Chapter 249
In the southwestern region of the Eastern Wilderness, northeast of San Chuan Gorge, lay He Gou Town.
“Friend, why persist? Your master already licks the emperor’s boots. What’s left to defend?”
“If we don’t claim this land, Tiger-Chasing forces will seize it soon enough.”
“It’s just dead mortals, Friend. Why fuss over trash?”
“Be smart. Don’t make us finish you.”
Outside a blood-soaked courtyard, the wounded mayor Qu Ming stood defiantly against five Eastern Wilderness accompanying cultivators.
The cultivators had come pillaging, slaughtering resisting families during their raid.
Qu Ming intervened to protect his townsfolk, though his seventh-level Gathering Qi cultivation paled against their Eighth Level leader. Bruised and battered, he remained outmatched.
The cultivators found this puzzling. News of Eastern Wilderness’ defeat should’ve emptied nearby towns—mayors and cultivators alike had fled. Yet this fool guarded a mortal-filled backwater, even fighting to avenge dead peasants.