Wang Wenchi said unwillingly:
"If this had gone smoothly, I could have taken over the Outer City's apothecary business and strengthened myself."
"By all rights, this should have been a sure thing."
"And yet, an accident like this happened!"
Wang Wenchi paused.
"I remember this Li Chuan. Qin Feng's death last time also had something to do with him."
The County Magistrate said blandly:
"And what was the result? No matter how meticulous and comprehensive your plan was, what was the result?"
Wang Wenchi was somewhat at a loss for words.
"If Zhang Chengfeng fails again, or if he cannot utterly crush Li Chuan..."
The County Magistrate smiled.
"Among Dark Force martial artists, is there anyone he cannot take down?"
"Even if Li Chuan escapes this time, he will not be able to run from the Seven Halls Tournament two months from now."
Wang Wenchi sighed.
"Let's hope so."
When it came to Li Chuan, he always felt an inexplicable wariness.
It seemed that every failed plan had this man's shadow behind it.
Yet when he examined it closely, he could not say why.
Outside Pine Wind Martial Hall, people packed together in a surging crowd.
The once incomparably spacious entrance was completely blocked by the crush of people.
After fermenting for some time, news of Li Chuan killing Li Danyi had nearly spread throughout all of Anning County.
Combined with the recent uproar over his disparaging the Gathering of Heroes, his reputation had reached a new height.
Even farmers laboring in the fields vaguely knew that such a person existed.
And this directly reshaped Pine Wind Martial Hall's standing in Anning County.
There were seven martial halls in Anning County: Tianyi Martial Hall, Ganyun Martial Hall, Pine Wind Martial Hall...
Pine Wind Martial Hall had been established only recently