Five hundred li outside Anning County, at the Central Yellow encampment.
Wei Changjiao, the Altar Master of the Anning Grand General Altar, served the Central Yellow Sect. He was the Spirit Summoning and Saint Manifesting General, one of the Twenty-Four Celestial Generals.
At this moment, he stood with his hands clasped behind his back on fine, golden sand. As he listened to the lapping of the tide and the reports from Anning County, a contemplative look filled his eyes.
"So, you're telling me..."
"That 'Ghost Hand Judge' Wang Hongzu... ran into a wall and killed himself right in front of that kid Ji Xiu's door?"
He looked down at the men gathered before him: "Mad Lion" Zhang Liechen and "Cangying" Xu Xin. They were once the esteemed Dragon Heads of two of the Three Great Gangs, always traveling by carriage, surrounded by attendants, respected, and dressed in fine clothes.
