"The reward was given last night." Sun Ren was slightly taken aback, first puzzled, then he thought of the fruit his daughter gave to this indifferent person last night, his eyes widened. Moments later, a gallant horse neighed, the red thin horse at the front looked like a ball of fire, Sun Ren and his two companions rode two horses, closely following behind. Sun Ren held his daughter tightly, Sun Xiaoyan lay in her father's arms, her eyes watching the swaying black cloak, observing the bright thunder patterns. It was as if the sky itself draped behind that person. Great Wilderness Stronghold, Hall of Righteousness. Four characters on the banner above—To Act on Behalf of Heaven. Sitting below were a few people, the main chair was adorned with tiger heads on the armrests, seated was a man over forty years old, short and stout, wearing a long scholar's gown with a jade pendant, sporting a long beard, having a somewhat scholarly appearance. Below him sat a burly man with a crude appearance, despite the cold weather, his chest was exposed, revealing thick black chest hair like a bear's; he spoke loudly, eyes wide: "This time the woman Second Brother captured is not bad, although she's somewhat fiery; if not, she would not have cut her face like a fierce ghost, quite frightening..." A courageous-looking man with a scar across his cheek turned dark at this, saying: "Hmph, later we shall reward her to the brothers at the bottom." The burly man with a black face gleefully said: "Can she still live then? It's hard to understand why Second Brother gave up all that Gold and Silver just for a chaste and fierce woman." "I say, we should use that little girl to force her: either she comes, or her daughter does; then she won't dare to defy us." The scarred man spat, coldly saying: "Though I'm a reckless man, I'm not shameless to that extent!" The face of the burly man darkened, with murderous intent in his eyes. The scholarly man at the top comforted: "Both brothers are family, why argue and damage our bonds? Second Brother, you are at a loss this time, so take some Silver for yourself." "This time, Brother Zhou also plans to withdraw, ensuring none of these merchants escape, even outside our territory, there will be plenty of Silver income, so no need to be frugal." "Ah, it's only because this is Sun Ren's last trade trip, not beyond our borders, otherwise we wouldn't have come here early to wait." "It's said he has a fortune worth thousands of gold." "Thousands of gold…ten thousand taels of silver..." Two bandits were also tempted, just then, the scholarly man slightly frowned, curiously saying: "Why is it noisy outside?" Though he fell to banditry, he was once a noble descendant and military man, while he appeared kind and approachable, he internally disdained those who called him brother all the time, his dwelling place was quite high and somewhat separate from the other bandits' residences. The burly man casually said: "Elder Brother, stay seated, I'll go out and see, and bring back the head of the fool who dared insult you." With those words, he started to rise and head out, when someone stumbled in from outside, kneeling on the ground, saying: "Three fortress leaders, someone has come attacking, the major leaders are no match, too many brothers have been killed or wounded, and even the fourth-in-command has been cut down!" The scholarly man initially displeased by the intrusion which broke the rules, now heard this, his hands slightly trembling, he abruptly stood up, sternly saying: "Do you know the consequence of speaking nonsense?!" The newcomer continuously kowtowed, saying: "There's not a word of falsehood from my mouth!" The scholarly man paced back and forth, furrowing his brows, since fleeing, he had been terrified day and night of the pursuer's arrival, now his heart was tremendously fearful, suddenly saying: "How many have come?!" Fear appeared in the newcomer's eyes, unable to speak, until the burly man grabbed his collar and yelled repeatedly, as if snapping back to senses, lips trembling, extending his right hand, saying: The burly man cursed: "One what? One Escort Agency? One battalion?! Five hundred men?!" The soldier's face was ashen, saying: "One person, one saber..." The burly man's thick eyebrows furrowed, tossing the soldier aside, cursing: "Is this person mad?! What nonsense is he talking?" "I'll go out and see for Elder Brother!" While saying this, he picked up a hatchet, but before stepping out, suddenly a fierce wind violently shot in from outside, the burly man's eyes widened, mouth opened, not a word could be spoken, his neck spurted blood, collapsing hard on the ground. The four characters of 'To Act on Behalf of Heaven' in the inner hall were split in half. A saber was embedded in the wall. The entire piece was black. One person stepped in, dressed in black with black hair, expression cold, a black cloak slightly swaying behind, visible with repeated thunder patterns, voice indifferent and mocking. "To Act on Behalf of Heaven?" "Acting for what heaven? Following what path?" PS: Presenting today's second update... four thousand eight hundred words, pay attention and enjoy...