Advance, he had the aid of a half-step Innate Realm expert like Sun Qing, who also controlled the lifeline of an entire prefecture's water transport.
Retreat, he bore the prestige of the prefectural city's foremost prodigy, crushing the provincial capital beneath his feet, his name standing upon the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking and spreading far and wide across the land.
Winning the title of foremost prodigy and binding himself to Shuiyang Prefecture—this had all but become a nail hammered into the board.
As Li Chengfeng walked toward the Martial Yamen of Shuiyang Prefecture, he had already begun considering how he should face matters if, after this affair of the prodigy's rise to fame had passed, the Third Prince's people truly came knocking in Green Mountain City.
He no longer harbored any doubts about what Sun Qing had said—nor could he. The fact that a half-step Innate Realm expert like Sun Qing had been willing to lower himself and become sworn brothers with a nobody like him already proved how credible the matter was.
Otherwise, was the man, as the Qinghe Gang's leader, so idle that his soul had been swapped out that he wanted to become sworn brothers with an Aperture-Condensing Realm martial artist from an ordinary civilian family in Green Mountain City?
Thus, he could not help but begin pondering these matters.
Yet no matter how he turned them over in his mind, there was simply no way to predict what the future would bring. He did not even know what preparations he should make.
"For now, all I can do is build up my strength and prepare for every contingency."
As this thought crossed Li Chengfeng's mind, he thought of Sun Qing at his side and immediately let out a sigh of relief.
Sun Qing was right. If he