Before the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce.
Heads were carefully stacked one atop another, gradually piling higher.
At the very top was, without question, Lu Jingtian's head. Beneath it were Zhou Kun's and an unidentified man's. Then someone ladled scorching hot oil over them, instantly splitting flesh and skin as grease flowed into the ground.
The faces of the heads of the major factions in the prefectural city, invited here to witness the ceremony, all twitched.
In particular, Old Master Yuan, the "Sky-Flip Monkey" of Dragon-Tiger Martial Hall, and Zheng Ye, the Zheng Clan head and "Golden-Mixing Blade," stared gravely at the head whose face had been carved away.
Others might not know, but their disciples and subordinates were spread throughout Eastern Spirit City. How could they not know that Yang Dongsheng, the "Righteousness Reaching the Clouds" leader of the Brotherhood Gang, their equal in fame, was deeply entangled in this matter?
He had also been missing for a long time. Such a major event had occurred, yet he was nowhere to be seen, sending his son Yang Dong in his stead.
Perhaps it was not merely the man who had vanished—perhaps even his head was gone?
They had previously envied him for having such a channel outside the city, one that would very likely produce another martial artist at the peak of inner force... Looking back now, they could only count themselves fortunate in secret.
The Four Seas Chamber of Commerce usually kept its edge hidden, to the point that people had nearly forgotten it was a colossal entity spanning the entire Yue Kingdom and conducting business with countless major powers.
Only when its reverse scale had truly been touched could one glimpse a claw or a scale of what it possessed.
At that thought, their gazes toward Long