After returning from the Wang Family, Wei He began making inquiries about the Lishan Sect and the other small and mid-sized gangs.
On the ground of Xuanjing City, there were now a dozen or so gangs left—neither more nor less.
Few gangs, many sects.
Many of them even had threads of a thousand connections with the Three Great Families. Some were simply backed by the Three Great Families from behind the scenes.
Touching them was, in truth, touching the foundations of the Three Great Families.
Under such circumstances, one only had to imagine the backlash they might face to know how troublesome it would be.
Yet Wang Shaojun's words seemed to regard this operation quite favorably.
Wei He could not understand it. There must have been something hidden within that he did not know.
Several days later, he became engaged.
For the engagement ceremony of the Wanqing Sect's master, Wei He did not invite many people. He only invited Wang Shaojun and his father Wang Yehe, along with several other friends.
He and Wan Qingqing simply laid out some wine and refreshments. With Wan Ling representing the elder generation, they bowed in ceremony and settled their union, awaiting a suitable time to formally marry.
During this period, a soaring master thief appeared in several cities of Taizhou, continuously stealing all manner of rare treasures.
That alone would have been manageable, but this soaring master thief soon shifted his target from treasures to True Skill manuals.
He actually began stealing True Skills—and somehow, he even succeeded.
Several mid-sized sects were struck. They then joined together to offer a bounty for him and dispatched their own elites to hunt him down.
Because of this, idle gossips gave the soaring master thief a name: the Meteor Bandit.
Not for any other reason, but