Chapter 177: Chapter 111: Ninefold Thunder Shock Saber Reaches Perfection, Cao Feng is Shocked; The Identical Name ’Seven Stars Castle’, Chu Fan is Horrified

A short, stocky youth walked in. "Fan," he said, "the owners of the Drunken Immortal Tower and Cuixian Tower are hosting a banquet at the Drunken Immortal Tower and would like to invite you. You’re the boss of Xingning Street now. They all want to get on your good side."

Chu Fan didn’t pause his fist forms, only saying flatly, "I’m not going."

Fatty froze. "But... Fan, the owners are sincere in their invitation. And all the shops on Xingning Street are very grateful to you—ever since our Seven Stars Gang took sole control of the street, there haven’t been any more gang wars. Business is good, people feel safe enough to come out and shop, and all the stores, restaurants, brothels... their business has gotten much better."

"They just want to show their appreciation..."

"Wealth is a shackle, and fame is a cage," Chu Fan cut him off. "When you’re weak, you don’t have the right to sit at their table. Once you’re strong, you don’t need to waste your time with their nonsense."

"You can go in my place. Collect whatever money is owed, and don’t waste my time."

But Fatty didn’t leave, nor did he look pleased. Instead, he seemed troubled.

"What is it now?"

Chu Fan glanced at him.

Fatty said with a pained expression, "Fan, Master Zhou assigned four more men to you. Two of them are at the Blood Refining Realm and have been in the gang for a long time. How could they possibly listen to me?"

"Now they’ve gotten close with Liang Qiu and Ling Feng, and in private, they don’t give me any respect at all."

"Only Jiang Yuanfan still shows me a bit of respect..."

"I sent them to make a collection, and they skimmed most of the money for themselves... I only found out because I happened to be chatting with the Shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Tower later..."

Chu Fan’s eyes turned cold, but he continued his practice. "Go and bring everyone here."

"...Alright." Fatty opened his mouth to say something, glanced at Zhao Tianxing, then hurried out.

「After half an incense stick’s time...」

Fatty and Jiang Yuanfan, along with Ling Feng and the other five men, all appeared at the entrance to Chu Fan’s courtyard.

It was no wonder they were insubordinate to Fatty—

The four newcomers were older than Chu Fan.

The oldest one looked to be around twenty-three or twenty-four.

Two of them were at the Blood Refining Realm and the other two were at the Blood Nourishing Realm. All could be considered veterans of the Seven Stars Gang.

Fatty, meanwhile, was not yet sixteen and had only been in the Seven Stars Gang for a little over three months.

How could it be easy to make them follow Fatty’s lead?

Now, the four stood before Chu Fan, their faces full of arrogance, as if they didn’t even take him seriously.

Seeing this, Chu Fan was also slightly taken aback. "Are you from Seven Stars Castle?" he asked.

’If they were from this Seven Stars Gang Sub-Branch, I refuse to believe anyone at the Blood Nourishing or Blood Refining Realm would dare to look at me like that.’

"That’s right." The oldest one’s lips curled into a slight smirk. "We killed plenty of Blood Saber Sect members at the mines. We performed a great service, which is how we landed this cushy post on Xingning Street."

Chu Fan glanced at the two men standing to the side.

Liang Qiu kept smiling, while Ling Feng was expressionless, his head bowed.

"Killed plenty of Blood Saber Sect members at the mines?"

Chu Fan’s gaze swept over the six of them. "Are you trying to tell me that you’re battle-hardened brothers who crawled out of a pile of corpses, while a guy like Fatty, who was a menial for a few months and just became a Seven Stars Gang disciple, isn’t qualified to lead you?"

The four newcomers said nothing, just smiled faintly in tacit agreement.

Chu Fan smiled too. "I’d like to test your strength. All six of you, come at me together."

As he spoke, he took a few steps out and stood in the center of the Martial Arts Arena.

Liang Qiu and the other five men exchanged glances.

They all knew Chu Fan’s strength was formidable; he had once defeated an outsider at the Bone Marrow Forging Realm in a single move.

But for him to take on all six of them at once? That was underestimating them far too much.

Between them, there were three at the Blood Refining Realm and three at the Blood Nourishing Realm. If they joined forces, even someone at the peak of the Bone Marrow Forging Realm might not come out ahead.

After all, someone in the Bone Marrow Forging Realm didn’t have Copper Skin and Iron Bones. Two fists are no match for four hands!

The menials training on the Martial Arts Arena heard the commotion and gathered around, watching the scene with curiosity.

Liang Qiu frowned. "Boss Chu, I think we should just let this go..."

"Cut the crap!" Chu Fan said coldly. "Whether you want to or not, this fight is happening today."

"If you have the skill, feel free to beat me to within an inch of my life. I won’t have a single complaint."

"But if you don’t have the skill, then when I start beating you, you’d better just take it!"

Liang Qiu fell silent.

He exchanged a look with Ling Feng and the others, and they slowly spread out, surrounding Chu Fan.

Jiang Yuanfan and Fatty exchanged a glance, both looking a little nervous. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Suddenly, Liang Qiu and the others gave each other a look and attacked simultaneously!

All six of them used the Twelve Forms Fist—

Tiger Form, Bear Form, Horse Form, Eagle Form, Dragon Form, and Chicken Form!

The wind from their fists howled with ferocious power!

But Chu Fan was unfazed. With a blur of motion, he activated his Swallow Form Body Technique and took half a step to the left.

Before the man on his left could even land his punch, Chu Fan had already used Bear Form Mountain Collision, sending him flying!

He then slapped aside the Tiger Claw from the man on his right and landed a heavy, Tiger Form smashing fist on his opponent’s chest...

BAM!

BAM! BAM!

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Before the onlookers could even get a clear look, all six of the men attacking Chu Fan had been sent flying, spitting blood!

"Not enough!"

Chu Fan roared and kicked Ling Feng, who was on the ground, sending him flying!

Ling Feng screamed in agony, spewing a mouthful of fresh blood while still in mid-air!

"Boss Chu, you..."

Seeing that things were going badly, Liang Qiu scrambled to his feet and tried to run.

"Think you can escape?"

Chu Fan dashed forward with his Swallow Form Body Technique and slapped a palm against Liang Qiu’s back.

Liang Qiu let out a wretched howl and pitched forward!

"And you!"

Chu Fan spun and delivered a whip kick, striking the older man, who had just managed to get up, square in the face!

CRACK!

Several of the man’s teeth were knocked out as his body tumbled through the air before crashing heavily to the ground!

In the blink of an eye...

All six men had been severely wounded by Chu Fan!

Fatty and Jiang Yuanfan exchanged a look and couldn’t help but flinch simultaneously.

’They had only thought Chu Fan would teach the men a lesson, that’s all.’