Chapter 43: Worldly Affairs

Lin Yan looked down, only to see that a table had been set up in the middle of the hall at some point.

Standing behind the table was a storyteller in a gray cloth gown. He was in his fifties with a goatee and small eyes, yet he brimmed with vigor.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today I will not speak of ancient history, nor will I recount the biographies of legends.

"Instead, I shall only talk about a major event that recently occurred right here in our Qingzhou City!"

He paused to take a sip from his teacup, then slammed his wooden gavel onto the table—SMACK!—drawing everyone's attention.

"Just a few days ago, the Shen family in the east of the city suffered a total massacre. The perpetrators were none other than the Sacred Heart Sect, which had vanished without a trace for twenty years!

"What exactly is the background of this Sacred Heart Sect?

"You all might not know.