Among the Seven Great Gangs, if anyone could be ranked first, it was undoubtedly the Nian Gang.
But the Nian Gang's first-place standing wasn't merely due to its enormous numbers. The Four Seasons Altars and the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Hall were also teeming with experts.
With Lei Yuan and the others deliberately spreading the news, word that Su Xin was preparing to enter the Nian Gang alone and demand the Water Transport Tax from the Autumn Altar's master, 'Nine Mountain God' Dong Buyi, had already set the whole region abuzz.
When the martial sects of Jiangnan Circuit heard, most of them sneered and spat out four words: "What a fool!"
Even a single Nian Gang altar was comparable in strength to a first-rate sect.
Dong Buyi, master of the Autumn Altar, was a peak Spirit Transformation Realm expert. He was just one step away from the Soul Fusion Realm and ranked sixty-first on the Earth Ranking—one of the rare experts to make the Earth Ranking while still in the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Where did you get the nerve, Su Xin, to demand the Water Transport Tax from the Nian Gang? You might have had a chance if you were Tie Zhan.
But Su Xin went anyway. He didn't bring Li Huai or Huang Bingcheng along; he headed to the Nian Gang alone.
Among the Seven Great Gangs, nearly all made their living from the territories under their control, while also managing other businesses. The Nian Gang was different.
As the greatest gang in the world, its sole business was water transport—not just the Great Zhou's water transport, but that of the entire realm!
Managing the water transport of the Great Zhou earned the Nian Gang silver, but managing the transport routes across the realm brought it cultivation resources from everywhere.