The raid to eliminate the bandit threat failed; this was rather unexpected.
At first, Gu Shanhai thought the City Lord was scheming for a cut, but it turned out not to be the case. If the City Lord was truly corrupted, he might have exacerbated the situation, yet it seems something went awry.
Two out of three cultivators at the pinnacle of the Gang Sha Realm from the Four Directions Gang, Qingyun Martial Arts Hall, and the Lin Family were killed, and the last one was gravely injured, barely escaping. It's said there was a skilled Postnatal Realm warrior among the bandits, who killed two of them swiftly. The escapee was the former Family Head of the Lin Family, luckily wearing a treasure armor underlay, which allowed him to survive.
This surprised Gu Shanhai a bit, as the situation stirred tension in Anchang City, even pressuring the City Lord.
