Zhang Hong, Xu Yang, and the others glanced over but paid it no mind and continued their search.
Not long ago, Li Feng had been just a White Runner. Faced with a disobedient troublemaker like this, he would never have dared lay hands on him for fear of offending someone.
But now he was a Regular Constable, and his martial cultivation had reached qi-blood second level perfection. Nobody would care if he delivered a couple of kicks to establish his authority.
Besides, they were conducting a routine inspection. Anyone who dared resist would be defying the City Guard Office and obstructing official duties. A few months in jail would teach them to behave.
And so what if he offended these people? He was a Regular Constable now. Since the Green Bamboo Gang had managed to establish itself in the Outer City, it surely had contacts in the office. A little asking around would tell them that he was a Regular Constable.
Once they knew that, the Green Bamboo Gang certainly would not retaliate over a grudge as petty as one of its members taking a couple of kicks.
After he killed the chicken to frighten the monkeys, everyone else became much more obedient. The other Green Bamboo Gang enforcers guarding the premises all cooperated with the inspection as required.
Behind the crowd, inside the Gambling House's chip exchange room, two figures stared fixedly at Li Feng through a crack in the door.
They were Wang Xiao and Zhang Ming, members of the Black Lotus Cult. Huddled together, they conversed in hushed voices.
"Wang, can we escape through the back door?" Zhang Ming asked quietly, sweat beading on his forehead.
"Escape, my ass!" Wang Xiao gritted his teeth. "I had someone watching out back already. Fuck, who knew that while the