The disastrous defeat at the Rooster Crow Temple sparked a heated discussion in Black Rain City and its surrounding villages. Xu Sui became the target of public criticism, as out of the over five hundred people who set out, only about thirty returned. Most of those who returned belonged to the Martial Arts Hall or the Dart Bureau; not a single member of the Mud Gang survived.
As a result, there was constant unrest at Xiongwei Martial Arts Hall, with people causing trouble every day.
The government merely watched with indifference, having also lost a Government Official in the chaos.
However, Xiongwei Martial Arts Hall paid no mind to the commotion. They never expected a ghost-extermination mission to be a walk in the park or a cash grab. Everyone participating had received payment and signed a life-and-death agreement, something even the government found hard to dispute.
