Gambling was one of the Qing Tou’s major sources of income, encompassing casinos, lotteries, and underground bare-knuckle boxing.
The casinos and underground boxing arenas were located at a place called the Azure Dragon Mansion.
The Azure Dragon Mansion was situated in the southern suburbs of Donghai, built against the mountains. It was outwardly advertised as a private club.
The club consisted of two buildings. One was a hotel, and the other housed an indoor fighting arena.
Of course, that was the public facade.
The members of the Azure Dragon Mansion knew very well that apart from normal accommodation, the club’s hotel also offered services such as bathing and spa treatments.
The top floor was a massive casino, comparable in scale to the renowned casinos in Macao. The dealers were all beautiful women from around the globe, professionally trained to provide excellent service to guests.
The services here included those within the casino and those within the hotel rooms. The latter required guests to spend a considerable sum of money.
Naturally, if a guest was a prominent figure with resources and influence, that would be a different story.
After all, in this world, resources and influence were often more important than wealth. These two elements could easily translate into wealth, but acquiring resources and influence through wealth was not a simple matter.
The indoor fighting arena served as the venue for underground bare-knuckle boxing. Unscheduled boxing matches were held, featuring fighters of various martial arts levels. Sometimes, matches between humans and beasts were also organized.
For people living in the secular world, such competitions were novel, exciting, and bloody, causing their adrenaline to surge. They would then irrationally place bets in their frenzy, leading to immense profits for the casino.
Tonight, the Azure Dragon Mansion was not hosting a bare-knuckle boxing match, but the underground arena was still crowded.
"Bang!"
"Ah—"
Accompanied by a dull thud and a scream, a figure was flung from the central ring. With a "plop," they landed outside the ring, curled up and twitching, spitting blood.
"Uncle-Master!"
Upon witnessing this scene, a group of young men’s faces drastically changed, and they rushed forward.
They were all elites trained by Wu Long and core enforcers of the Qing Tou.
The fallen individual was Jiang Han, Wu Long’s deputy and the third most powerful figure in the Qing Tou’s underground boxing domain, second only to Wu Long himself. He was an Eight-Star martial artist!
Jiang Han had been struck by the opponent’s palm, resulting in fractured bones and severe internal injuries.
"Are the Qing Tou’s enforcers this weak? From Three-Star martial artists to Eight-Star martial artists, they’ve fought six matches and haven’t won a single one?"
Just as the Qing Tou’s enforcers rushed towards Jiang Han, Huang Xiao Xie sat on the opposite side of the ring, with his legs crossed, puffing on a cigar, and sneering mockingly.
"Brother Shan, get your gear ready. Let’s take them on!"
The six elite Qing Tou enforcers, who were already simmering with anger from their consecutive defeats by Hong Tou fighters, saw Jiang Han heavily injured and heard the opponent’s taunts. One of them couldn't stand it any longer and pulled a handgun from his chest.
"Let's go!!"
That person's words were immediately echoed by many Qing Tou enforcers who also drew their firearms.
"Nonsense! Put your guns away!"
The man addressed as Brother Shan was a middle-aged man named Song Shan. Like Jiang Han, he was also a deputy to Wu Long.
Jiang Han was primarily responsible for teaching and training gold-medal enforcers and managing the security of the underground boxing arena, while Song Shan managed and operated the underground bare-knuckle boxing.
The two were complementary, one handling the martial aspect and the other the administrative and operational side.
"Brother Shan…!"
The Qing Tou enforcers were almost all young. Their blood was boiling at this moment. Even with Song Shan’s reprimand, they didn't put away their guns; instead, some became agitated.
"Can’t you f***ing understand me? Put your guns away!"
Seeing this, Song Shan let out an enraged roar.
As Wu Long’s deputy, and also responsible for the management and operation of the underground boxing arena, Song Shan was the only one present who remained calm.
He knew very well that guns absolutely could not be used tonight!
Firstly, he recognized not only Huang Xiao Xie but also Lei Bao – a Double Flower Red Club of the Hong Tou, a Martial Arts Grandmaster!
In a confined space, it would be difficult to hit a Martial Arts Grandmaster with a firearm.
Secondly, even if the Qing Tou, relying on their numbers and firearms, could gun down the opponents, they could not do so!
This was because if Huang Xiao Xie and Lei Bao were shot dead here, the Hong Tou would inevitably declare war on the Qing Tou, a war to the death!
Song Shan could not bear the responsibility for this!
Moreover, even Wu Long did not have the authority to make such a decision!
Seeing Song Shan’s anger, the Qing Tou enforcers calmed down somewhat and put away their guns one by one.
"I've already called Brother Long to report this. Brother Long will be here soon to handle the matter," Song Shan added with a grim expression after his subordinates had all holstered their weapons.
"How… How much longer until Brother Long arrives?" Jiang Han asked, having taken a healing pill and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
Tonight, including himself, six Qing Tou enforcers had been defeated by Hong Tou fighters. This was a great humiliation. Only when Wu Long returned and defeated Lei Bao could this disgrace be washed away!
"Should be soon," Song Shan replied, glancing at his watch.
"My patience is limited. Call Wu Long again and tell him to hurry," Huang Xiao Xie said again at this moment.
Bringing Lei Bao and his men to challenge the Qing Tou’s underground boxing arena and cripple Wu Long, the Double Flower Red Club of the Qing Tou, was the third thing Huang Xiao Xie intended to do upon arriving in Donghai!
His first two objectives had ended in failure, and this one could not go wrong, or his trip to Donghai would have been in vain.
"Brother Long will naturally rush here at the fastest speed to reclaim our honor!" Song Shan responded coldly to Huang Xiao Xie.
"Wu Long? Not enough!" Lei Bao sneered.
The preceding matches involved martial artists from Three-Star to Eight-Star. When Wu Long arrived, he would be the one to fight Wu Long.
He knew Wu Long’s strength and was confident of defeating him!
"I heard your boss has recently been recruiting Jiang Wu Ming. Although Jiang Wu Ming is only an Eight-Star martial artist, he recently killed a Martial Arts Grandmaster, causing a sensation in the martial arts world of Long Country and creating a myth! One Wu Long is not enough for Brother Lei to warm up. You’d best find a way to summon Jiang Wu Ming as well. Brother Lei wants to shatter that myth!"
As soon as Lei Bao finished speaking, Huang Xiao Xie spoke again.
Over the past day, he had used his intelligence resources to track Jiang Wu Ming’s whereabouts and discovered that Jiang Wu Ming almost exclusively stayed at the Donghai Martial Arts Academy. He was unable to create an opportunity within the rules for Lei Bao to attack Jiang Wu Ming.
Even a challenge was not permissible!
In this world, no one dared to recklessly challenge a teacher at the Donghai Martial Arts Academy!
This was because it was equivalent to challenging the entire Donghai Martial Arts Academy, or even the Long Country Martial Department!
His current statement was also made in passing.
He didn't believe Song Shan and the others could summon Jiang Wu Ming, nor did he believe Jiang Wu Ming would come to such a place.
"Little brat, your tone is more offensive than your father Huang Xiong’s foot odor!"
The next moment.
Before Song Shan could even respond, a voice echoed from the entrance of the underground boxing arena.
Chu Wan Song entered the underground boxing arena with Jiang Wu Ming and Wu Long.
Jiang Wu Ming and Huang Xiao Xie had an unexpected encounter!