Such a figure personally arriving truly warranted Thin Bamboo leading a group of Vice City Lords out to welcome him. In terms of seniority, even Thin Bamboo stood half a head below him.
After a few pleasantries, Thin Bamboo invited Chang Ming into the city and laid on a banquet in his honor.
During the feast, Chang Ming and Thin Bamboo chatted and laughed together, appearing to share an excellent relationship. Chang Ming was easygoing and conversed often with the Vice City Lords as well, making everyone think even more highly of him.
What puzzled Thunderclap, however, was that after the banquet, Chang Ming bade farewell and left.
He truly seemed to have merely passed by, then come over to chat with Thin Bamboo for a while.
Yet Thunderclap knew that someone like Chang Ming could not possibly be idle enough for such a thing. There had to be another purpose to this visit. Perhaps he had already discussed and settled the matter with his own City Lord during the banquet, and no one else knew of it.
He did not pry further, merely attended to his own duties.
The only thing he found somewhat baffling was that after Chang Ming left, Thin Bamboo seemed hesitant and indecisive, as though he had encountered some difficult matter.
Thunderclap was preparing to return to his post when he heard Thin Bamboo call out, "Thunderclap!"
Thunderclap hurried forward. "City Lord."
Thin Bamboo gazed quietly at him for a moment, then took out a Storage Ring. "Make a trip to Gu Hong City and deliver this item to Duan Gu Hong."
Like Thin Bamboo City, Gu Hong City was a Cosmos-tier Uniting Dao City stationed in another adjacent war zone.
Its City Lord, Duan Gu Hong, was also a formidable power. Since the war