However, with Lou Yi acting as a mediator, the misunderstanding quickly dissipated.
Landlord Jia was not a stubborn person. After a brief consideration, he accepted the plan to cooperate with the bandits from Sunset Mountain.
Of course, he also proposed a few reasonable conditions:
A separate residential area for the bandits, and they must not enter other parts of the manor without cause;
The bandits must conceal their identities and not reveal to outsiders that they are from Sunset Mountain;
Food and lodging would be provided free of charge, but they must turn over half of the loot from slain monsters...
In this way, the defensive strength within the manor greatly increased, and with the Black Bear Spirit, who had strength akin to a monster, in command.
Any fierce beasts and monsters that strayed in from the beast tide were effortlessly killed, with almost no casualties.
However, this was still the early stage of the beast tide, far from its peak.
