nownovels Chapter 21 Silver Serpent Hand
Chapter 21 Silver Serpent Hand
"Are you sure your name is Zhao An?!" Zhao Ke asked repeatedly.
"It's absolutely true. Many of the escaped members of the Python Gang witnessed Zhao An single-handedly slaughtering the entire gang yesterday!"
The constables then gave a full account of the results of their investigation.
"It wasn't Zhou Hu who did it..." Gao Baoding murmured.
"Who is this Zhao An, and how does he possess such strength?"
Lu Yixiu looked at Zhao Ke and said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhao, aren't you going to explain? If I remember correctly, this Zhao An is your younger brother, isn't he?"
"..." Zhao Ke remained silent.
Seeing the other three constables looking at him, he shook his head and said, "Zhao An is indeed my brother, but with his limited abilities, it's impossible for him to kill Xu Donglai, let alone single-handedly wipe out the Python Gang. That's utterly absurd!"
Given Zhao An's worthless behavior, Zhao Ke was ashamed to acknowledge him.
Fearing that Zhao An might cause trouble and affect his career, he simply kicked Zhao An out of the house and ignored him completely.
To be honest, he hadn't seen his younger brother for a while.
He never expected that the news he heard about Zhao An would be so outrageous.
He couldn't even imagine Zhao Anyong charging into the Python Gang, fighting his way in and out, and being invincible.
"He's not even a martial arts master, so how do you think he could do that?" Seeing the strange expressions on his three constable colleagues' faces, Zhao Ke helplessly offered a few more explanations.
"What do you mean by what those members of the Python Gang said?" Lu Yixiu asked, still somewhat doubtful.
Zhao Ke was speechless for a moment.
One person may lie, but when a group of people give consistent and irrefutable testimonies, it is hard not to be convinced.
Gao Baoding suddenly said in a deep voice, "Brother Zhao, could it be that you've secretly used underhanded means while putting on this show in public, all for the sake of the Python Gang's money?"
"Brother Zhao, you're being too unfair. The four of us share in the Python Gang's money, but now you want to take it all for yourself?" Chen Song's spirits lifted, and he couldn't help but snort coldly.
After all, the fact that Zhao An and Zhao Ke are brothers makes it hard for them not to have some doubts.
Zhao Ke felt aggrieved and tried to defend himself repeatedly before he could barely shift the blame onto the Tiger Head Gang.
But what these people said also reminded Zhao Ke.
If this matter is indeed related to Zhao An, then Zhao An probably has a lot of money from the Python Gang!
There might really be over a hundred taels of silver!
"No, I have to go find that idiot!" Zhao Ke thought to himself.
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"Silver Serpent Hand, a ninth-rank palm technique, originates from the Silver Serpent Sect of Qinghu..."
Inside the clinic, at a table in the inner room, Meng Wanyi leaned closer, pointing to lines of text in a booklet as she explained to Zhao An.
The two were close together at this moment. Meng Wanyi was not wearing a hair cap, but simply tied up with a hairpin. A few strands of her hair fell down to Zhao An's face, carrying a faint floral fragrance.
As Zhao An looked at her, his gaze unconsciously drifted to the girl's fair face.
Then Zhao An listened as Meng Wanyi's voice grew weaker and weaker, and two blushes gradually spread across his face.
"Zhao An, don't look at me," Meng Wanyi couldn't help but say, feigning seriousness.
"Dr. Meng, isn't this just ordinary soapberry? It smells strange," Zhao An asked.
"I made it myself..." Meng Wanyi then realized that the two of them were too close together, so she immediately took a small step to the side.
But then I thought about it again and felt inexplicably annoyed, wondering why I had to back down.
So she moved closer and said to Zhao An with displeasure, "Move over a bit."
Zhao An smiled gently, not arguing with her, and consciously shifted his position.
My gaze returned to the booklet. Compared to the previous Golden Scale Mountain Piling Technique, this martial arts manual from the Silver Serpent Sect was clearly much more normal.
The textual descriptions, along with the proper illustrated demonstrations of the moves, are very complete and clear, without many cryptic parts that require personal contemplation and study.
"Ninth-rank palm technique, right?" Zhao An guessed correctly.
