1243: The World Was Desolate! Ice and Snow Nurtured Life! (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes)

"Black Wind Stronghold, loud and proud! The world's martial arts are in Black Wind, and you can roam freely through Ming and Song. If you've betrayed your sect, hurry and join our Black Wind Stronghold! Don't worry that betraying your sect will stop you from improving your martial arts. We have the martial arts of your sect, and we also have what your sect doesn't."

"That's right, that's right! Don't be afraid of being hunted by your sect after betraying it. Our Black Wind Stronghold's professional 'Jianghu Dispute Squad' specializes in handling such jianghu disputes for you. We guarantee that every case we take will be resolved. Come up the mountain alone, and start out relying entirely on plunder. What your brothers have, you'll have too. What your brothers don't have, you'll get as well."

"Those sects in the jianghu that want to compete with our Black Wind Stronghold for people, shouldn't they open their eyes a little wider? Our Black Wind Stronghold has many affiliated forces beneath us, such as the Fire Worship Sect, Formless Sect, Jiangnan Thunderclap Hall, Nangong Family, Cangying Fort, Iron Cloth Sword Sect, Canglang Sword Sect, Hainan Sword Sect, Five Tigers Peng Clan, Heavenly Cripple Gang, Wuyi Gang, Mantis Sect, Qixia Temple, Chenzhou Yan Family, and many more. Which one of them doesn't act according to our Black Wind Stronghold's wishes?

As long as you join our stronghold, you'll be able to strut sideways through the jianghu from then on."

"Ahem—Brother, be a little more modest when you speak. The Stronghold Master taught us that a nation has its laws and every trade has its rules. Even us righteous bandits of Black Wind, when acting as mountain bandits, must have our own professional ethics. As the saying goes, friends are what carry you through the