Becoming a god by following the natural order and seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune.

Chapter 24 The Time Has Come!

"Young Master, what do you intend to do?"

Upon hearing Chen Sheng's words, Yang Hu immediately suppressed all distracting thoughts, his eyes blazing with the flames of revenge as he looked excitedly at Chen Sheng. Compared to avenging his father, everything else seemed insignificant.

He knew in his heart that Chen Sheng, whose status and strength were now extraordinary, was the most likely person to achieve revenge compared to him fighting alone. The fact that Chen Sheng could kill Gao Qiheng with a single strike was far beyond his own capabilities.

"First, tell me, how exactly did the Gao family give orders to the Seven Star Gang?"

Although Chen Sheng had learned the general situation from the "Seeking Good Fortune and Avoiding Misfortune" celestial book, the details still needed to be verified.

"Yes."

Although Yang Hu was slightly surprised that Chen Sheng knew about the high-level movements so quickly, he did not ask any questions and immediately recounted in detail the orders that Ma Changhai had given in court that day.

After listening to Yang Hu's account, Chen Sheng's gaze sharpened, and he understood.

No wonder the prophecy in the celestial book foretold that I would do something bad because of my impulsiveness.

The Gao family and the Seven Stars Gang's schemes are all aimed at him. If the north of the city falls into continuous turmoil, the first person to be held accountable will be him, the commander of the north city.

Ma Changhai even tried to frame him.
The magistrate, Lin Shou, who has close ties with local powerful figures, will surely seize the opportunity to make trouble and kick him while he's down. In addition, the other party is secretly investigating his background. If he responds passively, he will only be controlled step by step and fall into a trap.

However, since he had foreseen all of this, the situation was quite different!
Either remain patient and do nothing, or... deliver a fatal blow with overwhelming force, not only to dismantle the current crisis, but also to severely damage the Gao family and the Seven Star Gang.

"Young Master, there is one more thing I need to tell you."

"explain."

"The master actually kept some trusted confidants hidden away. Besides the gang leader, only my parents knew the identities of these people. My mother told me after my father's accident."

Chen Sheng was somewhat surprised to hear this, as it was the first time he had ever heard of such a thing.
"Are they still obedient?"

"They all remember the old gang leader's kindness and have been taking care of me and helping me ever since they learned my identity." Yang Hu revealed many things one by one.

I want to do more in the matter of revenge.

Chen Sheng pondered for a moment. This was undoubtedly a good thing. He immediately began to quickly analyze and refine the original plan in his mind, and then gave the order in a deep voice:
“Ah Hu, next, you need to do the following…”

Listening to Chen Sheng's clear and methodical plan, which even included some extremely bold and ruthless schemes, Yang Hu couldn't help but show a look of horror on his face and interrupted him:

"Young...Young Master, is this...is this really going to work? Isn't it...too risky? What if something goes wrong at any point...?"

"Do not worry."

Chen Sheng interrupted his doubts, his tone filled with undeniable confidence:
"You only need to strictly follow my instructions, and the Seven Star Gang will be destroyed in the blink of an eye. At that time, even the Gao family will not be able to protect them. After it is done... you will take the position of leader of the Seven Star Gang!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Hu's heart skipped a beat.

Becoming the leader of the Seven Star Gang would not only allow him to personally avenge his enemies, but also give him control over a region, which was extremely tempting for him.

He remained silent for a long time, his expression shifting. Finally, the desire for revenge and his trust in Chen Sheng's abilities overwhelmed all his concerns. He nodded heavily and said decisively:

"Young Master, I'll do as you say! I'll do it!"

A look of satisfaction appeared on Chen Sheng's face. He reached out and patted his shoulder firmly, his tone filled with encouragement and promise:
"Excellent! With our brothers united, we will surely avenge our wrongs this time, and in the future...we will share wealth and honor!"

