Chapter 498: Rearguard Commandery

After sending the students off to do their homework, Ren Baqian continued working on some of the issues in the city which he had been busy with on a daily basis.

All in all, almost 30 people had set out to investigate, but only eight of them returned. Many of those who had died were the masters and pillars of some of the small sects. Their demises had led to some disturbances among many of the sects in the city.

Ren Baqian had to put in quite a bit of effort to appease them.

Even though it was said that swords had no eyes and that death was ordinary in this world, everyone still made mental preparation for it. However, those people were working for him, and furthermore, they had been scouting and collecting military intelligence.