Winners and losers

At Lin Duyi's insistence, Cai Hong and the rest quickly left the courtroom, the moment the administrator from the review committee appeared. Supreme Elder Jiang Huang thanked them again as he was exiting the courtroom, leaving only the team from the Red Maple Empire and Yao De, behind.

Yao De looked a little lost as to what to do. He had already burned his bridge with the Golden Bamboo Pavilion by stealing a deal from them, Duan Hu, the 'sworn brother' already knew he had been exploited by him, and even if he didn't the long line already drawn by their founder was already an indicator that he would not offer shelter to someone like him, not with what he did in his time as a branch chief in Red Maple Empire.