After making some brief supplies in Jingyang City, Li Qing took a carriage out of the city, with no desire to linger any longer.
As for how the chaotic battle between the two forces in the city would end, one could more or less guess.
Without profit driving them, continuing to fight would only drain each other's strength and needlessly increase casualties.
Most likely, both sides would call it off, and from then on, the Black Fiend Gang and Qingzhou's Number One Swordsman, Sun Qi, would be locked in an endless feud.
Yet what Li Qing never expected was that after traveling for four days and finally nearing Chongning County, the Black Fiend Gang's leader, driven into a corner, would directly reveal what treasure Sun Qi had taken.
In an instant, the entire martial world of Qingzhou—no, the entire Feng Kingdom—was thrown into an uproar.
Outside Chongning County.
After heading north for many days, the temperature here was relatively less scorching. On the contrary, midsummer was the most comfortable season here; the other seasons were all extremely cold.
On the official road, when a carriage was still one or two li from the city gates, it was suddenly stopped by a group of bandits.
The coachman's face immediately turned ugly. His voice trembled as he said, "Th-there are bandits blocking the road."
Several bandits on horseback stood before the carriage, carrying wolf-tooth clubs and all manner of imposing weapons.
On either side, seven or eight more vicious-looking bandits holding sabers and spears closed in, blocking every route by which the carriage could leave.
Faced with such a scene, even the horses seemed frightened and grew restless.
The lead bandit carrying a wolf-tooth club smiled and rode forward a few steps. "Chongning is up ahead. If you want to pass, leave