The Qingdao Sect’s remaining forces ran away as fast as they could, and the three families’ forces chased after them with all their might. When they got right under the three families’ noses, Young Patriarch Ha Hu-Gon had a quick discussion with the Qingdao Five Swordmasters and concluded that running away blindly was meaningless. However, they were no match against their opponents either. Fighting them would mean total annihilation.0

Eventually, Hu-Gon and the Qingdao Five Swordmasters chose to split up and run away. It was every man for himself. They would not be able to shake off the pursuit if they stayed together. On the other hand, even the three great families would find it impossible to chase after them all if they scattered.0

Hu-Gon and the Qingdao Five Swordmasters gathered all their members and told them to escape by themselves. Their members initially thought that Hu-Gon and the Qingdao Five Swordmasters wanted to abandon them, but hearing Hu-Gon’s explanation convinced them otherwise.0

Hu-Gon and the Qingdao Five Swordmasters ordered the Qingdao Sect’s members to try their best to shake off their pursuers and gather at Hongze Lake in Jiangsu Province. They decided to leave their headquarters in Qingdao, create a new home, and reorganize their forces somewhere the Great Huangfu Family’s influence was yet to reach. Following the command of the upper brasses, the Qingdao Sect’s members split up into groups of two or three and scattered in different directions in an effort to escape. Hu-Gon and the Qingdao Five...0