Recaps

Chu Xisheng used Tie Xiaosheng’s Yangyang Grass to advance his Origin-Nourishing Art, awakening his bloodline and gaining greater speed and strength. As he carried the wounded Tie Xiaosheng through Firebone Cavern with Lu Luanli, they reached a hot spring and encountered an armed group led by a sword-bearing young man who recognized them as targets.

• Chu Xisheng used two Martial Dao Points and the secret medicine to advance his Origin-Nourishing Art to the second level, triggering a painful bloodline awakening.
• Chu Xisheng’s Wind-Chasing Blade advanced to the second level, his speed increased, and his lifespan rose to twenty-nine days.
• Chu Xisheng decided not to spend ten Martial Dao Points on his martial intent and planned to wait for the Martial Dao Treasury’s refresh.
• Chu Xisheng carried Tie Xiaosheng out of the stone forest while Lu Luanli guarded him, and they headed toward the sound of a hot spring.
• At the hot spring, Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli encountered more than twenty armed men, and their blue-clad leader declared that they had found both the main carriage and the spare.

Lu Luanli held off the sword-bearing Long Clan leader while Chu Xisheng carried the injured Tie Xiaosheng away. When Long Clan soldiers pursued them, Chu Xisheng prepared to face them and used the midnight treasury refresh to acquire the Pure Yang Thunder Body, just as they reached him.

• Lu Luanli forced back the sword-bearing young man and the Long Clan soldiers, revealing her upper seventh-rank cultivation and using a Gengyuan Talisman to reinforce her saber.
• The sword-bearing young man damaged Lu Luanli’s saber, but she used a gale to hinder him and wound his arm as Long Clan soldiers slipped past her in pursuit of Chu Xisheng.
• After running two thousand feet, Chu Xisheng put the awakened Tie Xiaosheng in a concealed corner and returned to the path to confront the pursuers.
• Chu Xisheng swallowed a Divine Strength Pill, then saw fourteen Long Clan soldiers closing in as the Martial Dao Treasury refreshed at midnight.
• Chu Xisheng spent 25 Martial Dao Points on the Pure Yang Thunder Body just as the Long Clan soldiers reached him.

Chu Xisheng used his swift saber to cut through the Long Clan soldiers, then faced three armored members of the Hengmen Eighteen Riders. He killed one in a deliberate exchange of wounds and was left facing the other two.

• Chu Xisheng drew his saber and killed nine Long Clan soldiers in rapid succession.
• Chu Xisheng killed four more Long Clan soldiers while Tie Xiaosheng recognized that he had separated their forces to defeat them individually.
• Chu Xisheng gained Martial Dao Points and checked the Martial Dao Treasury, but found nothing he could use against the three approaching armored riders.
• The three members of the Hengmen Eighteen Riders forced Chu Xisheng back, and he knocked aside two of their sabers with a powerful strike.
• Chu Xisheng cut the middle rider's throat while the rider on the right struck his left shoulder; his Gold-Silk Inner Armor protected him from serious injury.

Chu Xisheng defeated the Long Household soldiers with a strategy that exhausted them, then reunited with Lu Luanli, who revealed that their surviving opponent had escaped and demanded her payment back. Meanwhile, Chu Yunyun killed the fleeing Du Hong and followed his trail to Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli at the hot spring.

• Chu Xisheng killed the two remaining armored soldiers, raising his Martial Dao Points to 10, and Tie Xiaosheng praised his skill and tactics.
• Chu Xisheng tended to his injured shoulder, took a saber and demon silver from the corpses, and carried Tie Xiaosheng toward the hot spring.
• Chu Xisheng met Lu Luanli, learned that Du Hong had escaped with a movement-enhancing jade talisman, and discovered that his Martial Dao Points had increased by two.
• Lu Luanli demanded that Chu Xisheng refund the fifteen taels she had paid him to keep her identity secret.
• Chu Yunyun intercepted and killed Du Hong, then followed his blood trail to the hot spring, where she saw Chu Xisheng sitting close to Lu Luanli and crushed part of the stone wall in anger.

Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli treated their injuries and fled the cavern with the unconscious Tie Xiaosheng, then found the sword-wielding youth dead and learned someone powerful had defeated him. Meanwhile, Long Heng ordered the Long Clan to withdraw to the commandery city after realizing a seventh-rank fighter might be in the cavern and hearing that Tie Kuangren had returned to Xiushui City.

