By the time Li Yanchu and Bai Hongtu returned to Wei City, the city gates had already been closed.0

Fortunately, the two of them had been granted official waist tokens[1] by Magistrate Xu, which allowed them to summon the guards to open the gates at any time. Otherwise, they would’ve had to spend the night outside the city.0

The recent events in Longmen Village had left both of them feeling heavy-hearted. What exactly was the force sustaining that kind of repeating cycle? Who was the figure depicted in that ancestral painting within the Lin family shrine? And what about that little girl named Hutou? Was she truly one of the villagers of Longmen? Why was she different from all the rest?0

These questions continued to linger in their minds. Though the incident in Longmen Village had been resolved, it was clear things were far from over. The reappearance of the name Bare Body Sect was a matter that could not be taken lightly too.0

Once back...0