Chapter 234: All Sides Gathered
Western Great Qing, Gold Palace.
More and more Jianghu factions came from every direction, answering the Gold Palace's call and rushing to its aid.
Over the past few days, King Jinhe, master of the Gold Palace, had been receiving guests nonstop, until his face had nearly frozen into a smile.
He had truly never expected a single letter requesting aid to draw a response from so many fellow martial artists.
It seemed his name really did carry considerable weight!
Even after decades away from the Jianghu, his fellow martial artists were still willing to show him some respect...
"Hehe... hehehehe..."
Whenever no one was around, King Jinhe could not help standing there and chuckling foolishly to himself, as though he could already see the Gold Palace shaking the Jianghu once more under his leadership, vaulting to the foremost position among the Five Elements Demon Palace's five palaces...
The Gold Palace elders helping King Jinhe receive guests looked at his three-and-a-half-foot frame, with pride and confidence that seemed to stand thirty-five feet tall, and all hesitated to speak.
Palace Master, they only came to help our Gold Palace resist the Sword Sect because they're worried they'll be next once the Sword Sect destroys us.
Could you stop gilding your own face?
But looking at the excitement on King Jinhe's face, they thought better of it and held their tongues, not daring to tell him this bloody truth...
Another day passed.
Most of the major sects had arrived.
Several thousand experts from the various martial sects settled in the towns near the Gold Palace.
The townspeople's lives, which had at least been relatively peaceful, were disrupted. Every household shut its doors, not daring to venture outside for fear of accidentally offending some Jianghu figure and bringing disaster