The people blocking the Jiang Family Elder were by no means defenseless ordinary citizens; they were all Cultivators with Cultivation bases. Furthermore, their friends and relatives were also Cultivators, forming a complex, intertwined network.
Though the overall strength of these bottom-rung Loose Cultivators was not even fit to shine the Eight Great Clans' shoes, they had the advantage of being a wildly diverse motley crew. If pushed too far, these Loose Cultivators would throw caution to the wind and do absolutely anything.
