At dusk, a group of elderly people returned to the village, weeping and shouting, all voicing the cruelty of the robbers.
If Li Banfeng were there, he would have certainly tried to reason with them.
Cruelty is to be expected; how can one rob without being ruthless?
They had tried both soft and hard approaches to no avail.
After discussing among several villages, they decided to seek out the Saint's Disciples for help.
Their sincere offerings to the Saint had been stolen by the bandits, and the Saint's Disciples couldn't just stand by and watch!
But the Saint's Disciples weren't so easy to talk to and could become violent if things didn't go their way.
The villagers were very sincere, willing to endure beatings and scoldings, all for the sake of their devotion to the Saint.
Kneeling in front of the Saint's Disciples' residence, they refused to rise, pleading only for their plight to be conveyed to Sage Peak.
Now the disciples were in a difficult position.