• Lu Luanli set Chu Xisheng's collarbone and treated it with a talisman before they left the hot spring carrying Tie Xiaosheng.
• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli found three jackals eating the sword-wielding youth's corpse, and Lu Luanli recognized him as the man she had wounded.
• Lu Luanli dissolved the corpse to erase her saber marks, while Chu Xisheng claimed back his fifteen taels of demon silver.
• Long Heng and Long Feifei concluded that Chu Xisheng had killed sixteen Long Clan men and that an unknown fighter had defeated Du Hong near the hot spring.
• Long Heng ordered the Long Clan forces to return to the commandery city and search for Du Hong through reliable herb-gatherers.
• Long Feifei revealed that Tie Kuangren had returned to Xiushui City, alarming Long Sheng.

Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli escaped Firebone Cavern with the wounded Tie Xiaosheng, who returned to the Iron Banner Gang after warning them about the Long Household. On the way back to Zhengyang Martial Academy, Lu Luanli revealed that rumors about the Lie King's Treasure had drawn suspicious people to the academy, and Chu Xisheng began recording her intelligence for the Embroidery Guard.

• After four days hiding in Firebone Cavern, Chu Xisheng, Lu Luanli, and Tie Xiaosheng left without finding Long Household forces waiting outside.
• Tie Xiaosheng ignored Iron Banner Gang members near the cavern, borrowed three horses, and rode with Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli toward Xiushui Commandery.
• Near the city, Tie Xiaosheng thanked Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli, warned them that Long Heng might attack them in the city, and headed for the eastern docks.
• Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli returned the horses and made their way toward Zhengyang Martial Academy, where Lu Luanli said the academy was not as safe as it looked.
• Lu Luanli explained that rumors linked Qin Muge, the God-Defying Banner, and the Lie King's Treasure, and described suspicious people among the academy's disciples.
• Chu Xisheng wrote down Lu Luanli's observations, hoping to pass the information to Cao Qianhu of the Embroidery Guard.

Tie Xiaosheng returned to the Iron Banner Gang and told Tie Kuangren how Chu Xisheng had saved him in Firebone Cavern, while Tie Kuangren explained why the gang was delaying its revenge. Back at the Storage Yard, Chu Xisheng learned that the Long Household had blocked Chu Yunyun from escort work, and her reaction to his praise of Lu Luanli left the chapter on a sharp note.

• Tie Xiaosheng reunited with Tie Kuangren at the eastern docks and complained that his brother had left him in Firebone Cavern.
• Tie Kuangren said he had held back because the Long Household was waiting to ambush him and because Xiushui Commandery’s conflict over the God-Defying Banner made action risky.
• Tie Xiaosheng praised Chu Xisheng for killing thirteen Long Clan soldiers and three Hengmen Eighteen Riders, and said he wanted to recruit him.
• Chu Xisheng gained four Martial Dao Points, bringing his total to twenty-three, but chose to save them toward the Body of Light-Speed Shadow.
• Chu Yunyun told Chu Xisheng the Long Household had prevented her from working for the Sitong Escort Agency, so she had hunted a boar in West Mountain instead.
• Chu Yunyun admitted she had entered Firebone Cavern but withdrawn after seeing Lu Luanli with Chu Xisheng; when he praised Lu, Chu Yunyun split the chopping board with her knife.

Chu Xisheng recovered at home with Chu Yunyun, planned to sell weapons taken from Firebone Cavern, and looked for a way to raise his Martial Dao Points and reputation. At the academy, Lu Luanli heard rumors wildly exaggerating Chu Xisheng’s deeds, and noticed that disciples were spreading the story everywhere.

• Chu Xisheng told Chu Yunyun about his fight in Firebone Cavern, and she cheered up after hearing how he had defeated sixteen men.
• Chu Xisheng proposed selling Eagle Sword Du Hong’s sword and three Hundred-Forged Light Steel Sabers to help Chu Yunyun advance, and she agreed to put the weapons away.
• Chu Xisheng asked Chu Yunyun about well-connected academy gossips, learned about Hu Kan and Hu Lai, and left with twenty taels of demon silver to test how spreading his name might affect his Martial Dao Points.
• Lu Luanli returned to the academy and heard Hu Kan claim that Chu Xisheng had killed more than thirty members of the Inner City Long Clan, including three of the Hengmen Eighteen Riders.
• Lu Luanli doubted Hu Kan’s claims about Chu Xisheng’s saber skill, then heard disciples at another table discussing Chu Xisheng as well.

