Chapter 18 - Killing is not an option, let's scrap

  Climbing up to the mountain fortress of North Gotham Mang Mountain, the current Chu Huo was already considered a familiar face of the mountain fortress, and was directly invited inside the council hall.   Han Bao walked out with Ma Cuo full of red face, Chu Huo smiled and said, "Seeing Boss Han's appearance, obviously this time is a good business?"   "Hahaha! It's not just good, my cottage's revenue has almost doubled by more than ten times! And now almost the entire North Gotham Mang Mountain is already my territory, if other cottages want to gain a foothold in North Gotham Mang Mountain, they have to listen to me, Han Bao!"   Han Bao sat across from Chu Huo and smiled, "Chu Huo kid, your idea is good, I'll take this favor, don't go away later, I've already let someone prepare a banquet, today a drunken banquet!"   Chu Huo raised his hand and said, "There's no rush to drink, Boss Han, this time I came here because I want to ask you for a favor."   Han Bao's eyes narrowed and said, "Oh, which one do you want to rob and kill?"   He was a rough man, and his words and actions were straightforward, Chu Huo gave him ideas and helped him with intelligence, but there was no free lunch under the sky, and now it was his turn to make a move.   Chu Huo faintly said, "That fourth brother of mine, Chu Wound."   Once they heard Chu Huo say that, Han Bao and Ma Gao glanced at each other, their hearts chilled.   This Chu Huo's actions were still really evil, both times he robbed and killed his own family.   The first time was fine, it was just some underlings, this time was better, it directly became his own brother.   But they didn't say anything, Han Bao and Ma Cuo are the 36 giant bandits in the north, not those who have not seen the bandits, sibling rivalry this kind of drama they have seen a lot, now Chu Huo do so they won't make a fuss.   So Han Bao directly asked, "This time it's still like last time, kill the leader and leave the rest?"   Chu Huo said indifferently, "The leaders were killed, and this time there is another blood condensation realm martial artist inside the merchant fleet, so you need to take action yourself, Boss Han, of course you can't kill that fourth brother of mine, after all, that's my own brother."   Han Bao rolled his eyes, and just wanted to say that since that is your own brother, you still let me rob and kill him.   But who would have thought that the next thing Chu Huo said with a wave of his hand, "Of course my own brother can't be killed, but he's made me, as his older brother, very unhappy this time, so scrap him, just give him a lesson."   Han Bao's words were immediately choked back by Chu Huo, thinking that you might as well kill him.   Although the Chu family was small, it was still considered a martial arts family.   What was a martial arts family? To martial arts family, force is ranked above the family, a person if the waste, born in other rich and noble family is nothing, but born in the martial arts family well, that life is also completely waste, is simply worse than death.   Seeing Han Bao and Ma Cuo's speechless expression, Chu Huo smiled and said, "Boss Han, I'm speaking from the heart, leave my younger brother a life, otherwise killing him would be simple, but he's my father's favorite son, once he's dead, there'll be no peace in North Gotham Mang Mountain."   Han Bao coldly laughed and said, "Chu Huo brat, I am not denigrating your Chu family, as far as your father Chu Zongguang's strength is concerned, among the thirty-six giant bandits of the Northlands, it is simply not enough to look at!   In the past, when I, Han Bao, followed Big Boss, I was a small and inconspicuous character, but now I can't find Big Boss, so I can only be a bandit in this remote place.   Now I still have internal injuries that have not yet healed, after I recover from my injuries, even if it's the Shen family's head Shen Bai in your Tongzhou province, I dare to fight with one of them!"   What emerged from Han Bao's body when he said these words was not arrogance, but confidence, strong confidence.   Although Han Bao was only a small player among the 36 giant bandits in the north, who were the opponents of the 36 giant bandits in the north? It was the top martial arts forces of Yan, the entire Northern Yan Dynasty!   With these people as the enemy, Han Bao is also considered to have experienced a hundred battles, although they are all innate, but the martial way itself is the way of killing, like Han Bao this kind of martial artist from the blood inside the sea of blood is the strongest.   Chu Huo said smilingly, ''But the problem right now is that Boss Han, your injuries haven't healed yet, so there's no need to get into trouble. By the way, there's one more thing I want to discuss with you, Boss Han, I want to ask Brother Ma and the brothers under him to come to Tongzhou Prefecture to help me temporarily, don't worry, the silver money won't be less, it's definitely going to be more than the gatekeepers of my Chu Family."   Chu Huo wanted to invite Ma Cuo to help out because he was also forced to do so, he had almost no one under him that he could use.   That Gao Bei is loyal enough, but unfortunately too timid, difficult to become great, let him do some chores to do, big things above Chu Huo if you give it to him, that is purely in the difficult Gao Bei.   Then look at the rest of the Chu family, Chu Kai is the eldest son, the strength of his men is strong, Chu Sheng's accumulation is not small, even the youngest Chu injury has no background, but he is the most favored, Chu Zongguang is even willing to send blood condensation realm gatekeeper to him.   Only the current Chu Huo had the thinnest base, even if he started cultivating from now on, Chu Huo was too slow, so he could only turn his attention to Han Bao here.   