Xiushui County Eastern Dock was shrouded in a thin veil of mist, the smoke and clouds ethereal.
When Tie Xiaosheng arrived at the Eastern Dock on a fast boat, the first thing he did was to scan the area, looking towards the west.
Outside the foggy area to the west, alongside the official road about four miles from the county, stood a row of wooden stakes about six feet tall.
On these stakes hung forty-five corpses, each of them drenched in blood.
They all bore the same characteristic: their chests and lungs had been smashed by a single knife strike, and there were burn marks around the wounds.
Tie Xiaosheng recognized at a glance that this was the work of the Red Dragon's "Red Fire Slash".
However, the attacker had made a show of force, choosing not to reduce their bodies to ash completely.
Tie Xiaosheng, familiar with East State, had an encyclopedic knowledge of Jianghu legends and various personalities.
