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Many things happened after that day.

With the discussions in the Luofeng Alliance City Lord Manor's main hall, carrier pigeons flew out, spreading messages far and wide.

Whether inside or outside the city, today, bloodshed was inevitable.

At the North City Gate, the old man, having had enough corn, switched to a handful of peanuts.

Splitting them one by one, he sent them into his mouth grain by grain.

Besides observing the North City Gate, his eyes were mostly on the carrier pigeons flying chaotically in the sky.

His brows furrowed tighter and tighter, with a bit of unease.

As he was pondering this, two people suddenly appeared beside him.

The old man looked to both sides, instinctively clutching the peanuts to his chest, and shouted loudly:

"What are you doing? Trying to steal my peanuts?

"I tell you, this is Luoxia City, with the Luofeng Alliance above us, you can't do as you please."

"Well said."

The two people beside him said nothing, they casually took out the Luofeng Alliance waist tag:

"In that case, just come with us."

The old man squinted at it twice: "Ah, my eyesight's failing... what's written on this?"

The one holding the waist tag moved it closer to the old man:

"Take a good look."

"I just remembered, I can't read."

The old man laughed: "Why don't you tell me who you are?"

"Stop with the nonsense!"

The man shouted angrily, pressing his hand on the old man's shoulder: "Luofeng Alliance is arresting, surrender quietly!"

But unexpectedly, when he pressed down, the old man moved as gracefully as a swimming fish.

With just a twist of his body, he slipped from the man's grasp, turned, and scattered the peanuts and shells in his hand.

Each one was powerful, quite extraordinary.

The two Luofeng Alliance disciples were dazed, and they heard the old man shouting:

"Help, robbers! In broad daylight, they're stealing my peanuts!"

Unaware onlookers surrounded the two, pointing and discussing, but then they heard a furious shout:

"Luofeng Alliance business, bystanders step back!"

Upon hearing this, the crowd dared not approach.

They quickly made way, and with this disruption, the old man was almost at the city gate.

Just as he was about to exit the city, a young man coming toward him suddenly kicked.

This old man, given his martial prowess in Eternal Night Valley, reacted swiftly, dodging to the side.

Just as he was about to escape, he saw something blocking his way.

The object was long, wrapped in white cloth, a full seven feet.

The old man reached out, feeling a tremendous force from it, causing him to stagger back two steps, then saw the man swing the item around for a sudden strike.

The old man crossed his arms before his chest, bracing for the impact.

Only feeling a sharp pain in his arms, he was thrown back by the force.

Coincidentally, he landed right in front of the two Luofeng Alliance disciples.

Realizing this old man's martial skills had depth, the duo dared not underestimate him.

They reached out to grab him, and with a sharp kick to his leg joints, the old man knelt on the ground with a thud.

In a matter of moments, dozens of acupoints on his body were sealed.

The two Luofeng Alliance disciples pinned the old man down, ready to thank the hero for his assistance.

But when they looked up, the person was nowhere in sight.

Startled, they hesitated for a moment but decided to return and report.

In Jianghu, powerful martial artists were numerous.

Encountering someone lending a hand was within reason, so they didn't overthink it.

They took the old man and headed back to the City Lord Manor.

Little did they know, on a nearby rooftop, a group was silently watching them leave.

"Today's Luofeng Alliance leader conference indeed sparked many incidents."

A plain-looking woman, watching the carrier pigeons flying everywhere, frowned slightly:

"But it seems now everything is back on track."

"Hmm."

An old man with a sorrowful expression whispered:

"If we happen to bump into something, let it pass. Don't meddle in future affairs."

As he said this, he glanced at the seven-foot-long white cloth package in the young man's hand beside him, sighed, and said:

"Why not, give this to Xiao Mo.

"Carrying such a conspicuous thing around, it feels like you'll be recognized immediately."

"... Has my reputation grown so much?"

The young man was suddenly delighted: "I wonder how I compare to the number one in Donghuang?"

"Ahem... Stop daydreaming."

The woman rolled her eyes.

Hearing this, the young man chuckled and said:

"Sis, when will you find me a brother-in-law?

"Look at that old man, his daughter and son-in-law aren't married yet, but he's already thinking of benefits for his future son-in-law.

"Using this as a justifiable reason, he's really trying to give my good sword to his future son-in-law?"

"Say less, no one's asking you to play mute."

The old man and woman spoke in unison.

Beside these three, three others stood.

A woman among them smiled helplessly, looking at Luoxia City with eyes hinting a sense of revisiting a familiar place.

A young man, standing on the rooftop, gazing at the cityscape, sighed deeply:

"I never thought, in my lifetime, I'd have the chance to return."

After seeing him, the old man said:

"Actually, you could stay."

The young man thought for a moment, shook his head:

"This trip, after attending the wedding of Su, the Chief of the Escort, I'll leave with all of you again.

"Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.

"My father never saw the Heavenly Gate Escort Agency as that important.

"I'll travel across Jianghu more often, if I wish to open an escort agency in the future, I'll ask Su, the Chief of the Escort, for some support."

Seeing this, the group refrained from speaking further:

"This isn't a place for chitchat, let's find a place to stay first, in the evening, we'll go to the Ziyang Escort Agency."

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ps: Today has been really tough, was out of sorts, didn't want to delay at the end of the month... luckily managed to write this before the update deadline...

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