Ma Cuo this person's strength Chu Huo has seen, among the body hardening realm is definitely belongs to the top of the kind, and the person is rough and careful, sometimes consider more than Han Bao this village master, is a capable person.   Han Bao's face looked a bit strange and said, "Aren't you afraid that others will know that you collude with bandits?"   Chu Huo shook his head and said, "Of course I'm not afraid, Brother Ma wasn't in North Gotham Mang Mountain before, he only made a few strikes in South Gotham Mang Mountain, and no one in Tongzhou Prefecture has ever seen him.   The only time Brother Ma made a move was the last time he robbed a merchant caravan, but that time was at night, and everyone inside the caravan who had seen Brother Ma was already dead.   My Chu family originally recruits disciples all year round, so as long as I don't recruit Brother Ma and all of them into the Chu family at once, I won't attract suspicion."   Han Bao turned his head and asked Ma Cuo, "What do you think?"   Han Bao's men had more than a dozen leaders with the same strength as Ma Cuo, and now their mountain strongholds had almost taken control of the entire North Gotham Mang Mountain, so there was no shortage of people, so as long as Ma Cuo agreed, borrowing dozens of Chu Huo's men wouldn't matter much.   Ma Cuo moved his wrists and said, "Of course there's no problem, I'm a bit rusty from being idle all day in this mountain fortress, even if you don't come to me, Mr. Chu, I'm planning to go back to South Gotham Mang Mountain to be a bandit for a few days to get my hands dirty."   Han Bao ignored Ma Cuo's whining as he asked Chu Huo, "When are you going to make a move against your brother's merchant team?"   Chu Huo thought for a moment and said, "Don't do it this time, let them cross the Gotham Mang Mountain without any problems, and then do it when they return, otherwise it's suspicious to be robbed just after setting out."   Han Bao waved his hand and said, "In that case, there's no rush, I'll have someone prepare a banquet without getting drunk!"   Although Han Bao and the others were no longer considered to be those low-level bandits, certain bandit habits were still there, just like when it came to drinking.   Chu Huo was poured by these people for the whole night, and it was only early the next morning that he left with Ma Cuo and the others.   On their way down the mountain, Chu Huo and Ma Cuo happened to also run into Feng Yidao from Han Bao's men.   Now Han Bao's men didn't have to go through the trouble of ambushing the caravan like before, with Chu Huo's intelligence, they waited on the general route in advance, and it was enough for the incoming people to pay up.   And after this month, the merchant caravans traveling to and from Gotham Mang Mountain also knew about this rule, for them to be able to spend money to buy peace, although this amount of money was a bit much, it was still worth it.   Feng Yidao watched as Ma Cuo also followed Chu Huo, and also changed his clothes into the appearance of an ordinary martial artist who traveled the countryside, he couldn't help but wonder, "What are you guys doing to go?"   Ma Cuo pointed at Chu Huo and said, "Mr. Chu's side needs people and hired us to go over to help, your side hasn't opened yet?"   Feng Yidao lazily said, "According to the information given by Duke Chu's side, there is a Luo Family's merchant caravan that will be coming back from Yan and passing by here. That Luo family is a small family and travels too slowly, I was waiting here early in the morning, but as a result, the people haven't arrived yet."   Hearing Feng Yidao's words, Chu Huo however suddenly thought of something and asked, "Chief Feng, the Luo Family you are talking about is the Luo Family, a small family in Shuangfeng Town?"   Feng Yidao scratched his head, "Yes, it's that small family, that being said, this information was all given to us by you, Mr. Chu, you don't even know yourself?"   Chu Huo shook his head, "All of this intelligence was collected by my men, and I didn't check them out one by one, Chief Feng, there's something on my side that I'd like to ask you for a favor."   "Just say it, Mr. Chu." Feng Yidao agreed sharply.   Feng Yidao was naturally unable to look at ordinary sons of families, but the Chu gentleman in front of him and their cottage was a mutual cooperation, so naturally he was one of their own.   Moreover, their boss had commented on this Chu Huo before, Ma Cuo said that this Chu Huo's sword was very fast, but Boss Han said that compared to his sword, this person's heart was even more poisonous!   Boss Han used to be Pang Dangjia's personal guard, and was considered to be a knowledgeable character, anyway, Feng Yidao had rarely seen Boss Han evaluating a young man like this.   Chu Huo said in a deep voice: "That Luo family has some things that I've taken a fancy to, trouble Boss Feng to help me seize them, of course don't break the rules too much, 'euphemize' a bit."   If Chu Huo remembered correctly, in the original plot, the Luo family of this Twin Phoenix Town had once collected a batch of secret boxes from merchants in Yan, which those Yan merchants had used to offset their debts because they didn't have enough money with them.   The original Luo family did not care, but who thought that this secret box really opened two good things, at least for the Luo family this kind of small family is a good thing, the result of the news inadvertently leaked, but also caused a few small families around the joint annihilation of the Luo family of a tragedy.   This time, Chu Huo had done a good thing by taking it over, at least without the treasure, this Luo family wouldn't be wiped out.   Feng Yidao over there directly waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Chu, just leave it to me."