The Post Sky Tipping Era

Just as Li Yi and Rong Niang had guessed, Zhao Ge’s actions were indeed going smoothly. Once he, a Qi Cultivation Expert, made an appearance, the Mighty Escort Agency formed an alliance, the three major workshops submitted, obediently handed over Zhao’s disciples with both hands, and even agreed to support Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall with ten Blood Refining Warriors to assist Zhao Ge in his endeavors. They also promised that Sanyang City would certainly look up to Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall as the leader in the future.

Before the matter was concluded, some had already begun to come over to his side.

However, Zhao Ge had also guessed that everything was going smoothly on Li Yi’s side, that the guild takeover was successful, Han Tianbao was killed, and the second martial arts hall was seized.

Since the three major workshops were willing to defect and cooperated by handing over the disciples, and since the imprisoned disciples hadn’t suffered much, Zhao Ge accepted the goodwill of the three major workshops. After all, when he would dominate alone in the future, he couldn’t afford to offend all the forces. He needed to align with some, suppress others, and eliminate yet others.

But while Zhao Ge accepted their offer, he still put forward his own conditions, "The business of Cao Yun and the pharmacy will be taken over by my Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall. If the three major workshops are truly willing to defect, then help my Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall take down these two enterprises. After this is accomplished, your status in Sanyang City will remain unchanged."

At this moment, the faces of the three workshop masters showed difficulty.

"Since you three are not grateful, then in the future, we’ll just see who is more capable," Zhao Ge huffed coldly, turned around, and was about to leave with his disciples.

The Weapon Workshop master, Zhang Tiefeng, quickly said, "Master Zhao, it’s not that we are unwilling to undertake this task. You also know that we three major workshops don’t come from martial arts hall backgrounds, and the number of Blood Refining Warriors we raise is limited. If we take down Cao Yun and the pharmacy, I’m afraid even if we exhaust all our strength, we’d only end up both suffering heavy losses, and how would we maintain our businesses afterwards?"

Zhao Ge replied coldly, "What’s there to be afraid of? If you really exhaust all your resources, the safety of you three major workshops will be the responsibility of my Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall from then on. I know that you have close ties with Cao Yun and the pharmacy, but times have changed. The martial arts halls of the Han and Jin families in Sanyang City have been wiped out, and from now on, the only people who will be calling the shots are those from my Zhao’s Martial Arts Hall."

"If you’re not willing to exert yourselves now, don’t blame me, Zhao Ge, for being unfeeling later and taking over your business."

It was both a threat and pressure, aimed at ensuring that the three major workshops would firmly stand by his side, and not be fickle as fence-sitters. And with Meng De’s unexpected entrance onto the scene, he believed that these people would not be able to stir up any trouble.