Why did these Jade Spirit Sect disciples fly into a rage and start shouting about killing whenever they saw someone from Mystic Continent? Blue Shirt, Full Beard, and their companions felt secretly embarrassed. They probably knew the reason: it was the handiwork of their earlier exploits.
They had been hunting these three down before. After the three escaped, they had searched everywhere without finding them and assumed they would never meet again. Who knew they would end up fighting someone here? Even if they wanted a fight, they should have picked someone they could beat. Losing their tempers indiscriminately had gotten them killed. What on earth had those three been thinking?
Every member of the group acted as though nothing had happened. No one admitted that they had caused the trouble and implicated the other people from Mystic Continent.
Since the two men had made their position so clear, pressing further would only show a lack of sense. They could hardly keep insisting that the two join them. It was not as though they could not manage without them.
"In that case, gentlemen, do as you please." Blue Shirt, Full Beard cupped his hands, then waved to his companions and led them away.
The road stretched beneath the open sky; each went his own way, neither troubling the other.
Once they left, Shi Chun immediately dropped his haughty pose and hopped back onto the dirt mound, crouching low to watch where the group went.
Wu Jinliang quickly searched the corpses for valuables, picked up the three swords from the ground, and sprang onto the mound too. He raised the swords in his hand. "I'll go make the tags."
They had done far too many things like this before. There was no need to spell out the rest; he already knew