This was the palm technique used by Xu Donglai and the man in black, He Song.
After Meng Wanyi's explanation and translation, Zhao An handed the palm technique to a red-named soul slave of the Python Clan to practice.
Compared to his previous use of the inferior Black Tiger Saber style to push back the Fierce Tiger Saber Technique, he now possesses a complete martial arts manual and gives it to the Soul Slave.
The Soul Slave no longer needs to waste time figuring out the cultivation method; they can directly use it to practice.
Perhaps it won't be long before Zhao An is proficient in both sword and palm techniques, and begins to grow stronger in multiple dimensions!
Meanwhile, on the other side, when the news of the Python Gang's overnight annihilation spread, the Tiger Head Gang was shaken to its core.
It wasn't just the Tiger Head Gang; all sorts of gangs, big and small, hiding in the streets and alleys were also quite frightened.
"It belongs to Zhao Anqian..."
Once the news was confirmed, the leaders and core members of the gang who usually disliked Zhao An remained silent in the main hall of the headquarters.
Some of them had already started sweating on their foreheads, and their hearts were filled with unease.
Thinking about all the ways they had targeted Zhao An in the past, he felt like slapping himself a few times.
"Without a doubt, this boy has reached the level of a martial arts master, and his abilities far exceed everyone's expectations!" Zhou Hu's expression was particularly solemn at this moment, and he no longer addressed Zhao An by his name directly.
With Zhao An's current strength, he could no longer regard him as an ordinary minor leader in the gang, someone who could be summoned and dismissed at will.
"Didn't you notice anything unusual when you talked to him last time?" Zhou Hu looked at Hao Wei, who had been silent all along, only constantly shaking his folding fan.
"Boss, Zhao An is hiding so well, how could a mere scholar like me possibly see through him..." Hao Wei said helplessly.
He had long recognized Zhao An's potential and wanted to cooperate with him to expand and strengthen the business.
But no one expected that Zhao An would now have the strength to single-handedly destroy the entire Python Gang.
Combining this with his conversation with Zhao An that day, and after careful consideration, he estimated that Zhao An would most likely not let the Tiger Head Gang go!
He was never on the same page as Zhou Hu, and now he was already thinking of a way to escape.
Zhao An, the person involved, was unaware that the storm he had stirred up had caused many people to be suspicious of him and even worried about him.
Perhaps business was slow at the clinic today, because Zhao An stayed there until sunset before returning home.
In the courtyard, Li Gou'er saw Zhao An return and immediately said...
"Brother Zhao, the Tiger Head Gang sent someone over today and gave you twenty taels of silver."
"Did you accept it?" Zhao An asked.
"No, I wouldn't dare accept it without your permission," Li Gou'er said with an awkward smile.
Zhao An nodded, "It's fine to confiscate it, otherwise it will affect his future use of the sword."
"So, Brother Zhao, have we already broken away from the Tiger Head Gang?" Li Gou'er asked cautiously.
"Yeah, no future," Zhao An said, and walked into the inner room.
"Oh, right, Brother Zhao, your brother came to see you today," Li Gou'er added, remembering the event.
"Brother?" Zhao An thought about it carefully, his memories surging, and it seemed that there really was such a thing.
In the early years, a famine struck, and almost everyone in the village died. The original incarnation's parents also died while fleeing, leaving only two brothers who escaped to Lianjiang City.
Later, his elder brother, through some stroke of luck, became a clerk in the government office, and then a head constable.
Later, due to their predecessor's incompetence, the two brothers became estranged and rarely had any contact with each other.
Since his transmigration, he has yet to meet his elder brother.
Judging from past memories alone, this older brother doesn't seem to be a good person either.
Back then, the government actually valued Zhao An's strength, but this good brother managed to trick him into giving up the position of constable.
The promised care never materialized. After becoming a constable, Zhao An visited him, only to be kicked out of the door.
So-called family ties were worthless in his older brother's eyes, far less important than his own future.
Looking back, the actions of this good brother played a significant role in why he became a villain.
"What is he doing here?" Zhao An asked.
"They must be here about the Python Gang. They asked me if you killed the person, and..." Li Gou'er said truthfully.
"What else?"
"They also asked about the whereabouts of the silver from the Python Gang."