Hand Him Over? Absolutely Impossible!

Hand Him Over? Absolutely Impossible! This was a grave crime. In this age of cold weapons, armor's value exceeded ordinary people's imagination.

Having armor and lacking armor were entirely different concepts, especially for martial artists like them.

Before reaching a certain realm—for instance, before achieving success in Body Tempering or cultivating Inner Qi—armor could shield martial artists from arrows and powerful crossbows.

Combined with their superhuman endurance, stamina, speed, and strength, they could be called killing machines.

Take Qin Biao as an example. Without armor, if he faced dozens of fully armed soldiers wielding powerful crossbows, he would still be besieged to death, even in complicated terrain.

But if he too wore armor, then even against a hundred heavily armored soldiers, he could kill them one by one. That was the role armor played for low-level martial artists.

Thus, the imperial court prohibited civilians from privately possessing armor. It was an extremely serious matter.

Therefore, the day after Lu Shan returned to Black Tiger Martial Hall, constables came to take him away for questioning at the magistrate's office.

But Qin Biao stopped them outside, saying that his disciple was gravely injured and his life hung in the balance. No matter how urgent the matter was, they would have to wait until his injuries improved.

And Lu Shan truly had been severely injured at the time. After returning to the martial hall, he had fallen unconscious. Thus, even the authorities could not take him away and could only wait.

During that time, Qin Biao swiftly sent people to investigate who had accused Lu Shan of privately possessing armor.

In truth, many martial artists possessed armor; they simply rarely displayed it before others. The authorities generally followed the principle that if the people did not report it, officials would not pursue it.