Xu Fang raised her head, her pretty face pale, and looked at her master as she asked quietly, "Old man, can you settle this?"
Liu Yitian smiled kindly. "Oh, what's there to fear? If we can settle it, we will. If we can't, we'll run. There are only a handful of us in the whole sect. If we can't afford to provoke them, surely we can afford to run?"
"But the Divine Bow Sect..."
"It's only the Divine Bow Sect while there are people in it. If everyone's gone, there isn't even a fart left. As long as we're here, the Divine Bow Sect is here. Don't worry. Once the cart reaches the mountain, there'll surely be a road through." Liu Yitian smiled reassuringly.
Xu Fang nodded.
Li Qingxian, however, asked, "How can a sect from Wang Family Village move into the city?"
Yu Xiaoshan and Xu Fang stared in surprise, unable to understand why their new guest elder ignored the pressing crisis to ask useless questions.
Liu Yitian said, "South District City belongs to the government offices and the Enlightenment Academy. We can't get in there. West District City and East District City belong to the Devil Sect and the Northern Green Forest respectively. Unless we change our allegiance and become a vassal, we can't get into either. Our only option is Northern District City. Four major gangs control it, with twenty-eight smaller gangs under them. Besides those, there are ten small gangs with powerful backing, making forty-two gangs in all. Northern District City won't allow one extra sect, and if one disappears, another fills its place. If we want to move into the city, we can only challenge a sect at its gates."
"What are the rules for challenging a sect here?"
Liu Yitian explained, "It's much the