Chapter 229: Suchahar Can
The Great Qing Dynasty.
After its failed invasion of Ming and retreat before the new year, Oobai, Great Qing's grand marshal, had died, and the situation at court had shifted. Rebel forces throughout Great Qing had immediately seized the opportunity to rise up.
In just a few months, turmoil had swept through the entire Great Qing Dynasty.
Nor had Great Qing's martial world been peaceful during this time.
Compared with Ming, where stability had already returned, Great Qing's current situation could practically be summed up in a single word-
Chaos!
Even Guangzhou City, located in southern Great Qing near the Eastern Sea, was gripped by panic, every gust of wind and cry of a crane sounding like an alarm. Many shops had shut their doors, and pedestrians were few and far between.
Moreover, at a time like this, apart from the beggars begging along the streets, most of those who still dared show their faces outside were traveling merchants who roamed the Jianghu or disciples of certain sects venturing into the world. Their conversations, too, were mostly about Jianghu affairs.
At that moment, two men of the Jianghu in ordinary long robes, carrying swords, walked along the street, talking quietly as they went:
"Ever since the court's failed invasion of Ming, the Jianghu has certainly been lively!"
"Hasn't it just? I heard several experts came over from Ming, all with formidable martial arts. Especially one swordsman called Yan Shisan, the 'Life-Taking Swordsman.' In just a few months, he's defeated all sorts of experts..."
"I heard that a little while ago, Master Xiao's successor, Gao Jianfei, emerged with the Tear-Scarred Sword, intending to challenge Zhuo Donglai, the second-in-command of the great escort agency in the Capital. But he ran into Yan Shisan and lost to him in