Lu Luanli heard increasingly inflated rumors about Chu Xisheng’s feats at Firebone Cavern, while Ye Zhiqiu learned that Formless Divine Sect envoy Jian Zangfeng would inspect Zhengyang Martial Academy. The chapter left Jian planning to show Chu consideration during the coming combat checks, before he awkwardly asked Ye Zhiqiu whether she was still unmarried.

• Lu Luanli heard inner disciples exaggerate Chu Xisheng’s victories at Firebone Cavern until they called him the academy’s Number One Inner Disciple.
• Ten days later, Ye Zhiqiu heard the rumors grow further as disciples claimed Chu had killed a hundred Long Clan soldiers and secured a True Disciple spot.
• Jian Zangfeng told Ye Zhiqiu that Ye Jingyuan had been removed as Library Tower master and confined there for five years.
• Jian Zangfeng explained that he would inspect the academy, including spot-checking disciples’ martial skills, as part of his assignment to investigate the disturbance.
• Jian Zangfeng decided to treat Chu Xisheng considerately during the combat checks, then asked Ye Zhiqiu if she was still unmarried, darkening her expression.

After learning that Chu Xisheng had paid Hu Kan and Hu Lai to spread embellished stories about his exploits, Ye Zhiqiu questioned his motives. Chu Xisheng’s Martial Dao Points had stopped increasing, and he feared the rumors would provoke stronger disciples before he could improve; then a bell summoned everyone at the academy.

• Ye Zhiqiu traced the rumors about Chu Xisheng to Hu Kan and Hu Lai, who admitted Chu Xisheng had asked them to publicize his real achievements with some exaggeration.
• Chu Xisheng practiced the Wind-Chasing Blade and Light-Cloud Movement in his dreams, guided by Chu Yunyun, but had not yet mastered the movement technique.
• Chu Xisheng saw that his Martial Dao Points had risen to 32 but stopped increasing, while his reputation remained at Ninth-Rank Upper (illusory).
• Chu Xisheng worried that other inner disciples would challenge him before he could strengthen himself, and Chu Yunyun told him that a beating might bring him back down to earth.
• A great bell rang three times, and Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun realized it was summoning all the academy’s disciples and instructors.

Zhengyang Martial Academy held a morning inspection for Formless Divine Sect True Disciple Jian Zangfeng, who praised its training before using a Law Treasure to test the Inner Disciples. Jian Zangfeng secretly manipulated the random selection to send Chu Xisheng onto a platform, leaving Ye Zhiqiu furious that the East Court had drawn a One-Leaf disciple.

• Chu Xisheng joined the academy disciples at the Grand Training Ground and learned from Hu Kan that Jian Zangfeng had arrived to inspect the academy.
• Lei Yuan led the disciples through morning cultivation and martial arts practice, impressing Jian Zangfeng with their progress.
• Jian Zangfeng praised the academy and introduced the Four Symbols Duel Disk to randomly select thirty-two Inner Disciples for combat tests.
• Jian Zangfeng secretly redirected one beam of the disk toward Chu Xisheng, despite noticing that his foundational cultivation was only at the second level.
• Ye Zhiqiu glared at Jian Zangfeng when Chu Xisheng was selected for the East Court while the other courts received Two-Leaf and Three-Leaf disciples.

Chu Xisheng was unexpectedly selected for a Four Symbols Duel Disk combat assessment, where he faced three Three-Leaf disciples and a challenge poorly suited to his skills. As the assessment began, his Martial Dao Points rose from 32 to 37, while the instructors on the dais realized rumors about his strength had helped cause his selection.

• The disciples and Chu Yunyun watched in surprise as the azure light carried Chu Xisheng onto the platform, where she worried the assessment would expose his weaknesses.
• Chu Xisheng met Xiang Kui and the sarcastic Liu Xingruo, who challenged the reputation that Chu was the inner sect's top disciple.
• Two martial instructors explained that the four would compete to knock down bamboo leaves, with a Secret Move Totem as the ultimate prize.
• Liu Xingruo learned that bodily contact and interference were permitted, then gave Chu Xisheng a meaningful look.
• Jian Zangfeng questioned Lei Yuan about Chu Xisheng, while Shao Lingshan confirmed the rumors of Chu's prowess and his killings in Firebone Cavern.
• Chu Xisheng saw another firework appear before him, and his Martial Dao Points increased from 32 to 37.

