The situation suddenly changed.
The onlookers never expected that what had begun as a few sarcastic exchanges between the two sides would actually escalate directly into a life-or-death confrontation.
After all, the two sides did not know each other, nor did they have any past grievances.
Whether Jiang Qiao's appearance nearby had been deliberate or he was merely a passerby, they had both reached this level. Before causing any actual harm, they would at most have probed each other a few times, then each would have found a way to back down.
As the saying went, one smack for a right roundhouse kick, one smack for five consecutive lashes—keep it measured and don't actually hurt him.
Everyone here had martial ethics.
Who would immediately fight to the death? Hadn't Tang Jin of Liunian Village and Hong An been fighting for so long without even a speck of dust on them?
But then.
Hong An's provocation and Jiang Qiao's direct slap in response.
The atmosphere at the scene began sliding out of control.
This was no longer a war of words. It might even provoke a dispute between a Major Faction and Jiang Qiao.
Because Hong An's identity was far from simple!
"This Celestial Master is truly vicious. He just offended the Guangming Society, and now he's made an enemy of someone from the Yellow Springs Merchant Association over a disagreement."
"He's also the kind of lawless bastard who doesn't follow any rules."
Yi Si secretly sighed.
The origins of the Yellow Springs Merchant Association were mysterious. Even the Prayer Association could not uncover its background.
They only knew that it had established an auction house on the Ghost Train and another beside Blood Basin Lake. Most of the guests there had mysterious origins, and some were suspected to have come