"Weapon Forging Hall?"
Zhu He swept his gaze over the burly man and the disciples behind him. A trace of wariness flashed through his eyes before he looked at the bow-wielding man again and sneered. "I was wondering who it was—Liao Chuan! Instead of hiding inside that turtle shell of Blackwater Great City, you actually dared to come out and wade into these muddy waters? Aren't you afraid someone will set their sights on you and leave you without even a whole corpse?"
The bow-wielding man called Liao Chuan had a gaunt face, but his eyes were sharp.
Rather than getting angry at those words, he let out a raspy chuckle, like the cry of a night owl. "Heh heh... Old Zhu, after all these years, your mouth is still as foul as ever. Blackwater Great City may be nice, but staying there too long gets stifling. Besides, a heavenly treasure has descended, and the virtuous shall possess it. Falling Star Slope isn't your Wang Family's private backyard. Why can't I, Liao Chuan, come here?"
Not far away, Chen Qing, concealed in the darkness, felt his heart stir when he heard the words Blackwater Great City.
Of Yan Kingdom's eleven great cities, none was ordinary, and Blackwater Great City was undoubtedly one of the most unusual among them.
It nominally belonged to the Yan Kingdom Imperial Court, but in truth, it was a genuine lawless land—a place beyond anyone's control.
Traitors from the Six Great Supreme Sects, wanted murderers and villains, spies from every faction, merchants conducting gray-market dealings... dragons and serpents mingled there, while order was jointly maintained by several of the largest underground powers.
Rumor had it that it even contained secret businesses owned by Millennial Families, as well as the white gloves of certain great figures within