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170　　If you lose, it will be bad.

　　The world of martial arts has never belonged to one person, and as a big gang, it cannot have only one master in charge, it must have several capable subordinates.

　　Of the four adopted sons of the White Tiger Hall, three were injured and one died, leaving the hall in a state of great transition.

　　What would it mean if his men lost to the White Tiger Hall in a gambling fight?

　　It means that the Beggars' Sect has no talents!

　　How can a Beggars' Sect with only one master be the overlord of Mianshui? It is difficult to convince the public, and more importantly, the Darughachi Mansion cannot recognize it.

　　The Darughachi Mansion is not looking for an expert.

　　They need a strong gang to maintain their rule.

　　You Beggars' Sect only has one old beggar who can be relied upon, and you still lose when the rest of the people from the Fishermen's Sect and the White Tiger Hall masters are all unable to fight?

　　Come on, just go wherever you want.

　　Therefore, this battle at Nanhu represents the strength of the middle-level of the Beggars' Sect, and is also a declaration to the entire Mianshui County that my Beggars' Sect is not just composed of me, an old beggar, but also has many subordinates who are enough to support the organizational structure of a large local gang!

　　"This is actually the true meaning of the Battle of Nanhu."

　　"So in this battle, we can only win, not lose!"

　　"So, do you understand?"

　　In Baihu Hall, Peng Shizhong was also explaining to Chen Jie and Zhou Chu the significance of the battle of Nanhu.

　　For the Beggars' Sect, victory is the only option, defeat is not allowed; and for the White Tiger Hall, victory is the only option, defeat is not allowed.

　　The White Tiger Hall is going to be defeated. Let's not talk about what will happen to the Fishermen's Gang for now, but the White Tiger Hall is definitely finished. Its interests in Mianshui County will be divided up completely, and by then not only the Beggars' Gang, but even other small gangs will take the opportunity to take a bite of the White Tiger Hall.

　　Aren't the four streets of Baihutang rich?

　　How many people want to come to Baihu Hall to take a bite of this piece of fat meat.

　　The world is so realistic, just like the animals on the grassland. When an old animal falls behind, the surrounding beasts will eat you without hesitation.

　　Even if you are the same kind as them, you will not get their sympathy.

　　After hearing what Peng Shizhong said, Zhou Chu looked at Peng Shizhong and said, "Foster father, this battle is so important, let's ask the leader for help!"

　　"No please!"

　　Peng Shizhong said in a cold voice.

　　"Why?"

　　Zhou Chu said.

　　"The Beggars' Sect specifically asked to fight the White Tiger Sect. If we ask for outside help, we will be admitting defeat."

　　"But we are just a branch of the fishing gang. Can't we invite our own gang?"

　　Peng Shizhong looked at the night outside and said, "No, if I ask for help, the leader will have a reason to interfere in the internal affairs of our White Tiger Hall. From now on, this White Tiger Hall will really be just a White Tiger Hall of the Fisherman's Gang."

　　"And all of us will become chess pieces in the hands of the gang leader. He can squeeze us flat or round us, it's all up to him."

　　Zhou Chu knew what Peng Shizhong meant when he heard this, but he still looked at Peng Shizhong and said, "Foster father, who will fight this time?"

　　"Both of you!"

　　"us??"

　　Zhou Chu exclaimed, and then said with a bitter face: "Foster father, I have just entered the flesh training stage, how can I fight against the Beggars' Sect?"

　　Peng Shizhong said: "The battle of Nanhu this time is a best-of-three match. Now that your three brothers are seriously injured, it is definitely too late. As my adopted sons, you must participate."

　　Zhou Chu said: "Godfather, who will be joining the Beggars' Sect?"

　　Peng Shizhong thought for a moment and said, "Golden Knife Feng San, Iron Beggar Zhou Peng, and the other person might be Ivy Liu Feng, or someone else."

　　"But we can be sure that Feng San, the Golden Blade, and Zhou Peng, the Iron Beggar, will definitely participate. Their strengths are not inferior to those of you three brothers."

　　After hearing this, Zhou Chu said, "If he is not inferior to the three brothers, then he is at the Iron Bone Realm?"

　　"Yes, they are all in the Iron Bone Realm!"

　　Peng Shizhong replied.

　　After hearing this, Zhou Chu said, "Godfather, who are we on this side? There shouldn't be any experts, right?"

　　Peng Shizhong said: "You, Jiusi, plus Pengfu."

　　Peng Fu on the side nodded slightly.

　　Zhou Chu looked at Peng Fu and said, "Uncle Fu, what is your strength?"

　　Peng Fu heard this and said, "Iron Bone Realm!"

　　Zhou Chu relaxed after hearing this and said, "We have one Iron Bone Realm warrior, but the other side has at least two Iron Bone Realm warriors. Godfather can't win!"

　　Hearing this, Peng Shizhong said, "So we still need at least one Iron Bone Realm."

　　"In such a short time, where can we find an Iron Bone Realm expert? No, foster father, didn't you say that the two spots were for me and Jiu Si? In other words, one of us should be Iron Bone Realm expert?"

　　Peng Shizhong said: "That's right, at least one of you and Jiu Si must be in the Iron Bone Realm."

　　After saying this, Peng Shizhong stood up, and Peng Fu immediately came over to support him and said, "Master."

　　"Ahem... open the secret room."

　　As he spoke, Peng Fu immediately came to a place in the study, and turned the vase. The cabinet in the study opened, revealing a wall. Peng Shizhong came to the wall and pressed a few mechanisms on the wall. Then the whole wall slowly turned, revealing a hole.

　　Chen Jie and Zhou Chu were stunned. At this time, Peng Shizhong entered the secret room with the help of Peng Fu.

