"What are they laughing about?" a merchant wearing a top hat asked. He was standing a little ways away.0

"Maybe business is booming and they've recently come into a windfall of cash?" someone next to him replied.0

"In that case, we should ask them about it later," the merchant said, turning to look at the respondent. Both men smiled to themselves at the topic of money.0

Merchants had their joys; so did martial artists. Wealth wasn’t the only source of happiness in this world.0

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It took a long time for noon to finally arrive.0

Hykal wore a specially tailored blue suit that, without a left sleeve, looked like a waistcoat. This way, it wasn’t so obvious that he was missing an arm.0

He quickly walked to the center of the hall and...0