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Within the North City Military Camp, having witnessed Gao Qiheng's bloodshed on the training ground, and with the subtle hints from the Military Commander Chu Yueshan, Deputy Commander Cheng had completely abandoned any thoughts of opposing Chen Sheng and had become extremely submissive.

Some of the troublemakers in the camp were now completely silent, and no one dared to step forward and risk trouble at this time.

Therefore, Yan Ming's actions to reorganize and eliminate the old and weak, following Chen Sheng's instructions, proceeded quite smoothly.

Although the total number of troops has decreased, the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the entire North City Military Camp have steadily improved after eliminating redundant personnel and adding dozens of key personnel brought from the Mountain Battalion.

Chen Sheng was able to firmly control this force in a very short period of time.

However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on.

Just as the purge within the North City Martial Camp was beginning to show results, the counterattack from the Seven Star Gang arrived as expected.

Under Ma Changhai's strict orders, the Seven Star Gang and its affiliated forces quickly stirred up numerous incidents in the northern part of the city.

Gang fights, driving away homeless people to create riots, harassing merchants, street brawls... all sorts of chaos turned the once relatively orderly northern part of the city into a mess within just two or three days, leaving people in a state of panic.

Several other major forces in Changshan County were also secretly watching this test led by the Gao family against the new county magistrate's forces. Some were even secretly pushing things along and cooperating with the Seven Star Gang's actions.

Just as the chaos reached a minor climax, an "unexpected" event suddenly occurred—the Seven Star Gang members, while creating a disturbance, accidentally killed a highly regarded young direct descendant of the Huang family!

This incident was like pouring cold water into boiling oil, instantly causing a huge uproar! The entire Huang family was furious, and the patriarch personally went to Gao Yuanfeng to demand an explanation.

The Gao family was in the wrong, so they could only appease them with kind words and promise to severely punish the murderer and give the Huang family an explanation.

The pressure was immediately transmitted to the Seven Star Gang.

Ma Changhai was in a terrible predicament and was about to order the arrest of the gang members who had "mistakenly" committed the crime to make them pay. However, the ringleader, perhaps fearing that his family would be implicated, "committed suicide out of fear of punishment" shortly after the incident!

With the culprit dead, Ma Changhai had an even bigger headache.

He could only severely reprimand Yang Hu, the hall master in charge of the operation, for his lax discipline, but the man was dead. Unless he handed Yang Hu over as well, he could not quell the Huang family's anger.

However, if a hall master is punished at this critical moment in order to quell the anger of the Huang family, it will inevitably cause panic among the other high-ranking members of the gang. Who would dare to work hard in the next "action" against the government?

Left with no other choice, the Gao family had to personally intervene and engage in private wrangling and exchanging favors with the Huang family in an attempt to temporarily suppress the matter and buy time.

Meanwhile, news of the ongoing unrest in the north of the city naturally put considerable pressure on the North City Military Camp. Taking advantage of this opportunity, County Magistrate Lin Shou intended to issue a reprimand and even dismiss Chen Sheng from his post.

However, Chen Sheng had anticipated this move and informed Wu Kuang of the situation in advance.

Wu Kuang, acting as the county magistrate, intervened, emphasizing that the chaos was caused by gangs and that the military camp was doing its utmost to maintain stability, thus shifting the main responsibility to the security management rather than the dereliction of duty by the North City Military Camp.

Moreover, in order to further alleviate the pressure and muddy the waters, Chen Sheng secretly orchestrated another "accident"—this time at the border between the north and west of the city, a conflict "led" by Yang Hu inadvertently affected the family members of a gang leader in the west of the city, resulting in casualties.

Now, the effects of the unrest have spread directly to the western part of the city!

The commander of the Western City was Lin Shou's confidant, and he was equally responsible for what happened to the Western City.

If Lin Shou wanted to use this opportunity to severely punish Chen Sheng, the commander of the Western City would have to make a move, thus buying Chen Sheng valuable time to recover.

