Xiao Wan'er was far stronger than Chen Yi had imagined.
After learning that the herbs had been robbed, she merely stood stunned for a moment before getting up, taking Shen Huatang by the hand, and leading her inside to question her in detail.
Chen Yi listened to everything from the side and gained a clearer understanding of the people and events that had transpired by the Chishui River last night.
"Blade Maniac" Liu Lang had first made his name in Mobei. His Blade Technique was fierce and domineering, and he had always enjoyed challenging famed Jianghu veterans.
He had once done several deeds in Mobei that made Jianghu folk raise their thumbs in praise. From their perspective, he should have been a resounding figure.
Yet from the Xiao Family's current perspective, Liu Lang was already a savage Jianghu bandit, a thief.
Last night, he had lured Shen Huatang away.
Or, in Shen Huatang's own words, she had intended to lure Liu Lang away.
In the end, things had indeed gone as she wished.
But Liu Lang had not come alone last night. Evil demons from the Phantom Sound Sect, a branch of the Southwest Demon Sect, had also acted.
Everyone from the Xuanwei Escort Agency escorting the medicinal herbs had died, and the herbs had been robbed.
Shen Huatang had escaped disaster not because her strength was particularly high, but because Liu Lang had not intended to kill her.
At that point, Chen Yi understood "Blade Maniac" Liu Lang's cultivation base and skill level—Fifth Grade Upper Stage, Blade Dao Mastery.
Placed in the Jianghu, he would only count as having reached the pinnacle of the second tier, but among his peers, he was unquestionably one of the outstanding few.
However, what displeased Chen Yi was Shen Huatang's final remark.
"Before