Chapter 500: Rousing thoughts through words, supreme killing intent
"Who could it be?"
A hint of contemplation flashed through Lian Youming's eyes.
"Could it be that senior in Guangzhou's Martyrs' Cemetery? Or... the One-Eyed Elder?"
The more he thought about it, the more his hair stood on end.
How was this any different from seeing a ghost in broad daylight?
With his current attainment in the Martial Way, he had actually failed to detect someone's presence.
Beside him, the instructor was already chanting the Green Gang's rules aloud.
"All disciples of our gang must remember: never betray your teachers or dishonor your patriarchs, never disrupt the gang's rules, never scorn your predecessors, never sow chaos in the martial world, never commit rape, theft, or other depravity..."
There were ten rules in all.
Anyone who dared violate them would, for a lesser offense, be expelled from the Green Gang and have their hands and feet crippled as punishment; for a greater offense, they would suffer three blades and six holes, their bellies slit open and their hearts dug out, publicly executed according to the law.
Other gang disciples already stood nearby, holding Incense Hall documents that established identities across the three branches and nine generations.
Only when the instructor looked toward him did Lian Youming compose himself and turn to the new disciples below.
The Green Gang had opened its doors wide, taking in many disciples who had never met before. There were plenty admitted solely on the strength of a sponsor's recommendation letter and a disciple's calling card.
Who among the martial world's people of old had not sought fame and profit, attaching themselves to powerful forces? Most sought shelter beneath a mighty tree, which was also one reason the Two Teachings had expanded so rapidly in troubled times.
Lian