Of course, Chen Sheng knew perfectly well that this method of using someone else's strength to fight back and diverting trouble was ultimately just a temporary measure and could not solve the problem at its root.

What he was really waiting for was the final news from the prefectural city. Only if the prefectural city clearly expressed its support for Wu Kuang's reform of the region could Wu Kuang make a firm decision, act decisively, and stop hesitating.

During this period, the ongoing unrest in the north of the city remained a huge test for the North City Armed Battalion.

Vice Commander Cheng chose to protect himself and remained silent on the matter.

Yan Ming repeatedly approached Chen Sheng, anxiously requesting troops to quell the unrest, as the gang's disturbances had affected the families of many soldiers, and resentment was growing in the camp.

If they do nothing and the situation escalates further, they will all be held accountable for dereliction of duty.

Inside the government office, Chen Sheng remained seated cross-legged, diligently practicing his stance training, ignoring Yan Ming's request to fight. His mind was focused on his internal body, observing the changes on the control panel.

[Basic knife skills perfected (100/2000)]

[Mastery of the Golden Bell Body Forging Method (52/1000)]

[The Secret Technique of Fishing for Toads (Minor Success) (10/500)]

[Minor Mastery of the Three Ultimate Demon-Slaying Sword Techniques (90/500)]

After several days of arduous training, his cultivation level steadily improved, and all his martial arts skills made progress.

However, this speed still did not satisfy Chen Sheng. If he possessed absolute strength enough to overwhelm everything, why would he need to proceed with such caution and scheming?
I've long been able to overcome skill with brute force and settle scores with swift justice!
Some people have even stopped eating beef altogether.

"Commander, it's been four days already, and things are in complete chaos outside. Are we really just going to stand here and do nothing?" Yan Ming couldn't contain himself any longer, his tone filled with confusion and anxiety.

Chen Sheng was so ruthless and decisive when he dealt with Gao Qiheng before, so why did he become so patient and even somewhat... cowardly when faced with the chaos outside the city?
"What's the panic?" Chen Sheng finally opened his eyes, his gaze calm and unwavering. "The time isn't right yet."

In his view, a few reprimands were insignificant. As long as he didn't commit any substantial serious mistakes, with Wu Kuang backing him up, Lin Shou couldn't touch him for the time being.

Moreover, he was not inactive. Although the soldiers of the military camp did not launch a large-scale quelling of the rebellion under his strict orders, they strengthened patrols and did their best to maintain basic order.

"Commander Chen!" Just then, a personal guard who had been transferred to Wu Kuang's side strode into the yamen and respectfully reported, "County Lieutenant Wu urgently summons you!"

A glint suddenly flashed in Chen Sheng's eyes; the signal he had been waiting for had finally arrived!

He nodded slightly, then abruptly stood up, his gaze instantly sharpening like a knife as he looked at Yan Ming, who was still in a daze, and issued a series of commands in a calm and swift voice:

"Yan Ming, the time has come! Immediately do three things: First, take my token and order Deputy Commander Cheng to immediately assemble all combat-ready soldiers of the North City Martial Camp, fully armored and armed, and await orders at the drill ground!"

"Secondly, you will personally lead a team to the military camp and, in the combined name of County Lieutenant Wu and myself, request ten 'Wind-Breaking Crossbows' and related arrows to be transported back immediately!"

"Third, send a completely reliable brother, dressed in civilian clothes, to Baishui Lane immediately. Find a house belonging to the Mu family with a locust tree at the entrance, and find a man named Yang Hu inside. Tell him..."

Chen Sheng paused, a cold glint appearing in his eyes, "We can make our move now!"

Seeing Chen Sheng's sudden change in demeanor and extremely serious expression, Yan Ming felt a chill run down his spine, vaguely realizing that a real storm was about to break. He dared not be negligent in the slightest, immediately straightened his posture, clasped his hands in acceptance, and spoke in a loud voice:
"Yes! I obey my orders!"
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