Chapter 496: A long talk in the rain
Only after receiving a response did everyone in the hall begin leaving one after another, all in a hurry.
They had gone to spread the news.
What were the Grand Incense Hall and Full Incense Hall ceremonies? They were the central rites held when the Green Gang opened its doors wide to new disciples.
Since the Republic of China, when the order of the world had been reshaped, the only occasion that truly qualified was when the Junk King had held an Incense Hall ceremony under Lian Youming's name, stirring the martial world of both north and south.
But neither the grandmaster nor his disciple had attended that time. It had been a ceremony in name only.
If Lian Youming held an Incense Hall ceremony now, it would mean opening his doors wide and taking in disciples in great numbers.
As its branches spread, the Green Gang might grow powerful overnight.
Moreover, the Green Gang and Hongmen were closely allied. Lian Youming would certainly take in some Hongmen disciples this time as well, honoring the bond between the Two Teachings.
Wu Jiu, Liu Wudi, and the others gathered around now, their expressions both joyful and solemn.
Everyone understood that once he took the chief seat, he could only devote himself wholeheartedly to pressing forward.
He could only advance, never retreat, and advance with courage and resolve.
Even if it meant being smashed to pieces.
But what did Lian Youming have to fear?
He might differ from Xue Hen in some ways, but one thing was certainly the same.
He would never value his life above his martial arts.
Because every chance of survival, every hope before him, depended on strength alone.
Only by forgetting life and death could he find life amid