Yi Yang looked toward the voice and saw a burly man with a full beard waving at him. His thick, curly beard covered half his face, leaving only a pair of small, gleaming eyes visible.
It was Luo Kaishan.
Beside him sat Xie Yungui, dressed in a blue-gray Martial Garment with a sword at his waist. He was drinking from a waterskin and gave a slight nod when Yi Yang looked over.
Yi Yang had met these two at the gathering in Qingzhou City's Moon-Gazing Tower. Luo Kaishan was boisterous and easygoing, while Xie Yungui was steady and taciturn. Back then, Yi Yang had only met each of them once.
After arriving at Crossing Peak Stronghold, the three had gotten together a few more times. In this unfamiliar place, they had developed something of a friendship.
Yi Yang walked over. Luo Kaishan shifted his backside to make room for him and gave his shoulder a hearty slap.
"I thought something had happened to you that night." Luo Kaishan chuckled. "Heard the alleys where you were staying got hit too. A few Shaman Kingdom savages broke in."
"Nothing serious. My men dealt with them," Yi Yang said casually as he sat down beside him.
Xie Yungui put away his waterskin, glanced at Yi Yang, and said, "A lot of people died in the city that night."
"I heard." Yi Yang nodded.
Three other men sat with them, all from the Heaven Patrol Office and each from a different Prefectural City. Luo Kaishan introduced them one by one. Yi Yang greeted each with cupped hands, committing their names and faces to memory.
Their cultivation was all at the late True Astral Realm, and their places on the Heroes Ranking ranged from the sixties to eightieth. They were at precisely the same level