Wan Dongliu was clearly impotently raging and making empty threats — where did he get the qualification to lead troops northward?
Where there are people, there is the Worldly Society. Inside any power group, there are all sorts of intricate relationships, especially for those Jianghu forces united by the personal charisma of their leader. Once the dominant leader fell, they could potentially collapse in an instant, with top brass each carving out their territories, divvying up interests, and even coveting the position of the leader.
Although Wan Dongliu was regarded as a young Hidden Dragon, he hadn't yet made it onto the Human List, with insufficient prestige. With so little time, apart from someone crazy like Zhao Changhe, which Hidden Dragon over the age of thirty could now make it onto the Human List? Not dropping off the list would be good enough...
