Night Hawk Tower represented more than merely an assassination and intelligence organization; behind it lay no small number of tangled interests.
No one knew how many hidden troubles might be dragged out from within.
At the same time, the Wang Family led Chijing Army experts in slaughtering the small and mid-sized gangs on the surface.
In merely half a month, more than half of over a dozen gangs had been wiped out. The rest tried to go underground, breaking themselves into scattered fragments.
Yet before long, these hidden forces were also tracked down one by one and easily exterminated.
An organization called Liuye played an enormous role in this process.
No matter how deeply their targets hid, they seemed able to find them with ease.
Gang after gang was uprooted, great clan after great clan pulled out by the roots. But as the situation advanced, more and more major clans and gangs began to surrender and join them after recognizing the times.
The Wang Family's power snowballed, growing greater and greater.
Large quantities of Martial Arts Manuals were collected. Wei He took the chance to claim quite a few himself, copying down many of them and storing them in Tianya Tower.
As the gang purges continued, it became apparent that some gangs were not utterly wicked. Thus, the reputations of the Wang Family and the Wanqing Sect gradually turned foul as well.
But Wei He did not care about such things.
For a full two months, aside from cultivating martial arts, he spent the rest of his time with Zhu Chen, clearing out all manner of martial arts associations.
His cloud patterns had further condensed to twelve. Only the final six remained before he reached eighteen.
When all the cloud patterns of the Gathering Cloud Bone Structure were linked and