When Li Dai returned, she saw a row of unfamiliar cultivators acting as guards outside. She initially thought getting inside might be a bit troublesome, but to her surprise, the guards all became respectful the moment they saw her, calling her "Young Mistress."
Indeed, these temporarily hired guards were cultivators from the city who had been living through hard times. Their overall cultivation level was not particularly high, but their combat capability was exceptionally fierce and their combat experience exceptionally rich. Ever since the Li Family was suppressed, the lives of the ordinary people in South City—who had once enjoyed the Li Family's protection—had also become very difficult. They used to be proud of being people of South City, but with the fall of the Li Family, having lost their protection, they naturally became the targets of the Kong Family's oppression.
Back then, South City had been desolate.
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