"Bandit trouble!"
Gu Chenfeng had left the Training Room and met Liu Youfang outside, who had hurried over to report.
"Yes, Lord City Lord."
Liu Youfang bowed respectfully. "Starting just last night, bandit trouble suddenly erupted along the borders of Xilin Commandery.
"Many border villages were massacred and washed in blood overnight, causing considerable turmoil.
"However, the areas where these bandits are active do not fall within Black Iron City's jurisdiction."
Hearing this, Gu Chenfeng could not help frowning slightly.
On his journey to take up his post in Black Iron City, he had witnessed the chaos along the Feather Transformation Marquisate's borders. Rampant banditry was the norm.
Could this really be a random outbreak of banditry, unrelated to the unrest Lu Qingzhou mentioned?
Gu Chenfeng wondered to himself. After all, a mere handful of bandits could never threaten Azure Cloud Market.
"Keep investigating. Send people to monitor developments and take some of them alive to investigate this matter thoroughly."
Although Liu Youfang was surprised that the City Lord would concern himself with a mere handful of bandits, he accepted the order without hesitation and left.
Several more days passed, and the situation did indeed change.
The bandit trouble that had erupted along Xilin Commandery's borders was unlike previous outbreaks.
Rather than sweeping through like a gust of wind and then falling quiet for a while, it only grew fiercer.
In just a few days, not only mountain villages and towns along Xilin Commandery's borders, but even some minor sects had suffered plunder and slaughter at the bandits' hands.
The areas where these bandits operated were actually expanding rapidly toward the four main cities on the border.
At that moment, Gu Chenfeng was listening to Liu Youfang's report in his study. Upon hearing this, his gaze could not help darkening