whether to continue negotiations or start fighting after paying,”
Lu Dahu opened his mouth with a glint of excitement in his eyes:
“With this incident, it’s reasonable for us to get the security team some borderline weapons, right?”
“Hadn’t we already decided to make a big impact here, to create a blue zone like our peers in Johannesburg, with weaponry and training even better than the local regular army!”
“You’re thinking quite far ahead.”
“You actually want to govern by dividing the area; you really think such things are easy to accomplish?”
“Those examples all benefited from the right timing, geographical convenience, and good relationships.”
President Huang smiled and started dialing on the satellite phone.
Soon, President Huang’s expression became serious:
“The ones causing trouble this time aren’t local forces. It’s a gang made up of desperados from outside, the Coyote Gang!”
“It’s a bit troublesome. The gang, including the leaders, mostly comprises young people, all daring enough to take any money. I’ve heard they’ve recently had connections with some illegal armed groups, not only trafficking illegal drugs but also suspected of participating in illegal arms.”
“Besides, the mayor reminded us.”
“That security officer in charge of the port area has quite an opinion about us.”
“That one?”
Lu Dahu recalled the information:
“Isn’t his main business in control of the timber trade? How come, seeing that we’re not importing or exporting timber, is he anxious?”
“We really are big fat sheep in their eyes!”
At this point, Lu Dahu put himself in their shoes and realized that if he hadn’t known there was a Rat Taoist behind them,
and their purpose wasn’t really for commercial profits, investing and establishing factories here,
wouldn’t they just be like fat sheep?
“What should we do? The meeting time is approaching; we need to report…”
“No need; seeking help for such a trivial matter might make the Taoist think we’re useless.”
“And if… if he sees it as us testing the Taoist’s ability, that would be even worse!”
President Huang shook his head repeatedly, and just thinking about the style of the Rat Taoist and that person’s big locust tree made him dare not do anything that might arouse suspicion.
When villains act, often they don’t need evidence; suspicion is enough!
So, as long as they could handle it themselves, they might as well try to resolve it on their own.
Even if it’s a bit hard or expensive, a bit of money then?
Spend it! Safety comes first!
Lu Dahu and the others, being sensible, nodded in agreement with President Huang’s idea, and then they began arranging people to contact the other party, preparing to handle the situation themselves.
Night fell.
President Huang and his six men sensed the summoning of the Rat Taoist once more and entered the Bone-burying Ground!
Upon arriving at the Bone-burying Ground.
President Huang and the six sharply noticed something amiss.
The fog was as dense as ever, but the shadows of the trees within the fog, weren’t they a bit more scattered?
And those ghost fires, which they had grown somewhat fond of hearing, didn’t seem as loud and powerful as the last time they were here!
Fortunately, the ghost that came to meet them seemed unharmed, so President Huang and the others continued to follow without worry.
Before long, they arrived at the summit of Bone-burying Mountain.
They saw a sight that made their eyelids twitch.
The thatched cottage that should have been in front, as well as the stone benches they had sat on before, and the stone table where they had placed tea cups,
had all turned into ruins!
And!
As their gaze fell to the ground, they spotted a circle of shallow pits.
President Huang and the others stopped in their tracks, their hearts filled with alarm.
It wasn’t until they saw the Rat Taoist emerging slowly from the ruins within the fog, revealing his form,
that President Huang and the others felt like they had seen their pillar of strength, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
Had they encountered a transcendent battle?
It seemed that, since the Bone-burying Ground was still here and they could still be brought over, the Rat Taoist probably hadn’t lost.
Only, their lair had been turned into this state; this Taoist…
It seemed that President Huang and others were worried.
The Rat Taoist gripped his walking stick tighter and tapped it on the ground, releasing a creepy cackle.
“No need to panic, just some nobodies who learned a bit of insignificant skills and thought they could test us. I have already sent them on the Road of Netherworld,” he said.
“This time, you all had to sit on the ground.”
After speaking, the Rat Taoist approached President Huang and his six men, who hurriedly bent down to pay their respects.
First, it was still the Bloodline Stone Plate testing the blood.
This time, they needed considerably more blood samples.
As President Huang explained, they had hired many employees of Eastern descent at their factory in Nepal under the guise of health inspections, allowing them to naturally collect a large number of samples by having insiders handle parts of the process.
Unfortunately, even though there were many people, this batch of samples still did not cause the Bloodline Stone Plate to glow.
Su Ping wasn’t too disappointed by this; what came was fortune, what didn’t was fate.
And doesn’t the rarity and difficulty of a Spiritual Body further prove how awesome his Sacred Body is?
