Initiation Through the Three Gates

"Right... right..."

Chen Jia hurriedly sent someone to a shop to buy shoes.

He felt that something had changed about Li Xiuwen today. Between his brows lurked a fierce, baleful air he could not quite put into words.

He had sensed that air only from Dao Youming.

Thinking back to half a year ago, when his junior brother A Wen had first gone up to the Second Floor, Chen Jia could hardly believe he was the same person.

Li Xiuwen put on the new shoes, which fit perfectly. "Take it out of my share this month," he said with a smile.

A great crowd of Four-Nines swept Li Xiuwen out of Spring Snow Residence.

The onlookers stayed behind, marveling.

"That kick from the sky was incredible!"

"What fine moves! So that's Hesheng Tu's rising star?"

"Little Blade Wen of Longjin Road. They say he's replaced Twelfth Madam as the strongest Straw Sandal. He could give Thunder God Shed's Dao Youming a run for his money."

"That's what a man ought to be!"

"He's made it."

In a corner of the crowd, Brother Jun watched A Wen leave and sighed.

It was the first time he had seen A Wen fight.

So fierce. So ruthless.

No wonder no street punk dared cause trouble at his Hair Salon.

The crowd dispersed. At a tea table in the theater,

a burly man in a black overcoat, military boots, and a black fedora raised his head.

"Heh. That Movement Technique, those kicks... no wonder he killed Monkey Ghost. Bucktooth Zhen didn't die unjustly, either."

He was Hua Nan, a newly risen Tiger Elephant Expert serving Big Bi Zai.

His mission was to capture Li Xiuwen alive and force him to hand over Bucktooth Zhen's belongings.

He had been looking forward to his first fight