Rising from the Ashes (Andrew and Lauren) novel Chapter 1819

The two men took a cab and arrived at the Southern Martial Union headquarters established in Goldridge. As the holy land in the hearts of all martial artists throughout southern Holtrien, this headquarters was built to be truly magnificent and spectacular.

Goldridge was a historic cultural city and one of Holtrien's top-tier metropolises, which was exceptionally prosperous. The fact that they could occupy such a large complex of buildings in this bustling city showed just how significant the Southern Martial Union headquarters was.

Zachary explained, "The three major factions from Gabo Creek, the Crimson Alliance, Hidden Dragons, and Onyx Serpents, basically all have their headquarters here."

Andrew's heart stirred. "Is the leader of Hidden Dragons named Riker Lamar?"

Zachary nodded with surprise. "Yes. I heard he's already at the peak of martial king level, close to breaking through to martial saint. He's quite famous. Captain, do you know him?"

Andrew smiled. "I wouldn't say I know him, but I do have some grudges with his Hidden Dragons."

Zachary looked thoughtful but did not ask further questions. Plenty of people had grudges with Andrew, and he knew that much. After all, he was the type who could make enemies of the entire world, and Zachary had long gotten used to it.

"Stop right there and show us your invitation!" Two martial artists with prominently bulging temples at the entrance raised their hands to block them, their expressions unfriendly.

Zachary pulled out the invitation he had received earlier and asked with a smile, "Has something happened at the headquarters recently? It feels even more heavily guarded than when I was here last time."

After examining the invitation and finding no problems, the two guards' attitudes softened somewhat.

One said, "So you're here for the inner disciple examination. Zachary, congratulations in advance on your breakthrough!"

The other looked annoyed as he explained, "Don't even get me started. Mr. Thornton recently had a sparring match with some masters from Eastonia and won decisively, but at the victory banquet that night, those shameless Eastonians couldn't handle losing and actually poisoned Mr. Thornton and tried to assassinate him."

He added, "Although he managed to fight his way out with his incredible combat skills, it's got everyone in the headquarters on edge. Both of us were on vacation, but we got called back to duty."

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