After the testing was over, Su Ping served hot Spiritual Tea to soothe the hearts of President Huang and his six men.
They began to report their experiences over the period and submitted the inventory list of goods prepared to be transferred to the Bone-burying Ground.
The Rat Taoist used the Object Manipulation Technique to make the list float up, free from the bounds of gravity, and gently flew before his eyes.
Looking at the specific numbers listed, Su Ping nodded slightly to himself.
However, the Rat Taoist used a tone that seemed both mocking and not mocking as he said,
“There are still some things you haven’t reported, aren’t there?”
At these words, cold sweat broke out on the backs of President Huang and his six men, and they knelt on the ground at first instance.
As they knelt, various speculations flashed through President Huang’s mind.
The most likely scenario was not that a traitor had emerged among the six of them.
Instead, President Huang started to fearfully worry that there were others besides the six of them who were Registered Disciples in the Bone-burying Ground.
It was very likely that the Rat Taoist also had other Registered Disciples serving him, even providing intelligence support in Gad City.
It was right for those in high positions to acquire information from various sources to compare with each other, to avoid relying too heavily on one-sided information.
Seeing the Rat Taoist do this, President Huang and others were not surprised.
While they kowtowed and pleaded for mercy, they recounted the only thing they had omitted, the involvement of the Coyote Gang, in great detail.
Su Ping listened silently; he naturally didn’t have the time to mess with other Registered Disciples.
He only habitually had the Spiritual Rats, White and Grey, control a group of local big rats in Gad City, then he would always scout in advance when he came over, and read the memories of the big rats.
Furthermore, this hostage incident occurred around the industrial park, and was executed shoddily as if the perpetrators had not thought about hiding their identities at all.
Since this area was also strictly guarded by the big rats, it was normal for Su Ping to notice.
Even when President Huang and the others came to the Bone-burying Ground, some rats had already found the hideouts of the kidnappers and hostages.
“It seems that your true intention was to sincerely work for the Bone-burying Ground,” Su Ping said.
“That’s good, but next time, do not conceal anything again.”
“Whether your intentions are genuine or selfish, there are plenty of ways to discern that.”
“Do you understand?” the Rat Taoist said, pausing, suddenly enveloped by rolling black mist.
Suddenly, a chill struck from all around.
President Huang and the others felt as if they had fallen into an icy, snowy land when they looked toward the ghostly Rat Taoist.
Seizing the moment, they hurriedly swore oaths never to engage in any deceptive acts again.
Su Ping naturally did not quite believe this, but having shown the stick, it was time to offer the carrot as well.
Thinking to himself, he temporarily halted the Formation that created the severe cold and fearful atmosphere to give them a moment to breathe.
Su Ping then recited the introductory chapters of the Martial Path Techniques and Health Care Skills from the Immortal Cultivation World.
This Health Care Skill was simple to start with and required very low eligibility.
It was quite popular among major families in the Immortal Cultivation World.
Practicing it to some extent, at the very least, strengthening the body was not an issue.
For the people of Water Blue Star, this technique and other Martial Path Techniques posed the major trouble of requiring bitter cultivation under Spiritual Energy environments or relying on Pills to provide the missing Spiritual Power for both entry and small realm breakthroughs.
Without these critical aspects, the effectiveness of the Health Care Skill on Water Blue Star might not be as good as scientific fitness.
At least scientific fitness is genuinely tailored to the local environment and human physical conditions.
President Huang and the others were ecstatic in their hearts upon hearing the Rat Taoist’s transmission of the technique.
Although the Rat Taoist only recited it once, President Huang and his men were not worried.
They had people like Lu Dahu who had a photographic memory!
Glancing covertly, they saw Lu Dahu nodding slightly, looking natural.
President Huang and his men were then reassured, only waiting to go back and study thoroughly with this scholar.
But they heard the Rat Taoist continue to speak,
“Your bodies are too frail; what I just recited was the foundation-building technique for you,” he said.
“Later on, you can sit here and meditate to cultivate, quickly taking advantage of the land to enter.”
“As for me… ”
“Ha! I am about to die, yet still people come to bully me.”
“No need to care about the rules of Jianghu then!”
“You are too young; don’t think that those who physically attack you are merely mortals targeting you. Behind them, there are more than just mortals!”
“On the surface, they act against you, but in the shadows, they are also testing me.”
“But don’t worry, it’s just a bunch of unimportant clowns from the Side Sect, tardy in their duties. They’re due for a clean-up; we might as well start tonight!”
“To establish authority, one must show power; tonight… I shall establish authority for the Bone-burying Ground here!”