After the fierce gust passed, silence settled over the riverbank.
When the constables surrounding the carriage heard that the newcomer was Sun Wuji, surprise and uncertainty surfaced in their eyes.
Dongfang Liren also opened the carriage door and stood behind the little railing outside, studying him closely.
They reacted this way because the name Sun Wuji was different from Liu Qiansheng or Mad Fangzi. Those two were merely martial artists at the pinnacle of the martial world, whereas Sun Wuji deserved to be called a chivalrous hero.
Thousand Crane Manor had been a renowned school of swordsmanship back in the Former Dynasty. After becoming the Sword Saint, Sun Wuji had also become known for his loyalty, generosity, and charity. Even though Thousand Crane Manor had long since lost its talented members and now lacked even someone capable of keeping up appearances, people in the martial world still treated it as a great, prestigious sect. All of that came from the reputation Sun Wuji had built.
And when the Rebel Army broke into Yun'an all those years ago, Mad Fangzi and the others had entered the palace to seize the Dragon-Mingling Diagram, while Sun Wuji and a handful of other chivalrous heroes had helped the Rebel Army fight Great Yan's diehard loyalists outside Taihua Hall.
Afterward, when Great Wei's Taizu bestowed rewards according to merit, everyone else accepted theirs. Sun Wuji alone had simply declared, "Should the King of Wei one day rule without virtue, I too will raise a three-foot sword and join you all in overthrowing him," and then left. Even in his old age, Taizu had often used Sun Wuji's example to teach his descendants what it meant that "those who follow the righteous way gain many allies; those who abandon it gain few."
Dongfang Liren had only