Encountering Red Lotus, Cultivating the Treasure Vase

Su Xinghe had received the news long ago.

But he had not gone along with Zhou Yingjun and the others.

Because over the past few days, he had been a peak Seventh-Rank bandit of unknown origin.

In other words, one of the legendary Head-Chopping Bandits.

This great hero prowled through the darkness, specializing in chopping off the heads of martial artists who took advantage of the chaos to loot the city. In just three or four days, no fewer than twenty outside martial artists had splattered their blood across the long streets.

Among them were quite a few Seventh-Rank Transformation Realm experts.

Su Xinghe stood far away atop the mountain behind the Clear Lotus Pond docks, watching the people from White Ape Martial Academy surge in from Narcissus Street.

Waiting for the great battle to arrive.

This group from deep within Scarlet Cloud Mountain relied on having a Sixth-Rank True Force leader and thought they could throw their weight around in Lin County without the Lu Family.

But today, Su Xinghe wanted all of Lin County to know that even a Sixth-Rank True Force had to follow the rules of the road.

Zhou Yingjun actually sympathized with these experts driven out of the city by the Lu Family, and he was willing to accept them back into the county seat.

But the prerequisite was that they had to obey the new rules.

Unfortunately, they refused to listen and even went a step further. They wanted to replace the Lu Family and become the new power holding up half the sky.

Just as the black iron longsword in his hand hungered for battle, a faint woman's voice drifted up from behind him.

"Are you Su Xinghe?"

A waft of gardenia fragrance drifted over.

Beneath his cloak, Su Xinghe's body