And those thieves are afraid because they can't really be considered true Jianghu people.
The Jianghu despises such thieves completely.
Thieves are at best considered drifters, neither orthodox families nor Jianghu clans have any respect for them.
Though thieves are unlikable, they're everywhere and you can't catch them all, but they do have well-informed intelligence.
That's why this old man Hu found the master of these thieves to discuss taking out Ning Fan, avenging his nephew Hu Wei, and reporting back to his family.
Ning Fan pulled Xu Ruolan behind him and glared at the old man Hu, saying slowly and clearly, "Old man, if you're so unreasonable, then let's settle this with a duel."
"Fine."
The old man Hu immediately laughed smugly, "If you have the guts, in three days right here, let's have a duel between our two sides. If you lose, then immediately take your own life to atone, how about it?"
"And if you lose?"
Ning Fan asked.
"How could we possibly lose?"