Six or seven li from the Tiantong courtyard stood a row of more than a dozen thatched huts.
They had been built by the Yuanguang Mi Family, who had hired people to construct them in order to guard the trade route.
Because the trade route below Pacify Arms Mountain was thriving, quite a few highway robbers had appeared. However, these robbers generally had enough sense not to target merchant caravans connected to Pacify Arms Mountain... no one could bear the wrath of an immortal.
They chose those with no connections, newcomers who had just arrived—Pacify Arms Mountain was covered in gold and silver, but you still needed the strength to pick it up!
Previously, Feng Jun had not had the time to deal with such ants. Later, Mu Fengtang grew close to Lang Damei and mentioned the matter.
Lang Zhen knew that the Mu Family had arrived in considerable style. Thinking that those "bandits" had even dared to intercept people like them, he decided to clear the road.
Not long ago, Feng Jun had gone to the cultivation world, so Lang Zhen chose that moment to strike. It was also a habit he had developed from traveling the martial world—the more empty one's home was, the more one had to project strength!
To that end, he gathered disciples from the Tian Family, Mi Family, Yu Family, Chen Family, and others, then launched a swift attack. The first group they struck turned out to be North Garden Earl's guards.
Those guards were assigned to protect the Black Iron Ore mine, but occasionally... they moonlighted as bandits. It could not be helped; that was simply how the Earl's Estate guards behaved.
In their words, they were also helping Divine Doctor Feng screen people—those without strength should not come to Pacify Arms Mountain.