Aside from the matter of the Four Directions Trading Company, which Huang Xiao felt had yielded something, the other news was of little use.
The grudges, loves, and hatreds of the Jianghu were of no consequence to Huang Xiao.
Most people were still discussing the Imperial Province Ranking Contest. However, their abilities were ordinary, and they knew little. Much of it was hearsay, so their discussions were nothing but a joke to Huang Xiao.
Moreover, they were mostly discussing the contest for the Tiger Rankings. As for the Dragon Rankings, they only talked about the experts of the past, knowing little about which experts would challenge the Dragon Rankings next.
"Hmm?" Huang Xiao lowered his teacup from his lips, frowning slightly.
He noticed a commotion at the staircase leading from the first floor to the second. Before long, two men stormed up from below.
Their appearance immediately drew the attention of everyone on the second floor.
It was not their furious expressions, but the sheer contrast in their appearances.
One was enormously fat, covered in rolls of flesh, while the other was so thin he was little more than skin and bones, like a walking skeleton. The fat man was extremely short, about the height of an eight- or nine-year-old child, not even as tall as a table. However, his full beard proved he was certainly no child. The thin man, on the other hand, was extraordinarily tall. Huang Xiao compared their heights briefly. His own height was average, certainly not short, yet he was probably only half as tall as that thin man.
Such an extreme contrast would draw everyone's eyes wherever they went.
Quite a few people of the Jianghu burst out laughing. Their appearance was simply so unusual that people could not help themselves.
Upon hearing the