After saying this, Su Yue immediately gathered his men and withdrew.
As he retreated, Su Yue projected his voice with his internal energy:
"We'll swallow this loss today and withdraw for now. Another day, we'll repay it a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"
Some wanted to pursue them, but their leader stopped them.
The leader understood that they had won today through superior numbers. In a one-on-one fight, they might not have beaten their opponents.
Those men were presumably from Musu Pavilion. They had made enemies today.
He had to report what had happened to Shaman Changqing at once!
From that day onward, the fighting between Shaman Changqing and Su Yue never ceased.
Song Yaoyao and the others, far away in Suyu City, knew nothing of these events.
Recently, Song Yaoyao had focused all her attention on Qi Luo. She wanted to know what he would do next now that he knew the truth.
Song Yaoyao certainly did not think Qi Luo would sit quietly and behave himself.
Finding the true culprit had become Qi Luo's obsession. Now that he knew the truth, he would surely be itching to take revenge.
Sure enough, a few days later, Qi Luo made his move.
Qi Luo sent men to investigate the source of all the grain in Suyu City.
In Qi Luo's view, Suyu City could not have amassed so much grain merely by stockpiling it. There had to be other supply routes bringing grain in.
Qi Luo wanted to identify those routes and see whether he could slip out of the city.
Since Qi Luo wanted to know, Song Yaoyao decided to tell him.
With deliberate guidance from Chen Yixiao's men, Qi Luo soon learned the grain delivery routes.
After observing them for a few days, Qi Luo had worked out