"Black River City" (follow-up reading). "So it really is connected to the Black Serpent Family?"
Chen Mu had thought the man had simply invoked a name at random to save his life. He hadn't expected it to actually involve the Black Serpent Family.
Chen Mu toyed with a jet-black emblem in his hand, two snakes entwined across its surface.
He was no stranger to the symbol on the emblem. It was the Black Serpent Family's crest.
"Does the Black Serpent Family also run bandits to rob people of their money?"
Chen Mu muttered to himself, but he felt no particular emotion about it.
He simply hadn't expected the Black Serpent Family to keep a bunch of useless fools around to rob travelers on the road.
Chen Mu had found quite a bit of wealth on them. There was no need to guess that this was far from their first time doing it; even their pleas for mercy had been so practiced.
So what if they were from the Black Serpent Family? He had killed them because they had provoked him.
Chen Mu didn't think the Black Serpent Family would make a big fuss over a few bandits who weren't even Formal Knights.
He didn't even think the Black Serpent Family would be able to trace it back to him. This was the Wilderness, after all, and far from the Black Serpent Family's core territory.
After casually dealing with the bodies, Chen Mu mounted the Yellow Blaze Horse again.
The outline of Black River City gradually appeared before Chen Mu's eyes. From afar, its massive walls carried a sense of grandeur.
"We're here. Black River City!"
The map of the kingdom stored in his mind confirmed that this was Black River City.
"So many people!"
Chen Mu rode the Yellow Blaze