　　Before entering, he said to Chen Jie and the others, "Follow me."

　　After saying that, the two of them immediately followed Peng Shizhong. When they entered the secret room, they saw that it was brightly lit. There were many things placed inside, including more than a dozen boxes of gold and silver, which added up to at least 50,000 or 60,000 taels. These were Peng Shizhong's savings.

　　Walking around here, Chen Jie saw many cabinets, each labeled with various herbs and years.

　　This is the most valuable thing in this secret room, the precious medicine that Peng Shizhong has accumulated over decades.

　　Peng Shizhong brought a few people to the large rosewood cabinet at the innermost part.

　　He opened the top cabinet door, took out a jade bottle and handed it to Chen Jie.

　　"There are two bone strengthening pills inside. Taking them can help a warrior quickly enter the Iron Bone Realm. One is enough for your current condition. The other one can be used to replenish your strength. At least it can save you ten years of hard training."

　　After hearing this, Chen Jie immediately understood the value of this bone strengthening pill.

　　Normally, if one could get one of these bone-strengthening pills, it would be considered a great favor from Peng Shizhong. But today, Peng Shizhong actually gave two pills directly, which shows how critical the situation is.

　　One bone-strengthening pill can break the mirror, so the second one is actually a bit of a waste. Other tonic herbs can also improve strength, but none of them are as effective as the bone-strengthening pill.

　　The battle was imminent, and this battle was related to the life and death of the White Tiger Hall. Peng Shizhong had no choice but to give both bone-strengthening pills to Chen Jie.

　　Chen Jie took the bone strengthening pill and said, "Foster father, this is really too precious. One pill will be enough!"

　　Peng Shizhong said: "Feng San and Zhou Peng are not simple people. If you take one pill, your strength will be almost the same as that of the fourth brother. If you want to have the strength to fight with them, you have to take one more bone strengthening pill to make up for the deficiency in your foundation."

　　"The safety of the White Tiger Hall is now entirely in your hands."

　　Chen Jie also knew the seriousness of the matter, and immediately clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, foster father, leave this battle to me. It's either death or victory!"

　　Chen Jie's attitude was very decisive.

　　Peng Shizhong was very satisfied with his attitude, and at this time he took out a bottle and handed it to Zhou Chu.

　　Zhou Chu took it, and Peng Shizhong said, "There are four muscle-relaxing pills inside, which are enough to help you reach the Willow Tendon Realm."

　　"Thank you, foster father."

　　Zhou Chu took the muscle-relaxing pill and said to Peng Shizhong excitedly.

　　He didn't expect that Peng Shizhong would actually give him four pills of such precious medicine.

　　In fact, he recognized Peng Shizhong as his adoptive father mostly because of an exchange of interests. It was a kind of camp binding between his father-in-law and Peng Shizhong, just like his elder brother-in-law was sent to the Cao Gang.

　　Peng Shizhong also treated Zhou Chu in the same way at the beginning.

　　Therefore, after Zhou Chu came to Baihu Hall, he did not get Shujin Pills like Chen Jie, but he could get a secret book from the Taoist Library.

　　Instead, he has always been the Sixth Master in name only.

　　However, after observing him for a few days, Peng Shizhong felt that he was a good person, so he was willing to accept him.

　　Only then did he give him some muscle-relaxing pills.

　　There is a reason for giving so much at once. Zhou Chu's talent is okay, and two muscle-relaxing pills may help him break through. But if I want a breakthrough within two days, three muscle-relaxing pills will be more likely, and four will definitely succeed.

　　And giving four of them is also a compensation to Peng Shizhong.

　　According to the treatment given to Peng Shizhong's adopted sons, he was given a set of Relaxing Muscles Pills and Strengthening Bone Pills. However, he only had six Strengthening Bone Pills, and then he adopted six adopted sons, giving each of them one pill.

　　But today, for the battle at Nanhu, he had to give all the bone strengthening pills to Chen Jie.

　　This means that Zhou Chu will need to move from the Liujin Realm to the Tiegu Realm in the future, but he may not have any elixirs available.

　　Therefore, the two extra muscle-relaxing pills given can be considered as compensation, although these muscle-relaxing pills cannot be compared with bone-strengthening pills.

　　However, Zhou Chu was very touched because he knew the special nature of his identity.

　　He couldn't be compared with Peng Shizhong's adopted son, whom he valued so much, so he always kept a calm attitude.

　　Today, Peng Shizhong's kindness to him had far exceeded his expectations, so he was very touched. As for the bone-strengthening pill, he had no use for it now.

　　And his brother Chen Jie took it in order to fight to the death for Baihu Tang. If Baihu Tang was not there, he would definitely be affected.

　　Maybe they wouldn't take his life for the sake of his father-in-law, but he wouldn't be as glorious as he is now.

　　Therefore, he fully agreed with Chen Jie taking two bone-strengthening pills.

　　Seeing that Zhou Chu was quite happy, Peng Shizhong had a deeper confidence in his character. He turned to Peng Fu and said, "Ah Fu."

　　"master."

　　"Take Lao Liu to the secret book library and allow him to choose... two secret books."

　　Peng Shizhong was still trying to compensate Zhou Chu, and Zhou Chu immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, foster father."

　　"Jiu Si, I can choose two books. Haha, didn't you only choose one at the beginning? My godfather favors me, so you mustn't be petty."

　　When Chen Jie heard this, how could he not know that Zhou Chu was joking with him? Was this a matter of one secret book or two secret books?

　　The more secret books there are, the better. To be honest, the secret books in Peng Shizhong's arsenal are not that good. Most of them are below the Huajin level, and only a few have reached the Huajin level, but they are all incomplete.

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