Qiu Jingwu's expression immediately darkened.
'To think they'd be this prepared,' he thought, 'even having this kind of fallback planned!'
"You've got guts!" Qiu Jingwu sneered. "Do you really think a threat like that will work on us? If this County Town is gone, there are others. We'll just find a new one."
Li Lu scoffed. "Other County Towns are already occupied by other families. Where will you go? A village? A town? We're all practical men here; don't think we don't know the Royal Family's rules. Cut the bullshit. Leave this place, and we'll stay out of each other's way! Otherwise, not only will you lose the County Town, but we'll take a dozen or so of you down with us."
As he spoke, the men behind Li Lu gripped their sabers, their eyes filled with fury!
At that, a young man from the Xu Family came up behind Qiu Jingwu and said in a low voice:
