Insufficient balance

  "Take it away!"

  Back in the house, Ye Yizhe invited Nie Hongyan to sit down and took out a bottle of medicinal liquor from the room, tossing it to him. It turned out that earlier when Nie Hongyan was forced to kneel by Ye Yizhe, his knee had slammed onto the asphalt road, shattering the surface. Although in this miraculous country, bridges built with the most modern tools could not withstand the weight of two thousand years ago, a single brick at a time, constructed Great Wall, but being smashed onto the ground like that, Ye Yizhe understood that Nie Hongyan's kneecap must have fractured.

  For people like them, this kind of wound must have been a common occurrence, but Ye Yizhe still did what he thought he should do.

  Nie Hongyan didn't stand on ceremony with him, and in front of him sprayed the bottle of unknown medicine onto his wound. A person who could easily defeat him wouldn't harm him over something like this.

  He wouldn't know that the medicine Ye Yizhe handed him was made from the medicinal herbs Zheyang had collected in the Douron Snow Mountain for many years, and there were only two bottles in total. This time, Ye Yizhe brought it with him just in case, if he took it out to auction, relying on Zheyang's reputation, those who knew the inside story would definitely offer a sky-high price, especially after Zheyang faded from people's sight.

  Nie Hongyan, unaware of the truth, applied medicine while saying: "Actually, I just came to see your true strength."

  "Huh?" Ye Yizhe looked at him in confusion.

  Nie Hongyan felt the pain coming from his knee, he knew that his fractured bones and muscles were slowly recovering from such pain. He put down the bottle and looked at Ye Yizhe with a serious expression: "I want to confirm your strength, whether you have the qualifications to know the secrets of the Dragon and Tiger two lists."

  "What about now?" Yiyizhe laughed loudly after hearing his words.

  "You're stronger than I imagined." Nie Huang Yan said with a bitter smile, "I didn't expect to be trapped by my own doing and defeated at your hands. Although your combat experience is still immature, everything is futile in the face of absolute power. You are the first person I've met in years who makes me doubt my own abilities. If you want to deliver the final blow, I won't have any chance of survival. I owe you one."

  Ye Yizhe looked at him indifferently, waiting for him to continue speaking.

  "The last time Li Hu came to me to ask about Gu Tianhe, I had already guessed it was you. Only you could make him so anxious. Although I don't know what your relationship is, I know that your influence on him is enormous, so great that it's immeasurable. The fact that you can affect the underground situation in Jiangzhou is something that scared me when I found out. It can be said that from the moment you stepped into Jiangzhou, you have been able to control its winds and rains."

  Ye Yizhe was taken aback and hesitated, saying: "It can't be that exaggerated, right?"

  Nie Hongyan shook his head and said, "I don't know if you don't understand the status of Hu Tou Gang or your status in Li Hu's heart. Seeing him running around for you like that, I knew that this time, just like last time when Li Hu entered Jiangzhou, there would be a new stir in the underground world of Jiangzhou because of your arrival. And I have a premonition that this time will have an even greater impact than last time. A master with strength on the Tiger List entering Jiangzhou quietly? Ha ha, do you think it's that simple? To lead Hu Tou Gang to glory? To become the leader of the four major gangs? Or is it to defeat us old folks, defeat Qing Bang and become the true underground emperor of Jiangzhou? Don't tell me you've never thought about all this."

  Ye Yizhe fell silent. Before he came, he had never thought about these things, but after arriving in Jiangzhou and seeing Li Hu's situation, he knew that it was not easy for him to achieve his dreams over the years. He decided to help Li Hu achieve his ideals. Since he liked the underworld, let him be the emperor of the underworld. Tiger had only one brother, and if Ye didn't help him, who would? However, he did not expect that Nie Xiangyun, who looked rough and careless, could see through things so clearly. Thinking about this, Ye Yizhe couldn't help but feel a little worried. If this matter were to spread out, Li Hu would be in danger. Although he was no longer mixed up in Jiangzhou, would the Qingbang organization allow the existence of "plotting against the throne"?

  It seems that Nie Hongyan has seen Ye Yizhe's idea, and smiled: "Don't worry, probably only I know your true strength in the entire Jiangzhou, and it's because of this point that I guessed it. As for others, by the time they find out, it will probably be too late."

  "Huh?" Ye Yizhe asked in confusion, "Aren't you with the Green Gang?"

  "A small gang like the Green Gang can't hold me back. I'm here only because they can provide what I need. If it can't maintain its position as the underground emperor of Jiangzhou, then it won't be able to give me anything anymore, and naturally, I'll leave it and follow a new power. Throughout China, except for the Dragon Gang, I haven't seen any other power that truly has high-ranking masters on the Dragon and Tiger Lists. Even if the Green Gang is strong, when facing this level of master, they can only lower their heads."

  Before he could think about the secret inadvertently revealed in Nie Hongyun's words, Ye Yizhe had already realized a problem and asked directly: "What do you need?"

  "Battle, I crave for more battles!" Nie Huayan's eyes suddenly turned fanatical as he stared at Ye Yizhe, as if burning himself, "I follow the strong, and the strongest!"

