The Azure Dragon Society had previously hosted a banquet for the major martial arts factions of Yunze Prefecture. Anyone willing to join forces and endorse the Martial Arts Alliance Leader at the upcoming martial arts tournament was considered an ally.
Those who had scoffed at the tournament and refused to join hands with the Azure Dragon Society were all attacked by masked bandits after leaving Cang Mountain.
No one had definitively established that the masked bandits were Azure Dragon Society members in disguise, but all fingers were still pointing at the society.
In a whole prefecture, there were countless martial artists, and many of the victims had friends and relatives among the martial arts community.
So, on the eve of the tournament, every faction that had been attacked after leaving Cang Mountain, like Jin Rou's, called on friends and formed a "revenge alliance" far and wide. They were determined to ruin the Azure Dragon Society's plans and demand justice.
Tonight was when the revenge alliance would strike.
They would set fire to the mountain gates, ambush Azure Dragon Society members, and stir up chaos. Such acts would surely make the society lose face and turn its tournament into a laughingstock throughout Yunze Prefecture.
But the Azure Dragon Society reacted quickly. The moment they discovered the attack, someone fired a signal flare to alert their members and summon reinforcements.
As a result, the two sides clashed fiercely at the mountain gates. Their battle cries rang out so loudly that even people in the viewing area could hear most of them.
"It's quite lively tonight," Pan Zhao said with a grin as he returned to Ning Xiu's side, once again disguised as a gray-haired old man.
Thanks to the chaos at the mountain gates, no one had been free to pay attention