Chen Manor.
News of their victory sent the entire manor into an uproar.
Everyone was beaming, their faces filled with joy.
Whenever they ran into someone on the road, they would start boasting wildly. And what were they boasting about?
About the Clan Leader's brilliance.
About the valor of their own clansmen.
Even though none of them had seen what happened with their own eyes, they all spoke as if they were firsthand witnesses, spinning the most incredible tales.
Things like the Clan Leader leading the charge, unstoppable as he cut down the two patriarchs.
Or how Chen Yong had brought down a courtyard wall with a single swing of his hammer.
Or how Chen Li had killed three men with a single arrow.
Or how so-and-so from the Chen Clan had killed several more men...
They were just shy of exaggerating the battle into a full-blown war.
But when Chen Nuo returned with his men, transporting a portion of the money and grain, the atmosphere reached a fever pitch.
