As he left, Pei Changtian was still thinking about those two men, as well as the outcomes of the other two fights. Judging by what had just happened, the two martial artists who had fled were probably in grave danger too.
The Skywhale Gang had once been the foremost gang in Wu Prefecture. Skilled at running businesses, it had both money and manpower, and had once held considerable standing in the Rivers and Lakes.
Experts had emerged from the gang one after another, too. That hall master surnamed Yu had even survived taking a palm strike from Yi Shuyuan head-on. Although he had subsequently lost much of his martial prowess, that alone spoke volumes about his strength.
But Pei Changtian had been away from the heart of the martial world for too long. He made no effort to keep abreast of current affairs in the Rivers and Lakes, and knew absolutely nothing about Southern Yan's martial world.
Had the confrontation between Great Yong and Southern Yan now spread to the martial world?
Probably not. These people were likely not ordinary Southern Yan martial artists, but spies specially dispatched by Southern Yan.
Shortly after Pei Changtian left the residential courtyard, officers arrived. Nearby residents also came out to see what was happening, and the group soon found the bodies.
After examining the scene and considering the eyewitness accounts of the fighting they had heard on the way, the constables knew these men's martial prowess was beyond anything their brothers at the office could handle.
After reassuring the residents, they took the bodies back to the office.
Half an hour later, the main hall of the Luling County Office was brightly lit, and all the bodies had been carried inside. Almost all the officials and officers, including Chu Hang, had arrived. In