Black Mountain Town

Lin Fan kept his transforming force realm cultivation completely concealed, revealing only early bright force realm strength. Like a faint shadow, he sped along the official road toward Black Mountain Town. At his utmost speed, he covered most of the two-hundred-odd-mile journey in barely the time it took an incense stick to burn.

He raced like the wind and lightning, the wooded scenery flying backward along the way. Soon, the outline of the old, quiet Black Mountain Town came into view.

Black Mountain Town lay nestled between mountains. Its people tended toward fierceness, steeped year-round in Black Mountain's martial culture, and martial artists were fairly common in town. The Li Family was a first-rate martial power there, perched high above others and entrenched in its domain. Yet no one knew what monstrous sins this seemingly law-abiding, prominent Black Mountain family concealed behind the scenes.

Lin Fan entered the town and headed straight for the government offices at its center.

The local Black Mountain authorities had also just received the official dispatch from Commandery City. Several officials from Commandery City had arrived at the Black Mountain Town offices together as well.

The guards at the entrance spotted Lin Fan's extraordinary bearing and steady steps from afar, feeling the pressure of his bright force realm aura. Then they noticed the garrison general's badge at his waist and hurried forward to bow.

"Greetings, General!"

Lin Fan nodded slightly and walked straight into the main hall.

Inside, the officials from Black Mountain Town and Commandery City hurried to their feet to welcome him. Lin Fan took the sealed dispatch from inside his robe and handed it over. "Official business from the Commandery City administration. Verify this, then accompany me to the Black Mountain Li Family to carry out the bandit suppression operation."

They accepted