  Looking at his state, Ye Yizhe suddenly understood and then felt relieved. He still felt good about this martial arts enthusiast. If one day he really had to help Hu Zi deal with the Green Gang, if he blocked him in front of him, he might not have the heart to make a ruthless move, and by that time, he would become very passive.

  "What are Long Bang and Hu Bang anyway?" Ye Yizhe added another sentence, "And who is Gu Tianhe?"

  Ye Yizhe also saw that, since Nie Huangyan came and needed to confirm his strength, it means he must know a lot of information, but just because Li Hu asked him, it's not good for him to answer.

  Nie Xuan looked at him with a hint of appreciation and quietly narrated.

  "It all started with the Dragon Gang."

  The Dragon Gang, as the largest underground gang in China, is also the only one recognized by the government to control the national underworld order. It has countless masters inside. The Green Gang may be powerful in Jiangzhou, but it's nothing compared to the Dragon Gang, which has a history of nearly a thousand years.

  Twenty years ago, the Dragon Gang suddenly had an idea. It wanted to understand the true masters of Huaxia and thoroughly control the underworld order. So it widely issued invitations to various gangs and asked for help in spreading them in the underground society. Of course, it directly invited those on the surface who were considered high-ranking. Who wouldn't give face to the Dragon Gang, which had government support?

  The content of the invitation letter is to conduct a trial of the Dragon and Tiger Lists, defining the top ten strongest people in the country as the top ten masters of the Dragon List, while the Tiger List refers to those ranked 11th to 20th. Masters may not care about external things like money, but they will all care about their reputation. Who would allow someone who is not as good as themselves to step on their head every day? Moreover, this stepping stone is recognized by the entire country, and the top four are even awarded titles by the Dragon Gang: Qinglong, Zhuque, Baihu, and Xuanwu.

  So at that time, many masters rushed into Yanjing in an instant. Even if not for the sake of ranking, they wanted to see what a true master looked like.

  Everything was going on as expected, just like the Dragon Gang had predicted. With the Dragon Gang already having many top-notch members, they occupied seven out of the top ten spots, which thoroughly intimidated those who didn't know the Dragon Gang's true strength. The other three gangs that had also sent invitations were idle clouds and wild cranes, and after promising not to join any gang, the Dragon Gang let them leave without issue. That year, seeing the Dragon Gang's incredible strength, many people, especially top-notch fighters outside of the Dragon Gang, rushed to join. Except for one or two ancient martial arts family leaders who didn't enter, over 80% of China's true masters were absorbed by the Dragon Gang.

  The underworld order, apart from the Dragon Gang, who can control it?

  To know that those Hu Bang masters, facing hundreds of good hands can be undefeated, and the ones on the Long Bang are even more capable of taking a life among tens of thousands of people, which faction is not worried?

  However, the Dragon Gang was just over eight years after that ranking, and it was only a little more than a year before the last Longbang ranking match. The Dragon Gang, which was briefly blinded by victory, actually wanted to set up its own distribution in major gangs across the country. This is equivalent to wanting to merge all major gangs. Would other gangs agree?

  And so an underground war opened its curtain like this.

  Alas, the Dragon Gang has many skilled fighters, and it only needs to send out one of its top two fighters to take down a small gang. Although there are many forces resisting, this is not even in the eyes of the Dragon Gang.

  At this moment, a man who looked like he was only in his early twenties appeared. He charged into the Dragon Gang's headquarters alone and quietly waited for the arrival of the expert, wanting to use his own strength to stop this catastrophe that affected many people. Who could have imagined how many lives would be lost behind the scenes due to the actions of the Dragon Gang?

  The pride of the Dragon Gang lies in their possession of the top-ranked Dragon List masters, and that year's Qinglong, Zhuque, Baihu, and Xuanwu, the four great masters, were all gathered in the Dragon Gang.

  What if there was someone who could take on and defeat the four strongest warriors by himself?

  At a time when it seemed impossible to everyone, this young man appeared.

  At the Dragon Gang's headquarters, he single-handedly fought against four top masters. The result of this battle that would determine the division of China's underground forces was that Qinglong Zhuque were seriously injured, Baitu died and Xuanwu escaped!

  After doing all this, when the man left with a smile, he just looked at everyone lightly and said: "Kunlun, Gutian River."

  The ancient martial sacred place that had never been discovered by people also slowly emerged from the water surface.

  "This is all I know, and I think the Gu Tianhe you're looking for should be him."

  Ye Yizhe listened intently to his words, and for a brief moment, his mind fell into a vacuum, wondering how he would have dealings with such a person.

  Nie Huangyan saw that things had been done, so he stood up and bid farewell. Ye Yizhe's mind was preoccupied with these matters, and he didn't detain him, but also stood up to send him out the door.

  "Don't ever let me find out you've wronged Si Niang," Nie Xuan Yun suddenly stopped in his tracks as he reached the door, causing Ye Yi Zhe to almost bump into him. Before Ye could even open his mouth to curse, Nie Xuan Yun spoke up first, "If I really do find out, no matter if I can beat you or not, I'll chase you to the ends of the earth and throw you into the Huangpu River to feed the fish."

  Watching his back disappear into the distance, Ye Yizhe was stunned for a moment before smiling and shaking his head, closing the door as he walked in.