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"Sister-in-law, Boss has asked you to make a trip to Juying Martial Arts Hall," Yuan Xiao said with a sense of urgency, still smeared with blood.
Seeing him like this, Xiao Ruo's heart skipped a beat, "Is it Brother Fu who's injured?"
"Not the Boss," Yuan Xiao replied.
Relieved, Xiao Ruo picked up the medical kit and followed Yuan Xiao out of the courtyard, onto the carriage, and headed straight to Juying Martial Arts Hall at the foot of the southern hills of the city.
From the outside, Juying Martial Arts Hall looked like an ordinary manor, with an unremarkable entrance. The guard, seeing Yuan Xiao, didn't even ask questions before opening the gate to let the carriage through.
The martial arts school was vast, brightly lit on the outside, but inside, only the courtyards had lanterns hanging; the rest of the manor felt deadly silent.