During the Four Symbols Duel Disk test, Chu Xisheng adapted to the Body of Light-Speed Shadow while hiding his growing speed from the others. When Liu Xingruo tried to knock him off the platform, Chu Xisheng dodged and sent Liu flying instead, revealing his strength to the crowd.

• Chu Xisheng exchanged 35 Martial Dao Points for the first stage of the Body of Light-Speed Shadow and declined to take a Divine Strength Pill.
• As bamboo leaves filled the arena, Chu Xisheng moved cautiously and fell behind in score while adapting to his new talent.
• Liu Xingruo knocked a North Court inner disciple off the platform, then clashed with Xiang Kui as Chu Xisheng's score rose.
• Liu Xingruo charged Chu Xisheng, but Chu dodged with a sudden burst of speed and elbowed him off the platform.
• The crowd watched in astonishment, while Xiang Kui realized Chu Xisheng had been hiding his abilities.

Chu Xisheng won the bamboo-leaf contest against Xiang Kui and learned that his new martial body was draining his blood essence unless he raised his Martial Dao Points above zero within a month. He then defeated Cheng in the next round, while the instructors realized Jian Zangfeng had manipulated the matchups to help him.

• Shao Lingshan watched Liu Xingruo fall from the arena, while Ye Zhiqiu teased him about the loss.
• Chu Xisheng and Xiang Kui finished the bamboo-leaf contest, and Chu scored 763 leaves to Xiang Kui's 731.
• Chu Xisheng discovered that redeeming the Body of Light-Speed Shadow had overdrawn his blood essence and that he needed positive Martial Dao Points within a month to survive.
• The instructors noticed that Jian Zangfeng had arranged for Chu Xisheng to face a Two-Leaf disciple, while Jian pretended not to notice their accusations.
• Chu Xisheng defeated Cheng with a swift saber strike, and his reputation became substantiated as his Martial Dao Points rose to 8.

Chu Xisheng reached the combat assessment final after a series of lucky breaks and used Martial Dao Points to learn the first level of Light-Cloud Movement. As the match against He Chao was about to begin, Chu Xisheng prepared to fight for the Secret Move Totem.

• Chu Xisheng watched two top inner disciples grievously wound each other when the Wind-Chasing Blade user revealed a Secret Move Totem and his opponent countered with the Nine-Palace Sword.
• The Four Symbols Duel Disk assigned Chu Xisheng an empty platform, and the instructors confronted Jian Zangfeng over his apparent interference before he arranged care for the injured disciples.
• Chu Xisheng advanced to the final against He Chao after He Chao won the other platform's match.
• He Chao greeted Chu Xisheng confidently, while Chu Xisheng decided to pursue the Secret Move Totem and spent three Martial Dao Points to raise Light-Cloud Movement to the first level.
• The referee tossed a copper coin into the air and told Chu Xisheng and He Chao they could attack when it landed.

Chu Xisheng faced He Chao in the final and used his speed and a calculated attack on He Chao’s belt to turn the stronger opponent’s strength against him. He Chao yielded, leaving Chu Xisheng poised to claim the Secret Move Totem.

• Chu Xisheng and He Chao began their final match, and He Chao gained confidence after judging Chu Xisheng’s abilities to be limited.
• Chu Xisheng revealed unexpectedly fast footwork, drew his saber around He Chao’s jade pendant cord, and broke He Chao’s belt.
• He Chao’s trousers began to fall, forcing him to hold them with one hand while Chu Xisheng pressed his attack.
• He Chao threw aside his sword and yielded, accusing Chu Xisheng of shamelessness.

Chu Xisheng won the practical combat assessment for the East Court, provoking resentment among the other courts and revealing that his Yazi Saber Intent had grown stronger. After Liu Xingruo confronted him, Chu Xisheng’s saber intent overwhelmed Liu’s mind, leaving Xiang Kui to recognize how powerful it was.

