King Tang (Part 2)

"You." Shen Fei's words nearly enraged the old monk before him to death. These were usually the words they said to others, yet now they were being used against them.

"Why are you so angry? You should be grateful that your lives can help me attain Buddhahood. This is not an opportunity just anyone gets. Don't you Buddhists always talk about karmic retribution? Didn't you say that the Sui soldiers who died here were repaying the sins of their previous lives in this one? Now it is time for you to repay your sins." Watching the old monk turn red with fury and nearly spit blood, Shen Fei's Shadow Clone, going by the name Duan Lang, remained as calm as ever.

Originally, this Shadow Clone had been meant to enter Shu and head to Chengdu and Great Stone Temple to deal with Cihang Monastery's arrangements there. That had been his main task. But since there was no urgency, Duan Lang spent a few days in Chengdu without acting. After investigating several matters, he came to the border between the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo.

Generally speaking, the border of any country was chaotic and lawless. Even in modern society, drug traffickers, smugglers, illegal immigrants, and the like were everywhere.

In the world of Twin Dragons, the existence of martial arts made things even more chaotic. It was practically an ungoverned zone, a paradise for criminals. After years of development, a town resembling the frontier settlement from Legend of the Wilderness had formed, ruled internally by several gangs.

These gangs were basically organized along national and ethnic lines—Turks, Shiwei, Tiele, Tuyuhun, Goryeo people, and so on.

However, perhaps because of Yang Guang's three campaigns against Goryeo, Central Plains people here did not hold as low a status as they did along the