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The public duel between the Night-Blooming Jasmine and the Pure Conduct Society caused a huge stir in Blackstone Slope.
Before the match, Tang Peigong had arrived in grand fashion, carrying the society's banner, bringing reporters, and leading more than a hundred of the Pure Conduct Society's disciples to answer the challenge.
When they left the match, the disciples had to fetch stretchers and doctors, wailing all the way back to Tang Peigong's residence.
Tang Peigong was badly injured. The Pure Conduct Society was badly injured.
The disciples went around wailing their grievances, claiming that the Night-Blooming Jasmine's side had broken the rules by using martial arts in what was supposed to be a civil contest.
The Pure Conduct Society had close ties with the major gangs, and those gangs controlled large newspaper offices, giving the Pure Conduct Society a greater reach and advantage in influencing public opinion.
Despite that, the Pure Conduct Society's reputation still suffered a huge hit. No matter how they explained it, they had lost, and they had lost badly.
Moreover, Martial Elder Wu Decheng did not make a clear statement on where he stood in this debacle. He never clarified whether the match had been a civil contest or a martial one. All he said was there might have been a misunderstanding.
The distinguished figures who had served as witnesses stayed silent too, as they themselves had not figured out the rules of the duel.
Three days later, all of Blackstone Slope remembered...
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