• Jian Zangfeng praised Chu Xisheng’s victory, while Ye Zhiqiu left the dais in anger over Jian’s interference in the tournament.
• Chu Yunyun asked Chu Xisheng about learning Light-Cloud Movement, and he concealed the system behind a claim of sudden insight.
• Chu Xisheng discovered that Yazi Saber Intent had strengthened as more people harbored malice toward him.
• After Lei Yuan dismissed the disciples, Liu Xingruo confronted Chu Xisheng, who was eager to reach the Dining Hall.
• Liu Xingruo’s mental attack failed when Chu Xisheng’s saber intent froze his thoughts, and Xiang Kui realized Chu had cultivated saber intent.

Chu Xisheng learned that the latest Martial Secrets Almanac had written about his recent exploits and possibly ranked him as the Zhengyang Martial Academy inner sect’s strongest fighter. Seeing his Martial Dao Points rise as Lu Luanli brought him the issue, he wondered what further attention the publication might bring.

• Chu Xisheng asked Chu Yunyun to teach him the Lightning-Pursuing Finger, but she told him to wait until his Origin-Nourishing Art reached the third stage.
• Chu Xisheng’s Martial Dao Points rose as Lu Luanli arrived with the latest Martial Secrets Almanac: Eastern Province Gazette.
• Lu Luanli introduced herself to Chu Yunyun, and Chu Yunyun politely greeted her and expressed interest in her family’s spellcraft texts.
• Chu Xisheng found an article describing his slaying of the Bloodwind Bandit spellcaster and his battle at Firebone Cavern, while noting that his rumored status as the inner sect’s strongest fighter was unverified.
• Lu Luanli explained that the Almanac was published at noon on the fifteenth of every even-numbered month, and Chu Xisheng’s Martial Dao Points rose to 10.

Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun traveled toward Ancient Market Town to sell weapons and buy supplies after running low on Demon Silver. As they boarded a ferry, Lu Luanli joined them, and another woman called for the boat to wait.

• Chu Xisheng practiced the Origin-Nourishing Art, Wind-Chasing Blade, and Light-Cloud Movement, then decided to save his Martial Dao Points until the treasury refreshed.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun left Zhengyang Martial Academy with weapons from Firebone Cavern to sell at the black market in Ancient Market Town.
• Chu Xisheng saw the Iron Banner Gang's ships at the docks and felt reassured that it remained strong against the Long Household.
• Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun boarded a ferry across the Divine Splendor River, and Lu Luanli joined them.
• Another woman called for the boatman to wait as the ferry was preparing to leave.

Chu Xisheng, Chu Yunyun, and Lu Luanli crossed the Divine Splendor River when a Heluo Fish attacked their ferry. The boat was destroyed, leaving Chu Xisheng adrift while Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli disappeared beneath the water.

• A woman named Xie Zhenqing challenged Lu Luanli’s claims that Emperor Jianyuan had arranged Qin Muge’s death.
• Chu Yunyun pulled Chu Xisheng and Lu Luanli away just before a Heluo Fish struck the ferry.
• The Heluo Fish battered the boat, and Chu Yunyun and Lu Luanli pretended to be helpless to avoid revealing their abilities.
• A huge wave shattered the ferry and swept its passengers underwater; Chu Xisheng landed on floating timber but could not see Chu Yunyun or Lu Luanli.
• Underwater, Lu Luanli swam toward the Heluo Fish with Chu Xisheng’s Demon-Forged Lightsteel Blade while Chu Yunyun watched.

Lu Luanli killed a Heluo Fish underwater while Chu Yunyun secretly stopped and destroyed a larger one. As Chu Xisheng rescued survivors from the wreck, he saved Xie Zhenqing from drowning but repeatedly used her head as a stepping stone to reach Chu Yunyun, leaving Xie furious.

• Lu Luanli used water control to slow a Heluo Fish and killed it with the Demon-Forged Lightsteel Blade before swimming for the surface.
• Chu Yunyun seized a larger seventh-rank Heluo Fish, tore it apart, and scattered its remains to attract other fish.
• Chu Xisheng and the Sand Ship's owner, boatmen, and passengers rescued people from the water and gathered them onto driftwood and planks.
• Chu Xisheng spotted Xie Zhenqing sinking and threw her a rope, which she caught and used to reach the surface.
• Xie Zhenqing heard Lu Luanli credit Chu Xisheng with killing the Heluo Fish and recognized him as the boy pulling her to safety.
• Chu Xisheng stepped on Xie Zhenqing's head to leap onto a plank and rescue Chu Yunyun, leaving Xie grateful but enraged.

After Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun were rescued from the river, passengers and Iron Banner Gang members credited him with slaying the Heluo Fish and saving their lives. The group reached Ancient Market Town, where Lu Luanli headed for the weapon market and Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun followed.

• Chu Xisheng boarded an Iron Banner Gang ship with Chu Yunyun and accepted the rescued passengers’ thanks while giving Lu Luanli partial credit for killing the Heluo Fish.
• Li Dehou thanked Chu Xisheng for saving the Iron Banner Gang’s deputy banner chief, and the resulting praise raised Chu Xisheng’s Martial Dao Points to 34.
• Li Dehou hosted Chu Xisheng and his companions, then dropped them at Ancient Market Town and offered Chu Xisheng free passage and help from the gang.
• Chu Xisheng asked Lu Luanli whether she had business in town, and she said she had come to sell a dagger before walking ahead.
• Lu Luanli was surprised when Chu Xisheng and Chu Yunyun followed her toward the weapon market, while Chu Yunyun continued acting weak.

Xie Zhenqing ordered Martial Discourse Tower to inflate its praise of Chu Xisheng, while Chu Xisheng sold weapons at Divine Weapon Hall to fund his and Chu Yunyun’s training. The shopkeeper secretly planned to offer the runic sword to Long Heng for a higher price, but delayed doing so out of respect for Ye Zhiqiu.

• Xie Zhenqing returned to Martial Discourse Tower and ordered Dong Linshan to portray Chu Xisheng as Xiushui Commandery’s most gifted young talent, estimating his combat strength at lower eighth rank.
• Chu Xisheng, Chu Yunyun, and Lu Luanli visited Tiger’s Mouth Street to sell weapons.
• Divine Weapon Hall’s shopkeeper offered ninety taels of demon silver for three sabers and, after Lu Luanli challenged his valuation, eight hundred taels for the runic sword.
• After Chu Xisheng and his companions left with the money, the shopkeeper told a young man to show the sword to Long Heng for twelve hundred taels after six hours, citing Ye Zhiqiu’s name as the reason for the delay.

Chu Yunyun sensed something unusual in a pawned flagpole, but left it behind when she learned it could not be sold. After spending heavily on medicine, Chu Xisheng worried about earning enough for the costly ingredient his cultivation required, until Lu Luanli suggested fighting in the South Street Temple Fair arena.

• Chu Yunyun found an eighteen-foot black iron flagpole in a pawnshop and sensed it was calling to her, but the shopkeeper said its pawn term had not expired.
• Chu Xisheng learned the flagpole could not be sold for six months, and he and Chu Yunyun continued to Yellowwood Street.
• Chu Yunyun bought spell materials, while Chu Xisheng purchased pills and supplementary ingredients but could not afford the Ice Silkworm Fire Cocoon.
• Chu Yunyun warned Chu Xisheng not to use a cheaper substitute that could harm his future cultivation.
• Chu Xisheng asked how he could earn money quickly and become famous, and Lu Luanli recommended fighting matches at the South Street Temple Fair Black Market Arena.

Chu Xisheng fought his way through the South Street Temple Fair arenas, earning money and a Martial Dao Point before Long Heng arrived and demanded that he identify who had killed Senior Brother Du. A young gentleman then confronted Long Heng, leaving the impending clash unresolved.

• Chu Xisheng registered for arena matches and easily won two ninth-rank lower bouts, prompting an organizer to direct him to a higher arena.
• Chu Xisheng fought a burly ninth-rank upper opponent, defeated him with Wind and Thunder Together, and increased his Martial Dao Points from 34 to 35.
• Chu Xisheng noticed Long Heng and Long Sheng arrive with armed men, while Chu Yunyun prepared to intervene and a Masked Heroine hurried from a nearby alley.
• Long Heng climbed into the arena, planted the treasured sword Chu Xisheng had sold, and demanded the identity of the person who killed Senior Brother Du.
• A young gentleman in a brocade robe emerged with armed followers and challenged Long Heng for causing trouble at the South Street Temple Fair.