By the time Chu Xisheng received Wu Meiniang's reply by message talisman, he had already reached the Eastern City Eastern Wharf.
Perhaps to mend their relationship, Wu Meiniang had not only told him Liu Ruoxi's whereabouts, but also used a Heaven-and-Earth Flying Sword to deliver exhaustive intelligence on everyone in West Mountain Hall, from its master, "Iron Hand" Liu Dingtang, down to its lowliest members.
Chu Xisheng first picked out the intelligence concerning Liu Ruoxi and glanced over it.
His gaze chilled slightly, a trace of ferocity appearing in his eyes.
Chu Yunyun snatched the sheet of rice paper away, then ground it into powder without expression.
"He has some nerve."
She seemed perfectly normal, but the river beside her was already bubbling, countless fish and shrimp floating up with their bellies turned white.
Someone nearby spotted them and reached in to scoop them up, then cursed in disbelief. "So hot! How strange. Is this water boiling? These fish and shrimp are cooked!"
Chu Xisheng frowned and stared steadily at Chu Yunyun.
The girl also knew something was wrong and struggled to rein in her martial intent.
But no matter how she tried, she could not suppress the savage thoughts in her heart.
Wu Meiniang said that two days earlier, the Clear Sea Gang had taken Liu Ruoxi to West Mountain Town and delivered her to the Fragrant Beauty House.
That was a brothel the Clear Sea Gang operated in West Mountain Town, catering specifically to the hunters of West Mountain.
Liu Ruoxi had proved unruly, so the madam of the Fragrant Beauty House had "disciplined" her.
On the very first day Liu Ruoxi was sent there, she had received fifty lashes. Then, her body exposed and wearing only a dudou, she had been hung in the main hall for