"Did you hear? The Peerless Sword Sect was wiped out a few days ago?"
"The killer wrote something on the wall about demanding Zhou Xingtong show himself. It seemed to have been trouble caused by the Zhou Family, dragging in the small sects and households dependent on them."
"This was already the fourth case this year, wasn't it? Before this, several small households sheltered by the Zhou Family were also exterminated. Every case specifically named Zhou Xingtong."
In the tavern, several tables of drinkers lounged about, bragging and discussing the recent strange tales and odd happenings.
The moment the destruction of the Peerless Sword Sect was mentioned, everyone's interest was immediately piqued.
With this kind of highly targeted retaliatory bloodshed, the killer generally would not implicate innocent outsiders, so there was no need to worry about inviting trouble.
And with the alcohol stirring their spirits, whenever they heard someone get something wrong, they could not help speaking up to correct it.
Thus, the people at several tables compared notes and shared the fragments they knew, quickly piecing together the entire sequence of events.
"As for the Zhou Family matter, several Chijing Army chiefs went to investigate, but they found no clues. The Zhou Family was so furious they nearly went mad. Zhou Xingtong supposedly clashed head-on with people several times and killed quite a few innocent people he wrongly suspected. Then things quieted down for a while. Who would have thought it would start up again now?" said a red-nosed man lazily.
"Besides the Zhou Family, You Rong, the eldest young master of the You Family, was said to be leaving soon to study afar. They said he was going to an academy in the Capital City. Once Young Master You left, Xuanjing City would not be as lively as