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Chapter 49 Three Families and Two Gangs, Shortage of Medicinal Herbs

Su Chen originally planned to go to the clinic to ask about medicine in the morning, but he heard Li Mo knocking on the door early in the morning.

"Master needs to speak with us," Li Mo explained to Su Chen.

After inquiring, Su Chen learned that Hong Ming had summoned his disciples today for important business.

Li Mo had already notified everyone else yesterday, and they came to see Su Chen early this morning.

Did Master say anything about it?

After washing up, Su Chen and Li Mo left home, had breakfast together, and then headed to the martial arts gym.

"No, but it must be quite serious." Li Mo shook his head.

Such a situation had almost never occurred since he joined the sect, so he could sense Hong Ming's seriousness.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen remained silent and did not ask any further questions.

"By the way, Junior Brother Su, did you know that the Guo Family Martial Arts School has suspended the recruitment of disciples?"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Li Mo spoke.

"Stop recruiting disciples?" Su Chen was taken aback upon hearing this.

Li Mo nodded: "Yes, I heard that he was taught a lesson by a master. Yesterday, Guo Zhong, the master of Guo's Martial Arts School, was injured by a mysterious person and lost 100 taels of silver. After that, they stopped recruiting disciples."

He paused, a smile on his face, and continued, "I don't know who they offended, but the martial arts school was shut down right after it opened."

Seeing the smile on Li Mo's face, Su Chen laughed and said, "Maybe it's a blessing in disguise."

"Haha, that's possible!" Li Mo laughed along.

The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at the martial arts school.

It wasn't particularly early; Qin Hao and Fang Rou were a step ahead of them. After seeing the two, they greeted each other.

After some time, Zhou Tao and the others arrived one after another.

After everyone had arrived, Hong Ming cleared his throat and said, "I have gathered you all here today to announce two things."

It was rare to see Hong Ming so serious; everyone stood up straight and looked at him intently.

Hong Ming continued, "I believe you have also received the news that Huangshi City has recently been in turmoil, and many surrounding cities have been affected, including our Baishi City."

These words drew nods from everyone, especially Zhou Tong and Fang Rou, who had received more information and whose expressions became more solemn.

"White Stone City may become quite chaotic in the coming days. Although you are all martial artists, remember not to act impulsively..."

Hong Ming said a lot, but the main point was to warn everyone to be careful and not get into trouble.

“Zhou Tao and Fang Rou, you have powerful backers. As long as you are careful with your words and actions, there shouldn't be any major problems. But the three of you…”

At this point, Hong Ming paused and looked at Li Mo and the other two. "Li Mo has a gentle personality, so I'm at ease with him. Qin Hao's family is in business and has good connections, so there shouldn't be any major problems. It's just that Su Chen... if there's really no other way, he can move to the martial arts school."

Su Chen, whose name was called, nodded: "Thank you, Master. I will remember this!"

“Hmm.” Hong Ming didn’t mind Su Chen’s polite refusal and instead reminded Li Mo, “Tell Xiao Chen about the distribution of some forces in the city later.”

"Yes!"

Everyone looked at Hong Ming, who was giving instructions to Li Mo, with different expressions. They all sensed that Hong Ming valued Su Chen highly, but at this moment, no one said anything.

Then, Hong Ming announced the second thing: "The other thing is about the Qi and Blood Powder. Starting today, each of you may only be able to receive one dose of Qi and Blood Powder per month."

Upon hearing this, everyone except Zhou Tao and Fang Rou's expressions changed slightly.

Hong Ming took in everyone's expressions, then turned his gaze to Su Chen and Qin Hao.

Others don't actually have a high need for Qi and Blood Powder.

Even Li Mo doesn't actually need Qi and Blood Powder. Although Qi and Blood Powder can increase Qi and Blood, it is not without limitations.

Li Mo has been a member of the martial arts school for almost two years, and his increase in qi and blood has long since reached its limit. Continuing to take qi and blood powder is simply to stabilize his qi and blood.

Other medicinal herbs can also stabilize the body, but they are more expensive. Given Zhou Tao's wealth, they do not lack medicine to stabilize their blood and qi.

They lack talent more than anything; otherwise, given their training time, they would have mastered Iron Wire Fist long ago.

For them, the Qi and Blood Powder is actually dispensable.

Only Su Chen and Qin Hao, the former with amazing talent and the latter in his prime, would definitely be able to accelerate their cultivation speed if they continued to take the Qi and Blood Powder.

His greatest wish in life was to find an outstanding disciple and train him to become a talent.

Both Su Chen and Qin Hao are possible candidates, as their talents are among the best of all the disciples he has taken in.

However, there was no other way. If it weren't for the shortage of medicinal materials for preparing the Qi and Blood Powder, he would never have given up on training the two of them.

What the public didn't know was that the Qi and Blood Powder supplied these times was actually from existing stock.

Now, the inventory is almost depleted, but the medicinal herbs remain scarce.

He made this decision only because he had no other choice.

If the relevant medicinal materials can be found later, the supply can be resumed. If not, it may take a month before the Qi and Blood Powder can be supplied to everyone.

He planned to prioritize supplying Su Chen and Qin Hao, and cut off supplies to the others.

"Okay, that's all for now."

Seeing that no one spoke, Hong Ming seemed a little tired, so he waved his hand, indicating that everyone could leave.

"Yes, Master!"

Everyone nodded and walked towards the outer courtyard.

"Senior Brother Zhou, do you have time tonight?" Qin Hao caught up with Zhou Tao and the other two and asked with a smile.

Zhou Tao was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Of course."

"Then, Zuixianlou?"

"Haha, let's go!"

The group left, chatting and laughing.

the other side.

Fang Rou bid farewell to Su Chen: "Junior Brother Su, if you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen paused for a moment, then smiled and replied, "Thank you very much."

Seeing this, Fang Rou nodded and then left.

Li Mo stood aside and watched. After Fang Rou left, he chuckled. Su Chen turned to look at him, and Li Mo immediately straightened his expression.

"Senior Brother Li Mo, what did Master mean by what he just said?" Su Chen asked.

"I'm just telling you about the power distribution in White Stone City, so you don't accidentally offend them," Li Mo explained.

Upon hearing this, Su Chen became interested and looked at Li Mo. Li Mo smiled and said, "As you know, although our Hong Family Martial Arts School is not a top-tier force, it is not bad either."

Within White Stone City, there are three major martial arts schools: the Hong family, the Huang family, and the Jiang family. Their strengths are roughly equal, placing them in the second tier.

The first tier naturally consists of forces with martial arts practitioners, comprising three major families and three major gangs.

The three major families are the Lin family, the Ning family, and the Han family. The three major gangs are the White Jade Gang, the Broken Blade Sect, and the Long River Gang. Originally, there were two major gangs, and the Long River Gang joined later.

Oh, right, there's also the Guo Family Martial Arts School, which is also top-tier. Although Guo Zhong is injured now, they're not to be trifled with. If you run into them, be sure not to get into a conflict.

What my master wants me to tell you is to try your best not to provoke them.

After taking these points to heart, Su Chen said, "Yes, I understand."

After a brief conversation, Su Chen bid farewell to Li Mo and headed to the clinic.

(End of this chapter)