Inside the private room.
Yang Feilong looked at the five people lying on the ground, stunned and limp, and said lightly, "Don't think that life is dark just because I've poisoned you. You just need to understand one principle: as long as you don't do evil, your poison won't act up! Then you will be no different from normal people!"
"Then what counts as evil?" Lei Tao asked Yang Feilong with a dejected expression. At this moment, he had none of the charisma of an alliance leader; his demeanor had been completely trampled by Yang Feilong. "Should we disband the Blood Oath Alliance? And open a bar?"
"This might not be a bad choice!" Yang Feilong shrugged and said, "As for protection fees, you don't need to collect them anymore. After all, there are constables in the city, and they are the ones who maintain public order!"
"Uh." Lei Tao said helplessly, "Alright! We'll do whatever big brother says."
Truly, when one is under another's roof, one must bow their head.
"How much can you collect in protection fees in a month?" Yang Feilong said calmly. "Even if I hadn't intervened this time, once you escalate things and it reaches higher authorities, you wouldn't end up well either. You should be grateful to me!"
"Yes." The five men, whether they agreed in their hearts or not, responded.
They had been blinded by money in the short term. Now, after being brought down by Yang Feilong, they naturally began to consider this issue.
"Opening a bar is a good choice! But this is a county town, and people's purchasing power is limited. Don't you want to earn money without resorting to these illegal means?" Yang Feilong looked at the five men and said calmly.
As soon as he said this.
The expressions of the five men all froze.
"Lan Hai City, one of the most developed cities in Long Country, with a population of over ten million and high purchasing power!" Yang Feilong grinned, "Opening a bar there would earn you countless times more than here! If you open four or five bars, your monthly income, not to mention ten million, earning seven to eight million would be no problem, as bars are a highly profitable business!"
"We did consider opening a bar in Lan Hai City, but many forces are entrenched there, and those forces all have backgrounds!" Lei Tao said with a wry smile.
"Yes! We did think about establishing ourselves in Lan Hai City at first, but we had to leave because we offended a force there!" Fang Heng also said with a helpless expression.
"Oh?" Yang Feilong's eyes flashed, "Which force?"
"I wonder if Brother Yang has heard of the Three Blades Society?" Lei Tao asked.
"Three Blades Society?" Yang Feilong was somewhat surprised, "The force you offended is the Three Blades Society?"
"From Brother Yang's tone, do you know people from the Three Blades Society?" Lei Tao was surprised.
"Know them? I beat up some people from the Three Blades Society a while ago!" Yang Feilong shrugged and said faintly.
"......" The five men were speechless. Did he go around beating people up wherever he went? Of course, after their initial speechlessness, they were overjoyed.
"Brother Yang, did you beat up the three leaders of the Three Blades Society?" Fang Heng asked with excitement.
"Not exactly, I didn't run into them." Yang Feilong shook his head. If he hadn't fought several battles that day, he would have really wanted to meet the so-called three leaders of the Three Blades Society. He then asked, "Are the three leaders of the Three Blades Society very strong? Your strength is not weak, and ordinary special forces soldiers are no match for you!"
This was the truth.
Although these five men were miserably defeated by him, he could feel that Fang Heng and the other four were not inferior to Li Lao. As for Lei Tao, although he didn't last a single move against him, his strength was even greater than the other four.
"In the martial world, there is a saying that people's combat power is generally divided into nine ranks. Those like security guards are not even considered in the nine ranks. Those who can become bodyguards are at least quasi-ninth-rank experts. The eight deacons in our alliance, like the pockmarked one, are all quasi-ninth-rank experts. Some ordinary special forces soldiers, or my brothers, are considered ninth-rank experts. Of course, their strength is among the top ninth-rank experts. As for me, I am at the level of an ordinary eighth-rank expert!" Lei Tao said earnestly.
Yang Feilong was taken aback.
He had never heard of this classification before. Of course, he understood that this was mainly because he had been living in the mountains before.
"The Three Blades Society's three leaders, the eldest leader's strength is that of a top eighth-rank expert, while the other two leaders are like me, ordinary eighth-rank experts! It is said that the three of them working together can rival a Qi flow expert," Lei Tao said with a wry smile.
"How do you judge my strength?" Yang Feilong looked at Lei Tao.
"I don't know Brother Yang's strength, but in my opinion, you are definitely stronger than the eldest leader of the Three Blades Society!" Lei Tao said, glancing at Yang Feilong. "At least you are a seventh-rank expert, right?"
Defeating him in one move, he believed that the other party was definitely not weaker than a top eighth-rank expert!
"What is the basis for this classification of the three, six, and nine ranks?" Yang Feilong asked, without answering.
"Brother Yang, have you heard of ancient martial arts practitioners and esper practitioners?" Lei Tao asked instead of answering directly.
"I have!" Yang Feilong nodded.
"Ancient martial arts practitioners are divided into Void Martial Realm, True Martial Realm, Profound Martial Realm, and so on. Esper practitioners are divided into First-tier Esper, Second-tier Esper, Third-tier Esper, and so on... Void Martial Realm and First-tier Espers are considered ninth-rank experts! Depending on their strength, even among ninth-rank experts, there are variations in power. Some Void Martial Realm ancient martial arts practitioners and First-tier Espers might possess eighth-rank strength, like First-tier Lightning Espers. Before they break through to the second tier, their combat power has already reached the level of an eighth-rank expert!" Lei Tao explained in detail.
Yang Feilong nodded. He wasn't surprised by this, as there were always exceptionally talented individuals who could challenge those at higher levels.
"In fact, the classification of experts into ranks is a rather generalized term, and the gap between them can be quite large!" Lei Tao said. "For example, I am an ancient martial arts practitioner, and my current realm is the early stage of the True Martial Realm. When I reach the middle stage of the True Martial Realm, as long as I cannot defeat a Profound Martial Realm existence by surpassing my level, I will still be an eighth-rank expert. My brothers are all at the peak of the Void Martial Realm. Their strength is much greater than when they were in the early stage of the Void Martial Realm, but they are still ninth-rank experts because they cannot defeat early-stage True Martial Realm practitioners or early-stage Second-tier Espers by surpassing their level."
Yang Feilong nodded. Through Lei Tao's explanation, he had a general understanding of his own strength.
"So, am I actually a seventh-rank expert?" Yang Feilong muttered to himself. "After all, according to my master, the third level of Qi Cultivation is equivalent to the Profound Martial Realm of ancient martial arts practitioners! I am currently in the early stage of the third level of Qi Cultivation, which is comparable to an early-stage Profound Martial Realm practitioner!"
"Of course, my master also said that Qi cultivators are more difficult to cultivate than ancient martial arts practitioners, and at the same tier, they are more powerful. Perhaps my strength can be compared to a middle-stage Profound Martial Realm existence?"
His previous unbroken winning streak had made Yang Feilong feel a bit conceited. However, after listening to Lei Tao's words, Yang Feilong's soaring thoughts began to settle. After all, he was still very weak compared to true masters!
Since the legend of the nine ranks of experts circulated in the martial world, there must be existences at the level of top-rank experts. How powerful would such existences be? In their eyes, he would probably be no stronger than an ant!