Cold winds whipped through Shijia Town beneath the night sky, sweeping sand into the air and shrouding the town of crude stone houses in a faint haze.
Xi Yanqiu sighed.
Places like Shijia Town were everywhere along the Tea Horse Road.
Most people who came here did not survive more than two days.
Even martial artists with profound cultivation bases and techniques were no exception.
The reason was simple.
People who could survive on the Horse Bandit-infested Tea Horse Road were no different from jackals on the grasslands.
To them, experts were merely somewhat stronger lions.
If they could not win in a head-on fight, they would bite from the shadows.
Thus, anyone even slightly lacking in strength or temperament could not possibly survive here.
They would either be bitten to death or flee in disgrace.
Or they would turn themselves into another "jackal" of the Tea Horse Road, wallowing in the same mire as the people here.
In all his years in Jinshan Town, Xi Yanqiu had never seen any other outcome.
As for himself-
Here, he was merely an ordinary man.
"That man is from the Wei People. If he survives today, I want to invite him to join our Black Wolf Gang," Xi Yanqiu said.
"Invite him?"
"Heh, Xi Yanqiu, after all these years, you're still as naive as ever."
"What value could someone who caught the eye of an idiot like Lei Gouzi possibly have?"
"Exactly."
"Lei Gouzi has always bullied the weak and feared the strong. Those brothers of his might have nothing else, but they have sharp eyes. Nine out of ten people they set their sights on are trash."
"Brother Yanqiu, I think you ought to stop wasting your time."
Xi Yanqiu said nothing more and watched the Jinshan Inn quietly.
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