I Can Strengthen Infinitely-Chapter 52 - 49: Reactions from All Sides

The Fierce Tiger Gang leader is dead.

Nobody saw this coming.

As the leader of a gang, Wang Ba’s strength was well-known among the major families and factions in Cyan Yang City.

There wasn’t any faction confident enough that their top expert could infiltrate the Fierce Tiger Gang and assassinate Wang Ba. After all, Outer Forging Perfection is no joke.

Yet now, this unbelievable event has really happened, like an earthquake striking with a rumble, causing many in Cyan Yang City to discuss it fervently.

Two people were most shocked by it.

Flood Dragon Gang headquarters.

Xiao Jiaolong sat deep in thought in his chair, skillfully playing with four iron balls. His hands were broad and thick, covered in calluses, clearly those of someone skilled in martial arts.

"Are you sure he was poisoned to death?"

The spy nodded repeatedly: "Yes, according to my sources, the Fierce Tiger Gang members examined Wang Ba’s body and found only minor injuries on his waist. The main cause of death was ingesting the poison He Ding hong."

"Wang Ba, that fool, was already at Outer Forging Perfection and still allowed someone to poison him. To pull off something like this, it had to be either a master of Inner Strength or an expert at acupressure."

Xiao Jiaolong stroked his chin: "What about the escorts kept with the Fierce Tiger Gang?"

"Gone."

"Ah..." Xiao Jiaolong chuckled meaningfully, "It seems somehow, word leaked out from Wang Ba’s side. This is surely the doing of the Qin family; I didn’t expect that after losing the escort, Mountain Guardian Escort Agency would be so reckless as to even kill Wang Ba. Doesn’t this slap Gold and Silver Pavilion in the face?"

"Gang Leader, I think it’s not that simple." A fair-faced young man sitting beside Xiao Jiaolong suddenly spoke.

Xiao Jiaolong turned his eyes: "How so?"

"I’ve heard that a few days ago, the head escort of Mountain Guardian Escort Agency took many skilled personnel to Meteor Mountain but returned severely injured, and is still recovering.

Presumably, he went to Hulao Stronghold to take back the escorts but didn’t expect Xu San to have hired the Huang Feng Four Wolves. The Qin family didn’t gain the upper hand and instead lost many people.

And this morning, Qin Feng took the initiative to visit those employers to apologize, which evidently shows that the Fierce Tiger Gang’s matter had nothing to do with the Qin family."

Watching this fair-faced young man speak eloquently, if not for lacking the accessory of a feather fan, he would genuinely resemble some respectable strategist.

Xiao Jiaolong didn’t say anything. This person was a high-ranking official assigned from the Twelve Linked Rings, apparently an illegitimate child of one of the leaders, sent to Cyan Yang City to enhance his reputation.

His strength was nothing special, not even reaching the Outer Forging First Realm, yet he particularly liked giving advice, supposedly offering strategies.

But sometimes Xiao Jiaolong felt this person resembled a cunning military advisor, unsure if his words could be trusted.

However, due to the other’s strong backing, even Xiao Jiaolong, as the gang leader, couldn’t refute him. In terms of status, he was inferior to this individual.

"Young Master Shi, then who do you think committed this?" asked Xiao Jiaolong.

"Not anyone else; it must be an insider from the Fierce Tiger Gang," Shi Tianyi smiled nonchalantly, presenting an impressive and handsome demeanor.

Xiao Jiaolong: (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)

"Why, why do you think there’s an inside traitor in the Fierce Tiger Gang?"

Shi Tianyi replied, "Think carefully, Wang Ba was already at Outer Forging Perfection. Unless a Martial Artist of the Inner Power Realm acted, who could kill Wang Ba without a hundred people?"

The spy just mentioned that Wang Ba died from consuming the He Ding hong poison. Think carefully, if it were an Inner Power master, would Wang Ba die this way?

Thus, it’s definitely someone within the Fierce Tiger Gang who was long dissatisfied with Wang Ba, or someone with ambitions to seize power, which led to this. Wang Ba probably couldn’t believe it when dying that someone dared to poison him."

Shi Tianyi spoke earnestly, appearing genuinely serious, not as if joking.

Xiao Jiaolong was momentarily speechless, unsure of what to say. He didn’t know why, but the words of this young brat seemed quite logical, almost believable.

"Then, Young Master Shi, how do you explain the missing escorts within the Fierce Tiger Gang?"

"The power-seeker who knew that unifying and consolidating the Fierce Tiger Gang was the top priority after Wang Ba’s death. Those escorts, representing evidence of their crimes, were unsafe in the gang and were secretly transferred or destroyed, preventing the Qin family from holding them accountable."

Xiao Jiaolong: ...

For some reason, although I initially didn’t believe or took this person seriously, now his theories seem not unreasonable.

"Forget it, let’s end it here." Xiao Jiaolong waved his hand in frustration.

With Wang Ba dead, the cooperative agreement they had was now null and void.

Originally, they planned to use the Mountain Guardian Escort Agency of the Qin family as a breakthrough point, slowly supporting various bandits in Meteor Mountain discreetly to disrupt the business of the three major escort agencies in Cyan Yang City. This way, weakening their reputation would leave nobody willing to use these agencies for transport.

Over time, the escort industry dominated by the three major families in Cyan Yang City would naturally loosen, providing him a breakthrough opportunity.

By establishing a large escort agency in Cyan Yang City, and affiliating it with the Twelve Linked Rings, it would be a significant achievement, earning him substantial rewards from the leader. Xiao Jiaolong initially cooperated with Wang Ba for this very purpose.