Chapter 2210 — Making Inquiries
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"Ruileida Town has three great families and two major gangs. One of those families is the Tagan family. The other two are the Lu family and the Shangguan family. Each of the three great families has a different number of cultivators. They are families centered on cultivation," the local expert explained.
"Families of cultivators?" Wei Zhao was somewhat surprised. He had not expected there to be cultivator families outside the country. But when he thought about it, it did not seem impossible. Families like these generally kept a low profile and rarely appeared in public. For example, one might be hidden in a small place like Ruileida Town. Under ordinary circumstances, unless someone came here deliberately, it would truly be difficult to come into contact with them.
"There are cultivator families on our side too. You two aren't rogue cultivators, are you... Ah, yes, only rogue cultivators would take on the Tagan family's mission. Those sects and aristocratic families wouldn't have the leisure to come to a place like this." The local expert shook his head. "As for the two major gangs, one is the Fire Wolf Gang, and the other is Red Conch. One controls the prostitution and entertainment industries in Ruileida Town, while the other controls the drug trade..."
"The Fire Wolf Gang and Red Conch?" Wei Zhao was taken aback. He had not expected the Fire Wolf Gang to exist outside the country as well. What surprised him even more was that these two gangs should, in fact, have been one and the same. From the drug dealer's conversation during military training last time, Wei Zhao had been able to determine that the Fire Wolf Gang and Red Conch were connected by countless hidden ties.
"That's right. The Fire Wolf Gang exists on our side too; it developed from here. As for Red Conch, it's a drug-trafficking organization that originated overseas," the local expert said.
"The relationship between these two gangs is very good?" Wei Zhao asked.
"How could that be?" the local expert replied. "As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain. That's exactly the situation here. The two gangs don't have any major conflicts of interest, so there aren't any serious hostilities between them either, but minor clashes happen constantly. The Fire Wolf Gang has a fairly good relationship with the Lu family, while Red Conch is close to the Tagan family. Those two families don't get along very well either."
"Oh?" Wei Zhao was deeply surprised inside, but his expression remained unchanged. He had not expected the Fire Wolf Gang and Red Conch to present themselves as enemies before outsiders. Those two gangs were truly clever. If they openly supported each other, they might have found it difficult to establish a foothold in Ruileida Town. But now they maintained ties in private while, on the surface, each gang cultivated a relationship with one of the families. It was enough to keep anyone from noticing anything amiss.
"In any case, none of this has much to do with your mission. I imagine the two of you won't bother with such idle matters," the local expert said. In his view, all these cultivators had come with a purpose. As for meddling in unrelated affairs, they would never waste their time on that.
"By the way, we only heard from a friend that the Tagan family had a mission with generous rewards. I still don't know the details. Why don't you tell us about it?" Wei Zhao asked.
As the saying went, when one accepted another's money, one had to help him avert disaster. Having taken Wei Zhao's twenty thousand yuan, the local expert naturally had no intention of holding anything back. He had not the slightest suspicion that Wei Zhao might not have come for the Tagan family, so he immediately said, "The reward for the Tagan family's mission this time is a Spirit-Gathering Pill. You should know better than I do what a Spirit-Gathering Pill is used for, right?" (To be continued) RQ