The aftermath of the war had left the ancient market in disarray, with many houses near the South Street Temple Market collapsing.
Homeowners and tenants were in tears, rushing onto the streets to curse both the Inner City Long Family and the Iron Banner Gang publicly.
In other areas, peace was not restored either—the Iron Banner Gang raided along the streets, hunting down members of the Long Family, and in the process, destroyed over a hundred houses, left hundreds of corpses in the streets, and ignited fires in more than twenty houses that spread to surrounding buildings.
Following the raid by the Iron Banner Gang, numerous unidentified Jianghu martial artists took advantage of the situation to create chaos, engaging in robbery, theft, and committing murder.
The entire ancient market was in complete turmoil.
For safety, Chu Xisheng and his two companions, having bid Zuo Qingyun farewell, took an early ferry and left.
