"Brother Octopus, Brother Yan!"
The newcomer was Five-Flower Meat, the owner of the local cultivators' marketplace.
He had earned that name because he was fat, his body covered in flab.
Three years ago, Five-Flower Meat had been nothing more than an enforcer at Five-Crest Marketplace. When its boss was assassinated by an unknown rogue cultivator, the marketplace had become a dragon without a head.
Just as it was about to fall into someone else's hands, Yan Shisan and Octopus Swordsman happened to pass through and met Five-Flower Meat by chance.
They had helped him establish a firm foothold in Five-Crest Marketplace.
Yan Shisan and Octopus Swordsman had also needed somewhere to settle down, so they had stayed.
Five-Flower Meat's cultivation was low. Though he was nominally the owner of Five-Crest Marketplace, whenever anyone came looking for trouble, he still had to turn to Yan Shisan and Octopus Swordsman.
A few days earlier, two people claiming to be Shushan disciples had come to propose working together.
Five-Flower Meat had not thought much of it and said he was not interested.
The two disciples had spoken rather rudely.
Swindlers like that were not uncommon at Five-Crest Marketplace, and Octopus Swordsman had happened to be there that day.
He had also had a few drinks, so he had beaten them up.
Who could have known that Shushan would send people today, demanding an explanation?
Five-Flower Meat had never imagined they really were from Shushan, so he had hurried over to seek help from Octopus Swordsman and Yan Shisan.
"What's so great about people from Shushan?!"
Octopus Swordsman's somewhat drunken voice came from inside the room.
Yan Shisan thought that the people of Shushan were not unreasonable.
Besides, Mr. Li had mentioned before that he had spent some time at Shushan.
Though he had