On the south street of Kanming City, at the top of an unremarkable three-story building, four men of wildly differing builds, demeanors, and auras sat around a large square table.
The only one sitting with proper posture was a robustly built middle-aged man dressed in a scholar's robe. He held a sheet of manuscript in his hands, reading it with utmost concentration.
"Wine-Flame Demon" Xia Xi. Among the former water bandits of Changhu in Luanzhou, he enjoyed considerable renown. First for his strength, second for his brains, and third because he could always procure crucial supplies and intelligence from unknown sources, allowing the group to evade Dachen’s encirclements and suppression.
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