“Who are they, Father?”
Walking out of the alley, Lin Sheng finally asked.
From their demeanor, he could tell they were definitely Gang members, but his daily life, which consisted of going from point A to point B at the Slaughterhouse, meant he only had a superficial understanding of the situation on Waguan Street. Therefore, he didn't know their origins.
“Those are people from the Ya Gang.”
“Ya Gang?”
Hearing this name, Lin Sheng felt a bit unfamiliar.
“When did Waguan Street get another Gang like this!?”
According to his memory, Waguan Street was originally controlled by two Gangs, the Axe Gang and the Fist Gang. Each Gang occupied half of Waguan Street's territory and ran businesses like restaurants, brothels, and gambling houses, holding considerable sway on Waguan Street.
Each Gang also had many thugs. How could a Ya Gang suddenly appear?
“This Ya Gang suddenly appeared more than a month ago. As soon as they came out, they directly occupied the Fist Gang's territory, beating the Fist Gang soundly. In the end, they had no choice but to withdraw from Waguan Street and give up all this territory…”
Speaking of this, Lin Hong sighed.
“Now the original territory of the Fist Gang on Waguan Street belongs to this Ya Gang. I heard that the stall fees here have increased by a full thirty percent compared to before the Fist Gang. Now they don't even let go of these small alleys, sigh… The days ahead will be increasingly difficult…”
Lin Hong sighed repeatedly, his eyes filled with worry for the future.
Poor families originally had no ability to resist risks. He already had difficulty moving due to an injury on his leg, and now his own sundry stall had to have an additional expense. How could he not be upset?
“Father, you won't have to come out and set up a stall anymore. I've successfully joined the Hunting Beast Hall. I'll report tomorrow. You don't have to worry about the future.”
Seeing his old man's appearance, Lin Sheng patted his shoulder to comfort him.
“A Sheng, you've entered the Hunting Beast Hall!”
Hearing Lin Sheng's words, Lin Hong was startled for a moment, then quickly reacted and said somewhat excitedly.
“Our lives will be better from now on.” Lin Sheng nodded and lifted the pork and cloth in his hand. “Let's go pick up Mother and have a good celebration tonight.”
“Alright, alright, let's go pick up your Mother now. Your Brother will also be back in a few days. We'll tell him this good news then too.”
The good news of his son successfully joining the Hunting Beast Hall of Zhenshan Tower dispelled the gloom in Lin Hong's heart, and a long-lost smile appeared on his face.
Lin Sheng carried the things and supported Lin Hong as they walked towards home.
His attitude towards the so-called Gangs was to keep them at a respectful distance, avoid them from afar, and not get entangled with them in any way.
He always hated trouble, which was why he decisively gave that Brother Gou five large coins to avoid getting entangled with him.
Now that he had the Shan Hai Secret Scroll, he would eventually rise given time. There was no need to create unnecessary complications.
It was just a pity that things often didn't go as planned.
Since Xie Guihua still had some time before finishing work, the two of them went home first.
“A Sheng, you don't need to worry about things at home. I'll light the fire and cook. You should rest well and get enough energy. Be careful when you go to the Hunting Beast Hall tomorrow…”
In the small courtyard, Lin Hong snatched the pork and polished rice from Lin Sheng's arms and began to process them himself without explanation, refusing to let Lin Sheng help in any way.
Seeing that he couldn't argue with him, Lin Sheng had no choice but to give up the idea of helping.
He simply took out the small booklet with only a few thin pages from his bosom and began to study it.
The manual still emitted the scent of ink, clearly not completely dry yet, but it didn't hinder his reading.
Although Wang Dehai had only copied a few pages, the content recorded on them was much more complex than the first stance of the introductory Raging Bull Fist, and many places were not described in detail. Some parts were even just mentioned in passing.
Obviously, although Wang Dehai had given him the cultivation method for Minor Accomplishment Raging Bull Fist.
He was just intending to let him get familiar with it in advance and didn't think Lin Sheng could achieve anything significant in two or three days.
However, these concise contents, when seen by Lin Sheng, gave him a feeling of sudden enlightenment. After just reading through it once, he couldn't help but strike a boxing stance in the courtyard.
In just a moment, the entire set was displayed in his hands like flowing clouds and water.
Even for the content on the next two pages, he naturally assumed the correct stances without needing to think.
The method of circulating Qi within his body also naturally began to operate. His originally gentle Qi and blood instantly became fervent, rapidly twisting within his body and circulating throughout his entire being as he moved.
After a while, with a muffled sound, Lin Sheng finally exhaled heavily, and the flush on his face dissipated.
“I didn't expect this introductory method to be seventy to eighty percent similar to what I subconsciously fumbled with the past two days. Even without the subsequent cultivation methods for Raging Bull Fist, I could probably figure out this boxing technique on my own given some time.”
A look of excitement appeared on his face.
But thinking about it carefully, this was also reasonable. With the Iron Yak entering his body, he was definitely a top-tier Genius when cultivating Raging Bull Fist. Perhaps even the Senior who created this boxing technique back then might not have been able to compare to him.
After only cultivating for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he felt that he had made significant progress.
“Following this progress, if I'm lucky, I might be able to successfully Cultivate Raging Bull Fist to Minor Accomplishment in one day. Even if I'm unlucky, it will take no more than two days.”
While contemplating, he suddenly seemed to sense something and turned his head to look at a corner of the small courtyard.
He saw several birds hurriedly flying away from the tree in the courtyard corner.
Lin Sheng squinted his eyes and looked there. Suddenly, a black cat let out a meow and disappeared there.
“Was it an illusion?”
He shook his head slightly. Just now, he seemed to have heard some movement there. Now it seemed it should have been the sound made by that wild cat.
Thinking this, he paid no more attention and began to continue cultivating.
At the same time, under the outer wall corner of the small courtyard, Third Brother let out a long breath.
“This kid is actually cultivating martial arts. No wonder he's so rich.”
He had followed Lin Sheng and Lin Hong all the way here. After confirming their address, he wanted to see the situation in their courtyard. So he climbed onto the wall and watched for a while. He happened to see Lin Sheng flipping through that small booklet and then starting to Cultivate. This could be said to have both surprised and delighted him.
The surprise was that this seemingly thin kid actually possessed martial arts. The joy was that the other party seemed to have a cultivation method booklet in his hands.
Don't look at him following beside that Brother Gou, swaggering around and bullying ordinary folks, but he himself didn't possess martial arts. Among their few people, only Brother Gou had the means and qualifications to practice martial arts.
One must know that even the most ordinary third-rate cultivation methods were quite expensive, or they were controlled by those large forces.
Now, seeing that the kid from the commoner district actually had something resembling a cultivation method booklet in his hands, he naturally couldn't suppress the greed in his heart.
“I have to go back and tell Brother Gou about this. Even if this cultivation method booklet doesn't end up in my hands, there's definitely no harm in me taking a look myself.”
Thinking this, he turned and left. But after walking a few steps, he turned back again to reconfirm the location of the small courtyard in front of him.
“The second to last house in the alley…”
He muttered to himself, and after confirming it was correct, he turned and left quickly.
And just as he had left, a head suddenly appeared on top of the wall, frowning as it watched Third Brother's departing back.
The owner of the head was none other than Lin Sheng.