The next day!
As the morning sun rose, Lin Changqing and Gu Chensha left the town together and headed straight for North Sea Commandery City. The town was as peaceful as it had been yesterday.
Only, seven corpses hung from an ancient tree at the entrance to the town.
Blood-soaked and utterly grotesque.
They were the seven White Lotus Sect followers Lin Changqing had slain last night, their bodies hung from the ancient tree by Gu Chensha.
This was Lin Changqing's warning to the White Lotus Sect.
But in the eyes of the White Lotus Sect, this was Lin Changqing declaring war on them.
At that moment, in a thatched shed not far from the town entrance, a young man and woman stood upright like two spears, staring directly at the seven corpses hanging from the ancient tree with sinister eyes.
A trace of savagery and killing intent surfaced on their faces.
"What audacity. Killing members of our sect is one thing, but hanging up their corpses as well—are you declaring war on our sect?"
The young man gave a cold snort, his killing intent surging. "Go investigate this Lin Changqing's background.
"I want to see what qualifications and confidence he has to dare declare war on our Holy Sect..."
Lin Changqing had no idea that having Gu Chensha hang the corpses from the ancient tree had thoroughly enraged the White Lotus Sect.
Of course, even if he had known, he would not have cared.
He had never intended to become enemies with the White Lotus Sect, yet through a series of twists and turns, he had repeatedly killed their people and ruined their schemes.
Now the White Lotus Sect had sent people to intercept and kill him.
Between them, it was already a fight to the death.
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