"What happened? Hm? Duan Qianhu-who beat him like this?"
The Purple-Eyed Divine Constable, Su Qing, looked at Duan Qianhu, who had been knocked into the brothel, visibly surprised.
Duan Qianhu was a veteran of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. He had practiced its inherited arts since childhood, and although he had yet to achieve Force Gathering, he was no weakling. Even Su Qing would have needed some effort to defeat him.
Looking at the broken saber on the ground, the blade fragments beside Lin Hao, and the footprints and shattered bluestone bricks scattered across the ground, Su Qing quickly reconstructed the scene in his mind.
The two had exchanged blows at high speed. This young man had struck the flat of the blade with terrifying force, shattering the Xiuchun Saber, then landed a blow on Duan Qianhu's abdomen.
Had Duan Qianhu not unleashed his Elixir Force at the crucial moment and successfully dispersed the impact, that single blow might have killed him!
"Are you Presented Scholar Lin Hao?"
The Purple-Eyed Divine Constable looked at Lin Hao solemnly.
Although he had never formally met Lin Hao, in this vast Capital City, the only young man he had never met who could beat Duan Qianhu like this had to be the prodigy who had torn Xu Renjie apart with his bare hands during the Metropolitan Examination!
With such strength and such methods, if he kept developing, he might well become a Grandmaster!
"Greetings, Purple-Eyed Divine Constable. It was a shame we never met back in Wei'an County."
Lin Hao cupped his hands toward Su Qing. Completely unlike his earlier berserk appearance, he even seemed somewhat refined and courteous.
Lin Hao had already guessed most of what was going on.
The Transport Commissioner's faction and the Marquis of Divine Might's Military Nobles faction had